Episodes
Dec. 27, 2020
S2 Ep101: This Years Second Most Listened To episode
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are ready for a Happy New Year. Can 2021 be any worse than 2020? We don’t think so but let’s not temp fate, ok? This week we play the 2nd most listened to episode all year. It is entitled, Short Game Short Comings. Jeff gets down to the basics and doesn’t suga…
Dec. 20, 2020
S2 Ep100: The Best of 2020 - Number 3
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year. We are celebrating with the Best (that we could find) of Those Weekend Golf Guys for the year. We will be replaying the top 3 episodes from this past year that you, by virtue of the number of listens, liked best, This week we…
Dec. 13, 2020
S2 Ep99: Friends Dont Let Friends Take Golf Advice From Friends
Friends don’t let friends give golf advice. That is the best advice you will ever get. How many times have we heard “…keep your head down…” or “…you can get over that tree…”? And how many times is it good advice? Almost never. Jeff Smith, the #1 Golf Instructor in Indiana according to Golf Digest M…
Dec. 6, 2020
S2 Ep97: The Right Questions To Ask Your Golf Instructor
Lots of groups use golf to raise money. But how does a golf specific organization raise money? Well, The First Tee of Louisville is doing it with Bourbon. We talk to Kelsey Thomas of The First Tee to get the details on their Eagle Rare Bourbon raffle. Just a hint: if you’d like a chance to win over…
Nov. 29, 2020
S2 Ep96: The Truth About Your Golf Club Face And Your Golf Shoes
Are you aware of the relationship between your club face and your ball flight? Jeff reveals the truth about the face to path relationship in this week's episode. We hope you can handle the truth. But Jeff does unveil a super little gizmo that he built himself, and you can too, that will once and fo…
Nov. 22, 2020
S2 Ep95: 2 Golf Movers and Shakers: Mark Sweeney and Augustin Piza
This week John Ashton and Jeff Smith spend time with two of golf's current movers and shakers: Mark Sweeney, creator of the Aim Point System and Augustin Piza, the golf architect that is creating some of the best courses ever in Latin America and beyond. You probably saw DJ's brother, Austin Johnso…
Nov. 15, 2020
S2 Ep94: Land Your Chip Shot Like A Butterfly With Sore Feet
Chipping. Pitching. Doing it wrong leads to bitching! What you want to do is land your ball onto the green like a butterfly with sore feet! And in this week’s episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys, Jeff Smith, the #1 Golf Instructor in the state of Indiana tells you how to do that first time every tim…
Nov. 8, 2020
S2 Ep93: Into The wind
Whether hitting into the wind or flying into the wind, the resistance of the wind has a great effect on the flight. In fact, without that resistance, flight would be impossible. Are we talking golf or are we talking life? We are talking both, and a lot more too and we're talking with Lt. Col. Dan R…
Nov. 1, 2020
S2 Ep92: Time For A Southern Trip
Even golfers fly south for the winter. At least, golf instructors do. Jeff Smith checks in from the Landings Club on Skidmore Island, Georgia. Since the weather is still warm there Jeff can adapt a more laid back attitude and explain so we all can understand just how the "force plates" that he uses…
Oct. 25, 2020
S2 Ep91: War Zone Rules and other Hilarity
Some folks seem to be surprised that Golf has flourished so well during this Covid-19 quarantine period. We really shouldn't be surprised. It seems that golf and golfers have adapted and flourished during much more serious emergencies, like WWII. We have a hilarious collection of temporary rules us…
Oct. 18, 2020
S2 Ep90: Writing Checks Our Abilities Cannot Cash
Don't write any checks your abilities cannot cash! We all know the guy who hits a decent drive to start a par 5. He strikes it 210, right down the middle. Now he stands there taking multiple practice swings with his 3 wood because he's 240 from the green and he's waiting for the group ahead to clea…
Oct. 11, 2020
S2 Ep89: Transcendental Golf
Transcendental Golf. Another visit with golf instructor and performance coach, Joe Bosco. Can meditation help your golf game? Oh, hell yes it can. Can you actually meditate while playing golf? Pretty much, yes. Is there a technique you can teach? Of course, or we would not have brought it up. Joe B…
Oct. 4, 2020
S2 Ep88: Hypno Joe Bosco - Performance Coach
Hypno Joe! An hour with Joe Bosco, PGA Teaching Pro (one of America's best) and Performance Coach for golfers and athletes in other sports too. Yes! Joe can hypnotize you. Or better yet, teach you self-hypnosis. Why do we get so uptight when playing? What are the specific situations that we find in…
Sept. 27, 2020
S2 Ep87: Is Your Golf Swing Half fast
Do You Have A Half Fast Golf Swing? Probably. In the search for more distance we try many things from buying new clubs that promise more distance, to golf balls that promise more distance, to swing techniques that promise more distance. See the pattern formining here? we all want more distance and …
Sept. 20, 2020
S2 Ep86: Better Business Golf And More
John Straub and Laura Calhoun from the first ever Better Business Bereau talk about how the mission of the BBB is financed and improved by using golf. The Jeff explains a game he and his friends play. It's like "Fix That Fault". They look at a golfer with a problem and then bid: "...I can fix that …
Sept. 13, 2020
S2 Ep85: 3 Elements Of Distance
Ball speed, launch angle, and spin are the 3 elements of distance. See what's missing? Yes! No swing speed anywhere. You know what is even more important than any of those 3 things in determining distance? Do you want to know? Then listen to this episode where Jeff describes in no uncertain terms w…
Sept. 6, 2020
S2 Ep84: The Rain Should Let Up Any Minute Now
Another week and yet another great, entertaining week of Golf Talk. First, isn't it strange how rain always seems to wait until you get out on the first hole before starting? John and intrepid producer Mark share a story of fighting the elements on the golf course. We talk about stats compiled by t…
Aug. 31, 2020
S2 Ep83: Fast Fixes For Ghastly Golf
I once saw a sign that read "We aim to please. You aim too, please". The sign was in a men's restroom but the sentiment is the same here. Most of us do not hit the ball where we think we are going to hit the ball for one simple reason: our aim sucks! Aiming is not as hard as we make it out to be so…
Aug. 23, 2020
S2 Ep82: Your Set-Up Sux
More excellence in Golf Talk on this week's Those Weekend Golf Guys Show. First, Jeff uses some tough love when he tells you that most probably, your setup sux. There are so many little mistakes we make that lead to a disastrous result he thought it high time for an intervention. Then we get kinder…
Aug. 16, 2020
S2 Ep81: Golfers Have The Coolest Toys
Golfers have the coolest toys. And just when you think you have everything you will ever need, someone, somewhere comes out with just one more thing you can't do without. This week we have 3 of those things. we talk to Gavin Dear from Shot Scope about their new V3 GPS watch with AI included to read…
Aug. 9, 2020
S2 Ep80: Golf Digest's Matt Rudy
This week Matt Rudy, from Golf Digest Magazine is our guest. He has ghost written books for some of golf's most legendary personalities. He also translates the instructions from some of America's best golf coaches and writes those "How To" instruction pages in the magazine. Great stories and an ins…
Aug. 2, 2020
S2 Ep79: 3 Favorite Guests Return
We give Jeff the week off and bring in 3 of our favorite guests for some brand new conversations. Bobby Weed, golf architect, talks about his latest project, Grove 23. That is Michael Jordan's personal, private golf course that Bobby designed and built for Michael. We also bring back Steve Coulton …
July 26, 2020
S2 Ep78: Golf By The Numbers
We visit with Kevin Hurst, Master Fitter from Club Champion. He's the dude who fit John with his first ever custom fit club. You will hear all the techniques they use and why, You will know how the numbers mesh together to create the absolute perfect club for you, your swing and your game. You will…
July 19, 2020
S2 Ep77: Teacher Talk With Brady Riggs
Brady Riggs has been one of America's Top100 Golf Instructors since 2003. He joins us from the range out at Hansen Dam Golf Course in Pacoima California. He joins Jeff and I to talk about teaching golf, why it is important to get lessons, what it's like to coach/teach your own children and relate s…