Those Weekend Golf Guys

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, John Ashton and Jeff Smith discuss the reasons why playing Business Golf is a great idea for all salespeople. As a sales professional, there are several reasons why playing golf with clients can be beneficial and impressive. Here are three key reasons: Relationship Building: Golf is often considered a sport that facilitates relationship-building and networking...

The type of grass used on golf courses plays a significant role in determining the overall playing conditions and aesthetics of the course. Golf course grasses are carefully selected based on their ability to withstand heavy foot traffic, adapt to various climates, provide consistent ball roll, and maintain a visually appealing appearance. There are primarily two types of grass used on golf course...

No actually, we are NOT crazy! A fairway wood or a Hybrid club, with the weight at the bottom and large sole plate, are perfect for scraping along the sand and getting your ball out and advanced from a fairway bunker. This week Jeff Smith, one of Golf Magazines Top 100 Teachers, explains how when and how to use a fairway wood or a Hybrid club out of a fairway bunker. He also explains how to proper...

Jeff Smith, one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 teachers, gives you 2 shots to use around the greens today. They are both almost magic when it comes to improving your short game. First is the Hinge & Thump shot, And the second he calls the Firm Handed Scrape. Both of these shots describe the motion used in executing them and both can be used with many different clubs for many different scenarios. But w...

How long does it take for golf clubs to wear out? How can you tell if your clubs are worn out? This week, Those Weekend Golf Guys try to explain the various ways to tell if your clubs are still working “up to par” or if they need to be repaired, regripped, or replaced. Will new grips help> Are the grooves worn? Which clubs wear out fastest and do you have to replace the whole set or can you do clu...

Improve your short game in 51 minutes. That’s how long this episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys is. This week, Jeff Smith, Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher, explains how to get the speed of your putt right no matter the green’s conditions and why how close your first putt is to the hole is so important. Jeff also helps a listener with greenside bunker play by explaining his “Hinge and Thump” shot guar...

This week Jeff Smith, a Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher and co-host of Those Weekend Golf Guys show offers some invaluable advice: Play Within Yourself. In short, don’t do more than your abilities, your body, and your equipment can do. For instance, if you are taking your second shot into a par 4 hole with something higher than a 7,8,9, or wedge, you need to move up a tee or two. Don’t let your ego...

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys are happy to feature 5 time PGA Tour winner and current Champion’s Tour member, Billy Mayfair. Billy has been a champion since very early in life having won many Junior Golf Tournaments, College and Professional Tournaments. Billy is the only person to beat Tiger Woods in a Playoff!. Billy is autistic. But he has only been diagnosed as autistic later in life. In r...

Those weekend Golf Guys are here this week with their semi-regular reminder that there is no “right” or “wrong” way to play golf. There are ways to swing the club that are not compatible with your body’s motion. There are ways to move that might be inhibited by your flexibility, or lack thereof. But keep in mind there are myriad ways to be successful at this game. Some have short backswings (like...

The USGA and The R7A are proposing a new rule that will “Roll Back” the golf ball. They think the ball is too hot and is making some of the golf courses the PGA Tour plays on obsolete. Well, Jeff Smith and John Ashton think that would be a stupid thing for the USGA and the R&A to do and mince no words in a scathing attack on the idea on this week’s Those Weekend Golf Guys Show. As Jeff says, “sinc...

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, formerly know as the EWGA. Jante’s local Louisville group has an open house here in Louisville on Sunday Mar...

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 assure we neither strain anything or injure ourselves after a round. Garret discusses how to warm up...

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 speed. The first way is to make sure your grip is not too tight on the club. He says the grip should be...

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 list is the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort, a course both Jeff and John are very familiar with....

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  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 have the right equipment before the lessoins, that you definitely need, will work. Join Top 100 teach...

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 week very very early in the morning. So early in fact, John couldn’t get his lazy butt out of bed. Tony...

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 even more things you never knew or never knew you needed to know. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

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 every time/ Jeff reiterates the instructions here. And then we welcome in a guest, Ron Sullivan, who had...

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. It is an individual fit and that everyone must become “a feel player”.  Listen to this week’s show...

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 Weekend Golf Guys. We repeat a show from back in October that featured one of our favorite guests and one h...

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 and down if you listen to Jeff Snith’s chipping and putting instructions. Also, if you have a busine...

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 you may never be able to aim the putter right until you change the orientation of your putter grip. Jef...

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 work thing going on that’s messing up your thinking) or you’re emotionally challenges these problems...

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 work thing going on that’s messing up your thinking) or you’re emotionally challenges these problems...