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Here's the 1st Thing a Golf Instructor Sees Wrong with Your Swing

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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615: This conversation with Garry Hopkins, PGA completes the consecutive episodes with our 3 Amigos of Garry, Tony Manzoni and Davey Evans. Garry is another incredible teacher from the Palm Springs, CA area that has become a year round golf Mecca with hundreds of beautiful courses. We conduct our conversation at the finishing hole of Indian Springs Golf Course in La Quinta. This is the course that Garry, Tony, and Davey will be conducting their 90 minute clinics. This is an incredible opportunity to gain succinct insights to your game from more than 150 years of PGA teaching experience between them. And it’s only $75 for the clinic which is limited to 9 students. If you’d like more information, contact fred@GolfSmarter.com Congratulations to our winners, Sandy Boyd of San Rafael, CA and Stephen Li of San Antonio, TX who were randomly selected by Dean Reinmuth to receive a Swing Coach Club and free video review session with Dean!!! Thanks to everyone who entered, but if you’d really like to use this great training aid to improve your tempo and swing, take 20% off with checkout code “golfsmarter” at www.swingcoach.comThis episode is brought to you by Flaviar, the world’s largest online club for spirits enthusiasts. Flaviar usually has a waiting list, but we’ve arranged a backdoor just for the Golf Smarter community. Go to flaviar.com/exclusive and use the coupon code “golfsmarter” during checkout to sign up today.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 615 is brought to you by Flavier.

0:05.3

Let Flavier make your home bar the best bar in town with the world's largest online club that allows members to enjoy and learn about fine spirits.

0:15.5

And stay tuned for the end of this episode to hear if you have won one of the two swing coach clubs and video review

0:22.3

sessions with Dean Reimuth. And submit your question or concern about your game to our toll-free

0:28.6

number at 415-761-1498 to have a chance to receive a free copy of Tony Manzoni's DVD The Lost Fundamental.

0:39.4

Now, let's go outside to the finishing hole at Indian Springs Golf Course in La Quinta for today's

0:45.1

interview.

0:47.6

Here's the first thing an instructor sees wrong with your golf swing with Gary Hopkins.

0:53.8

This is Golf Smarter.

0:56.3

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.

1:04.4

Here's your host, Fred Green.

1:06.6

Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Gary.

1:08.8

Well, thank you, Fred.

1:10.0

Thank you for joining me here.

1:12.3

We're standing above the 18th green here at Indian Springs in Palm Desert, Palm Springs.

1:19.8

In Lakeinta, California.

1:20.5

Lakeinta, California.

1:21.9

Might even be Indio because the roads right here could be India or Lakeinta.

1:26.1

But isn't this great, gorgeous place?

1:28.4

Gorgeous place. I played the course this morning. It's a nice course. It's not taxing,

1:34.8

but you better know how to hit the ball straight. Yeah, it's pretty player-friendly.

1:39.4

Yes. And in great shape, and it always is. The greens are some of the best in the desert at Indian Springs, and have been for a few years now.

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