Carrying The Right Wedge Is As Important as Understanding How to Use Each One | #891

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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891: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns for his 18th appearance on Golf Smarter to discuss wedges, wedge play, finding the correct wedge for your game, how he's spent four decades on a quest to create the most amateur friendly wedges on the market, and that his brand of “Edison Wedges” has just released version 2.0 that are forgiving, accurate, versatile, and just…better! edisonwedges.com offers online fitting, and a 100% risk free trial. TK also contributes regularly for golfwrx.com as The Wedge Guy. This episode is brought to you by SwingU.com and the SwingU app. Go to swingu.com/upgrade and use promo code ‘golfsmarter’ to save 30% on your first year’s subscription to either the SwingU Plus or SwingU Pro..This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans is the penultimate episode in our annual Tony Manzoni series to help you launch your new golf season. This episode addresses the difference between men and women on the golf course. Tony says that the disparity isn’t ability, it’s distance. He also talks about taking advantage of, and not being intimidated by your nerves. Tony’s book, The Lost Fundamental, One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever, which was out of print when he passed away, is once again available on Amazon including Kindle format. Tony’s video of the same name was also out of circulation, but can now be seen online. If you’d like to gain access please write to me directly via email GolfSmarterPodcast@Gmail.com or clicking on the Hey Fred button at golfsmarter.com.Golf Smarter has been named by golfspan.com as one of the 10 Best Golf Podcasts for 2023, including being named the BEST GOLF PODCAST FOR YOUR MENTAL GAME. Check it out at https://www.golfspan.com/best-golf-podcasts.Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including: A box of ODIN balls of your choice with the Golf Smarter logo. ODIN Golf is the only golf brand that sponsors and pays everyday golfers! See our custom page at odin-golf.com/pages/golfsmarter. A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes! A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”. Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll send you simple instructions 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.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Those who proclaim to be able to fit mounts say they're going to fit to the turf you play and the size divot you take.
0:09.0	I would ask you this.
0:10.2	What's the next wedge lie that you're going to have going to look like?
0:13.8	What's the turf under that lie going to be?
0:16.2	You don't know.
0:17.2	Nobody listening to this podcast knows.
0:19.0	It could be on a hard pad. It could be that it rained last night. The fairways are real soft. It could be a bunker that's got some packed wet sand. It could be a different place in that same bunker that the sand is fluffier. We don't get to play tour level golf courses. We don't get to play the exact same turf week in, week out, the exact same sand. I mean, if you watch the tour players,
0:38.5	sometimes they nip the ball with no divot at all, and sometimes they take a beaver felt. Well, that's
0:42.5	intentional, but with us, that could be accidental. Hi, this is Joel Gershahn from Camero, California,
0:49.8	and I play at Olivas-Links golf course. This is Golf Smarter number 891.
0:57.8	Carrying the right wedge is as important as understanding how to use one
1:02.4	with the wedge guy, Terry Kaler.
1:04.7	This is Golf Smarter.
1:07.5	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise
1:13.4	your golf IQ. Here's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Terry.
1:20.6	It's great to be back, Fred. It's always fun when we get together and have these exchanges.
1:26.6	Well, you know, I just happened to be going through my spreadsheet today to see.
1:30.8	Now, Terry's been on a lot for a long time.
1:33.5	When did he start?
1:35.0	Which our first time together was in June of 2008, episode 129.
1:43.9	Wow.
1:45.2	And so which company was that?
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