A Golf School Like No Other From a Teacher Like No Other with Tony Manzoni (RIP)

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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GS#613 January 30, 2017: Tony Manzoni makes his final appearance on Golf Smarter before he passed away in October the following year. In this episode, he’s here to announce the launch of his new golf school in La Quinta, CA that never got a chance to take off. Tony’s teamed up with two other Palm Springs area legendary coaches, Garry Hopkins and Davey Evans! Tony’s book "The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever", is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle format. His video, originally a DVD, is only available through our website. Get more when your visit the refreshed golfsmarter.com! Introduce an Upcoming Episode: Receive free gifts for recording a show opening by clicking on "Record Your Show Open Here!" tab on the right side of golfsmarter.com. Watch Daily Video Highlights from Our Interviews: Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube daily to see our highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. Post a Review: you'll receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter the podcast. Fill Out a Listener Survey: It only takes a few minutes to fill out our survey, which helps us to better serve your interests in the podcast. You'll receive a free link to Tony Manzoni's video and Justin Tang’s summary of Tony’s Lost Fundamental on pdf! Visit tourstriker.com/TSGA and use the code GOLFSMARTER to get your first month of the Tour Striker GolfAcademy Online free, plus instant access to two bonus courses—'The Recipe for Better Golf' and 'Bombs: How to Consistently Smash the Driver”: a $194 value for free.This episode is brought to you by PXG. Schedule your fitting today and for a limited time you could save up to 20% on your ENTIRE order! Head over to PXG.com/smarter. Restrictions apply, see site for details.This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply. This episode is sponsored by HIMS. Start your free online visit today HIMS.com/golfsmarter and received personalized ED treatment options.This episode is also sponsored by SelectQuote. Make sure you get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/golfsmarter today and get started. 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	Hi, this is Fred Green of Golf Smarter with the last installment of our annual spring into golf season with the late Tony Manzoni, whom we lost in 2018 at the age of 82. This conversation, recorded November of 2017, was to announce a golf school that Tony and two of his Palm Desert colleagues created.
0:22.7	Unfortunately, not long after we recorded this, Tony received his cancer diagnosis,
0:28.8	and we lost him a few months later. This episode also includes one of my all-time favorite stories
0:34.7	Tony tells about Frank Sinatra, the godfather of Tony's daughter.
0:40.1	We'll bring all these episodes back next spring because we continue to get positive emails
0:45.3	from new and old listeners thanking us for sharing Tony's wisdom.
0:50.8	Next week, we'll go back to where we left off of our Friday Mulligans, bringing back
0:56.6	old golf smarter episodes that are no longer available on any podcast app. Tony's book, The Lost
1:03.6	Fundamental, One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever, is available on Amazon, and his DVD, which we
1:10.1	converted to a private link online, is also available
1:13.8	for $20 or for free. For the most comprehensive information ever collected on Tony, please go to
1:21.6	gulfsmarter.com, and while you're there, check out how you can make a tax-deductible donation
1:26.9	to the Tony Manzoni
1:28.6	Memorial Golf Smarter Fund we created in his honor to benefit the first tea of Coachella Valley.
1:35.1	If you'd like to purchase the video, please write me directly, Golf Smarter Podcast at gmail.com,
1:40.7	but if you'd like it for free and become an official golf smarter ambassador create a short recording
1:47.5	that will be opening a future episode the easiest way to participate is from our website at
1:53.8	gulfsmarter.com from your phone computer or tablet and click on record your show open, which you'll find on the right side of the
2:03.5	page. You'll get an easy-to-follow script that includes an introduction of yourself,
2:08.8	where you're from, and where you play. We'll put it at the beginning of a future new episode
2:14.0	of our weekly show. Once you've completed the recording,
2:19.6	you'll receive an email with the private link.
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