Fits with the Founder

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Fits with the Founder episodes

January 31, 2025 Down Low, Too Slow and Callaway's Brian Williams
We have demos for days this week! Nick and Cassie catch up on tour news, reveal the dozens and dozens of demos hitting stores, debate a $3K golf bag (!!), and MORE!
(00:00-19:48) Golf talk including the Fitzpatrick rule, Tiger's shot clock violation, Taylormade's newest golf ball, and MORE.
(19:49-32:08) Yea or nays featuring Jim Nantz, lowercase golf bags, Chiefs vs. Eagles, and MORE!
(32:09-end) Interview with Brian Williams, VP of R&D for Callaway
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1 hr 17 min
January 17, 2025 Guess Who's Back
New year, new takes! Nick and Cassie kick off season five with some strong opinions on the new TGL, a laundry list of new demos, a countdown to the PGA Show, and MORE!
(00:00-32:48) Golf talk including TGL's first two weeks, EVERY DEMO EVER, and Club Champion updates.
(32:49-45:25) Yea or nays featuring The Hammer, The Other Course at Scottsdale National, Pop Culture Jeopardy, and MORE!
(45:26-end) Listener Questions
1. How different is the new equipment vs. last year's equipment in terms of performance?
2. What non-golf things do you do between shots to pass the time?
3. Rank in order from "tolerable" to "immediately jail": Slow play, the people who yell dumb stuff in a golfer's backswing on TV, driving the cart on the green, walking in a playing partner's line, giving unsolicited swing advice
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59 min
December 20, 2024 Keeping It 100 With Mitch Schneider + Mean Tweets
It's our season finale AND our 100th episode! 🎉 Another team member joins Nick and Cassie to read through some mean tweets, and Nick and Cassie kick off new equipment season!
(00:00-15:53) Golf talk including Scottie's three-peat, Tiger and Charlie, payment at the Ryder Cup, and MORE.
(15:54-30:55) Yea or nays featuring the Old Course reversed, The Match, gift cards as a gift, and MORE!
(30:56-end) Mean tweets with Mitch Schneider, Regional Sales Manager
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1 hr 9 min
December 06, 2024 Chasing Like It's Tom and Jerry
We're one episode away from the end of the season! This week, Nick and Cassie chat about Anthony Kim, the USGA conforming list, hosting holiday events at Club Champion, and MORE!
(00:00-22:34) Golf talk including Tiger Woods skipping the Hero, the LPGA commissioner stepping down, Logan Olson putters, and Club Champion updates.
(22:35-39:49) Yea or nays featuring Bandon Dunes' new tee time process, joggers on the course, planted flags, and MORE!
(39:50-end) Listener Questions
1. What happens at a Club Champion group event (holiday party, corporate event)?
2. What are the biggest golf trends on the horizon for 2025?
3. F*ck, marry, kill — Christmas movies: Home Alone, Die Hard, A Christmas Story
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55 min
November 22, 2024 Egg-cellent Eats and Lead CCU Professor Brad Syslo
Buckle up for the most unhinged episode yet! Nick and Cassie chat through recent golf news, including Rory in Dubai, punishment for slow players, golf drinks, and MORE!
(00:00-12:55) Golf talk including Brittany Lincicome's last ride, Nelly's seventh win, unrest over the Policy Board's suggested changes, and MORE.
(12:56-38:38) Yea or nays featuring custom yardage book covers, Logan v. Tyson, deviled eggs, and MORE!
(38:39-end) Myth busting with Brad Syslo, Lead Professor of Club Champion University
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1 hr 24 min
November 08, 2024 Put 'em In The Coffin, I'm The Undertaker, Too
This episode is 50% golf, 50% wrestling as Nick and Cassie talk about all the recent news. Tune in to hear takes on the Undertaker's theme song, greenskeeper revenge rounds, caddie payments, and MORE!
(00:00-13:50) Golf talk including Nelly Korda's incredible season, a devastating day for a DP Tour hopeful, Bubba's Habitat for Humanity house pledge, and Club Champion updates.
(13:51-34:06) Yea or nays featuring fanny packs, "no golf" clauses, reduced PGA Tour field sizes, and MORE!
(34:07-end) Listener Questions
1. What demographics do you think are underserved by golf and how is Club Champion helping them improve their games?
2. How do new brands/models end up in the A.I. Fitter Co-Pilot's system?
3. F*ck, marry, kill -- Chicago sports: '95 Bulls, '16 Cubs, '85 Bears
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49 min
October 25, 2024 Prime Time Picks and PING's Marty Jertson
Happy (almost) Halloween! 🎃 Nick and Cassie dive in to the most recent golf news, including sustainable mowing, new Bettinardi putters, The Match, and MORE!
(00:00-23:46) Golf talk including the Ryder Cup ticket controversy, 50 mph winds in Vegas, TGL's schedule, and MORE.
(23:47-38:11) Yea or nays featuring Antidote Putters, Bronny, mini candy bars, and MORE!
(38:12-end) Interview with Marty Jertson, VP Fitting & Performance – PING
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1 hr 25 min
October 11, 2024The Intelligence Is Artificial
Nick and Cassie are loving the weather and leaving the 2024 golf season behind. Tune in to hear takes on Nutter Butter, dogs on golf courses, top Halloween candy, and MORE!
(00:00-13:51) Golf talk including the Presidents Cup, LIV players in the Ryder Cup, John Daly doing John Daly things, and Club Champion updates.
(13:52-24:12) Yea or nays featuring Bingo Bango Bongo, the Golf Pride x James Bond collab, drive-in movies, and MORE!
(24:13-end) Listener Questions
How long does it take to "get used to" brand new fitted clubs?

Online fittings are getting more popular, especially with A.I. as a buzzword. Are they BS?

F*ck, marry, kill -- Halloween candy: Reese's Cups, Snickers, M&Ms
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44 min
September 27, 2024 Monster Mashup and SWAG's Nick Venson
Fall golf is nearly here — Nick and Cassie are counting down the days! Listen as they chat Presidents Cup, weird brand mashups, Adam Sandler, and MORE!
(00:00-12:02) Golf talk including Jim Furyk's f-bomb, Rory's runaway clubhead, Happy Gilmore 2, and MORE.
(12:03-26:52) Yea or nays featuring the leaf rule, oversized drivers, Coke-flavored Oreos, and MORE!
(26:53-end) Interview with Nick Venson, Founder & CEO – SWAG Golf
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47 min
September 13, 2024 May The Course Be With You
The season is over, yet Nick and Cassie have SO MUCH to talk about. Tune in for takes on LIV's 2025 schedule, Romo's trip to Q-school, Darth Vader, and MORE!
(00:00-37:44) Golf talk including Scottie's $62 mil, Lexi's final Solheim Cup, mind tricks on the course, and the TopGolf/Callaway divorce.
(37:45-51:23) Yea or nays featuring the Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston, haunted houses, the Cardigan Classic, and MORE!
(51:24-end) Listener Questions
1. What is the difference between SAM PuttLab and Quintec?
2. How do you feel about NOT teeing it up on par threes and would that habit change a person's fitting?
3. Two truths and a lie: Golf edition

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1 hr 6 min

About Fits with the Founder

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Golf equipment, club fitting and tour talk from the people who fit golfers for a living. Club Champion co-founder Nick Sherburne and Brad Syslo break down the week in golf, the newest drivers, irons, wedges, shafts and balls, and what really happens in the fitting bay. Guests have included engineers and leaders from TaylorMade, Titleist, PING, Callaway, Fujikura and Vokey. New episodes every other week.