Those Weekend Golf Guys

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 of Jeff’s students and won the Junior World this past summer and a bunch of other tournaments plus t...

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 repeatable pre-shot routine and stick to it. Well, Craig took the advice to heart and on this week’s episo...

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 as soon as your next round. Jeff and Kellie discuss some techniques for a much better short game; so...

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 universal in the golf community. There are many things many of us amateur golfers do that frustrate the hell...

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 and have taught many players so when these guys tell you doing “this” pisses off a teacher, you can b...

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 also discuss places to go in the US for a golf trip. East coast? We tell you the best choices. Western...

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 how to buy equipment cheap to what to do during and after a round. Everything that ever confused you...

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 same lengths. And you must be careful not to slow down the pace of play too badly. It’s harder to get ac...

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 we THINK too much and make it hard. You want to play golf? Here’s all you need to do. Find someone t...

Here’s a hypothetical situation: If someone were to offer you 5 free rounds of golf t any golf course anywhere in the world, where would you go? What 5 courses would you make sure you played at while someone else was footing the bill? Would you travel internationally? Would you play domestically? Listen to Jeff and John describe where they would play (only on someone else’s dime) And then tell us...

Listen this week for a big Special Announcement from Those Weekend Golf Guys. This week we announce the unveiling of our new Workshop, The Business Golf Course. John and Jeff will describe the new free workshop where the Golf Guys coach all sales people how to use golf much more effectively as a business tool. In the workshop learn how to overcome the need for cold calling. Learn how to invite a p...

The Golf Guys do our part for local charity! We want to thank out buddy Randy Scalf, the Caddie for the Pete dye Course at French Lick for the invite to play in the annual Caddie Charity Scramble. This year we played for an organization named “Granted” which is a charity out of Evansville Indiana that grants wishes to sick children. We played 36 holes at The Lucas Oil Golf Course in English Indian...

How do you make a champion? That is the question Jeff answers on this week’s show. He has one idea for you:  “GREAT PLAYERS PRACTICE UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT. CHAMPIONS PRACTICE UNTIL THEY CAN’T GET IT WRONG”  Sacrifice. Attitude. Investment. All the things you need to take into consideration if you want to pursue a career in golf, whether you plan to play in High School, College, or Professionally...

This Week on Those Weekend Golf Guys it’s a topic every adult who has a child interested in playing golf and every kid who likes playing golf should listen to closely. .Ava Bunker is 13 years old. She recently returned home to Indiana after finishing 3rd in the USKids Golf Championship played down at Pinehurst. Ava has been coached by Jeff Smith for a little over a year now and has accomplished a...

There is one thing and only one thing you have to learn how to do to play golf well. That is make center of the club face contact. That’s it! The one secret. On today’s show Jeff Smith, one of America’s Top 100 Golf Instructors. Explains how to guarantee that center face contact every time. Once you learn how to do center face contact, everything else in the game falls into place. If you can’t do...

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys will help you lower your score by at least 8 strokes. Improve your driving, your chipping and pitching and your putting. Techniques, practice routines and other suggestions you will need to follow. Easy instructions. Lower scores. Guaranteed. We also want 15% of any winnings you get as a result of being that much better than your regular foursome from this point o...

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys will help you lower your score by at least 8 strokes. Improve your driving, your chipping and pitching and your putting. Techniques, practice routines and other suggestions you will need to follow. Easy instructions. Lower scores. Guaranteed. We also want 15% of any winnings you get as a result of being that much better than your regular foursome from this point o...

Lower your hands, raise your toe. Is that a secret to faster club head speed? Also, who do you need to avoid when putting together your foursome? The personalities that can ruin an otherwise fun day on the golf course. Another fun, funny, entertaining episode of Those Weekend Golf Guys. The Second Best Golf Show In The World! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inform...

Those Weekend Golf Guys are always up for doing some good for their neighborhood. Back on Father’s day, a local group in Louisville called the 3AGA (African American Amateur Golf Association) held a Father’s day special event at one of Louisville’s outstanding City Owned Golf Courses, Shawnee Golf Course. The idea of the event was, in conjunction with The First Tee of Louisville, was to introduce...

This week Those Weekend Golf Guys share some more tips and tricks to make your very next round of golf more fun. We also have some ideas about how you can use the mental aspects of the game to your advantage. Next time you’re facing that guy you find hard to beat try this. Have his wife call him just before he tees off and say, “listen mister, I know what you’ve been doing and you’re in big troubl...

What do you consider to be “practice”? Do you show up at the course 30 or so minutes before Tee time and hit a few balls and putt a bit? Do you ever go to the course just to hit some balls, take some chips and pitches, or putt? Have you ever gone to the course just to practice? Have you ever considered maybe playing 9 holes and then taking a few hours to practice a bit? That s a great technique fo...

There are 192 pages of rules for the game of golf in the USGA rule book. How many of them do you follow? Sure, purists will say “all of them” but no one will believe that. Most of us recreational golfers play something Jeff Smith calls “sort of golf”. We may take a Mulligan here and there. We may use that foot wedge a bit too often. We may forget to add penalty strokes. This week Those weekend Gol...

Listen to this week’s show and you will quickly be 40% better. Putting comprises 40% of your golf game. Jeff suggests you look at the cup like you would a basketball hoop atop a pole with no backboard. This is the best wat to get you pace correct. Since there are 4 ways to miss a putt, we have four ways to improve your putting. Four ways to eliminate 3 putts. And like magic, you are 40 better at g...

When doing it right feels wrong. So many of us have played this game for years, making certain kinds of shots badly. Using bad technique; the wrong grip; the wrong ball position, etc. And then we find a coach like Top 100 Teacher, Jeff Smith who shows us a simple and effective change that makes our shots so much more successful. We love the results but it just doesn’t feel right. So, do you practi...

Fix that slice once and for all! Yeah, we know you’ve tried everything. Well, you’ve tried everything but the right thing. This week, Jeff Smith will fix your slice. All you have to do is listen, maybe take a note or two. Jeff will tell you how to discern why you slice and the tell you, based on the why, the how to fix it. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and re...