For many of our listeners, we're in the hard part of winter. You're still interested in golf improvement. When the course is cold and wet, will you get more improvement from indoor practice or from playing outdoors in less-than-ideal conditions? In today's episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg take their shots at answering this listener question. They off suggestions for maximizing both routes, including indoor practice tips and prep for play in cold weather.

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A simple stock wedge from 90 yards: how often will a scratch golfer, a 10 index, and a 20 index player finish within 30 feet of the hole? The catch: the ball doesn't need to be on the green. In this episode, Lou puts this question to Mark and Greg, and after sorting through the wreckage of their answers, they discuss ways to make the most of these scoring opportunities.

Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap.

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Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database. 

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If you want to play better golf, 1) hit the center of the face 2) while controlling the face. But how? In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about practical ways to work on strike and shot shaping. What are some tips for improving strike? How about some drills and games to measure your improvement? The instruction here can make a real difference in your scores.

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Today's episode is a grab bag of listener questions. First up: Greg, Mark, and Lou stop in with early reflections on the second season of TGL. Are the new holes working? Then they turn to this season's big new driver releases from the major manufacturers: how should ordinary golfers react to the new models? And finally, how should recreational golfers choose which tees to play from?

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This episode is unbelievably exciting. Please read that in your very best Lou monotone. (But it is really good!) In today's Saturday Stat, Lou highlights the skills of the best players on the planet. How often, hitting approaches from the fairway at 120 and 180 yards, are they making birdie and bogey? Greg and Mark offer their guesses, and the answers raise yet another question....

Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap.

Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee!

Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database. 

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Brooks isn't the only one coming back to the PGA Tour: this past week, Vijay Singh played on the PGA Tour for the first time in years. In today's episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about the status that allowed Singh to play on Tour again, its consequence for other Tour members, and whether these kinds of exceptions should exist on a competitive Tour.

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Brooks returns! In today's episode, Mark and Greg discuss the big news in professional golf: Brooks Koepka leaving LIV and being reinstated to the PGA Tour. They talk about the terms of his return and what it might mean for others on LIV and what it might mean for the PGA Tour under its new leadership.

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A Saturday Stat without the Master of Stats?! In this Lou-less episode, Mark and Greg take a dive, not into the Arccos database, but into swing numbers. All three have had their swings measured on gears, and Mark brings the numbers (and Greg guesses) shoulder turns and tilts. Seeing how and why golfers of differing abilities move like they do can help all of us make a more effective swing at the ball.

Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap.

Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee!

Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database. 

Check them out at:

https://www.arccosgolf.com/ 

Use code MARK15 for 15% off!

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Northern hemisphere are in the depths of winter. What is a golfer to do? Maybe it's a good time to go through your golf bag and discard the unneeded items. In this episode, Mark and Lou give a tour of items in your golf bag that need to go or be replaced. From clubs you never use to barely intact gloves, the changing out grips and on-course snacks, we can make the most of the off-season.

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With the start of a new PGA Tour season, it's a good time to catch up with rule changes for this year's play. In this episode, Lou and Mark talk about changes to preferred lies and embedded ball rules, unintentional ball movement, obstructions and internal OB, and distance measuring devices.

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