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The fastest way to lower golf scores is by having a strong mental/emotional game! Golf Smarter is the longest running golf podcast that's helped thousands of amateur golfers worldwide since 2005. Host Fred Greene, a former radio personality and passionate golfer, has dropped his handicap from the high teens to a single digit by learning weekly from PGA Teaching Pros, mental coaches, fitness experts, course architects, and more. All the Pros agree; to raise your golf IQ and lower your scores, you need to Golf Smarter!
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PGA Tour Pro Dylan Wu on His Journey to Reach The Highest Level of Competition from 2023-12-05T22:57:31
924: Dylan Wu is an young PGA Tour Pro who impressively has made the cut on 33 of his 60 PGA Tour starts. He was a star golfer in college playing for Northwestern, but also a realist who knew that ...
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Peak Performance Is NOT Sustainable -- High Performance IS! Featured Guest Leo Howson from 2023-11-28T20:36:29
923: This week's guest is Leo Howson of LeoHowson.com. Leo is a hypnotherapist and flow state coach whose techniques ca...
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The Architect/Designer of Michael Jordan’s Ultra-Exclusive, Ultra-Private Golf Course - Bobby Weed from 2023-11-21T22:20:02
922: Bobby Weed is a high profile golf course architect who was mentored by World Golf Hall of Fame designer, Pete Dye. In addition he was also the PGA Tour’s first in-house designer that resulted ...
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Learn To Close Your Clubface Properly for Better Ballflight with Erik Schjolberg from 2023-11-14T22:10:02
921: Erik Schjolberg, a golf instructor McCormick Ranch GC in Scottdale, AZ returns to discuss a variety of mechanics and mental game related topics including how many greens in regulation you need...
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How to Get In The Zone At The Flip of a Switch with authors Bo Watson&Shannon Shuskey from 2023-11-07T22:21:12
920: Bo Watson and Shannon Shuskey return together to discuss their compelling new mental game book called “In The Zone Secrets: How to Get In The Zone At The Flip of a Switch”. This book has lots ...
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Use Match Play Practice to Enhance Stroke Play Success from 2023-10-31T23:38:58
919: Joe Hallett is a PGA Master Professional and one of America’s Top 100 Instructors. He’s also a favorite who appears regularly on Golf Smarter. Including being a wealth of knowledge on game imp...
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Why You Shouldn't Carry Your Golf Bag&Other Preventable Golf Injuries featuring Billy Troy from 2023-10-24T23:05:03
918: Billy Troy of Golf Physio Australia (https://www.golfphysiotherapyaustralia.com/) fell in lo...
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Be Careful in Your Setup • Be Carefree with Your Swing! featuring Josh Zander from 2023-10-17T21:00:02
917: Josh Zander of https://zandergolf.com/ returns for a free flowing conversation about improving your game that we...
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Don't Be A Golfer That Separates Their Game Into Silos featuring Dr. Rick Sessinghaus from 2023-10-10T21:00:02
916: Dr. Rick Sessinghaus has in incredible track record of coaching great players, including a two-time Major winner, but is also unbelievably helpful to amateur golfers in getting their heads and...
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How To Increase The Bottom Line on the Golf Course with FairwaysRM from 2023-10-03T20:55:45
915: The saying goes; “contracts don't get signed until the score card does.” Like golf, conducting business on the golf course is a skill that needs to be fine tuned for true success. Joe Canfield...
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Most Golfers Make Centered Contact On a Random Basis with Jamie Zimron, LPGA from 2023-09-27T00:45:22
914: Jamie Zimron of https://TheCenteredWay.com joins us for the first time in a couple years to talk about how im...
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Irons Are Designed to Be a Digging Tool featuring Ben Alexander from 2023-09-24T21:35:30
913: Ben Alexander was named the NorCal PGA Teacher of the Year back in 2004 for good reason. In his long awaited return to Golf Smarter Ben “Walk Fast & Swing Slow” addresses many of the basic...
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Connecting Your Mind, Breath&Movement On The Greens featuring Teacher/Author Jayne Storey from 2023-09-12T20:05:01
912: Jayne Storey returns to discuss her latest audio project called Connected Putting. Jayne, chi-performance.com Listen
If You Don’t Know What to Improve, Practicing Isn’t Going To Help! from 2023-09-05T20:50:01
911: Sarah Stone is a veteran teacher working out of the Washington DC area who publishes great Instagram and golf.com videos...
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To Waggle Or Not To Waggle. Is THAT The Question? featuring Jim Waldron from 2023-08-29T20:03:08
910: Jim Waldron of balancepointgolf.com joins us again to discuss the importance of the mind-body connection whe...
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What Gets Measured, Gets Improved. It's As Simple As That! featuring Golf&Business Coach, Dr. Greta Anderson from 2023-08-22T23:47:14
909: Dr. Greta Anderson is more than an effective golf instructor, she’s also a business consultant who understands the importance of using golf as a way to build and sustain important relationship...
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Learning The Golf Swing Through Physics with author Junshen "Jason" Wang from 2023-08-15T23:18:35
908: Junshen Wang is originally from Taiwan where he studied to be, and had a career as a mechanical engineer. After retirement, he, like many of us, fell in love with flyfishing and golf. As an en...
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Play Better&Learn A Ton About Your Game with the Combine Feature of Rapsodo’s MLM2Pro from 2023-08-08T21:00:02
907: The MLM2Pro from Rapsodo is the newest launch monitor from a company that is focused on sports analytics. Whether you use it for golf or other sports, the MLM2Pro is a fabulous tool for golfer...
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Golf Is A Game to Be Enjoyed — Not Endured! with Gary Nicol&Karl Morris from 2023-08-01T21:00:02
906: Both Karl Morris (TheMindFactor.com) and Gary Nicol (Listen
The Grandson&The Zen Doctor - Our Introduction of Dr Bob Jones IV to Dr Joseph Parent from 2023-07-25T22:50:08
905: Dr Joe Parent, author of Zen Golf and another sports psychologist who also happens to be the grandson of legendary golfer Bobby Jones, Dr. Bob Jones IV, didn’t know each other until they were ...
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We Don’t Need To Grow The Game - Just Sustain It! Featuring John "Lag" Erickson from 2023-07-18T20:46:32
904: John Erickson of AdvancedBallStriking.com returns for an interesting conversation about the state of the...
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The Fastest And Easiest Way to Consistency is Through Flow State Golf with Debbie O'Connell | #903 from 2023-07-11T22:18:41
903: Debbie O’Connell probably wears a superhero outfit under her golf clothes. LPGA National Professional of the Year, the inaugural Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, has bowled a perfect game m...
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My Pathway To Finding Joy In Golf Again with Author Michael Bowker | #902 from 2023-07-04T12:00:02
902: A Golf Smarter listener was shocked to find out that one of his regular playing partners was the actual author of a book we’ve talked a lot about on this podcast, “Winning The Battle Within - ...
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Breaking 100 Is Not Going To Be Achieved By Just Working On The Range |. #901 from 2023-06-27T23:53:55
901: Blake Jirges talks about the value of why golfers of all skill levels would benefit far more from on-course lessons vs just ball striking advice at the range. Breaking 100 isn’t just because y...
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By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go with author Joanne Greene- Fred's Wife!! | #900 from 2023-06-20T19:15:01
900: Once again we celebrate a podcast milestone by learning more about host Fred Greene, this time through the comments and insights from his wife, Joanne. Joanne has just written and published he...
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Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men with author Charles Mechem | #899 from 2023-06-13T12:00:02
899: Charlie Mechem was the Commissioner of the LPGA, ran a broadcast company, and more importantly, was/is extremely close to both Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. He just wrote a book called “Arn...
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Bandon Dunes: Golf As It Was Meant To Be...In The Spirit of Scotland's Ancient Links from 2023-06-06T23:45:59
898: In preparation for Fred’s trip to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, we feature two guests back to back. Michael Chupka, Bandon’s Director of Communications provides us background on the history, futur...
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The Power of Slow: Qi Gong for Golfers with Master Instructor, Lee Holden | #897 from 2023-05-30T21:05:01
897: We’ve talked a lot about how golfers can increase their flexibility and mobility through various forms of exercises and movement with Yoga, stretching, and exercise. The goal is to increase yo...
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A Beginner Documents His Quest to Become a Scratch Golfer | #896 from 2023-05-23T18:31:22
896: Golf can’t be that difficult to understand, learn, and conquer, can it? Jerome Rufin believes it, so he launched a YouTube documentary series called “Scratch to Scratch” that documents his dai...
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Golf Beneath The Surface - The New Science of Golf Psychology with author Raymond Prior | #895 from 2023-05-16T22:42:04
895: Golf Smarter has always been a huge advocate of fine tuning your mental game with the same passion and diligence as your swing mechanics. Our guest this week is performance consultant and auth...
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A Manuel de la Torre Student Proudly Continues His Teaching Legacy | #894 from 2023-05-09T20:48:11
894: Trish Beucher of 815TeeTime.com studied the golf swing from legendary teacher Manuel de la Torre and has made it h...
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A 30yr Golf Teaching&Biz Vet Shares Stories from the Inside featuring Paddy Shea | #893 from 2023-05-02T20:57:32
893: Patrick “Paddy” Shea has been involved in golf as an instructor, product rep, and product developer for most of his life. In this episode he share stories from the inside of the industry that ...
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Poor Mechanics vs Self Sabotage - Which Is Hurting You More | #892 from 2023-04-25T21:38:16
892: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to share his 30+ years of being a golf instructor with insights ...
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Carrying The Right Wedge Is As Important as Understanding How to Use Each One | #891 from 2023-04-18T20:10:16
891: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns for his 18th appearance on Golf Smarter to discuss wedges, wedge play, finding the correct wedge for your game, how he's spent four decades on a quest to ...
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The Emerging World of Competitive Putting with Brock Gillespie from 2023-04-11T20:38:16
890: Forget the windmills and clown’s mouth, indoor and outdoor 18 hole putting courses are popping up around the USA. Think: TopGolf meets bowling alleys meets putt-putt golf. Multiple entities ar...
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The Masters, Augusta National, and the Legacy of Legendary Bobby Jones with his Grandson, Dr. Bob Jones IV | #889 from 2023-04-04T22:24:07
889: It’s Masters Week which means Spring is here and golf is in the air. It also means we get to visit again with the grandson of legendary golfer Bobby Jones, Dr. Bob Jones IV. Bobby Jones, the m...
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Speed Swing Training - Without Bulking Up Like Bryson, featuring Jaacob Bowden | #888 from 2023-03-28T20:00:30
888: Jaacob Bowden of swingmangolf.com and Listen
Butterfly Golf May Be The Future of Sustainable Golf Course Design | #887 from 2023-03-21T23:22:44
887: Agustin “Augie” Pisa is an award winning golf course architect who received a Masters in Golf Course Architecture from Edinburgh University in Scotland and was featured on Forbes List of 100 M...
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Using Yoga As a Tool To Master Golf…and Other Parts of Your Life with Kevin Ralbovsky | #886 from 2023-03-14T12:00:03
886: Kevin Ralbovsky is one of those golf instructors who has learned from, and instructed some of the best, but still has a way to forge his own path to golf ecstasy. Speaking to us from the KMR S...
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The World Am is the “Everyman’s” US Open And They’re Open for Registration featuring Tournament Director, Scott Tomasello | #885 from 2023-03-07T20:36:28
885: The World Amateur Handicap Championship, aka the World Am, attracts 3,200+ players from all 50 US states and 20 countries. The 72-hole, net stroke play tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., from A...
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Analyzing Tony Manzoni’s Lost Fundamental Swing Method Based on Ben Hogan’s Secret from 2023-02-28T23:50:29
884: Justin Tang teaches golf at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore and loves to study other golf instructors. He discovered Tony Manzoni on Golf Smarter and became so enamored with his Lost...
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EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Winners Reveal Their Mental Game Struggles | #883 from 2023-02-21T23:50:24
883: Stewart Cink. KJ Choi. Jerry Kelly. JJ Spann. Joseph Bramlett. Aaron Rai. During the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii, mental game coach Cary Valentine went inside the ropes during practice to have co...
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Reading Greens Like a Pro - From a Pro - Requires These 5 Things | #882 from 2023-02-14T20:47:32
882: When Bryson Dechambeau won the US Open in 2020, expert putting instructor, Tim Tucker, was carrying his bag. Tim joins us today to discuss his time looping for Bryson and other PGA Tour Pros, ...
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Exploring The PGA Merchandise Show 2023 - Pt2 -⛳️ 881 from 2023-02-08T06:18:54
881: More from the PGA Merchandise Show 2023 in Orlando Florida. Days two and three were spent scouring the massive show floor for unique products and old friends. Each year the PGA Show, which ...
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PGA Show 2023 - Day 1 Demo&Fitting Day with Multiple Guests featured | #880 from 2023-01-31T21:13:26
880: Join me for my first experience at the 70th annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando Florida. Day One is called DEMO & Fitting Day. Each year this is where nearly 30,000 PGA Professionals, g...
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Weedon’s Way: A Pain Free Golf Swing for Golfers with Bad Backs | #879 from 2023-01-24T20:00:02
879: Reeves Weedon was a golf phenom as a young English player, hailed as the next Peter Oosterhuis, but lower back pain ended his promising career. This led to decades of research and writing of t...
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Never Let “Hitting The Wall” Ruin Your Round by Keeping Your Blood Sugar Levels In Check | #878 from 2023-01-17T20:00:02
878: Brinson Paolini played professionally in 43 countries after being a collegiate All-American golfer at Duke. One thing he always noticed on the course with pros and amateurs is that when they d...
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Manuel de la Torre's Disciple on The Definition of a "Swing" with Gary Sowinski, PGA | #877 from 2023-01-10T21:55:43
877: Gary Sowinski spent more than 6 years working with and learning from Manuel de la Torre, author of Understanding The Golf Swing, and one of golf’s greatest instructors ever to instruct Tour Pr...
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Little Goals Can Be Huge When Winterizing Your Game featuring Joe Hallett | #876 from 2023-01-04T00:38:08
876: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett joins us once again to get the insights and advice that can only come fro...
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Information Overload: How to Dissect&Use What Applies to Your Game | #875 from 2022-12-27T18:00:01
875: Josh Zander, one of America’s Top 100 Teachers, returns for another wide ranging conversation about how players of all skill levels can become better, smarter golfers. This week we focus on th...
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Unleash Your Creativity Using Pitching and Chipping with The Wedge Guy | #874 from 2022-12-20T22:55:55
874: Short game! The best way to lower scores is by practicing and fine tuning your shots from inside 100yds, and around the green. This week, Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns for his 17th app...
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Now Anyone Can Have A Sponsor Like The Pros by Playing ODIN Golf Balls! | #873 from 2022-12-13T21:57:09
873: Losing an expensive tour quality ball can be maddening. ODIN Golf has developed an affordable tour quality ball, and they’ll sponsor any player, no matter your skill level! Our guest is Jordan...
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FlightPath Golf tees: Has the Perfect Golf Tee finally Been Invented? | #872 from 2022-12-06T23:57:19
872: There was something about the unique design and explanation of the FlightPath Golf Tee on Instagram that caught my eye, and I thought what the heck I’ll give it a try. During the first round, ...
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Golf is All About Finding What Works, Losing It,&Finding It Again! | #871 from 2022-11-29T23:28:36
871: Tyler Ferrell is a golf instructor, biomechanics fitness pro, and author of “The Stock Tour Swing”. His website, no relation, is GolfSmartAcademy.com. We talk about his years of learning to be...
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Winning Golf: The Mental Game with author Dr. Saul Miller | #870 from 2022-11-21T20:57:47
870: “Your final goal is to convert your athletic swing to pure instinct rather than conscious thought” is a David Leadbetter quote that you’ll find in the book “Winning Golf: The Mental Game - Cre...
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What Catches A Teaching Pro’s Attention When Working with a New Student | #869 from 2022-11-15T23:37:39
869: Jim Waldron of Balance Point Golf is quizzed as if we’re a first time student to his school. What does he look for? What is he helping us to focus on? Is it more practical and less theoretica...
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Play Golf Pain Free Forever With These Keys to Longevity | #868 from 2022-11-09T00:59:16
868: Chris Finn of Par4Success.com returns to discuss the key to longevity in golf, which includes no pain, hitting the ball further, and playing golf as long as possible. In this conversation we g...
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How to Become A Ball Flight Detective on the Golf Course | #867 from 2022-11-01T23:52:18
867: Kelvin Kelley is one of those hot young golf instructors who delivers the entire package of mechanics, course management, and mental game improvement. In this conversation, Kelvin and host Fre...
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Golf is a Problem Solving Endeavor As Analyzed by Justin Tang from Singapore | #866 from 2022-10-26T02:16:03
866: Justin Tang is a golf instructor in Singapore who has been mentioned multiple times on Golf Smarter by other instructors and writers, so our curiosity lead us to feature him on the podcast. He...
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Dr Joe Parent of Zen Golf on Walking Meditation&Fred’s Adventure to Japan from 2022-10-19T03:07:57
865: Host Fred Greene has just returned from a 2 week - 5 city, vacation/adventure in Japan. During their time in Kyoto, the group met and meditated with Zen Buddhist Monk Obayashi at Temple Senko...
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Imagine Golf: The #1 App for Golf’s Mental Game with CEO Malcolm Scovil | golf SMARTER #864 from 2022-10-11T20:45:01
864: Imagine Golf is the #1 app for the mental game. Our guest is the CEO Malcolm Scovil. There’s never been an app that is so closely aligned with what we try to achieve on Golf Smarter. Imagine G...
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Time To Ask Yourself: What Does A Good Shot of Mine Look Like? featuring Rick Sessinghaus | golf SMARTER #863 from 2022-10-04T20:45:01
863: Dr. Rick Sessinghaus, best known as the coach for PGA Tour 2x Major winner, Collin Morikowa since he was a young boy. Rick is an excellent golf coach, focusing on the totality of a player’s ga...
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Great Ball Striking Is Only Effective if You Understand How To Play A Golf Course | golf SMARTER #862 from 2022-09-27T20:40:01
862: John Erickson of AdvancedBallStriking.com is a former Tour player turned coach who has great advice and incredible stories from inside the ropes. From his days competing in college to playing ...
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The Four Foundations of Golf: How to Build a Game That Lasts a Lifetime | golf SMARTER #861 from 2022-09-20T21:20:01
861: Jon Sherman of PracticalGolf.com joins us to talk about his second book, “The Four Foundations of Golf: How to Build a Game That Lasts a Lifetime”. Unlike many golf books that are bathroom rea...
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The Art of Recognizing That Every Golf Shot Is Unique featuring Gary Nicol | golf SMARTER #860 from 2022-09-14T00:59:15
860: Gary Nicol is the Co-Founder and Coaching Director at TPEGS (Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools). Since the 80s, he’s helped thousands of golfers around the world including over 30 European Tour...
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You HAVE the Skill To Swing As Freely&Fluidly as Great Golfers! featuring Ron Sisson | golf SMARTER #859 from 2022-09-06T21:00:02
859: Ron Sisson of RealSwingGolf.com joins us to discuss the problem with today’s golf instruction. His passion, knowledge of science’s influence on the golf swing, and his teaching philosophy make...
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My 3 Favorite Insights to Teach Golfers with Todd Kolb of USGolfTV | golf SMARTER #858 from 2022-08-30T21:00:02
858: Todd Kolb is golf entrepreneur specializing in helping you play better golf, yet he also helps companies build their golf business. His YouTube channel at USGolfTV is a wealth of easy to under...
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Collecting Historical Golf Artifacts, A Different Kind of Golf Obsession | golf SMARTER #857 from 2022-08-23T22:10:19
857: The Golf Heritage Society, founded in 1970, promotes an appreciation for the history of golf artifacts and memorabilia among their worldwide membership that includes golfers, writers, historia...
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Always Entertaining. Very Opinionated. Now a Hall-of-Famer! It’s Time For Another Chat with Barney Adams | golf SMARTER #856 from 2022-08-16T22:10:29
856: Barney Adams is a legend in the golf industry for his introduction of the Adams Golf Tight Lies fairway wood, the Stability putter shafts, author of The WOW Factor, and his unique efforts to g...
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Golf Instruction Can Be Fixed If We Ask The Right Question with Karl Morris | golf SMARTER #855 from 2022-08-09T20:13:02
855: Karl Morris at TheMindFactor.com is a well respected Mental Game coach for many PGA Touring players and the co-author with Gary Nicol of a trio of golf improvement books. Their latest is “The ...
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Clear Key Golf with Our Grand Dad of the Mental Game, Carey Mumford (RIP) | golf SMARTER #854 from 2022-08-02T23:35:01
Mental Coach Carey Mumford, creator of the Clear Key System, spends nearly an hour in this entertaining and provocative episode that was originally published privately as a Members Only episode. Th...
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Their Research Shows That Thinking About The Mechanics During Your Golf Swing Is Counter Productive | golf SMARTER #853 from 2022-07-26T18:28:07
853: This week we feature two Professors of Kinesiology and their 30 year study of athletic movement. Dr Gabriele Wulf from UNLV and Dr Rebecca Lewthwaite of USC share their research that confirms ...
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Swing Thoughts Create Chaos in Your Mind, Which Results In Poor Golf Shots | golf SMARTER #852 from 2022-07-19T23:14:37
852: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to discuss his Focus 5-Point System which turns your focus away from swing thoughts to external targets. This will prevent you from creating chaos i...
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Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor: Pro Level Data. Every Golfer’s Price | golf SMARTER #851 from 2022-07-13T00:01:54
851: If you’ve taken a golf lesson in the last 15 years, your instructor may have used a Trackman launch monitor to gather shot data. But Trackman is a huge investment which can exceed $25,000. Whe...
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Most Golfers Don’t Know What They’re Thinking About When Swinging a Golf Club | golf SMARTER #850 from 2022-07-05T21:00:01
850: Erik Schjolberg returns for a discussion on golf fallacies, what we’re thinking about when swinging a club and why it’s important to know, and a fascinating teaching aid he uses that can turn...
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Connected Golf: Bridging The Gap Between Practice&Performance | golf SMARTER #849 from 2022-06-28T23:17:47
849: Jayne Storey returns to discuss her latest book “Connected Golf: Bridging the Gap Between Practice & Performance”. https://amzn.to/3xU8jTS ...
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Become the Best of Your Younger Self with Regenerative Medicine with Dr Drew Taylor | golf SMARTER #848 from 2022-06-21T22:15:48
848: Dr Drew Taylor is a former MLB pitcher who is also the CEO of Acorn.me. We’re at the beginning of an anti-aging revolution and this Canadian company is unlocking the potential injury recovery,...
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A US Open History Lesson That Will Surprise You Despite What You’ve Seen in the Movies | golf SMARTER #847 from 2022-06-14T20:34:54
847: John McDermott was the first native born American golfer to win the US Open in 1911, when he was only 19 years old. But he’s been forgotten by history because he was not only a cocky young man...
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A Tour Journeyman Who Partnered with an Old Friend to Fill A Need for Golfers | golf SMARTER #846 from 2022-06-07T23:08:34
846: Brad Fritsch is a one of those golfers who’s really good, just not good enough. He played in the 2015 US Open, won on the Korn Ferry Tour, and has European Tour experience, but as you’ll hear ...
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Short Game Tips from the 18th Green Practice Round of the Women’s US Open | golf SMARTER #845 from 2022-05-31T21:23:29
845: Joe Hallett is a PGA Master Professional who has five women, including Stacy Lewis, he’s working with at the upcoming Women’s US Open in North Carolina this week. Joe takes us inside the ropes...
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GYRA Golf: A Neuroscience Approach to Golf’s Mental Game | golf SMARTER #844 from 2022-05-24T22:52:36
844: Dr Izzy Justice is a sports neuroscientist and inventor of the ground-breaking technology The Brain Trackman™ and the GYRA Golf App who has authored 8 books over the course of 30 years on the ...
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Need to Fix Your Golf Swing…It Depends! | golf SMARTER #843 from 2022-05-18T00:53:18
843 Top 100 Instructor Josh Zander returns for another great conversation on game improvement insights including getting a fitting for your swing, playing at Stanford with Tiger, and whether or not...
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A Hole By Hole Game Plan For Smarter Golf by Dr. Joe Parent of Zen Golf from 2022-05-11T00:02:36
842: Zen Golf, the best selling golf mental game book in history, is now 20 years old and still incredibly relevant. Author Dr Joe Parent, our very first guest on Golf Smarter in 2005 returns again...
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Bad Golf Shots Happen - Don’t Try To Stop Them, Accept Them! featuring Danny Maude |golf SMARTER #841 from 2022-05-03T21:36:11
841: Danny Maude, a wildly successful YouTube Golf instructor from the UK returns to share his insights on why we hurt our own game by spending too much time ruminating over bad golf shots. They ha...
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What Winning Golf Teaches Us About Winning In Business | golf SMARTER #840 from 2022-04-26T20:58:54
840: Playing golf with colleagues, or talking about business on the course is widely accepted, but where do golf and business intersect? According to business consultant Kevin Stansfield, practical...
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Learn Which of the 70 New Golf Balls in 2022 is Right for You! | golf SMARTER #839 from 2022-04-19T23:26:15
839: There have been 70 new golf balls released by the major manufacturers already in 2022 and too many of us are still playing balls we find in the woods. But you may not realize that if you are l...
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Getting Back to Golf Basics We Tend To Forget From Round to Round | golf SMARTER #838 from 2022-04-12T22:48:42
838: Height of the Tee. Hovering the club vs laying it on the ground before takeaway. These are just two of the little things we tend to forget when we play golf that actually do have an impact on ...
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The Masters: A Family’s Legacy. In Conversation with Bobby Jones' Grandson | golf SMARTER #837 from 2022-04-05T19:12:28
837: Being Masters Week it’s hard not to invoke the name and contribution from the great Bobby Jones. Our guest is Dr Bob Jones IV, who admits that there’s a burden to being the last person who wil...
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Being a Caddy Made Me a Much Better, Much Smarter Golfer with Entrepreneur Henry McGannon | golf SMARTER #836 from 2022-03-29T20:00:02
836: Henry McGannon has won a variety amateur tournaments including the 2014 NJCAA National Championship, and he’s caddied for years in South Carolina. Caddying has not only made him a much better ...
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The Essence of Mindfulness in Golf and in Life with Author of "No One Playing" Martin Wells | golf SMARTER #835 from 2022-03-22T23:40:17
835: Author Martin Wells’ book “No One Playing: The Essence of Mindfulness in Golf And In Life” is an enchanting story of a strange encounter on a golf course with someone who knows nothing about t...
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Now You Can Have a Golf Simulator Even with Limited Space | golf SMARTER #834 from 2022-03-15T22:58:50
834: Last we heard from Bill Bales he teased us with a new product that will allow anyone with limited space to have their own home golf simulator. Bill, is the father of golf simulator technology ...
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Golf+NFTs=A New Era In Golf! Introducing LinksDAO | golf SMARTER #833 from 2022-03-09T05:44:31
833: Golf is generally not in the same conversation as Crypto Currency. And a lot of golfers may never have even heard of, or understand NFTs, or nonfungible tokens. But at the end of 2021 Mike Dud...
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EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Pros Provide Insights to Their Mental Game&Winning | golf SMARTER #832 from 2022-03-02T00:45:34
832: EXCLUSIVE interviews with 6 PGA Tour Pros by Golf Mental Game Coach, Cary Valentine. Since 2018, Cary visits the practice rounds at the Sony Open in Hawaii and talks to various PGA Tour Pros a...
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Golf In The Kingdom&The Shivas Irons Society with E.D. Ben Kline | golf SMARTER #831 from 2022-02-23T00:00:02
831: “Golf In The Kingdom” could be one of the greatest pieces of golf fiction ever written. The protagonist in the story, Shivas Irons, is a mystical character who elevates the game to new spiritu...
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Connecting Golfers To Golfers and Golfers to Brands with Cactus Golf Club from 2022-02-15T22:00:02
830: The Social Media landscape for golf is an enigma that has baffled many entrepreneurs. Matt Ericksen and his buddy think they’ve come up with a solution. Cactus Golf Club utilizes a private Fac...
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Getting Your Child Started with Golf, Then Getting a College Degree in PGA Golf Management from 2022-02-09T00:21:25
829: Henry Stetina is a PGA Teaching Professional who, in 2019-20, was named the #1 Golf Instructor in New Mexico by Golf Digest. He’s also the Program Coordinator for the New Mexico State Universi...
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Stop Fighting Your Putter! Featured Guest: Sam Hahn CEO of LAB Golf from 2022-02-02T01:34:08
828: LAB Golf, the putter company disrupter, has released a new putter called the MEZZ1 that won’t generate the teasing that their DF2.1 putter does, but as a Lie Angle Balanced putter, it will mak...
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2021 PGA Tour In Review and Game Show:”Major or Major Motion Picture” featuring Matty Blake from 2022-01-12T00:54:31
827: MattyB returns for his hilarious review of the 2021 PGA Tour Season and challenges host Fred Greene to a game he’s created called “Major - or - Major Motion Picture” Play along and share your ...
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My Personal History with John Madden as His Recording Engineer from 1982-1986 from 2022-01-04T20:56:23
826: With the passing of John Madden at the end of 2021, host Fred Greene digs into his personal archives to share stories, recordings, and his history with Coach Madden. From 1982-1986, Fred was M...
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Your Workout Routine And Diet May Not Be Helping Your Golf Game featuring Jeff Pelizzaro of 18Strong from 2021-12-28T17:00:02
825: Jeff Pelizzaro is a fitness instructor, golfer, and host of the 18Strong podcast. In our quest to find out how to become a better golfer through more information than just swing mechanics, we ...
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After a Career in Manufacturing Jeff Perez Bought a Golf Course. Then Asked, Now What? from 2021-12-21T20:00:02
824: Jeff Perez lives in the small town in Parsons, Kansas. Ninety-five years ago, the MKT Railroad built a 9 hole course that is still around today. It’s open mainly because after his career in ma...
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What PGA Instructors Discuss About Teaching Golf When They're Together from 2021-12-14T23:55:25
823: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett returns to share insights from the recent Golf Magazine’s Top 100 PGA Teaching Summit and what it is that PGA Teaching Professionals discuss when they get t...
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Improve How You Move&Slow Your Aging Process Through High Intensity Workouts with Pete McCall from 2021-12-07T20:22:58
822: Pete McCall is a fitness expert who is resource for accurate, in-depth insight on how to get results from exercise. He is often quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Me...
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Every Good Golf Shot Should Add Up to100 from Backswing to Follow Through from 2021-12-01T00:28:33
821: After a round of golf together at Foxtail North in Northern California, Jamie Zimron, the Golf Sensei and host Fred Greene sat down outside the Pro-Shop to record an episode that featured tips...
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An Innovative Course in England Is Growing the Game By Challenging Golf's Traditions. Guest: Paul Cunningham of Hartford Golf Club from 2021-11-23T23:34:40
820: This week our guest is Paul Cunningham from Hartford Golf Club in Cheshire, near the Liverpool-Manchester metropolitan area of England. This semi-private 9 hole course has a lot of competitio...
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Don’t Expect Many Golf Holiday Shopping Deals This Year...with Tom Cox from 2021-11-17T00:41:10
819: Tom Cox, CEO of GolfBalls.com is not alone in his concern that the holiday shopping season for 2021 won’t allow retailers to showcase the usual sales promotions that we’ve all grown accustomed...
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To Truly Enjoy Golf, You Must Embrace the Suffering! With Yips Whisperer, Jim Waldron from 2021-11-09T23:55:34
818: Jim Waldron, "The Yips Whisperer" from BalancePointGolf.com returns to provide his expertise on the Yips. So many golfers think they have it, but most probably don’t. If you’re a high handicap...
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Barney Adams has Just Been Named Golf’s New Commissioner”…by me! Here’s How He’s Gonna Fix The Game from 2021-11-02T17:08:33
817: Barney Adams has never been shy about sharing his opinion on what’s wrong with golf and how to grow the game. In this episode, we appoint him Commissioner and challenge him to make the game ea...
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The Father of Golf Simulator Software Wants to Help Set Up Yours…for FREE! Featuring Bill Bales from 2021-10-26T21:43:26
816: Golf Simulators started out as a computer game but as the software became more sophisticated quickly became a critical tool for golf instructors and players of all skill levels. Bill Bales has...
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A Father&Daughter Golf Outing That Turned into a Parent’s Nightmare from 2021-10-20T00:37:23
815: Steve Ryan and his middle daughter Kaitlin played golf together multiple times each week, whether for 18 holes, or just working on their game at the range. But on April 19, 2020 while working ...
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Sir Nick Faldo, John Daly, Rick Smith, Jim McLean All Wear SQAIRZ Golf Shoes Because of Results. from 2021-10-12T21:00:18
814. Sir Nick Faldo. John Daly. Jim McLean. Rick Smith. All wear SQAIRZ golf shoes because they improve their golf game. A wild statement that usually means a paid endorsement. But that’s not the c...
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STIX Golf Clubs Deliver Style, Performance, and Results at an Unbelievable Price from 2021-10-05T19:00:19
813: Shopping for new golf clubs is never easy. Price. Performance. Style. Those are all important considerations, but not always in sync. Until now. Where else can you purchase a full set of well ...
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If You’ve Seen a Wedge Used on Tour - It Doesn’t Belong In Your Bag! with Terry Koehler from 2021-09-29T00:27:01
812: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler has spent his life in pursuit of creating the best wedge for amateur players. In this episode you’ll hear how the average golfer is getting fooled by purchasing w...
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Life’s Too Short to Play Bad Golf with YouTube Instructor Tom Saguto from 2021-09-22T00:38:53
811: Tom Saguto is a young golf instructor who has really caught the eye of a lot of golfers on YouTube. SagutoGolf has a lot of simple, but effective tips and drills that incorporate the Stack’n’T...
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The Trackman Killer Might Be a Smart Golf Ball from Graff.Golf from 2021-09-14T22:39:37
810: Graff.Golf is working on a smart golf ball for your home/backyard practice sessions that will deliver the same helpful stats provided by incredibly expensive hardware used by teaching Professi...
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You Don’t Need to Be a PGA Tour Level Talent To Hit Effective Chip Shots with Brandon Stooksbury from 2021-09-07T21:00:04
809: Brandon Stooksbury returns to discuss his first and Amazon Best Selling book The Wedge Book. Brandon is currently the Head Golf Professional at Metairie Country Club just outside of New Orlean...
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What the Fastest Golfer In History Can Teach Us About Playing Slow Golf with Christopher Smith, PGA from 2021-09-01T01:07:41
808: Christopher Smith is an award winning PGA Teaching Professional, and accomplished golfer, and since 2005 (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), the Fastest Golfer in History! Chris...
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Simple Advice on How to Score Lower By Playing Golf Smarter with Erik Schjolberg from 2021-08-24T20:24:22
807: Golf instructor Erik Schjolberg returns to further his emphasis on practicing with feedback to learn how to correct your mistakes. We also talk about Tony Manzoni’s methods, the myths of lag p...
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2x Major Winner Collin Morikawa’s Lifelong Golf Coach, Rick Sessinghaus on Growing a Champion from 2021-08-17T21:28:39
806: Rick Sessinghaus first met Collin Morikawa when he was 8 years old. After watching him swing the club just a couple times, he agreed to work with him and has been doing so ever since. In only ...
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John Rahm’s Fitness Instructor Spencer Tatum Has Helpful Insights for Amateur Golfers! from 2021-08-10T19:02:21
805: John Rahm was a standout golfer in college and currently holds the 2021 US Open Championship. Part of his transformation that lead him to the top spot is due to his fitness training developed ...
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Arnold Palmer’s 15+yr Playing Partner, Bruce Rearick, Shares Incredible Stories from 2021-08-03T19:00:04
804: Bruce Rearick is a globally renowned putting instructor and is considered a pioneer in putting instruction, putter fitting and putting design. For more than 15 years he was a golf professional...
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How to Hit That Great Second Tee Shot FIRST! with Josh Zander from 2021-07-27T19:00:10
803: Josh Zander, a fabulous PGA Instructor who can help any golfer be a better ball striker returns to dig into the mental game of playing golf and playing a golf course. Collin Morikawa has just...
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Bobby Jones’ Grandson Dr Bob Jones IV on The Responsibility of Being Golf Royalty from 2021-07-21T00:10:40
802: Bobby Jones legend looms large on golf, but it’s even larger for his heirs. In this week’s honest and revealing conversation, we meet Dr. Bob Jones IV, grandson of Bobby Jones. Dr. Bob is a Cl...
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How to Get More Power From Your Golf Swing By NOT Swinging Hard with Jim Venetos from 2021-07-14T01:58:57
801: Jim Venetos is a unique golf instructor because he doesn’t buy into traditional golf instruction. But that doesn’t make him any less effective. Between his informative online presence and dedi...
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Getting To Know Your Host at The 19th Hole from 2021-07-06T16:16:18
800: In celebration of our 800th episode, we flip things around and host Fred Greene is put in the guest’s chair and interviewed by longtime guest and friend, Jim Waldron. We learn how Fred started...
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The Challenge of Dancing With the Golf Course: It’s New Every Time You Play with Dr. Joe Parent from 2021-06-30T04:09:30
799: Dr. Joe Parent, author of Zen Golf, the greatest mental game book in golf history, returns for a lively conversation about managing expectations, pressure putts, mindfulness as it relates to g...
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Don’t Let Equipment Failure Prevent Better Putting with Raymond McMahon from 2021-06-23T00:53:06
798: Raymond McMahon from the UK is a retired engineer who was frustrated watching his grandson missing putts he should’ve made. So he did something about it. He created a carbon fiber putter shaft...
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Stix Golf Clubs are Determined to be an Industry Disruptor with CEO Gabe Coyne from 2021-06-16T01:00:17
797: Gabe Coyne has played golf for years and wanted a new set of clubs but wasn’t in a position to pay $2500 for a full set and bag, nor was he interested in a starter’s set for $250. As with many...
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Increase Your Golf Clubhead Speed: Focus on Flexibility&Mobility with Bobby Aldridge from 2021-06-08T22:26:56
796: Bobby Aldridge of Bam-Metrics has spent decades as an athlete, student, and educator of physical movement who understands the aches and pains that come from the repetitive motions associated w...
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The Struggle and Journey to Make the Symetra and LPGA Tour with Elizabeth Schultz from 2021-06-01T23:00:20
795: Elizabeth Schultz started playing golf at 13…and played in the Women’s US Open at 16! She was also a successful player in college. But today, Elizabeth is grinding it out to make the Symetra T...
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The Ten Essential Keys to Mastering Pressure with author Jayne Storey from 2021-05-26T02:54:49
794: Phil Mickleson has just become the oldest golfer in history to win a Major by beating a deep field at the 2021 PGA Championship. He claimed that his keys to success were a change in diet, yoga...
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If You're Not Practicing Golf with Feedback...DON'T Practice! with Erik Schjolberg from 2021-05-18T23:02:58
793: Erik Schjolberg is a PGA Instructor in Arizona who learned early in his career that the best way to learn about teaching golf is by listening to, and watching other instructors apply their tra...
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The Consistent Golf Summit Returns with an Impressive Lineup for 2021 from 2021-05-11T22:05:08
792: The Consistent Golf Summit was such a hit last year that it returns for 2021 with an even more impressive stable of coaches including Sean Foley! This week on Golf Smarter, host Fred Greene i...
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How Understanding the Yips Can Help Your Mental Game with the Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron from 2021-05-04T21:55:32
791: Our Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron joins us to discuss how the yips can impact your mental game, and teach us some of the causes, cures, and myths of yips. Jim has probably been featured on Golf Sm...
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The Business of Covid Golf - Where The Industry has Been and Where It’s Going with Tom Cox, CEO of GolfBalls.com from 2021-04-27T20:55:51
790: If you receive emails from any golf company at all, chances are GolfBalls.com is one of them. For nearly twenty years GolfBalls.com has focused on customization of balls, hats, towels, and a v...
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The Fluid Motion Golf Factor and Reading Your Fluid Cues with Steven Yellin from 2021-04-20T19:58:28
789: Steven Yellin, creator, author, and teacher of the Fluid Motion Factor, listed a testimonial on his website from David Leadbetter that sums it up, “It’s pretty simple. The Fluid Motion Factor ...
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Simple Tricks Amateur Golfers Can Use to Play Like the Pros with Tiffany Faucette from 2021-04-13T22:02:28
788: Tiffany Faucette picked up a golf club for the first time as a teenager, and like most of us has been on a quest ever since. But for Tiffany, it included a successful college career, #1 ranki...
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The Brilliance of Carey Mumford (RIP) and the Art of Custom Clubfitting with Tony Wright from 2021-04-06T21:00:16
787: Anthony “Tony” Wright is a custom club fitter, putting guru, and disciple of the the founding father of golf sports psychology, the late Dr. Carey Mumford. In this conversation that covers the...
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The 4 Primary Skills for Putting from The Putter Book with author Brandon Stooksbury PGA from 2021-03-30T19:00:11
786: Brandon Stooksbury’s first book The Wedge Book is an Amazon Best Seller. His newest, the Putter Book is simple, direct, and really helpful. In this week’s conversation host Fred Greene challen...
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President Ford Collapsed In My Arms on the Golf Course! And more Caddy Stories from JJ Resnick from 2021-03-23T22:27:44
785: JJ Resnick’s best friend was urging him to come to play golf at College of the Desert, then tragically lost his life. Grieving, and being a typically confused 20 yr old with no direction in li...
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Barney Adams on the State of the Game, Equipment, The Wow Factor, and Breakthrough Golf Tech from 2021-03-17T01:13:39
784: When Barney Adams introduced the Adams Golf Tight Lies Fairway “Woods” (was the first to use metal instead of wood) in 1988 he changed the golf equipment industry forever. The last time we spo...
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Your Wedges Were Designed for Pros, Not You! with Terry "The Wedge Guy" Koehler from 2021-03-10T02:19:25
783: Wedges are critically important to get the ball close to the flagstick. The Wedge Guy, Terry Koehler returns as this week's featured guest. If you’ve heard him on Golf Smarter over the years, ...
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The Science of Rethinking, Relearning,&Revamping Your Golf Swing with James Ragonnet, PhD from 2021-03-03T00:07:54
782: James Ragonnet, PhD, has a compelling new book called Your Inner Golf Guru: Developing the Golf Instructor Within, which contends that to improve your golf swing you need to take a systemic vs...
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Mastering Those Scary Golf Shots That make You Question Your Skills&Buckle Your Knees from 2021-02-23T23:06:14
781: Josh Zander teaches golf at the Stanford University Golf Course and has been on Golf Smarter many times because his intrinsic understanding of how amateur golfers struggle with so many elemen...
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To Draw or To Fade: That Is The Question…Or Is It? from 2021-02-16T19:49:22
780: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett returns to Golf Smarter because he wants to help all of us be better golfers. Being a PGA Master Professional means that he’s one of only 200 PGA Members th...
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If You Could Get 10 More Yards with Your Driver, What’s the Impact on the Rest of Your Clubs? from 2021-02-10T00:18:33
779: Roger Gunn, PGA returns to Golf Smarter to respond to host Fred Greene’s concern that increased yardage is a double edged sword. Of course we all want to hit the ball consistently, but we ofte...
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2020 Was a Nightmare - But Not For Golf!! What About 2021? Let's Ask MattyB from 2021-02-02T20:00:17
778: For the last decade, we kicked off the new year with a sarcastic and silly look at the previous year’s PGA Tour season with comedian/TV personality/golf junkie Matty Blake presenting his annua...
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Your Eyes May be the Secret Weapon That Puts You in the Winner's Circle featuring Dr. Ryan Caserta from 2021-01-27T01:05:15
777: When it comes to golf improvement, all too often we discuss and dissect various parts of our swings, our bodies, our mental state, our equipment, etc. Our guest today is Dr Ryan Caserta who h...
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Imagine How Being 1% Better Each Round Could Turn Your Doubt Inside Out featuring Cary Valentine from 2021-01-19T20:26:13
776: Cary Valentine usually joins us to share interviews he’s done while the PGA Tour is in Hawaii, but because of COVID restrictions, he couldn’t get on the courses, even as a volunteer. So this y...
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Golf Goal for 2021: BORING Golf! with Jamie Zimron, Our Golf Sensei from 2021-01-12T22:04:28
775: Jamie Zimron, our golf sensei, returns to explain why she loves to play boring golf and what we can do to get there. What’s boring golf? Fairway. Green. Fairway. Green. etc. When we play stres...
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Welcome to Season 16! I got nothin’ from 2021-01-06T00:35:49
774: As we start a new year and our 16th year of golf SMARTER, we open the mailbag to hear a couple suggestions from listeners of how host Fred Greene can get out of his pathetic attitude of not en...
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The Moment You Change Your Mindset is the Moment You Change Your Golf Game! Featured guest: Dr. Robert K Winters from 2020-12-29T22:31:20
773: Dr. Robert K Winters is the Resident Sports Psychologist at the David Leadbetter World Teaching Headquarters in Florida. It’s been twelve years since we had our last conversation with Dr. Bob,...
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More with Chip Beck on the PerfectMotion App, along with CEO Rich Kosowsky from 2020-12-23T00:19:02
772: 4x PGA Tour winner, Chip Beck returns for part 2 of our conversation. We cut him off early last week because he started talking about the new app-based expert system for training the motion of...
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Four Time PGA Winner Chip Beck Shares Lessons from Life on Tour in 80s&90s from 2020-12-16T00:24:21
771: Chip Beck was only the second player in PGA Tour history ever to card a 59 in a sanctioned PGA event. He’s also only one of two that posted that score in the 90s (1991 Las Vegas Invitational) ...
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“Muni”: Documentary of a Public Golf Course in the Deep South with a Historic Story featuring Filmmaker Paul Bonesteel from 2020-12-08T22:11:53
770: “Muni” a new documentary available for free on YouTube is a love letter to golf and a personal telling of how African-American caddies, despite Jim Crow laws and the lasting effects of racism...
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Let’s Shatter Some Myths and Misunderstandings About Single Length Golf Clubs from 2020-12-01T23:46:09
769: Bryson DeChambeau’s recent success on the PGA Tour has made single length golf clubs relevant. But are they for everyone? This week’s guest on Golf Smarter is Matt Lake of 1IronGolf.com. Matt ...
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Why Putter Fitting has a Greater Impact Than You Might Believe from 2020-11-24T23:35:34
768: Cody Hale, Director of Tour/Player Development and the SeeMore Putter Institute at SeeMore putters joins us once again to give us another perspective of Lie Angle Balanced putters that we’ve r...
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Club Face is King! Plus 2020 Masters Recap with Danny Maude from 2020-11-18T00:32:03
767: YouTube sensation Danny Maude returns to share his thoughts on The Masters being played in November and commentary on the PGA Tour players who shined and struggled. We also discuss what is a "...
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Peaceful Golf: A Journey Into the Unknown with Author Noah Pilipski from 2020-11-11T00:38:29
766: Noah Pilipski is at peace with golf because he is a Peaceful Golfer. If you’re chasing mechanics and fretting over ball flight and distance, then let Peaceful Golf allow you to PLAY golf (reme...
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Play the Greatest Courses in the World While Giving to Charity with Member For A Day! from 2020-11-03T19:00:09
765: We live in unprecedented times that demand seeing the world in different ways. This week we speak to Eric Sedransk, a golfer, tech entrepreneur, and serial volunteer who came up with a unique ...
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Inventor of Lie Angle Balanced Putter on Why These Will Work for You from 2020-10-27T23:06:42
764: Bill Presse is the inventor of the Lie Angle Balanced putters that are now part of the LABgolf company. In this episode he discusses why putter torque is such an overlooked aspect to putting a...
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Introducing ShotScope V3: GPS&Performance Tracking ON YOUR WRIST with Gavin Dear from 2020-10-20T21:16:33
763: GPS has become a critical tool in our golf bag. Never again do we have to guess the distance to the flag. Now let's take it a step further and track each club’s performance…and make it a weara...
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The Quieter Your Mind, The More Fluid Your Movement with Jayne Storey from 2020-10-13T21:38:19
762: Thanks to a great suggestion, this week’s guest is Jayne Storey, author of “Breathe Golf: The Missing Link to a Winning Performance” In addition to writing, Jayne is also a coach and speaker h...
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It’s the Club’s Fault! You’re A Better Putter Than You Think with Sam Hahn of LAB Golf from 2020-10-06T22:08:36
761: One thing that contributes to a lousy day on the golf course is missing short putts, or multiple 3 putts. But your confidence in lining up your putt, your ability to read the greens, even your...
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Increase Your Self Awareness to Decrease Your Golf Scores featuring Thane Marcus from 2020-09-29T21:07:44
760: Thane Marcus played professional golf but his failures on Tour ending up being incredible lessons in his own personal development. In this episode we hear about how his journey has enabled him...
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How Keeping Score of Your Mental Game Will Lower Your Stroke Scores with PGA Tour Veteran Richard Zokol from 2020-09-22T21:43:17
759: Richard Zokol’s PGA Tour career spanned over 20-years, winning twice while competing in 412 PGA Tour events. As he treats us to great stories about his career, he also shares the Ah-Ha moment ...
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Off the Rack or Getting Fitted for New Clubs. THAT is the Question with Club Fitter Shea Satterfield from 2020-09-15T21:34:09
758: Shea Satterfield is an expert club fitter at both Temecula Creek Golf Club and also for Cobra. He works with golfers of all abilities and knows how to best fit a players club to their game bas...
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Your Golf Mind Wants More Power&Distance, But Is Your Body Up to the Task? from 2020-09-09T00:35:52
Chris Finn returns to discuss how your body can be the biggest problem to improving your golf game. His group of TPI Instructors at Par4Success.com have developed on online assessment that will all...
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It's Not How Good You Hit the Golf Ball, It's How Good You Miss It! with Randy Chang, PGA from 2020-09-01T21:32:03
756: Randy Chang, PGA, is the Director of Instruction at the Journey at Pechanga Golf Course in Temecula, CA. He’s currently being featured on CBS TV in the Los Angeles area. He also runs the Randy...
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How to Get IN THE ZONE at the Flip of a Switch with Bo Watson and Shannon Shuskey from 2020-08-25T22:50:57
755: Bo Watson of SchoolOfLifetimeLowRounds.com and founder of the Consistent Golf Summit (episode #735 April 7,2020) is joined by Shannon Shuskey, a world class Speed Skating coach to share his me...
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Golf's Global Pandemic: The Yips... and We've Got Your Mask - The Yips Whisperer from 2020-08-18T20:43:47
754: The Yips causes more golfers to quit the game than slow play. Jim Waldron, “The Yips Whisperer”, our “Yoda of Yips”, works with golfers around the world helping to cure their yips in a few sho...
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2020 PGA Championship - A Golf Major Like Nothing We’ve Ever Witnessed from 2020-08-11T22:45:55
754: Last week’s 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park was special in so many ways that we needed an expert who not only played PGA Tour golf, but grew up in San Francisco playing Harding Park....
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Your Hands are the Devils. Learn How to Turn Them Into Golf Angels! featuring Dan Martin, PGA from 2020-08-04T19:00:14
752: Dan Martin, PGA is the Director of Instruction at Rustic Canyon GC in Moorpark, CA, a GolfTips Top 30 instructor, and a U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Teacher. Host Fred Greene is schedulin...
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Introducing Quick Caddie: A Bag Tag Reference Guide for Challenging Golf Situations from 2020-07-28T22:38:10
751: Karen Perlman is a recreational golfer and marketer who saw a need and filled it. She created Quick Caddie, a durable bag tag that provides golfers with pro tips for tough situations on the co...
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The Wedge Guy's Commitment to Building the Best Wedge Ever featuring Terry Koehler of Edison Wedges from 2020-07-21T23:22:59
750: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns to talk about his decades long quest to create the greatest wedge ever made that benefits the average recreational player. According to Terry, Chairman an...
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From Caddyshack to Corner Office : How Being A Caddie has Influenced Some of the World’s Top Executives from 2020-07-15T00:57:12
749: Kai Sato is an entrepreneur who learned just as many valuable lessons about business from being a caddie as he did from his Business degree from USC. He now has a website called CaddyshackToCo...
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The Four Pillars of Clutch Golf from "The Clutch Golfer Formula" by Dr. Glen Albaugh from 2020-07-07T21:23:43
748: Dr. Glen Albaugh, co-author with Eric Jones, PGA (episode 725) of “The Clutch Golfer Formula: How to Hit the Exact Shot You Want at Precisely When You Need It” joins us for his fifth appearanc...
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If You Cut Off Your Head, You’d Probably Play Better Golf! featuring Bill Beausay from 2020-06-30T22:05:48
747: Bill Beausay, PhD, is a golfer, writer, speaker, creator of MindRev Labs, and former Director of R&D at the Academy of Sports Psychology. To be elite at anything in life you need to play a dif...
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Tips&Tricks to Get the Most From Your Online Video Golf Lessons with Brant Kasbohm from 2020-06-23T23:16:54
746: Brant Kasbohm of FixYourGame.com is a golf instructor who only works with students online. He’s viewed thousands of videos sent to him by golfers and has insights on what works, what doesn’t, ...
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Former Tour Pro Shares Stories and Intros “Golphin” to Get Kids Hooked on Golf with Alan Tait from 2020-06-17T00:32:16
745: Alan Tait is best known for being the first player to shoot 64 at The Championship Carnoustie Course in Scotland, a record that stood for more than 23 years. In this conversation he shares sto...
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Golf Industry Veteran Chris McGinley on HONMA Golf and Swing Align training tool from 2020-06-09T22:26:06
744: A great golf training aid is one that enhances consistency on multiple levels, not just increasing distance. Swing Align grooves your swing, and fine tunes your alignment, rotation, swing plan...
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GolfLogix: The Best Golf App Adds a Twist - Individual Green Maps in a Yardage Book featuring Pete Charleston from 2020-06-03T00:53:28
743: You’ve noticed how PGA Tour players review a yardage book as they prepare for each shot. Now you can have one that’s custom designed for you. GolfLogix, the most robust GPS and scoring app for...
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"Better Lucky Than Good!" REALLY?!?? Chatting Golf with Roger Gunn from 2020-05-26T18:07:05
742: Roger Gunn, @rogergunngolf and rogergunngolf.com, returns to share stories, provide insights, and talk about pet peeves that he has with new golf students.
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Chipping&Putting Drills for Indoors and Backyard with Danny Maude from 2020-05-19T21:32:37
741: Danny Maude could be one of the most popular YouTube golf instructors in the world. He has more than 2.5 times the subscribers as the Golf Channel and for good reason. He’s warm, friendly, cre...
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The Four Laws of Golf (Everything Else is Optional) with James Leitz from 2020-05-12T23:54:52
740: James Leitz is the PGA Teaching Professional at Tchefuncta Golf Course in New Orleans, and was a featured presenter at the recent online Consistent Golf Summit. Listen
Tracking Your Stats is the Best Tool to Lower Your Golf Scores with Josh Zander from 2020-05-05T21:37:47
739: Josh Zander of ZanderGolf.com returns to cover a variety of golf topics including which stats to keep track of to identify your strengths and weaknesses, his all new ZanderGolf app for iOS & A...
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Now is the Best Time To Work on Your Golf Weaknesses! featuring PGA Master Professional, Joe Hallett from 2020-04-28T20:33:47
738: Joe Hallett is a PGA Master Professional. That simply means that he teaches golf teachers. The last time he was on Golf Smarter was episode 9 in 2006 (which can be now heard on Golf Smarter Mu...
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Controlling Your Frustration During a Bad Round of Golf with our "Yoda of Yips" Jim Waldron from 2020-04-21T22:28:29
737: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to share his deeps insights and teaching about the yips and better ball striking. We call him our "Yoda of Yips" because he's specialized in helping...
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New Equipment for Your Feet! SQAIRZ Golf Shoes Give You Distance, Accuracy, Balance, Stability,&Comfort! from 2020-04-14T23:03:04
736: Every great shot starts at your feet. Golf industry veteran and serial entrepreneur Bob Winskowicz is founder of SQAIRZ golf shoes and this week’s guest. SQAIRZ are engineered around a widen t...
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The Consistent Golf Summit: 3 Days of Free Online Golf Instruction from 20+ World Class Coaches from 2020-04-07T23:07:27
735: No Masters in April this year, so want to introduce you to the next best thing! Bo Watson is an excellent golf instructor who’s dedicated to helping amateur golfers get better. Besides the Wat...
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Keeping Your Body Golf Ready When You Can’t Leave the House featuring Thomas Malchow from 2020-03-31T23:12:23
734: Not being able to play golf when Spring arrives is torturous for us. What can we do to pick it up where we left off once the pandemic has passed? Our guest this week is Thomas Malchow of train...
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Taking Your Golf Game to the Next Level - One Club at a Time (pt2 of 3) with Tony Manzoni (RIP) from 2020-03-24T21:54:20
733: In our final week of honoring the memory of Tony Manzoni (RIP) on Golf Smarter, we split an episode from late 2015 up into three parts. Last week on Mulligans #48 was part 1 of this conversati...
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Putting. Ben Hogan's Yips. Getting Fitted for Clubs. Frank Sinatra&the Palm Springs Elite. Talking Golf with Tony Manzoni from 2020-03-18T01:25:47
732: In our third week of honoring the memory of Tony Manzoni (RIP) we split an episode from late 2015 up into two parts. This time you'll understand why Tony is so lovable as he shares stories of ...
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Ben Hogan's Secret Letter Discovered with Tony Manzoni (RIP) from 2020-03-10T17:00:12
438: As we continue our March with Manzoni, we remember the incredible teachings of the late Tony Manzoni, one of the most sought after coaches on the GolfSmarter podcast as he shares his life long...
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A March with Manzoni: The Single Pivot Swing in Detail pt1 with Tony Manzoni (RIP) from 2020-03-04T00:29:02
730: To kick off the start of the golf season, we dedicate March to the legacy and instruction of Tony Manzoni whom we lost to cancer in October 2018 at the age of 82. Tony’s appearances, book and ...
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You Will NEVER Leave Your Best Shots On the Range featuring Josh Zander. from 2020-02-25T22:09:30
729: Josh Zander makes a return visit to discuss the difference between warming up and practicing. To often we’ll hear someone on the driving range say that they don’t want to hit to many balls bec...
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Pt2 Inside the Ropes with PGA Tour Pros on Success, Failure, and Their Mental Game from 2020-02-18T19:00:09
728: Cary Valentine returns in part 2 featuring interviews with Kevin Tway, James Hahn, and Xander Schauffele from the 2020 Hawaii PGA Tour events talking about being in the zone, falling out of th...
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Inside the Ropes with PGA Tour Pros on Dealing with Success&Failure from 2020-02-12T02:25:50
727: Cary Valentine joins us for the third consecutive year sharing exclusive interviews with PGA Tour Pros while they were playing in Hawaii. In Part 1 we hear from Graham McDowell, Paul Azinger, ...
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The Wedge Guy’s Latest Creation Will Help Amateur’s Short Game featuring Terry Koehler from 2020-02-04T21:35:14
726: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns with a new company formed by recreational golfers FOR recreational golfers. Terry’s 30-year passion for designing wedges focuses on what elite players WAN...
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The Clutch Golfer Formula with 2x World Long Drive Champion Eric Jones, PGA from 2020-01-28T19:10:02
725: We all love to witness a clutch performance in any sport. Even better, we like to deliver a clutch shot. But how can you be confident that you have what it takes to make the shot? Eric Jones,...
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The Advantages of Peak Performance Training for Student Athletes and You! featuring Joel Pelland from 2020-01-21T19:00:17
724: Joel Pelland is a Peak Performer. What else can he be with 5 kids under 5yrs?!?? Actually Joel is a Peak Performance coach, high school teacher / coach, and former D1 Baseball player. In this ...
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The Flaws with the New World Handicap System from “The Pope of Slope” Dean Knuth from 2020-01-15T01:46:18
723: On January 1, 2020 the World Handicap System went into effect in the US along with several other countries around the world. In the US, this new system replaces the old USGA GHIN. Our guest is...
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The 2019 PGA Tour MattyB Awards: 10th Annual Irreverent Commentary of the Best from 2020-01-08T00:51:49
722: We kick off the 15th year of Golf Smarter with our annual MattyB Awards featuring comedian, writer, radio personality, golf nut, and host of “The Curse of Oak Island”, Matty Blake @TheMattyBla...
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The Critical Elements that Separate a Super Golfer from the Rest of Us featuring Pia Nilsson from 2019-12-24T21:46:11
721: Super Golfers have a strong sense of their technical and emotional elements of their game to achieve consistently low scores. Pia Nilsson, co-founder of Vision54 and lifelong coach for Annika ...
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Drop 3 Putts&More with Complete Confidence Using Rifle Scope Technology from 2019-12-17T18:29:33
720: Our guest, Jim Grundberg, is the gracious and generous CEO of Seemore putters . For our last giveaway of 2019 we’re giving away a brand new, customized Seemore Putter from either their Classic...
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The Lost Art of Playing Golf featuring co-author Karl Morris from 2019-12-11T00:49:10
719: “Golf is meant to be chaotic!” Once we understand that inconsistency is built into golf, then maybe we wouldn’t be so hard on ourselves. This week we speak once again to Karl Morris. Karl and ...
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Golf Yips Can Be Cured with Psycho Sensory Therapy by James Hymers from 2019-12-03T20:52:40
718: James Hymers is a “fast change” therapist based in Windsor Berkshire, UK. He understands that in today’s fast paced world we prefer therapy that works fast too. By utilizing Psycho Sensory The...
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Golf Consistency is Achieved on the Course, Not the Range! Featuring Lynn Marriott of Vision54 from 2019-11-27T00:09:50
717: This week we speak to Lynn Marriott co-founder of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lynn and and her partner Pia Nilsson are internationally recogn...
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The Eureka Golf Swing May Be Your “Ah-Ha” Moment to Consistency featuring Steve Johnston, PGA from 2019-11-19T18:00:08
716: By request, we speak with Steve Johnston, PGA from Scotland about his “Eureka Golf Swing”. If learning to keep your left wrist flat, finding the low point of your swing, or improving contact t...
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GolfLogix Continues to Lead the Digital Revolution in Golf Technology featuring President Pete Charleston from 2019-11-12T19:00:20
715: The GolfLogix app has an incredible new feature that reads the slope and breaks of greens. It’s pushing the limits of what’s been done before that is why GolfLogix continues to be the most pop...
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Playing 18 with a Blind Golfer is Both an Inspiration and a Great Lesson in Gratitude from 2019-11-05T19:00:12
714: When was the last time you hit balls at range with your eyes closed? It’s an amazing opportunity to learn more about what some coaches call “awareness”, being able to truly feel your body as y...
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If You Aim at Nothing, You’ll Hit It Every Time featuring Co-Author of “The Lost Art of Playing Golf”, Gary Nicol from 2019-10-29T17:00:15
713: The last time we met Gary Nicol (ep699 published on 7/23/19), we discussed the first book he co-authored with Karl Morris, “The Lost Art of Putting”. They’ve just released a new book called “T...
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It’s The Takeaway That Dictates Your Downswing. More on the 2-6 Golfer with Terry Bradley from 2019-10-22T18:00:14
712: Terry Bradley, the 2-6 Golfer returns for more discussion on his unique swing method that has transformed the confidence and swing of many golfers. .
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Preparing TPC Harding Park for the 2020 PGA Championship with Course GM Tom Smith from 2019-10-15T20:06:15
711: Tom Smith is our featured guest and the General Manager of the TPC operated, San Francisco owned Harding Park GC. We talk to Tom about what what’s involved a year in advance to prepare for a M...
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The New Golf Novel "18 Holes" is More Than Just a Round of Golf with author J. Wesley Frost from 2019-10-08T18:31:38
710: J Wesley Frost plays golf to get away from thinking about his work as a small town police officer. So does the main character of his first self published book, “18 Holes” available on Amazon. ...
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More on Gravity Golf with the Founder and Former PGA Tour Pro, David Lee from 2019-10-01T20:02:29
707: When Jack Nicklaus, Chi Chi Rodriquez, and Lee Trevino endorse your swing method, you have to be doing something special. Gravity Golf is special! After two conversations with his son, this ti...
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Inside the Nuts&Bolts of Gravity Golf with Daniel Lee: Part2 (Listen for a Special Offer!) from 2019-09-24T21:23:26
708: This is part 2 of our conversation on Gravity Golf with Daniel Lee. As last week was our introduction to how Gravity Golf came into existence and how it works, this week we get into the nuts a...
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Endorsed by Jack, Chi Chi,&Lee Trevino, Gravity Golf Could Work for You! Featuring Daniel Lee from 2019-09-17T21:49:56
707: Gravity Golf could be the most logical golf swing methods ever introduced, which is why it’s praises have been sung by some of the greatest golfers in the modern era. In part 1 of a surprising...
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Getting Consistent at Golf is about Making Your Swing Work, Not Trying to Imitate a Tour Player's from 2019-09-10T18:40:06
706: Jeff Ritter (MTTgolf on Twitter/Instagram. MakeTheTurn on Facebook and YouTube) of Make the Turn Golf (app and mttperformance.com website) is one of our favorite instructors not because he’s t...
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Bent. Poa. Bermuda. Rye. Hybrid. Why You Don’t Need to Care About the Different Grasses on Golf Courses with George Kelly. from 2019-09-03T18:40:21
705: George Kelly is the CEO of Greenway Golf, a company that specializes in golf course maintenance, management, restoration, and construction. In this conversation we talk about the variety of gr...
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Don’t Keep Your Head Down?! Don’t Keep Your Lead Arm Straight! More on Easiest Swing with Bob Van Dusen from 2019-08-27T18:00:17
704: Bob Van Dusen is the only golf instructor in the United States who is teaching the methods we heard about last episode from Brian Sparks called the Easiest Golf Swing that is especially effect...
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60% of All Golfers Are Over 50, Yet The “Easiest Swing”Can Help All Golfers! from 2019-08-20T19:00:21
703: Surveys show that 60% of all golfers are over 50, yet golf instruction focuses on the power and flexibility of young people. Brian Sparks like Bobby Jones believes that “the whole body is invo...
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The 2/6 Golfer is All About the Takeaway: A Simple and Effective Swing Process with Terry Bradley from 2019-08-13T18:17:48
702: Terry Bradley comes to Golf Smarter by request from a listener who says he went from a 16hcp to 6.9 using he used Terry’s 2-6 Golf Process. Our listener was ready to quit the game altogether w...
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"The Optimal Performance Swing” or TOPS that is 100% Biomechanically&Anatomically Valid with Kiran Kanwar from 2019-08-06T19:00:13
701: Kiran Kanwar has spent 25 years researching the movement of the body during a golf swing and has determined that the most effective and efficient swing is actually 95% set-up and 5% backswing....
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The Key to Reducing 3 Putts, Spend More Time Practicing Pace; Pt2 of The Lost Art of Putting with the other Co-Author Karl Morris from 2019-07-30T17:42:34
700: Why is it that we teach beginning golfers the importance of pace vs direction in putting, but then as we continue to play better get hung up on the line? This is part two on the book “The Lost...
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The Lost Art of Putting (part1) with Co-Author Gary Nicol from 2019-07-23T19:00:07
699: Putting is an art form that is too often gets lost amidst science. This is the first of two episodes with two different guests who co-authored a book called “The Lost Art of Putting - Introduc...
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Swing Like a Pro in 10 Minutes using S.U.R.F.! with Randy Chang from 2019-07-16T17:00:14
698: Randy Chang is a PGA Professional who grew up playing golf in Hawaii, but like most kids growing up on these islands, the primary sport is surfing. Randy’s developed a method to improve your g...
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Hit Longer Golf Shots Consistently by Tweaking Your Wrist Positions During Your Swing with Zach Allen from 2019-07-09T20:07:40
697: Zach Allen, PGA learned while playing D1 College Golf at USC that trying to make the perfect golf swing was a disaster for his game and competitive edge. Then he fell in love with teaching, a...
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Getting Into the Mindset&Pre-Shot Routine of Great Golfers with Roger Gunn from 2019-07-02T17:31:35
696: Roger Gunn returns to dig deep into the mindset and pre-shot routine of great golfers and explains how the rest of us are not that far from accomplishing more on the golf course. He also touch...
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Mailbag: Your Golf Ball Questions Answered by Sam Hogan from 2019-06-25T19:59:14
695: Sam Hogan of TwoGuysWithGolfBalls.com returns so that we can open the mailbag and answer your questions and concerns about golf balls, performance, comparisons, best ball for different level o...
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YouTube Sensation Christo Garcia on the Story of MySwingEvolution, and Teaching the Classic Golf Swing from 2019-06-18T19:13:19
694: Christo Garcia’s YouTube channel, MySwingEvolution, has nearly 40K subscribers because he’s studied Ben Hogan’s book and is now teaching “The Classic Golf Swing”. Christo comes us by listener ...
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A Great Golf Pre-Round Warmup, and FINALLY a way to Practice Uphill/Downhill Lies from 2019-06-11T19:04:44
693: Karen Palacios-Jansen of CardioGolf.com is a LPGA Master Instructor who has finally addressed one of the hardest shots to practice at home or on the range, and that’s the Uphill/Downhill lie. ...
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Taking Care of Ol' Mr. 3-Wiggle to Become a Better Putter with Cody Hale of Seemore Putters from 2019-06-04T18:52:13
692: Cody Hale of Seemore Putters returns to discuss why getting fit for a putter can be as effective as fitting for a driver or full set of clubs. He also provides tips and insights to warming up ...
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You're Making Golf Harder Than It Needs To Be. Prepping For Your Next Round with Josh Zander from 2019-05-28T17:05:19
691: Josh Zander at ZanderGolf.com believes that there are 3 things you should understand to become a better golfer. Once you understand those, then you can go into your warmup and practice rounds ...
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Swinging a Golf Club Shouldn’t Hurt! DJ Watts Can Fix That with His Mechanically Correct Swing from 2019-05-21T19:18:52
690: DJ Watts hits the ball very long, at his intended target, and does it pain free! That’s because he has mastered and teaches what he calls “MCS” or a Mechanically-Correct Swing. He’s studied th...
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Want to Hit a Better Golf Shot? Remember that Your Self Worth is Not On The Line! featuring Jim Waldron from 2019-05-14T20:41:10
689: Jim Waldron from Balance Point Golf School returns to go beyond the curing your yips to discuss how our egos get in the way to preventing us from achieving lower scores. His mental game approa...
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More Pars Makes Golf More Fun. But Is It Possible For You? YES! with Christina Ricci from 2019-05-07T21:49:36
688: Christina Ricci started playing golf in 2000, and remarkably achieved a 5hcp in only five years. Since then she’s become a dedicated LPGA Certified Teaching professional, has written multiple ...
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From Adversity to Inspiration to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Incredible Life of Dennis Walters from 2019-04-30T19:38:08
687: The World Golf Hall of Fame is inducting seven incredible golfers in 2019, but only one is being honored for high marks of inspiration, not low scores. This week’s guest, Dennis Walters, was p...
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Teaching Golf To Women is Different, And It Affects Men... with Jamie Zimron from 2019-04-23T21:54:39
686: Jamie Zimron, our golf sensei, returns to discuss the difference of teaching women to play golf vs teaching men. Their likes, dislikes, what resonates, and why it’s different then teaching men...
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Golf Balls 2019! What's New&What's the Best for You featuring Sam Hogan from 2019-04-16T23:17:49
685: Sam Hogan of TwoGuysWithGolfBalls.com returns to update us on what’s new and different about the latest release of the Titleist ProV1 and ProV1x. Also what is the Titleist AVX and who should p...
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Combine the Best of Your Mental Game&Your Short Game, then Breakthrough to Lower Golf Scores from 2019-04-10T01:25:53
684: Dr Joseph Parent, author of golf’s best selling mental game book, “Zen Golf” returns to explain how combining your mental game with a fine tuned short game can deliver lower scores than you th...
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Home of the Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio with Dir. of Instruction Greg Hiller from 2019-04-02T22:08:57
683: Greg Hiller is the Director of Instruction at TPC San Antonio. We meet Greg on the eve of the Valero Texas Open that’s played at TPC San Antonio. For the first time, this event has moved up to...
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A Golf Destination that May Surprise You: The Alamo City Golf Trail in San Antonio from 2019-03-26T19:00:19
682: Andrew Peterson; President of the Alamo City Golf Trail in San Antonio, TX, joins us to talk about all the great and affordable options of places to play golf in San Antonio. The Alamo City Go...
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Handcrafted Customized Putters that Work with Artisan/Engineer Bradley Converse from 2019-03-19T23:04:02
681: Bradley Putters do more than consistently put the ball in the hole, they tell an intimate story of its owner. Think of a Bradley putter as a fine tuned instrument customized to your exact spec...
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Our New Golf Mindset: Expect The World. Accept The Results. from 2019-03-12T19:21:10
680: Jeff Ritter is always a wealth of fabulous information when it comes to the complete package of golf instruction, from mechanics, to nutrition, to the mind-body connection. This week on the Go...
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The Secret Hazard to Golf Course Closings: Crashing Home Prices with WSJ Reporter Candace Taylor from 2019-03-05T22:44:22
679: A recent article in the Wall Street Journal shed light on home prices falling 25-50% after a Country Club or Golf Community course closes. Our guest this week is Wall Street Journal reporter C...
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Take Ownership Of Your Swing. Now Repeat It! with Tony Manzoni (RIP) from 2019-02-26T18:00:21
678: Tony Manzoni (RIP) was a great instructor, a great coach, extremely articulate, funny, warm, and a great friend of Golf Smarter. To announce the re-release of his book “The Lost Fundamental: O...
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One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever. The Lost Fundamental with Tony Manzoni (RIP) from 2019-02-19T18:00:08
677: After hearing one of our conversations with Tony Manzoni (RIP) Golf Smarter listeners have searched everywhere on the web to purchase his book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Go...
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The Lost Fundamental Author on Tony Manzoni and His Newest Golf Historical Fiction Novel from 2019-02-12T18:00:14
676 Paul Cervantes is the co-author of the late Tony Manzoni’s book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever”. Paul joins us to announce that the book is once again available! Th...
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In the Recording Studio Where Golf&Rock’n’Roll Collide with 5 time Grammy Winner Val Garay from 2019-02-06T00:19:59
675: Val Garay is the Grammy-winning music producer behind hits like, “Bette Davis Eyes” with Kim Carnes and “Handy Man,” with James Taylor. Val’s 100 gold and platinum records, nine Grammy nomina...
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PGA Tour Players Stewart Cink, Zack Johnson, Kenny Perry, and Jordan Spieth on Their Mental Game from 2019-01-29T22:20:58
674: Cary Valentine returns to share his conversations with PGA Tour players at Hawaii's Sony Open. Not a usual reporter, Cary is a mental game coach for a college golf team and he wants know how f...
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New Golf Rules for 2019: pt2 What Are They and How Do They Impact Us? With Joe Foley of USGA Rules from 2019-01-22T21:48:14
673: Golf Rules have changed for 2019 and our featured guest is Joe Foley of the USGA Rules Committee. Now that we heard the How and Why, in Part2, we discuss What the new rules are and break some ...
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New Golf Rules for 2019: Pt1 The How&Why with Joe Foley of USGA Rules from 2019-01-16T00:24:05
672: Golf Rules have changed for 2019 and our featured guest is Joe Foley of the USGA Rules Committee. In Part1 of these next 2 episodes, we discuss what the motivation was for implementing new rul...
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The 2018 PGA Tour Kinda Annual MattyB Awards from 2019-01-08T21:36:51
671: The PGA Tour of 2018 was memorable, remarkable, and entertaining. And now that it’s over, it’s time for our annual look at the year through the eyes of radio personality/actor/TV host/podcaste...
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Stupid and Outrageous Stories from Unlucky Golfers Treated By a Surgeon with Dr. Michael Young from 2019-01-01T14:10:05
670: Michael Young, M.D. is just as addicted to golf as the rest of us. Unfortunately he’s seen the darker side of what can happen to golfers that lose their temper or are in the wrong spot at the ...
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Use this Augmented Reality App on Your New Phone to Radically Increase your Green Reading Skills with Ryan Engle from 2018-12-25T13:00:20
669: Reading greens can be the most frustrating and aggravating element in golf. How many times have you said “I didn’t see that break” or “That broke a lot different than what I saw!”? No more! Th...
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Getting Fitted for a Putter Could Have Greater Impact than a Golf Club Fitting... with Cody Hale from 2018-12-18T21:16:29
668: Cody Hale Director of Tour Operations for Seemore putters is this week’s guest. As we prepare to give a customized Seemore Putter as our weekly giveaway Grand Prize, host Fred Greene invited C...
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To Play Better Clear Your Mind and Don’t Play “Golf Swing” Just “Play Golf” with Ian Clark from 2018-12-11T22:57:42
667: Ian Clark is a golf instructor just outside of London who quotes instructors he hears on Golf Smarter to his students. Over the years he’s found the Golf Smarter podcast as a great resource to...
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Smarter Golfers Play Better When They Think Like a Golf Course Architect from 2018-12-04T20:30
666: Tripp Davis practices golf architecture with an unparalleled passion for being a craftsman and a golfer. He approaches design, renovation, and restoration of golf courses around the world by c...
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The "Decade" Golf App Removes Emotion from Your Decision Making Process from 2018-11-27T21:30
665: Stats. Friend or Foe? For those who want to take guesswork out of course strategy there’s a proven system that combines shot patterns and scoring data to optimize your target selection, impro...
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7 Important Habits of Highly Effective Golfers with Jon Sherman from 2018-11-20T20:30
664: Golf Smarter isn’t just the name of this podcast, it’s how we play! This week author Jon Sherman, of “101Mistakes All Golfers Make” comes on to break down his recent article “7 Important Habit...
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This Golf Aid Helped Major Winners Rose, McIlroy,&Spieth! It Can Help You! from 2018-11-13T22:30
663: Martin Chuck is a phenomenal instructor and the inventor of some of the most popular golf training aids ever created. Nearly 200,000 golfers around the world use the Tour Striker clubs, and wi...
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How to Assess&Increase Your Golf Swing Speed with TPI Instructor Chris Finn from 2018-11-06T19:30
662: Chris Finn has just presented 2+ years of research at TPI's annual World Golf Fitness Summit. After studying amateur golfers between ages 10-68, he and his team at Par4Success.com have establi...
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Helping Golfers Eliminate Lower Back Pain with Thomas Malchow from 2018-10-30T20:00
661: Thomas Malchow founded the Low Back Pain Center and has helped Olympic and Professional athletes. Learn causes and triggers that contribute to low back pain for golfers. Thomas provides online...
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When Lag Putting, Learn to Isolate Your Attention Into These Three Zones from 2018-10-23T22:00
660: Mark Durland of durlandgolf.com and Naples Grande Golf Club in Naples, FL has been named to the Golf Top 100 Teachers in America and a 2015 Golf Digest Best Teachers of Florida. He has a reall...
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Common, Correctable Golf Mistakes On the Course, and With Your Club Selection from 2018-10-16T22:30
659: Josh Zander, a Golf Top 100 Teacher in America returns to discuss common mistakes that we all see and make on the course and in our club selection. In this episode he also discusses what his o...
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TopGolf Crush is Coming to A BallPark Near You..and me! with the SF Giants from 2018-10-09T19:00
658: Topgolf has taken the golf industry by storm, introducing more new golfers to the game than any other program developed. They have a new weekend pop-up program in the USA called Topgolf Crush ...
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Elevate Yourself To Lower Your Scores with the Golf Sensei, Jamie Zimron from 2018-10-02T17:00
657: Jamie Zimron, our Golf Sensei returns to talk about the importance of positive energy in making yourself a better golfer. Don’t berate yourself up by focusing on “What am I doing wrong”, to ge...
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The Only Legal Golf Club Designed For Amateurs That Corrects Ball Flight from 2018-09-25T18:00
656: Dean Knuth, retired inventor of the USGA’s Rating/Slope system, is also scientist/tinkerer who has created Drivers/Fairway Woods/Hybrids that allow amateur golfers to get the ball in the air m...
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Your Instincts Will Never Let You Putt Too Far with Henrik Jentsch from 2018-09-18T18:00
655: Henrik Jentsch is a disciple of Geoff Mangum, is a certified Putting Zone instructor, and has been a Golf Smarter listener for more than a decade. “I’m able to pass along the information I get...
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A Battery Free Tool to Help You Make Better Shot Decisions on Every Golf Hole from 2018-09-11T19:30
654: So many golf shots by amateurs are lost because of poor club choices. It’s lack of preparation that leads to the wrong decisions. That’s why you see pros refer to that leather book in their ba...
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The Yips Never Happen Without a Ball! The Root Causes&Fixes for the Golf Yips from 2018-09-04T19:00
653: Jim Waldron, The Yips Whisperer of Balance Point Golf schools returns to share his globally recognized specialty: The Yips. Jim has successfully helped scores of golfers to overcome their chip...
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The Four Principles of Correct Putting with Patrick Parrish from 2018-08-28T19:30
652: Patrick Parrish, 2016 NCPGA Teacher of the Year returns to share the four principles of CORRECT putting, in addition to providing us with tips and drills on how to improve our short game.
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Yoga For Golfers to Improve Your Golf Game and Your Life with Katherine Roberts from 2018-08-21T19:00
651: Katherine Roberts, returns after a long hiatus from Golf Smarter to remind us about the importance of flexibility. Katherine is a pioneer and leader in the field of yoga-based fitness for golf...
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Strong vs Weak Grip. What’s the Difference and Which is Best for You from 2018-08-14T23:30
650: Tom Sims is Director of Golf at Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa, CA. Silverado, a Troon managed course, is home to the Johnny Miller Academy and hosts the Safeway Open PGA Tour Stop. Tom is a w...
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"The 8 Traits of Champion Golfers" How to Fine Tune Your Mental Game from 2018-08-07T19:00
649: Jon Stabler and his partner at GolfPsych.com have conducted comprehensive personality assessments of more than 400 Tour players and have come up with a report and book they call “The 8 Traits ...
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The Perfect Putting Grip and Putting Myths That Will Change Your Perspective. from 2018-07-31T20:30
648: Pat O’Brien, putting coach to Zach Johnson, Payne Stewart, KJ Choi, Stewart Cink, Vaughn Taylor, and Kelly Craft returns for part two of our conversation on putting. This time we dig into Pat’...
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With Students Like Zach Johnson and KJ Choi, this Teacher Knows Putting from 2018-07-24T19:00
647: Pat O’Brien has been the putting coach for Payne Stewart, Zach Johnson, KJ Choi, Stewart Cink, Vaughn Taylor, and Kelly Craft to name just a few. He’s also a brand ambassador for SeeMore putte...
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When You’re Playing the Next Shot, You Better Be Present, Focused and Committed from 2018-07-17T20:30
646: Roger Gunn, PGA returns to discuss his love of practice and what he does on the range vs how he warms up before a round. We also talk a lot about putting, drills, apps (HUDL Performance) and m...
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A Unique Golf Ball Striking Method to Hit a Nice Tight Draw EVERYTIME from 2018-07-10T18:00
645: Jim Venetos has developed a substantial following of golf students and YouTube subscribers with what some consider one of the most unique ball striking methods being taught today. It starts wi...
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If You Enjoyed Golf More, You'd Play Better Not the Other Way Around from 2018-07-03T20:00
644: Dr. Joseph Parent, best-selling author of the most popular book on golf’s mental game “Zen Golf: Mastering The Mental Game” makes his twelfth appearance on Golf Smarter. (Check out his other i...
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DO NOT Buy Golf Balls Till You Hear This Conversation with Sam Hogan from 2018-06-26T20:30
643: TwoGuysWithGolfBalls.com sells premium used golf balls at the lowest prices. These balls aren’t those you find in the woods, either. Every ball is hand inspected and graded into 3 categories: ...
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Golf is Like Blackjack. You Need a Strategy If You Want to Succeed! from 2018-06-19T22:00
642: Many golf pros prefer a playing lesson over driving range lessons. This gives them a chance to see how you handle yourself in difficult situations and get a better sense of your thought proces...
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Payne Stewart Had His Greatest Putting Season with a SeeMore Putter, You Can Too from 2018-06-12T20:00
641: The iconic image of Payne Stewart winning the 1999 U.S. Open is etched into our collective golf memories forever. Did you know that he only won twice on the Tour between his 1991 and 1999 US O...
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Insights on Improving Your Uphill&Downhill Golf Shots for Links Style Courses from 2018-06-05T23:00
640: This week we go up to the coast to play Ocean Dunes Golf Links in Florence, OR. Our guest is Bob Rannow, PGA, a native of Oregon who has been teaching and working in his home state since he wa...
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Bandon Dunes Should Be On Your Golf Bucket List, But There’s More in Oregon. from 2018-05-29T18:30
639: Golfers who love to travel say that the Bandon Dunes Resort of courses on the Oregon coast rival the legendary courses of the UK. But for those who are a little more budget conscious there ar...
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Your Golf Swing Will Improve When You Stop Thinking About It with Josh Zander from 2018-05-22T20:30
Josh Zander made a big impression with Golf Smarter listeners last October (2017 episodes #607 & #608) when he allowed us to record his short game clinic. We also have some really good videos on ou...
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Dean Knuth on the All New High Heat 257+ Golf Drivers/Fairway Metals/Hybrids from 2018-05-15T17:00
637: Dean Knuth, the Pope of Slope, first introduced us to his retirement project back in 2016. Now, the High Heat Drivers, Fairway Woods, and Hybrids just got hotter! In 2016 the USGA permitted a ...
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Clubface Position or Swing Path. Which is Better for Fixing Ball Flight Issues from 2018-05-08T17:00
Rob Labritz is the Director of Golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, NY who has competed in five PGA Championships. He’s also made routine appearances on the Golf Channel. In his conversati...
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Tony Jacklin: World Golf Hall of Famer on his New Thriller Novel “Bad Lies" from 2018-05-01T17:00
Tony Jaklin was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two Majors, and four time European Team Ryder Cup Captain. But now in his 70s he’s trying something new. Along with She...
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Don Byers is Actually a College Golfer and a Grandfather! from 2018-04-24T23:00
Don Byers was playing golf with his buddies when one of them was so impressed by his play that asked Don to join the college golf team where he coached. Even though Don's eligible to play college s...
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Stories from Inside the Ropes with a Former Tour Caddie Mike Jick from 2018-04-17T19:30
Mike Jick is a PGA Teaching Professional who started his career in golf as a LPGA Tour Caddie and also got some time on the bag on the Tour. In this episode Mike shares stories from inside the rope...
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Dave Pelz pt2: Improve Your Putting&Chipping with Practice Drills&Tips from 2018-04-10T20:00
632: Dave Pelz, returns for part 2 of our conversation about the fun and tremendous benefits of having a backyard practice area. Before the episode we open with an impressive recap of Dave’s MASTER...
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Dave Pelz on Guilt Free Golf: The Benefits of Having Your Own Putting Green from 2018-04-03T19:00
631: Phil Mickleson’s coach, Dave Pelz, may be the most recognized short game instructor in golf today. Part of his mastery comes from being a physicist who loves golf, the other is that he possess...
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Goals vs Decisions: A Decision Increases the Likelihood of Getting It Done! from 2018-03-27T21:30
630: Jeff Ritter, a regular contributor to the Golf Channel and Golf Digest is also a Golf Smarter favorite, as this is his 13th appearance on our podcast. Jeff is known for his unique approach to ...
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It’s Not About How Far or How Close, Golf is All About How Many!! from 2018-03-20T23:00
629: Jay Delsing was part of the legendary UCLA golf team in the early eighties that included Corey Pavin (1982 Player of the Year), Steve Pate (1983 Player of the Year), Duffy Waldorf, Tom Pernice...
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Using Your Golf Ball's Flight Path to Consistently Diagnose Your Swing Issues from 2018-03-13T21:30
628: Roger Gunn is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Alumni who has experienced a variety of pro tours, but then discovered that teaching suited his personality, game, and lifestyle more than being on the r...
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Golf Takes Too Long and Is Too Expen$$ive? Not Anymore! Introducing Quick Golf from 2018-03-07T00:30
627: We’ve all heard it. More golfers are quitting the game each year than those who are starting to play because it takes too long, it’s too expensive, and it’s too hard. Golf entrepreneur Harvey ...
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Golf is a Great Family Activity. But Do You Start on the Range or the Green? from 2018-02-27T23:00
626: Now that the Winter Olympics in South Korea are over, we say hello to Kathy Cho, from a large South Korean family who, after High School moved to Mexico, and then to Southern California to stu...
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Practice vs Warming Up. There IS a Difference. How to Take Advantage of Both from 2018-02-20T23:00
625: Most amateur golfers consider the time getting loose before a round as practice, but that's actually warming up and it may not be the best time to experiment or tinker with your swing. This we...
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Increased Consistency and Confidence. The Science Behind Single Length Irons from 2018-02-13T23:00
624: There’s no greater authority on fitting, creating, and golf club technology than Tom Wishon. This week Tom provides his State of the Industry on golf clubs and goes into detail on why the Ster...
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What’s the Deal with Single Length Irons? Increased Consistency! from 2018-02-07T00:00
623: Bryson DeChambeau is the only Tour pro who uses irons that are all one length (nearly identical to a 7-iron). Consider yourself using the same posture, and the same swing every time, which cou...
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Here’s a Secret Tip To Improve Your Game. Don’t Try to Hit A Good Shot! WHAAAAT? from 2018-01-30T18:30
622: The Yips Whisperer. The Yoda of Yips. Jim Waldron returns for his 22nd appearance on Golf Smarter and still delivers fresh, insightful, and useful information to improve our game. Jim is a nat...
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PGA Tour players Stewart Cink, James Hahn, and Tony Finau on their Mental Game from 2018-01-23T22:00
621: PGA Tour players Stewart Cink, James Hahn, and Tony Finau talk about their approach to the mental game through awareness. They also share how their own faith and life experiences are intertwin...
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For Better Ball Contact, Find The Bottom of Your Swing Arc with Dave Johnson from 2018-01-17T02:30
620: Dave Johnson, Director of Instruction at Rooster Run Golf Course in Petaluma, CA is an articulate golf instructor who knows why so many of us top or chunk the ball. We understand the importanc...
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Where is Your Club Head At Impact? And What Can You Learn From That? from 2018-01-09T23:00
619: Martin Chuck returns to showcase why he’s one of the most popular YouTube golf instructors today. His recent success with Revolution Golf exemplifies his understanding of how the golf swing wo...
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The Kinda Annual Matty B PGA Tour Awards! And The New Golf Smarter Academy from 2018-01-02T23:00
618; Our resident comedian/radio personality/TV host Matty Blake returns for our (kinda) annual MattyB PGA Tour Awards. Both Fred and MattyB take playing golf seriously, but not so much the Tour, a...
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The Single Pivot Swing - In Detail with Tony Manzoni from 2017-12-26T23:30
Only a handful of current Golf Smarter listeners have heard this Members Only conversation published Oct 26, 2010. Original show notes: “Tony Manzoni returns by popular demand to provide details on...
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Putt When You Can. Chip If You Can't Putt. And Pitch Only When You Have To from 2017-12-19T21:30
616: There’s a guideline in the PGA Teaching Handbook that says “Putt when you can. Chip if you can’t putt. And Pitch only when you have to”. Pretty powerful statement that we don’t hear often enou...
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Here's the 1st Thing a Golf Instructor Sees Wrong with Your Swing from 2017-12-12T21:00
615: This conversation with Garry Hopkins, PGA completes the consecutive episodes with our 3 Amigos of Garry, Tony Manzoni and Davey Evans. Garry is another incredible teacher from the Palm Springs...
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Keep It Simple Stupid! Improve Your Golf Game with The Tools You Have from 2017-12-05T15:00
613: Davey Evans knows more about golf instruction than most of us will ever learn because he’s been a successful and effective coach longer than many of us have been alive!! Davey is joining Tony ...
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A Golf School Like No Other in Terms of Experience, Expertise, and Price from 2017-11-30T18:00
613: A Golf Smarter favorite, Tony Manzoni returns to announce the launch of his new golf school in La Quinta, CA. Tony’s teamed up with two other Palm Springs area legendary coaches, Garry Hopkins...
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Having A Baseball Swing Won’t Hurt Your Golf Swing As Much As You’ve Been Told from 2017-11-21T20:00
612: Don Peterson, swingfactory.com, has figured out how to communicate a great golf swing with easily relatable metaphors, like holding a punch bowl or swatting a bee with your tummy. His two book...
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Pt2 with Dean Reinmuth on How To Fix Your Tempo and Swing Speed from 2017-11-15T01:30
611: Dean Reinmuth DeanOfGolf.com returns to analyze video of Fred’s swing with the Swing Coach. This is part 2 of our conversation started in our last episode. You will hear us referring to the vi...
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Stop Complaining About Lifting Your Head! Swing Speed Insights w Dean Reinmuth from 2017-11-09T16:00
610: Dean Reinmuth has been a Golf Digest Top 50 Teacher for 20 years, Phil Mickleson’s coach for 13 years, one of the first instructors on the Golf Channel, and a regular contributor to Golf Dige...
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Outwit The Yips: Proven Tips to Free Your Golf Mind with Donn Levine from 2017-10-31T20:23:42
609: Donn Levine battled the yips at the worst possible time in his playing career, but was able to learn a variety of methods to pull himself out of the funk...until it returned! Luckily he had t...
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Live Short Game Clinic with Josh Zander, PGA covering Chipping, Pitching, Bunker Shots and more from 2017-10-24T21:55:18
608 Josh Zander zandergolf.com> is back from last week’s episode, but this time he’s doing a live short game clinic at a charity tournament in San Francisco. This is the entire clinic that covers c...
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Short Game Fixes, Tricks, and Keys to Lower Scores from Around the Greens with Josh Zander from 2017-10-18T18:54:22
607: Josh Zander zandergolf.com> a Top 100 Teacher in America joins us to talk about short game, short game, and more short game. Beyond his tips and advice we learn about his adventure of playing ...
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Welcome to the Zone! Tips and Insights on How to Achieve Peak Performance with Scott Ford from 2017-10-10T19:51:03
606 “The Zone”…“Peak Performance”…there are different names for it, but you know how powerful it is when you’re there. A few episodes ago we heard Jamie Zimron talk about Scott Ford, an instructor ...
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Using Golf To Grow Your Business with authors Jonathan Taylor&Tim Davis from 2017-10-03T21:49:46
605: Executives who play golf earn 17% more than those who don’t. We’ve all heard that the golf course is a great place to do business. A sharp business person can learn more about a potential busi...
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Taking Your Best Swing from the Range to the 1st Tee by Eliminating Tension and Anxiety from 2017-09-26T21:58:59
604: Jamie Zimron, the "Golf Sensei" returns for her tenth appearance on Golf Smarter to discuss why so many of us can't seem to hit the ball the same on the course as we do on the range. She provi...
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Get Solid, Consistent, Predictable Contact, and Improve Your Wedge Play from 50 Yards and In with Ti from 2017-09-06T03:32:15
603: We heard about Tim Yelverton in episode 599 with Brendon DeVore. Tim is Brendon’s favorite coach in his quest to be a better golfer, so it makes sense to hear what he has to say since we’re al...
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4 Skills of Putting: Reading / Aiming / Stroke / Distance with PuttingZone.com Founder Geoff Mangum from 2017-08-22T19:41:47
Putting frustrates every golfer, no matter their skill level. If you’ve ever seen a Pro on the Tour miss a 2 foot putt, you know that everyone is susceptible and just as frustrated. PuttingZone.com...
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Holy S#%t! I’m Playing in the US Seniors Men’s Open Championship! with Larry Salk from 2017-08-08T17:44:28
Larry Salk played Tour Golf professionally in his 20's. It didn't work out the way he hoped and created a career in the tech industry. But he still loved to play a lot, and he played well. Well eno...
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The Internet is Killing Golf Instruction...and Probably Your Game! from 2017-07-26T00:38:55
600: Jim Waldron of the Balance Point Golf Schools has witnessed a huge shift in golf performance and instruction since the overwhelming amount of information that has been offered by high speed in...
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A Personal Quest to Be A Better Golfer with YouTube Sensation Brendon DeVore from 2017-07-04T05:04:47
599: Brendon DeVore is a good golfer and started a YouTube channel that was similar to Golf Smarter in that he interviewed golf instructors on ways to be a Better Golfer. Brendon was brought to us ...
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How to Determine Which Tee Box is Best for Your Game Using Rating/Slope/Yardage with Jim Cowan; Dire from 2017-06-27T19:10:22
598: Are you a 15hcp playing from the Tips? Knock it off, and lose the ego, you’re not that good! Here's a solution to shoot lower scores and have more fun doing it...Play from a different, closer ...
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What It Takes to Run and Host a USGA Amateur Championship with Dean Knuth from 2017-06-20T20:30:56
597: Dean Knuth, creator of the Rating/Slope system for handicapping golfers (he's known as the 'Pope of Slope'), and founder of Knuth Golf returns to talk about the 2017 US Women’s Amateur Champio...
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US Open Golf Fantasy Draft with the Tour Junkies from 2017-06-13T17:36:22
596: The 2017 US Open is this weekend and we’ve invited the Tour Junkies back to help us with our fantasy draft picks and betting lines.
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Pt2: Taking Your Golf Game to a New Level, One Club at a Time with Tony Manzoni from 2017-06-06T18:19:13
595: In part 2 of our conversation with Tony Manzoni, in addition to talking about Frank Sinatra, Steph Curry, and Tiger Woods, we complete Tony’s suggestions on taking your game to new levels with...
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Play Golf at the Next Level! One Club at a Time with Tony Manzoni from 2017-05-30T19:11:20
594: Tony Manzoni returns to discuss tips, insights, and strategies on how to be more consistent with each golf club in your bag. In this episode we explore improvements with your putter, 8 iron, a...
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Keep Perspective. Be Humble. Make Birdies! with Jim Venetos from 2017-05-23T16:00
593: Jim Venetos returns to discuss why we should stop watching the Tour Pros or listening to TV announcers telling us why we should swing like the best in the world. We don’t get to practice like ...
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A More Consistent Golf Swing is Simple! Focus on the Club, NOT Your Body with Ed LeBeau from 2017-05-16T16:00
592: Want to play golf more consistently? Stop thinking about all the moving parts of your body and focus on the CLUB! Ed LeBeau of the Heartland Golf Schools was a disciple of Manuel de la Torre (...
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Want to Play College Golf? Get the Inside Scoop on How to be a Student Athlete from 2017-05-09T13:00
591: If playing golf in college is a goal for you, or someone you know, then you want to hear this conversation with Nick Tannahill, the Golf Head Recruiting Coach for NCSASports.org.Whether you're...
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590: 21 Days to Golfing Freedom! Cure Your Slice and Frustration without Technical Overwhelm featuri from 2017-05-02T22:20:03
590: David DePula is one of the lucky people who left a job he didn’t love to pursue something he did. Golf. He was a frustrated golfer and understands the lack of consistency we all desire. Then h...
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589: How to Play Golf with Your Wife (husband) or Child without Spoiling Your Relationship from 2017-04-26T00:18:52
589: Elana King of Experience Golf has earned a long list of accolades for her work with women golfers, young golfers, as a mental game coach, and as LPGA Central Section Teacher of the Year, and m...
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588: Athletic vs Analytic Golf - It's Hard to be a Analytic Golfer with Mike Weingartner from 2017-04-18T21:56:20
588: Mike Weingartner is the Head Golf Professional at The Ridge (formerly known as The Ridge at Castle Pines North) just outside of Denver. In our conversation Mike talks about how he gets the mos...
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The Ghosts of Augusta - A Masters Recap with Our Old Friend, Comedian Matty Blake from 2017-04-12T19:58:49
587: The 2017 Masters offered a spectacular ending that finally put a Major victory in the overdue hands of Sergio Garcia. But it wasn't clear sailing for him, or his fans who were on the edge of t...
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586: Phil Mickleson's Coach, Dave Pelz, says "If You Practice What You're Terrible At, You'll Get a from 2017-04-04T18:33:47
586 Dave Pelz could be the most sought after and successful short game golf coach on the planet. But he’s so much more! Dave’s a scientist, researcher, author, entrepreneur, club designer, short ga...
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The Masters: Making Your Picks with PGA Tour Fantasy Golf Pros - the Tour Junkies from 2017-03-28T22:55:05
585: The Masters starts next week and to help with your Fantasy Draft picks on DraftKings.com, we've invited the Tour Junkies. These two guys from Augusta, GA are "Fantasy Golf Aces" and they're he...
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585 Premium - The Masters: Making Your Draft Picks with PGA Tour Fantasy Golf Pros - Tour Junkies from 2017-03-28T22:40:54
585 Premium: The Masters starts next week and to help with your Fantasy Draft picks at DraftKings.com, we've invited the Tour Junkies. These two guys from Augusta, GA are "Fantasy Golf Aces" and th...
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Getting Out of Difficult Lies - On Course Playing Lesson with Jamie Zimron from 2017-03-21T22:14:28
584: Uphill/Downhill lies. Chipping from below the green. Awkward stances in the rough. This week host Fred Greene goes out on the course with the Golf Sensei, Jamie Zimron to Indian Valley Golf Co...
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584 Premium: Getting Out Of Tough Lies - An On-Course Playing Lesson with Jamie Zimron from 2017-03-21T21:59:04
Uphill/Downhill lies. Chipping from below the green. Awkward stances in the rough. This week host Fred Greene goes out on the course with the Golf Sensei, Jamie Zimron to Indian Valley Golf Course ...
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What’s This Putt Going To Do?! Selecting a Putter&Reading Greens. Banana Putting pt2 w Paul Hobart from 2017-03-14T19:44:36
583 In Part 2 of our conversation with Paul Hobart of Banana Putting, we spend nearly an hour breaking down his five elements of improved putting, reading greens, selecting the right putter for you...
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583 Premium: What’s This Putt Going To Do?! Selecting a Putter&Reading Greens. Banana Putting pt2 from 2017-03-14T19:34:16
In Part 2 of our conversation with Paul Hobart of Banana Putting, we spend nearly an hour breaking down his five elements of improved putting, reading greens, selecting the right putter for your ga...
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How to Putt Better By Looking At The Entire Green, Not Just Your Line - Banana Putting with Paul Hob from 2017-03-07T22:49:52
582 After giving thousands of putting lessons to hundreds of students, Paul Hobart has learned the intricacies and common errors of putting and why they happen. He’s developed a clean and simple me...
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582 Premium: How to Putt Better By Looking At The Entire Green, Not Just Your Line - Banana Putting from 2017-03-07T22:34:41
582 Premium: After giving thousands of putting lessons to hundreds of students, Paul Hobart has learned the intricacies and common errors of putting and why they happen. He’s developed a clean and ...
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Best Golf Workouts to Help Prepare for the New Season with TPI Certified Instructor Lynn Anderson from 2017-02-28T20:58:09
581: Lynn Anderson, a TPI Certified instructor joins host Fred Greene to discuss different exercises to get us back in shape for the new golf season. They also talk about nutrition so you don’t los...
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581 Premium: golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com Golf Smarter Program Guide from 2017-02-28T20:44
581 Premium: Lynn Anderson, a TPI Certified instructorhttps://www.totallydriven.com/> joins host Fred Greene to discuss different exercis...
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Not Attached to Outcome: NATO Golf using the Clear Key Method with Mel Sole from 2017-02-21T21:17:24
580: Mel Sole had the honor and privilege to play with Gary Player in the South African Tour as a young man, today he runs a Golf Magazine Top 25 Golf School in multiple locations across the US. In...
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580 Premium: Not Attached to Outcome: NATO Golf using the Clear Key Method with Mel Sole from 2017-02-21T21:08:10
580: Mel Sole had the honor and privilege to play with Gary Player in the South African Tour as a young man, today he runs a Golf Magazine Top 25 Golf School in multiple locations across the US. In...
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A Renegade Approach to Improving Your Mental and Emotional Skills for Lower Golf Scores with Stephen from 2017-02-14T18:52:18
579: Stephen Ladd is recognized as one of the top Golf Performance Coaches in the nation. He specializes in golf fitness, nutrition and mental game strategies. He founded Renegade Golf in 1994, a f...
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579 Premium: A Renegade Approach to Improving Your Mental and Emotional Skills for Lower Golf Scores from 2017-02-14T18:47:35
579 Premium:Stephen Ladd is recognized as one of the top Golf Performance Coaches in the nation. He specializes in golf fitness, nutrition and mental game strategies. He founded Renegade Golf in 19...
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Make Great Things Happen On The Golf Course By Looking At It From a New Perspective. Pt2 with Fred S from 2017-02-07T20:30
578: In the 12 years of the @GolfSmarter #podcast, few instructors have generated as much excitement from golfers around the world than Fred Shoemaker of Extraordinary Golf. His books, videos, and ...
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578 Premium: Make Great Things Happen On The Golf Course By Looking At It From a New Perspective. Pt from 2017-02-07T20:00
578: In the 12 years of the @GolfSmarter #podcast, few instructors have generated as much excitement from golfers around the world than Fred Shoemaker of Extraordinary Golf. His books, videos, and ...
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Bad Golfers Are Just As Happy As Scratch Golfers. Then Why Are We All Miserable? with Fred Shoemaker from 2017-01-31T21:53
577 Premium: Fred Shoemaker of Extraordinary Golf is one of the most popular and accomplished golf instructors that you may not know about. He’s got a cult-like following because he’s able to get a...
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It’s Always The Other Guy’s Fault! Really?! Let’s Start the New Season with a Golf Etiquette Refresh from 2017-01-24T20:27:45
576: Rules Shmules! Being a good golf citizen will get you invited back faster than quoting rules violations during your round. Rick Pipal created a great little acronym, R.A.R.E., to help us remem...
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576 Premium: It's Always the Other Guy's Fault! Really?!? Let's Start the New Season with a Golf Eti from 2017-01-24T20:22:24
576 Rules Shmules! Being a good golf citizen will get you invited back faster than quoting rules violations during your round. Rick Pipal created a great little acronym, R.A.R.E., to help us rememb...
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6 Rules for Beginning Golfers (and those who want to help them) with Scott Seifferlein from 2017-01-17T21:03:50
575 Scott Seifferlein is a self taught golfer who after eight years sought out lessons from great instructors which lead him to a successful career as a player, coach, writer and advisor. In this e...
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575 Premium: 6 Rules for Beginning Golfers of Any Age (and those who want to help them) with Scott S from 2017-01-17T20:57:08
575 Premium: Scott Seifferlein is a self taught golfer who after eight years sought out lessons from great instructors which lead him to a successful career as a player, coach, writer and advisor. ...
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G.A.S.P.: Grip / Alignment / Stance / Posture work for both Golf&Business! with Jack Sims from 2017-01-11T00:44:22
574 Jack Sims is a successful businessman, but is also a highly skilled golf instructor. Many of us do business on the golf course, but did you know that there’s a lot to learn about one to help wi...
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574 Premium "GASP: Grip/Alignment/Stance/Posture Work for Both Golf&Business! with Jack Sims from 2017-01-10T23:50:31
574 Premium: Jack Sims is a successful businessman, but is also a highly skilled golf instructor. Many of us do business on the golf course, but did you know that there’s a lot to learn about one t...
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Learn to “Play the Game” and Stop Worrying About the Perfect Swing with Rick Koscher from 2017-01-03T20:37:55
573 Rick Koscher TheGolfBetterCoach.com> gets frustrated with golfers and students who complain about inconsistency when they don’t actually understand how to make “golf shots”. He says “You cannot...
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573 Premium: Learn to “Play the Game” and Stop Worrying About the Perfect Swing with Rick Koscher from 2017-01-03T20:29:42
573 Rick Koscher TheGolfBetterCoach.com> gets frustrated with golfers and students who complain about inconsistency when they don’t actually understand how to make “golf shots”. He says “You cannot...
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Advanced Green to Tee Course Management Techniques with Joe Hallett, PGA from 2016-12-27T22:22:32
572: Joe Hallett, PGA is a Master Certified instructor who teaches Golf Teaching Professionals on how to coach us. We also discuss how to improve each round by using advanced course management tech...
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572 Premium: Advanced Green to Tee Course Management Techniques with Joe Hallett, PGA from 2016-12-27T22:12:07
Premium: Joe Hallett, PGA is a Master Certified instructor who teaches Golf Teaching Professionals on how to coach us. We also discuss how to improve each round by using advanced course management ...
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Stop Trying to Change Your Swing All By Yourself with John Kantarski from 2016-12-20T22:51:25
571 John Kantarski specializes in left handed golf. But after teaching thousands of golfers, he’s also noticed how frequently golfers, left or right handed, also believe they understand what went w...
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571 Premium: Stop Trying to Change Your Swing All By Yourself with John Kantarski from 2016-12-20T22:46:18
571: John Kantarski specializes in left handed golf. But after teaching thousands of golfers, he’s also noticed how frequently golfers, left or right handed, also believe they understand what went ...
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Keeping Your Golf Swing Simple with Jim Samsing from 2016-12-13T20:30
570: Jim Samsing of the Bird Golf Academy career as a golf teaching professional spans more than three decades. A competitive player since 1970, and the winner of the 1973 Montbello Open Pro-Am, Ji...
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Premium: Keeping Your Golf Swing Simple with Jim Samsing from 2016-12-13T20:00
570: Jim Samsing of the Bird Golf Academy career as a golf teaching professional spans more than three decades. A competitive player since 1970, and the winner of the 1973 Montbello Open Pro-Am, Ji...
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Positive vs Negative Thinking and How It Impacts Your Golf Game with Dr. Bob Winters from 2016-12-06T20:30
569. Dr. Robert K Winters is a sports psychologist, author, contributor to the Golf Channel, and Mental Conditioning Coach who has helped numerous golfers from amateurs to the PGA Tour. Unlike any ...
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Premium: Positive vs Negative Thinking and How It Impacts Your Golf Game with Dr. Bob Winters from 2016-12-06T20:00
569. Dr. Robert K Winters is a sports psychologist, author, contributor to the Golf Channel, and Mental Conditioning Coach who has helped numerous golfers from amateurs to the PGA Tour. Unlike any ...
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Key to a Better Golf Swing? Trust Yourself! with Billy Bondaruk from 2016-11-30T01:18:40
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567: A Thanksgiving Feast of the Greatest Golf Book Ever! THE MATCH with author Mark Frost from 2016-11-22T23:02:03
567: In our previous episode, actor Malcolm McDowell talked about his favorite golf book ever, which so happens to be mine too. “THE MATCH: The Day The Game of Golf Changed Forever” by Mark Frost w...
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567 Premium: A Thanksgiving Feast of the Greatest Golf Book Ever! THE MATCH with author Mark Frost from 2016-11-22T22:56:13
567: In our previous episode, actor Malcolm McDowell talked about his favorite golf book ever, which so happens to be mine too. “THE MATCH: The Day The Game of Golf Changed Forever” by Mark Frost w...
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566: Show Me An Actor That’s a Good Golfer, And I’ll Show You An Actor That’s Not Working! With Acto from 2016-11-15T20:30
Actor Malcolm McDowell is passionate about golf. This was an incredible opportunity to sit down and chat with him about his love of the sport, history and strategy, his appearance in the movie "Str...
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566 Premium: Show Me An Actor That’s a Good Golfer, And I’ll Show You An Actor That’s Not Working! W from 2016-11-15T20:00
Actor Malcolm McDowell is passionate about golf. This was an incredible opportunity to sit down and chat with him about his love of the sport, history and strategy, his appearance in the movie "Str...
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565: If Fatigue is Impacting Your Round, It Could Be Your Nutrition! with Jim Delaby from 2016-11-08T17:00
Jim Delaby, PGA wants to let you know that getting tired near the end of your round is preventable. There are specific foods, and ways to consume food and beverage during your round that will keep ...
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565 Premium: If Fatigue is Impacting Your Round, It Could Be Your Nutrition! with Jim Delaby from 2016-11-08T16:30
Jim Delaby, PGA wants to let you know that getting tired near the end of your round is preventable. There are specific foods, and ways to consume food and beverage during your round that will keep ...
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564: A Club-focused Swing Can Be More Effective Than a Body-focused Swing from 2016-11-01T21:04:48
Manuel De la Torre was born above the golf shop at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain, where his father Ángel de la Torre was the head golf professional. Angel was five-time Span...
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564 Premium: A Club-focused Swing Can Be More Effective Than a Body-focused Swing from 2016-11-01T20:57
Manuel De la Torre was born above the golf shop at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain, where his father Ángel de la Torre was the head golf professional. Angel was five-time Span...
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563: VIDEO Swing Analysis May Not Be As Helpful As You’d Like with Marc Solomon! from 2016-10-25T19:00
Marc Solomon of Golf Made Simple shares his entertaining passion for golf instruction and it doesn’t diminish when we discuss video swing analysis. If the key to trusting your swing is clearing you...
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563 Premium: VIDEO Swing Analysis May Not Be As Helpful As You’d Like with Marc Solomon from 2016-10-25T18:30
563 Premium: Marc Solomon of Golf Made Simple shares his entertaining passion for golf instruction and it doesn’t diminish when we discuss video swing analysis. If the key to trusting your swing is...
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562: Don't Change Your Clubs, Change Your Attitude for More Fun and Lower Scores! from 2016-10-18T21:12:55
562: Tommy Masters has been named Golf Digest Top 100 instructor multiple times. Among the great pieces of advice he shares in this episode is acknowledging that occasionally (or in host Fred Green...
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562 Premium: Don’t Change Your Clubs, Change Your Attitude for More Fun and Lower Scores! with Tommy from 2016-10-18T21:02:24
562: Tommy Masters has been named Golf Digest Top 100 instructor multiple times. Among the great pieces of advice he shares in this episode is acknowledging that occasionally (or in host Fred Green...
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561: A Revolutionary Putter with a HUGE Sweet-spot that Delivers Truer Lines with Creator John Ambro from 2016-10-11T20:38:26
561: John Ambrose is a retired airline pilot who has succeeded in developing a unique putter that takes USGA specs to their limits. The major manufacturers continue to produce putters that are the ...
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561Premium: A Revolutionary Putter with a HUGE Sweet-spot that Delivers Truer Lines with Creator Joh from 2016-10-11T20:30:24
561 Premium: John Ambrose is a retired airline pilot who has succeeded in developing a unique putter that takes USGA specs to their limits. The major manufacturers continue to produce putters that ...
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560: Improving Your Golf State of Mind: Mental Game Training with David MacKenzie from 2016-10-04T19:30
560: David Mackenzie is a golf instructor that understands the value of mechanics, but believes, like we do here at Golf Smarter, that your fastest path to better golf and high performance is throu...
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560 Premium: Improving Your Golf State of Mind: Mental Game Training with David MacKenzie from 2016-10-04T19:00
560: David Mackenzie is a golf instructor that understands the value of mechanics, but believes, like we do here at Golf Smarter, that your fastest path to better golf and high performance is throu...
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559: Play Better Golf Using Your Imagination with Dr. Glen Albaugh from 2016-09-27T19:42:57
559: In his return to Golf Smarter, Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Winning The Battle Within” talks about “playing with your imagination” and “playing with your athletic mind”. In addition to being a...
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559 Premium: Play Better Golf Using Your Imagination with Dr. Glen Albaugh from 2016-09-27T19:29:56
559 Premium: In his return to Golf Smarter, Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Winning The Battle Within” talks about “playing with your imagination” and “playing with your athletic mind”. In addition to...
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558 Premium: Meet The 19 Handicapper That Played In A Country’s Open…And Lived To Tell Us About It! from 2016-09-21T00:32:31
558 Premium: In 2014 Justin Kreibich, who, in his mid 20’s and a bogie golfer with a 19hcp, signed up to play in the DPKR (yes, that’s North Korea) Amateur Golf Open. Knowing the risks involved and...
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557 Premium: If Custom Fit Clubs Cost Are The Same Price, What’s Holding You Back? Featuring Frank V from 2016-09-13T16:00
557 Premium: We continue the discussion of getting custom fit for your golf clubs to improve your consistency and your game. This time we head to Boston to speak with the US Vice President of the I...
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556 Premium: Thinking About New Clubs? Don’t Buy Anything Until You Hear About Custom Club Fitting w from 2016-09-06T16:00
556: Getting fitted for golf clubs. You may hear a lot about the advantages, but most of us ignore it, especially if we have a friend who is raving about his club and we take a successful swing wit...
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555 Premium: Disrupting Traditional Golf Teaching Techniques with LPGA Teaching&Club Pros Hall of from 2016-08-30T12:00
555 Premium: Kay McMahon is a member of the LPGA T&CP (Teachers & Golf Pros) Hall of Fame who has given thousands of lessons and came to understand that there is a way to make the golf swing much l...
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554 Premium: "Mr. Hogan, The Man I Knew" with Author and LPGA Record Holder, Kris Tschetter from 2016-08-23T20:12:33
554 Premium: Kris Tschetter has the unique privilege of getting to know, and receiving instruction from Ben Hogan when she was a young girl. Her book "Mr. Hogan The Man I Knew" subtitled "An LPGA P...
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553 Premium: The Only Artist Commissioned by both the USGA&R&A for the Majors with Linda Hartough from 2016-08-16T19:00
553: Here’s another fascinating story of someone who has found a way to make a living in golf without playing golf. Linda Hartough is a landscape painter who has recreated some of the world's most ...
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552 Premium: Bobby Clampett on the Impact Zone from 2016-08-09T21:53:51
552: Bobby Clampett was the Low Amateur at the 1979 US Open and the 1980 Masters. He played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour in addition to being a network golf announcer/commentator. After p...
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551 Premium: Eliminate Vacation Stress and Hassles by Using Golf Overnight from 2016-08-03T02:09:14
551: Golf Overnight is not only a great service to have your golf clubs waiting for you instead of you waiting…and waiting…and waiting for your clubs at the airport, they’re also offering a 20% dis...
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550 Premium: The Yips: What They Are and How to Cure Them with Jim Waldron from 2016-07-25T23:42:54
550 Premium: There are at least five different type of the Yips in golf. Full Swing, Chipping, Pitching, Bunker, and the least common but most talked about: Putting. Our guest is one of our all-tim...
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549 Premium: Pete Dye Disciple, Golf Course Architect Bobby Weed on TeeToGreen Course Management for from 2016-07-19T23:44:22
549 Premium: This week we welcome Pete Dye disciple, golf course architect Bobby Weed. Bobby talks about how amateur golfers can increase their TeeToGreen course management by using a course design...
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548 Premium: Golf Skate Caddy, the Newest Personal Golf Transport AND (Premium Episode) Golf Game Bo from 2016-07-12T19:00
548: The most interesting category in golf’s effort to bring young people to the game is the Personal Transport. Golf Skate Caddy is not your grandfather’s golf cart. Think about it as a electric s...
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547 Premium: Exploring the Most Interesting Golf Destinations in the World AND (Premium Episode) A G from 2016-07-05T19:00
547: Perry Golf is an industry leading golf travel company that plans trips and tours to the best and most unique golf destinations in the world. This is a conversation with Mark Barnes about the g...
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546 Premium: SNAG (Starting New At Golf) is the Most Effective Method to Get Children Excited About from 2016-06-28T19:00
546: Common question: What’s the best way to get my child interested in playing golf? Finally an answer that works, is fun, and has a school curriculum designed by education professionals. SNAG (St...
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Listen for details on how to WIN a New HIGH HEAT Driver!! 545 Premium: The introduction of the all n from 2016-06-21T23:08:50
545 Premium: Dean “The Pope of Slope” Knuth returns (episode 531) to introduce the all new High Heat Fairway Wood and Hybrid. The video of this interview with close up of the club heads, can be her...
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544 Premium: Live View Golf with PGA Certified Instructor Patrick Parrish and Inventor Shane Yang from 2016-06-14T23:38:51
544 Premium: Practice Perfectly. Practice Precisely. Practice Independently with LiveViewGolf’s Real-Time camera and free app. This week we sit down with Patrick Parrish, PGA Certified Instructor a...
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543 Premium: 70% of All Golfers Play The Wrong Ball! AND Kicking It with Soul Kix. from 2016-06-07T22:49:04
543 Premium: On any given round, there’s only one piece of golf equipment that is used on every shot…the ball. What most amateur players don’t realize is that 70% of all golfers are using the wrong...
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542 Premium: Intro to Tour Edge and Exotics golf clubs, AND, the PGA Golf Exhibition Shows from 2016-05-31T21:52:41
542 Premium: Tour Edge sells golf clubs under both the Exotics and Tour Edge brands. Exotics are for those who demand the best. Tour Edge have forged a name as offering high-quality clubs at unbeat...
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541 Premium: Golf 8.5 with LPGA Teaching Hall of Famer Kay McMahon, plus Elizabeth Hall on the Wo from 2016-05-27T22:58:38
541 Premium: Kay McMahon is in the LPGA Teaching Hall of Fame who established eduKaytion golf dedicated to quality and simplified instruction with her signature Golf 8.5 approach. Too much going on...
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540 Premium: Better Putting Distance Control with Pinehurst Director of Instruction, Eric Alpenfels from 2016-05-17T23:53:51
540: Eric Alpenfels is the Director of Instruction at Pinehurst Golf Resort and has been an instructor at Pinehurst for 33 years. He's also the co-author of the book Instinct Putting. Co-authored ...
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539 Premium: A Unique 18 Hole Golf Course in Three 6-Hole Loops...in Thailand! with Mark Siegel from 2016-05-10T23:36:31
539 Premium: Our guest this week is Mark Siegel of Golf Asia, a golf travel agency that designs golf tours throughout Asia. This time we talk about the Nikanti Golf Club which is an hour outside of...
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538 Premium: You're a Better Golfer Than You Think with Jim Venetos from 2016-05-03T22:43:49
538 Premium: Jim
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537 Premium: A Professional Baseball Player Takes Up Golf After Retiring and Can’t Believe How Hard from 2016-04-27T00:01:52
537: Conor
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536 Premium: Ten Reasons Why I Hate to Play Golf With You! featuring writer Rory Hughes from 2016-04-19T23:13:46
536: We all have our pet peeves that irritate us when playing golf with others. Like talking on the phone. Forgetting (or making up) your score. Not having cash with you to pay your debts or the ca...
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535 Premium: Lessons from The Masters On How to Reduce Stress, Make Better Swings, and Shoot Lower S from 2016-04-12T22:55:51
535: The 2016 Masters was an amazing showcase of professional golf at the highest level. But upon closer inspection, it also showed that there are moments of the PGA Tour that look an awful lot lik...
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534 Premium: Doing Business on the Golf Course with Jennifer Munro from 2016-04-05T23:34:58
534 Premium: While all of the transactional elements of business happen either before or after a round, how you conduct yourself on the course could make or break your future business relationships...
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533 Premium: An Alister MacKenzie Classic Course is Threatened and the Fight to Keep it Open with Bo from 2016-03-30T01:04:39
533 Premium: Alister MacKenzie, one of the greatest golf course architects in history designed only one seaside public course, Sharp Park in San Francisco. Opened in 1932, the course’s closure is b...
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532 Premium: Master your chipping with RULE of 12 and get closer to the pin every time! with Dave J from 2016-03-23T18:27:38
532: Dave Johnson is the longtime Director of Instruction at Rooster Run Golf Course in Petaluma, CA. In this interesting conversation, Dave talks about how we can turn 3 shots into 2 around the gr...
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531 Premium: Forgiving Drivers, Fairway Woods, and Hybrids Designed for Amateur Golfers Designed by from 2016-03-16T00:24:12
531 Premium: Dean Knuth is known as the Pope of Slope because during his years at the USGA he created the Rating/Slope system to provide golfers with more information about the difficulty of a cour...
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530 Premium:The Relationship and Responsibilities of Small Media Outlets and the Golf Industry from 2016-03-09T00:02:10
Creating a new golf product is easy. Making it a success isn't. To get your great idea to the public you must convince the press you've developed something useful and worthwhile. Our guest this wee...
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529: Legendary Instructor Harvey Penick's Important Basics with Jim Hopkins from 2016-03-01T23:00:01
529: Harvey Penick was a legendary golf instructor who was instrumental to the success of both Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw. Even though he passed away in the 90s, his Little Red Book is considered on...
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529 Premium: Legendary Instructor Harvey Penick's Important Basics with Jim Hopkins from 2016-03-01T22:51:18
529 Premium: Harvey Penick was a legendary golf instructor who was instrumental to the success of both Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw. Even though he passed away in the 90s, his Little Red Book is consi...
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528 Premium: Find the Best Golf Swing That’s Living Inside You with Kelly O’Donnell from 2016-02-23T22:42:27
528: Our guest this week is Kelly O'Donnell, Director of Golf for the Wolfdancer Golf Club in Austin, TX. In this episode we discuss the all new Harvey Penick Golf Academy at the Wolfdancer Golf Cl...
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527 Premium: It's a Driving Range, Nightclub, Restaurant, Event Space, and Videogame! It's Topgolf w from 2016-02-17T01:54:07
527: Topgolf is the hottest concept in golf that caters to young and old, scratch golfers & first timers, and if it's not already there, it's coming to your area soon. Our conversation this week is...
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526 Premium: Introducing New Hybrids&Irons from Ben Hogan Golf with Terry Koehler from 2016-02-09T23:38:56
526 Premium: Once again, Golf Smarter is first to bring you the latest innovation and clubs from Ben Hogan Golf. Our old friend Terry Koehler, CEO of Ben Hogan Golf returns to report on the PGA Mer...
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525 Premium: 2016 PGA Merchandise Show Recap with Cheryl Fink from 2016-02-03T02:05:17
525: Cheryl Fink of Bionic Gloves has been attending the PGA Merchandise show for many years and now that she's returned from Orlando, it seemed like a good time to get her back on the podcast to g...
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524: A Quiet Mind for Golf with Ken Doherty, PGA from 2016-01-26T23:53:27
524: Ken Doherty, PGA, returns to discuss a recent article he wrote for the Marin Country Club Newsletter, “A Quiet Mind for Golf (I hope I don’t miss this shot)”. A quiet mind is important for inc...
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524 Premium: A Quiet Mind for Golf with Ken Doherty, PGA from 2016-01-26T23:48:19
524 Premium: Ken Doherty, PGA, returns to discuss a recent article he wrote for the Marin Country Club Newsletter, “A Quiet Mind for Golf (I hope I don’t miss this shot)”. A quiet mind is important...
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523 Premium: The Internet is Killing Golf with author and teacher Rory Hughes from 2016-01-22T02:27:43
523 Premium: Rory Hughes is a high-school teacher and golf coach in Metro Detroit. He’s also a contributor to Golf Chicago Magazine with an interesting theory as to why the number of golfers contin...
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522 Premium: Finding The Right Golf Glove that Works for Your Hand and Your Game. from 2016-01-13T01:28:05
522 Premium: Because golf is steeped in tradition, most golfers wear a glove, but aren’t sure why. Keeping your hands dry is a good reason, but did you know that the correct glove can prevent fatig...
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521: Dr. Joseph Parent “Zen Golf” and “The Best Diet Book Ever” from 2016-01-06T02:04:23
521: We kick off our 11th year with our very first guest. Dr. Joseph Parent, author of the most popular golf mental game book every written, "Zen Golf" makes his tenth appearance on Golf Smarter ta...
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521 Premium: Dr. Joseph Parent “Zen Golf” and “The Best Diet Book Ever” from 2016-01-06T01:58:42
521 Premium: We kick off our 11th year with our very first guest. Dr. Joseph Parent, author of the most popular golf mental game book every written, "Zen Golf" makes his tenth appearance on Golf Sm...
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520: 2015 PGA Tour MattyB Awards&10th Anniversary Celebration! from 2015-12-28T23:13:28
520: This is our 6th annual skewering of the PGA Tour & Players as the MattyB Awards takes center stage with comedian/actor/TV Personality Matty Blake. As he’s done in the past, these awards have a...
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520 Premium : 2015 PGA Tour MattyB Awards&10th Anniversary Celebration! from 2015-12-28T23:02:27
520: This is our 6th annual skewering of the PGA Tour & Players as the MattyB Awards takes center stage with comedian/actor/TV Personality Matty Blake. As he’s done in the past, these awards have ...
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519: The 2016 Ban on Anchored Putters with Custom Club Maker, Tom Wishon from 2015-12-22T20:10:18
519: Starting on January 1, 2016 anchored putters will be banned from tournament use at all levels. It was no surprise to club designers that the USGA and R&A banned those long putters. It’s what t...
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519 Premium: The 2016 Ban on Anchored Putters with Custom Club Maker Tom Wishon from 2015-12-22T20:05:58
519: Starting on January 1, 2016 anchored putters will be banned from tournament use at all levels. It was no surprise to club designers that the USGA and R&A banned those long putters. It’s what t...
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518 Premium: Why Your Golf Swing is Hurting You LESS Than You Think from 2015-12-16T05:04:41
518 Premium: This week Jim Waldron of the Balance Point Golf Schools returns for a full hour to discuss his new video series and The Arm Swing Illusion. Jim breaks down in detail why so many of us ...
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517 Premium: Club Up or Come Up Short! with Game Golf CEO, John McGuire from 2015-12-09T01:10:17
517: John McGuire, CEO of Game Golf returns to introduce us to their newest product, Game Golf Live. Unlike the Classic model, LIVE allows you to track your shots, and view the hole via GPS on your...
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516 Premium:John Abendroth Co-host of Hooked On Golf Radio and former PGA Tour Pro from 2015-12-01T17:00
516Premium: John Abendroth is well known in the San Francisco golf community from growing up playing against guys like Johnny Miller, playing on the PGA Tour, and his two plus decades hosting the “...
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VIDEO] Jim Venetos: A Simpler Golf Swing You Don't Have to Micromanage from 2015-11-18T00:44:29
Here's just a taste from the live public BLAB event with Jim Venetos. You can watch the full interview at YouTube.com/GolfSmarterTV. To hear the entire hour, join Premium Access and take advantage ...
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515 Premium - Greater Distance. More Consistency. And Don't Call this Swing Stack'n'Tilt! with Jim V from 2015-11-18T00:31:10
515: Jim Venetos returns in a live video BLAB conversation to give increased clarity and details on how his method of weight shift and stillness will make every golfer better. One story he shares i...
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514 VIDEO: Is Confidence in Golf Overrated with LPGA Tour Player Daniela Iacobelli from 2015-11-11T02:23:39
514 Premium: Here's a little tease lifted from this week's Premium Episode featuring LPGA Tour Player Daniela Iacobelli on the importance of confidence.
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514: LPGA Tour Player Daniela Iacobelli and Get Real Golf Stats Founder Josh Marris from 2015-11-11T02:14:45
514: Golf improvement is so much more than hitting the ball farther. Compiling stats and using the metrics to lower your golf scores is a logical and scientific approach to becoming a better, happi...
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514 Premium: LPGA Tour Player Daniela Iacobelli and Get Real Golf Stats Founder Josh Marris from 2015-11-11T02:02:54
514: Golf improvement is so much more than hitting the ball farther. Compiling stats and using the metrics to lower your golf scores is a logical and scientific approach to becoming a better, happi...
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To Mulligan or Not To Mulligan...Is that really in question? from 2015-11-04T01:51:15
Want a taste of this week's podcast episode? Check out this video with host Fred Greene and author Richard E. Todd
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513 Premium: Legal Mulligans! When It's OK to Play 2 Golf Balls with author Richard E. Todd from 2015-11-04T01:38:56
513: Author Richard E. Todd talks about the new golf rules for 2016, but in this edited episode, host Fred Greene is baffled to learn that there are actual rules that allow you to play 2 balls on ...
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512 Premium: Make Sure Your Intention Matches Your Golf Performance with Tony Manzoni from 2015-10-27T20:22:21
Tony Manzoni, Coach of College of the Desert golf team joins us to dissect the golf swing from weight shift, position of the hands, arms, shoulders, head and how to incorporate all of those to make...
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511 Premium: Off Season Golf Conditioning to Keep You Sharp and Ready To Go with Jeff Ritter from 2015-10-20T23:02:31
511: This week Jeff Ritter @mttgolf returns for our inaugural podcast episode recorded via the new community building platform, BLAB.im. In addition to multiple off season conditioning tips, Jeff i...
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510 Premium: Taking One Shot At A Time…Easy To Think. Harder To Do! from 2015-10-13T22:46:07
510: Jim Venetos has exposed us to a entirely new thought process on ball striking over the last few Golf Smarter Podcast episodes, and the feedback from listeners has been incredible. If you’ve be...
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509 Premium: Confidently Take Your New Swing From The Range to The Course with Jim Venetos from 2015-10-06T22:35
509: In the third of our four part series with golf instructor Jim Venetos, we discuss and analyze how to confidently take your new swing mechanics from the driving range to the golf course. Need a...
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508 Premium: Stillness. Shaping Shots Trajectory. #2 of 4 with Jim Venetos from 2015-09-29T21:41:07
508 Premium: In the second of our four part series with golf instructor Jim Venetos, we dig deeper into his method of “Stillness” by discussing where you should have the ball positioned for each cl...
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507 Premium: Fine Tuning Your Swing During the Off-Season with Jim Venetos from 2015-09-22T20:14:33
507: Jim Venetos returns to amplify his teaching method of body stillness during the swing. Golf Smarter Host Fred Greene has suffered a leg injury and is not going to be able to play golf for a nu...
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506 Premium: Golf Courses Don't Have To Be Harder To Be Better with Course Designer David McLay Kidd from 2015-09-16T00:22:33
506 Premium: Golf Course Architect David McLay Kidd designed the first course at Bandon Dunes to be like the courses he grew up with in Scotland. But he also wants to create golf courses that provi...
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505 Premium: The Keys to Solid Contact with Jim Venetos from 2015-09-08T22:02:07
505 Premium: Too many golfers are frustrated with conventional golf instruction because of complicated nuances. Jim Venetos was a highly accomplished Junior golfer who worked with many Top 100 inst...
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504 Premium: The Mindful Golfer - How to Lower Your Handicap While Raising Your Consciousness from 2015-09-02T00:14:04
504: Mindfulness seems to be talked about a lot these days, but in golf, it's been a basic idea for improving your mental/emotional game from the beginning. Stephen Altschuler, author of "The Mindf...
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503 Premium: The Biggest Secret of Park City, Utah...SUMMER!! from 2015-08-25T16:00
503 Premium: Bobby Trunzo, Head Golf Professional of Park Meadows Country Club in Park City, UT is our guest as host Fred Greene travels to Park City, UT and sits down with Bobby to discuss golf in...
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502 Premium: Power Up Your Game with TLink GPS Golf Watch from 2015-08-19T00:07:34
502 Premium: There are so many golf GPS options from free apps to expensive subscription based handhelds. Our guest this week is Derek Rucki, a young entrepreneur who has developed a wearable GPS t...
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501 Premium: 2015 PGA Championship Betting Odds&Advice from 2015-08-11T16:00
501 Premium: The final golf Major of 2015, the PGA Championship at Whistling Straights is upon us and we’ve got you covered as to where the odds are and who’s got the best chance of making some mon...
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500 Premium: Golf's Ultimate Goal - Shooting Your Age...or Lower from 2015-08-04T18:28:47
500 Premium: Today I’m celebrating my 60th birthday with you. After nearly 10 years of this podcast, the random irony of episode #500 falling on August 4 is a bit much to handle. But like our golf ...
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499 Premium: Golf is 100% Mental&100% Physical with Dr. Gregg Steinberg from 2015-07-28T20:45:08
499 Premium: Gregg Steinberg, PhD is an associate Professor of Sports Psychology at Austin Peay University. His book "Mental Rules For Golf" is introduced by Hank Haney with "Gregg Steinberg's insi...
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498 Premium: Playing in a Web.com Pro-Am with Touring Pro Adam Long from 2015-07-22T00:35:15
498 Premium: This week we play alongside Web.com Touring Pro Adam Long at TPC Stonebrae the day before the start of the Web.com Stonebrae Classic in the SF Bay Area. During this Pro-Am round the D...
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497 Premium: Open Championship Betting Picks&Misses from 2015-07-14T21:28:57
497: Last time we were visited by these professional gamblers, they picked the winner of the US Open and the NBA Championships (missing the final score by 1 point for each team). They're back to sh...
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496 Premium: Getting Your New Ben Hogan Golf Clubs&Wedges from 2015-07-07T21:33:21
496: Ben Hogan Golf clubs have returned to the very competitive marketplace, and the press can’t stop praising them. This week CEO Terry Koehler returns to talk about the design, function, features...
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495 Premium: 150 Putting Drills with World Golf Hall of Fame Putting Champion from 2015-06-30T18:50:27
495: We can all sympathize with Dustin Johnson after he 3putted to lose this year’s US Open on the final hole. So does that mean putting is more important to low scores and winning then driving the...
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494 Premium: GolfBoard-Changing the Way Golfers Experience The Game from 2015-06-23T22:15:17
494 Premium: If you’ve not experienced GolfBoard at your course yet, you will soon. Possibly the most innovative invention for golf in a long time, GolfBoard is a cross between a golf cart, a snowb...
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493 Premium: Place Your Bets! 2015 US Open Gambling Advice from Two Anonymous Gamblers from 2015-06-16T20:47:23
493 Premium: This weekend's US Open at Chambers Bay is a mystery to those handicapping this Major because the course is new for the PGA Tour. But we have invited a couple of professional gamblers t...
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492 Premium: Game Golf Update including a Contest Announcement, New Free App,&updates to the Hardw from 2015-06-09T22:51:38
492: The best golf LEGAL progress-tracking hardware and app is Game Golf. There are others out there, but this is the only unit that’s legal for tournament play. John McGuire, CEO of the company re...
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491 Premium: 9-Hole Courses Are Not Just for Practice, They Can Be Really Awesome! from 2015-06-02T16:00
491: Author Anthony Pioppi returns for the first time since 2006 to talk about the second edition of his book "To The Nines". Anthony’s book looks at nineteen 9 hole layouts across the US that date...
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490 Premium: How to Get Great Golf Photographs for Yourself from 2015-05-26T16:00
490 Premium: Aidan Bradley is considered as one of the world's best golf course photographers for his ability to capture the excitement and mood of a golf course. This week he sits down with host ...
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489 Premium: A Tee•Tour of Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort in California’s Gold Country from 2015-05-19T16:00
489 Premium: Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort located in California's Sierra Foothills is home to a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. re-designed golf course that wanders through the rolling hills spotted with 10...
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488 Premium: You Can Avoid Golf Lessons and Save a LOT of Money Using the Right Training Aides from 2015-05-12T14:00
488: Martin Chuck, the inventor of the hugely successful Tour Striker returns to showcase his newest products and actually convinces host Fred Greene that there are training aides that can be as v...
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487 Premium: A Tee•Tour of Sewailo Golf Course in Tucson, AZ from 2015-05-06T03:52:34
487: The Pascua Yaqui Tribe knew they wanted to work within the topography of the high sonoran desert to honor its natural gifts and wonders when it came to designing a golf course. They hired form...
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486 Premium: Your SHORT GAME Solution: Mastering the Finesse Game from 120 Yards&In from 2015-04-29T00:51:37
486: “James Sieckmann is the number one short-game teacher in the world, and everyone who is serious about improving their short game needs to own Your Short Game Solution. The information is brill...
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485 Premium: How to Get Your Child Into A College Golf Program from 2015-04-21T17:00
485: Andy Walker of the Legacy Golf Channel Academy in Phoenix, AZ returns to discuss his new business that creates a rating sytem for high school golfers to get noticed by college golf programs. ...
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484 Premium: Surprising Information on How Properly Fitted Golf Clubs Can Cut 7-10 Strokes from Your from 2015-04-14T23:12:10
484 Premium: Back by popular demand for his 10th appearance on Golf Smarter, Tom Wishon, the world’s authority and (unofficial) spokesperson for custom club fitting returns to address the misinform...
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483 Premium: Never Let a Bad Golf Shot Get In The Way of a Good Round from 2015-04-07T22:10:30
483 Premium: “There’s not a golf professional in the world who thinks about hitting the ball!” is just one of the eye opening comments from this week’s guest, John Grund PGA. John has competed at t...
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482 Premium: 3 Step Approach to Play Your Best Golf EVER from 2015-03-31T23:13:38
482Premium: Greg Liberto calls himself The HEAD Coach because of the work he's doing to help golfers with their mental approach to better golf. His "18 Holes Book" covers a variety of helpful topic...
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481PREMIUM: How to Identify&Eliminate Pressure on the Golf Course from 2015-03-24T23:46:50
481: Garett Jenkinson, 2014 Alberta Teacher of the Year was suggested by a previous Golf Smarter guest (and PREMIUM ACCESS member) who says that Garett was an inspiration in teaching him a new way ...
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480 Premium: Golf History in Hawaii&TeeTour of Maui's Pukalani CC from 2015-03-18T00:18:53
480 PREMIUM: The Pukalani Country Club in Maui, Hawaii is a hidden gem of a golf course. Unlike the expensive resort courses, Pukalani is where the locals go for a great round on a mature course at...
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479 Premium: 27 Point Plan for Better Shot Making with Roger Fredericks from 2015-03-10T16:00
479: Roger Fredericks is one of the most important and prominent golf fitness experts in the world. His clients (and friends) include Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus. In this episode ...
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478 Premium: The Joy of Putting with Jeff Ritter from 2015-03-04T01:08:45
478: Jeff Ritter returns to provide us with helpful tips on how to lower the amount of putts per round. Jeff has built a reputation as a great golf instructor because he incorporates every aspect o...
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477P: Forget Clubs, Let's Talk About Golf Accessories from 2015-02-24T21:50:24
477: We conclude our three episode review of interesting items found at this year’s PGA Merchandise Show with Matt Zarilla, an independent Product Representative that focuses on accessories. You ma...
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476P: ProV1 – Marketing Hype of Truly the Best Golf Ball from 2015-02-18T00:27:56
476P: Just because most Touring Pros use them and their huge marketing budget, is the Titleist ProV1 and ProV1x the best ball for the amateur golfer? TJ Gillen of Titleist introduces us to the all ...
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475P: Ben Hogan Golf Clubs are Back! from 2015-02-11T00:26:57
475: Too often we come up short of the green because of poor club selection. It’s not just mechanics, it’s not knowing how far we hit each club. This week, Terry Koehler, CEO of the all new Ben Hog...
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474PREMIUM: Simple Tools to Breaking 100, 90 or 80! from 2015-02-04T00:36:22
474: Class A Australia #PGA Professional Josh Willard joins us to discuss simple ways to reach new success in your #golf game. As close as we sometimes get to reaching our lowest score, cracking th...
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473 PREMIUM: Three Critical Elements for a Great Golf Swing from 2015-01-28T00:32:28
473: Jim Waldron of the Balance Point Golf Schools returns to remind us of the absolute basics that are critical for a great golf swing. Jim also ends the episode with a great tip on alignment. We...
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472 PREMIUM: How to Minimize the Damage from 2015-01-20T23:48:27
472: There’s nothing worse to kill a good round of golf when it starts to downward spiral out of control. Tom Good, PGA returns for part 2 of our conversation, this time we talk about how to minimi...
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471: Letting Go of the Bad Shots from 2015-01-13T23:25:31
471: Bad results happen to all golfers. One of the hardest things to do is not to beat yourself up for a bad shot, poor result, or three putt. Tom Good is a PGA "Class A" Professional at Cinnabar H...
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469: The 2014 PGA Tour MattyB Awards from 2014-12-30T20:24:55
469: Each year comedian Matty Blake joins us for his outrageously cynical and hilarious hits & misses of the previous year's PGA Tour season, which we call the MattyB Awards. In part 1 of this 2 pa...
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468-Lower Body Power Launch. from 2014-12-23T17:00
468: Jamie "The Golf Sensei" Zimron returns for part 2 of our conversation. As we start the 10th year of weekly Golf Smarter episodes, we change this week’s topic from the mental aspect of improvem...
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467: Golf Is A Mental Game? The Return of Our Golf Sensei; Jamie Zimron from 2014-12-16T23:44:28
467: Jamie Zimron is probably one of the most fascinating certified LPGA instructors I've ever encountered. A National Junior Golf Champion, Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford undergraduate, a Master's D...
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466: The All New Ben Hogan Golf Brand Preview with CEO Terry Koehler from 2014-12-09T21:15:24
466: After hearing about the impact, success, and closing down of SCORGolf, CEO Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns to give us a complete rundown of what his team has learned and how that will in...
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465: Last Chance to Score a SCORGolf Club with Terry Koehler from 2014-11-26T21:49:43
465: Terry "The Wedge Guy" Koehler returns to announce the final liquidation of his line of SCORGolf scoring clubs (wedges) before the launch of the all new Ben Hogan Brand of irons. Graciously, hi...
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464: Introducing the US Disabled Golf Association from 2014-11-25T21:48:36
464: This isn't a very long episode, but you don't want to miss it. Host Fred Greene introduces Jason Faircloth, a determined and brave young man who doesn't allow his battle with Cerebral Palsy ge...
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463: Struggling to Make The Tour with Australian Pro Darren Garrett from 2014-11-18T21:47:35
463: Darren Garrett works nights cleaning a local McDonalds in Perth, Australia so that he can fine tune his game during the day so that he can advance through Q-School and make the tour. In this e...
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462: Hey! You’re Standing on My Line! Golf Etiquette with Richard Todd from 2014-11-11T21:45:54
462: Golf rules are fluid. Depending on whom you're playing with, they can change from round to round. But walk on someone's line, talk when your partner is up, or make phone calls, that can really...
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461: Pt2 on Mastering Golf’s Mental Game with Dr. Michael T. Lardon from 2014-11-04T21:46:13
461: In this episode, we pick up right where we left off from last time to discuss author and Sports Psychiatrist Dr. Michael T. Lardon’s work with PGA Tour players including how he developed a clo...
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460: Mastering Golf’s Mental Game with Author Dr. Michael T. Lardon from 2014-10-28T23:07:38
460: Sports Psychiatrist Dr. Michael T. Lardon returns to discuss his latest book Mastering Golf’s Mental Game - Your Ultimate Guide to Better On-Course Performance and Lower Scores - In this helpf...
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459: How to Play Uphill, Downhill, Sidehill Lies. Pt2 with Steven Snyder from 2014-10-21T19:21:29
459: In this Members Only episode, Indian Valley GC Head Professional Steven Snyder joins us for part 2. This time we talk about uphill, downhill, sidehill lies, playing an uphill par3 into the win...
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458: The Most Important Tip for Amateurs from Head Professional Steven Snyder from 2014-10-14T22:22:11
458: Do you think you're struggling to lower your scores because of your swing? Putting? Short Game? Indian Valley Golf Course Head Professional Steven Snyder may surprise you with his answer, but ...
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458M: Important Tips for Amateurs. Part1 with Head Professional Steven Snyder from 2014-10-14T22:22:08
458: Do you think you're struggling to lower your scores because of your swing? Putting? Short Game? Indian Valley Golf Course Head Professional Steven Snyder may surprise you with his answer, but ...
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457: If Tiger Asked Tony for Help, What Would He Say? from 2014-10-07T18:21:40
457: Tony Manzoni, author of The Lost Fundamental, discusses what's ailing Tiger and what advice he'd give if Tiger called.
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456: Tony Mazoni Discusses Head Position at Address from 2014-09-30T19:39:41
456: Tony Manzoni, author of The Lost Fundamental, and one of the most requested instructors on Golf Smarter, answers whether we should position our head behind the ball or stand directly upright a...
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456M: Head @ Address, Hitting Behind the Ball, and more with Tony Manzoni from 2014-09-30T19:39:38
456: Tony Manzoni, author of The Lost Fundamental, and one of the most requested instructors on Golf Smarter, joins us for part 1 of an hour long conversation. In this episode we cover common swing...
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455:The 1969 Ryder Cup that Shocked the World with author Neil Sagebiel from 2014-09-23T20:37:36
455: In 1969, The Ryder Cup teetered on the brink of irrelevancy, and perhaps being discontinued. But the historic "Concession" offered by Jack Nicklaus to Tony Jacklin on the final hole at Royal B...
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454: Golf Simplified with Donald Crawley; Director of Instruction for The Boulders from 2014-09-12T22:02:40
454: Donald Crawley is the Director of Instruction at The Boulders Golf Academy in Carefree Arizona, just outside of Scottsdale. Since 1996 Donald has been regularly named one of the “Top 100 Teach...
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453: 237 Rounds by September 1 –– in Canada! with Michael Hamel from 2014-09-09T22:12:42
453: Long time Golf Smarter Member Michael Hamel plays at least 36 holes everyday. In Ontario Canada! So far this year, he's logged 237 rounds, and he's not slowing down. In only 6 years of playing...
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452: The Drought Crisis of 2014 with Don Chemeledos of The Presidio GC from 2014-09-02T20:11:47
452: Fourteen states are struggling from severe drought conditions. Now in it's third year in California, things have become so desperate that courses are starting to close because they cannot main...
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451: How to Use Game Golf to Lower Your Scores. Pt2 with CEO John McGuire from 2014-08-26T20:34:40
451: John McGuire, CEO of Game Golf, returns for pt2 of our conversation on the hottest tech product in golf today. We discuss details on what you can learn about the best and worst parts of your g...
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450: Game Golf has Arrived and It Really Helps! with CEO John McGuire from 2014-08-19T02:53:16
450: Game Golf is the hottest golf technology on the market today and it could be the most unique game improvement tool you'll ever use. In Spring 2013 (episode #376) we first met CEO John McGuire ...
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449: How to Cope with Common Golf Injuries with Bob Forman from 2014-08-12T19:23:28
449: Bob Forman of GolFitCarolina returns to discuss the most common golf injuries from head to toe. Including the causes, we discuss how to recognize and treat them. Bob has been featured on GOLF ...
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448: History and TeeTour of Legendary Golf Course Pasatiempo with Head Professional Ken Woods from 2014-08-05T21:23:47
448: Pasatiempo Golf Course has an amazing history that includes being the course that Bobby Jones played just before deciding that Alister MacKenzie should be the architect of his property at Augu...
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447: The Frustrated Golfer's Handbook with Darrin Gee from 2014-07-29T19:19:21
447: Darrin Gee of the Spirit of Golf Academy in Hawaii discusses 12 of the 50 short chapters in his new book "The Frustrated Golfer's Handbook". This is a great book to keep on your phone to make ...
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446: See It. Feel It. Do It. As told by Jimmy Demaret to Eben Dennis from 2014-07-22T18:42:01
446: As a little kid and teenager, Eben Dennis grew up in Houston playing with, and absorbing the wisdom some of his Dad’s friends. Those friends happened to be Ben Hogan, Jackie Burke, and Jimmy D...
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445: Mistake Free Golf with Sports Psychologist for the Pros, Dr Bob Winters from 2014-07-15T19:48:50
445: Dr. Bob Winters returns to Golf Smarter to discuss his new book that will help your mental game and lower your scores. "Mistake Free Golf; First Aid for Your Golfing Brain".
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444: PGA Tour Caddy for J.B. Holmes, Brandon Parsons from 2014-07-08T20:14:31
444: Brandon Parsons grew up with J.B. Holmes and is now carrying his bag on the PGA Tour. We talk about life on the Tour, his working relationship with J.B., and tips on reading the wind. We also ...
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Taking Your A+ Game from the Range to the Course from 2014-07-01T21:00:41
443: Ken Doherty, Head Golf Professional for Marin Country Club returns in this Members Only episode to help us understand why we're so good on the range, but can't seem to put it together on the c...
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442: Target Oriented Golf with Colin Cromack from 2014-06-24T19:46:38
442: The key to performance and flow in golf is understanding how to keep your conscious mind away from attempting to control your physical actions. Colin Cromack of Target Oriented Golf joins us f...
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441: Short Game&Wedge Questions Answered with Terry Koehler from 2014-06-17T17:39:56
441: SCORgolf CEO Terry Koehler, who has been blogging as “The Wedge Guy” for years joins us for a Members Only episode in which he answers a variety of questions submitted to his blog for our podc...
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440: Ben Hogan Brand Reborn with SCORGolf CEO Terry Koehler from 2014-06-10T19:41:11
440: CEO Terry Koehler has gone from being the Marketing Director for the Ben Hogan Company to starting and manufacturing his own line of state of the art wedges at Eidolon and now SCORGolf. This w...
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438-39: Ben Hogan's Secret Letter and The Lost Fundamental Short Game with Tony Manzoni from 2014-05-27T19:41:44
438 & 439: Tony Manzoni, one of the most sought after coaches on the GolfSmarter podcast shares his life long pursuit of Ben Hogan’s golf swing secret. Years ago Tony received a letter written in H...
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436-37: "A Difficult Par" Biography of Robert Trent Jones Sr from 2014-05-13T19:11:28
436-37: Robert Trent Jones Sr. is regarded as the most historically significant golf architect of the 20th century. The fabric of golf in America - possibly the world - is embodied in the extraordi...
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434-35: Jim Waldron's Keys to Putting - Confidence&Detachment from 2014-04-29T19:33:51
434-35: Jim Waldron of Balance Point Golf Schools returns for a 90 minute conversation on putting. What it takes to improve, what to practice to achieve lower scores, the mental side of putting, an...
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433: Every Shot Counts-Pt2 on Golfmetrics with Professor Mark Broadie from 2014-04-22T03:01:04
433: OK, now that we know what Golfmetrics is and how it's used on the Tour, what about us?! This is part2 of our conversation with Mark Broadie; Carson Family Professor of Business at Columbia Bus...
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432: Putting is Overrated! An Introduction to Golfmetrics with Professor Mark Broadie from 2014-04-15T19:23:30
432fMO: What does it take to drop 10 strokes from your score? Traditional stats -- fairways/greens/putts per round -- don't answer these questions. Golfmetrics do! This is part 1 of our two-part in...
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430-31: Dave Stockton "Own Your Game-How to Use Your Mind To Play Winning Golf" from 2014-04-01T22:18
430-431: Dave Stockton has won 5 Majors on the PGA and Champions Tour. He was also the winning Captain of the 1991 Ryder Cup team. He's one of the Pro Tour’s hottest coaches working with Rory McIlr...
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429: More on "The Golf Rules -Stroke Play" with Richard Todd from 2014-03-25T18:05:48
429: In the last episode, we stumped Richard Todd on a few details of specific rules. In part 2 we get the correct explanation and discuss other rules that are broken regularly because we don’t kno...
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428: The Golf Rules - Stroke Play...A Fun and Informative New Book by Richard Todd from 2014-03-18T20:40:14
428: Richard Todd was trained on the rules of golf by the USGA and the PGA. His new book "The Golf Rules: Stroke Play - Learn The Rules of Golf By Watching Others Break Them" is an entertaining lit...
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427: Golf State of Mind - Pt2 in our Conversation with David MacKenzie from 2014-03-11T17:58:48
427: In this week’s Members Only episode, David MacKenzie returns to go into more depth on visualization, how to practice the Mental Game, course management, and his 9 shot drill for the practice r...
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426: Alternative Golf Coaching - Mental Game Training with David MacKenzie from 2014-03-04T21:47:24
426: David MacKenzie is a mental game coach that will help you consistently play to your potential. His Golf State Of Mind method is designed to help eliminate mental mistakes and improve your ment...
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425: Cut Your Handicap Without Changing Your Swing (Author Mike Pile pt2) from 2014-02-25T17:56:45
425: Author Mike Pile returns for part 2 on his book “Keep Your Swing Lower Your Score”. In this Members Only episode, we get into more depth on his theories and tips on how to take advantage of yo...
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424: Keep Your Swing. Lower Your Score. (Author Mike Pile) from 2014-02-18T21:35:32
424: Mike Pile’s bio says that he’s been playing golf for over 35 years and enjoying it for maybe about 12 minutes. Like every mid-handicapper he's tried everything to get better; lessons, practice...
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423: Martin Chuck's Top 5 Most Common Swing Flaws that Hurt Power&Distance from 2014-02-11T20:27:58
423: Martin Chuck, creator of TourStriker returns for part 2 of our conversation. In this episode, host Fred Greene grills Martin to provide us with the Top 5 most common swing flaws that he sees i...
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422: Proper Ball Striking Explained with TourStriker's Martin Chuck from 2014-02-04T21:23:32
422: Martin Chuck is a PGA Golf Professional and entrepreneur who created the very successful and helpful TourStriker training aides. He’s also a prolific YouTube contributor. In part 1 of our 2 pa...
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421: Pt2 of Winning the Battle Within (Dr. Glen Albaugh) from 2014-01-28T19:10:23
421: This Members Only episode continues our conversation with Sports Psychologist Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of "Winning the Battle Within". Not only is Glen an old friend and mentor of Seattle Seah...
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420: Winning The Battle Within - The Return of Dr. Glen Albaugh from 2014-01-21T20:05:27
420: The NFL Seattle Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl XLVIII led by head coach of Pete Carroll. Pete is a long time friend, and former sports psychology student at University of Pacific of this...
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#419 Bonus: Part 2 of Our 2013 PGA Tour "Matty B Awards" from 2014-01-14T16:59:41
#419: Comedian/Actor Matty Blake (now featured on "In Play with Jimmy Roberts" on the Golf Channel) returns for part 2 of the 5th annual Matty B Awards. Since 2009, Matty has been providing us with...
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#418: The 2013 PGA Tour "Matty B Awards" from 2014-01-07T20:21:40
#418: Comedian/Actor Matty Blake (now with the Golf Channel) returns for the 5th annual Matty B Awards. Since 2009, Matty has been providing us with his irreverent and hilarious view of the best an...
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#417: Face It, You STILL Suck! More on the Mediocre Golf Association Tour&Championship from 2014-01-02T22:43:48
Members #417 - If you want to play golf competitively, but don’t have good enough game to play with confidence, then you really need to listen to part 2 of our conversation with the Co-Founder “El ...
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Members #416: Face It, You Suck! That's Why We Have the Mediocre Golf Association (with Jon Morley) from 2013-12-24T20:56:41
Members #416 - Jon Morley loves golf, and loves to compete. But he’s not committed enough to get to a championship level. So he and some friends came up with the Mediocre Golf Association in 2006. ...
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#415: Pt2 from Kauai, HI - A TeeTour of Kauai Lagoons GC from 2013-12-17T22:24:18
Members Only #415 - Kendric Kimizuka is the the Associate Golf Pro at Kauai Lagoons Golf Course in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. Kauai Lagoons also hosted the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 1991. Only few minut...
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#414 - Taking a TeeTour of Poipu Bay Golf Course on Kauai, Hawaii from 2013-12-10T21:10:46
#414 - The 1st of 2 episodes from courses in Kauai, Hawaii. Here we meet the Director of Golf from Poipu Bay Golf Course, Craig Sasada. From the “sunny, southern” part of Kauai, Poipu Bay GC hosted...
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#413 - How the GolfBoard Works with Technical Director Mike Radenbaugh from 2013-11-29T17:30:30
For Members Only #413 - In part2 of our conversation about the GolfBoard, we’re joined by co-founder and Technical Director Mike Radenbaugh. Where our last conversation was about the business of a ...
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#412 Golf Meets Snowboard&Surfing with GolfBoard CEO Paul Hodge from 2013-11-26T04:51:55
#412 - Paul Hodge is a young entrepreneur who is bringing an entirely new twist to golf in the hopes of getting more young people interested in playing by making it more fun. The easy to ride elect...
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#411 How to Pick Your Perfect Putter (pt2 with Kenny Giannini) from 2013-11-19T20:29:30
For Members Only #411 - World class putter designer Kenny Giannini returns to discuss each of the components that go into creating a great putter. Whether you purchase one of Kenny's designs or fro...
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#410 - Shave 5 Strokes Each Round Using the Right Putter (with Kenny Giannini) from 2013-11-14T06:29:53
#410 - Kenny Giannini has created putters for Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Mark O’Meara and “pretty much everyone”. He also was the first putter designer for the Ben Hogan Co., and the first to desi...
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#409 - A Good Golfer's Arms NEVER Pass The Body (with Tony Manzoni) from 2013-11-05T20:43:55
#409 for Members Only - Topping the ball? Did someone say you lifted your head? Tony Manzoni gets pretty fired up about these misconceptions that many golfers have about those consistently frustrat...
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#408 Take Ownership of Your Swing! Now Repeat It…(with Tony Manzoni) from 2013-10-29T19:40:48
#408 - Tony Manzoni is 77 years old and is still shooting par. Lucky for us, he’s also an amazing teacher who has been a listener favorite on GolfSmarter for a long time. Outside of teaching, his i...
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#407 - More Fun with Writer Shane Ryan on His Sensible Rules for Golfers from 2013-10-22T22:25:04
For Members Only #407 - Columnist Shane Ryan of Grantland.com continues with host Fred Greene on his “10 Sensible Rules for Golfing With Others”. Starting at #3, there are some points that are mak...
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406 -10 Sensible Rules for Golfing with Others (with Writer Shane Ryan) from 2013-10-15T19:50:48
For Members Only #406- Shane Ryan writes columns and features on golf and other sports for Grantland.com. This summer he wrote an entertaining piece called "10 Sensible Rules for Golfing with Other...
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405: Fred Get's Fitted for New Clubs with Nick Manzano of The Golf Mart from 2013-10-08T22:50:17
For Members Only #405 - Despite strict USGA guidelines, not all golf clubs perform the same. Golf Professionals play with sticks that are meticulously tailored to their swing. Amateur golfers make ...
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Golf's Not About Who Hits the Ball The Best, But Who Misses It the Least (with Jeff Ritter) from 2013-10-01T23:18:29
#404 For Members Only: Jeff Ritter may be one of the most insightful and approachable teachers ever on Golf Smarter. That's why we continue to ask him back on a regular basis. In this episode, host...
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While We're Young? SHUTUP! with Kiel Christianson from 2013-09-24T19:22:12
For Members Only #403 The recent USGA "While We're Young" ad campaign is based on a snarky line from the classic golf film “Caddyshack” delivered by comedian Rodney Dangerfield. The irony of the US...
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