Episodes

835: Author Martin Wells’ book “No One Playing: The Essence of Mindfulness in Golf And In Life” is an enchanting story of a strange encounter on a golf course with someone who knows nothing about the game but ends up teaching the author about the...

834: Last we heard from Bill Bales he teased us with a new product that will allow anyone with limited space to have their own home golf simulator. Bill, is the father of golf simulator technology and his company, Clarity.Golf has just created...

833: Golf is generally not in the same conversation as Crypto Currency. And a lot of golfers may never have even heard of, or understand NFTs, or nonfungible tokens. But at the end of 2021 Mike Dudas had the idea of creating a decentralized autonomous...

832: EXCLUSIVE interviews with 6 PGA Tour Pros by Golf Mental Game Coach, Cary Valentine. Since 2018, Cary visits the practice rounds at the Sony Open in Hawaii and talks to various PGA Tour Pros about their approach to the mental game, winning, their...

831: “Golf In The Kingdom” could be one of the greatest pieces of golf fiction ever written. The protagonist in the story, Shivas Irons, is a mystical character who elevates the game to new spiritual, and mindful levels that has spawned a society of...

830: The Social Media landscape for golf is an enigma that has baffled many entrepreneurs. Matt Ericksen and his buddy think they’ve come up with a solution. Cactus Golf Club utilizes a private FaceBook group so that golfers from around the world can...

829: Henry Stetina is a PGA Teaching Professional who, in 2019-20, was named the #1 Golf Instructor in New Mexico by Golf Digest. He’s also the Program Coordinator for the New Mexico State University’s PGA Golf Management Program, responsible for...

828: LAB Golf, the putter company disrupter, has released a new putter called the MEZZ1 that won’t generate the teasing that their DF2.1 putter does, but as a Lie Angle Balanced putter, it will make your playing partners jealous with envy once they...

827: MattyB returns for his hilarious review of the 2021 PGA Tour Season and challenges host Fred Greene to a game he’s created called “Major - or - Major Motion Picture” Play along and share your score on Twitter @golfsmarter. Vote for Golf Smarter...

826: With the passing of John Madden at the end of 2021, host Fred Greene digs into his personal archives to share stories, recordings, and his history with Coach Madden. From 1982-1986, Fred was Madden’s recording engineer for a nationally syndicated...

825: Jeff Pelizzaro is a fitness instructor, golfer, and host of the 18Strong podcast. In our quest to find out how to become a better golfer through more information than just swing mechanics, we talk to Jeff about how some workout routines, like...

824: Jeff Perez lives in the small town in Parsons, Kansas. Ninety-five years ago, the MKT Railroad built a 9 hole course that is still around today. It’s open mainly because after his career in manufacturing, Jeff quit his job and bought the course....

823: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett returns to share insights from the recent Golf Magazine’s Top 100 PGA Teaching Summit and what it is that PGA Teaching Professionals discuss when they get together. We also learn why the classic “Ben Hogan’s...

822: Pete McCall is a fitness expert who is resource for accurate, in-depth insight on how to get results from exercise. He is often quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Men’s Fitness, and Shape Magazine. His books, “Ageless...

821: After a round of golf together at Foxtail North in Northern California, Jamie Zimron, the Golf Sensei and host Fred Greene sat down outside the Pro-Shop to record an episode that featured tips on being centered, tempo & rhythm, and balancing each...

820: This week our guest is Paul Cunningham from Hartford Golf Club in Cheshire, near the Liverpool-Manchester metropolitan area of England. This semi-private 9 hole course has a lot of competition in the area, but they’re pushing the boundaries of...

819: Tom Cox, CEO of GolfBalls.com is not alone in his concern that the holiday shopping season for 2021 won’t allow retailers to showcase the usual sales promotions that we’ve all grown accustomed to seeing. Because supply chain issues have limited...

818: Jim Waldron, "The Yips Whisperer" from BalancePointGolf.com returns to provide his expertise on the Yips. So many golfers think they have it, but most probably don’t. If you’re a high handicapper, then your problem is probably your swing...

817: Barney Adams has never been shy about sharing his opinion on what’s wrong with golf and how to grow the game. In this episode, we appoint him Commissioner and challenge him to make the game easier and more accessible to a broader range of...

816: Golf Simulators started out as a computer game but as the software became more sophisticated quickly became a critical tool for golf instructors and players of all skill levels. Bill Bales has been a force in golf simulator industry for more than...

815: Steve Ryan and his middle daughter Kaitlin played golf together multiple times each week, whether for 18 holes, or just working on their game at the range. But on April 19, 2020 while working on their short game, Kaitlin looked up and saw her...

814. Sir Nick Faldo. John Daly. Jim McLean. Rick Smith. All wear SQAIRZ golf shoes because they improve their golf game. A wild statement that usually means a paid endorsement. But that’s not the case. Each of these high profile golf professionals...

813: Shopping for new golf clubs is never easy. Price. Performance. Style. Those are all important considerations, but not always in sync. Until now. Where else can you purchase a full set of well made, great looking clubs, with a bag and head covers...

812: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler has spent his life in pursuit of creating the best wedge for amateur players. In this episode you’ll hear how the average golfer is getting fooled by purchasing wedges that we see on the PGA Tour. Not only do we not...