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Duration: 00:39:23 Tony and Chris debate whether golf shoes can offer bona fide technology and which current PGA Tour players have gotten WORSE since switching equipment. Let's get it!Listen Here

Duration: 01:04:20 What's it like trying to design clubs for Bryson DeChambeau and why you might hit 3-wood farther than your driver! We sit down with industry veteran and VP of R&D at Cobra Golf, Tom Olsavsky.Listen Here

Duration: 00:32:59 The golf industry is booming, but at what cost? Tony and Chris discuss the plight of the PGA professional and whether a paradigm shift is underway. And what's the deal with the PGA Championship and $18 for a mediocre (at best) beer?Listen Here

We already have at least one thread on this. As per Forum moral codes, we do not allow political discussion here.

So today, Shane Bacon made his pick for the PGA Championship: For those who might be unfamiliar, this is the Denny's Grand Slam breakfast, so Shane is picking Spieth to complete the career slam. But that raised a question in my mind: if each item on the Denny's Grand Slam corresponds to a major, which one is which, and why? My selections: Bacon: US Open, because bacon is 'murica Sausage: British, because bangers Eggs: Masters, because sandwiches Pancakes: PGA, because it's what's left, like the PGA Agree? Disagree? What are your picks and reasons?

Duration: 00:48:59 Tony and Chris chat with MyGolfSpy's own Harry Nodwell and debate the roll of equipment companies against the backdrop of the emerging LIV Golf sponsored Saudi Golf League.Listen Here

Duration: 00:31:28 Chris and Tony discuss what the USGA told equipment manufacturers regarding a likely ball rollback as well as the role of technology in the modern game.Listen Here

I knew taking that picture would come back to bite me.

This is something I'm very interested in going into this season. Between some really good fitness improvement and swing tweaks, I think I'm hitting the ball much better. But on my Mevo+ (and Awesome Golf), I'm hitting it quite a bit longer than I did last year. My 9 iron has become my stock 150 club, which is very long for me. Our course should be opening in the next week, and that is going to be one of the main things I'm looking for when I get to the course: how much my distance is a result of real improvement versus the hitting conditions inside.

Based on @revkev's description, I had to go find the "what club would you use to fight off an intruder" thread. Here it is:

I can't much more to what @Shankster contributed. The reality is that I live on the complete opposite end of the UP from what @DeBartola_B is asking about: he'd have to drive another 4+ west to get to my side of the Upper Peninsula.

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Just going to step in here to remind everyone that no one needs to post anything that questions another member's intelligence, etc. Debate issues. Personal attacks are never acceptable here in this Forum.

On the one hand: I am convinced that picking smart targets is essential to playing my best golf. The ideas behind DECADE (and similar systems) are sound. Choosing targets that maximize your odds of the lowest score—objectively—is something that I'm committed to. On the other hand: confidence, even overconfidence, plays a real role in hitting good shots. I'm not talking about mere positive thinking or "manifesting reality" or anything like that. But most of us know that playing golf tentatively has real effects on the kind of swing or stroke we put on the ball. I see this in Kirke: on the golf course, he carries himself with "Rory on a heater" swagger. It can absolutely be obnoxious (and a dad, it's something we talk about from a character point of view). But it's also in part why I think he's so good at this game. Bad shots just get erased from his brain. He stands over each shot fully convinced he can pull off absolutely anything he wants with a golf ball. To me, it seems that these two ideas are at least a little in tension with each other. Certainly we can imagine the extreme caricatures: the swashbuckling, fire-at-every-flag approach and the avoid-all-risk approach. And before you jump in: I know that the mathematically correct choice is (most) often to send it. I get that smart golf isn't always "conservative." But if you're catching my drift, I think there is some tension between the mindset that says, "I can absolutely pull off any shot I need" and the reality that "Also, that's a really stupid shot that I shouldn't try to pull off." So all that to say, what's your best advice for playing confidently while playing smart?

Saw this earlier in the week. I think I'll stick with my Edel

I second everything @GolfSpy_CS wrote. I'll also add this (as a question): does the Lag Shot driver have a shorter shaft than your normal drivers? It may be (and I can sympathize with this) that with the shorter shaft, you're finding the center of the face more, whereas with your normal drivers you're getting dispersion from hitting a lot of different parts of the face.

Last year, he asked for volunteers to participate in a new podcast he was starting. He was looking for a mid-handicap player to receive a whole bunch of coaching and the podcast would chronicle the improvement. I was a finalist, but wasn't chosen, so this was my consolation prize (which was a pretty generous offer, I think).

Unless the one I bought from PuttView (mentioned above) blows me away, my intent is to scan all the pages immediately when I get it. Then I will combine the aspects of PuttView with those from the DECADE images I like best, and then print the thing in a format that fits the yardage book cover I got.

Definitely on my radar. I'm going to play with the phone version first just to see if it's at all adequate, and then I'll consider upgrading.

A bit out of the price range I'm looking at for this experiment. I had a gift subscription to DECADE, so I have the PDF of that book for my home course. And I pulled the trigger on the PuttView book (with another coupon code). No one has an official mapping of our greens, which isn't surprising. Kicking around making mine using one of the "bubble level" apps you can get for a phone, along with dropping balls at different parts of the green. The USGA limits right now are on book and scale size. The prohibition of information from mechanical tools (like a level) is currently only a local rule option for the PGA Tour, so (as I understand it) is not a violation for normal play.

[HONESTY HOUR DISCLOSURE: there is also a bit of Tour Sauce factor here, right?]

This is, for me, the biggest anticipated benefit.

Planning to experiment with something new (for me) this year: carrying a printed yardage book. I have a couple of goals/reasons for it: I need my wedge distance chart; this is a good place to keep it. I'll probably putt my club-gapping numbers in a chart as well, although I don't tend to forget those. I want to play with mapping the greens on my home course. No commercially-available green books have maps for us, which is unsurprising. I had a really cool Zoom chat with Lou Stagner, going hole-by-hole through my course and mapping out the best strategy for me. I want to make those notes to reference during the round. Anyone else here carry a hard-copy yardage book? If so, have you found it useful? Or does it end up being like using iron headcovers?

As an investment: so long as there's a market for sports memorabilia, Tiger's stuff would have to be the most coveted in golf. Over the past couple of years, the memorabilia market has been insane; I have to suspect it'll cool at some point. But in the next up cycle, I'd guess these retain and increase in value. For my part: I'm simply stunned that these ever got out of Tiger's possession.

Kirke got to Medinah last year, which is the Regional level (Local >> Sub-Regional >> Regional). At Medinah, he didn't hit bad shots, but other than holing his 6-foot putt, he simply didn't really hit any good ones (for him). He ended up finishing 9th of the 14 boys in his age group: https://www.drivechipandputt.com/2022/regional-qualifier/medinah-country-club Looking forward to the year ahead for DCP. Kirke's "little" brother is 7 and so is eligible to compete for the first time. Christopher is my moose; although he's only 7, he absolutely dwarfs his older brother: He's not quite so smooth as Kirke with a club, nor is he as driven to compete. But he enjoys the game and his driver swing speed is almost exactly where Kirke's is. If he makes solid contact, he might advance a round or two in the youngest age group just on driver distance alone. EDIT: Here's Christopher's swing. He popped this one up, but the brute force is his move is pretty apparent: 811933303_20220403_2012562.mp4