"Power of Six" Practice Strategies with Jim Waldron

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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GS#378 April 2, 2013 Jim Waldron returns for the first of 2 episodes to discuss the six most important skills that you should be focus on to make you a better all around golfer. Our Scor Zone Short Game Academy talks about bounce and why the SCOR Golf V-Sole wedge is unique.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 episode is brought to you by HIMS. Start your free online visit today at hims.com/golfsmarter. The products mentioned are chewable compounded products which are not approved by or verified for safety or effectiveness by the FDA. Prescriptions require an online consultation with a healthcare provider who will determine if appropriate. Restrictions apply. See website for details and important safety information. Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired and will be working on his game with more intention than ever. You can stay up-to-date with Josh on all the GolfSmarter social accounts or by reaching out at karpj2323@mac.com. To stay connected with Fred reach out at golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf Smarter number 378 published on April 2, 2013.
0:06.7	And on today's score zone short game academy, the wedge guy explains bounce and what the proprietary score golf V-soul means and why it's going to help your short game.
0:17.2	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:20.3	Your second chance to gain insight and advice
0:23.5	from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter podcast. Great golf instruction never
0:30.5	gets old. Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations
0:36.6	like this that are no longer available in any podcast app.
0:40.6	Number one predictor of a low score for someone who is shooting like right around 105 or less.
0:46.6	So maybe not a beginner, but someone who's been playing a little bit.
0:49.3	If you could shoot 105 or better, there's one statistical predictor of a lower than average score for that round of golf.
0:56.2	Almost everybody gets it wrong. What do you think it is?
0:58.8	Fairways.
0:59.4	Close. Because the answer involves that. This is a secondary effect.
1:02.9	So then I'd go greens and regulation.
1:05.0	Correct. Greens and regulation. That's the number one stat.
1:08.2	It presents a problem, though, because to hit a green in regulation,
1:11.1	or to hit a high percentage, the tour pros today average around 13 out of 18, much lower than
1:17.1	most people think. When they're playing well, it might be 16 or 17, but I mean, the average is
1:21.5	around 13, 13 and a half, something like that. The problem with that stat for average golfers is
1:26.1	to achieve it, you have to have a good golf swing.
1:29.4	Most average golfers don't spend the money that's required finding a quality teacher,
1:34.0	or if they do spend the money, they don't spend the time practicing it long enough to form a fundamentally sunk golf swing.
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