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The Frustrated Golfer's Handbook with author and coach Darrin Gee

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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GS#447 July 29, 2014. Darrin Gee of the Spirit of Golf Academy in Hawaii discusses 12 of the 50 chapters of his book "The Frustrated Golfer's Handbook". This is a great book to keep on your phone to make quick references when your struggling with something specific. This episode is brought to you by Warby Parker with over 300+ locations to help you find your next pair of glasses. You can also head over to warbypaker.com/golfsmarter right now to try on any pair virtually!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 brought to you by Policygenius. Secure your family’s future with Policygenius. Head to policygenius.com to compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save.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 447, originally published on July 29th, 2014.

0:07.0

Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.

0:10.0

Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter podcast.

0:18.0

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0:22.1

Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like

0:27.5

this that are no longer available in any podcast app.

0:31.1

It goes from the realm of, yes, I could make a hole in one, too, how is it going to happen?

0:36.2

What you do is what I call shrinking the green.

0:38.3

Let's say you're playing to a green that is a circle, and the flag is in the back left of the green.

0:45.3

If you were to draw a little cross on that green, making four quadrants, and that tin happens to be in the upper left quadrant,

0:52.3

I want you to shrink the green as if it's just that quadrant.

0:57.0

And what that does is it takes your focus from being a very wide area

1:02.0

to a more specific area around the hole.

1:06.0

And with practice, that area can get smaller and smaller

1:10.0

until you're focusing on a very small part

1:12.8

of the green, eventually, just the hole.

1:19.8

The Frustrated Golfers Handbook with Darren G.

1:23.9

This is Golf Smarter.

1:27.0

Welcome back to Golf Smarter, Darren.

1:29.4

Aloha Fred. How are you?

1:31.2

I'm fine and happy to hear Aloha again.

1:35.3

I wish you were here in Hawaii with me. I could say it in person, but you're only 2,500 miles away, so I'm skipping a jump.

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