Podcast appearances and mentions of debbie o'connell

Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Tune in Tuesdays - 9:00 AM Eastern Cindy & Ted begin the No B.S. Zone with a discussion on "How to Stay Focused During Your Round". Then later theywelcome special guest: Debbie O'Connell – LPGA Professional, Keynote Speaker, Author & Entrepreneur. More on Debbie: A 26-year veteran of women’s professional golf and an LPGA Class A Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP). Debbie is a dynamic, engaging, entertaining, knowledgeable speaker and leadership advocate. Her energy, passion and authentic positive nature motivates and inspires her audiences to have the courage to strive to reach their full potential in all areas of life.  Debbie is a seasoned media professional, and is the host of the recently launched “Game Time Golf Positive” Channel for Audible, an Amazon own company. She has also had multiple appearances on the Golf Channel, and has hosted numerous golf oriented radio shows as well as a television show “Par Fore the Course.”  An author, Debbie completed her first book, “Golf Positive! Live Positive!” Before establishing Golf Positive, LLC.  Join us LIVE Tuesdays 9:00 - 10:00AM Eastern http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf Or listen on any of these social media platforms:  iTunes , Stitcher, Tunein, Castbox, TalkStreamLive & Spotify.

Debbie O'Connell is one of my all-time favorite guests and individuals. She's the Founder of Golf Positive and a Top 50 LPGA Professional. She shares her Keys to a Championship Mindset and how to get to the next level with you golf game. Be sure to check out her Web site at www.golfpositive.com.

2011 US Senior Open Champion Olin Browne, Golf Positive Founder Debbie O'Connell, the Author of Zen Golf & Zen Putting Dr. Joe Parent, plus long lost cousin and PGA Professional John Mascari Join Me. I'll get Olin's thoughts on the PGA Tour Champions season restarting and what he expects the rest of the season to be like. We'll also talk about the 59 he shot while qualifying for the 2005 US Open. I'll talk with Debbie O'Connell about the mental game and how to keep a positive mindset on the course after we've hit a couple of wayward shots. I'll delve deeper into the mind and mental game with Dr. Joe Parent. We'll talk about Mindfulness and how to not get ahead of ourselves when we're on the cusp of a great round.. Then I'll round out the show with Cousin John and we'll talk about his stay at home series "Tips from John's Backyard" and what piece of new technology that he's excited to use when he can get back out on the course.

2011 US Senior Open Champion Olin Browne, Golf Positive Founder Debbie O'Connell, the Author of Zen Golf & Zen Putting Dr. Joe Parent, and long lost cousin PGA Professional John Mascari Join Me. I'll get Olin's thoughts on the PGA Tour Champions season restarting and what he expects the rest of the season to be like. We'll also talk about the 59 he shot while qualifying for the 2005 US Open. I'll talk with Debbie O'Connell about the mental game and how to keep a positive mindset on the course after we've hit a couple of wayward shots. I'll delve deeper into the mind and mental game with Dr. Joe Parent. We'll talk about Mindfulness and how to not get ahead of ourselves when we're on the cusp of a great round.. Then I'll round out the show with Cousin John and we'll talk about his stay at home series "Tips from John's Backyard" and what piece of new technology that he's excited to use when he can get back out on the course.

Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Tune in Tuesdays - 9:00 AM Eastern This week on the Women of Golf show Cindy & Ted welcome to the show: Debbie O'Connell – LPGA Professional, Keynote Speaker, Author & Entrepreneur. More on Debbie: A 26-year veteran of women’s professional golf and an LPGA Class A Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP). Debbie is a dynamic, engaging, entertaining, knowledgeable speaker and leadership advocate. Her energy, passion and authentic positive nature motivates and inspires her audiences to have the courage to strive to reach their full potential in all areas of life.  Debbie is a seasoned media professional, and is the host of the recently launched “Game Time Golf Positive” Channel for Audible, an Amazon own company. She has also had multiple appearances on the Golf Channel, and has hosted numerous golf oriented radio shows as well as a television show “Par Fore the Course.”  An author, Debbie completed her first book, “Golf Positive! Live Positive!” Before establishing Golf Positive, LLC, Debbie spent over 20 years as a club professional, including 15 years as the Head Golf Professional, running the entire golf operation.   Join us LIVE Tuesdays 9:00 - 10:00AM Eastern http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf Or listen on any of these social media platforms:  iTunes , Stitcher, Tunein, Castbox, TalkStreamLive & Spotify.

Top 50 LPGA Professional and the Founder of Golf Positive, Debbie O'Connell joins me on this segment of Next on the Tee Golf Podcast. Debbie shares her insights on how to make the game fun, tips on how to hit better 3 wood shots off the fairway, how to improve your bunker play, and your chipping as well.

On this editon of Next on the Tee I'm joined by Srixon Territory Manager Perry French, 2013 Sr. British Open Champion Mark Wiebe, and Top 50 LPGA Instructor Debbie O'Connell.

On this episode of Next on the Tee my guests are: LPGA Top 50 Instructor Debbie O'Connell, PGA Tour SuperStore Chief Marketing Officer Matt Corey and Top 100 Instructor Tom Patri. We'll hear about the state of the LPGA plus get some playing lessons from Debbie O'Connell. We'll get an update on all the great things going on at the PGA Tour SuperStore and why they're growing and adding more stores in a time when most retailers and closing down theirs.Top 100 Instructor Tom Patri will be going back to where it all started for him, Shinnecock Hills, to help out by running the practice facility during the US Open. We'll get a report on how the course is looking plus who Tom thinks will fare well there.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Top 40 Under 40 Instructor and frequent co-host of the Morning Drive on the Golf Channel, Travis Fulton; Champions Tour Pro Mark Wiebe; the Wedge Guy, Terry Koehler; and Top 50 Female Instructor and author of the new book, "Golf Positive, Live Positive" Debbie O'Connell.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: former NHL star and multiple winner on the Celebrity Tour Dan Quinn and Top 50 Female Instructor Debbie O'Connell.

This week Next on the Tee with Chris Mascaro are Top Instructors: Kellie Stenzel & Debbie O'Connell. Kellie Stenzel has been named a Top 100 Teacher in America by Golf Magazine, a Top 50 Best Women Teachers in America by Golf Digest and Golf For Women magazine has named her one of their Top 50 Instructors as well. Kellie has authored several books including: "The Women's Guide to Golf", The Women's Guide to Consistent Golf", The Women's Guide to Lower Scores", and "Golf Magazine's Big Book of Basics." To put the icing on the cake, Golf Magazine named her one of the Most Beautiful Women in Golf. Debbie O'Connell is also a Top 100 Instructor according to Golf Magazine and a Top 50 Best Women Teachers. She is also becoming a regular on The Golf Channel, sharing tips on the short game plus how to remain positive out on the course. She is also the Founder of Golf Positive, which is also the name of her featured channel on Audible.com. You can stream her instructional tips right from your smartphone via Audible.com. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, media members and all those impacting the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.  

On this episode of Next on the Tee with Chris Mascaro, my guests were: 2 time World Long Driving Champion and participant on the Golf Channels Big Break 8 Gerry James and LPGA Top 50 Instructor and founder of Golf Positive Debbie O'Connell. I talked with them about: Gerry James - I talked with Gerry about the mechanics of the golf swing so we can generate more power for longer drives. We also talked about his bodybuilding career and Mr. California title back in 1990. He shared his experience competing on The Golf Channel's Big Break 8 plus he shared fitness tips to help us keep our bodies from breaking down. Debbie O'Connell -  Debbie is not only a great swing instructor, she's also a great mental coach. She shared advice she'd give Jordan Spieth following his collapse at the Masters. When our minds get cluttered with negative thoughts what can we do to slow down and recover? What would she tell Jordan to do the next time he finds himself in a similar situation so those negative thoughts don't creep back in? She shared her mental coaches tips plus a couple of tips on how to improve our short games. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, media members and all those impacting the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.

Alright {!firstname_fix} are you ready to ditch the tension from your swing?   Week 2 of the challenge starts now!   This time around we're focusing on the ability to make tension free swings.  A tension free swing makes for better shot making, more consistent performance, and even more distance!  Here's your Work Book to track your progress for this week.   Practice #1: Think Box/ Play Box   Tension manifests itself in many different ways.  If we think about it chronologically, the first place it shows up in your journey as a golfer is with bad decisions, which a lot of times really the product of indecision.  For most people that's the indecision about which shot, club, or target should be picked.  This results in taking more time over the ball, and the longer we spend over the ball, the more the tension builds.   These situations tend to occur for people more while they're actually playing, so you may consider trying this during a practice but it can certainly be done on a driving range as well.   The Think Box/Play Box idea comes from Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, both multi time Golf Digest Top 50 teachers.  When practicing, and even more importantly while playing, this drill helps you commit to your shots - a major weakness of most amateurs.   Here's how it works.  While behind the ball picking your target you are in the Think Box.  Here you can analyze and visualize your shot, but once you've left the Think Box and transition into the Play Box (standing over the ball) you have to be 100% committed to the shot you've chosen.  No more changing your mind.   Think of it like occupying two actual physical boxes (hence the name!).  Check out this picture for a more clear representation. There's two ways to measure your progress here.  The first one is the more basic of the two.  Simply tracking whether or not you stayed committed to your shot.     It's pretty straight forward if you're actually on the course.  Just think about the last shot and check to see if you stayed committed to your target and swing.  The easiest way to track this is just add that line on your scorecard, I like to call it EXECUTE.  Did I execute my Think Box plan?   If you're on the driving range I would track this 10 shots at a time. Pre-select 10 different targets On each shot add the Think Box & Play Box to your pre-shot routine Track to see if you stayed committed and executed the plan with each shot I think it's important to mention here that when I ask if you're staying committed, I'm not asking if you hit your target, or if the shot was even good.  I'm asking Did you stay committed to your Think Box plan?   Did you waffle on your club decision? Did you change your target midway through your pre-shot routine? If you answered yes to either of these questions (or anything similar) then you didn't execute the plan.  Work on going through your whole routine, making an achievable plan, and executing it!   Another way you can do some really solid self analysis is to weigh your expectation vs the outcome on these 10 shots.  If you are finding that your expectation never matches up with the outcome it's probably time to start picking more conservative targets more in line with your abilities.   Practice #2: The Tension Scale   A huge key to several different areas of golf is awareness.  Whether it's reading the breeze to see how much extra club you should take, or being aware that you are getting upset about a shot and not letting it bleed into later swings and potentially into later holes.   The specific spot we're talking about today is, you guessed it, TENSION!   Lot's of people don't realize that they may be gripping the club really hard, I mean white knuckling it.  One way to test this is the exercise from Iain Highfield, Director of Mental Training at Bishops Gate Golf Academy.   The Tension Scale is a 0-10 scale measuring the tension in your hands, arms, and body.  A 0 on the Tension Scale is super loose, barely able to stand up.  Almost like your body is made out of cooked spaghetti noodles.  A 10 on the Tension Scale looks, frankly, like the Hulk.  Super stiff body, white knuckles on the club, probably a clenched jaw too!  Here's how the drill  works: While in your Think Box try to sense your current number on the Tension Scale.  Say it out loud. Let go of your club bend slightly at the waist and shake all your tension out so you're at 0. Now count up to 10 slowly increasing your tension along the way until you max out. Hold that 10 on the Tension Scale for at least 5 seconds. Then slowly count back from 10 relaxing and work your way back down to 0 shaking out any remaining tension. Repeat that process once more. Now pick up your club and notice what your tension level is (should be a 1 or 2) Quickly move into your Play Box and execute your shot (should take 7 seconds or less). Just like in Practice #1 I want you to pick out 10 targets and do this before each individual shot.  To measure your progress here I want you to note on which shot (out of 10) you feel like you are able to consistently start swinging at a 1 or a 2 on the Tension Scale.   Here's a video of Iain working with one of his students on the this very drill.      Changing The Game | Episode 3: Tension Challenge So now you know how to practice swinging tension free, and how to approach your shots with a logical thought process to hopefully circumvent the tension in the first place, but what happens if you're stuck in the moment?   In past episodes Debbie O'Connell, former LPGA National Professional of the Year, has shared her strategies on how we can properly breathe to slow our heart rate and ditch some of that tension.   When you breathe in try to do it while you slowly count to 5 in your head.  Then when you exhale try to exhale while slowly counting to 6.  The idea is this slow paced breathing gets you calmed back down so you can perform in your normal conditions.In my own research I came across a really great article from Dr. Robert Duff about managing anxiety.  Dr. Duff uses a really slick breathing exercise that goes a long with an animation.  It's really easy, as the shape grows breathe in, as it shrinks exhale! The practice routine I want you to do is going to help you learn this breathing pattern, because it's something really easy to take with you on the course.   Practice #3: Breathing   Again like drill #1 we are going to pick 10 predetermined targets to hit to.   While standing in your Think Box breathe along with the animation once. While in the Play Box breathe along with the animation once (again) After the swing write down what your tension level was during your swing. What i want you to notice is the calm after having gone through this breathing exercise twice before your shot.  This will help you eliminate any remaining tension left before your shots.  The other nice thing about this is that you can actually download this GIF on your phone and use it while walking between shots if you're ever feeling over stressed.   That's all we have for this week!  next week we will be working on confidence building practices for the full swing.  Don't forget to share your progress, and thoughts with the Facebook community atFacebook.com/GolfStrategySchool

Debbie is back to share some details about an awesome event that she is teaching at in conjunction with Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within seminar, as well as an easy addition to your pre shot routine that will help you hit your target more consistently.

This week Next on the Tee with Chris Mascaro are: LPGA Pro Missie Berteotti, PGA Pro Dave Stockton Jr., Top 50 Instructor Debbie O'Connell and PGA Pro Tim Hurja. Missie Berteotti is making her 4th visit this week. She played on the LPGA Tour for 14 years and won over a million dollars on Tour. She won the 1993 Ping/Welch's Championship plus multiple Top 10 finishes including the 1988 LPGA Championship and US Open. She's one of the top instructors in golf. We'll talk more about her amazing career plus get some about the mental side of the game. Dave Stockton Jr., is also a multiple time guest. He too had a lot of success out on Tour. We'll get this thoughts on what's to come in the 2016 season plus some tips on how to improve our putting stroke and our mental approach around the greens. Debbie O'Connell will make it a trio of great friends joining on this episode. Debbie is also becoming a regular on The Golf Channel, sharing tips on the short game plus how to remain positive out on the course. We'll round out the show with Tim Hurja. Tim works with Tony Robbins so we talk about golf strategy and how we can get peak performance out of ourselves and every day...I hope you enjoy today's show as much as I enjoy doing it. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, media members and all those impacting the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.

This week Next on the Tee on with Chris Mascaro is one of the Top 50 golf instructor, Debbie O'Connell. Debbie was recognized by Golf Digest as one of the Top 50 Women Teachers in America in both 2010 & 2012. She was recently featured on the Golf Channel. She won the 2007 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, the 2002 LPGA National Professional of the Year Award and the 2002 LPGA Southeast Section Professional of the Year award. Join us as we'll get some tips you can take with you to the course today to lower your score, plus we'll get her take on the state of the LPGA, whose game she likes on both the mens and womens side and the health of the game of golf in general. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday starting at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, club Superintendents, media members and all those impacting the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.

This week Next on the Tee with me is one of the top 50 female golf instructors, Debbie O'Connell. Debbie was recognized by Golf Digest as one of the Top 50 Women Teachers in America in 2010 & 2012. She won the 2007 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award,  the 2002 LPGA National Professional of the Year Award and the 2002 LPGA Southeast Section Professional of the Year. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday starting at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, club Superintendents, media members and people influencing all aspects of the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.  

Mike's Course - Mike & Billy talk about Billy's trip as a National Trainer for the First Tee and a great story about Jack Nicklaus that you won't want to miss! The first hour guest is: DEBBIE O’CONNELL LPGA CLASS A PROFESSIONAL Palm City, Florida Co-Founder, Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC www.ll4g.com Debbie O’Connell is a 19-year veteran of women’s professional golf and a Class A rated member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Membership. A former celebrity golfer and radio show host of “The Debbie O’Connell Show” for a decade, Debbie has a formidable reputation within the world of women’s golf. In 2007 she was the recipient of the LPGA’s prestigious Nancy Lopez Achievement Award. Previously she has been honored as the LPGA’s National and Southeast Section “Professional of the Year.” Within the LPGA, Debbie served as The Chairperson of the National Club Professional Advisory Committee for five years, and as the Tournament Coordinator for the Southeast Section for two years, founding and hosting the Sections Mixed Team Championship. She has participated in dozens of LPGA Teaching and Club professional sanctioned tournaments, and has served as a committee member for numerous tournaments and seminars on both the section and the national level. Debbie also has been a speaker at LPGA National and Section seminars, and has also produced videos for the LPGA and T&CP Hall of Fame Induction, including theme and highlight videos for two national summits and the "Eagle Award" winners in the Southeast Section. A generous volunteer, Debbie founded and directs the Bobbi Salmon Scleroderma Project, a national campaign to raise money for Scleroderma Research. She also runs two local annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Golf Tournaments, and captained a Ladies’ Links Fore Golf team in the walk for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. She is also an ardent supporter and contributor to the fund-raising golf tournament held for the Children’s Home Society of Martin County. In 2006, Debbie co-founded Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC, where she provides expertise in golf training and education, and plays a management and leadership role in the development of the tournaments, seminars and golf improvement tips. Big E calls in with his Par 5 for the week! Click here for the Deal of the Week courtesy of Golflandwarehouse.com use promo code "GTR" for BIG discounts! Thank you to our GTR Partners please visit their sites and support the businesses that support GTR! Slickstix Avila Beach Golf Resort Blacklake Golf Resort Golflandwarehouse Avila La Fonda Hotel Inn at Avila Beach Email Mike and Billy at info@golftalkradio.com with questions, comments or whatever!

Ladies Links Fore Golf was founded in 2006, the dream of ten dynamic women, who have dedicated their professional careers to empowering others. Our team is composed of three of the LPGA’s top teaching professionals, including Class A Professional Lynn Stellman; Debbie O’Connell, 2007 winner of the LPGA’s Nancy Lopez Achievement Award; Sue Powers, Class A Professional ; and Teresa Zamboni, 2007 winner of the LPGA’s National Teacher of the Year Award. Other team members include: Dr. Kendra Brown, psychologist; Tracy Reeves, certified personal trainer; Lisa Freeman, a marketing communications and public relations consultant; Denise Houston, Director of Web Systems and Services; and Cathy Brennan, Director of Member Relations.The mission of Ladies Links Fore Golf is to create a coast- to-coast women’s golfing community where women can link up to learn, practice, compete and share in the many facets in the game of golf. Our web site, http://www.ll4g.com/ utilizes online outreach, instruction and support services to empower women golfers to achieve their personal best both on and off the course.LL4G.com members have access to learning seminars and online tutorials, tournaments and travel, top branded golf merchandise at great prices and opportunities to play on some of the greatest greens in the country.We hope you will join us in our vision, and come along on our journey as we build ladieslinksforegolf.com into the nation’s largest, most comprehensive online golfing community for women amateurs.We’ll see you on the fairway.http://www.ll4g.comMike & Billy play GTR "Fore Play" golf trivia and the winner receives a golf package valued at over $500 - a night stay at the Avila La Fonda Hotel in beautiful Avila Beach, California, rounds of golf at the Avila Beach or Blacklake Golf Resorts and a golf clinic gift certificate for two to attend a Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy!Avila Beach Golf Resort - www.avilabeachresort.com Blacklake Golf Resort - www.blacklake.comInn at Avila Beach - www.avilabeachca.comAvila LaFonda Hotel - www.avilalafondahotel.comGolfland Warehouse - www.golflandwarehouse.comSlickstix - www.slickstix.comFor more information on Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy visit www.golftalkradio.com and visit www.centralcoasttoday.com for Golf Talk TV with Mike & Billy.