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Golf Simplified featuring Donald Crawley

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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GS#454 September 12, 2014 Donald Crawley; Dir. Instruction @ The Boulders Golf Academy in Arizona talks about Golf Simplified and The Boulders Golf Course. Donald has been awarded “Best Teacher in Arizona” by Golf Digest and since 96 “Top 100 Teachers in America” by Golf Magazine. This episode is brought to you by Warby Parker with over 300+ locations to help you find your next pair of glasses. You can also head over to warbypaker.com/golfsmarter right now to try on any pair  virtually!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. 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 454.

0:03.4

Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.

0:06.2

Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter podcast.

0:14.6

Great golf instruction never gets old.

0:18.0

Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like

0:23.2

this that are no longer available in any podcast app. So the favor of the slicer, why do they

0:29.1

slice? Now, you're going to get a difference of opinion. Some people would say, well, I'm hitting

0:33.3

across the ball. That's going to slice. Well, in reality, the face of the golf club, if it's

0:39.7

open to the swing pack, the ball will fade. You're actually hitting at a glant in the blow.

0:45.5

So that's what causes a slice. People don't even understand that. Let me tell you, the ball

0:50.2

slices when the face is open. So just get your mind wrapped around. It's about the club face.

0:55.7

So if the face is open, you will align your arms and your shoulders to the left to compensate

1:03.8

for that slice. When you align your arms and shoulders to the left, you will produce an outside

1:10.2

and swing.

1:11.1

So it's like, what came first the chicken of the eight?

1:13.9

Well, on day one, you hit with the face open.

1:17.4

The ball sliced, so you learn over a period of time, one year, two years, 50 years,

1:24.1

to line your arms and shoulders to the left and now you've moved and outside in swing.

1:35.1

Golf Simplified with Director of Instruction for the Boulder's Donald Crawley.

1:39.5

This is Golf Smarter. Welcome to the Golf Smarter podcast, Donald.

1:46.2

Hey, Fred, how are you?

1:47.7

I'm doing well.

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