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458: The Most Important Tip for Amateurs from Head Professional Steven Snyder

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2014

⏱️ 14 minutes

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458: Do you think you're struggling to lower your scores because of your swing? Putting? Short Game? Indian Valley Golf Course Head Professional Steven Snyder may surprise you with his answer, but after teaching for over 30 years, he's seen it all and knows why we are so frustrated.The full hour long conversation with Steven is available in 2 parts to our Members, or you can purchase the entire episode right now for only $1.99 in our Individual Episode section of our Golfers'Mart at http://GolfSmarter.com.This episode is brought to you by Harry’s! For guys like us who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what we’re paying now. Go to Harrys.com and get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code GOLFSMARTER when you check out.The winner of our Welcome Challenge from Game Golf is Frank Miske of Minnesota for shooting a 76 at The Refuge GC. Frank’s average Game Golf score in is 92.4, so he shot 16.4 strokes below his Game Golf average. Congratulations on a great round. Remember, Golf Smarter is the only place that you can take advantage of an additional discount off the newly lowered price of $199 with our checkout code that is exclusive to Golf Smarter Members. You only have till November 1 get the discount and then it's over. Click on the Game Golf ad on the home page at GolfSmarter.com.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Golf Smarter, number 458, published on October 14, 2014, is brought to you by Harry's.

0:07.9

For guys like us who won a great shave experience for a fraction of what we're paying now,

0:12.5

go to Harries.com and get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code,

0:17.7

Golf Smarterer when you check out.

0:19.9

SmarterPodcasts.com delivering sound advice.

0:26.3

The most important tip for amateurs from head professionals Stephen Snyder.

0:30.8

This is Golf Smarter.

0:33.6

Sharing tips and insights from golfers and golf professionals to help lower your score.

0:39.1

It's worked for your host, Fred Green.

0:41.9

Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Steve.

0:44.0

Hello, Fred.

0:45.0

I want to ask you, what would be the first thing you'd suggest to a golfer who's serious about lowering their scores and improving their game?

0:53.4

Well, I might even take one step backwards from there and think about how many people

0:57.6

play golf that don't have proper equipment. And so you might think about addressing the issue

1:03.1

of what's in your bag and how to use what's in your bag. The sand wedge is the most versatile golf club in your bag.

1:12.3

If you're not using it to do a lot of your pitching and things around the green,

1:16.5

then you're cheating yourself.

1:18.0

So you need to learn how to use that.

1:20.1

Hybrid clubs, everybody should have a couple of them in their bag.

1:23.3

What clubs should you get rid of so that you can replace with your hybrids?

1:29.0

The three iron is almost obsolete.

1:31.2

Two irons nobody even makes anymore.

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