Episodes
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...
Dec. 11, 2018
To Play Better Clear Your Mind and Don’t Play “Golf Swing” Just “Play Golf” with Ian Clark
667: Ian Clark is a golf instructor just outside of London who quotes instructors he hears on Golf Smarter to his students. Over the years he’s found the Golf Smarter podcast as a great resource to learn more about other instructor’s philosophies to...
Dec. 4, 2018
Smarter Golfers Play Better When They Think Like a Golf Course Architect
666: Tripp Davis practices golf architecture with an unparalleled passion for being a craftsman and a golfer. He approaches design, renovation, and restoration of golf courses around the world by challenging the visual effect of the game through...
Nov. 27, 2018
The "Decade" Golf App Removes Emotion from Your Decision Making Process
665: Stats. Friend or Foe? For those who want to take guesswork out of course strategy there’s a proven system that combines shot patterns and scoring data to optimize your target selection, improve your golf performance, and lower your scores. If...
Nov. 20, 2018
7 Important Habits of Highly Effective Golfers with Jon Sherman
664: Golf Smarter isn’t just the name of this podcast, it’s how we play! This week author Jon Sherman, of “101Mistakes All Golfers Make” comes on to break down his recent article “7 Important Habits of Highly Effective Golfers”. This isn’t a lot of...