Episodes
July 10, 2022
S2 Ep181: Lower Your Hands Raise Your Toe. The Secret To More Club Head Speed
Lower your hands, raise your toe. Is that a secret to faster club head speed? Also, who do you need to avoid when putting together your foursome? The personalities that can ruin an otherwise fun day on the golf course. Another fun, funny, entertaining episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys. The Second …
July 3, 2022
S2 Ep180: Father Figure Golf Celebration
Those Weekend Golf Guys are always up for doing some good for their neighborhood. Back on Father’s day, a local group in Louisville called the 3AGA (African American Amateur Golf Association) held a Father’s day special event at one of Louisville’s outstanding City Owned Golf Courses, Shawnee Golf …
June 26, 2022
S2 Ep179: Golf Is A Mental Game
This week Those Weekend Golf Guys share some more tips and tricks to make your very next round of golf more fun. We also have some ideas about how you can use the mental aspects of the game to your advantage. Next time you’re facing that guy you find hard to beat try this. Have his wife call him ju…
June 19, 2022
S2 Ep178: How Should You Practice
What do you consider to be “practice”? Do you show up at the course 30 or so minutes before Tee time and hit a few balls and putt a bit? Do you ever go to the course just to hit some balls, take some chips and pitches, or putt? Have you ever gone to the course just to practice? Have you ever consid…
June 12, 2022
S2 Ep177: We Dont Need No Stinkin Rules
There are 192 pages of rules for the game of golf in the USGA rule book. How many of them do you follow? Sure, purists will say “all of them” but no one will believe that. Most of us recreational golfers play something Jeff Smith calls “sort of golf”. We may take a Mulligan here and there. We may u…
June 5, 2022
S2 Ep176: 40 Percent Better By Tomorrow
Listen to this week’s show and you will quickly be 40% better. Putting comprises 40% of your golf game. Jeff suggests you look at the cup like you would a basketball hoop atop a pole with no backboard. This is the best wat to get you pace correct. Since there are 4 ways to miss a putt, we have four…
May 29, 2022
S2 Ep175: When Doing It Right Feels Wrong
When doing it right feels wrong. So many of us have played this game for years, making certain kinds of shots badly. Using bad technique; the wrong grip; the wrong ball position, etc. And then we find a coach like Top 100 Teacher, Jeff Smith who shows us a simple and effective change that makes our…
May 22, 2022
S2 Ep174: Fix Your Slice Once And For All
Fix that slice once and for all! Yeah, we know you’ve tried everything. Well, you’ve tried everything but the right thing. This week, Jeff Smith will fix your slice. All you have to do is listen, maybe take a note or two. Jeff will tell you how to discern why you slice and the tell you, based on th…
May 15, 2022
S2 Ep173: Getting Out Of Thick, Wet Rough
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys Radio Show we talk about rough. It’s late Spring. It’s been a rather wet Spring and a bit chilly too. That makes the grass on your local golf course thick and hard to get through with a lower lofted golf club. Jeff gives us all a quick lesson on how to effective…
May 8, 2022
S2 Ep172: Live From French Lick
This week Those Weekend Golf Guys are live from the French Lick Resort’s Pete Dye Golf Course. We were there for the BiG10 Men’s Golf Championship. While we were there we, of course, saw some great golf and got to play, maybe not great golf but on great golf courses! We also spent some quality time…
May 1, 2022
S2 Ep171: Visually Intimidating Golf Courses
There are some golf courses that scare the bejeezus out of you just by looking at them. There are golf holes that you have never been able to play well. This week Those Weekend Golf Guys examine the visual intimidation of golf courses. How do aesthetics screw with the perception of the average golf…
April 24, 2022
S2 Ep170: What Clubs Should I Buy?
Do I need new clubs? What clubs should I buy? What works best for me? How do I know? These were the questions that our guest, Connie Willis, asked us in an email. We thought it might be a good idea to get her on the show and talk about it. If she has those questions, then we know most of us also ha…
April 17, 2022
S2 Ep169: Dialing In Your Distance
What good is having an accurate range finder on the golf course if you don’t know how far you hit each of your clubs? The answer is “no good”. In fact, it’s a waste. Whether you are using GPS or Lazer it doesn’t matter if you’re exactly 157 from the pin if you don’t know specifically what to hit to…
April 10, 2022
S2 Ep168: The Picture Perfect Golf Swing Isn't
It’s Masters Week. You watch the best golfers in the world playing and you can do nothing but admire their form, their abilities, the way they can manage great scores on a tough course in tough conditions. You study their form and think if you could just look like they do, then you could score like…
April 3, 2022
S2 Ep167: Wine And A West Coast Swing
Meet our guest, Stephanie Simoes. She is an expert in fundraising with a company called One Hope Wine. If you are raising money for an organization with a golf scramble, you need to hear this episode. Jeff is traveling out west and threatens to hit a ball off the rim of the Grand Canyon. We also ta…
March 27, 2022
S2 Ep166: Janis Thornton Can Whip You Into Shape
This week Those Weekend Golf Guys bring Janis Thornnton onto the show. Janis is a Golf Fitness expert out in Scottsdale Arizona. You want to play this year without injury? Want to get in better shape in general? Janis has advice for all whether you want a routine to get in total shape for the seaso…
March 20, 2022
S2 Ep165: Not Enough Sense To Come In From The Rain
Not enough sense to come in out of the rain! ‘Tis the season for wet. April showers bring May flowers, right? So, do you play in the rain or just head to the 19th hole and wait for it to stop? What shots are most affected by wet grass. What adjustments do you need to make when putting in wet condit…
March 13, 2022
S2 Ep164: Oh My Aching Back, How To Play This Year Without Pain
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast, Jeff Smith, A Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, explains how to play this coming season with getting hurt! And it requires more than just stretching and warming up. There should be no static parts to your body. None at all. Everything should be moving toge…
March 6, 2022
S2 Ep163: Don't Nobody Have Time For That
Don’t nobody have time for that! Not good English but an important element to take to heart. The downswing happens, from start to contact, in about a quarter of a second. That is not enough time to realize your alignment may be off, or the swing path not right or any problem. Not enough time to not…
Feb. 27, 2022
S2 Ep162: What The Hell Did I Do Wrong
What the hell did I just do wrong? You think maybe you lifted your head up, but that’s not it really. You say “I pulled it”. But your club head was in the wrong position at contact. We don’t know what we don’t know. You can’t fix your mistakes until you know what mistakes you are making. Jeff expla…
Feb. 20, 2022
S2 Ep161: Want To Improve? Don't Keep Score
Want to get better this year? No, really. Is this the year you are going to break whatever your number is? Here’s how: FORGET ABOUT THE NUMBER! During your rounds this season, don’t keep score. Instead keep track of the quality of your shots. Write down all your terrible shots, bad shots, OK shots,…
Feb. 13, 2022
S2 Ep160: Coaching A Tour Player Or A double Digit Handicap
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys Jeff Smith talks about his trip out to Phoenix. One of his long time students, Tyler Duncan, was playing in the WM tournament at TPC Scottsdale and wanted a few last minute coaching tips from Jeff. So we talk about that and then the conversation turns to how dif…
Feb. 6, 2022
S2 Ep159: You Need A Golf Simulator At Home
Is it time for your own golf simulator? Jeff has returned from the PGA Merchandise Show and regales us with the tales of all the cool stuff he saw. Some of which he bought! But, it seems technology has has progressed to the point where you can buy a golf simulator that could fit in your back yard o…
Jan. 30, 2022
S2 Ep158: She Wants More Women Playing Golf
Dr. Greta Anderson is a former Tennis Coach who decided she wanted to be a Golf Coach too. When into her 30’s she decided to pursue a course that would get her to her goal of becoming a golf professional, she found a coach that believed in her and she worked hard until she had attained her goal and…