In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Dr. Mac Powell, the dean of the National University Golf Academy in Carlsbad, Calif., about using movie-making techniques to help improve your swing.

“We have in our swing lab a lot of 3-D motion-capture systems,” Powell said. “We can see things with this system that you can’t see with the naked eye in real speed.”

PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - gives you four tips on getting out of the green-side rough.

“You can try them all out and see which works the best for you,” Wiren said. “I call them the chop, the splash, the blade and the squeeze.”

Also, TravelGolf.com’s Kiel Christianson discusses the relationship between golf and charity.

“Historically, golf is very unique in its place in the sports world in being intimately tied forever with charity,” Christianson said. “I think we are seeing more of it.”

Finally, WorldGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker talks about golf in northern Michigan.

“As far as a peak-season golf destination is concerned, I don’t think I’ve seen a match for northern Michigan,” Tucker said. “Paying $140 and getting a bed and unlimited golf, that’s unheard of.”

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Kiel Christianson about the BMW Championship’s host, Cog Hill Golf and Country Club’s Dubsdread course near Chicago.

“Cog Hill’s Dubsdread course is one of the preeminent public courses in the country,” Christianson says. “It has a long, competitive history.”

WorldGolf.com Senior Writer Mike Bailey talks about five must-play courses in San Antonio.

“It’s definitely emerging as a good golf town,” Bailey said. “It used to not be that way. You only had a few good courses. … San Antonio has really changed its focus to being more of a tourist town than it was 15-20 years ago.”

Plus, PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - discusses some of the worst advice to give when teaching the golf game.

“Keep your head down,” Wiren gave as an example. “It’s a killer because it destroys any real clubhead speed.”

This podcast is supported by Walters Golf in Las Vegas and Arizona Golf Packages.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to WorldGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about 2015 U.S. Open host Chambers Bay golf course near Seattle.

“They’re going to be able to pack the spectators in on this course,” Tucker says. The event “could probably get a record attendance here.”

PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - offers insight on what golf needs to do to grow.

“Make it less hard,” Wiren says. “How do you do that? The first way is that when you’re introducing the game, you introduce it at a level where it’s easy to accomplish.”

Plus, BadGolfer.com’s William K. Wolfrum offers a surprise from his most recent Golfer Supremacy Rankings.

“We did have one surprise this week,” Wolfrum says. “We found one Dave Berner, host of the TravelGolf.com This Week podcast, on the list. You are the number four supreme golfer of the week, Dave.”

This podcast is supported by Florida Golf and Travel and ArizonaGolf.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s new Old MacDonald links course.

“It kind of reminds me a lot of the courses you’d see in Scotland,” Tucker says.

Senior Staff Writer Mike Bailey praises golf in Hawaii.

“The golf is pretty good, obviously,” he says. “But the scenery, when you combine it with the golf, it’s absolutely spectacular.”

Plus, part II of a conversation with PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - about fixing your putting game.

This podcast is supported by Arizona Golf Packages and FloridaGolfTravel.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - about fixing your putting stroke.

Author Susan Hill talks about her new book, “Going for the Green: Prepare your Body, Mind, and Swing for Winning Golf.”

“The goal of this book was to try to show from those three areas – technical, physical and mental – how we can help players at the recreational level prepare to win,” Hill says.

Ever thought you were good enough to join the PGA Tour? Documentary Filmmaker Jon Fitzgerald explores this dream in his new film, The Back Nine.

“It is a documentary about a person, in this case me, who decides after turning 40 that it might be fun to see if it’s possible to turn into a professional golf athlete,” Fitzgerald says.

This podcast is supported by GolfCalifornia.com and Resorts Golf and Spa.

“I was really surprised how good this golf course was,” Bailey says. “It’s a strong, strong golf course. There’s not a hole out there I didn’t like.”

Courtney Kelso, vice president of sponsorship at American Express, says American Express customers will enjoy special services at this year’s PGA Championship in Minneapolis.

GOLF Magazine celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The publication’s Alan Shipnuck talks about its history.

“Fifty years is the gold standard,” he says. “Not many magazines have been around that long.

This podcast is supported by OrlandoGolf.com and Golf Vacations UK.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about golf in the Canadian Rockies.

“You’re not going to find a prettier spot in the world,” Tucker says. “They know how to do golf well, and there are some great golf courses, besides Banff and Jasper.”

(Click here for top-rated Canadian golf vacation packages.)

David Dale, president of Golf Plan, talks about Pine Beach golf course in South Korea.

“The property is one of those very unique gems that you don’t run across every day in the golf design business,” Dale says. “It’s mind boggling at one point, spectacular the next. There’s a lot of ‘wow.’”

Hate those rainy days that keep you off the golf course? You can still get your fix with Frank G. Kilmer’s new book, “Golf for a Rainy Day.”

“I set out to characterize the weekend golfer,” Kilmer says.

This podcast is supported by FloridaGolfTravel.com and Walters Golf in Las Vegas.

In this week’s podcast, host podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Sports Illustrated’s Damon Hack about experiencing first hand the dramatic British Open face-off between Stewart Cink and Tom Watson.

“Being out there walking the course with Tom – the last four or five holes, looking at my fellow sports writers, and all of us giddy about the possibility of what might happen,” Hack says. “We’re objective, but at the end of the day we root for the story. And there would have been no bigger story had Tom Watson at age 59 won the British Open.”

TravelGolf.com’s Mike Bailey praises golf in Branson, Missouri, where he played the new Payne Stewart Golf Club.

“They really did a great job of telling the Payne Stewart story,” Bailey says. “I thought it was really well done and very interesting. There’s placards at every hole that give you an anecdote about Payne Stewart.”

This podcast is supported by Arizona Golf Packages and GolfCalifornia.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Mike Bailey about golf in Lake Tahoe.

“The nice thing is that you can stay at some of the ski resorts,” he says. “They make great bases for golf in the summertime.”

TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker praises golf in the Rhone-Alps region of France.

“The one cool thing about the courses that I played is that they’re all really scenic,” Tucker says. “Some of the views are spectacular.”

Looking for a good summer read? TravelGolf.com’s Kiel Christianson recommends a few gripping summer golf books, including “Golf Dads.”

This podcast is supported by ResortsGolfAndSpa.com and OrlandoGolf.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to WorldGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about upcoming British Open host Turnberry.

“It’s not necessarily a traditional Scottish club; it’s more a resort,” Tucker says. “It’s very polished.”

TravelGolf.com contributing writer Katharine Dyson highlights three different golf courses in the upper peninsula of northern Michigan.

Plus, respected golf instructor Gary Wiren says golf is a mind/body sport.

“If you’ve got something coming out upstairs, it’s going to come out downstairs,” Wiren says. “It’s very hard to hit a good 5 iron when at the top of your backswing something says, ‘No, it’s a 6 iron.’”

This podcast is supported by Golf Vacations UK and Walter’s Golf in Las Vegas.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to WorldGolf.com’s Mike Bailey about golf in Vancouver Island, Canada.

“It’s probably one of the prettiest little cities I’ve seen in my life,” Bailey says. “The golf is equally beautiful.”

Then, Brandon Tucker takes us to La Paz, Mexico.

“The first golf course in La Paz has just opened,” Tucker says. “It’s called the Paraiso Del Mar. It’s really natural. It kind of feels like a links course, but with sunglasses and shorts.”

(Click here to read Tucker’s review of Paraiso Del Mar.)

Want to cure your slice? TravelGolf.com Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson says Bob Burns Golf’s, No Bananas driver could help.

“The DAT is their newest version,” Christianson says. “It’s very sleek compared to the original No Bananas driver.

This podcast is supported by Florida Golf and Travel and ArizonaGolfPackages.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Damon Hack of Sports Illustrated about why Lucas Glover’s U.S. Open victory at Bethpage Black really wasn’t that surprising.

“He’s a great young player,” Hack says. “It all came together on a long, wet week at Bethpage Black. We should know that this isn’t a fluke. This is a player who has a lot of respect from guys on the PGA Tour.”

PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - offers the key to hitting better green-side bunker shots.

“Finish!” Wiren says. “Do not decelerate. One of the most important things is to get aggressive through the ball with your left side and splash the sand.”

Alan Martin, founder of Thumbs Down, The Power Move, says he can help you fix your slice.

This podcast is supported by GolfCalifornia.com and ResortsGolfAndSpa.com.

“It’s a very unusual piece of land because we’ve got some really nice beaches; and then we’ve got some cliffs; and then we’ve got mountains,” Garl says. “So we’ve got a great combination of what you’d like to have when you start the design work.”

Kiel Christianson talks about the Evans Scholarship program.

“The idea was to help kids who had worked as caddies at various golf courses go to college,” Christianson says. “So far the program has been able to distribute around $100 million to students.”

PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - says focus is the key to good golf.

“First of all, it’s very difficult to do it for 18 holes like Ben Hogan did,” Wiren says. “Most [players] play the in and out game, which means they have a tight focus, and then they have a light focus.”

This podcast is supported by Golf Vacations UK and OrlandoGolf.com.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Chuck Evans of Medicus Golf - one of Golf Magazine’s 100 best golf teachers of 2009 - about Tiger Woods’ exceptional accuracy at the recent Memorial Tournament.

“Tiger did two things,” Evans says. “First of all, he cut the length of his driver down. He also added more loft.”

GOLF Magazine’s David Dusek previews the upcoming U.S. Open at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y.

“The golf course is hard,” Dusek says. “That’s something we learned in 2002, when Tiger Woods was the only person to break par. It is a long, tough golf course.”

This podcast is supported by Florida Golf and Travel and Walter’s Golf in Las Vegas.

In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about Scotland’s new high-end, Tom Doak-designed golf course, the Renaissance Club in North Berwick.

“It’s probably the best Doak course I’ve played,” Tucker says. “It’s just got a great look to it.”

TravelGolf.com’s Mike Bailey says Virginia is a wonderful destination for a golf vacation.

“It’s a great place to visit,” Bailey says. “There’s a lot to do besides playing golf.”

You may not have heard of it, but you should check out Hireko Golf’s equipment, especially in these tough economic times, says TravelGolf.com Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson.

“In the best of times sometimes it’s hard to scrape together the 399 bucks for a driver,” Christianson says. “In these times, especially, if you’re shopping around for some equipment – something that’s solid, that won’t break the bank, is even more welcome.”

(Note: Read Kiel’s recent review of Hireko Golf’s Acer XK clubs.)

This podcast is supported by Arizona Golf Packages and GolfCalifornia.com.