Those Weekend Golf Guys

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Take the #1 golf instructor in the state of Indiana (Jeff Smith (http://jeffsmithgolfinstruction.com) ) 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 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.

Take the #1 golf instructor in the state of Indiana (Jeff Smith (http://jeffsmithgolfinstruction.com) ) 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 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.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Golf

Description:

Twitter:

@wkndgolfguys

Language:

English

Contact:

502-939-3211

Website:

http://thoseweekendgolfguys.com/

Email:

info@thoseweekendgolfguys.com

Episodes

S2 Ep186: A Champion Now And In The Future

8/14/2022

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....

Duration:00:48:11

S2 Ep185: The Secret To Playing Great Golf

8/7/2022

There is one thing and only one thing you have to learn how to do to play golf well. That is make center of the club face contact. That’s it! The one secret. On today’s show Jeff Smith, one of America’s Top 100 Golf Instructors. Explains how to guarantee that center face contact every time. Once you learn how to do center face contact, everything else in the game falls into place. If you can’t do center face contact, you might as well take up bowling

Duration:00:47:52

S2 Ep184: * strokes Better, Part 2

7/31/2022

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys will help you lower your score by at least 8 strokes. Improve your driving, your chipping and pitching and your putting. Techniques, practice routines and other suggestions you will need to follow. Easy instructions. Lower scores. Guaranteed. We also want 15% of any winnings you get as a result of being that much better than your regular foursome from this point onward.

Duration:00:47:27

S2 Ep183: 8 Strokes Better

7/24/2022

Duration:00:47:22

S2 Ep182: Practice For The Moment

7/17/2022

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...

Duration:00:50:25

S2 Ep181: Lower Your Hands Raise Your Toe. The Secret To More Club Head Speed

7/10/2022

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 Best Golf Show In The World!

Duration:00:47:54

S2 Ep180: Father Figure Golf Celebration

7/3/2022

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 Course. The idea of the event was, in conjunction with The First Tee of Louisville, was to introduce neighborhood kids to the game of golf. They promoted it as a “Father Figure Day” celebration....

Duration:00:44:01

S2 Ep179: Golf Is A Mental Game

6/26/2022

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 just before he tees off and say, “listen mister, I know what you’ve been doing and you’re in big trouble.” We guarantee you’ll beat him that time. There are lots of great idea on how to lower your...

Duration:00:47:30

S2 Ep178: How Should You Practice

6/19/2022

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 considered maybe playing 9 holes and then taking a few hours to practice a bit? That s a great technique for people who have a finite amount of time to play golf. Jeff Smith, a Top 100 teacher, explains...

Duration:00:46:32

S2 Ep177: We Dont Need No Stinkin Rules

6/12/2022

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 use that foot wedge a bit too often. We may forget to add penalty strokes. This week Those weekend Golf Guys talk about the rules that shouldn’t exist and maybe a few that don’t but should. Another...

Duration:00:47:53

S2 Ep176: 40 Percent Better By Tomorrow

6/5/2022

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 ways to improve your putting. Four ways to eliminate 3 putts. And like magic, you are 40 better at golf.

Duration:00:47:25

S2 Ep175: When Doing It Right Feels Wrong

5/29/2022

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 shots so much more successful. We love the results but it just doesn’t feel right. So, do you practice the right way until it begins to feel normal or do you revert to the old technique that feels...

Duration:00:46:49

S2 Ep174: Fix Your Slice Once And For All

5/22/2022

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 the why, the how to fix it. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537)...

Duration:00:47:52

S2 Ep173: Getting Out Of Thick, Wet Rough

5/15/2022

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 effectively extricate ourselves from a thick rough lie. It’s easy if you keep a few things that Jeff will explain in mind. Also want o welcome Draft Kings in as a new sponsor. Listen for a great deal: place...

Duration:00:47:26

S2 Ep172: Live From French Lick

5/8/2022

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 talking to the new Head Pro at the Donald Ross Course at French Lick, one of the few female Head Pros in the country, former LPGA star Lori Atsedes. 26 wins on the LPGA tour and some terrific...

Duration:00:49:13

S2 Ep171: Visually Intimidating Golf Courses

5/1/2022

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 golfer and how badly are they affected? John and Jeff delve into this subject in their typical fun, funny, skewed view of the world

Duration:00:46:42

S2 Ep170: What Clubs Should I Buy?

4/24/2022

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 have those questions. Do we buy based on test results in magazines? Do we go to a fitting at our local club? There are so many questions, so many options. This week Jeff and John answer them all for...

Duration:00:48:09

S2 Ep169: Dialing In Your Distance

4/17/2022

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 get 157. Jeff Smith explains exactly how to figure out the distance of all the clubs in your bag as only a Top 100 Golf Instructor can on this edition of Those Weekend Golf Guys

Duration:00:47:39

S2 Ep168: The Picture Perfect Golf Swing Isn't

4/10/2022

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 they do. WRONG! Can you imagine if we showed a still pic of Ted Williams as he made contact with a ball, or Michael Jordan as he hung in midair with his jump shot that that would be the right form...

Duration:00:48:42

S2 Ep167: Wine And A West Coast Swing

4/3/2022

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 talk a little bit about the perfect putting stoke.

Duration:00:45:56