Episodes

May 28, 2019

You're Making Golf Harder Than It Needs To Be. Prepping For Your Next Round with Josh Zander

691: Josh Zander at ZanderGolf.com believes that there are 3 things you should understand to become a better golfer. Once you understand those, then you can go into your warmup and practice rounds knowing what to work on to improve. Congratulations...
May 21, 2019

Swinging a Golf Club Shouldn’t Hurt! DJ Watts Can Fix That with His Mechanically Correct Swing

690: DJ Watts hits the ball very long, at his intended target, and does it pain free! That’s because he has mastered and teaches what he calls “MCS” or a Mechanically-Correct Swing. He’s studied the swing for years and even though he may not be on the...
May 14, 2019

Want to Hit a Better Golf Shot? Remember that Your Self Worth is Not On The Line! featuring Jim Waldron

689: Jim Waldron from Balance Point Golf School returns to go beyond the curing your yips to discuss how our egos get in the way to preventing us from achieving lower scores. His mental game approach will have you thinking about how you’re...
May 7, 2019

More Pars Makes Golf More Fun. But Is It Possible For You? YES! with Christina Ricci

688: Christina Ricci started playing golf in 2000, and remarkably achieved a 5hcp in only five years. Since then she’s become a dedicated LPGA Certified Teaching professional, has written multiple books , developed numerous training products,...
April 30, 2019

From Adversity to Inspiration to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Incredible Life of Dennis Walters

687: The World Golf Hall of Fame is inducting seven incredible golfers in 2019, but only one is being honored for high marks of inspiration, not low scores. This week’s guest, Dennis Walters, was paralyzed from the waist-down at the age of 24...
April 23, 2019

Teaching Golf To Women is Different, And It Affects Men... with Jamie Zimron

686: Jamie Zimron, our golf sensei, returns to discuss the difference of teaching women to play golf vs teaching men. Their likes, dislikes, what resonates, and why it’s different then teaching men. And since Jamie is an activist/feminist/licensed...
April 17, 2019

Golf Balls 2019! What's New & What's the Best for You featuring Sam Hogan

685: Sam Hogan of TwoGuysWithGolfBalls.com returns to update us on what’s new and different about the latest release of the Titleist ProV1 and ProV1x. Also what is the Titleist AVX and who should play that? Costco has finally released their latest...
April 10, 2019

Combine the Best of Your Mental Game & Your Short Game, then Breakthrough to Lower Golf Scores

684: Dr Joseph Parent, author of golf’s best selling mental game book, “Zen Golf” returns to explain how combining your mental game with a fine tuned short game can deliver lower scores than you thought possible. Golf Smarter Mulligans launches this...
April 2, 2019

Home of the Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio with Dir. of Instruction Greg Hiller

683: Greg Hiller is the Director of Instruction at TPC San Antonio. We meet Greg on the eve of the Valero Texas Open that’s played at TPC San Antonio. For the first time, this event has moved up to the warmup spot for The Masters. Greg once qualified...
March 26, 2019

A Golf Destination that May Surprise You: The Alamo City Golf Trail in San Antonio

682: Andrew Peterson; President of the Alamo City Golf Trail in San Antonio, TX, joins us to talk about all the great and affordable options of places to play golf in San Antonio. The Alamo City Golf Trail is a combination of 8 public courses owned by...
March 20, 2019

Handcrafted Customized Putters that Work with Artisan/Engineer Bradley Converse

681: Bradley Putters do more than consistently put the ball in the hole, they tell an intimate story of its owner. Think of a Bradley putter as a fine tuned instrument customized to your exact specs, combined with an heirloom piece of art that can be...
March 12, 2019

Our New Golf Mindset: Expect The World. Accept The Results.

680: Jeff Ritter is always a wealth of fabulous information when it comes to the complete package of golf instruction, from mechanics, to nutrition, to the mind-body connection. This week on the Golf Smarter podcast, he returns to provide insights on...
March 5, 2019

The Secret Hazard to Golf Course Closings: Crashing Home Prices with WSJ Reporter Candace Taylor

679: A recent article in the Wall Street Journal shed light on home prices falling 25-50% after a Country Club or Golf Community course closes. Our guest this week is Wall Street Journal reporter Candace Taylor who wrote this investigative piece....
Feb. 26, 2019

Take Ownership Of Your Swing. Now Repeat It! with Tony Manzoni (RIP)

678: Tony Manzoni (RIP) was a great instructor, a great coach, extremely articulate, funny, warm, and a great friend of Golf Smarter. To announce the re-release of his book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever” we’re bringing...
Feb. 19, 2019

One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever. The Lost Fundamental with Tony Manzoni (RIP)

677: After hearing one of our conversations with Tony Manzoni (RIP) Golf Smarter listeners have searched everywhere on the web to purchase his book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever” only to come up empty. Previously there...
Feb. 12, 2019

The Lost Fundamental Author on Tony Manzoni and His Newest Golf Historical Fiction Novel

676 Paul Cervantes is the co-author of the late Tony Manzoni’s book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever”. Paul joins us to announce that the book is once again available! This time you have a choice of either paperback ($9.99)...
Feb. 6, 2019

In the Recording Studio Where Golf & Rock’n’Roll Collide with 5 time Grammy Winner Val Garay

675: Val Garay is the Grammy-winning music producer behind hits like, “Bette Davis Eyes” with Kim Carnes and “Handy Man,” with James Taylor. Val’s 100 gold and platinum records, nine Grammy nominations with five Grammy wins is only part of his...
Jan. 29, 2019

PGA Tour Players Stewart Cink, Zack Johnson, Kenny Perry, and Jordan Spieth on Their Mental Game

674: Cary Valentine returns to share his conversations with PGA Tour players at Hawaii's Sony Open. Not a usual reporter, Cary is a mental game coach for a college golf team and he wants know how faith influences the mental game of some of the best...
Jan. 22, 2019

New Golf Rules for 2019: pt2 What Are They and How Do They Impact Us? With Joe Foley of USGA Rules

673: Golf Rules have changed for 2019 and our featured guest is Joe Foley of the USGA Rules Committee. Now that we heard the How and Why, in Part2, we discuss What the new rules are and break some of them down in more detail as implemented by both the...
Jan. 16, 2019

New Golf Rules for 2019: Pt1 The How & Why with Joe Foley of USGA Rules

672: Golf Rules have changed for 2019 and our featured guest is Joe Foley of the USGA Rules Committee. In Part1 of these next 2 episodes, we discuss what the motivation was for implementing new rules and how they were agreed upon with members of both...
Jan. 8, 2019

The 2018 PGA Tour Kinda Annual MattyB Awards

671: The PGA Tour of 2018 was memorable, remarkable, and entertaining. And now that it’s over, it’s time for our annual look at the year through the eyes of radio personality/actor/TV host/podcaster: Matty Blake. This ain’t journalism, it’s just a lot...
Jan. 1, 2019

Stupid and Outrageous Stories from Unlucky Golfers Treated By a Surgeon with Dr. Michael Young

670: Michael Young, M.D. is just as addicted to golf as the rest of us. Unfortunately he’s seen the darker side of what can happen to golfers that lose their temper or are in the wrong spot at the right time. To start our 14th year of Golf Smarter...
Dec. 25, 2018

Use this Augmented Reality App on Your New Phone to Radically Increase your Green Reading Skills with Ryan Engle

669: Reading greens can be the most frustrating and aggravating element in golf. How many times have you said “I didn’t see that break” or “That broke a lot different than what I saw!”? No more! The Golf Scope AR App on your new phone will read the...
Dec. 18, 2018

Getting Fitted for a Putter Could Have Greater Impact than a Golf Club Fitting... with Cody Hale

668: Cody Hale Director of Tour Operations for Seemore putters is this week’s guest. As we prepare to give a customized Seemore Putter as our weekly giveaway Grand Prize, host Fred Greene invited Cody to tell us more about “RifleScope Technology”, the...