Episodes
March 12, 2023
107 Reasons More Women Should Play Golf
OK, maybe 107 reasons is a bi9t of an exaggeration. But we do have some great reasons why more women need to play golf and a bunch of ideas on how to make it easy for them to get started with the game. Our guest is Janet Miller, President of the Louisville Chapter of the LPGA Amateur group, formerl…
March 5, 2023
Get Fit For Golf
Get fit for golf no matter your age or gender. Garrett Moris from Par4Success is our guest. He is an eager trainer who specializes in exercise and other regimens for golfers of all ages but specializes in those of us from 44 years of age and up. We all discuss what specifically we golfers can do to…
Feb. 26, 2023
Swing Faster, Faster
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys you will hear three great ways to increase your swing speed. And we all know that sing speed is the best way to assure longer drives and better ball flight. Jeff Smith, one of Golf Magazine’s Top100 Teachers, runs down his 3 techniques to speed up your swing spe…
Feb. 19, 2023
How To Play A Hard Golf Course
So, how hard is Golf? Well, how hard do you want it to be? How hard to you want to make it? That’s what we talk about this week on Those Weekend Golf Guys. First we run down the list of the 30 hardest golf courses. Many of them Jeff Smith has played and talks about his adventures. Number 5 on the l…
Feb. 5, 2023
I Don't Need No Stinkin' Lessons! Oh Yes You Do
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, The Second Best Golf Show in The World, Jeff explains the differenmces between teaching technique and asuring your equipment isright for you, Can yiu not hit yout driver straight because of your swing> Or because the shaft you have is wrong for you? You must ha…
Jan. 29, 2023
S2 Ep208: Top 100 Teacher Tony Ruggiero Guests
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, The Second Best Golf how In The World, our guest is Tony Ruggiero, Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher and Golf Digest Top 40 Teacher. Tony leads a team of golf instructors called “The dew Sweepers” He and Jeff spoke together at the PGA Merchandise Show this past we…
Jan. 22, 2023
S2 Ep207: What Is Smash Factor? Why Do I Care? and Other Questions
Those weekend Golf Guys, The Second Best Gold Show In The World, this week answers a bunch of question you may (or may not) have been asking your self for quite q while. Questions like: What is Smash Factor, and why do I care? Do golf clubs ever wear out? Can a $350 launch monitor work right? And e…
Jan. 15, 2023
S2 Ep206: How To Get Local Knowledge For Any Course
This week on the Second Best Golf Show In The World, Those Weekend Golf Guys. A couple things of interest. First, Golf Magazine contacted Jeff Smith after Colin Morikawa chokes and chunked a few chips to lose the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Jeff then contributed 3 ways to chip successfully ever…
Jan. 7, 2023
S2 Ep205: Golf. How Does It Feel?
This week on the Second Best Golf Show In The World, Those Weekend Golf Guys, Jeff explains how changing the grip size for a client changed his whole game. And once again explains the importance of getting fitted for your clubs. He also assures us all there is no “right” or “wrong” way to do things…
Jan. 1, 2023
S2 Ep204: Kellie Stenzel Talks Again
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Since it’s a holiday we here at Those Weekend Golf guys take the time off to reflect on the past year. We hope you now understand why we were recognized as The Second Best Golf Show in the world, Number One in USA! This week we present the BEST (That We Could Find) of Those Weeken…
Dec. 11, 2022
S2 Ep203: Get Up And Down Every Time
Get Up And Down every time! As daunting as it is, those two shots from off the green for par (hopefully for par) are knee knockers. But if you follow Jeff Smith’s instructions this week, you should be getting that ship close enough for an easy par putt. It’s not as hard as you might think to get up…
Dec. 4, 2022
S2 Ep202: Are Your Arms Making You A Bad Putter?
The answer to your putting woes may be the grip of your club! Yup, the flat part may not be best laying at a 90 degree angle from your putter face. Your arms hand differently from person to person. It could be that your arm’s natural hang is incompatible with your grip position. This means that yo…
Nov. 27, 2022
S2 Ep201: Your Game Is STILL A Mess
Your Golf Game is a MESS! MESS, the Mental, the Emotional, the Social, and the Spirit side of golf. Brooke Watts from Round Rock Texas joins us on this weeks program and talks about how “MESS’d” Up your golf game can get from many outside sources. So often, if you are off mentally (maybe there’s a …
Nov. 20, 2022
S2 Ep200: Your Golf Game Is A Mess
Your Golf Game is a MESS! MESS, the Mental, the Emotional, the Social, and the Spirit side of golf. Brooke Watts from Round Rock Texas joins us on this weeks program and talks about how “MESS’d” Up your golf game can get from many outside sources. So often, if you are off mentally (maybe there’s a …
Nov. 13, 2022
S2 Ep199: New Rulers We Like And How A Champion Prepares
Strange as it may be John and Jeff actually agree with the new rules that take effect on January 1, 2023. They all seem to make sense but really only come into play in some serious competition. And speaking of serious competition, a very serious competitor, Ava Bunker joins us in studio. She is one…
Nov. 6, 2022
S2 Ep198: A Listener Says "You Changed My Life"
WE got a message through the Instagram account (john.thegolfguy) from a listener, Craig Burden. He had just listened to the “If You Think, You Stink” episode. The message from Craig was “…it changed my life!” He had listened to Jeff Smith counsel us to stop over thinking everything, develop a repea…
Oct. 30, 2022
S2 Ep197: Kellie Stenzel Shares Her Expertise
This week another great episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys, the Second Best Golf Show in the world! Joining John Ashton and Jeff Smith is Kellie Stenzel, another of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 teachers. If you listen you will hear so many wonderful tips and tricks that will help you shoot a lower score…
Oct. 23, 2022
S2 Ep196: Top 100 Teacher James Hong Returns
Top 100 Teacher, James Hong returns to the show for more teaching technique conversations with another Top 100 Teacher, our own Jeff Smith. The guys all talk about things they run into every day while on their mission to make amateur golfers better golfers. There seem to be things that are universa…
Oct. 16, 2022
S2 Ep195: Don't Piss Off Your Pro
This week Those Weekend Golf Guys discuss the easiest ways to piss off your favorite Golf Pro. Yup, special guest James Hong joins Jeff Smith and John Ashton to tell you the things that many of us do that really piss off golf Pros. Now both Jeff and James are Top100 teachers. They have been around …
Oct. 10, 2022
S2 Ep194: Golf Trips - Where To Go And WhereTo Eat When You Get There
This is a good time to catch up with Jeff’s most successful student, Ava Bunker. She had a very successful summer winning a number of Junior Tournaments. This was also her inaugural High School golf team season and she (spoiler alert) blew everyone else away in the State Tournament. John and Jeff a…
Oct. 2, 2022
S2 Ep193: Golf - A Primer
Golf can be intimidating. From the cost of equipment, clothing, even greens fees. And then there are the rules, the etiquette, and the traditions. Instead of being nervous or intimidated, why not take an hour out of your day and hear how to do everything right? John and Jeff discuss everything from…
Sept. 25, 2022
S2 Ep192: Cart Path Only
This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, the second best golf show in the world, the three words you hate t hear on the golf course: Cart Path Only! Those 3 words open up a whole raft of special circumstances. Because the cause is wetness, there are different ways to swing, different clubs for the sam…
Sept. 18, 2022
S2 Ep191: If You Think, You Stink
If You Think – You Stink! Golf isn’t hard to play. It is hard to be good at, but not hard to play. In fact it is so very simple. Hit a ball with a stick, go get the ball, hit it again and again until you get it in the hole. You know why it seems to be so hard? Because we THINK it should be hard and…