100 Ideas for Creating Your Own Golf Bucket List with Author Jeff Thoreson

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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948: Summary In this episode Jeff Thoreson discusses his book 'The Golf Bucket List' and shares his experiences and recommendations for golf destinations. He emphasizes that golf is a lifestyle and opens doors for travel and personal introspection. Thoreson's book is not just about the courses to play, but the experiences and emotions that come with them. He highlights the importance of being present and taking in the surroundings when playing iconic courses like St. Andrews and Sawgrass. Thoreson also mentions other notable golf destinations such as Bandon Dunes, Pinehurst, the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Alabama, and the courses in Northern Michigan. He concludes by discussing the variety of golf experiences available in Florida, Wisconsin, and the Coachella Valley in California.Takeaways Golf is a lifestyle that opens doors for travel and personal introspection. Playing iconic courses is about the experience and emotions, not just the holes themselves. Notable golf destinations include St. Andrews, Sawgrass, Bandon Dunes, Pinehurst, the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Alabama, and the courses in Northern Michigan. Florida, Wisconsin, and the Coachella Valley in California offer a variety of golf experiences. Golf travel can be planned independently with the help of the internet and research.***Summary and Takeaway were AI generated from riverside.fm, our recording platform. You're invited to our next Golf Smarter Adventure! We’re going to Portugal September 5-13, 2024! This is a couples trip, so non-golfers are also invited to join Fred and his wife (non-golfer) for 9 days that includes 3 rounds of golf (more if you'd like), exceptional sightseeing, and fun activities. Learn more and register at tmigolf.com/golfsmarter. Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador this month (May 2024) by introducing an upcoming episode and receive ALL 3 of these great gifts, including: • A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”. • *A pack of 8 Flightpath Golf Tees. A Tee Above All. Learn more at https://flightpathgolf.com. • *A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can now choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 34 sizes!* US residents only Take advantage of this limited time offer! Request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA). This week's episode is brought to you by PXG! Game changer has been thrown around so much, it’s lost its meaning. I was impressed with the results of my fitting and think the P X G Driver will be a game changer for me. Check it out for yourself. Learn more and get free shipping on all equipment at PXG.com/smarter and use code smarter at checkout. That’s PXG.com/smarter, code smarter for free shipping on all equipment.This week’s episode is sponsored by PutterCup! Go to puttercupgolf.com and use code GOLFSMARTER to get 20% off your order. And combined... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf is unlike other sports. It's a lifestyle. It opens so many doors for you. Travel, personal
0:08.6	introspection. So I wanted the book to be not telling the reader what courses they should
0:14.3	play. There's a little bit of that in there and there's a little bit of what countries you might
0:18.7	find enjoyable. But it's all personal experiences.
0:22.1	I don't care how good of a writer you are.
0:24.6	You can't describe a golf hole so that the reader is going to get an actual picture
0:29.5	in their mind.
0:30.8	So when I write about the golf hole, like the first hole at the old course at St. Andrews,
0:36.0	it's not about the hole itself, it's about
0:37.7	the experience of playing that hole because that hole is unlike any other.
0:41.5	Hi, this is Edward out from Canmore, Alberta, and I play golf at Stewart Creek Golf
0:47.6	and Country Club. This is Golf Smarter Number 948.
0:51.5	100 Ideas for Creating Your Own own golf bucket list with the author of the book, Jeff Thoracin.
0:59.8	This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you
1:06.9	lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:10.4	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:13.2	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Jeff.
1:15.8	Thanks, Fred.
1:16.6	Pleasure to be here.
1:18.2	It's great to have you on.
1:20.4	This is a book that I, first of all, you're an excellent writer,
1:25.2	and I was really entertained all the way through
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