Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-156-manzonispring-9 This is our final entry into our Spring Into Golf Season series featuring conversations with the late Tony Manzoni, probably the most impactful teacher, based on listener feedback, that we’ve ever featured in the 16 years of doing game improvement interviews on the Golf Smarter podcast. Tony’s ability…
http://GolfSmarter.com This is the complete interview of golf SMARTER podcast episode #840. Playing golf with colleagues, or talking about business on the course is widely accepted, but where do golf and business intersect? According to business consultant Kevin Stansfield, practically everywhere. His latest book “The Great Game: How Lessons from…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-155-manzonispring-8 Even though Tony Manzoni had tremendous success coaching the Men’s golf program at College of the Desert, he didn’t focus on Men’s golf only. Tony had tremendous respect for the women’s game and believed that amateur golfers at all skill levels could learn a lot from watching the…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-839-johnnycox 839: There have been 70 new golf balls released by the major manufacturers already in 2022 and too many of us are still playing balls we find in the woods. But you may not realize that if you are looking for consistency, you’ll never find it playing different…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-154-manzonispring-7 Tony Manzoni taught a very effective method of the golf swing that he learned from his years of intense studying what made Ben Hogan great. We discuss it in depth in this episode that is also available on our YouTube.com/GolfSmarterTV channel using an early video conference platform called…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-838-jimwaldron 838: Height of the Tee. Hovering the club vs laying it on the ground before takeaway. These are just two of the little things we tend to forget when we play golf that actually do have an impact on our success. This week Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf returns…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-153-manzonispring-6 This is the sixth of nine episodes featuring our many interviews with the late Tony Manzoni that covered everything from golf courses to his effective swing method to close friend Frank Sinatra. So many listeners confuse with Tony’s swing with Stack & Tilt. Tony addresses the difference and…
http://GolfSmarter.com This is the full video conversation with Dr. Bob Jones IV, grandson of the great Bobby Jones. Being Master Week it’s hard not to invoke the name and contribution from the great Bobby Jones. Our guest is Dr Bob Jones IV, who admits that there’s a burden to being…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-152-manzonispring-5 Beyond being a great golfer and teacher, Tony Manzoni had so much more to his life than the game. In this conversation we get into an interesting discussion of what it’s like to live in the shadow of a high profile father, then pursuing a career choice in…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-836-henrymcgannon 836: Henry McGannon has won a variety amateur tournaments including the 2014 NJCAA National Championship, and he’s caddied for years in South Carolina. Caddying has not only made him a much better golfer, but it’s taught him a tremendous amount on course management with an acute awareness of…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-151-manzonispring In our fourth consecutive episode dedicated to the lessons of the late Tony Manzoni, we continue to discuss how to elevate your game to the next level one club at a time. We learn how to lower scores through your putter. Also discussed is the elusive lob wedge…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-835-martinwells 835: Author Martin Wells’ book “No One Playing: The Essence of Mindfulness in Golf And In Life” is an enchanting story of a strange encounter on a golf course with someone who knows nothing about the game but ends up teaching the author about the inner game. Martin…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-150-v2-manzonispring This is our third of nine consecutive episodes featuring the late Tony Manzoni. This time around we go to the first of two parts with Tony discussing tips, insights, and strategies on how to be more consistent with each golf club in your bag. In this episode we…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-834-billbales 834: Last we heard from Bill Bales he teased us with a new product that will allow anyone with limited space to have their own home golf simulator. Bill, is the father of golf simulator technology and his company, Clarity.Golf has just created technology that allows nearly everyone…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-149-manzonispring-2_1 Our second of nine episodes featuring the late Tony Manzoni goes beyond swing mechanics, this time Tony talks about “Your Intent” and how it needs to be aligned with your performance, and visa versa. Tony’s book “The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move. Better Golf Forever.” is available once…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-833-linksdao_1 833: Golf is generally not in the same conversation as Crypto Currency. And a lot of golfers may never have even heard of, or understand NFTs, or nonfungible tokens. But at the end of 2021 Mike Dudas had the idea of creating a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm21-98-manzoni1-2021_2 Over the next 9 episodes of Golf SMarter Mulligans, we’re going to be featuring some of our many conversations with Tony Manzoni. Tony was an amazing golf instructor who passed away in 2018. We first met him in 2009, and in the dozen or so times he was…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-832-caryvalentine-6pgatourplayers_1 832: EXCLUSIVE interviews with 6 PGA Tour Pros by Sports Mental Game Coach, Cary Valentine. Since 2018, Cary visits the practice rounds at the Sony Open in Hawaii and talks to various PGA Tour Pros about their approach to the mental game, winning, their heroes, and their faith…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-147-chuckermisch2 Scott Ermisch joins us for pt2 in our Members Only episode never before released publicly. Our conversation was originally recorded in 2010. Interestingly we can now see exactly how things look in hindsight as we discussed what courses can look like in 2020. What will golf courses look…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-831-benkline-shivasirons 831: “Golf In The Kingdom” could be one of the greatest pieces of golf fiction ever written. The protagonist in the story, Shivas Irons, is a mystical character who elevates the game to new spiritual, and mindful levels that has spawned a society of golfers around the world…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-146-chuckermisch Scott Ermisch is a golf course architect who shares his thoughts on the state of the industry on building new courses, why tour pros are now putting their names on course design and what we should expect in the future. He shares a story of designing with Nick…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-830-mattericksen_2 830: The Social Media landscape for golf is an enigma that has baffled many entrepreneurs. Matt Ericksen and his buddy think they’ve come up with a solution. Cactus Golf Club utilizes a private FaceBook group so that golfers from around the world can connect with one another, but…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gsm22-145-rickkoscher2 The Golf Better Coach, Rick Koscher shares a different scorecard to help track which club may be keeping you from lower scores. We also cover the value of practice rounds vs practice range. Rick contends that part of our problem is that "we don't play 'the game', we…
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/smarterpodcasts/gs17-829-henrystetina 829: Henry Stetina is a PGA Teaching Professional who, in 2019-20, was named the #1 Golf Instructor in New Mexico by Golf Digest. He’s also the Program Coordinator for the New Mexico State University’s PGA Golf Management Program, responsible for Player and Instructor Development. In addition to that,…