Episodes
May 5, 2020
Tracking Your Stats is the Best Tool to Lower Your Golf Scores with Josh Zander
739: Josh Zander of ZanderGolf.com returns to cover a variety of golf topics including which stats to keep track of to identify your strengths and weaknesses, his all new ZanderGolf app for iOS & Android, and his 11yr old son who stars on many of the...
April 28, 2020
Now is the Best Time To Work on Your Golf Weaknesses! featuring PGA Master Professional, Joe Hallett
738: Joe Hallett is a PGA Master Professional. That simply means that he teaches golf teachers. The last time he was on Golf Smarter was episode 9 in 2006 (which can be now heard on Golf Smarter Mulligans #2). In this conversation we talk about how to...
April 21, 2020
Controlling Your Frustration During a Bad Round of Golf with our "Yoda of Yips" Jim Waldron
737: Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com returns to share his deeps insights and teaching about the yips and better ball striking. We call him our "Yoda of Yips" because he's specialized in helping golfers with the Yips for decades. Beyond that he's...
April 15, 2020
New Equipment for Your Feet! SQAIRZ Golf Shoes Give You Distance, Accuracy, Balance, Stability, & Comfort!
736: Every great shot starts at your feet. Golf industry veteran and serial entrepreneur Bob Winskowicz is founder of SQAIRZ golf shoes and this week’s guest. SQAIRZ are engineered around a widen toe that allows feet to sit naturally. But there’s a...
April 8, 2020
The Consistent Golf Summit: 3 Days of Free Online Golf Instruction from 20+ World Class Coaches
735: No Masters in April this year, so want to introduce you to the next best thing! Bo Watson is an excellent golf instructor who’s dedicated to helping amateur golfers get better. Besides the Watson School of Golf, he’s created a school with one of...
April 1, 2020
Keeping Your Body Golf Ready When You Can’t Leave the House featuring Thomas Malchow
734: Not being able to play golf when Spring arrives is torturous for us. What can we do to pick it up where we left off once the pandemic has passed? Our guest this week is Thomas Malchow of trainfuly.com who provides us with insights on how to keep...
March 24, 2020
Taking Your Golf Game to the Next Level - One Club at a Time (pt2 of 3) with Tony Manzoni (RIP)
733: In our final week of honoring the memory of Tony Manzoni (RIP) on Golf Smarter, we split an episode from late 2015 up into three parts. Last week on Mulligans #48 was part 1 of this conversation that lasted a couple episodes. In this conversation...
March 18, 2020
Putting. Ben Hogan's Yips. Getting Fitted for Clubs. Frank Sinatra & the Palm Springs Elite. Talking Golf with Tony Manzoni
732: In our third week of honoring the memory of Tony Manzoni (RIP) we split an episode from late 2015 up into two parts. This time you'll understand why Tony is so lovable as he shares stories of teaching Frank Sinatra, watching Ben Hogan play, the...
March 10, 2020
Ben Hogan's Secret Letter Discovered with Tony Manzoni (RIP)
438: As we continue our March with Manzoni, we remember the incredible teachings of the late Tony Manzoni, one of the most sought after coaches on the GolfSmarter podcast as he shares his life long pursuit of Ben Hogan’s golf swing secret. Years ago...
March 4, 2020
A March with Manzoni: The Single Pivot Swing in Detail pt1 with Tony Manzoni (RIP)
730: To kick off the start of the golf season, we dedicate March to the legacy and instruction of Tony Manzoni whom we lost to cancer in October 2018 at the age of 82. Tony’s appearances, book and DVD “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move. Better...
Feb. 25, 2020
You Will NEVER Leave Your Best Shots On the Range featuring Josh Zander.
729: Josh Zander makes a return visit to discuss the difference between warming up and practicing. To often we’ll hear someone on the driving range say that they don’t want to hit to many balls because they don’t want to waste their best shots before...
Feb. 18, 2020
Pt2 Inside the Ropes with PGA Tour Pros on Success, Failure, and Their Mental Game
728: Cary Valentine returns in part 2 featuring interviews with Kevin Tway, James Hahn, and Xander Schauffele from the 2020 Hawaii PGA Tour events talking about being in the zone, falling out of the zone, struggling with their mental game, and more....
Feb. 12, 2020
Inside the Ropes with PGA Tour Pros on Dealing with Success & Failure
727: Cary Valentine joins us for the third consecutive year sharing exclusive interviews with PGA Tour Pros while they were playing in Hawaii. In Part 1 we hear from Graham McDowell, Paul Azinger, Fabian Gomez, and Anibar Lahiri talking about their...
Feb. 4, 2020
The Wedge Guy’s Latest Creation Will Help Amateur’s Short Game featuring Terry Koehler
726: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns with a new company formed by recreational golfers FOR recreational golfers. Terry’s 30-year passion for designing wedges focuses on what elite players WANT from their wedges, but delivers what you NEED from...
Jan. 28, 2020
The Clutch Golfer Formula with 2x World Long Drive Champion Eric Jones, PGA
725: We all love to witness a clutch performance in any sport. Even better, we like to deliver a clutch shot. But how can you be confident that you have what it takes to make the shot? Eric Jones, PGA, MA has won the World Long Drive Championship two...
Jan. 21, 2020
The Advantages of Peak Performance Training for Student Athletes and You! featuring Joel Pelland
724: Joel Pelland is a Peak Performer. What else can he be with 5 kids under 5yrs?!?? Actually Joel is a Peak Performance coach, high school teacher / coach, and former D1 Baseball player. In this conversation we tap into his insights of how to get...
Jan. 15, 2020
The Flaws with the New World Handicap System from “The Pope of Slope” Dean Knuth
723: On January 1, 2020 the World Handicap System went into effect in the US along with several other countries around the world. In the US, this new system replaces the old USGA GHIN. Our guest is Dean Knuth, who was a charter member of the USGA...
Jan. 8, 2020
The 2019 PGA Tour MattyB Awards: 10th Annual Irreverent Commentary of the Best
722: We kick off the 15th year of Golf Smarter with our annual MattyB Awards featuring comedian, writer, radio personality, golf nut, and host of “The Curse of Oak Island”, Matty Blake @TheMattyBlake. MattyB takes a light hearted and completely...
Dec. 24, 2019
The Critical Elements that Separate a Super Golfer from the Rest of Us featuring Pia Nilsson
721: Super Golfers have a strong sense of their technical and emotional elements of their game to achieve consistently low scores. Pia Nilsson, co-founder of Vision54 and lifelong coach for Annika Sorenstam joins us to share the secrets that can take...
Dec. 17, 2019
Drop 3 Putts & More with Complete Confidence Using Rifle Scope Technology
720: Our guest, Jim Grundberg, is the gracious and generous CEO of Seemore putters . For our last giveaway of 2019 we’re giving away a brand new, customized Seemore Putter from either their Classic Series or their latest Mini Giant series. When you...
Dec. 11, 2019
The Lost Art of Playing Golf featuring co-author Karl Morris
719: “Golf is meant to be chaotic!” Once we understand that inconsistency is built into golf, then maybe we wouldn’t be so hard on ourselves. This week we speak once again to Karl Morris. Karl and his co-author, Gary Nicol (ep713 “If You Aim at...
Dec. 3, 2019
Golf Yips Can Be Cured with Psycho Sensory Therapy by James Hymers
718: James Hymers is a “fast change” therapist based in Windsor Berkshire, UK. He understands that in today’s fast paced world we prefer therapy that works fast too. By utilizing Psycho Sensory Therapy, James claims that his average client only needs...
Nov. 27, 2019
Golf Consistency is Achieved on the Course, Not the Range! Featuring Lynn Marriott of Vision54
717: This week we speak to Lynn Marriott co-founder of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lynn and and her partner Pia Nilsson are internationally recognized as two of the highest ranked female instructors...
Nov. 19, 2019
The Eureka Golf Swing May Be Your “Ah-Ha” Moment to Consistency featuring Steve Johnston, PGA
716: By request, we speak with Steve Johnston, PGA from Scotland about his “Eureka Golf Swing”. If learning to keep your left wrist flat, finding the low point of your swing, or improving contact to get straighter ball flight, then Steve’s website...