Your Intent Will Impact Ball Striking Success with Ken Doherty

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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GS#392 July 9, 2013 Ken Doherty, Head Golf Pro at Marin Country Club discusses how your intent impacts mechanics. No matter the situation, as long as you focus on a target and are clear about your intent, then you stop thinking about mechanics which will free you to hit better shots.Please check out this article about Fred's golf and podcast journey called "A Lifetime On The Air" that was published in the NCGA Magazine (Northern California Golf Association) recently! Get more when your visit the refreshed golfsmarter.com! Introduce an Upcoming Episode: Receive free gifts for recording a show opening by clicking on "Record Your Show Open Here!" tab on the right side of golfsmarter.com. Watch Daily Video Highlights from Our Interviews: Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube daily to see our highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. Post a Review: you'll receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter the podcast. Fill Out a Listener Survey: It only takes a few minutes to fill out our survey, which helps us to better serve your interests in the podcast. You'll receive a free link to Tony Manzoni's video and Justin Tang’s summary of Tony’s Lost Fundamental on pdf! This episode is brought to you by BreakfastBalls.Golf. Visit BreakfastBalls.Golf for the best quality and pricing on premium used golf balls. Find your favorite brand at half the price of new balls! Use GOLFSMARTER at checkout for 20% off your order!This episode is brought to you by the Tour Striker Golf Academy. Visit tourstriker.com/TSGA and use the code GOLFSMARTER to get your first month of the Tour Striker GolfAcademy Online free, plus instant access to two bonus courses—'The Recipe for Better Golf' and 'Bombs: How to Consistently Smash the Driver”: a $194 value for free.This episode is brought to you by 5Hour Energy. 5-hour ENERGY Transfusion flavor is available online or in stores. Head to 5hourENERGY.com and order yours today!Check out "Invested in the Game", a new original podcast from Charles Schwab. This podcast is their way of sharing the incredible stories behind the game. Listen now at schwab.com/TheGame or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf Smarter number 392, published on July 9, 2013.
0:06.0	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:09.0	Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter podcast.
0:17.2	Great golf instruction never gets old.
0:20.5	Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like this
0:26.2	that are no longer available in any podcast app.
0:29.3	If you're before kids and career or after kids in career, you've got a chance to practice.
0:34.9	And you have to practice a lot.
0:36.8	This isn't that bucket of balls before you play.
0:38.9	You need to go five, six times a week and hit plenty of golf balls. And I've got one story about
0:45.1	a guy I used to work with. He was on the PJ tour back in the 60s, and he was one of the best
0:49.5	college players ever. At the time of him being on the tour, Ben Hogan said that he was one of the best players
0:55.8	on the tour. He just didn't know it, which he didn't know how to take it, whether it was a compliment
1:00.4	or not. But anyways, he was switching his grip and he was just making it a little weaker. So for him,
1:04.6	he was moving his right hand, rotating it to the left a little bit. And he asked Ben Hogan how long
1:08.5	it would take for it to be natural. And Ben Hogan told him a year.
1:18.0	Your intent will impact ball striking success with Ken Doherty. This is Golf Smarter.
1:25.2	Sharing tips and insights from golfers and golf professionals to help lower your score.
1:30.7	It's worked for your host, Fred Green.
1:33.4	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast, Ken.
1:35.9	Thank you.
1:36.7	It's good to have you back.
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