537 Premium: A Professional Baseball Player Takes Up Golf After Retiring and Can’t Believe How Hard

537: Conor Jackson played Major League Baseball for seven seasons with Arizona, Oakland, and Boston. But he didn’t take up golf until after he retired from the Big Leagues. He was lured in by charity tournaments, discovered how challenging it was and, like many of us, fell in love. Even with a career .271 batting average, golf hasn’t come easy for him. Here's a video excerpt of today's episode when I asked Conor if it's easy for baseball players to pick up golf NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the People’s Choice Podcast Awards. Please nominate GOLF SMARTER as your favorite Sports Podcast to get us into the finals. You can only nominate us one time. Deadline is April 30, 2016. Please visit the all new GolfSmarter.com and click on the Survey icon next to the Hey Fred button, to take our brief multiple choice survey so that we can learn more about you, what you like, and what you don't like about the Golf Smarter Podcast. If you have a question about whether or not Fred is using any of the methods, equipment or apps we’ve discussed, or if you’d like to share a comment about what you’ve heard in this or any other episode, please write because Fred will get back to you. Either write to golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com or click on the Hey Fred button, at golfsmarter.com