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 says that golf is neither simple nor complex, and like both things in life, it’s both! Sometimes our problems are skills issues and sometimes it’s technique. Wisdom is required to know which is the problem. This episode is brought to you by Imagine Golf, the #1 app for Golf’s Mental Game. Download the...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 17Ep. 866
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 Senkoji. When the topic of sitting vs moving/walking meditation was brought up, Monk Obayashi mentioned that he has read Zen Golf by Dr Joe Parent. Immediately upon his return, Fred shared the clip with Dr Parent who wanted to discuss it on this episode. There’s a video of this episode on YouTube.com/golfsma...
Oct 19, 2022•45 min
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 Golf didn’t pay to be featured on this episode, but they are running ads in our show for the next couple months. To introduce it to you, we wanted to get the full story of how it works, how it helps, and who we get to meet by listening to their daily short audio programming. This episode is brought to y...
Oct 11, 2022•47 min
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 game from tee to green, not just swing mechanics. He’s also an executive coach helping to improve a business’s productivity and bottom line. This is Rick’s second appearance on Golf Smarter, and this time we get deeper into game improvement and the mental game. This episode is brought to you by Imagine G...
Oct 04, 2022•52 min
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 against the best on the PGA Tour, John was always learning about the subtle elements of the game that helps every golfer he teaches today. This episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh. Go to HelloFresh dot com slash golfsmarter65 and use code golfsmarter65 for 65% off plus free shipping! This episode ...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 reads that give quick tips and drills, this book is dense. Yet it’s a wealth of great content for all golfers who wants to thorough explanations on Managing Expectation, Strategy, Practice, and the Mental Game. This is the second time we’ve met Jon as he joined us in 2018 (episode 664) after the release o...
Sep 20, 2022•56 min
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 Professionals and numerous Ryder Cup players, amassing 10 wins as a coach. He’s also co-authored a series of three books with Karl Morris (episode 855), combining their efforts as a golf coach and mental coach providing great insights for all golfers. The latest book, “The Lost Art of The Short Game” ...
Sep 14, 2022•59 min
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 this conversation quite compelling and entertaining. Ron came to Golf Smarter as a suggestion from listener Fred Greenberg. The video of this complete interview is available on our GolfSmarterTV channel at https://youtu.be/evZyE8k2PoY . This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #175 we’re joined by Billy Bo...
Sep 06, 2022•55 min
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 understand and execute videos directed at golfers of all skill levels. His book, “The Bad Lie:Why Traditional Golf Instruction is Failing You (And What to Do Instead)” is available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Cy2TSG We address what exactly he means by “Traditional” golf instruction and why it’s failing. Lear...
Aug 30, 2022•47 min
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, historians and collectors. Our guest is their Immediate Past President, Jim Jeselnick. Their 2022 National Convention is taking place between Sept 21-24 in Indianapolis. For more, check out their Facebook page or golfheritage.com This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #173 Darrin Gee of the Spirit of Golf Academy...
Aug 23, 2022•37 min
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 grow the game. Recently he was also inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, but he doesn’t see any of those contributions as to why he’s there. We discuss all of that and more on this episode of golf SMARTER. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #172 is from a live event with MTTGolf’s Jeff Ritter, an...
Aug 16, 2022•53 min
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 Lost Art of the Short Game”. In this week’s conversation we discuss what golfers are missing about being happy, his mentors, and how to get into a better head space to play better golf. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #171. Our featured guest is John Kantarski, a coach at the Hank Haney Golf School...
Aug 09, 2022•50 min
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. This was my last conversation with Carey before he passed in 2013. Over the years, we’ve had many requests to hear more from Carey as all of his content, and his book, have basically disappeared after he died. Because of the Mental Game content we’ve focused on the last few episodes, I thought this was t...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min
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 what many golf instructors and mental coaches have been emphasizing for years on this show. Clearing your mind during your golf swing will result in greater performance. We base our fascinating conversation on their paper “Translating Thoughts Into Action: Optimizing Motor Performance and Learning Thro...
Jul 26, 2022•53 min
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 in your mind which inhibits free swinging of the club. This episode is brought to you by PXG Golf Clubs. PXG makes world-class, high performance golf equipment for golfers of every skill level. Buy online at PXG.com, or by calling 844-PLAY-PXG, or by visiting a PXG store or fitting studio near you. This...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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. When you watch golf on TV, TrackMan data is regularly referred to. But now every golfer is able to purchase a variety of mobile launch monitors at reasonable prices with impressive results. Rapsodo is the clear leader in this space, being name the Best Personal Golf Launch Monitor of 2021 by MyGolfSpy bec...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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 any slow motion video into 3D imaging of your swing from every angle. Check out this video of how Erik uses Sportsbox.ai to analyze Fred teeing off with a driver. https://youtu.be/ID9rrmyTQc0 You can see this video and another of Erik explaining how instructors use Sportsbox.ai for their online student...
Jul 05, 2022•51 min
849: Jayne Storey returns to discuss her latest book “Connected Golf: Bridging the Gap Between Practice & Performance”. https://amzn.to/3xU8jTS Jayne, Founder and Head Coach at Chi-Performance.com has a unique form of expertise based on more than three decades of practicing and teaching meditation and Tai Chi. She’s worked with hundreds of athletes and her methods have shown significantly reduced nerves, anxiety and mental interference by helping athletes from golf, tennis, snowboarding, wei...
Jun 28, 2022•54 min
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, disease treatment, and more. Powered by your own cells, this regenerative process is simple and could add years to your life and the lives of your children. Forget politics, stem cell treatments are already making an impact today. Also in this episode host Fred Greene shares his connection to one of 2...
Jun 21, 2022•58 min
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 who worked his way up from being a caddy to a champion, but he wasn’t appreciated by the press because of his arrogance. A few years later he disappeared from golf due to battling mental health issues that kept him institutionalized for 50 years. Our guest is author Kevin Kenny, who’s book “Golf’s For...
Jun 14, 2022•51 min
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 in this episode he just couldn’t get over the hump. Recently he partnered with an old friend, Kelly Moher, in golf glove company that has a unique subscription model, https://RedRoosterGolf.com We’ll learn about Brad’s frustrations playing professionally and how hard he worked to make it to the next le...
Jun 07, 2022•56 min
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 to share the difference between how instructors communicate with one another before and during a Major, what they’re talking about, and provides us with a variety of short game tips that work at a Major or at your local muni! Learn more about Joe and sign up for remote lessons at JoeHallettGolf.com. T...
May 31, 2022•55 min
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 topic of Emotional Intelligence. In this episode we talk whether muscle memory actually exists, the Brain Trackman, neurohacks, and his teenaged son who is an accomplished golfer. We also learn about his Top 5 discoveries about the brain during golf, and get some tips and drills on how not to let your ...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 13 min
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 making changes to your swing is the right thing to do. The ZanderGolf App is a phenomenal resource for golfers at all skill levels to get video tips or even take individual remote lessons. Josh is giving Golf Smarter listeners a 50% discount on the subscription. Use this code to take advantage of the ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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 to provide insights and advice that helps golfers of all skill levels. From breathing, to getting fitted to your mental game, to a strategy that will give you the best chance for birdie, without taking unnecessary risks, this conversation with Dr Joe won’t disappoint. The full interview of this episod...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 happen to all of us, even the best on the planet, but amateur golfers tend to get stuck on trying to fix every bad golf shot we hit. The full interview of this episode can be seen on today’s blog post at GolfSmarter.com. Subscribe to GolfSmarterTV on YouTube! This episode is brought to you by https://myg...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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, practically everywhere. His latest book “The Great Game: How Lessons from the Great Game of Golf Can Help You Win the, Equally Great, Game of Business” is discussed in depth with host Fred Greene, a entrepreneur and golf podcast pioneer, who has been running his own business since 1986. The Book is available on...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 looking for consistency, you’ll never find it playing different balls each round…or even a variety of balls throughout the round. Our guest is Director of Merchandising for GolfBalls.com, Johnny Cox who plays different golf balls all the time so that he can make educated recommendations to his customers...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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 our success. This week Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf returns to discuss a lot of simple yet effective tips that will get you hitting the ball farther and straighter…like you believe you can! This episode is brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Golf Smarter listeners get a 7 day free tria...
Apr 12, 2022•58 min
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 will ever carry his name. There was a period in his life that he wanted to hide from it, but as we learn in this episode, he’s come to embrace the honor and has a need to share his legacy and stories as one of the last family members to ever have known him. The family’s foundation would also like you to v...
Apr 05, 2022•57 min
