Podcast appearances and mentions of Harvey Penick

The Masters Special, live from Dirty Martin's Place with Ed Clements, Mark Brooks, Jack Nicklaus III & Ben Clements.   Scotty Sayers joins on The End Zone Club in hour II of Sports Saturday.

The legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick said, "Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be lucky to survive." There's wisdom there—but maybe not in your practice, when you're trying to change your swing. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg make the case for dramatically overdoing your swing change. Why would you intentionally practice "wrong?" Because pushing to extremes just might unlock the target you're after in golf. Newsletter video link: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/p/practicing-extreme-movements Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA The Hack It Out Golf Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HackItOutGolf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 1 of Season 11, Episode 52, I'm joined by our Resident Director of Instruction, Tom Patri, and 1983 PGA Champion and two-time Players Champion, Hal Sutton. As Tom prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Milton in Naples, Florida, he shared his insights on the Presidents Cup, including reports of players swearing at Tom Kim, and highlighted the impressive performances of golfers over 60 who are still proving they can compete at a high level. Hal Sutton gives us an update on his latest course design, the Darmor Club, which recently opened to rave reviews and is poised to become one of the top courses in the U.S. Hal recounts a special call from Sahith Theegala, who sought to play Darmor as part of his Presidents Cup preparation. We also take a trip down memory lane to Hal's very first lesson with the legendary Harvey Penick.

Following on from the last scheduled WGC event, the Dell Matchplay, Martin, Des and young Mike reflect on the event and their feelings of loss as this tournament fades away. Some intriguing facts about Austin Country Club and it's longtime head professional, Harvey Penick. The boys also draw the next round of matches in their quest to identify the best player with only one major. Our usual roundup of interesting nuggets from the Twittersphere plus a brief look forward to Masters week. Will LIV golfers make a splash at Augusta or is this the last time we will see them their as their OWGR rankings plummet. Interact with the podcast via our Twitter link @ITFOG_podcast

Harvey Penick was a golf coach, and one of the best of all time.  Over the years he had worked with everyone from beginners to pros.  As he grew older he decided to compile his volumes of notes into a book and pass it on to his children.  A friend took his book to a publisher to see if they liked it.  The publisher then made an offer to Penick which greatly depressed him.   Listen today to see what happened next.Originally aired on July 18, 2021Support the show

Most golfers practice the WRONG way.  Here's what the great Harvey Penick said about most golfers practice routines: “Every day I see golfers out there banging away at bucket after bucket. If I ask them what they're doing, they say, ‘What does it look like I'm doing, Harvey? I'm practicing!' Well, they're getting exercise all right. But few of them are really practicing.”  So if you want to make the most out of each session, listen to this episode! You will learn: Common practice mistakes you might be doing Why you should work on your weaknesses 80% of the time How to mix up your routines to keep your mind and body guessing  And a lot more!  ️⛳️ PRACTICE LIKE A PRO (FREE Video Series): https://www.wickedsmartgolf.com/practice  I N S T A G R A M  ✅ : https://www.instagram.com/wickedsmartgolf/  W E B S I T E ✅ : https://www.wickedsmartgolf.com/  Y O U T U B E ✅ : https://bit.ly/3vJTDpi  B O O K ✅ : https://amzn.to/39zNch7  ^^^Click the link to buy my new book, “Wicked Smart Golf: How to Play Better Golf and Shoot Lower Scores Without Changing Your Swing” on Amazon now.

Major Championship winner Mark Brooks recalls being introduced to golf by his grandfather and  his first golf experiences playing on a 6-hole sand green course in rural Oklahoma. He looks back on his collegiate career at the University of Texas where he was a 3-time All-American and remembers the difficulties of making it on the Tour and staying on the Tour as he went in and out of Tour Qualifying Schools throughout the 1980's. Mark relates an unconventional technique used by Harvey Penick during one memorable lesson. He must have learned something useful as Mark holds the record for most starts on the PGA Tour with 803. Mark Brooks tees up his life story, "FORE the Good of the Game."

Text: 2 Corinthians 13:11 As a hopeless golfer always in search of a better game, I have read more than my share of golf instruction books and watched way too many golf instruction videos. Even if you're not a golfer, you can appreciate someone with an obsession to be better at something who laps up everything he or she can get their hands on. That would be me. And now that I'm moving into retirement, I guess I won't have a church to blame my weak golf game on. I'll have to find some other excuse. This thought came to mind as I was going through my library the other day, trying to decide which books I wanted to keep and which I wanted to throw away. So, when it came to the few golf instruction books I have turned to over the decades of my fixation with getting better at golf, the one book I made sure I could get to without having to hunt it down was the famed golf instructor Harvey Penick's classic, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf. As most of you golfers in the congregation will attest, Penick's little book is filled with gems of golf wisdom, perhaps none more valuable than his simple, but essential maxim, “Take Dead Aim.” By that, of course, Penick meant that without an aim that is clearly focused on the target you're swinging toward, you will never strike an acceptable shot, unless of course you happen to hit one out of pure luck. And so Penick instructed all his students, “Take Dead Aim.” Come to think of it, that's not bad instruction for anything you hope to accomplish in life, wouldn't you agree? What's the old saying, “Aim at nothing and that's precisely what you'll hit.” In other words, without a goal in mind or a direction to point to or an outcome to accomplish, not even luck will bail you out. Perhaps that was something of what the Apostle Paul was getting at in this passage I've read for you from his second letter to the church at Corinth. As you know from time spent in Sunday School, the church at Corinth was about as unfocused and distracted and dysfunctional a church as you might find. I often say any problem that could conceivably exist in a church today existed in the church at Corinth. Paul's first letter addresses each of them. But despite Paul's Holy Spirit inspired instruction, the church at Corinth evidently didn't get better; if anything, it got worse. So much so that they turned on Paul and began accusing him of all kinds of uncharitable things. “Paul's full of himself, you know. Have you noticed how he's always boasting about his credentials. And when you think about it, when did Jesus ever call Paul to be an apostle? I'm not so sure that he's not going around trying to advance himself with false credentials. And what bothers me most of all is that he's always talking about money. I'll bet if you follow the money you'll find Paul somehow materially benefitting from his ministry.” I promise you that I'm not making this up. Read the letter and check me out. And yet, to Paul's credit, he doesn't give up on the Corinthians. Paul saw in them too much promise and too much possibility so that instead of bawling out the Corinthians or even worse bailing on them, Paul patiently addresses each of their concerns, and then ends his second letter with what I think is the most hopeful and uplifting exhortation any minister could offer any congregation. He tells them not just to take “dead aim” as they focus on their future, but to take “living aim,” which is even clearer and more lofty. “Aim for perfection,” Paul tells this remarkably imperfect church. “Encourage one another. Agree with one another. Grow with one another. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” On this my last Sunday as your Senior Minister, I can't think of a better word to leave with this congregation – not because you are a flawed and dysfunction people, but because you are anything but. So much so, that your ceiling as a church is literally as high as heaven itself! But in order to make such promise and possibility a reality, I urge you to consider Paul's detailed instructions to a sputtering, conflicted fellowship so that you can become ever more all the church that Jesus is calling you to be. Very quickly, consider with me the blueprint toward perfection Paul lays out. First, encourage one another. Do what you can to urge one another on to be a more faithful follower of our Lord Jesus Christ. After all, church is the one place in society where people aren't in competition with one another but in cooperation with one another, or better I should say in coordination with one another so that as the body of Christ, when one part of the body functions effectively, there is every reason for other parts of the body to follow suit. In a day when people seem to be concerned more with bringing other people down, thinking that in the process that they will bring themselves up, instead of discouraging one another, encourage one another. Discouragement is a dead aim; encouragement is a living one. But secondly, Paul tells the church to agree with one another. Now, I'll be the first to admit that in a Baptist church that seems an abject impossibility. After 43 years of serving Baptist churches, I have too often been made aware of how if you get ten Baptists in a room, you'll likely have twenty opinions. We Baptists are famous for not being able to agree on much of anything, except for our conviction regarding our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only reason for any church to be together and Jesus is the only reason by which a church will stay together. The problem today is that too many churches are looking to locate their unity in everything but Jesus – their musical tastes, their political views, their economic interests and their civic affiliations. None of those things is inherently evil, and yet none of them is able to sustain a church's missional effectiveness. The only way a church can become all that Jesus needs it to be is by focusing their energies and attention around advancing the cause of Christ and agreeing with one another as to how following his lead is the best way to become more faithful in the process. Agreeing with one another around Jesus is also what we might call “a living aim.” Trying to come together around anything else or anyone else is not only a “dead aim,” it's also a “dead end.” Encourage one another. Agree with one another. And finally, Paul urges the church to grow with one another. You see, when you peel back the layers of the Corinthian church and analyze where they went wrong, it wasn't that they never sought to encourage one another and to come together around Jesus, it was because they stopped growing in his grace and knowledge. They became complacent. They became satisfied. They came to a place where they thought they had arrived, only to be made blind to their flaws and imperfections until Paul came along to expose them to the light. Now, I would in now way ever suggest that this church, Mountain Brook Baptist Church, is not a mature church; it is. This church has a 77 year history of life-changing ministry not just in this community but also around the world. And because this church is without question a mature church, the greatest temptation this church will always be faced with is the temptation to put ministry in neutral and to think we have arrived and to grow complacent and to settle with being ordinary. And as we all know, if there's anything that this community in which our church is located disrespects and disregards more it is the satisfaction with being ordinary. And truth be told, there is no peace or life that comes from being an ordinary church, because that's precisely what Satan wants for every church – that they be ordinary – and that's especially what Satan wants for this church. But when we strive together always to be growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus, Satan is frustrated, Jesus is magnified, and we in turn grow to become more of the church he calls us to be. As I look back on our journey together over these last ten years, it has been such a joy for me to walk with you, and Judy and I will continue to do so in the days ahead, albeit from a distance. We will do all that we can to encourage you, and to agree with you, and to grow with you because that's what it means to be a perfect people, not so much in terms of our being sinless and unblemished, but being whole and complete and everything that Jesus needs us to be. So, let us focus our aim on that level of life and everything we will be about will stay “in bounds” and within the confines of the straight and narrow path Jesus himself has blazed for us. We want be spraying anything out along the broad and wide one that leads to destruction, but instead we will stay on the path that quite frankly is less traveled, the cross-shaped path down which Jesus has promised will lead us to life – life now, life tomorrow, and life forevermore. 2 Corinthians 13:11

Join World Golf Hall of Fame member and 2-time Masters Champion, Ben Crenshaw, as he steps off the tee on the 72nd hole of the 1995 Masters Tournament and takes us step-by-step through his thoughts and feelings about that emotional victory shared with his respected caddie, Carl Jackson. Four days after attending the funeral of his beloved teacher, Harvey Penick, he somehow pulls himself together for the win. Ben Crenshaw puts us right there, “FORE the Good of the Game.”

World Golf Hall of Fame member, Gentle Ben looks back on his youth, learning the game under the watchful eye of Harvey Penick, his second father, and being challenged by a young Tom Kite. Learn about the eerie history of Brookline in Ben's life/career, where he discovered his love of the history and traditions of the Game at age 16. Ben and Bruce recount how their paths first crossed as the “Devil” gave an exhibition for the young men competing in the 1972 NCAA championship in FL. Share a magical moment as Bruce relates his story from the 1958 inaugural Eisenhower Trophy at St. Andrews where Bobby Jones gives an inspirational speech, one Ben has in his collection and is able to quote from memory. Hear about Ben's remarkable amateur career and early tour successes as we talk architecture, technology and the most recent Masters. Ben Crenshaw provides an inspiring look back on his early life, “FORE the Good of the Game.”

It’s another loose one this week, folks, as the golf content machine wasn’t firing on all cylinders this week. As usual, we break down the few headlines we did have, including Mike Weir taking home his first career Champions Tour victory at the Insperity Invitational. We also discuss Sam Burns’ win at the Valspar, LPGA results from Shanghai, and Rickie’s special invitation to the upcoming PGA Championship. As we head into May we are also approaching the delayed start to golf season here in Ontario. Brent and John have been putting in some work this offseason to improve their games, so we discuss what they’ve been doing and how they can implement it on the course. Books discussed were “Dave Pelz’s Putting Bible,” “Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible,” and “Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book,” (all highly recommended by Ready Golf!). Check back next week as we break down the results from a loaded field at the Wells Fargo Championship, recap some Walker Cup action, and set the stage for the following week’s PGA Championship As always, keep up with all things Ready Golf at: Instagram - @readygolfpod Twitter - @readygolfpod Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/readygolfpod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRQUuPahG9lFq9DpdNqyDg Or drop us a line at info@readygolf.ca

1956 Masters Champion Jack Burke, Jr. relives his victory at Augusta National.  Brian Katrek also joins the joins the show with a Field Update and Taylor Zarzour runs through some of his favorite Masters traditions.

This week, the boys give a recap of the wet n' wild Honda Classic, before diving deep into a full bracket breakdown of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Match Play event, presented by Dell. A few different angles, takes, and predictions were given, but only one man will be victorious. Also, keep an ear out for a special remembrance to the '95 Masters win by Ben Crenshaw, with guidance from the late Harvey Penick and his "Little Red Book".

In this episode Simon and Dale chat to former Ryder Cup captain and 2 - time Masters champion, Ben Crenshaw, about his mentor and friend Harvey Penick, the emotional '95 win at Augusta, his approach to golf course design and, of course, that putt at the '99 Battle of Brookline.

Bryan Gathright (FB: @bryan.gathright.9, IG: @bryangathright) is a Top 100 Instructor that has been helping golfers of all skill levels take their games beyond what they believed they could for decades. In today’s show not only does he discuss the wonderful experience of working with Harvey Penick for years, but what Mr. Penick taught him about his message and how to use words when teaching. Bryan has also worked with several the best players in the world. Household names like Notah Begay III and Jimmy Walker, both multiple winners on the PGA Tour and tells some amazing stories of what that dynamic is like. Bryan has such an easy way about him that it’s impossible not to like him and his reputation throughout the industry is impeccable. If you would like to contact Bryan for a lesson, school, corporate outing or speaking engagement he can best be reached via his website www.bryangathrightgolf.com.

Over the course of more than a century, Austinites have known Benson as many things. Among them: adventurous youth, World War II veteran, textbook publisher, thoroughbred breeder and polished social dancer. Yet it has been his legendary golf game that has followed Benson through much of his life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s episode, Curtis and Chelsey are sharing recommendations in their mutual favorite genre: memoir. Despite the fact that we both love this genre, our tastes vary wildly. We like to think that’s why you stick around here, listeners. So expect a wide range of memoirs today as we share three favorites and three to-be-read titles.    PS: You’ll hear our podcast mascot, Penny breathing and whining on the track. She says hello, pay attention to me please. Enjoy the puppy ambience.    Books mentioned in this episode:   Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger The Institute by Stephen King The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien   Curtis favorites: One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara  Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf   Chelsey Favorites: Here for It by R. Eric Thomas  End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood by Jan Redford Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi    Curtis TBR: Faith of my Fathers by John McCain Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance Between the World and Me by Ta Nehesi Coates You Can't Make This Up by Al Michaels    Chelsey TBR: Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby  Good Talk by Mira Jacobs  The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones   Buddy read: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

It was a Masters's week that wasn't and after a brief golf news round-up, Bob & Jay hear from Ben Crenshaw on his incredible 1995 Masters victory, how much Harvey Penick played in the win and so much more.

2x Masters Champion, Ben Crenshaw joins the World Golf Hall of Fame to talk bringing home the Green Jacket twice, Harvey Penick's impact on him and the power of fate.

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Something weird is happening at Augusta National. The leaderboard is tight, but at the top of it is 43-year-old Ben Crenshaw, who said goodbye to his longtime coach Harvey Penick just a few days prior. While the broadcast channels Angels in the Outfield, Crenshaw makes every damn putt he looks at, Davis Love and Greg Norman give him one helluva run, and Tiger Woods finishes as the low amateur before jetting back to Stanford. All that and way more from the mid-90s in Georgia.

Thanks for checking out this episode of The Next Shot Podcast! Today we talk with Mark Coward who is a member at one of the courses Jeff and I train at. Mark has been in the golf industry from playing on tour for a short stint in the 80's, spending some time with Harvey Penick to training his own golfers using the techniques he picked up through his golf journey which he shares with us today so let's hop right in & see if we can pick up some tips to implement them on the course this weekend!

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Dale Morgan, Head Golf Professional at Austin Country Club talks hosting the WGC Dell Match Play, Harvey Penick, and dead rats in the clubhouse!! This interview is the next best thing to being at this week's PGA tour event.  #WGCMatchPlay #AustinCC #SheridansUnforked #BCIBowenhomes #MarinerWealth #MidwestGolfSimulators #cisinsurancesolutions #Starcompanies

Paul Casey successfully defends his Valspar Championship title! After a recap of the Valspar Championship, Bob and Jay preview the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship and take a look at all the match-ups. Feature Interviews: Ben Crenshaw and Dale Morgan (PGA Head Golf Professional at Austin Country Club). Among other topics both pay tribute to the late Tinsley Penick, son of the legendary Harvey Penick.

After a top 10 finish at the Honda, Jim Furyk surprisingly found himself qualified into the field for The Players Championship, he didn't even know that was possible. :) After a brilliant final round and a second place finish at The Players, Jim Furyk now finds himself ranked 57th in the world, qualified for The PGA Championship and the World Golf Championships - Dell Technologies Match Play. In order for Jim to play again at Augusta, in The Masters, he would need to be inside the World Top 50 by April first, giving him this week at the Valspar and next week at the Match Play to get that done. To play again in the US Open, where his 10-year exemption has expired, he would need to be inside the top 60 on May 1st. Needless to say, it is an interesting time to be Jim Furyk. Oh, and we will also touch on how to find your best ball position and what to do if you start hitting fat or thin shots. Harvey Penick taught that ball position was the second most important aspect to the setup, next to the grip. Let's tee it up! ▶️follow @dataaxisgolf ◀️ #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament #golfcourse #golfrange #golfnews #instagolf #golfswing #golfing #golfaddict #nowhitebelts #talkbirdietome Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dataaxisgolf/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dataaxisgolf/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dataaxisgolf/message

Today we have our "10 Predictive Questions" for the upcoming season with John Maginnes of Sirius/XM & PGA Tour Radio and Ron Green Jr. of The Global GolfPost and Charlotte Observer.  Also we speak with Kevin Robbin's author of Harvey Penick:  The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf.

Sam Adams PGA first picked up a golf club at the age of 9 years. He played at a high level and assumed he could teach the game. At first he struggled helping his students at first but over time he learned to teach the game of golf and spend time with several great teachers fine tuning his craft. One was Harvey Penick. He wished he could talk to him today because he could ask so many more questions now then back when he was younger. He has found that teaching for several years there is always something new to learn about the game and how to help other improve. Today we tap into that knowledge in this interview with Sam. He make several points that anyone who loves this game will benefit from. Like the mental side of the game and motor skills and how they are learned.  

Randy Smith is a member of The PGA of America Hall of Fame and the all-time leading PGA of America National Award National Award Winner (18 times).  Randy Smith is also a highly sought after instructor on the PGA TOUR.  He joins the podcast to share stories and lessons he gleaned from such Hall-of-Famers as Harvey Penick and Lee Trevino.  Smith shares wisdom and insights on the Clubface Alignment and Swing Path relationship and how that impact hooks and slices.  He also addresses the timing between the body pivot and the swing of the arms and club and the influence on spin.  Smith then opines further on the golf swing, golf swing technique and golf instruction and he talks about playing golf like a Pro.

Always be honest. Always be positive. Always be building your players up. These are just a few of the principles legendary golf instructor Bryan Gathright stuck to when approaching the coaching arena. Gathright steps in front of the mic this week and highlights on his own mentor and golf legend, Harvey Penick. “He challenged his players very well.” Bryan explains a few life lessons he had learned from Penick such as how to always bring positivity to a learning space, and how to always challenge your players. Gathright is an instructor at The Clubs of Cordillera Ranch, one of the top greens in the U.S. in San Antonio, Texas. We hope you enjoy this podcast as it focuses on the true keys that can make up a true mentor for young athletes.

Guillaume Béland is the President and General Manager of Lune Rouge and The Major Series of Putting. Guillaume speaks with host Colin Weston about their ambitious and exciting plans to stage over 400 putting competitions this year, culminating with a week-long finals tournament this October in a purpose-built stadium in Las Vegas. MSOP Stadium https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/1/1ea879c1-a4a2-4e10-bea4-e5d8368a3c7a/w18NsyhX.jpg MSOP Stadium Las Vegas About The Major Series Of Puttng (MSOP): Major Series of Putting (MSOP) intends to entertain, challenge and thrill people with the simplest and most important golf element - Putting. To achieve this, MSOP is sanctioning the largest series of putting tournaments in history with millions of dollars in total prize money. In fabulous Las Vegas, participants from all walks of life will have opportunity to test their skills - and nerves - as they compete over several days in high-stakes championship putting on a 20,000 Square-foot surface designed by world-leading Nicklaus Design. The fun is open to all as qualifying events will be held around North America in collaboration with local golf courses. MSOP is a subsidiary of Lune Rouge Innovation, a new creative company inspired and controlled by Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberté. In this episode we learned about: • The Major Series of Putting and how to register for or host a qualifying tournament: https://msop.com/en/ • The architectural firm Populous http://populous.com/ and their MSOP stadium design. You can see the animation of the stadium design here --> https://msop.com/en/venue/LasVegas • The 20,000 sq ft putting green created by Jack Nickaus Design. http://www.nicklaus.com/design/ • The "Blue Ocean Strategy" that MSOP is pursuing to capture a new, large and uncontested audience. https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/ • "Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings From a Lifetime of Golf" Written by Harvey Penick https://www.amazon.ca/Harvey-Penicks-Little-Red-Book/dp/1451683219/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1497344682&sr=8-1&keywords=harvey+penick%27s+little+red+book Special Guest: Guillaume Béland - Président & General Manager at MSOP / Lune Rouge.

Meet Kevin Robbins, author of "Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom from the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf."

Randy Smith was named one of the Top 50 golf teachers in America by Golf Digest. Based out of Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas, TX, Randy works with several former and current PGA golfers, including Justin Leonard, Harrison Frazar, Colt Knost, Martin Flores, Ryan Palmer, Scottie Scheffler and Cody Gribble. A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Randy's golf prodigies have earned over $75 million on the PGA tour, registered 16 PGA tour wins (including 1 Major), and have made three Ryder Cup appearances. Randy talks about the influence Harvey Penick made on his life, his passion for working with youth golfers, his thoughts on how the PGA handled the Dustin Johnson controversy at the US Open, how Tiger Woods should re-enter the PGA tour, and much more.

529: Harvey Penick was a legendary golf instructor who was instrumental to the success of both Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw. Even though he passed away in the 90s, his Little Red Book is considered one of the more important golf instruction books ever published. The Harvey Penick Golf Academy has returned in his home town of Austin, TX and our guest this week is Director of the Academy Jim Hopkins. Jim was one of the first instructors at the original Academy and still considers Mr. Penick's teachings as the base for amateur golfers to improve. In the premium episode we get into depth on the grip and stance, plus we talk about Jim's relationship and lessons from Harvey.free episode length: 21:02premium episode: 50:09 Please visit the all new GolfSmarter.com and click on the Survey icon next to the Hey Fred button, to take our brief multiple choice survey so that we can learn more about you, what you like, and what you don't like about the Golf Smarter Podcast.

Feherty sits down with Ben Crenshaw, and the iconic Texan talks about his decades of success, his two victories at the Masters, and the excitement of the Ryder Cup. The talk also turns emotional as Ben fondly remembers his friend, mentor and coach, Harvey Penick.

528: Our guest this week is Kelly O'Donnell, Director of Golf for the Wolfdancer Golf Club in Austin, TX. In this episode we discuss the all new Harvey Penick Golf Academy at the Wolfdancer Golf Club in Austin, TX and what made Harvey Penick one of the great golf instructors of all time. We also get into golf in Austin, his personal golf history including a great story about watching his first pro event, and his favorite holes of this beautiful yet challenging course designed by Pete Dye. Watch this episode right now on GolfSmarterTV!Please visit the all new GolfSmarter.com and click on the Survey icon next to the Hey Fred button, to take our brief multiple choice survey so that we can learn more about you, what you like, and what you don't like about the Golf Smarter Podcast.

How do you practice? Think about it for a moment… are you leaving the golf course better, the same, or worse after each session? If you don’t know… or your score hasn’t gone down in the past 3 months – you are probably practicing the wrong way. ALL OF THE GREAT GOLFERS… ALL SCRATCH GOLFERS… ALL OF THEM… use the methods I’m about to reveal to you. If you are looking for the ‘secret’… this is it. The secret isn’t sexy and it sure isn’t easy… but it’s the TRUTH. Here are the 5 Fundamentals you should adopt if you want to lower your score quickly and efficiently. Adopt the Kaizen Method Avoid SOS (shining object syndrome) aka Tips of the Day Have a Clear Vision and Blueprint Built on Basics Master Before Graduating Regress When Struggling . Let’s break these down individually now… Fundamental 1 – The Kaizen Method I hope to shed a little light on the subject of practice using our Kaizen method that we teach in the Single Digit Blueprint. If you aren’t familiar with Kaizen, it’s a technique used to overcome the fight or flight thinking our brains undergo when we overwhelm them with the complexity of golf. Essentially breaking the game into bite-sized chunks so you can progress and kill the overwhelm. You can read more about Kaizen here: Click Link =>  Fundamental 2- Kick Michael Breed to the Curb Now, I’ll give some credit to the Tip of the Day Pro’s… but not much. While they do give you tidbits here and there in bite-sized chunks they really aren’t providing you ANY VALUE AT ALL. In fact, they are wasting your time… and you are wasting your time watching random tips that are not delivered in context to YOUR GAME. Quite simply they are reckless with their shotgun approach to the game of golf. They are LYING TO YOU when they promise a better game. “It’s not me, it’s you” ~ You to Michael Breed You WON’T GET ANY BETTER practicing random sh*t. Tip of the day shows are addicting because you get excited at the hope of the ONE TIP that’s going to awaken your game. Well… it’s been how long since you’ve been reading Tip of the Day Magazines and watching Tip of the Day TV shows… and how’s your game? Better or worse or the same? And that’s where I’ll begin by telling you to STOP falling for the magic pill approach. It DOESN’T WORK. Here’s what does work… Fundamental 3 – Develop a CLEAR Blueprint Built Upon Strong Fundamentals A blueprint that covers a sound foundation and works its way outward. Forget about backswing positions and how to begin your downswing… that’s right, FORGET THEM! The game begins from the ground up… and that’s where you should build your game from… every aspect from irons to drivers to wedges to putters and sand shots… it all starts at the ground and works up from there. It drives me crazy watching Michael Breed (I’m sure he’s a great guy) teach random sh*t, it’s rapid fire… It’s confusing, it’s not aimed for YOUR personal game, it’s meant to capture the golfers who want the magic pill…. …and I know that’s not you, or you wouldn’t subscribe to Rich and I’s golf newsletter. When I dramatically dropped my golf scores over a period of 6 months when I was a teenager, it was because I dumped the Tip of the Day mentality and followed a well designed blueprint. My blueprint focused on Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons… and wisdom from Harvey Penick. I must have read Hogan’s book at least 50 times over the years… and there are nuggets in each sentence if you pay careful attention. Some wisdom won’t reveal itself to you until many years later… kind of like watching Caddyshack, you catch things you never noticed before. I built my blueprint focusing on painstaking attention to my grip, my stance, my alignment. THE BASICS. I put tape on my bedroom floor and I practiced over and over and over the boring aspects of the setup and alignment. What occurred over a very short period of time was magical. My score began to drop, my shots narrowed closer to the target, my confidence grew, and I got BETTER. Fundamental 4 – Master Before Graduating The only rule I had was that I must be able to MASTER or come close to MASTERING the task at hand. To be real, I wasn’t striving for perfection. I was striving for a full understanding of what it felt like, what it looked like in a mirror, and how I could groove a smooth swing. I was not allowed to move on or lose focus until I had completed a basic mastery of the fundamental I was working on. If you suffer from SOS (Shiny Object Syndrome) you will find this particularly difficult… and one of our authors on Golf Aggressive struggles with this even today… I won’t mention any names, but Robert Phillips struggles with staying on task to improve. It is human nature to want to improve rapidly and graduate to the more exciting things in golf… however, this is EXACTLY why golfers never break 90 or 80… or even 100! Quite simply, the basics must be mastered and revisited at the beginning of each session if you want to get better at golf. It sounds boring and maybe it is… and maybe it can be frustrating… but a house built on shaky ground is going to fall down and be useless. Fundamental 5 – Regress When Struggling Yep… when thing’s go in the sh*tter it’s time to regress and go backwards. The best approach is to start from the very beginning all over again. Check your grip, posture, stance, weight balance, alignment… once the foundation is solid hit a few shots. It’s important you build a benchmark for yourself. When you are striking the ball well, have a record of your setup, your grip, your alignment, your takeaway and so on. I actually keep notes on my phone when I’m striking the ball well. Filled with the feels and mental cues I am using that day. It also helps to have someone video your swing. Now getting to that point is going to take some work… and we cover that in Fundamental 4 – Master Before Graduating. Essentially, you are building your game from the ground up… and when you are struggling you return to the beginning. If you don’t know what those fundamentals should look or feel like, hire a PGA Pro for a session or two to line you out. Record the lesson and watch it back later until it all becomes second nature… or join the and we can take a look at your video’s and provide some guidance. That covers the 5 Fundamentals of Practice… but that’s just the outline. Tomorrow, we’ll put some meat on the bone and talk about how to stack GTG’s (Greasing the Groove), Specific Drills, and Pressure Testing from all of our Challenges to build a comprehensive practice regimen you can use to get that score heading in the right direction. Tomorrow, we will put together an outline you can use to build your own Blueprint. Christian Henning Onnit Academy Certified Trainer

Penny Pulz, LPGA Champion & Focus Expert Penny shares her extensive knowledge as a two time LPGA winner and former LPGA top 10 golfer in the world. Now Penny uses her specific focusing techniques to help everyone from athletes to people in the business world   Highlights from the interview   Penny’s Roy McAvoy moment came at the age of 20 playing for her country during the Tasman Cup. Penny let fear drive her to a nasty case of the shanks around the greens. Lesson learned: You have to stay present and not allow what just happened to influence what’s about to happen.   Elite players have systems in place to deal with every type of situation. This is what allows them to perform with consistency. You don’t have to “think” you just follow your mental system.   Penny has a free download outlining her 10 steps for smart decision making under the gun. You can get her free download here: http://pennypulz.com/ponderfocus/   For those of you who may be struggling with the visualization portion of your mental game Penny has this quick tip. "Strategize the action you’re about to take and then walk yourself through it." Click to Tweet ​   Penny’s go to practice drill: Slow, medium, fast, super fast swings to find you most natural tempo.   Penny’s book recomendation: Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book   Links and resources mentioned in the show   http://pennypulz.com/ http://pennypulz.com/ponderfocus/ https://twitter.com/FocusExpert