GSfMO#385 The story of a golfer’s dream: caddying on the fabled Old Course in St. Andrews. “An American Caddie in St. Andrews – Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course” is the focus of a very entertaining Members Only episode with young author Oliver Horovitz. Being forced to take a gap year after getting accepted to Harvard, Oliver, a driven young man, chose to spend the next school year at University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He left home for the UK, took a full course load, joined the golf team, and had way too much fun to go home for the summer. This is the story of his eye opening summers waking up at 4:30a most mornings to line up at the caddie shack for the honor of escorting golfers of all shapes, sizes and skill levels at the renowned Home of Golf.

GSfMO#383 Dr. Joseph Parent, author of Zen Golf returns in this Members Only episode to go into more depth on his newly released book, ”How To Make Every Putt: The Secret to Winning Golf’s Game Within the Game”. In this episode we break down a number of chapters including reading greens and the best putting routine “ever”!

GSfMO#374 In this (nearly) hour long Members Only conversation, we discuss Drive Like The Pros a new book that introduces TaylorMade’s MAT-T System. MAT-T (pronounced “mat”) is a 3D motion capture system that analyzes your swing and provides detailed statistics about every nuance of your swing. Unlike 2D video instruction systems that have the ability to compare your swing to different Tour Pros, uses sensors to create a 3D personalized avatar that allows you to see your swing from every angle.  TaylorMade analyzed the swing of 118 of their sponsored Tour Pros and averaged the numbers derived by MAT-T. Once compiled, the statistics were averaged to generate an avatar that has all the best elements of the top players. Then their engineers created an avatar based on the average swing statistics of 5000 amateurs. Author Michael Neff is a PGA Certified Instructor and is also TaylorMade’s primary contractor who installs MAT-T systems all over the world.

The book, is now available in hardback and as a Kindle digital download in our book section of the Golfers’Mart.

Congratulations to Golf Smarter Members Botom Oun of AZ and Joshua Viau of GA. Because they’ve recently renewed their memberships, they will each receive a free 30ct bottle of Alpha Brain by Onnit Labs. Thanks so much for your continued support!

GSfMO #372 In this Members Only episode, author and professional drummer Cary Valentine has suffered through what many golfers regularly experience — “I SUCK!” As we discuss his book, “In Love Forever” he translates his theories on how to improve your game and attitude by putting the breaks on the negative train. Don’t bite into the negativity, refocus and reframe how you approach before you get yourself into a deep, dark hole. He also references the golf book “Quantum Golf: The Path To Golf Mastery” (now available in our Golfers’Mart) that inspired him to go deeper into beating negative thinking. Cary also shares how he got to discuss the inner game with PGA Tour Pro Stuart Cink and others at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Congratulations to Golf Smarter Members Kurt Greeb of CA and Maureen Sheehan of IL. Because they’ve recently joined and renewed their memberships respectively, they will each receive a free 30ct bottle of Alpha Brain by Onnit Labs. Thanks so much for your continued support!

 GSfMO#354 In this Members Only episode, author Neil Sagebiel returns for Part 2 on his book about Ben Hogan losing the 1955 US Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco to Jack Fleck. In this episode we run through the 4 rounds, learnwho (more…)

GS#353 You’ve heard of Ben Hogan, but have you ever of Jack Fleck? In 1955, at the peak of his career, Hogan was the favorite to win his 5th US Open crown at San Francisco’s Olympic Club, home of his first US Open title. Author Neil Sagebiel joins us for 2 episodes to share (more…)

GSfMO #352 Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf, starts part 2 talking about his book “The WOW Factor” based on how he became a successful entrepreneur. For him, every business is a service business. Then he slides into the mission of Adams Golf when he was in charge. We get into a heated conversation on golf equipment and the state of the industry. Golf club makers have 2 concerns; “A&F; Airborn and Forward”. His primary reason for coming onto our podcast was to discuss the Tee It Forward Program that he originated before presenting it to the PGA and USGA. Fred hates the name and lets him know, so we brainstorm new ideas.

GSfMO#342 In this Members Only episode Michael Anthony, mental coach for average golfers and Olympic athletes returns for part 2 of his keys to help you make pressure shots, eliminate fears, make more putts, shrug off bad shots and increase your confidence.

Received an email from Paul in Augusta, Kansas, a Member who just received his order of 5 GOLF SMARTER Switchblade Divot Repair tools for himself and his playing partners:

Hey Fred.
I love my Switchblade repair tool. I had received a repair tool from a friend that I hadn‚t seen more than a couple times since we graduated in 81. I like it but kept getting poked and putting holes in my pants. I am sending him a Switchblade as well.

Because he ordered 5, I sent him another one for FREE. Golf Smarter Members also receive a 25% discount on the greatest divot repair tool in the universe. If they order 5, they also get 2 more for free. Order yours now!

GS#341 Whether you are trying to break 100, are on the Tour, or somewhere in between, Michael Anthony, mental coach for average golfers and Olympic atheletes has keys to help you make pressure shots, eliminate fears, make more putts, shrug off bad shots and increase your confidence. In the first of 2 conversations with Michael he shares how to optimize the chemistry of your brain which can take away your ability to consistantly perform at the highest level.

Part 2 is a Members Only episode, join today to hear more of his insights and gain complete access to our 7 years of interviews.

Michael was a regular on the GOLF SMARTER Tips podcast providing over 50 short episodes with a plan and more advice on how to improve your game through his Mental Keys.