golf SMARTER

By Fred Greene

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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!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/3264943/advertisement

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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 issues that most ...

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09.19.2023 Irons Are Designed to Be a Digging Tool featuring Ben Alexander 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 issues that most ...
09.12.2023 Connecting Your Mind, Breath & Movement On The Greens featuring Teacher/Author Jayne Storey 912: Jayne Storey returns to discuss her latest audio project called Connected Putting. Jayne, chi-performance.com, is an incredible teacher who focuses on helping athletes of tall types, especially golfers overcome their nerves, anxiety, and mental interference. She’s a martial arts ...
09.05.2023 If You Don’t Know What to Improve, Practicing Isn’t Going To Help! 911: Sarah Stone is a veteran teacher working out of the Washington DC area who publishes great Instagram and golf.com videos, so we thought it would be helpful to hear her break down the common issues that golfers of different ...
08.29.2023 To Waggle Or Not To Waggle. Is THAT The Question? featuring Jim Waldron 910: Jim Waldron of balancepointgolf.com joins us again to discuss the importance of the mind-body connection when it comes to golf. This not only includes how to achieve a quiet mind and how to achieve unconscious competence, but we discuss ...
08.22.2023 What Gets Measured, Gets Improved. It's As Simple As That! featuring Golf & Business Coach, Dr. Greta Anderson 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 relationships. She started out as a competitive tennis player, ...
08.15.2023 Learning The Golf Swing Through Physics with author Junshen "Jason" Wang 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 engineer, he recognized that ...
08.08.2023 Play Better & Learn A Ton About Your Game with the Combine Feature of Rapsodo’s MLM2Pro 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 golfers who want to obtain ...
08.01.2023 Golf Is A Game to Be Enjoyed — Not Endured! with Gary Nicol & Karl Morris 906: Both Karl Morris (TheMindFactor.com) and Gary Nicol (PerformancePrinciples.co.uk) are well respected instructors individually, but together they’re a powerhouse of knowledge. They’ve each been featured on Golf Smarter individually, but this time we get them together for more than an ...
07.25.2023 The Grandson & The Zen Doctor - Our Introduction of Dr Bob Jones IV to Dr Joseph Parent 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 introduced by host Fred Greene. ...
07.18.2023 We Don’t Need To Grow The Game - Just Sustain It! Featuring John "Lag" Erickson 904: John Erickson of AdvancedBallStriking.com returns for an interesting conversation about the state of the Tour and today’s style of instruction. When asked what he’d change if he were commissioner of the PGA Tour, he quickly responded with “EVERYTHING!” John ...
07.11.2023 The Fastest And Easiest Way to Consistency is Through Flow State Golf with Debbie O'Connell \| #903 903: 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 multiple times, played D1 basketball in the NCAA Final Four ...
07.04.2023 My Pathway To Finding Joy In Golf Again with Author Michael Bowker \| #902 902: 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 - The Best Shot ...
06.27.2023 Breaking 100 Is Not Going To Be Achieved By Just Working On The Range \|. #901 901: 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 you don’t have confidence in your ...
06.20.2023 By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go with author Joanne Greene- Fred's Wife!! \| #900 900: 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 her first book called “By Accident: A Memoir ...
06.13.2023 Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men with author Charles Mechem \| #899 899: 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 “Arnie & Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship ...
06.06.2023 Bandon Dunes: Golf As It Was Meant To Be...In The Spirit of Scotland's Ancient Links 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, future, services, amenities, and designs of the entire Resort. Then ...
05.30.2023 The Power of Slow: Qi Gong for Golfers with Master Instructor, Lee Holden \| #897 897: 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 your swing speed, hit the ball farther, and gain ...
05.23.2023 A Beginner Documents His Quest to Become a Scratch Golfer \| #896 896: 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 daily quest from knowing nothing about the sport…and I ...
05.16.2023 Golf Beneath The Surface - The New Science of Golf Psychology with author Raymond Prior \| #895 895: 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 author of Golf Beneath The Surface - ...
05.09.2023 A Manuel de la Torre Student Proudly Continues His Teaching Legacy \| #894 894: Trish Beucher of 815TeeTime.com studied the golf swing from legendary teacher Manuel de la Torre and has made it her life mission to keep the swing as simple as possible so that anyone can play better golf. Trish believes ...
05.02.2023 A 30yr Golf Teaching & Biz Vet Shares Stories from the Inside featuring Paddy Shea \| #893 893: 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 you don’t read about in ...
04.25.2023 Poor Mechanics vs Self Sabotage - Which Is Hurting You More \| #892 892: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to share his 30+ years of being a golf instructor with insights on what causes self sabotage how we can overcome negative thoughts that lead us down a dark spiral of poor performance on ...
04.18.2023 Carrying The Right Wedge Is As Important as Understanding How to Use Each One \| #891 891: 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 create the most amateur friendly ...
04.11.2023 The Emerging World of Competitive Putting with Brock Gillespie 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 are now creating ongoing competitions in these venues inviting players ...
04.04.2023 The Masters, Augusta National, and the Legacy of Legendary Bobby Jones with his Grandson, Dr. Bob Jones IV \| #889 889: 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 most successful ...
03.28.2023 Speed Swing Training - Without Bulking Up Like Bryson, featuring Jaacob Bowden \| #888 888: Jaacob Bowden of swingmangolf.com and jaacobbowden.com was convinced that someday he would be a competitive Tour level golfer. He’s now been around the game for 20 years and his quest has brought him to the World Speed Golf Championships, ...
03.21.2023 Butterfly Golf May Be The Future of Sustainable Golf Course Design \| #887 887: 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 Most Creative Mexicans. In this episode we discuss ...
03.14.2023 Using Yoga As a Tool To Master Golf…and Other Parts of Your Life with Kevin Ralbovsky \| #886 886: 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 School of ...
03.07.2023 The World Am is the “Everyman’s” US Open And They’re Open for Registration featuring Tournament Director, Scott Tomasello \| #885 885: 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 August 28-September 1, 2023, that also hosts the ...
02.28.2023 Analyzing Tony Manzoni’s Lost Fundamental Swing Method Based on Ben Hogan’s Secret 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 Fundamental book and video that he ...
02.21.2023 EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Winners Reveal Their Mental Game Struggles \| #883 883: 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 conversations with these six PGA Tour winners ...
02.14.2023 Reading Greens Like a Pro - From a Pro - Requires These 5 Things \| #882 882: 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, the 5 things all golfers ...
02.08.2023 Exploring The PGA Merchandise Show 2023 - Pt2 -⛳️ 881 881: 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 is closed to the public, is ...
01.31.2023 PGA Show 2023 - Day 1 Demo & Fitting Day with Multiple Guests featured \| #880 880: 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, golf leaders, industry executives and retailers ...
01.24.2023 Weedon’s Way: A Pain Free Golf Swing for Golfers with Bad Backs \| #879 879: 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 three books to develop a ...
01.17.2023 Never Let “Hitting The Wall” Ruin Your Round by Keeping Your Blood Sugar Levels In Check \| #878 878: 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 don’t hydrate or keep their blood sugar levels ...
01.10.2023 Manuel de la Torre's Disciple on The Definition of a "Swing" with Gary Sowinski, PGA \| #877 877: 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 Pros and recreational golfers. In this conversation ...
01.04.2023 Little Goals Can Be Huge When Winterizing Your Game featuring Joe Hallett \| #876 876: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett joins us once again to get the insights and advice that can only come from the teacher who instructs PGA Professionals. This time we discuss little tips and tricks on how to winterize your ...
12.27.2022 Information Overload: How to Dissect & Use What Applies to Your Game \| #875 875: 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 the tools we need to analyze the information ...
12.20.2022 Unleash Your Creativity Using Pitching and Chipping with The Wedge Guy \| #874 874: 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 appearance on Golf Smarter. We ...
12.13.2022 Now Anyone Can Have A Sponsor Like The Pros by Playing ODIN Golf Balls! \| #873 873: 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 Lunetta, an ex-pat living in Berlin who, ...
12.06.2022 FlightPath Golf tees: Has the Perfect Golf Tee finally Been Invented? \| #872 872: 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, I noticed that my ...
11.29.2022 Golf is All About Finding What Works, Losing It, & Finding It Again! \| #871 871: 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 become an instructor, playing competitively in college, and what ...
11.21.2022 Winning Golf: The Mental Game with author Dr. Saul Miller \| #870 870: “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 - Creating the Focus, Feeling, and Confidence ...
11.15.2022 What Catches A Teaching Pro’s Attention When Working with a New Student \| #869 869: 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 theoretical, or ...
11.09.2022 Play Golf Pain Free Forever With These Keys to Longevity \| #868 868: 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 go over the 4 main rotational mobility ...
11.01.2022 How to Become A Ball Flight Detective on the Golf Course \| #867 867: 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 Fred Greene sit down together outside the driving range at ...
10.26.2022 Golf is a Problem Solving Endeavor As Analyzed by Justin Tang from Singapore \| #866 866: 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 ...
10.19.2022 Dr Joe Parent of Zen Golf on Walking Meditation & Fred’s Adventure to Japan 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 ...
10.11.2022 Imagine Golf: The #1 App for Golf’s Mental Game with CEO Malcolm Scovil \| golf SMARTER #864 864: 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 ...

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09.19.2023 Irons Are Designed to Be a Digging Tool featuring Ben Alexander 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 issues that most ...
09.12.2023 Connecting Your Mind, Breath & Movement On The Greens featuring Teacher/Author Jayne Storey 912: Jayne Storey returns to discuss her latest audio project called Connected Putting. Jayne, chi-performance.com, is an incredible teacher who focuses on helping athletes of tall types, especially golfers overcome their nerves, anxiety, and mental interference. She’s a martial arts ...
09.05.2023 If You Don’t Know What to Improve, Practicing Isn’t Going To Help! 911: Sarah Stone is a veteran teacher working out of the Washington DC area who publishes great Instagram and golf.com videos, so we thought it would be helpful to hear her break down the common issues that golfers of different ...
08.29.2023 To Waggle Or Not To Waggle. Is THAT The Question? featuring Jim Waldron 910: Jim Waldron of balancepointgolf.com joins us again to discuss the importance of the mind-body connection when it comes to golf. This not only includes how to achieve a quiet mind and how to achieve unconscious competence, but we discuss ...
08.22.2023 What Gets Measured, Gets Improved. It's As Simple As That! featuring Golf & Business Coach, Dr. Greta Anderson 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 relationships. She started out as a competitive tennis player, ...
08.15.2023 Learning The Golf Swing Through Physics with author Junshen "Jason" Wang 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 engineer, he recognized that ...
08.08.2023 Play Better & Learn A Ton About Your Game with the Combine Feature of Rapsodo’s MLM2Pro 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 golfers who want to obtain ...
08.01.2023 Golf Is A Game to Be Enjoyed — Not Endured! with Gary Nicol & Karl Morris 906: Both Karl Morris (TheMindFactor.com) and Gary Nicol (PerformancePrinciples.co.uk) are well respected instructors individually, but together they’re a powerhouse of knowledge. They’ve each been featured on Golf Smarter individually, but this time we get them together for more than an ...
07.25.2023 The Grandson & The Zen Doctor - Our Introduction of Dr Bob Jones IV to Dr Joseph Parent 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 introduced by host Fred Greene. ...
07.18.2023 We Don’t Need To Grow The Game - Just Sustain It! Featuring John "Lag" Erickson 904: John Erickson of AdvancedBallStriking.com returns for an interesting conversation about the state of the Tour and today’s style of instruction. When asked what he’d change if he were commissioner of the PGA Tour, he quickly responded with “EVERYTHING!” John ...
07.11.2023 The Fastest And Easiest Way to Consistency is Through Flow State Golf with Debbie O'Connell \| #903 903: 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 multiple times, played D1 basketball in the NCAA Final Four ...
07.04.2023 My Pathway To Finding Joy In Golf Again with Author Michael Bowker \| #902 902: 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 - The Best Shot ...
06.27.2023 Breaking 100 Is Not Going To Be Achieved By Just Working On The Range \|. #901 901: 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 you don’t have confidence in your ...
06.20.2023 By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go with author Joanne Greene- Fred's Wife!! \| #900 900: 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 her first book called “By Accident: A Memoir ...
06.13.2023 Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men with author Charles Mechem \| #899 899: 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 “Arnie & Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship ...
06.06.2023 Bandon Dunes: Golf As It Was Meant To Be...In The Spirit of Scotland's Ancient Links 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, future, services, amenities, and designs of the entire Resort. Then ...
05.30.2023 The Power of Slow: Qi Gong for Golfers with Master Instructor, Lee Holden \| #897 897: 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 your swing speed, hit the ball farther, and gain ...
05.23.2023 A Beginner Documents His Quest to Become a Scratch Golfer \| #896 896: 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 daily quest from knowing nothing about the sport…and I ...
05.16.2023 Golf Beneath The Surface - The New Science of Golf Psychology with author Raymond Prior \| #895 895: 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 author of Golf Beneath The Surface - ...
05.09.2023 A Manuel de la Torre Student Proudly Continues His Teaching Legacy \| #894 894: Trish Beucher of 815TeeTime.com studied the golf swing from legendary teacher Manuel de la Torre and has made it her life mission to keep the swing as simple as possible so that anyone can play better golf. Trish believes ...
05.02.2023 A 30yr Golf Teaching & Biz Vet Shares Stories from the Inside featuring Paddy Shea \| #893 893: 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 you don’t read about in ...
04.25.2023 Poor Mechanics vs Self Sabotage - Which Is Hurting You More \| #892 892: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to share his 30+ years of being a golf instructor with insights on what causes self sabotage how we can overcome negative thoughts that lead us down a dark spiral of poor performance on ...
04.18.2023 Carrying The Right Wedge Is As Important as Understanding How to Use Each One \| #891 891: 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 create the most amateur friendly ...
04.11.2023 The Emerging World of Competitive Putting with Brock Gillespie 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 are now creating ongoing competitions in these venues inviting players ...
04.04.2023 The Masters, Augusta National, and the Legacy of Legendary Bobby Jones with his Grandson, Dr. Bob Jones IV \| #889 889: 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 most successful ...
03.28.2023 Speed Swing Training - Without Bulking Up Like Bryson, featuring Jaacob Bowden \| #888 888: Jaacob Bowden of swingmangolf.com and jaacobbowden.com was convinced that someday he would be a competitive Tour level golfer. He’s now been around the game for 20 years and his quest has brought him to the World Speed Golf Championships, ...
03.21.2023 Butterfly Golf May Be The Future of Sustainable Golf Course Design \| #887 887: 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 Most Creative Mexicans. In this episode we discuss ...
03.14.2023 Using Yoga As a Tool To Master Golf…and Other Parts of Your Life with Kevin Ralbovsky \| #886 886: 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 School of ...
03.07.2023 The World Am is the “Everyman’s” US Open And They’re Open for Registration featuring Tournament Director, Scott Tomasello \| #885 885: 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 August 28-September 1, 2023, that also hosts the ...
02.28.2023 Analyzing Tony Manzoni’s Lost Fundamental Swing Method Based on Ben Hogan’s Secret 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 Fundamental book and video that he ...
02.21.2023 EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Winners Reveal Their Mental Game Struggles \| #883 883: 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 conversations with these six PGA Tour winners ...
02.14.2023 Reading Greens Like a Pro - From a Pro - Requires These 5 Things \| #882 882: 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, the 5 things all golfers ...
02.08.2023 Exploring The PGA Merchandise Show 2023 - Pt2 -⛳️ 881 881: 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 is closed to the public, is ...
01.31.2023 PGA Show 2023 - Day 1 Demo & Fitting Day with Multiple Guests featured \| #880 880: 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, golf leaders, industry executives and retailers ...
01.24.2023 Weedon’s Way: A Pain Free Golf Swing for Golfers with Bad Backs \| #879 879: 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 three books to develop a ...
01.17.2023 Never Let “Hitting The Wall” Ruin Your Round by Keeping Your Blood Sugar Levels In Check \| #878 878: 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 don’t hydrate or keep their blood sugar levels ...
01.10.2023 Manuel de la Torre's Disciple on The Definition of a "Swing" with Gary Sowinski, PGA \| #877 877: 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 Pros and recreational golfers. In this conversation ...
01.04.2023 Little Goals Can Be Huge When Winterizing Your Game featuring Joe Hallett \| #876 876: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett joins us once again to get the insights and advice that can only come from the teacher who instructs PGA Professionals. This time we discuss little tips and tricks on how to winterize your ...
12.27.2022 Information Overload: How to Dissect & Use What Applies to Your Game \| #875 875: 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 the tools we need to analyze the information ...
12.20.2022 Unleash Your Creativity Using Pitching and Chipping with The Wedge Guy \| #874 874: 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 appearance on Golf Smarter. We ...
12.13.2022 Now Anyone Can Have A Sponsor Like The Pros by Playing ODIN Golf Balls! \| #873 873: 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 Lunetta, an ex-pat living in Berlin who, ...
12.06.2022 FlightPath Golf tees: Has the Perfect Golf Tee finally Been Invented? \| #872 872: 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, I noticed that my ...
11.29.2022 Golf is All About Finding What Works, Losing It, & Finding It Again! \| #871 871: 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 become an instructor, playing competitively in college, and what ...
11.21.2022 Winning Golf: The Mental Game with author Dr. Saul Miller \| #870 870: “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 - Creating the Focus, Feeling, and Confidence ...
11.15.2022 What Catches A Teaching Pro’s Attention When Working with a New Student \| #869 869: 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 theoretical, or ...
11.09.2022 Play Golf Pain Free Forever With These Keys to Longevity \| #868 868: 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 go over the 4 main rotational mobility ...
11.01.2022 How to Become A Ball Flight Detective on the Golf Course \| #867 867: 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 Fred Greene sit down together outside the driving range at ...
10.26.2022 Golf is a Problem Solving Endeavor As Analyzed by Justin Tang from Singapore \| #866 866: 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 ...
10.19.2022 Dr Joe Parent of Zen Golf on Walking Meditation & Fred’s Adventure to Japan 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 ...
10.11.2022 Imagine Golf: The #1 App for Golf’s Mental Game with CEO Malcolm Scovil \| golf SMARTER #864 864: 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 ...

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Irons Are Designed to Be a Digging Tool featuring Ben Alexander

Connecting Your Mind, Breath & Movement On The Greens featuring Teacher/Author Jayne Storey

If You Don’t Know What to Improve, Practicing Isn’t Going To Help!

To Waggle Or Not To Waggle. Is THAT The Question? featuring Jim Waldron

What Gets Measured, Gets Improved. It's As Simple As That! featuring Golf & Business Coach, Dr. Greta Anderson

Learning The Golf Swing Through Physics with author Junshen "Jason" Wang

Play Better & Learn A Ton About Your Game with the Combine Feature of Rapsodo’s MLM2Pro

Golf Is A Game to Be Enjoyed — Not Endured! with Gary Nicol & Karl Morris

The Grandson & The Zen Doctor - Our Introduction of Dr Bob Jones IV to Dr Joseph Parent

We Don’t Need To Grow The Game - Just Sustain It! Featuring John "Lag" Erickson

The Fastest And Easiest Way to Consistency is Through Flow State Golf with Debbie O'Connell | #903

My Pathway To Finding Joy In Golf Again with Author Michael Bowker | #902

Breaking 100 Is Not Going To Be Achieved By Just Working On The Range |. #901

By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go with author Joanne Greene- Fred's Wife!! | #900

Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men with author Charles Mechem | #899

Bandon Dunes: Golf As It Was Meant To Be...In The Spirit of Scotland's Ancient Links

The Power of Slow: Qi Gong for Golfers with Master Instructor, Lee Holden | #897

A Beginner Documents His Quest to Become a Scratch Golfer | #896

Golf Beneath The Surface - The New Science of Golf Psychology with author Raymond Prior | #895

A Manuel de la Torre Student Proudly Continues His Teaching Legacy | #894

A 30yr Golf Teaching & Biz Vet Shares Stories from the Inside featuring Paddy Shea | #893

Poor Mechanics vs Self Sabotage - Which Is Hurting You More | #892

Carrying The Right Wedge Is As Important as Understanding How to Use Each One | #891

The Emerging World of Competitive Putting with Brock Gillespie

The Masters, Augusta National, and the Legacy of Legendary Bobby Jones with his Grandson, Dr. Bob Jones IV | #889

Speed Swing Training - Without Bulking Up Like Bryson, featuring Jaacob Bowden | #888

Butterfly Golf May Be The Future of Sustainable Golf Course Design | #887

Using Yoga As a Tool To Master Golf…and Other Parts of Your Life with Kevin Ralbovsky | #886

The World Am is the “Everyman’s” US Open And They’re Open for Registration featuring Tournament Director, Scott Tomasello | #885

Analyzing Tony Manzoni’s Lost Fundamental Swing Method Based on Ben Hogan’s Secret

EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Winners Reveal Their Mental Game Struggles | #883

Reading Greens Like a Pro - From a Pro - Requires These 5 Things | #882

Exploring The PGA Merchandise Show 2023 - Pt2 -⛳️ 881

PGA Show 2023 - Day 1 Demo & Fitting Day with Multiple Guests featured | #880

Weedon’s Way: A Pain Free Golf Swing for Golfers with Bad Backs | #879

Never Let “Hitting The Wall” Ruin Your Round by Keeping Your Blood Sugar Levels In Check | #878

Manuel de la Torre's Disciple on The Definition of a "Swing" with Gary Sowinski, PGA | #877

Little Goals Can Be Huge When Winterizing Your Game featuring Joe Hallett | #876

Information Overload: How to Dissect & Use What Applies to Your Game | #875

Unleash Your Creativity Using Pitching and Chipping with The Wedge Guy | #874

Now Anyone Can Have A Sponsor Like The Pros by Playing ODIN Golf Balls! | #873

FlightPath Golf tees: Has the Perfect Golf Tee finally Been Invented? | #872

Golf is All About Finding What Works, Losing It, & Finding It Again! | #871

Winning Golf: The Mental Game with author Dr. Saul Miller | #870

What Catches A Teaching Pro’s Attention When Working with a New Student | #869

Play Golf Pain Free Forever With These Keys to Longevity | #868

How to Become A Ball Flight Detective on the Golf Course | #867

Golf is a Problem Solving Endeavor As Analyzed by Justin Tang from Singapore | #866

Dr Joe Parent of Zen Golf on Walking Meditation & Fred’s Adventure to Japan

Imagine Golf: The #1 App for Golf’s Mental Game with CEO Malcolm Scovil | golf SMARTER #864

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