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 

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132: Let's Explore The Differences

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.

131: The Best, that we could find, Of Those Weekend Golf Guys

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 Guys Radio Show captures the spirit of the fun we had. Thanks again to all our friends at the French Lick Resort. Listen and enjoy.

130: Mere Mortals Playing A Game Designed For Gods

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we are celebrating Jeff Smith’s induction into the very exclusive Top 100 Teachers Group. It’s official! Jeff has been recognized by students, fellow teachers, and golf media as one of the very best. Listen to the celebration this week and you will come to hear just why Jeff is considered one of the best. Jeff Smith continues to bring great advice and much improvement to listeners of Those Weekend Golf Guys each and every week so if you haven’t yet, this is  a great time to subscribe and listen and play better golf.

129: Jeff Smith Is Top 1oo

 It’s The Little Things That Make All The Difference. Not just the title of this week’s episode, but also one of the incontrovertible truths of Golf. A slight difference, we’re talking millimeters one way or the other with your feet, your grip, your clubface…anything really, can make a huge difference in the result of your shot. Jeff explains how to check to assure yourself there are no differences from swing to swing. Hey, this is some important stuff. Make sure you listen closely.

128: It's The Little Things You Need To Check

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys we want to introduce you to two very talented women you will be hearing a lot from in the near future. One is Ava Bunker. She is 13 years old. At the age of 5 she fell in love with golf. A few years later she decided it would be her life’s work. This year, not only has she won many Junior Tournaments but she also finished 13th in the Indiana State Women’s Amateur Championship. Competing among other young women, college players and older women who have been playing at a high level for years, she finished 13th! And when you stop to think about it, what else should she be doing for a living with the last name of “Bunker”? We also want to introduce you to Jema Anderson. She is an Artist specializing in Abstract Art. She watched the PGA Championship at The Ocean Course and was inspired by the beauty and the majesty that is that course on Kiawah Island. She created an abstract work that is her impression of the course. We want you to have it. Please go to our Facebook page, facebook.com/golfguys and enter the give-a-way. Lots of talent on display this week right here with Those Weekend Golf Guys.

127: Meet The Artist And Win This Painting

Practice for the moment! That’s the advice Jeff Smith, the #1 golf instructor in the state of Indiana has on this week’s episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys. Oh sure, there will be plenty of funny and entertaining stories about John’s rather difficult round at a course called Purgatory but then Jeff gets serious with advice on how to practice for the moment. Remember when you were a kid shooting hoops in the driveway? It was always “no seconds on the clock and you have to sink the free throws to win”, wasn’t it Or when you were taking batting practice and it was bottom of the ninth, 2 outs, bases loaded and down by 3 runs. As kids we knew enough to put ourselves, mentally, in pressure positions when we practice. Jeff has many ideas on how to do that now with your golf range time. We give you some ideas on some games to use to add some elements of pressure to your practice. Set up scenarios that are more difficult than normal. Try to create scenarios you might see on the course. Practice for the moment.

126: Practice For The Moment

This week on the award winning Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast the guys talk about distance vs. accuracy. As Jeff says, “the woods are full of long drivers”. So, what do you do? Well, Jeff first recommends you take away all the negatives at your set-up. Clear your head, use the right grip for you. You should disregard everything you’ve read that does not pertain to you specifically. There is a lot of bad information floating around out there disguised as golf instruction. Even some of the classics, like Ben Hogan’s 

125: The Woods Are Full Of Long Drives

This week on the award winning Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast the guys talk about distance vs. accuracy. As Jeff says, “the woods are full of long drivers”. So, what do you do? Well, Jeff first recommends you take away all the negatives at your set-up. Clear your head, use the right grip for you. You should disregard everything you’ve read that does not pertain to you specifically. There is a lot of bad information floating around out there disguised as golf instruction. Even some of the classics, like Ben Hogan’s  5 Fundamentals” book should have been called, “How Not To Hook It”. Good advice inside this episode. It’s another fun, funny, entertaining AND informative edition of Golf Talk’s most unique program, Those Weekend Golf Guys

124: The Woods Are Full Of Long Drives

This week on Those Weekend Golfguys Podcast we welcome Brendan Sweeney, the Director of Player Development for The French Lick Resort. There are a lot of things coming this summer to French Lick. The Symetra Tour’s Donald Ross Classic is July 6-9. The Senior LPGA Championship happens on the Pete Dye Course in August. In between you have plenty of opportunity to play both of those courses yourself. In Jeff;s Quick Fix he reminds us all that they’ve built new wedges! The old way of digging your feet in the sand, opening your club face and swinging hard are OVER! Want to know how to best get out of the sand? Listen close to this week’s episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast.

123: Your Invitation To French Lick

Why do greens fees fluctuate so greatly? Why are some courses very affordable while others seemingly price themselves out of the everyday play category. John and Jeff discuss the permutations and combinations that go into setting the greens fees at a particular course. What is worth it? While what is outrageous for what you get? Also, Jeff does a quick fix segment on how to load up during the backswing and get much more distance and accuracy.

122: Sticker Shock At The Golf Course

Let’s keep it clean. Do you have any idea just how much of an effect a glop of mud can have on the flight of your ball? Do you realize that some dirt embedded inside the grooves of your club is going to make those clubs perform totally different from what you are expecting? Here are some great pieces of advice for those of us who for some reason, are playing as sticklers for the rules. If there’s some mud on your ball, unless it’s lift, c;lean and place, you have to make due. So, Jeff explains how to predict the flight of a dirty ball. Trust us, you need to know this stuff. Another fun, funny and highly entertaining edition f Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast.

121: Let's Keep It Clean

On this week’s show Those Weekend Golf Guys talk about their fantastic trip up to Grand Harbor Michigan for the Grand Opening Celebration of the American Dunes Golf Club. American Dunes is owned and operated by Lt. Col. Dan Rooney from Folds of Honor and was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus. The trip was fun and the course was amazing. The greens were running fast (14 on the meter) and the wind was blowing (20-25 mph). The course has lots of sand which the guys found to be a bit problematic and the wind actually blew the ball off course on the greens. So, Jeff is giving tips this week on playing from sand (not greenside bunkers), putting on slick greens in a heavy wind, and all the other necessary talents you will need to play a course like American Dunes.

120: Our Impressions of American dunes Golf Club

What is your golfing superpower? One of America’s top golf coaches, sara Stone from The Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase Maryland can help you figure that out. Together with Jeff Smith, Sara will help you identify your very own superpower on the golf course. The good news is you don’t have to be great at every aspect of the game to be good at the game of golf. Identify your superpower. Perfect your superpower. Then get ready to have the best season of your life out on the golf course. Another fun, funny, and totally entertaining edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast.

119: What Is Your Golfing SuperPower?

High Tech, Low Tech, and No Tech. That’s how the show flows this week. First we talk to Reed Dickens from LA Shafts. They have designed a revolutionary shaft. Actually two, one for driver, one for putter. They have been designed with the help of Bryson DeChambeau who answers every physics student’s question: “when will I ever use this stuff in real life?”  And Bryson says even 20 handicappers should just swing harder! Next we talk to Marc Goldsmith about the way it used to be, the historic clubs of the hickory shaft era. And then Jeff jumps in with some No Tech, purely physical ways to improve your golf game. No machinery, just some serious practice. There ya go: another fun, funny, entertaining edition of Those weekend Golf Guys Podcast.

118: Bryson says: Swing Harder And Get A Stiffer Shaft

Take the #1 golf instructor in the state of Indiana and pair him with an outstanding radio personality and you have the formula for one helluva Golf Talk Radio Show. John Ashton (the show host) has enjoyed success as a morning personality on radio stations from Bangor, Maine to Dallas, Texas. He’s also embarrassed himself on many golf courses in the same locations. John is a hacker, struggling to break 80 (OK, 90) but has a passion and enjoyment of the game, a skewed sense of humor and an outlook that makes this the most entertaining Golf Show around. Jeff Smith, PGA (the show’s co-host) is the Director of Instruction at Otter Creek GC in Columbus, Indiana. He enjoys the innate ability to create word pictures so, even on the radio, his tips and techniques to improve your game are clear, easy to follow and help listeners cut strokes on their very next round.

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