Episodes
Nov. 28, 2021
S2 Ep150: Sara Stone Revisited
This week we feature an interview from a couple years back with Sara Stone, Top 100 teacher, friend of Jeff Smith, and all around great woman to know. She has an infectious laugh and an innate ability to make you better at golf. She relates some of the problems she sees over and over, some of the t…
Nov. 21, 2021
S2 Ep149: Shut Up I'm Trying To Play Golf Here
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 …
Nov. 14, 2021
S2 Ep148: Is Your Swing Fast Or Only Half Fast
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…
Nov. 7, 2021
S2 Ep147: Your Wedge Shots Suck - Here's Why
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 coz…
Oct. 31, 2021
S2 Ep146: Swing Smooth Or Are You A Basher
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 que…
Oct. 24, 2021
S2 Ep145: Golf Needs More Of Them
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, ha…
Oct. 17, 2021
S2 Ep144: Exercises That Can Ruin Your Game
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 …
Oct. 10, 2021
S2 Ep143: Weight Difference And Spin. You Need To Know This
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 Jef…
Oct. 3, 2021
S2 Ep142: A Break 80 Challenge
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 y…
Sept. 26, 2021
S2 Ep141: Lose 6 Strokes By Tomorrow
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 w…
Sept. 20, 2021
S2 Ep140: Will Connie Find Big Foot On The Golf Course?
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 F…
Sept. 13, 2021
S2 Ep139: Putting elements - The Big 4
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. Ano…
Sept. 8, 2021
S2 Ep138: On Course Adjustments We Forget To Make
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 se…
Aug. 29, 2021
S2 Ep137: Golf Math
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 (probabl…
Aug. 22, 2021
S2 Ep136: A Chamionship We All Can Enter
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…
Aug. 15, 2021
S2 Ep135: What Is An Amateur
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 ye…
Aug. 8, 2021
S2 Ep134: Live From Prairie View with Wounded Warrior Project
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 …
Aug. 1, 2021
S2 Ep133: A Champion At 13
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 …
July 25, 2021
S2 Ep132: Let's Explore The Differences
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 …
July 18, 2021
S2 Ep131: The Best, that we could find, Of Those Weekend Golf Guys
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.
July 11, 2021
S2 Ep130: Mere Mortals Playing A Game Designed For Gods
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 tha…
July 4, 2021
S2 Ep129: Jeff Smith Is Top 1oo
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 …
June 27, 2021
S2 Ep128: It's The Little Things You Need To Check
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 differen…
June 20, 2021
S2 Ep127: Meet The Artist And Win This Painting
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 o…