Our Home Course Pro Knows Exactly What's Holding Us Back | Jonnie Cliff
How Low Can You Go? Golf Podcast
What does a golf pro who has watched your game up close actually see that you don't?
This week on How Low Can You Go?, Dave and Chris sit down with Jonnie Cliff, Head Professional at Murrayfield Golf Club — our home course and the coach who probably knows our golf games better than anyone.
Jonnie has seen the good, the bad and the occasional absolute disaster, so we're putting him on the spot.
What are Chris's biggest blind spots? Can he really get to scratch? Can Dave finally get himself to single figures? And what separates the golfer who hits it beautifully on the range from the golfer who can actually take that game onto the course?
We get into clubface control, pressure, external focus, mental performance, practice and one of the biggest themes of the conversation:
How to make practice more like actual golf.
Jonnie explains why testing matters, how to gamify your practice, how random practice can improve your ability to deal with real golf situations, and how tracking your stats can uncover the small weaknesses that are holding your handicap back.
And there's plenty of honest HLCYG chat along the way — including Jonnie's diagnosis of both Dave and Chris's games.
If you're serious about getting better at golf, this one is packed with ideas you can take straight onto the range and to the golf course.
Jonnie Cliff
A big thanks to Jonnie Cliff, Advanced PGA Professional and Specialist Performance Psychology Coach at Murrayfield Golf Academy, for joining us.
If you want to find out more about Jonnie’s coaching, TrackMan studio, performance psychology and Edinburgh's L.A.B putting fitting centre, check out:
👉 Murrayfield Golf Academy
💌 Or email Jonnie directly at jonnie.cliff@foremostgolf.com
ABOUT THE SHOW
How Low Can You Go is a golf improvement podcast exploring how amateur golfers can improve their game, lower their handicap, shoot lower scores and understand what actually moves the needle — without wasting time on the wrong things.
Chris Donaldson and Dave Alexander speak to leading golf coaches, performance experts, sports psychologists and some of the smartest minds in golf to discover practical golf tips and strategies that everyday golfers can use to play better golf.
Whether you’re trying to break 100, break 90, break 80, reach a single-figure handicap or get closer to scratch, How Low Can You Go is about finding out what really helps golfers improve.
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