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. And since Jamie is an activist/feminist/licensed psychotherapist/LPGA Certified Golf Instructor/Marshall Arts master/etc, Fred asks her about Tiger’s victory at The Masters and if she can separate her feelings between the golfer and the man. Golf Smarter Mulligans is now available in Apple Podcasts! ...
Apr 23, 2019•46 min
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 play that? Costco has finally released their latest Kirkland balls under the radar, and they’re worth looking at for everyone. Since Fred doesn’t have all the best questions, we invite everyone to submit a question about golf balls that’s relevant to your game. Use #golfsmarter or #twoguyswithgolfballs ...
Apr 16, 2019•42 min
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 thought possible. Golf Smarter Mulligans launches this week with episode 1 of Golf Smarter from 2005 with Dr. Joseph Parent! This is a new podcast of your favorite lessons from the first decade of Golf Smarter that are no longer available. Each Friday you’ll get the best golf instruction from your favori...
Apr 10, 2019•42 min
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 the warmup spot for The Masters. Greg once qualified for the US Open and didn’t play as well as he hoped, but he shares what he learned from playing and competing at the highest level. This episode is brought to you by autoslash.com, a free service that finds the best price for your next rental car. S...
Apr 02, 2019•49 min
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 Golf Trail is a combination of 8 public courses owned by the city. Their flagship course, Brackenridge Park, is also the home of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. Andrew shares playing tips for his favorite par 4s, par3, and par5 holes at Brackenridge Park. This episode is brought to you by autoslash.com, a f...
Mar 26, 2019•36 min
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 specs, combined with an heirloom piece of art that can be in your family for generations. Our guest this week is Bradley Converse, a mechanical engineer who spent 10 years designing military equipment to survive nukes (which makes him pretty good at vibrational dynamics), who also has a passion for golf, d...
Mar 19, 2019•49 min
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 Golf Smarter podcast, he returns to provide insights on how we can get back into shape after a long winter for the new golf season. He also is conducting a 2 day golf school in Phoenix at the end of this March. Get more information and sign up at mttperformance.com/programs. If you’re a fan, then make su...
Mar 12, 2019•36 min
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 Candace Taylor who wrote this investigative piece. We’re partnering with autoslash.com to give away three $100 Amazon Gift Cards to three lucky listeners. Go to GolfSmarter.com/Autoslash to register. Secure the best price for your next car rental at Autoslash.com While traveling through Uganda over the ...
Mar 05, 2019•44 min
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: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever” we’re bringing back a couple episodes that got us all hooked on his teaching method. We’re very happy to announce that the book is available again in both paperback ($9.99) and Kindle ($6.99) versions on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2WMbYA7 . This episode was originally ...
Feb 26, 2019•35 min
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 Golf Forever” only to come up empty. Previously there were only two places to get the book, our website and Tony’s. So we’re really happy to announce that the book is available again in both paperback ($9.99) and Kindle ($6.99) versions on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2WMbYA7 . To remind you of how great he w...
Feb 19, 2019•40 min
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! This time you have a choice of either paperback ($9.99) and Kindle ($6.99) versions on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2WMbYA7 Paul will share what his time with Tony and the process of writing the book together. He also has a new historical novel about JJ McDermott, the first American to win the US Open in 1911...
Feb 12, 2019•42 min
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 nominations with five Grammy wins is only part of his equation. He's also a golf nut like us. In this conversation with host Fred Greene, Val talks about how he started his passion for the game back in 1981 while laying on a beach in Kona, Hawaii, and his many championships at Riviera Country Club, including ...
Feb 06, 2019•41 min
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 faith influences the mental game of some of the best players in the world. Included in these conversations are Zach Johnson, Kenny Perry, Stewart Cink, Jordan Spieth, and Aniban Lahiri. Host Fred Greene’s local course, Peacock Gap in San Rafael, CA is the beta site testing a new food mobile drone that o...
Jan 29, 2019•38 min
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 of them down in more detail as implemented by both the USGA and the R&A. A huge congratulations to Adam Long on his 1st PGA Tour victory. Adam , in only his 6th Tour event, sunk a birdie putt on the final hole to beat Phil Mickleson this past weekend at the Desert Classic. Adam was featured on the ...
Jan 22, 2019•49 min
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 rules and how they were agreed upon with members of both the USGA and the R&A. Host Fred Greene is always encouraging listeners to get in touch to play 18 holes together. Last week he played with a listener who was visiting Northern California from Germany. You’ll hear part of their conversation on th...
Jan 16, 2019•42 min
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/podcaster: Matty Blake. This ain’t journalism, it’s just a lot of silly and politically incorrect views of someone who loves golf and everything about it. This episode is brought to you by our partner TWG! Get an extra 20% off apparel with the coupon code “golfsmarter” at checkout. See the great selections at ...
Jan 08, 2019•57 min
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 right time. To start our 14th year of Golf Smarter we’re joined by Dr. Young for a brief visit to share a couple of stories that are fun to repeat…unless it happened to you! One of these stories comes from his new book “The Illness of Medicine: Experiences of Clinical Practice” This episode is brought ...
Jan 01, 2019•27 min
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! The Golf Scope AR App on your new phone will read the green and show you the exact break to make any putt. Our guest this week is the founder/CEO/developer Ryan Engle who walks us through the application and how to make it work for you. Currently it’s only available for iPhone, but the Android version is...
Dec 25, 2018•49 min
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 Cody to tell us more about “RifleScope Technology”, the benefits, and unique designs of Seemore Putters. If you might win a Seemore Putter next week, then you’ll definitely want to watch the interview from the Seemore Studio at https://youtu.be/mtYJ-xj2KN4 Registration to win a Seemore Putter is open ti...
Dec 18, 2018•53 min
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 learn more about other instructor’s philosophies to teach the game. In this Skype conversation, Ian talks about achieving consistency, if lifting your head is really a problem or not, and that “contact is king”. There are only two more prizes left in our weekly giveaway, so make sure you check out the...
Dec 11, 2018•41 min
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 challenging the visual effect of the game through architecture and strategic details. In his return to Golf Smarter, he and host Fred Greene discuss the state of golf course development around the world, whether he designs for amateurs or the Tour, and how thinking like an architect would improve every ...
Dec 04, 2018•46 min
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, improve your golf performance, and lower your scores. If you’ve been a listener for awhile, then you’ve heard multiple guests tell host Fred Greene that he has to get Scott Fawcett of the Decade Golf System App on the podcast. Scott doesn’t disappoint in this longer than usual episode that covers Scott's fas...
Nov 27, 2018•54 min
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 Habits of Highly Effective Golfers”. This isn’t a lot of new information for Golf Smarter listeners, but a great reminder and recap of all the issues we discuss regularly on this podcast. It’s great to be reminded of what we need to excel and the game we love. WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Vince M of I...
Nov 20, 2018•56 min
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 without any requests or sponsorship deals, the Tour Striker SmartBall is regularly used by a significant number of Tour players, including Major winners Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Graham McDowell, Darren Clark, and Jimmy Walker. In this episode we discuss getting online lessons, the value ...
Nov 13, 2018•48 min
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 established the top three tests related to swing speed. If you’re interested in increasing your swing speed up to 50%, depending on your age, in only 12 weeks, then you will find this interesting and helpful. WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Michael R of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who just won an online less...
Nov 06, 2018•41 min
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 consultations and assessments and has contributed one for an upcoming Golf Smarter weekly giveaway prize. This is the final week to enter for a spot at Topgolf Crush! 4 winners will join Fred Greene in San Francisco on Sunday, 11/18/18 to hit balls and more at AT&T Park. Deadline to enter is this ...
Oct 30, 2018•41 min
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 really useful tip on improving your distance control for lag putting by breaking each putt into three zones which is the subject of this week's conversation. WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Alan M of Florence, OR who just won an online lesson courtesy of Josh Zander of zandergolf.com Deadline to enter ou...
Oct 23, 2018•41 min
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 online lesson entails and what you get from it. To register your name go to golfsmarter.com/giveaway. WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Vince S of Windsor, CO who just won a set of ShoeTips thought reminders courtesy of ShoeTips.com Each week we’re giving away a different prize including free online le...
Oct 16, 2018•54 min
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 at various ballparks and stadiums. In this episode we speak with Jeehae Lee of Topgolf and Joey Nevin of the SF Giants about their partnership for Topgolf Crush for a weekend this November. Sounds like fun? Here’s your chance to play there on Sunday November 18! Four lucky listeners will join Fred Gree...
Oct 09, 2018•47 min
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 get much better results focus on “What am I doing right?!” Jamie is available to all Golf Smarter listeners for face-to-face or online lessons. Find out more at KiAiGolf.com, writing to her at jamie@KiAiGolf.com , or she’ll take your call at 760-492-GOLF (4653). WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Dean K ...
Oct 02, 2018•47 min
