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Stop Topping The Ball….FOREVER with Tony Manzoni (RIP)

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

GSfMO #328 April 10, 2012 Tony Manzoni, author of The Lost Fundamental, and longtime favorite of the GOLF SMARTER Audience returns to discuss how weight shift and position can be the root of topping the ball. It's also the key to increased distance. Tony’s book "The Lost Fundamental: One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever", is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle format. His video, originally a DVD, is only available through our website.Please check out our new website at golfsmarter.com! Click here to find the most comprehensive information about Tony ever assembled. While there, you'll receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter the podcast. You can also get free gifts for recording a show opening by clicking on "Record Your Show Open Here!" tab on the right side of the page.  Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey, which will also provide you with a link to Tony Manzoni's video! Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube. See our daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. Thanks so much for checking it out and providing your feedback. 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.This episode is also sponsored by SelectQuote. Make sure you get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/golfsmarter today and get started.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

Hi, this is Fred Green of Golf Smarter with our spring back into golf season with the late Tony Manzoni.

0:07.8

In previous years of replaying these episodes as part of our archived content,

0:13.0

we kept it to a hand-picked selection of nine.

0:16.5

But this time, and for the future, because of your response,

0:20.3

we're going to feature every

0:22.1

episode in order that Tony discussed his single-pivot swing method, his incredible college

0:28.2

of the desert golf team's success, his book and video, and stories about his relationship

0:34.4

with the rich and famous from Palm Springs, including the godfather of his

0:39.1

daughter, Frank Sinatra. Last episode from July 2011 was just after he released his book,

0:45.9

The Lost Fundamental, One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever. We recorded this just after his video

0:51.8

of the same name was published on DVD. After he passed away in

0:56.1

2018, both the book and the DVD were out of print. So we were instrumental in getting his

1:02.5

widow to agree to republish the book on Amazon, including the Kindle format, and allowing us to

1:08.9

distribute the video online. All this was with the promise to create

1:13.9

a tax-deductible fund created in his memory to benefit the first tea of Coachalla Valley.

1:20.6

For more on Tony and everything we were able to find on him, please go to gulfsmarter.com.

1:26.4

If you'd like access to the video, please write to me directly,

1:30.2

Golf Smarter Podcast at gmail.com,

1:32.8

or click on the Hey Fred button when you visit gulfsmarter.com.

1:38.2

For members only, Golf Smarter number 328,

1:42.3

published on April 10, 2012.

1:45.5

Stop topping the ball forever with Tony Manzoni.

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