How to Get More Power From Your Golf Swing By NOT Swinging Hard with Jim Venetos

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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801: Jim Venetos is a unique golf instructor because he doesn’t buy into traditional golf instruction. But that doesn’t make him any less effective. Between his informative online presence and dedicated students, Jim has a huge following. We haven't spoken to Jim in over a year, but for his tenth appearance he doesn’t disappoint by providing helpful insights. Follow Jim Venetos Golf Academy on YouTube, jimvenetosgolfacademy.com, and @jimvenetosgolf. Golf Smarter is your podcast forecaddie! As an entertainment service that enhances your game like a great caddie, we’re now accepting tips on the homepage at GolfSmarter.com. Please show your support so that we can continue to provide weekly, helpful, and entertaining content. Your donation can be as much, or as little as you’d like. It can be a one time offering or your can even do it recurring. Thank you very much. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans 117, we have a really funny conversation with former Tour Pro and CBS Golf analyst Gary McCord. Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Mulligans are brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Join host Fred Greene and thousands of golfers around the world who start each morning with a short, yet effective video workout designed specifically for golfers to improve flexibility and mobility. Get your 7 day free trial and 15% off your membership with checkout ‘golfsmarter’ at DYNAMICGOLFERS.COM/golfsmarter.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	Managing a golf course isn't that part. There's an easy way to play the hole and there's a difficult way to play the hole.
0:06.0	And sometimes they're really trying to seduce you into the difficult way to play the hole.
0:10.0	And then it requires discipline to recognize which is the smartest way to play the hole.
0:15.0	I never hit shots parallel to trouble unless I have it.
0:20.0	Let's say it's a 450 yard park board and I got a bunker on the right,
0:24.3	a bunker on the left. Regardless of the yardage that those bunkers are at, I'm going to try to never be
0:31.2	equidistant with both of those bunkers. I want to be either past them or short of it. That way I'm
0:37.4	taking trouble out of play. And it becomes
0:39.6	pretty easy to help someone recognize what a safe route is throughout the hole. Sometimes you have
0:47.1	to take chances and when that occurs, you know, that's where you have to be on your game.
0:51.5	But for the most part, there's a real safe way to play just about any hole.
0:55.1	Golf Smarter number 801 is brought to you by DynamicGolfer's.com slash golf smarter.
1:03.5	How to get more power out of your golf swing by not swinging hard.
1:08.3	As we welcome back, Jim Venettos.
1:10.7	This is Golf Smarter.
1:13.2	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score
1:18.6	and raise your golf IQ.
1:21.3	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:23.6	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast, Jim.
1:26.9	Hi, Fred. Thank you for having me. It's so great to talk to you again Smarter podcast, Jim. Hi, Fred.
1:27.7	Thank you for having me.
1:29.4	It's so great to talk to you again.
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