Well this is a bit exciting. Earlier this year Cameron Smith joined with Claude Harmon III to turn his performances around, and since doing so there have been some significant changes. Today, for Hostplus, we speak with Claude about his career, some of the great players he has worked with and been around his famous Dad working with, and how the relationship with Cam came about and what they're working on.
01:00\tNick and Mark give a background to how Cam got to the point of deciding to look at a new coach.
02:00\tWe welcome Claude and get his background, surprisingly he was never a golfer, however with his family pedigree he feels that he has been on tour since he was 2-weeks old!
03:00\tHis approach to golf coaching given he was not a player.
04:00\tClaude talks about whether golf is a simple game (or not?)
06:00\tHe chats about his family history and some of the huge golfing names that the family has worked with, and he has been around
08:00\tClaude tells us why his Dad was 'brutal' about Claude's early coaching sessions
09:00\tHow he video'd his Dad working with Tiger and what he learned from it.
10:00\tNick talks about what he witnessed when he saw Butch Harmon, Claude's Dad, working with players
11:30\tHow Claude disconnects from golf and how he uses that in his coaching
12:30\tClaude explains his 'domino' theory.
13.30\tDoes golf coaching have something in common with the TV Show The Bear....you'd be surprised. Claude explains.
15:00\tWhy he focuses on 'quality of strike', the contact, and why he feels it is the main ingredient. Mark asks if that applies to all golfers Claude has worked with?
18:30\tClaude says that golf coaching is similar to training a dog.
20:00\tOn working with Ernie Els, how it came about and what he said to Ernie when first asked for a critique of his swing
22:00\tThe one thing for all golfers to focus on for the rest of the year.
After the Turn:
27:00\tHe explains how it came about that Cam asked him for some swing thoughts.
29:00 Claude credits Cam's prior coach Grant Field with getting Cam to such a high level.speaking of cams old coach grant fields
30:00\tMark shows some stills of Cams' swing and what he is seeing.
31:00\tClaude talks about Cams' driving.
31:00\tHe says that all great players have a superpower
32:00\tAdam Scotts' putting
35:00\tHis Dad working with Tiger and what he learned from that
37:00\tThe one thing that he and Cam have worked on since mid April, and the drills they've been doing.
39:00\tCam has a short window to take advantage of
40:00\tOn watching his Dad work with The Shark
41:00\tThe surprising thing that he and Cam used as a training aid in the rain in Korea
42:00\tThe drill that his Dad would do with Tiger, and Claude's role in it, that he now gets Cam to do. (Tiger hated it)
43:30\tThe 3 phases of the golf swing, and the 1 phase that he believes everyone ignores
46:00\tWhat he and Cam did prior to the PGA
47:00\tNick on Cams' swing development, swing positions, and why giving advice in different ways helps
49:00\tThe moment Claude says was a huge one for Cam in their relationship
51:00\tNumbers vs Feel, and how Claude uses data.
53:00\tCams' short game is ridiculously good
56:00\tWhy the ceiling is really high for Cam
58:00\tWhat's next for Claude, where does he see himself in a few years?
59:00\tClaude bumped into Nick's old caddy Wilbur recently!
A fantastic chat with Claude Harmon ||| for Hostplus, Claude certainly is a plus for golf, and we loved this conversation.
If you've not had a listen to Claude's podcast Son of a Butch, it's a ripper, you can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts, Spotify and Apple links here:
Listen to Son of a Butch on Spotify.
Listen to Son of a Butch on Apple.
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