Golf In The Kingdom & The Shivas Irons Society with E.D. Ben Kline | golf SMARTER #831

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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831: “Golf In The Kingdom” could be one of the greatest pieces of golf fiction ever written. The protagonist in the story, Shivas Irons, is a mystical character who elevates the game to new spiritual, and mindful levels that has spawned a society of golfers around the world who share a passion for the game. The current Executive Director of the Shivas Irons Society , Ben Kline is our guest. Vote for Golf Smarter as your favorite golf podcast! Golf Smarter is one of only 8 golf podcasts on the shortlist of golf podcasts in the first ever Sports Podcast Awards! Vote for us before March1 at https://sportspodcastawards.com/categories/9This episode is brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Golf Smarter listeners get a 7 day free trial and 15% off your membership with coupon code ‘GolfSmarter’. Why spend thousands on a gym membership that doesn’t focus on the best exercises for golfers? Join the thousands of golfers worldwide who do the 15-20 minute dynamic stretching workouts that are completely focused on improving your flexibility and mobility for golf. Our host, Fred Greene, went from a 11hcp to a 9hcp in just 3 months doing DynamicGolfers workouts each morning. In less than a year of doing it multiple times each week, he’s worked his way down to an 8! They have hundreds of workout sessions so you’ll never get bored doing the same routine. Try it free for 7 days and see immediate impact. https://DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter.Be part of the podcast! Record our episode intro from your phone, and get a year long membership to Dynamic Golfers. Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and tell us that you want to play. We’ll assign you an episode number and a script to record for the intro of the show. If we air your intro, you’ll win!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	I'd like to start up by saying no one should be a member of the Shibbis Iron Society. I don't know that there's a calling to be a member of the Shibbets Iron Society, but the society embraces some of the finer aspects of the game of golf. People who are members of the society for different reasons. People want to find other like-minded golfers. So if the book Golf in the Kingdom resonates with you, you might be someone who wants to be a member of the Ship Science Society. So you can meet more people that are like you that appreciate the game for some of the reasons you do.
0:28.4	Hey, this is Steve Breskern, calling from Scottsdale, Arizona. I play at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, and I am Golf Smarter number 831.
0:39.5	Congratulations, Steve.
0:41.1	You've just earned a year-long membership to Dynamic Golfers by introducing today's episode.
0:46.7	Stay tuned to hear how you can get one for yourself.
0:51.7	Golf in the Kingdom and the Shiva's Iron Society with executive director Ben Klein.
0:58.6	This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:09.1	Here's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Ben. It's a pleasure to be here, Fred. Thanks for having me. It's pleasure to have you back on the show. We played golf together recently, which was a lot of fun down in the Monterey area. Yes, we did. Your backyard. Yep, yeah. Yep, Carmel Valley Ranch. I'm actually wearing my Carmel Valley Ranch shirt that I bought there today because I'm going out and playing with John today.
1:34.6	Oh, good.
1:35.6	Tell them hi.
1:36.5	I will do so.
1:38.2	You are actually on this show a long time ago.
1:42.6	Episode 160. Wow. And this one's, I think we're going to have this as
1:48.5	episode 831. So it's been a while since you've been on. And the last time... What took us
1:55.6	along? Yeah, well, the last time you were on, you're talking about a book that you wrote, right?
2:00.6	Well, I was probably talking about my master's thesis.
2:03.3	It never became a book.
2:04.6	It never became a book.
2:05.6	We talked about a book to be, but it was a master's thesis.
2:08.9	Okay.
2:10.3	That's the way we remember it.
2:12.2	Yeah.
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