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Warming up before you go out and play golf is always a good idea. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology explains a few simple exercises on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. For instance, try swinging your club with your left hand only. The strength of your hand, wrist and forearm will improve and you will be able to feel your arm swing move your body turn — as it always should. If your body turn is too fast, you risk not hitting the ball at all.

Kirk has a new Golf School. This may be the most golf effective and cost effective program you’ll find anywhere. You’ve heard what Kirk has to say on the podcast, sign up now to get your lessons face to face.

If you have any questions that you’d like Kirk to answer on the show, please go to GolfSmarterTips.com and click on the button labeled “Ask The Experts.” If we use your question on the podcast, you will receive a free copy of Kirk Jones’ DVD, “The Fundamental Golf Swing Modernized and Simplified.”

On this week’s Golf Smarter podcast with Colin Cromack, he stated that his DVD “Target Oriented Golf” costs $49 Australian. Thanks to listener William of the Michell Consulting Group, who did the conversion to US dollars. The price is $46.90 US. Don’t forget, with the DVD you get free personalized consultations with Colin via Skype. Pretty good deal.

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Sometimes in golf, there exists a space where a full swing or a half swing could work. On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Terry Koehler, president of Eidolon Golf and blogger at TheWedgeGuy.com, answers a listeners question by suggesting that golfers play the game like chess: Think ahead, see the whole game, and plan your shots accordingly.

If you have any questions that you’d like Terry to answer on the show, please go to GolfSmarterTips.com and click on the button labeled “Ask The Experts.” If your question gets answered on the show, Eidolon Golf will give you a free wedge of your choice.

To play golf the same way that you would throw a ball may be a little counter intuitive to some. On episode #137 of Golf Smarter, Colin Cromack, of TargetOrientedGolf.com, explains the points of his DVD “Target Oriented Golf,” which emphasizes eye on the ball, mind on the target.

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This week’s quote comes from Jay of Novato, CA, who gives this piece of advice for when you are playing golf: “Never follow a bad shot with a stupid shot.”

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Deep breathing is an essential part of returning to the present when your on the golf course or just going about your day. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” suggests ways to optimize your deep breathing on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Michael to answer on the show, please go to GolfSmarterTips.com and click on the button labeled “Ask The Experts.”

Questions or comments for Fred Greene are welcomed. Click on the button labeled “Hey Fred” at GolfSmarterTips.com

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When most people are putting, even the pros, they do not intentionally look at the path they want the ball to take. Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com, explains exactly how to turn yourself into a precision aiming instrument by tracking the path along the green on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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If Geoff answers your question on the air, he’ll send you your very own hardback copy of his book, “Optimal Putting, Brain Science, Instincts, and the Four Skills of Putting.” The book is also available in “.pdf” form on PuttingZone.com.

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Thanks to you, our listeners, Golf Better @ Edwin Watts Golf, along with Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Tips, rules the top of the charts on iTunes’ Amateur Sports section. On this episode of Golf Better @ Edwin Watts Golf, Kenny Nicholson, Technical Specialist at Edwin Watts Golf, (more…)

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Michael of Illinois went beyond the call of duty and sent in an audio file of his question on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. He wanted to know if changing his grip to affect golf ball flight is a good thing to do. Changing your grip from swing to swing actually has a profound effect on which way your golf ball will travel, but as Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology explains, there is a good way and a bad way to go about it.

Kirk has a new Golf School. This may be the most golf effective and cost effective program you’ll find anywhere. You’ve heard what Kirk has to say on the podcast, sign up now to get your lessons face to face.

If you have any questions that you’d like Kirk to answer on the show, please go to GolfSmarterTips.com and click on the button labeled “Ask The Experts.” If we use your question on the podcast, you will receive a free copy of Kirk Jones’ DVD, “The Fundamental Golf Swing Modernized and Simplified.”

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To get a better “handle” on your short game, working on your core may be the answer, as Terry Koehler, president of Eidolon Golf and blogger at TheWedgeGuy.com suggests in this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Terry explains that in order to have complete control over where your club face strikes the ball, you must have connectedness between your hands, arms, and chest.

If you have any questions that you’d like Terry to answer on the show, please go to GolfSmarterTips.com and click on the button labeled “Ask The Experts.” If your question gets answered on the show, Eidolon Golf will give you a free wedge of your choice.

Beyond just linking holes together, and beyond the variables of hazards, grasses, angles, and pars, golf course architect Robin Nelson believes golf courses should be (more…)