Those Weekend Golf Guys

This week Those weekend Golf Guys tackle a few ticklish situations. First, are golfers really just big wimps who are afraid of noise? Every other athlete in the world does what they do in front of large numbers of screaming fans. Why do golfers always whine if someone is making noise? And then you have been told repeatedly to take your 3 wood out of your bag because you are a recreational golfer and don’t have a fast enough swing speed to make it work right. So, here are your choices: take it out OR listen to Jeff and Learn how to use it! Another great week of golf entertainment from Those Weekend Golf Guys

What are the limits to swing speed? What makes it so most of us recreational golfers can’t seem to swing fast enough to impress anyone? Is there anything we can do to fix it? If there wasn’t, do you think I would have brought up the subject? Jeff talks speed. How fast can you go? Find out this week with Those Weekend Golf Guys.

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we talk about wedge shots. Why do we talk about the so much? Because they are the number one reason you can’t break 80. Your wedge shots suck. I mean you’re right there, just off the green in regulation so you chip or pitch or otherwise try to use a wedge to cozy the ball up to the hole but you skull it about 10 yards off the green or you stub it and send a chunk of dirt flying further than the ball. You swear a little, clean the mud of the wedge and try again this time getting it close enough to try that 20 footer for bogie. Maybe you should just write down a double on the score card and don’t become the entertainment for your playing partners. Jeff will fix it this week. Will you finally take his advice? And now for the good news, listen closely for your chance to win an entire barrel of Eagle Rare Bourbon and help raise money for the First Tee of Louisville. Another fun, funny, entertaining and og so educational edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Golf Talk Radio.

So, are you a Smooth Swinger or Bob The Basher. Is one technique better than the other? Can you change from one to the other? All great questions. And all are answered in this week’s edition of Those weekend Golf Guys Radio Show. Jeff also puts on his Rules Official Hat and answers a listener’s question on when is a lie deemed unplayable and who can make that decision? The answer may astound you. Also, for many of us we’re looking at some cold weather coming. Do we take a hiatus from golf? Move indoors? Or just keep on keeping on? Some advice on Winter Golf this week.

We need more women to play golf. The ratio of men to women in golf is 88% to 12%, men to women. That is pretty lopsided if you ask us. This week we interview a woman who is typical of the women that are increasingly coming to golf as their first choice for recreation. Diane is 41, a mom, a wife, has her own business and has recently taken up golf. We talk with Diane about why she chose golf, how she likes it so far, and what her main challenges are.Her goal is to as soon as possible become good enough that she becomes a valued team member of any and all scramble teams. And speaking of scrambles, John and Jeff discuss the dangerous “this one’s closer” technique of choosing the ball to hit next and why that can get you into so much trouble. Do you want to score better at your next scramble? Then don’t pick the hard shots. Oh, and for more information on Diane, and trust us, you would really like more information, simply visit Southern Diane Marie on Youtube right here ; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8wHBms4

We all know we should get in better shape to play better golf. We have seen many different suggestions on-line and in magazines about workouts we could do that have been optimized for golf. This week we welcome Jeff Pelizzaro from 18Strong to the show. Jeff is an expert on exercise specifically to improve golf performance. He will tell us what to do and even more importantly WHAT NOT TO DO! Jeff claims there are many exercises (that have been recommended by the “experts”) that will do more harm to your game than good. As a bonus, here’s a short 5-7 minute routine to warm up either at home or at the course prior to your round for much better performance. https://18strong.com/efd

There is a caddie at The Pete Dye Course at French Lick who sent us a message that said: “…I love Jeff’s tips on how to play better. I have used some of them with the guys I caddie for up here. Makes me sound like a genius!” You, too, could be considered a genius if you just listened to some of Jeff’s tips and even play better if you used those tips! Like this week when Jeff explains how weight (not yours but the equipment you’re using) can effect your shots and then delves deeper into hot to get spin on the ball. You need this stuff. C’Mon, admit it! Your game will be better if you take these tips to heart, and maybe practice a time or two. Enjoy.

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys Jeff Smith relates just how cool it was to be live, walking the grounds at Whistling Straights for this years’ Ryder Cup. And then we receive a challenge. The caddie that worked John’s group both times he has played at The Dye Course at French Lick Resort this year, Randy, left a challenge. He has heard John and Jeff talk about what it would take to break 80. Well, not only does Randy agree with  Jeff’s advice, he wants it to happen at The Dye Course with Randy as the caddie. Some rewards, some little side bets, and some great laughs at the situation abound on this weeks’ episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we welcome in a former PGA Tour player, golf course owner, and professional club fitter, Jim ward. Jim is now the “titleist guy”. A good guy to know. We all talk about the basic mistakes most amateur, recreational golfers make and why they have trouble scoring well. So, John offers copious amounts of pizza for both Jim and Jeff Smith, if they can help him shave 6 stokes off his very next round. Well, they both take the challenge and assure us they can shave 6 strokes off John’s average score by his next round easily. And they can do the same for you. Listen how.

Connie Willis is the host of her own streaming shows BLUE ROCK TALK, as well as the weekend host for the overnight mega-hit Coast To Coast on over 600 radio stations across the country. Connie loves to play golf. One of the reasons she loves to play golf is on the off chance she may just spot Big Foot out there in the woods of a golf course. No, really, Connie is into Big Foot, UFOs, Aliens, and things that go bump in the night. While she tries to convince Jeff Smith that Big Foot is real, he tries to convince her she can actually hit an iron in the air and doesn’t have to settle for worm burners, no mater how often she tries to convince herself she is just “keeping it under the wind”. Another fun, funny, and entertaining edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast

One hour with Those Weekend Golf Guys today and you will sink more putts the first time, guaranteed. Are you aware of the Big 4 Elements of Putting? First, Can You Aim? Second, Can You Control The Speed? And the other 2, even more important elements? Well you’ll just have to listen to find out. Another fun, funny, and entertaining edition of Those weekend Golf Guys Podcast with one of America’s Top 100 Golf Instructors, Jeff Smith, to show you yet another way to cut strokes from your very next round.

Those Weekend Golf Guys this week reminds us all about those on course adjustments we often time forget to make. You know, the time you forget to take a lower club when faced with an uphill lie because of the added loft. Or not adjusting your grip on the club while setting up to do a shot from a severe downhill lies. There are many, many reasons your basic set up and normal club selection will be all wrong. Make sure you listen closely this week to Jeff to remember when and where all of those are. Another fun, funny, and totally entertaining edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Golf Podcast

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys the guys talk about golf travel and how to make it easier but the bulk of the show covers Golf Math. Yes, add ‘em up! Here’s the deal: you know you will have 18 tee shots. You know you will have 18 first putts. You know you will have 14 second shots and (probably) 4 third shots. 54 total before you even get on the course. How you score is what you do after those 54 shots you have to take. Jeff explains how to avoid IDIOT PENALTIES. Another fun, funny, and entertaining hour of Golf Talk Radio.

Brian Hammons was the lead Play-by-play guy for the Golf Channel for 15 years. All that time as he was covering Ryder Cups, Solheim Cups, and President’s Cup tournaments he always thought it would be lots of fun for us regular golfers to have a chance to play in tournaments like these. Well, now we do! Brian Hammons has created the Country Club National Championship to be played this fall at Disney World in Orlando. Listen to this week’s Those weekend Golf Guys show to hear all the details on how to enter. Also, Jeff Smith talks about “The Law Of The Stupid Lie” and how to survive it> Jeff also explains exactly how to find the perfect place to position your ball for a perfect hit every time!

What Is An Amateur? In the days of Bobby Jones it was a golfer who did not compete for money. It was a golfer who played simply for the love of the game. Maybe they were great golfers, like Bobby Jones. Or maybe not great golfers like Linda Zender (she finished last in her club championship this year). Today, however, it seems that “Amateurs” are simply golfers who haven’t yet turned Pro! Is there any place(s) for the average amateur golfer to compete these days? We talk about all the ways even a high handicapper can compete and have fun with Amateur Golf.

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys are live from Prairie View Golf Course in Carmel, Indiana for the Capital Golf Amateur Tour’s Wounded Warrior Classic. During this week’s show we talk to Jim Fuquay from Prairie View. He explains the course, the history. It’s a Robert Trent Jones design and is the home of the Indiana State High School championships every year. A great course. Then we talk to Luke Douglas, a Peer Partner with wounded Warrior Project who found golf after he, too, was wounded in Iraq. After his first three rounds he realized this was such a great game he joined his neighborhood club. Living in Evansville, Indian his home club is Victoria National! And of course, Jeff Smith, one of America’s Top 100 Golf Instructors is here with some sage advice. Especially if you’re playing a great course for the first time take 2 shots to get to the green and make them the 2 easiest shots you can manage. Rather than long and short or short then long make them easy then easy. Another fun, funny, entertaining gol

This Week on Those Weekend Golf Guys it’s a topic every adult who has a child interested in playing golf and every kid who likes playing golf should listen to closely. .Ava Bunker is 13 years old. She recently returned home to Indiana after finishing 3rd in the USKids Golf Championship played down at Pinehurst. Ava has been coached by Jeff Smith for a little over a year now and has accomplished a lot. Listen to what she has done, what she intends to do, what Jeff believes she is capable of. It’s a show that every kid who loves golf and every parent of those kids must hear.

We talk about differences on this week’s show. How different does Jeff feel about things now that he is officially one of America’s Top 100 teachers? We’ve all know for years how great Jeff is and are now damn glad the rest of the world is learning about him too. But, is there a difference between a teacher and a coach? Do you teach someone trying to become a Pro Golfer differently than someone wanting to break 80? Another fun, funny, and entertaining edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast. We also announce the availability of our behind the scenes video of recording our weekly show. Just go to Those Weekend Golf Guys Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfeqeIt6lGh9DoKmVslkSFg

With best wishes from the beach, and we mean the real beach not the bunker. Here is one of our most popilar episodes of all time. Listen for the firt time or the 20th, it will be informative, fun, funny, and entertaining.

Mere Mortals playing a game obviously designed by and for, gods. That’s what we have been doing this week. Playing golf with friends, old and new, at The French Lick Resort. We played a “tune-up” round on the resort’s Pete Dye Course. Ah, one full sleeve of balls later we walked off 18 thankful that it was over. You need to see some of the pics we posted at Facebook.com/golfguys to understand. There is no room to miss. The rough is not only thick, but the drop off from the fairway is sometimes as much as 50 feet.  But it was great practice for playing in the Pro-Am of the Symetra Tour’s Donald Ross Classic being held at the Ross course at French Lick. This course is even tougher than the Dye course. Not a flat lie on the course! And the greens…don’t get me started on the greens. But we did play with a terrific golfer named Sophie Hausmann. She is from Germany, played her collegiate golf at Univ. of Idaho. Someday soon she’ll be a regular Sunday participant on the LPGA Tour. This edition of Those Weekend Golf