Putting from off the green—the Texas wedge—is polarizing. In some parts of the world, it's completely normal. For some golfers, it smacks of desperation: a shot that indicates that a golfer lacks the skill to use a more lofted club. In today's episode, Lou begins with some data that indicates that way more of us should be using the putter from off the green, ... Show More
Nov 24
Bringing Indoor Speed to the Course
Mark's ball speed is rising on his launch monitor as he refines techniques and strengthens his body, but how does that translate to the course? In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about some really practical obstacles to brining the speed gains you're making in your practic ... Show More
30m 13s
Nov 22
SMS - 120-130 Yards in Fairway, Low Indexes, Green Hit Front Pin vs Back Pin
Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. We know it's a bad to be short-sided. But there's one pin location that makes us blind to the danger. In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg how often low single-figure indexes miss the green from 120 ... Show More
12m 55s
Nov 20
Changes to Masters Qualifying
Is Greggie going back to Augusta? In today's episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg discuss some adjustments that The Masters has made to the qualifying criteria. Out are the winners of some alternative field events; in are winners of some international events. Can Greg punch his ticket by ... Show More
25m 10s
Jan 1970
Mark Broadie: The Secrets of Golf
My guest today is Mark Broadie, a Golf Statistician and Professor at Columbia Business School. I first found Mark through his book Every Shot Counts, which transformed golf statistics and analytics forever. Marcus worked with many of the world's best golfers, including Francesco ... Show More
1h 18m
Oct 2020
Andy Plummer
Inventor of The Stack & Tilt. During his coaching career, Plummer has worked with Charlie Wi, Steve Elkington, Tom Scherrer, Grant Waite, Troy Matteson, Bill Lunde, Mike Weir and Aaron Baddeley. While doing so, his Stack & Tilt model hit the golf world in 2007, after it was repor ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2024
Ramble Reacts: Take a Bowen
<p>Jarrod Bowen scored his first senior hat-trick and, in an amazing turn of events, it’s got Andy waving the Bowen for England flag harder than Marcus! Probably because he’s too busy waving his Neal Maupay for France flag, to be honest…</p ... Show More
27m 52s
Nov 2023
Sports Podcasting On A National Level
“Think of our NFL network, it’s 38 podcasts. To source 38 podcasts, you don’t want eight different publishers and 38 different onboarding calls and invoices - it can be a nightmare. So for us, we like to just make it as easy for an advertiser as possible to activate with those mi ... Show More
44m 24s