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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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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...
SMS - 5 Index, 40/100/180 Yards, Break Even SG Proximity
March 20, 2026

SMS - 5 Index, 40/100/180 Yards, Break Even SG Proximity

A 5-index golfer is a good player. How close does he need to hit his approach from 40, 100, and 180 yards in the fairway to gain strokes? This is today's question from Lou's dive into the Arccos database, and Mark and Greg's ...
Tiger on the Champions Tour?
March 18, 2026

Tiger on the Champions Tour?

Right now, the question is whether Tiger will play the Masters. But if he wants tournament reps, should he also play the Champions Tour? In this episode, Mark and Greg talk about that possibility. What would make it worthwhil...
Getting Ahead of Yourself on the Golf Course
March 15, 2026

Getting Ahead of Yourself on the Golf Course

In this episode, Mark and Greg talk forecasting—projecting future outcomes during a round. Drawing from personal experience and Tour insights, they offer strategies for staying present. Mark shares how his most relaxed and en...
SMS - 10 Index, Scoring Average, Course Rating 66/70/74
March 13, 2026

SMS - 10 Index, Scoring Average, Course Rating 66/70/74

Par is just a number. But so is course rating. How much better will a 10 index golfer play at an "easy" course? And what impact will a "hard" course have on his average score? Lou puts Mark and Greg to the test, and we all co...

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