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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
March 31, 2025

Five Things You Should Have in Your Bag

Your gear can't play the game for you, but it can make the game easier or harder. In this episode, Mark brings his suggestions for clubs and other equipment that would help most players shoot better scores. Lou and Greg also ...
March 29, 2025

SMS - Scratch, 10 Index, 20 Index, 3-putt Percentage from 10 Feet

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Three-putting never feels great. Three-putting from 10 feet is a kick in the gut. In today's episode, Lou asks Greg and Mark how often this traged...
March 27, 2025

Greg Chalmers: Behind the Scenes

Perhaps you were watching an episode of Full Swing and thought, "This would be better if it were entirely about Greg Chalmers." If that's you, have I got an episode for you! In today's episode, Mark floats the idea of a video...
March 24, 2025

Tour Pro Media Obligations

What does Collin Morikawa owe you? In recent weeks, Morikawa ducked the typical post-round press conference following a tough defeat. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg bring their differing perspectives to this incident. S...
March 22, 2025

SMS - Yardage to Hit to 30 Feet, Tour Pro, Scratch, and 15

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. How close do you need to be to the hole so that more of your shots finish outside 30 feet than inside? That's the question Lou puts to Mark and Gr...
March 20, 2025

The First Year of TGL

The TGL regular season has ended, and so Mark, Lou, and Greg offer their thoughts on the first year. In this episode, they talk about the viewing numbers, the format of the game (and the rule changes), and the ways that the l...
March 17, 2025

2025 Cologuard Classic Recap

2025 Cologuard Classic Recap
March 15, 2025

SMS - Tiger's Dominance

SMS - Tiger's Dominance
March 13, 2025

Practicing Sidehill Lies

Practicing Sidehill Lies
March 10, 2025

Mark's Swing Evolution with Sean Foley

Mark's Swing Evolution with Sean Foley
March 8, 2025

SMS - Tour Pro and 15 Index, How Far Away Is 3.19 Strokes

SMS - Tour Pro and 15 Index, How Far Away Is 3.19 Strokes
March 6, 2025

Collecting On Course Stats

Collecting On Course Stats
March 3, 2025

Dialing in Your Distance Control

Dialing in Your Distance Control
March 1, 2025

SMS - 10 Index, Total Birdies in Good and Bad Rounds

SMS - 10 Index, Total Birdies in Good and Bad Rounds
Feb. 27, 2025

Improving Your Green Reading

Improving Your Green Reading
Feb. 24, 2025

Project Lou - Episode 7: Gears Data

Project Lou - Episode 7: Gears Data
Feb. 22, 2025

SMS - Tour Players, Approaches to Inside 10' From 85/120/170 Yards

SMS - Tour Players, Approaches to Inside 10' From 85/120/170 Yards