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Finding Your  Perfect Driver Loft
April 28, 2025

Finding Your Perfect Driver Loft

If you're listening to this episode, you probably have a driver with adjustable loft. How do you know where it should be set? How would you know whether you need a different head with much higher or lower loft? In this episod...
Finding Your  Perfect Driver Loft
April 27, 2025

Finding Your Perfect Driver Loft

If you're listening to this episode, you probably have a driver with adjustable loft. How do you know where it should be set? How would you know whether you need a different head with much higher or lower loft? In this episod...
SMS - 125 Yard Wedges, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index, Inside 20 Feet
April 26, 2025

SMS - 125 Yard Wedges, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index, Inside 20 Feet

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. In today's episode, someone is way off. Lou asks Greg and Mark how often scratch, 10-index, and 20-index golfers hit shots from 125-yards to withi...
SMS - 125 Yard Wedges, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index, Inside 20 Feet
April 25, 2025

SMS - 125 Yard Wedges, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index, Inside 20 Feet

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. In today's episode, someone is way off. Lou asks Greg and Mark how often scratch, 10-index, and 20-index golfers hit shots from 125-yards to withi...
Avoiding Big Numbers on the Course
April 24, 2025

Avoiding Big Numbers on the Course

Mike Tyson's famous aphorism is true for golf as well: everyone has a plan until he's punched in the face. And a round of golf will punch you in the face. When you find trouble during your round, how do you avoid those round-...
Avoiding Big Numbers on the Course
April 23, 2025

Avoiding Big Numbers on the Course

Mike Tyson's famous aphorism is true for golf as well: everyone has a plan until he's punched in the face. And a round of golf will punch you in the face. When you find trouble during your round, how do you avoid those round-...
Stop Three Putting
April 21, 2025

Stop Three Putting

The most recent Saturday Stat addressed how often different levels of golfers manage to avoid three-putting. The truth: everyone does. The further truth: there are good ways to do so less often. In today's episode, Mark, Lou,...
Stop Three Putting
April 20, 2025

Stop Three Putting

The most recent Saturday Stat addressed how often different levels of golfers manage to avoid three-putting. The truth: everyone does. The further truth: there are good ways to do so less often. In today's episode, Mark, Lou,...
SMS - Percent of Rounds with Zero 3-Putts, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index
April 19, 2025

SMS - Percent of Rounds with Zero 3-Putts, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Greg is on a roll! In today's episode, Lou is asking about 3-putts—in particular, how often scratch, 10 index, and 20 index golfers go the entire ...
SMS - Percent of Rounds with Zero 3-Putts, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index
April 18, 2025

SMS - Percent of Rounds with Zero 3-Putts, Scratch, 10, and 20 Index

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Greg is on a roll! In today's episode, Lou is asking about 3-putts—in particular, how often scratch, 10 index, and 20 index golfers go the entire ...
How Far Should You Hit Your 7 Iron?
April 17, 2025

How Far Should You Hit Your 7 Iron?

The 7-iron, in the middle of most player's bags, is often a benchmark club for distance. How far should you hit it? In this episode, Mark tackles this question with Lou and Greg. There are a number of ways to think about answ...
How Far Should You Hit Your 7 Iron?
April 16, 2025

How Far Should You Hit Your 7 Iron?

The 7-iron, in the middle of most player's bags, is often a benchmark club for distance. How far should you hit it? In this episode, Mark tackles this question with Lou and Greg. There are a number of ways to think about answ...
Improving Your Anti-Cap
April 14, 2025

Improving Your Anti-Cap

Most golfers know how a handicap works, even if they don't maintain an official one. The anti-cap is its opposite: your worst 8 scores in your past 20 rounds. In this episode, Lou leads a discussion with Mark and Greg as to w...
Improving Your Anti-Cap
April 13, 2025

Improving Your Anti-Cap

Most golfers know how a handicap works, even if they don't maintain an official one. The anti-cap is its opposite: your worst 8 scores in your past 20 rounds. In this episode, Lou leads a discussion with Mark and Greg as to w...
SMS - Half Wedge vs Full Wedge
April 12, 2025

SMS - Half Wedge vs Full Wedge

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. It's been common advice for so long: if you can't reach a green, lay up to a particular full swing yardage, so that you don't have to judge those ...
SMS - Half Wedge vs Full Wedge
April 11, 2025

SMS - Half Wedge vs Full Wedge

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. It's been common advice for so long: if you can't reach a green, lay up to a particular full swing yardage, so that you don't have to judge those ...
2025 Masters Preview
April 10, 2025

2025 Masters Preview

It's Masters week! In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about what they hope to see in this week's tournament. A friendly wager is made for Mark's bucket hat, and then the guys make their picks from different buckets: LI...
2025 Masters Preview
April 9, 2025

2025 Masters Preview

It's Masters week! In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about what they hope to see in this week's tournament. A friendly wager is made for Mark's bucket hat, and then the guys make their picks from different buckets: LI...
Favorite Drivers of All Time
April 7, 2025

Favorite Drivers of All Time

Here's a trip down memory lane: Mark, Lou, and Greg go back through their lives in golf to pick their favorite ever drivers. Of course, Lou goes a bit off the beaten path with his, there's a Sasquatch sighting, and Mark has c...
Favorite Drivers of All Time
April 6, 2025

Favorite Drivers of All Time

Here's a trip down memory lane: Mark, Lou, and Greg go back through their lives in golf to pick their favorite ever drivers. Of course, Lou goes a bit off the beaten path with his, there's a Sasquatch sighting, and Mark has c...
SMS - 10 Yard Gain Off the Tee and Scoring Improvement
April 5, 2025

SMS - 10 Yard Gain Off the Tee and Scoring Improvement

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Lots of golfers, both pro and amateur, are trying to hit the ball further. But does it really matter when it comes to scoring? If you gain 10 yard...
SMS - 10 Yard Gain Off the Tee and Scoring Improvement
April 4, 2025

SMS - 10 Yard Gain Off the Tee and Scoring Improvement

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Lots of golfers, both pro and amateur, are trying to hit the ball further. But does it really matter when it comes to scoring? If you gain 10 yard...
The Effects of Tee Height
April 3, 2025

The Effects of Tee Height

The tee shot is the only part of a golf hole in which you can perfectly control your own lie. And yet many golfers don't take advantage of this privilege. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about tee height. You might ...
The Effects of Tee Height
April 2, 2025

The Effects of Tee Height

The tee shot is the only part of a golf hole in which you can perfectly control your own lie. And yet many golfers don't take advantage of this privilege. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about tee height. You might ...