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In the morning, greens that have been mowed are extremely fast — however, what most golfers don’t think about is that they also might be freshly watered, which slows them down. Geoff Mangum, of PuttingZone.com, explains every facet of warming up on the practice green, which includes reading, so you can be effective on the course on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

Certain swing flaws have a very distinct feel, and its that feeling that, if you’re attuned to it, can really help you improve. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains exercises that you can do without a golf club and gives a refresher course of his skills on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

As long as you are playing golf completely in the moment, mentally free from any distraction, Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” says that it won’t matter if your playing with an 2-handicap or a beginner as he answers a listener’s question 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

The solution to a wobbly backstroke on your putt may be the three fundamentals that Geoff Mangum, of PuttingZone.com, lists as he answers a listener’s question on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

Getting into an established routine with your swing takes these three steps: PGA, or Posture, Grip, and Alignment. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology, goes through the variations of alignment, including the position of your feet, the club, and the target, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Being in the moment, where everything seems to go in slow motion, comes only after you’ve gone through what Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” calls the four stages of learning a new skill. Michael answers a question from Joshua of Pennsylvania, about exactly how to master those stages 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

Prior to the current foreclosure crisis, countless working Californians were not earning enough money to afford decent housing. While Proposition 1C created bonds to fund affordable housing, that money will run out. Lynne Jacobs, Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development, discusses efforts to secure a permanent source of funding on this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast. Once a permanent funding source is in place, housing advocates won’t have to return to the voters every few years to make their case. In conversation with host Joanne Greene, Jacobs also describes the successful programs currently funded through Proposition 1C and administered by the State.

“Don’t be mastered by your master eye.” Eye dominance matters in putting when you are sizing up the distance between the ball and the target. Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com goes through the different kinds of vision that can help and hurt your putting on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

If you change your golf swing, you may not be able to see the changes, but you will feel them, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains as he answers a listener’s question on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

After a stellar performance on the back nine, using the mental keys, Mark from British Columbia couldn’t remember most of the holes that he shot. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” reminds Mark of the steps to the mental keys 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

Your hands, forearms, and shoulders all play at least some part in your putt — but should your body also be a part of the pivot of your swing? Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com explains the pros and cons of the long putter on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

Most professional golf players have different swings for the different kinds of clubs in their bags. The most noticeable difference is in the swing arc — that is, how long before and after the ball strike they swing the club. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology, explains why this approach helps, as he answers a listener’s question on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Those who build and manage affordable housing developments for low income families, seniors, and adults with disabilities prioritize locating this housing near good public transit. In the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) studies, develops and finances transit systems and is a key player in advocating for the development of transit-based housing. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, MTC Senior Planner James Corless describes how the Bay Area’s transit systems stack up against other areas around the country, how those systems can be improved, and what’s being done to encourage transit-based affordable housing development. He and host, Joanne Greene, also discuss the upcoming Rail Volution conference, October 26-30, 2008 in San Francisco.

During pressure shots, your mental game becomes extremely important. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains the steps to being cool, calm and collected 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

There is a very simple and a more complicated answer to the question of whether a good putt consists of swinging straight back and straight through the golf ball. And as Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com explains as he answers that question from Howard of San Leandro, CA, the more complex answer is not necessarily more intimidating, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

Believe it or not, the feel of your grip on your golf club can influence where the golf ball travels. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology talks through exactly which grip will translate to which ball trajectory on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

The mental and physical side of golf have to be in balance for you to get the lowest score possible, as Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron of CenteredGolfing.com, explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

There are a lot of affirmations out there — so many, in fact, that some golfers can get confused and their game suffers as a result. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” ranks the affirmations that work 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

When you’re putting, it is important to put yourself in a child’s mindset — because play is the highest form of performance, as Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

The physical aspects of golf are frequently overlooked in favor of a more mental approach. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology explains some steps you can take to improve that physical aspect on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

As much as we like to think that golf is mental, a lot of the game is physical. Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, says that golfers need to get the proper physical motion ingrained and integrated correctly with the mental side of the game on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

Instinctive execution is the end result of learning over a period of time to be absolutely present on the golf course, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains 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

With a pervasive budget crisis in the state of California filtering down to the counties and cities, it’s hard to be hopeful about the continued funding of affordable housing projects. Yet state Assembly member Alberto Torrico is very optimistic. In this episode of the “Affordable Housing” podcast, Torrico proposes an alternative method to secure a continuous flow of funding that would involve a flat fee on all real estate transactions in the state. Torrico authored a bill that was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger last year that defers fees for developments where at least 49% of the units are low or very low income housing. Deferring these fees improves the feasibility of affordable housing projects by reducing the amount of money the develop must borrow during construction.

Known as the “Bermuda Triangle of Putting,” anything between three and six feet gets tricky. Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com, explains the steps it takes to master this crucial area, as he answers a listener’s question on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

Oftentimes in golf, when you get proficient in your iron work, your putting suffers, then your putting gets better and your chipping slides. Scenarios like that can come and go a lot in golf. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains how golfers can work on their weaknesses until they become strengths, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

During your swing, your back knee — the right one if you’re right-handed, the left one if you’re left-handed — is important for power and to come to a balanced finish. Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, explains steps and exercises to bring that knee to its full potential on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

Sometimes, out on the golf course, a mistake on one hole can translate onto other holes, and may even ruin your entire game. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains the steps to take to isolate those problem areas and move beyond them 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

Thinking during your putt is not the way to go. Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com answers a question from Casper of Denmark, about exactly when to think and what to think about before you take that crucial putt, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

To effectively strike the golf ball, you need to produce more of the right kind of power — not brute force, but coiling and releasing your body much the same way a long bow does. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains the steps to take on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Believe it or not, weight training is important for improving your golf game. On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron of CenteredGolfing.com, answers a listener’s question by explaining that you have got to strengthen the right muscles to really see results in your game.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

In the eight years that Senior Project Developer Katie Lamont has been developing affordable housing in California, environmental responsibility has been at the forefront of priorities. The challenge is that building “green” is often more expensive and funders want to stretch their investment dollars as far as possible. On all projects developed by Eden Housing, certain measures are a given – double pane windows are installed, for instance, and faucets, toilets and shower heads conserve water. While energy efficiency is a prime concern, indoor air quality is equally important in building design. Learn what it takes to design cost effective, environmentally responsible affordable housing on this episode.

The Yips can be truly unsettling during putting and chipping. Joe Dolan of Ohio writes in to ask about how to control the yips, and Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains that they can be readily cured by practice and repetition 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

Relaxing your shoulders during your putting stroke involves more than just relaxing those muscles, and your shoulders are critical to a good putting game. Geoff Mangum, of PuttingZone.com, answers a question from Dan of Maryland about effective relaxation on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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

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

One of the worst things any golfer can do is tinker with their swing. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology, reviews the fundamentals of swing mechanics on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Before and after your golf swing, check your balance and see where you (for lack of a better word) stand. Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, suggests that if you have proper balance, you will be able to focus the power you would have otherwise wasted and channel it into your swing on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

There are a whole litany of excuses that golfers use regarding why they had a bad round and they can be dealt with in two ways: Either they can be the grist for increased focus or they can distract you. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” says that with training, you can use these excuses to better your game 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

One of the keys to developing a good putting game is to develop a consistent tempo. Geoff Mangum, or PuttingZone.com, answers a question from Mike Perski by detailing specific exercises to hone your tempo on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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.

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

Getting your club to do what you want through the swing is crucial to the game of golf. How do you get your club face to strike the ball at the same angle as it was addressed? Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology answers this question from Joe Dolan of Ohio on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. For example, if you have a club face that is closed at the top of the back-swing, try turning your body before you bring your arms down.

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.”

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

The predatory instinct in dogs and cats is strong, yet with patience and some good instruction, most pet owners can create harmony between their canine and feline family members. On this episode of the "Good Dog" podcast, Trish King, author of "Parenting Your Dog" offers helpful advice to cat owners hoping to add a dog into the mix and dog owners who plan to bring home a cat.

Brute strength is not the source of power. Power comes from a natural flow of energy, it comes from being centered. Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, explains some simple exercises you can do to better your round of golf, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

Golf is such an infuriating game: How you do today has little to no bearing on how you will do tomorrow. On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” answers a question from Richard of Laconia, NH, by explaining that golfers should not let their expectations get ahead of them and instead take the game one shot at a time.

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

Cultural journalist Carol Lloyd began writing her “Surreal Estate” column on the Bay Area housing crisis in the SF Chronicle during the dot.com bust. As she completed her final column recently and was interviewed for the “Affordable Housing” podcast, she spoke about the unique challenges faced by home buyers and renters in SF, how the local market is more resilient than in other areas, and why she anticipates a second phase of the housing crisis where building will be stalled and there will too little available housing.

It makes sense that a golfer would putt differently uphill as opposed to downhill. But how you do it is up for discussion, as John from Rapid City, SD, asks Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com. These putts may just be as simple as following the steps Geoff lays out on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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.

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

Rotary. Stack & Tilt. Lateral Motion Swing. Whatever you call them, different swing techniques are confusing, and come with different theories behind them. Kirk Jones, of the Golf Institute of Technology answers Ken of Fresno, CA, who asks about the differences of these swings and more on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Sometimes your golf game can center around tight muscles and old injuries — the trick to gaining strength and flexibility is that there is no trick, it just takes time. Aikido Black Belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, explains the ways that you can become more centered in your golf game on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

Reading and writing down affirmations may be the key to helping golfers hone their mental conditioning. However, if you don’t back it up with action, you are just shouting at the wind, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains as he answers Juan of Tampa, Florida 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

You’ve followed all the steps, done all the drills, put yourself through the ringer checking all the minutia of your putts, but how do you know that you are truly improving? Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com, answers this very question from Juan Gutierrez of Florida, by listing all the necessaries on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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.

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

One of the tricks to taking your effective practice routine out onto the golf course is thinking “where would I like to hit the ball?” not “where would I not like to hit it?” Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains the steps needed to transition from practice to play on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

When some people take golf lessons, they tend to approach the lesson in a negative frame of mind — they tend to ask “What am I doing wrong?” Aikido Black Belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, gives tips of how to take a more centered approach to instruction on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

Some golfers take a few holes before they get sufficiently in step with the game they are playing. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” answers a question from Bill of Santa Fe, NM, who consistently begins his games with three bad holes. Michael lists the mental and physical aspects that can lead to and remedy the situation 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

The new landmark federal legislation known as the Foreclosure Relief and Prevention Act includes major changes to the low-income tax credit program that fuels affordable housing. On this episode, Ronne Thielen, President of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition and Managing Director of Centerline Capital Corporation, explains the basics of the tax credit program, the changes that have now been passed, how the current financial market impacts tax credits, and how new provisions will make it easier to build and manage tax credit properties.

Increasing the frequency of hitting the golf ball squarely on the putter face may be as simple as increasing the pressure of your thumb on the lead side of your body. Geoff Mangum, of PuttingZone.com, explains the steps to address the golf ball correctly so that you can hit square every time on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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.

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

Quality practice is much more important than the amount of practice you do before a game of golf. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology explains different routines golfers can do to optimize themselves to lower that score on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

To become a black-belt golfer, you have to be fit — not only physically, but mentally as well. Our roster of expert advice is now complete with the fifth series to join Golf Smarter Tips which is all about conditioning and practice. Class A LPGA instructor and Aikido black belt Jamie Zimron, of CenteredGolfing.com, integrates the body-mind connection. On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Jamie takes us through her goals for her Tuesday submissions of content.

If you have any questions that you’d like Jamie 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

We’ve all seen him do it — Tiger Woods walking down the fairway, eyes toward the ground, completely focused on whatever kind of magic he is about to pull off. But, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains, focus is only the beginning. On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Michael says that within that focus must come a resistance to thinking about your score or winning — the minute you think about those competitive marks, it may force you out of the present, and out of contention.

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

Seeing the break on any given green is a tricky process. Geoff Mangum of ThePuttingZone.com answers Richard from Japan, who asks what to do when you see a break differently from different angles. Geoff explains that your perceptions don’t just happen, they are made by you. He also gives tips and tricks to train yourself to only see one version — the correct version — of any break, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

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.

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

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.”

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

Providing a roof and a stable home is step one. These days, affordable housing advocates are going beyond that and providing additional services to help residents improve their economic standing and broaden their options. As the former California State Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, Sunne Wright McPeak is all too familiar with the challenges of affordable housing. In her current role as President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund, McPeak is leading an effort to bridge the digital divide and bring broadband access across all demographic groups in California in the next five years. In this episode of the “Affordable Housing Podcast”, McPeak addresses programs, like Eden Housing’s Digital Connectors, that teach residents in low income housing developments about computers and the Internet. She cites research that unequivocally demonstrates how teaching computer literacy to young people empowers their families to be able to take advantage of what our digital economy has to offer.

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

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 ThePuttingZone.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.

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

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.

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.”

One of the best things you can do to improve your golf game is miss shots. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” explains that you learn more when you make mistakes 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.

A constant source of grief regarding grip is the question of which hand goes where. Geoff Mangum, of PuttingZone.com, suggests that worrying about your hands is not addressing the true problem. Once you have recreated the structure Geoff describes on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, you are not even going to worry about your hands.

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

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.

Your approach to swinging a golf club is generally the same as your personality. Kirk Jones of The Golf Institute of Technology discusses the differences between rhythm, tempo and timing — three things golfers often confuse — and how those things change depending on your personality on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

Having co-chaired California’s successful bond measure campaign which allocated $2.85B for affordable housing, Carol Galante, President of Bridge Housing, understands the need for a permanent funding source. In this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, Carol explains how the current model is complex and inefficient, with funding provided by multiple sources on a per project basis. She explores potential approaches for creating a permanent funding source including adding statewide recording fees when properties are sold and/or increasing the fees that local redevelopment agencies pay to the state.

On our inaugural episode of the putting series on Golf Smarter Tips, Geoff Mangum of PuttingZone.com will discuss how to become more savvy when reading greens, more exact in your shot placement, and more. Geoff discusses the four basics in putting, which can be the key to your success. It’s these four skills and answering your questions that will be the focus of this series.

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

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.

One thing you should never do when you are warming up on the driving range is focus on your driver. Some golfers take out their driver and try to hit the golf ball as hard as they can. But if you take a more subtle approach, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology suggests on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, the benefits may be immediate and dramatic.

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.”

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

It’s just a fact of life that on the golf course, some golfers are slower than others. And the faster golfers tend to get angry and unfocused and maybe their game suffers as a result. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” hammers home one of his central points, that you must focus on the process and not the outcome to conquer the phenomenon of “slow play” 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

Negative reinforcement informs the routine that some golfers do before they swing — thinking about where they don’t want to hit the ball. Going through all the steps of the pre shot routine on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology proposes a radical idea: Think about where you do want to hit the ball.

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.”

CEOs interested in preserving their workforce are motivated to impact public policy in the area of affordable housing. Carl Guardino, President of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, believes that business leaders can play a pivotal role both at the grass roots level and as well at raising funds that can support development. In this episode of the “Affordable Housing” podcast, Guardino talks about how important an available housing pool is to the business community and how various strategies are developed to help projects receive approval. He speaks, about the Housing Leadership Council and the first ever volunteer funded Housing Trust Fund, which has amassed $30 million of funds for home ownership, affordable rentals, and housing for the homeless.

Fear of an injury is a cause for concern in the mental game to be sure, but, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf” says, it is important to “get a second opinion” from your doctor, especially if you are having pain, as he answers a listener’s question 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

Often what happens in transition, from the back swing to the forward swing, is that wrists tend to take on a life of their own. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains the steps to eliminate this and have your wrists work in concert with your entire body to achieve a great swing, with a balanced finish on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.”

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

If you give yourself the freedom to fail, you may ultimately play a better game of golf. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Key to Improve Your Golf,” answers a listener’s question by explaining that getting nervous and worked up takes you out of the present, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Like the adage “If you want it, you cannot have it; If you don’t want it, it’s yours,” you have to make yourself believe that you don’t want it.

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

When you strike the ball and it goes awry, most golfers think about changing the ball flight, not changing their swing. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips that if you swing through the ball to a balanced finish, and don’t think about striking the ball, your ball flight will automatically improve.

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.

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

The worst thing that can happen before you hit the ball is being distracted and going through with the shot. It’s really important when you lose focus of the moment, to take a step back, regroup and start again. You’ve see Tiger do it many, many times. It’s OK for you to do it too. Whether you call it a Mental Mulligan or a Do Over, this episode of Golf Smarter Tips is an important reminder that restarting your preshot routine never costs you strokes on the scorecard.

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

Affordable housing has come a long way since the late 1970’s when Rick Holliday served as the first paid Executive Director of Eden Housing. These days, he’s a successful for-profit developer in the San Francisco region, well respected for bringing NY style lofts to the Bay Area. In this episode, Rick discusses the evolution of affordable housing and the kinds of partnerships that are necessary to fund and build developments that provide low income and workforce housing. He talks about the unique role of non-profit organizations and how they interface with government agencies. Finally, Rick addresses the role of for-profit developers now and moving forward in supporting the growth and sustainability of affordable housing.

One of Kirk Jones’ students at his Golf School had played golf consistently for 50 years, achieved a 6 handicap, but then became so frustrated that he almost gave it up entirely. Kirk relates the story of how, through dissecting his swing, the student got his groove back on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

Kirk’s Golf School may be the most golf effective and cost effective program you’ll find anywhere. This amazing story is just one of the many success stories Kirk has. 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.

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

Sometimes, concentration can elude you on the golf course. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” relays a story in which a golfer just couldn’t get past the guys making a lot of noise just ahead of him. Michael says that this story just reinforces the step you have to take to bring yourself back into the moment on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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

When people make changes to their golf swing, they often get scared their golf balls will go haywire, which keeps them from making those changes. But Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology says that people must push through with changing where on the club face they hit the ball and offers advice on how to do that on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. It takes less time than you think.

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.

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

The roots of the affordable housing movement, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area, are found in activist circles. Back in the 1960’s a group of ministers and concerned lay people gathered to see what they could do to protect low income families from being victimized by housing discrimination. They embarked on a few projects, hiring minority contractors to renovate homes and then helped a few families to purchase those homes. It was a bold experiment that paved the way for Eden Housing to accomplish much in its first forty years. In this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, William Vandenburgh, a current and original board member of Eden Housing, describes the roots of the movement and what the issues are that currently need attention.

Being “in the zone,” as some people say, is being able not to think too much, and relying on instinct, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” suggests in this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Oddly enough, thinking that you are in the zone immediately takes you out of the zone. However, two things you can do are breathe deeply, or focus on the ball.

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

As odd as it sounds, swinging harder and swinging faster are not linked, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology says on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Swinging harder makes you use your body in an unbalanced way, and Kirk explains that true power in your swing comes from always being balanced.

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.

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

Your chief opponent — the obstacle you must recognize and overcome — is not the course, not your clubs, and not even “Old Man Par.” Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” says that if you want to recognize your greatest opponent, look in the mirror. If you want to overcome your greatest opponent, listen to 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

The next time you are trying to be present during a golf shot, imagine you are looking down on your shot from above. Where is the shaft of the club in relation to the club head? On this episode of Golf Smarter Tips, angle of attack, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology says, is absolutely necessary to understanding ball flight laws — and it is a problem that can render the loft on that 7-iron irrelevant.

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.

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

Even in a booming economy, there are many who fall through the cracks and need assistance in procuring appropriate, affordable housing. In this inaugural episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, Eden’s Executive Director, Linda Mandolini, describes why such housing is critically important, who is eligible, and how the recent subprime mortgage crisis is impacting the industry. Home ownership clearly isn’t for everyone and it’s important for people to be financially literate so that they won’t fall prey to unrealistic loan products and those who sell them. Part of what Eden and other affordable housing nonprofits do is to counsel tenants and provide a range of support services to help people enhance their lives and increase their options for success.

Any given golf tip is called a “wheel” by Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve your Golf.” Most golfers will jump from wheel to wheel instead of taking time to fully develop just one. Michael explains how to “polish the wheels you have” 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

Club face angle at the moment the club strikes the golf ball is 75 percent of the equation when it comes to the direction of ball flight. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains that as golfers, we make athletic and instinctive adjustments to change our club face angle, but club face angle really isn’t that intuitive on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.

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

Part of the mental game in golf is forgetting that you exist in space and time. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve your Golf,” explains how to become a formless, shapeless entity to lower your score 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

The variations on swing path is enough to make anyone’s eyes glaze over. But the impact, per se, of swing path on ball flight is about 75% of the “golf swing” equation, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology, explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.

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

Even when the weather, the smell of the fresh-cut green, and sharing a laugh with good friends elevates you to some sort of Nirvana, you may still hit the golf ball in a way that makes you want to wrap your club around the nearest tree. Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf,” suggests a four step routine to get you back into the head space that will allow you to be completely in the present 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

Ball flight has everything to do with swing path, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Kirk says that most golfers try to hit the ball straight and solid without realizing that it is not the quick fixes to the golf swing that help, it is the solid core fundamentals that have to change.

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.

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

So where, pray tell, should you look when you are about to take a swing? At the target, at the ball, or should you just close your eyes and hope for the best? Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve your Golf,” takes this approach: All that matters is “The Triangle,” 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

Lou from Maryland writes in to ask about shot shaping, on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains that while elements of the swing produce the requisite power to drive the golf ball forward, it is the combination of swing path and club face angle that dictates the direction the ball will fly.

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.

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

Positive thoughts are key not only to a satisfying golf game but to a lower score in general. But how do you turn frustration and other negative emotions around? Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve your Golf,” explains how to turn that frown upside down 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

Bruce from Connecticut writes in and asks about a Golf Magazine article that talks about “The Swing of the Future,” and Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology weighs in on this golf swing theory on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips.

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.

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

Michael Anthony answers a listener’s email on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. The author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf” discusses both the mental and mechanical differences between hooking a shot or fading a shot to get the golf ball over a hazard.

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.”

The point where the golf club changes direction in the swing path is called the transition, and Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains the steps to maximize efficiency on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. For instance, when you slice your ball, it may be that your hands and wrists are too loose through your swing.

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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.“

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

Truth, being positive, and helping others. Those three things are Michael Anthony’s daily affirmation — what he strives for every hour of every day. The author of “The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf” says that if you are honest, both in life and on the golf course, then you cannot rationalize your actions and you grow as a human being as well as a golfer.

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.”

Properly loading the backswing is vitally important to a good overall swing, as Kirk Jones of the Golf Institute of Technology explains on this episode of Golf Smarter Tips. Flexibility is not as important in the load as core strength is — because in core strength lay balance and consistency through the stroke.

Go to Audiblepodcast.com/golfsmarter to get a free audio book when you sign up for Audible.com’s service.

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.“

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

Anger on the golf course is a common occurrence, and unlike fear, it tends to linger and grow. However, with a few simple steps, you can manage it, as Michael Anthony, author of “The Mental Keys to Improve your Golf,” explains 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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