Golf Smarter Mulligans

By Fred Greene

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What's Golf Smarter Mulligans about?

Golf’s all-time best selling instructional books* were published in 1957 and 1992, proving that great golf instruction never gets old. That’s why we've introduced Golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain insights and advice from the best instructors featured on the golfer’s podcast, Golf Smarter. Each week we’re going to re-release an archived interview from more than nine years of episodes that are no longer available. No penalty for the second time around! As we’ve shared since 2005, “All the Pros agree, to lower your scores and increase your golf IQ, you need to Golf Smarter!”* “Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf” (1957) &“Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf” (1992)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3464073/advertisement

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09.15.2023

Jim Waldron is concerned that he’s being too technical when he discusses the physics of ball flight, club face angle, body rotation, and other details that are raging in the teaching community. He also let’s Fred know that most students ...

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09.15.2023 Consistency, Distance, Accuracy and Golf Schools - pt2 with Jim Waldron Jim Waldron is concerned that he’s being too technical when he discusses the physics of ball flight, club face angle, body rotation, and other details that are raging in the teaching community. He also let’s Fred know that most students ...
09.08.2023 Make Sure You’re Ready to Take The Next Shot with Jim Waldron Jim Waldron of Balance Point Golf Schools returns to warn us that if your set up is not right, then your ball striking is doomed. He shares a story of one of his students who was absolutely convinced that he ...
09.01.2023 Avoiding the Perilous Back 9 Blowups - pt2 with Chris Fry Chris Fry returns to provide us with off-season drills to keep our swings sharp and our putting distance toned. He also has great advice on how to avoid Back 9 blowups. All while I try to finish the interview without ...
08.25.2023 Learning the Perfect Pitch Shot Will Lead to More Gimmes! with Chris Fry - pt1 of 2 PGA Instructor Chris Fry goes into depth about various pitch shots around the green, the ratio of air:ground that you should calculate before your shot and how visualizing the shot before committing to the shot increases your chances for success. ...
08.18.2023 "Why We Golf" with author Paul Staley We ponder, we pontificate, yet we can be at a loss when others ask us. Why DO we golf? Author Paul Staley has self published the answer in his book “Why We Golf”. In this Members Only episode, Paul and ...
08.11.2023 Improving Your Critical Point of Impact with Martin Chuck Striking the ball properly is all about the the point of impact. It’s nearly impossible to modify our swing mechanics on our own, but when you understand the club face position at contact with the ball, you will become a ...
08.04.2023 Putting. Putters. And More Putting Insights from Geoff Mangum - pt2 Geoff Mangum returns for a full hour with putting lessons, drills, tips, and buying advise. Love him, hate him, or even try to understand his depth of knowledge, you've got to agree that few can provide insight and results like ...
07.28.2023 Great Putting is a Science AND a Skill with Geoff Mangum Geoff Mangum, one of the leading putting instructors in the world introduces us to the 4 vital elements of putting: Reading. Aiming. Stroke. Touch. Part 1 of this 2 part conversation starts with effective games to use when introducing a ...
07.21.2023 When Was The Last Time You Heard "Nice Swing!"? Pt2 with John Novasel \| #220 John Novasel, creator of Tour Tempo returns for Pt2 to break down how the short game backswing to contact ratio is actually 2:1 vs the 3:1 swing ratio of a full swing that is consistent with the greatest players of ...
07.14.2023 Why You Don't Swing Like a Pro - and How to Change It \| #219 Yale University's Physics Department has confirmed what John Novasel has been preaching for years. The single most consistent element of the best golfers ever is their 3:1 ratio of backswing to downswing. This is part 1 of 2 conversations about ...
07.07.2023 If You Like Your Buddy’s Golf Club So Much, Buy It From Them! \| #218 WARNING: this episode may save you money! After 17yrs in golf retail, Kenny Nicholson's candid perspective is that EVERY single club is different, so if you like the way you hit someone else’s club, don’t buy a similar model, buy ...
06.30.2023 Gimme 10 Feet Closer Over 10 Yards Farther Anyday! featuring Terry Koehler, "The Wedge Guy" \| #217 GSM217: Your 9 iron is a short iron, so why is it designed like a long iron? Terry Koehler, a regular on Golf Smarter and creative genius behind the V-Sole wedge design introduces his newest line of wedges that provides ...
06.23.2023 Golfer's Dilemma: New Club? Or New Shaft & Grips? featuring Jesse Ortiz - pt2 In part 2 of our conversation with Jesse Ortiz we spend nearly an hour talking about how the superlight shafts and a new set of light weight grips can give the average golfer more yardage than a new club head. ...
06.16.2023 Surviving The Club Maker Wars with Jesse Ortiz Jesse Ortiz (formerly) of Bobby Jones Golf discusses the club manufacturing industry and how his small specialty company fits into, and competes with the "big boys". Is it necessary to introduce or market new designs multiple times each year or ...
06.09.2023 The Four Pillars of Clutch Golf with Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) This is our final entry in our six part series of conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh who passed away in early 2023, at the age of 91.This episode called “The Four Pillars of Clutch Golf” was originally published on July ...
06.02.2023 The Truth About Playing Better Golf Using Your Imagination with Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) In part 5 or our six part series of conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh we go back to Golf Smarter #559, originally published on September 27, 2016 for an episode we called “The Truth About Playing Better Golf By Using ...
05.26.2023 Pre-Shot Routine From The Mental Side with Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) This is part 4 or our six part series of conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh, pioneering sports psychologist, author, and professor / golf coach at the University of Pacific, who passed away in February 2023 at the age of 91.This ...
05.19.2023 Practice Like You Play For Better Results On The Course with Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) This is our third episode of six honoring our time with pioneering Sports Psychologist Dr. Glen Albaugh who passed away in early 2023. In this episode titled “Practice Like You Play for Better Results on the Course” is the first ...
05.12.2023 The Perfect Swing Is The One You Trust with Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) This is the second of six episodes featuring our conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Winning the Battle Within” who passed away in Feb 2023 at the age of 91. In this episode from November 2011, Glen discusses the ...
05.05.2023 Winning The Battle Within featuring Dr. Glen Albaugh (RIP) #1of6 209: Legendary NFL Head Coach Bill Walsh says "One of the best books ever written on the mental approach to golf and sports performance" was "Winning the Battle Within -- The Perfect Swing is the One You Trust" by Dr. ...
04.28.2023 There’s No Pressure In Golf. It’s All Perception \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #9of9 This is our final entry into our Tony Manzoni "Lost Fundamental" series, probably the most impactful teacher, based on listener feedback, that we’ve ever featured in the many years of doing game improvement interviews on the Golf Smarter podcast. Tony’s ...
04.21.2023 Disparity Between Men and Women’s Golf is Not Ability, It’s Distance! \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #8of9 Even though Tony Manzoni had tremendous success coaching the Men’s golf program at College of the Desert, he didn’t focus on Men’s golf only. Tony had tremendous respect for the women’s game and believed that amateur golfers at all skill ...
04.14.2023 What Made Ben Hogan Great is Repeatable! \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #7of9 Tony Manzoni taught a very effective method of the golf swing that he learned from his years of intense studying what made Ben Hogan great. We discuss it in depth in this episode that is also available on our YouTube.com/GolfSmarterTV ...
04.07.2023 Not to Be Confused with Stack & Tilt, This Swing Method is Easier on Your Body \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #6of9 This is the sixth of nine episodes featuring our many interviews with the late Tony Manzoni that covered everything from golf courses to his effective swing method to close friend Frank Sinatra. So many listeners confuse with Tony’s swing with ...
03.31.2023 Success in the Shadow of Greatness \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #5of9 Beyond being a great golfer and teacher, Tony Manzoni had so much more to his life than the game. In this conversation we get into an interesting discussion of what it’s like to live in the shadow of a high ...
03.24.2023 Taking Your Game to a New Level - One Club at a Time -pt2 \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #4of9 In our fourth consecutive episode dedicated to the lessons of the late Tony Manzoni, we continue to discuss how to elevate your game to the next level one club at a time. We learn how to lower scores through your ...
03.17.2023 Take Your Game to the Next Level, One Club at a Time -pt1 \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #3of9 This is our third of nine consecutive episodes featuring the late Tony Manzoni. This time around we go to the first of two parts with Tony discussing tips, insights, and strategies on how to be more consistent with each golf ...
03.10.2023 To Achieve Success, Make Sure Your Intention Matches Your Performance \| Tony Manzoni (RIP) #2of9 Our second of nine episodes featuring the late Tony Manzoni goes beyond swing mechanics, this time Tony talks about “Your Intent” and how it needs to be aligned with your performance, and visa versa. Tony’s book “The Lost Fundamental: One ...
03.03.2023 Ben Hogan’s Lost Letter Explained \| Start a New Season with Tony Manzoni \| #1of9 Over the next 9 episodes of GOlf SMarter Mulligans, we’re going to be featuring some of our many conversations with Tony Manzoni. Tony was an amazing golf instructor who passed away in 2018. We first met him in 2009, and ...
02.24.2023 Pre and Post Round Stretch Routines Designed for Golfers featuring Katherine Roberts Katherine Roberts of YogaForGolfers.com provides exercises to do before you leave for the course, just before your round and then the night after a round is over. Originally published as a Members Only episode, this is the first time this ...
02.17.2023 Insights to Your Swing Flaws That Will Surprise You! featuring Katherine Roberts Katherine Roberts of YogaForGolfers.com and KRFlexFit.com provides exercises to do before you leave for the course, just before your round and then the night after a round is over. Originally published as a Members Only episode, this is the first ...
02.10.2023 Shoe Stores Won't Sell One Size but Golf Shops Do with Clubs : pt2 with Tom Wishon Tom Wishon once again explains why mass produced clubs are better for the manufacturers than for you. There are 13 important key specs a club maker analyzes when fitting clubs for you. Do you think your local golf shop is ...
02.03.2023 How Custom Fit Clubs will Improve Your Game : pt1 with Tom Wishon. \| #196 All golfers will benefit tremendously from custom club fitting. Don't be fooled by big ad budgets, new technology won't help as much as being properly fitted. Tom Wishon, author of "The Search of The Perfect Golf Club" joins us of ...
01.27.2023 Why Zen Golf is a Helpful Mental Game Approach & Book with Dr. Joe Parent Celebrating episode #300 GOLF SMARTER reintroduces our very 1st guest, Dr. Joseph Parent. Author of "Zen Golf". Once again Dr. Joe confirms why his easy to comprehend approach has improved the game of countless golfers including Vijai Singh.This show is ...
01.20.2023 Golf Swings are Like Snowflakes: No 2 Are Alike with Jeff Ritter Jeff Ritter discusses with Fred that whatever level of golfer you are, you should understand that like snowflakes, no two rounds, shots, or swings are ever the same. If you try a cookie cutter approach, you're limiting your chances of ...
01.13.2023 Body Position and How It Impacts Ball Flight with Rick Koscher \| #193 According to physics, the ball flies perfectly every time it leaves the club face. Yeah right! Then why doesn't the ball go where we want it to? Rick Koscher, the Golf Better Coach suggests to host Fred Greene that it ...
01.06.2023 Around The World In 80 Rounds with Author & Comedian David Wood \| #192 So this crazy dude sold his condo and decided to play golf at the farthest, strangest, and most remote locations on the planet. David Wood, author of "Around The World In 80 Rounds" shares his adventure experiences, his life as ...
12.30.2022 Top 10 Traits of Better Golfers - pt2 - with Jim Waldron \| #191 Hitting tons of buckets isn't the cure! In Pt2 of the Top 10 Traits of Better Golfers, host Fred Greene and Jim Waldron cover awareness, confidence, patience, mind/body connection, impulses and more that will have an immediate impact on your ...
12.23.2022 Top 10 Traits of Better Golfers - pt1 - with Jim Waldron \| #190 Jim Waldron returns to discuss what he's observed from his students who succeed in improving and those who don't. His observations are so helpful that you shouldn't miss part 2 when he helps to turn you into a better golfer ...
12.16.2022 The Psychology & Importance of the Pre-Shot Routine with Dr. Patrick Cohn Dr. Patrick Cohn goes in depth with host Fred Greene to discuss the value and details of the putting pre-shot routine. As a mental health professional, he also recognizes that Fred is in serious need of treatment. Originally published as ...
12.09.2022 Living the American Dream...A Family Owned Golf Course \| #188 188: San Geronimo Golf Course is owned by a Korean immigrant who has fulfilled his personal quest of the American Dream. Daughter and GM Jennifer Kim discusses the challenges, lessons and politics of running a family business and abiding her ...
12.02.2022 How to Become a Better Golf Photographer with RobertKaufman \| #187 187: Photographer and Photojournalist Robert Kaufman provides advice on how to get the best results when taking pictures on the golf course. Here's how to transform your snapshots into photographs. Robert's portfolio is at http://rkaufmanphoto.com. Originally published as a Members ...
11.25.2022 Arthritis Doesn't Have to Be The End of Your Golf LIfe In 2010, Phil Mickleson's future was in question when he was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis. In this episode of Golf Smarter, which has never been made public before, Scott Burg and Jeff Ciolek of the Cleveland Clinic discuss Mickleson's successful ...
11.18.2022 Fine Tune Your Short Game with Our Golf Sensei, Jamie Zimron Once again LPGA Certified instructor Jamie Zimron clearly illustrates how to fine tune elements of our game. This time we cover chipping. We also talk about the GolfSmarterTV video about chipping around the green that we created together. https://youtu.be/L50XUUhWwYcThis show ...
11.11.2022 The Art of the Golf Swing with Stan Utley \| #184 PGA Tour player Stan Utley discusses his newest book The Art of the Swing that incorporates an awesome new feature allowing smartphone users to launch YouTube videos to enhance each chapter. Fred and Stan break down chapter 6 "One Club, ...
11.04.2022 Understanding Golf Course Design Can Lead to Lower Scores with Jeff Beier \| #183 Looking at the scorecard yardage may be a mistake! 'Course management' is golf speak for "strategy". Jeff Beier provides insights and advice on how each golfer can lower their scores by understanding the tendencies of course designers.This show is part ...
10.28.2022 Identifying the YIPS with Master Putting Instructor Marius Filmalter Marius Filmalter's client list as a putting instructor includes Tour Pros like Woods, Els, Kite, Duval, O'Meara, Zoeller, Howell III, Watson, A Kim, Mize and more. In this conversation first published in 2011, get his analysis of the putting yips ...
10.21.2022 Johnny Miller's 63@ Oakmont. Chasing Greatness: The Legend of the 1973 US Open - Pt2 \| Golf Smarter Mulligans 181 #181: The 1973 US Open at Oakmont could be the greatest in US Open history because of Johnny Miller's miracle finish. The 2 authors of "Chasing Greatness:The Legend of the 1973 US Open at Oakmont" provide a detailed look at ...
10.14.2022 Chasing Greatness: The Legendary 1973 US Open at Oakmont with Co-Authors S Schlossman & A Lazarus The legend of the 1973 US Open at Oakmont is told by the authors of Chasing Greatness that relives one of the greatest weekends in golf history that included Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and young Johnny ...
10.07.2022 Play Your Best Golf Now, pt 2 with co-author Lynn Marriott This is pt2 focusing on the book “Play Your Best Golf Now” with Lynn Marriott. Single minded focus on swing mechanics is not enough. Pick a swing theory that fits you and make sure it's something you can physically do, ...

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