214 - STACK Putting Update! - Dr. Sasho MacKenzie Interview
Release Date: 09/13/2023
224 - Loving Oakmont!
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Tony Wright shares some personal memories related to playing the Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, PA - and memories about some of the past U.S. Opens played at Oakmont. MY FAVORITE GOLF COURSE! Here are four links to some interesting articles and a book worth reading about Oakmont... WPGA Article - "Oakmont's Power To Challenge The Game's Best." The book "Chasing Greatness ..." - written about Johnny Miller's final round 63 in the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont. A great article - "Fact, Fancy, and Johnny Miller's Final Round 63 in the 1973 US Open at Oakmont." Golf Digest...
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223 - Zero Torque Putters! - David Orr Interview
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In Episode 223 of THE Golf Improvement Podcast, Tony Wright welcomes back (for the 9th time!) David Orr - Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and creator of the Flatstick Academy in Southern Pines, North Carolina. David starts the episode by noting that there are many different ways to create a Zero Torque Putter. He discusses some of the most obvious types of putting strokes that can benefit from Zero Torque Putters. David shares the fascinating mods he made to a L.A.B Link.1 putter to make that putter feel and perform close to his present go-to putter. The most important were modifying...
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222 - Strokes Gained Insights! - Peter Sanders Interview
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THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 222 with Peter Sanders - who started development of the Strokes Gained Analysis process in 1989. Peter is now the Chief Data Officer for the SwingU golf improvement app. Peter shared some of the insights included in his "SwingU Clubhouse" blog post site that is on the SwingU web page. An AMAZING Free Source of Golf Improvement Content for golfers of all handicap levels! Peter shares how he started the development of the Strokes Gained Analysis process in 1989 - initially to help him improve his personal golf game. He discusses his efforts to...
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221 - Becoming A Lifelong Golfer! - Dr. John Paul Guidry Interview
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THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 221 interview with Dr. John Paul Guidry with Guidry Golf and Sports in Mandiville, Louisiana. John Paul is a Dr. in Physical Therapy and is a Titleist Performance Institute certified fitness professional. He has helped hundreds of golfers, and has published an excellent book "Becoming A Lifelong Golfer." He shares the concepts he has used, over the past 17 years, to help golfers improve their games and fitness. He also discusses why he has emphasized that golfer do Strength Training 2 to 3 times a week to make these improvements. He also...
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220 - BEATING The Chipping Yips! - Dr. Gordon Morrison Interview
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THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 220 with Dr. Gordon Morrison! Gordon is an Irish PGA Professional who is the head coach at Vestford Golf Club in Norway. He recently completed a PhD in Sport Psychology and Motor Control, with a focus on Investigating The Yips In Chipping! In this episode, Gordon shares why he chose to investigate the chipping yips. He shares some of the interesting results he collected from conducting a literature survey and doing interviews with golfers related to the chipping yips. He also discusses some FASCINATING 3D measurement results related to the...
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219 - 2024 To 2025! - Tony Wright Interview
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Tony Wright shares an update on his successful hip surgery / golf / life since the last podcast episode he posted in July 2024. He also share is list of FAVORITE BOOKS READ in 2024, and his FAVORITE GOLF IMPROVEMENT PODCAST Episode of 2024. AND... THE Golf Improvement Podcast is sponsored in 2025 by... David Orr and The Flatstick Academy! "Putting Instruction Without All Of The BULL!" For More Information on The Flatstick Academy
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218 - CMU Golf Makes History! - Coach Dan Rodgers Interview
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THE Golf Improvement Podcast Interview with Carnegie-Mellon University Head Men's and Women's Coach Dan Rodgers. The CMU Men's Team won the NCAA DIII National Championship in 2023. And the CMU Women's Team won the NCAA DIII National Championship in 2024. These were the first ever national championships won by a CMU athletic team in the history of the CMU athletic program! To learn more about CMU Men's Golf - To learn more about CMU Women's Golf -
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217 - The Roane State Golf "Fab Four!"
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Congrats to Roane State Community College Men's Golf Team alumni Seth Robinette, Caleb Tipton, Kieran McCarthy, and Louie Stott! All four played in the first ever Roane State teams to play in the NJCAA DII Nationals the past 2 years, and the team placed 6th in the 2023 Nationals and 5th in the 2024 Nationals! Seth, Caleb, and Kieran will now go on to play NCAA DI Golf at Radford University in Radford University in Radford, VA - and Caleb will go on to play NCAA DII Golf at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Congrats for Four Amazing Young Men!
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216 - Get Better At ANYTHING! - Scott Young Interview
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THE Golf Improvement Podcast Interview with Scott Young, author of the new book "Get Better At ANYTHING: 12 Maxims for Mastery." Enjoy reading some details of our podcast discussion in my web link to this interview. Here is the link to Scott's web site... Here is the link to purchase "Get Better At Anything" on Amazon.com CHANGING GOLFER'S LIVES - ONE GOLFER AT A TIME!
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215 - The ULTIMATE Golf Improvement Podcast Archive Is LIVE!
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I have created a new resource for golfers who want access to the more than 200 Golf Improvement Podcast episodes that are available! It's called THE Golf Improvement Podcast Archive - a downloadable pdf document. It includes links to all of the published Golf Improvement Podcast episodes. Here is the link....
info_outlineTHE Golf Improvement Podcast interview with Dr. Sasho MacKenzie - Sports Biomechanist - Professor, Dept. of Human Kinetics, at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia - and co-founder (with Marty Jertson from Ping) of the amazing STACK System.
Sasho talks about how the development of the STACK Putting App came about, and who it was included within the STACK Swing Speed Improvement App.
AND - STACK Putting is now available as a standalone App!
Learn more by clicking this link...
https://www.thestacksystem.com/