Episodes

803: Josh Zander, a fabulous PGA Instructor who can help any golfer be a better ball striker returns to dig into the mental game of playing golf and playing a golf course. Collin Morikawa has just won the 2021 Open Championship and attributed his...

802: Bobby Jones legend looms large on golf, but it’s even larger for his heirs. In this week’s honest and revealing conversation, we meet Dr. Bob Jones IV, grandson of Bobby Jones. Dr. Bob is a Clinical and Sports Psychologist, but is also the keeper...

801: Jim Venetos is a unique golf instructor because he doesn’t buy into traditional golf instruction. But that doesn’t make him any less effective. Between his informative online presence and dedicated students, Jim has a huge following. We haven't...

800: In celebration of our 800th episode, we flip things around and host Fred Greene is put in the guest’s chair and interviewed by longtime guest and friend, Jim Waldron. We learn how Fred started the podcast in 2005, stories of his personal and...

799: Dr. Joe Parent, author of Zen Golf, the greatest mental game book in golf history, returns for a lively conversation about managing expectations, pressure putts, mindfulness as it relates to golf, and the mental keys to repeating great golf...

798: Raymond McMahon from the UK is a retired engineer who was frustrated watching his grandson missing putts he should’ve made. So he did something about it. He created a carbon fiber putter shaft that is now being used by Tour players! Raymond is a...

797: Gabe Coyne has played golf for years and wanted a new set of clubs but wasn’t in a position to pay $2500 for a full set and bag, nor was he interested in a starter’s set for $250. As with many entrepreneurs, he saw an opening in the marketplace...

796: Bobby Aldridge of Bam-Metrics has spent decades as an athlete, student, and educator of physical movement who understands the aches and pains that come from the repetitive motions associated with golf. He has developed BAMmetrics [Bobby Aldridge...

795: Elizabeth Schultz started playing golf at 13…and played in the Women’s US Open at 16! She was also a successful player in college. But today, Elizabeth is grinding it out to make the Symetra Tour and fill her potential as a professional golfer on...

794: Phil Mickleson has just become the oldest golfer in history to win a Major by beating a deep field at the 2021 PGA Championship. He claimed that his keys to success were a change in diet, yoga, and meditation. In this episode, Jayne Storey...

793: Erik Schjolberg is a PGA Instructor in Arizona who learned early in his career that the best way to learn about teaching golf is by listening to, and watching other instructors apply their trade. With that mindset, he found and got hooked on Golf...

792: The Consistent Golf Summit was such a hit last year that it returns for 2021 with an even more impressive stable of coaches including Sean Foley! This week on Golf Smarter, host Fred Greene is joined by Bo Watson, founder and organizer to break...

791: Our Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron joins us to discuss how the yips can impact your mental game, and teach us some of the causes, cures, and myths of yips. Jim has probably been featured on Golf Smarter more than any other teacher, and when you listen...

790: If you receive emails from any golf company at all, chances are GolfBalls.com is one of them. For nearly twenty years GolfBalls.com has focused on customization of balls, hats, towels, and a variety of golf products. They’re also the creators of...

789: Steven Yellin, creator, author, and teacher of the Fluid Motion Factor, listed a testimonial on his website from David Leadbetter that sums it up, “It’s pretty simple. The Fluid Motion Factor Program will make you more consistent. End of story!”...

788: Tiffany Faucette picked up a golf club for the first time as a teenager, and like most of us has been on a quest ever since. But for Tiffany, it included a successful college career, #1 ranking by Titleist Golfweek as an amateur, professional...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...