ON THE MIC with Jake Killeen - Golf Performance Podcast

Ewan Porter is an Aussie Touring Professional and Broadcaster who turned professional in 2002 and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nation Wide, now Korn Ferry Tours. He has two wins, the 2008 Moonah Classic and the 2010 South Georgia Classic. Ewan has now turned his expertise to Broadcasting where he has covered all areas including, hosting, on course commentary and lead analyst. We talk the recent PGA Championship, the state of broadcasting today, touch on his up and down career and his amazing work to successfully start the Junior 6's Invitational race to Cronulla, where he has created another path way to the big time for junior golfers in Australia.

Cassie Porter is an up and coming junior golfer from the Sunshine Coast. She has just been crowned the female junior and amateur of the year for her brilliant 2019 season where she captured 5 wins including Vic Junior. In 2020 her form continued with an impressive T2 finish at the Master of the Amateurs. Had a blast talking to this impressive youngster making waves in amateur golf in Australia! 

Matt from YouTube channel, Golf Sidekick is a YouTuber who plays golf all over the world documenting his golf rounds he plays both by himself and with subscribers, Professional players and coaches to give insights to his followers on how to have fun again and improve playing this great game. He joins me on EP12 for a fun in depth look at the golf industry, what is working and not working, we also discuss how he has amassed a following of 90k subs on YouTube. I find out how he went from not breaking 90 to low single figures utilising his developed strategy, 'the way of the playa'.

Scott Hend is an Australian professional golfer who has played on a number of the world's main tours. Scotts a candid character and renowned as a long hitter, he is a 10 time Asian tour winner which is 2nd on the all time list of winners, and the 2016 order of merit champion. We discuss longevity in the game, his Olympic selection, how his game and attitude to tournament play has changed over the years and plenty more! 

Steven Giuliano is a world renowned golf coach based in Malaysia, and former Melbournian who has worked with the likes of Kieran Pratt, Stacey Keating and Danny Chia plus many more elite players throughout South East Asia.
This episode we discuss what it takes to be an elite coach, the evolution of online coaching and why it's important to have a genuine online presence.

Steffan Scutti is the 2019 Australian Long Drive Champion and a qualified personal trainer. We talk hitting bombs, injury prevention and preparing your body for competition.

Scott Barr is an Aussie Tour Veteran who played on the Asian/European Tours for 14 years. Scott is the highest money earner on the Asian Tour never to Win a tournament.
We discuss how Scott was able to remain so consistent over many years on one of the worlds best golf tours, and how he feels about not getting over the line for that evasive win. We continue into his current coaching career and how he uses his experience to help players of all standards play better golf.

Apologies for the internet & video quality on this one. Kieran Pratt was a former number one amateur, Asian tour winner, and one-for-one against Tiger Woods. On this episode we talk about his impressive amateur career, the ups and downs of tour golf and why he decided to hang up the boots.

Rob Cheney is a current Golf Digest Best International Golf Coach. Rob coaches out of GOLFTEC Singapore and uses the controversial swing system Stack & Tilt. We cover the controversy and misinformation surrounding Stack & Tilt Worldwide, the art of good ball striking and the influence a good coach has on a golfer at any level.  

Lukas Michel is the 2019 US Mid Amateur Champion. We talk about his golf journey, the role of mindfulness in the golf game and preparing for two major invites to this years US Open and Masters tournaments!