Those Weekend Golf Guys

While cruising down the highway from Prescott to Scottsdale for a club fitting, Jeff and John dive into one of golf’s most irritating, persistent, and strangely creative problems: sandbagging — the dark art of inflating your handicap to steal net‑tournament glory.

Dr. Fredric Abramson — a man so smart he makes MIT sound like community college — joins John and Jeff to explain how your DNA can predict the golf injuries you’re most likely to suffer. Jeff immediately starts imagining golfers lining up for cheek swabs like it’s the Masters lottery, while John tries to figure out if his bad knee is genetic or just karmic payback. Abramson breaks down how genetics, nutrition, and even swing mechanics can be mapped to injury risk, and Jeff’s brain goes into full Top‑100‑Teacher overdrive. The guys explore how golfers could play longer, safer, and smarter — even if they still insist on swinging violently at every ball like it owes them money. It’s science, sarcasm, and golf wisdom all rolled into one episode… plus a GhostBed ad and a reminder that Indiana football apparently exists now.

This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, John sat down with coaches Joe Bosco and Jeff Smith to talk about junior golf — or, more accurately, the emotional minefield junior golfers have to tiptoe through while Mom and Dad hover like they’re coaching the Ryder Cup team. Joe and Jeff didn’t hold back. They said a lot of kids aren’t struggling because of their swings… they’re struggling because they’re carrying around their parents’ expectations like a 40‑pound tour bag. One bad shot and the kid’s not even mad at themselves — they’re bracing for the look from the sideline. Nothing kills performance faster than that. Joe shared one of his favorite mental tricks: the “detachment mechanism.” Kid hits a bad shot, instead of melting down or apologizing to the gallery of parents, they simply say, “Isn’t that fascinating.” Boom — emotional reset. No shame, no panic, no identity crisis. Just curiosity and a chance to move on without dragging the last shot into the next one. Jeff jumped in with another reality check: social media has completely warped what young golfers think “normal” looks like. They see nothing but hole‑outs, perfect swings, and trophy photos. Nobody posts the chunked wedges, the three‑putts, or the triple bogeys that built character. So kids start thinking they’re failing when they’re actually just… playing golf. The guys wrapped it up with the message every junior golfer — and every parent — needs tattooed on their golf bag: your score is not your identity. Kids need room to grow, screw up, learn, and enjoy the game without feeling like they’re auditioning for their parents’ approval. Support them, don’t script them. And of course, the show closed with the usual reminders to subscribe, leave a review, and for the love of golf, let the kids have some fun out there.

There are four fundamental things you must get right to assure lower scores and more fun on the course this season. They are: 1. Positioning your body correctly when aiming 2. Positioning the club face squarely to the ball when aiming 3. Balancing your body and positioning your arms close enough to the ball on side hill lies to avoid hooks and slices 4. Reading the green correctly and getting the speed right on your first putt to eliminate 3 putts In this episode Jeff Smith, Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher, explains how to eliminate all four of these very common mistakes from your game.