Those Weekend Golf Guys

With best wishes from the beach, and we mean the real beach not the bunker. Here is one of our most popilar episodes of all time. Listen for the firt time or the 20th, it will be informative, fun, funny, and entertaining.

Mere Mortals playing a game obviously designed by and for, gods. That’s what we have been doing this week. Playing golf with friends, old and new, at The French Lick Resort. We played a “tune-up” round on the resort’s Pete Dye Course. Ah, one full sleeve of balls later we walked off 18 thankful that it was over. You need to see some of the pics we posted at Facebook.com/golfguys to understand. There is no room to miss. The rough is not only thick, but the drop off from the fairway is sometimes as much as 50 feet.  But it was great practice for playing in the Pro-Am of the Symetra Tour’s Donald Ross Classic being held at the Ross course at French Lick. This course is even tougher than the Dye course. Not a flat lie on the course! And the greens…don’t get me started on the greens. But we did play with a terrific golfer named Sophie Hausmann. She is from Germany, played her collegiate golf at Univ. of Idaho. Someday soon she’ll be a regular Sunday participant on the LPGA Tour. This edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Radio Show captures the spirit of the fun we had. Thanks again to all our friends at the French Lick Resort. Listen and enjoy.

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we are celebrating Jeff Smith’s induction into the very exclusive Top 100 Teachers Group. It’s official! Jeff has been recognized by students, fellow teachers, and golf media as one of the very best. Listen to the celebration this week and you will come to hear just why Jeff is considered one of the best. Jeff Smith continues to bring great advice and much improvement to listeners of Those Weekend Golf Guys each and every week so if you haven’t yet, this is  a great time to subscribe and listen and play better golf.

It’s The Little Things That Make All The Difference. Not just the title of this week’s episode, but also one of the incontrovertible truths of Golf. A slight difference, we’re talking millimeters one way or the other with your feet, your grip, your clubface…anything really, can make a huge difference in the result of your shot. Jeff explains how to check to assure yourself there are no differences from swing to swing. Hey, this is some important stuff. Make sure you listen closely.

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we want to introduce you to two very talented women you will be hearing a lot from in the near future. One is Ava Bunker. She is 13 years old. At the age of 5 she fell in love with golf. A few years later she decided it would be her life’s work. This year, not only has she won many Junior Tournaments but she also finished 13th in the Indiana State Women’s Amateur Championship. Competing among other young women, college players and older women who have been playing at a high level for years, she finished 13th! And when you stop to think about it, what else should she be doing for a living with the last name of “Bunker”? We also want to introduce you to Jema Anderson. She is an Artist specializing in Abstract Art. She watched the PGA Championship at The Ocean Course and was inspired by the beauty and the majesty that is that course on Kiawah Island. She created an abstract work that is her impression of the course. We want you to have it. Please go to our Facebook page, facebook.com/golfguys and enter the give-a-way. Lots of talent on display this week right here with Those Weekend Golf Guys.

Practice for the moment! That’s the advice Jeff Smith, the #1 golf instructor in the state of Indiana has on this week’s episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys. Oh sure, there will be plenty of funny and entertaining stories about John’s rather difficult round at a course called Purgatory but then Jeff gets serious with advice on how to practice for the moment. Remember when you were a kid shooting hoops in the driveway? It was always “no seconds on the clock and you have to sink the free throws to win”, wasn’t it Or when you were taking batting practice and it was bottom of the ninth, 2 outs, bases loaded and down by 3 runs. As kids we knew enough to put ourselves, mentally, in pressure positions when we practice. Jeff has many ideas on how to do that now with your golf range time. We give you some ideas on some games to use to add some elements of pressure to your practice. Set up scenarios that are more difficult than normal. Try to create scenarios you might see on the course. Practice for the moment.

This week on the award winning Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast the guys talk about distance vs. accuracy. As Jeff says, “the woods are full of long drivers”. So, what do you do? Well, Jeff first recommends you take away all the negatives at your set-up. Clear your head, use the right grip for you. You should disregard everything you’ve read that does not pertain to you specifically. There is a lot of bad information floating around out there disguised as golf instruction. Even some of the classics, like Ben Hogan’s 

This week on Those Weekend Golfguys Podcast we welcome Brendan Sweeney, the Director of Player Development for The French Lick Resort. There are a lot of things coming this summer to French Lick. The Symetra Tour’s Donald Ross Classic is July 6-9. The Senior LPGA Championship happens on the Pete Dye Course in August. In between you have plenty of opportunity to play both of those courses yourself. In Jeff;s Quick Fix he reminds us all that they’ve built new wedges! The old way of digging your feet in the sand, opening your club face and swinging hard are OVER! Want to know how to best get out of the sand? Listen close to this week’s episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast.

Why do greens fees fluctuate so greatly? Why are some courses very affordable while others seemingly price themselves out of the everyday play category. John and Jeff discuss the permutations and combinations that go into setting the greens fees at a particular course. What is worth it? While what is outrageous for what you get? Also, Jeff does a quick fix segment on how to load up during the backswing and get much more distance and accuracy.

Let’s keep it clean. Do you have any idea just how much of an effect a glop of mud can have on the flight of your ball? Do you realize that some dirt embedded inside the grooves of your club is going to make those clubs perform totally different from what you are expecting? Here are some great pieces of advice for those of us who for some reason, are playing as sticklers for the rules. If there’s some mud on your ball, unless it’s lift, c;lean and place, you have to make due. So, Jeff explains how to predict the flight of a dirty ball. Trust us, you need to know this stuff. Another fun, funny and highly entertaining edition f Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast.