Always Entertaining. Very Opinionated. Now a Hall-of-Famer! It’s Time For Another Chat with Barney Adams | golf SMARTER #856

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

856: Barney Adams is a legend in the golf industry for his introduction of the Adams Golf Tight Lies fairway wood, the Stability putter shafts, author of The WOW Factor, and his unique efforts to grow the game. Recently he was also inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, but he doesn’t see any of those contributions as to why he’s there. We discuss all of that and more on this episode of golf SMARTER. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #172 is from a live event with MTTGolf’s Jeff Ritter, and a group of Golf Smarter listeners. This conversation was recorded at dinner during a weekend of golf, dinners, fun, and instruction during our Golf Smarter Scottsdale Adventure. Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including a Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com. where you can choose from 11 styles of gloves in 26 sizes! Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll assign you an episode number and a brief script to record for the intro of the show. In addition to sharing your home course, you now have the opportunity to offer your favorite Golf Smarter lesson, episode, insight or teacher. Thanks to RedRoosterGolf.com for giving a new glove to every Golf Smarter Ambassador who introduces an upcoming episode!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	One of the great lines that influenced me over the years, I used to belong to the same club in Dallas that Lee Trevino belonged to.
0:09.0	And Lee Trevino was my ball hitting idol, so to speak. I played with Mo Norman many, many years ago, and I know the stories about him.
0:17.0	Certainly he was a phenomenal ball striker, but me Trevino was more complete he was just
0:22.6	amazing and I remember one time we're getting ready to play and he said now Barnard I'm
0:26.6	going to play up here and he was pointing towards a set of T's he said I just want to hit the same
0:31.8	shots into the green I always did I never forgot that because that's what it's all about I don't
0:36.8	care where you play from.
0:38.1	It's where can I play my shots into the green.
0:40.8	Golf Smarter number 856.
0:44.7	Always entertaining, very opinionated, and now a Hall of Famer.
0:49.2	It's time for another chat with Barney Adams.
0:51.4	This is Golf Smarter.
1:00.0	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:02.0	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:05.0	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Barney.
1:08.0	Hi, Fred, how you doing?
1:10.0	I'm doing well. I hope you're okay.
1:13.6	I'm okay.
1:14.9	Yeah.
1:15.5	It's all relative. When you're over 80, it's all relative.
1:18.6	Is that the secret? Just letting it go and saying, hey, it's just today.
1:24.2	Well, I don't have a plan B, so I might as well.
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