Learn To Close Your Clubface Properly for Better Ballflight with Erik Schjolberg

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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921: Erik Schjolberg, a golf instructor McCormick Ranch GC in Scottdale, AZ returns to discuss a variety of mechanics and mental game related topics including how many greens in regulation you need to break 80, the nine different ball flight laws, and how to learn to close your club face properly to achieve better ball flight. To learn more, please check out https://ejsgolf.com .This week’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Please visit https://BetterHelp.com/golfsmarter to receive 10% off your first month! This week’s episode is also sponsored by CalderaLab. Get 20% OFF with code GOLFSMARTER at calderalab.com to make unforgettable first impressions with the best gift this holiday season.This week’s episode is also sponsored by Indeed. Claim your $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/golfsmarter. Offer’s good for a limited time. Need to hire? You need Indeed!Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA). This Friday on Golf Smarter Mulligans episode #237 is the second powerful episode from 2012 with legendary instructor Jim Hardy on his book “Solid Contact”. This is a full hour conversation you won’t want to miss because it’s the first time we’ve ever published this for free to the general public.Two ways to become a Golf Smarter Ambassador and receive a choice of one of these great 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 http://i.refs.cc/PpGqbWgd 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”. To win, either introduce an upcoming episode, or write a review from your podcast source, then send us what you wrote and where! Send your posted review or request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.Golf Smarter has been awarded the #1 spot in their list of Top 10 Golf Psychology Podcasts by feedspot.com Check it out at https://blog.feedspot.com/golf_psychology_podcasts/.Golf Smarter has also 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.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 think there's a couple things to be worried about with handicaps.
0:05.0	I don't love handicapped for this reason because now it's eight of your best 20.
0:09.0	I know a lot of golfers that can shoot a 78, eight times, and they can shoot in the 90s.
0:14.0	So are they a 78 shooter? No. I think they should be an 8, whatever, an 85 shooter, and that's what they should be called.
0:39.6	And I don't mean, we're calling them that bad. I think for them that would help them, right? Isn't that more real? Eight of your best 20. Now, there's golfers that are consistent. There are some that shoot 78 to 83. They're out there. Then, and the handicaps are a good number for them. But most golfers are not like that. Hi, this is John DeLille, golf coach at South Famillion High School in Clinton, Indiana.
0:37.9	We play at Matthews Park in Geneva Hills. but most golfers are not like that. Hi, this is John DeLille, golf coach at South Framillian High School in Clinton, Indiana.
0:39.9	We play at Matthews Park and Geneva Hills Golf Club.
0:42.8	We golf smarter, you should too.
0:44.9	This is Golf Smarter, number 921.
0:49.8	Learn to close your club face properly for better ball flight
0:53.8	with Eric Schollberg.
0:56.0	This is Golf Smarter.
0:58.6	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:06.6	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:09.0	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Eric.
1:12.1	Fred, it's great being here.
1:13.3	Thank you for having me on.
1:14.2	It's always an honor and a blast to get to talk to you and catch up.
1:18.0	Well, it's a blast for me, too.
1:19.7	I really enjoy talking to you because usually when I have a conversation with somebody that we
1:26.2	record, we'll chat for a while and discuss
1:29.0	what we're going to talk about. You and I just let it rip. Like Josh Zander's like that too.
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