Episodes

April 6, 2021

The Brilliance of Carey Mumford (RIP) and the Art of Custom Clubfitting with Tony Wright

787: Anthony “Tony” Wright is a custom club fitter, putting guru, and disciple of the the founding father of golf sports psychology, the late Dr. Carey Mumford. In this conversation that covers the benefits of being fitted for clubs, especially for...
March 30, 2021

The 4 Primary Skills for Putting from The Putter Book with author Brandon Stooksbury PGA

786: Brandon Stooksbury’s first book The Wedge Book is an Amazon Best Seller. His newest, the Putter Book is simple, direct, and really helpful. In this week’s conversation host Fred Greene challenges Brandon to give us a putting lesson by explanation...
March 23, 2021

President Ford Collapsed In My Arms on the Golf Course! And more Caddy Stories from JJ Resnick

785: JJ Resnick’s best friend was urging him to come to play golf at College of the Desert, then tragically lost his life. Grieving, and being a typically confused 20 yr old with no direction in life, JJ left Oregon for Palm Desert and after meeting...
March 17, 2021

Barney Adams on the State of the Game, Equipment, The Wow Factor, and Breakthrough Golf Tech

784: When Barney Adams introduced the Adams Golf Tight Lies Fairway “Woods” (was the first to use metal instead of wood) in 1988 he changed the golf equipment industry forever. The last time we spoke to him in 2012 he was promoting the wonderful idea...
March 10, 2021

Your Wedges Were Designed for Pros, Not You! with Terry "The Wedge Guy" Koehler

783: Wedges are critically important to get the ball close to the flagstick. The Wedge Guy, Terry Koehler returns as this week's featured guest. If you’ve heard him on Golf Smarter over the years, or read his blogs, you know he’s frustrated with major...
March 3, 2021

The Science of Rethinking, Relearning, & Revamping Your Golf Swing with James Ragonnet, PhD

782: James Ragonnet, PhD, has a compelling new book called Your Inner Golf Guru: Developing the Golf Instructor Within, which contends that to improve your golf swing you need to take a systemic vs analytical approach. The Systemic method means that...
Feb. 23, 2021

Mastering Those Scary Golf Shots That make You Question Your Skills & Buckle Your Knees

781: Josh Zander teaches golf at the Stanford University Golf Course and has been on Golf Smarter many times because his intrinsic understanding of how amateur golfers struggle with so many elements of the game. In this episode we talk about college...
Feb. 16, 2021

To Draw or To Fade: That Is The Question…Or Is It?

780: PGA Master Professional Joe Hallett returns to Golf Smarter because he wants to help all of us be better golfers. Being a PGA Master Professional means that he’s one of only 200 PGA Members that are the teachers for PGA Certified Professional...
Feb. 10, 2021

If You Could Get 10 More Yards with Your Driver, What’s the Impact on the Rest of Your Clubs?

779: Roger Gunn, PGA returns to Golf Smarter to respond to host Fred Greene’s concern that increased yardage is a double edged sword. Of course we all want to hit the ball consistently, but we often speak of how much better we’d be if we could only...
Feb. 2, 2021

2020 Was a Nightmare - But Not For Golf!! What About 2021? Let's Ask MattyB

778: For the last decade, we kicked off the new year with a sarcastic and silly look at the previous year’s PGA Tour season with comedian/TV personality/golf junkie Matty Blake presenting his annual “MattyB Awards”. But because the passed year was...
Jan. 27, 2021

Your Eyes May be the Secret Weapon That Puts You in the Winner's Circle featuring Dr. Ryan Caserta

777: When it comes to golf improvement, all too often we discuss and dissect various parts of our swings, our bodies, our mental state, our equipment, etc. Our guest today is Dr Ryan Caserta who has studied eye movement patterns as a way to improve...
Jan. 19, 2021

Imagine How Being 1% Better Each Round Could Turn Your Doubt Inside Out featuring Cary Valentine

776: Cary Valentine usually joins us to share interviews he’s done while the PGA Tour is in Hawaii, but because of COVID restrictions, he couldn’t get on the courses, even as a volunteer. So this year, we get an hour with Cary talking about his...
Jan. 12, 2021

Golf Goal for 2021: BORING Golf! with Jamie Zimron, Our Golf Sensei

775: Jamie Zimron, our golf sensei, returns to explain why she loves to play boring golf and what we can do to get there. What’s boring golf? Fairway. Green. Fairway. Green. etc. When we play stress-less, we prosper more. That’s achieved through...
Jan. 6, 2021

Welcome to Season 16! I got nothin’

774: As we start a new year and our 16th year of golf SMARTER, we open the mailbag to hear a couple suggestions from listeners of how host Fred Greene can get out of his pathetic attitude of not enjoying himself on the course. Unfortunately, we...
Dec. 29, 2020

The Moment You Change Your Mindset is the Moment You Change Your Golf Game! Featured guest: Dr. Robert K Winters

773: Dr. Robert K Winters is the Resident Sports Psychologist at the David Leadbetter World Teaching Headquarters in Florida. It’s been twelve years since we had our last conversation with Dr. Bob, but his return to discuss confidence, the Yips,...
Dec. 23, 2020

More with Chip Beck on the PerfectMotion App, along with CEO Rich Kosowsky

772: 4x PGA Tour winner, Chip Beck returns for part 2 of our conversation. We cut him off early last week because he started talking about the new app-based expert system for training the motion of activities in performance called PerfectMotion. It's...
Dec. 16, 2020

Four Time PGA Winner Chip Beck Shares Lessons from Life on Tour in 80s & 90s

771: Chip Beck was only the second player in PGA Tour history ever to card a 59 in a sanctioned PGA event. He’s also only one of two that posted that score in the 90s (1991 Las Vegas Invitational) along with David Duval who did it at the 1999 Bob Hope...
Dec. 8, 2020

“Muni”: Documentary of a Public Golf Course in the Deep South with a Historic Story featuring Filmmaker Paul Bonesteel

770: “Muni” a new documentary available for free on YouTube is a love letter to golf and a personal telling of how African-American caddies, despite Jim Crow laws and the lasting effects of racism, built a rich and vibrant golf culture by becoming...
Dec. 1, 2020

Let’s Shatter Some Myths and Misunderstandings About Single Length Golf Clubs

769: Bryson DeChambeau’s recent success on the PGA Tour has made single length golf clubs relevant. But are they for everyone? This week’s guest on Golf Smarter is Matt Lake of 1IronGolf.com. Matt claims that the major manufacturers focus on different...
Nov. 24, 2020

Why Putter Fitting has a Greater Impact Than You Might Believe

768: Cody Hale, Director of Tour/Player Development and the SeeMore Putter Institute at SeeMore putters joins us once again to give us another perspective of Lie Angle Balanced putters that we’ve recently discussed. Does Seemore offer that too? It’s...
Nov. 18, 2020

Club Face is King! Plus 2020 Masters Recap with Danny Maude

767: YouTube sensation Danny Maude returns to share his thoughts on The Masters being played in November and commentary on the PGA Tour players who shined and struggled. We also discuss what is a "shank" and why it happens, and Danny’s ability to...
Nov. 11, 2020

Peaceful Golf: A Journey Into the Unknown with Author Noah Pilipski

766: Noah Pilipski is at peace with golf because he is a Peaceful Golfer. If you’re chasing mechanics and fretting over ball flight and distance, then let Peaceful Golf allow you to PLAY golf (remember that it's a game!) and stop thinking about golf...
Nov. 3, 2020

Play the Greatest Courses in the World While Giving to Charity with Member For A Day!

765: We live in unprecedented times that demand seeing the world in different ways. This week we speak to Eric Sedransk, a golfer, tech entrepreneur, and serial volunteer who came up with a unique idea to raise money in NYC to feed front line workers...
Oct. 28, 2020

Inventor of Lie Angle Balanced Putter on Why These Will Work for You

764: Bill Presse is the inventor of the Lie Angle Balanced putters that are now part of the LABgolf company. In this episode he discusses why putter torque is such an overlooked aspect to putting and how it works against you. That’s why LABgolf CEO...