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Welcome to the Hack It Out Golf podcast! Every week Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner and Greg Chalmers cover a variety of topics that will help you play better golf. Grab your favorite drink and pull up a chair!

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SMS - Short Par 5, Scratch and 10, Birdie or Better

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SMS - Short Par 5, Scratch and 10, Birdie or Better
April 3, 2026

SMS - Short Par 5, Scratch and 10, Birdie or Better

Ah, the short par 5: might as well call them gimme birdies, right? Ahem. In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg how often solid amateur golfers of two different standards will break par on a short par 5. After the answers ar...
What's Next for Tiger?
April 1, 2026

What's Next for Tiger?

Again. Sadly, again. In this episode of the podcast, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about the arrest of Tiger Woods for driving under the influence. They discuss the media coverage and the place of Tiger in the modern golf marketpl...
The Anchoring Ban
March 29, 2026

The Anchoring Ban

There are just a handful of notable professional golfers still using the long putters, and whenever they have success, they are often publicly suspected of cheating the no-anchoring rule. In this episode, Mark and Lou discuss...
SMS - Tiger's Make Rate From 7-8 Feet, Back Nine, Final Rounds
March 27, 2026

SMS - Tiger's Make Rate From 7-8 Feet, Back Nine, Final Rounds

With Greg missing, Lou brings a Tiger question to today's Saturday Stat. We all have the memories of Tiger's clutch moments, many of which were must-make putts that he seemed to always make. But did he? Today's question: how ...
Improving Strike at Full Speed
March 25, 2026

Improving Strike at Full Speed

The whole golf world knows: one way to lower your scores is to increase your swing speed. But all the swing speed in the world won't help your scores if you can't convert it into ball speed—and that means you still need to fi...
Q&A: Match Play and Captain Luke
March 22, 2026

Q&A: Match Play and Captain Luke

In today's episode, Mark and Lou take on a grab bag of questions. Should the Tour Championship be a match play event? Is match play a decent way to find the best golfer—and is it a good format for watching golf? And the Europ...

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