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  • The Best Course in the World Is a Par 66

    The Best Course in the World Is a Par 66
    2026/08/31
    Jim Hartsell will tell you the best golf course in the world is 4,800 yards and a par 66. He is not being cute about it. He would like you to come after him.In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Jim Hartsell — architect, three-time Bag Drop guest, and author of A Round of Scottish Courses — for a conversation about what thirty years of returning to the same small Scottish clubs teaches you about why golf places matter, and what a golfer owes a place once he starts telling everyone about it.The conversation dives into:Why Dunaverty — 4,800 yards, par 66 — is his answer to "best course in the world," and why he thinks the question is usually asked wrongWhat choosing eighteen favorites instead of eighteen best freed him to write — and how a chapter actually gets built, including the sheepdog trials that unlocked a lost course on ArranThe night the Old Course put a flag on the 18th green made from a drawing his nine-year-old son had left on his laptopThe green-fee trap: why North Berwick and Brora keep going up, and why tour operators refuse to take a £30 course seriouslyWhether writing about Dunaverty, Askernish and Isle of Harris is quietly changing them — and what the members themselves say about thatThree rules for being a good guest at a Scottish club, including the one about tipping too muchConnect with our guests📚 Jim Hartsell — https://jhartsellgolf.com — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/JimHHartsell](https://x.com/JimHHartsell) | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimhartsell/📕 A Round of Scottish Courses (Back Nine Press) — https://back9press.com/products/a-round-of-scottish-courses🎧 The Duffer's Literary Companion (Jim & Stephen Proctor) — https://tdlcpodcast.podbean.comJoin the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubLinks & Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.comListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH 🎧 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/633c8703-5880-4522-bd6d-5967b45fc777/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golfConnect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/🗣️Contribute to the show! — 📧 email: thebagdrop@newclub.golfChapters00:00 Cold open: the anticipation is half the fun00:41 Welcome, and the Professor's new office02:16 A love letter to the game: who your club introduces you to03:01 Caddie School for Soldiers and thirty days at the Home of Golf04:31 Jim Hartsell, third appearance, third book06:34 Professor's teaching: quiet eye and gaze duration11:29 Ad read: Titleist T-Series and the three Ds13:52 Three books, one thread15:09 The course gets you in the room; a person carries the story16:32 The high school English teacher who started all this19:31 Calling Rob Collins with a crazy idea23:29 Fifty interviews, an outline, and meeting Jim Sitar26:40 The books that made him: Wind, Bamberger, Morton, MacVicar31:18 When Revelation Comes, and the notebook that read like a book35:25 Patric Dickinson's eighteen best, and Jim's eighteen favorite38:53 Dunaverty is the best course in the world: 4,800 yards, par 6642:07 Soup, clubhouses, and the whole lived experience45:40 Sheepdog trials, and when history earns its place in a chapter49:56 What do you have against the Scottish east coast?51:44 Frankfurt, a lost day, and a morning inside the R&A54:33 Dark hours on the Old with a persimmon driver56:52 The flag on the eighteenth green1:00:35 Why the most famous place in golf did not have to do that1:02:21 Does writing about these places change them?1:06:40 North Berwick, Brora, and being too cheap to be taken seriously1:07:46 Would the veneer wear off if you moved there?1:12:14 Three rules for being a good guest (and don't over-tip)1:14:41 Calendars, course guides, and Jordan's junior program1:19:27 Close: subscribe, review, and the Titleist T-Series
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  • 3D-Printed Putters and the Science of Feel

    3D-Printed Putters and the Science of Feel
    2026/08/17
    What happens when a guy with a Wall Street background decides he’d rather make putters than climb the corporate ladder? For Al Vikmanis, the answer has been a winding path through Arccos, data analytics, custom putter design, metal 3D printing, ferrules, and whatever comes next. The common thread is a willingness to follow the rabbit hole wherever it leads, and a belief that the journey itself is the point.In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Al Vikmanis, Founder of 3DP Design to talk about the science and craft behind modern golf equipment, from why MOI matters in a putter to how sound actually becomes feel, why 3D printing opens up design possibilities traditional manufacturing can't, and why a ferrule can become a surprisingly personal piece of golf gear. Along the way, he gets candid about leaving Wall Street, embracing work that feels meaningful, learning from spectacular failures, and building a career around curiosity rather than a five-year plan.The conversation dives into:Al's early days at Arccos, helping turn enormous amounts of shot data into something golfers could actually useMOI explained without the engineering degree, including why more forgiveness isn't automatically better for every golferHow sound becomes feel in a putter, and why putting with headphones on might be costing you more than you realizeThe unlikely path from smuggling putters into a Wall Street office to teaching himself CAD and eventually 3D printing golf clubsWhy custom ferrules have become a form of personal expression, more like putting stickers on a skateboard than simply changing the cosmetics of a golf clubThe failures behind Al's work, including a collection of enormous 3D-printed mallets that looked like the Starship Enterprise and sounded like tuning forksConnect with our guestsAl Vikmanis — 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-vikmanis-3755671/🌍 Website: https://3dp-design.com/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3dp_design/👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083121141361#Follow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.com Connect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters00:40 - Welcome to The Bag Drop11:08 - Al Vikmanis joins the show12:12 - From Arccos data to custom putter design18:51 - What Al learned from working at an early-stage startup21:03 - Leaving Wall Street and finding meaningful work24:21 - MOI explained30:33 - Why sound is feel34:11 - How Al got into making putters37:44 - Why custom 3D-printed equipment doesn't scale41:20 - How metal 3D printing actually works43:32 - Where 3D printing fits into the future of golf equipment47:20 - The early failures of 3D-printed putters51:08 - Learning from bad ideas54:09 - How Al and Patrick Boyd started working together56:52 - Why golfers love custom ferrules59:24 - Ball markers, divot tools, and personal expression1:02:21 - The creative side of Al Vikmanis1:10:53 - What's in Al's golf bag1:18:12 - What comes next for golf equipment1:20:12 - “The journey is the point”What is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy thousands of reserved tee times, competitions and events at exceptional partner courses across our ...
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    1 時間 22 分
  • Building the Gilroy: Old Barnwell's Second Course

    Building the Gilroy: Old Barnwell's Second Course
    2026/08/10
    What does a piece of land owe the people around it once the golf stops paying for itself?In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Blake Conant (golf course architect; co-designer of Old Barnwell and the Gilroy) to talk about the second course he is building in the dirt right now — and the master's thesis he wrote a decade earlier arguing that some golf courses should stop being golf courses.The conversation dives into:Why a painting degree and three months running equipment with Tom Doak at Dismal River turned out to be the right education for golf architectureBuilding the Gilroy next door to a course everybody already loves, and the Snoop Dogg rule Blake uses to keep from chasing itThe 90-acre parcel Nick Schreiber bought so the routing would work, and why Blake says architects are simply greedyA kids course with a tunnel and a ramp, built on Brian Schneider's premise that kids do not actually want to puttThe 2013 thesis on bankrupt courses: what Blake got right about supply, what he missed about demand, and why the courses that closed were the wrong onesThe arithmetic that decides whether affordable public golf gets built at all — roughly ten dollars of green fee for every million spentConnect with our guest🎨 Blake Conant — https://www.dundeegolf.com/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/Dundee_Golf — | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeegolf/ | 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-conant-90566a37/ ⛳️ Old Barnwell — https://oldbarnwell.comJoin the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubLinks & Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.comListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/633c8703-5880-4522-bd6d-5967b45fc777/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Connect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/🗣️Contribute to the show! — 📧 email: thebagdrop@newclub.golfChapters00:00 "Make sure your first one is your worst one"00:49 Welcome, and kudos to the R&A for actually enforcing the rules04:19 Who Blake Conant is, and how the Professor found him07:45 Teaching of the week: "Build a Course Today" and the overbuild09:30 Titleist Vokey SM1111:11 Conant, Conant, or Conan the Barbarian12:18 House paint, big canvases, and actually selling art14:44 Art school to landscape architecture to Dismal River17:42 The doubts he probably should have had19:20 Following Old Barnwell: the Snoop Dogg rule20:53 Was a second course always the plan?23:12 Nick Schreiber, and hiring people you then leave alone27:19 The kids course: they don't actually want to putt29:56 Tunnels, ramps, and a train that isn't there yet30:37 Who the Gilroy is for, and greens that sit on the ground33:11 Still testing the good player, just differently34:41 Buying the purple parcel37:09 Buy the land before anybody knows you're building38:59 The 2013 thesis on bankrupt golf courses41:58 What are we measuring: social, environmental, economic47:39 The wrong courses closed48:58 Repurposing, HOAs, and grand ideas that don't pencil51:05 Should a new project pass the test before opening day?52:49 Golf as a Trojan horse: programming, foundation, community55:45 Aiken's building boom and a healthy kind of competition59:38 The public course he'd like to build without donors1:03:49 Wrap and thanksWhat is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy thousands of reserved tee times, competitions and events at exceptional partner courses across our local chapters, as well as signature trips and exclusive perks. NewClub is revolutionizing golf membership, making the game more meaningful for those who love it.What is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all ...
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    1 時間 5 分
  • Can Every City Build a Place Like The Park?

    Can Every City Build a Place Like The Park?
    2026/08/03
    Can a golf facility be fun, affordable, and welcoming for the local community while maintaining an elite course and golf experience that attracts committed golfers from around the globe? Brian Conley knows it can; he sees it every day, and he believes it starts long before any of them hit their first tee shot.As the General Manager of The Park in West Palm Beach, Brian has helped build one of the most celebrated public golf experiences in the country. But this conversation goes well beyond architecture or rankings. It's about creating a place where people feel welcome, where every decision serves a mission, and where golf becomes a vehicle for community rather than exclusivity.In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Brian Conley (GM at The Park) to discuss why "fun" became the north star for The Park, what public golf can learn from private clubs (and vice versa), how to think about pricing without compromising accessibility, why walking matters, and whether this model can realistically spread to more cities.If you've ever wondered why certain golf courses become gathering places while others remain just another tee sheet, this one's for you.The conversation dives into:• Why every successful golf project needs a clear "why"• The philosophy behind The Park's "Open Golf" approach• Stripping away unnecessary traditions without losing what makes golf special• The balance between accessibility, sustainability, and premium public golf• Building community through programming, leagues, events, and local ownership• Why walking-first golf creates a better experience for players and operators• Lessons learned from Bobby Jones Golf Course and bringing those ideas to West Palm Beach• Whether The Park is a one-of-one or a blueprint for the future of public golfThe Parkhttps://theparkwestpalm.comFollow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.com Connect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters00:00 The why comes first01:07 Back in love with golf: swing video, flow state09:00 Professor's time fact: plants can tell time11:25 Partner break — Titleist AIM golf balls13:13 Brian Conley joins the show15:11 The only non-negotiable: fun16:31 Stripping out the norms — what "open golf" actually means19:19 Coming up in golf, and learning to be different22:42 Why golf is so afraid to test and fail24:26 Pricing without apology: the Mercedes problem27:50 Protecting the locals in a transient, premium market34:42 The recruitment: a 20-minute tour, a January phone call39:20 Does the model travel? Scale vs. replicability46:16 Sustainability, philanthropy, and funding The Path50:41 A 50-year city lease — and a new event teaser52:17 Mission over profit, and living outside the box56:20 Walking-first in the heat: caddies, loops, and the data1:03:35 The Professor's cart confession1:06:16 Serving every kind of golfer at once: culture and people1:07:03 The kid in the tank top and the Augusta member1:13:16 The fake version: how to spot an imposter1:17:59 What keeps him up: culture and getting the word out on The Path1:20:49 The parrot: the story behind the logoWhat is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy ...
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    1 時間 26 分
  • Why Australian Golf Hits Different

    Why Australian Golf Hits Different
    2026/07/27
    A country that loves a drink almost never drinks on the golf course. That's not temperance — that's the whole story.In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Scott Warren (New South Wales Golf Club member and co-host of the Australian Golf Passport podcast) to explore what Americans get right and badly wrong about Australian golf — and why the difference comes down to a single word: competition.The conversation dives into:Golf as a sport, not a pastime: comps 5-6 days a week, markers, no gimmes, and why nobody's drinking on the courseMixed-gender golf that works at the club level — and Scott's critique of the co-ed Australian OpenStableford done properly, technology, and the case for a rollback so a ball bounces againWhat Australian golf actually costs, from Barnbougle to top-tier club fees, vs. the USThe fight to save civic golf in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide (North Adelaide, Moore Park)Under-credited architects Alex Russell and Mike Clayton, and Greg Norman's cultural weightJunior golf, the eroded pathway to the pro ranks, and the next five years of the Australian Open and LIV AdelaideA Bluey tangent worth staying for: Bandit, and the Custard connectionConnect with our guests🇦🇺 Australian Golf Passport podcast — https://australiangolfpassport.com/🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/ausgolfpassport📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australiangolfpassport/ Follow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.com Connect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters00:00 Introduction: coffee, eating on golf trips, and why men host podcasts08:22 Partner break: Titleist, New Club fittings, and finally putting the seven wood in the bag10:02 Scott Warren joins: what Americans actually get right about Australian golf11:48 The depth question: the 35-40 courses we romanticize vs. the ~450 that exist13:41 Golf is a sport, not a pastime: why Australians don't drink on the course16:43 A day at the club: comps 5-6 days a week, markers, no gimmes19:59 Mixed-gender golf: why it works at the club and why the co-ed Australian Open didn't28:28 Scale, technology and the case for a rollback; a persimmon what-if29:38 Stableford done right — and Scott's issue with the American version34:20 Playing from the wrong fairway: Tiger at Firestone, Greg Norman over the oak38:20 Norman's cultural weight; Aaron Baddeley and the ones who nearly made it44:15 Junior golf, pennant, and the pathway to the pro ranks that's eroded53:36 The next five years of Australian pro golf: LIV Adelaide, the Open, the money1:01:28 Civic golf under fire: North Adelaide, Moore Park, and who these fights really hit1:07:31 What an Australian club membership actually costs vs. the US1:15:39 Bluey, Bandit, and the Custard connection1:19:09 Getting in: waitlists, proposers, and the quiet power of a members' list1:23:24 The origin of the Australian Golf Passport, and golf media that won't just say everything's great1:33:17 Under-credited architects: Alex Russell and Mike Clayton vs. the McKenzie romance1:39:25 Barnbougle, King Island and Seven Mile: destination golf that's still affordable1:43:01 Spiders, snakes, and selling the family on AustraliaWhat is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the ...
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    1 時間 43 分
  • Sympathetic Renovation with Dave Zinkand

    Sympathetic Renovation with Dave Zinkand
    2026/07/20
    For fifteen years, Dave Zinkand's name never made it onto the scorecard. He was the guy in the field for Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw — Bandon Trails, Bandon Preserve, WeKoPa— learning to be an editor of his own work. Now the decisions land on his desk, and his name is the one members attach to the outcome. In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, Dave Zinkand of Zinkand Golf Design joins host Matt Considine and co-host Dr. Kevin Moore (aka "The Professor") to talk about what actually changes when you step to the front of the room — and why the entire craft might come down to a single word a stranger handed him at Port Marnock: angles.The conversation dives into:Restoration vs. renovation, and the "sympathetic renovation" middle ground — including Old Elm, where Harry Colt designed a course he never saw, Donald Ross took liberties in his absence, and Dave's team finally built Colt's torn-edge bunkers for the first time, a century later.Reversible golf at Medinah Country Club: a nine-hole, par-31 course routed through a floodplain with two double greens — and the rare owner (Bill Cosgrove) who greenlit the fun idea first, before the "serious" work. Saddle & Cycle Club: three acres of golf inside a Chicago social club, and the case for sub-three-hour experiences as the missing rung on the ladder that brings people into the game.Naturalized bunkering, native areas, and the honest maintenance math behind the rugged look — plus why a great superintendent's buy-in matters as much as the drawing.Connect with our guestDave Zinkand — Zinkand Golf Design: https://zinkandgolfdesign.com/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zinkandgolfdesign/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-zinkand-a689a64/Follow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.comConnect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters02:14 Introducing Dave Zinkand 04:38 The Professor's fact of the day: the octopus07:35 Partner break — Titleist GTS drivers and MOI09:02 From the field for Coore & Crenshaw to your own name on the door13:40 Editing your own work, and being open to your team's ideas15:11 Strategy and playability: the one word is "angles"18:59 The Dreer Award — Hoylake, Rye, and learning the links22:41 Firm vs. soft: designing angles for wet Ohio Junes27:03 The superintendent relationship and earning buy-in30:13 Rugged, naturalized bunkering and the maintenance trade-offs35:37 Restoration vs. renovation, and "sympathetic renovation"40:20 Old Elm: Harry Colt's intent, Ross's liberties, and bunkers built at last44:17 Saddle & Cycle: three acres of golf in the city49:50 Short courses, the "ladder of learning," and sub-three-hour golf54:37 Reversible golf and the Medina par-311:05:02 What's different when you route a course to play both ways1:08:28 The best reversible not named the Old Course: Doak's Loop1:12:36 One habit that travels everywhere — and the Irishman's word: balanceWhat is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy thousands of reserved tee times, competitions and events at exceptional partner courses across our local chapters, as well as signature trips and exclusive perks. NewClub is revolutionizing golf membership, making the game more meaningful for those who love it.
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  • How to Actually Qualify for a USGA Four-Ball

    How to Actually Qualify for a USGA Four-Ball
    2026/07/13
    Everyone tells you golf is an individual game. Zach Healy and Jack Larkin Jr. are quietly proving how much better it gets when it isn't.The two former University of Georgia golfers — roommates for all five years, four-ball partners ever since — join Matt and The Professor to talk about the format that's given them a second golf life: USGA Four-Ball. They've made a habit of tearing up the amateur scene, and this year they finished T2 in stroke play and came a single shot shy of the championship's single-round record with a 63.What the conversation dives into:Why the best four-ball teams aren't the perfect ones — and how one early bogey stopped matteringThe 63 in the Arizona desert: six birdies in the first eight holes, cocktails in hand, trading who could one-up the otherThe unglamorous re-navigation back into competitive golf after college, and why you have to be willing to shoot 80 in a qualifier to get sharp againGetting smarter as you get older: swapping a 15-year putter for a "spaceship," and checking the ego at the doorGamesmanship inside the ropes — walking fast, talking a lot, and where the line actually isJack Larkin Sr., the family blueprint for playing high-level golf at 65, and who wins when three Larkins tee it upConnect with our guestsZach Healy — 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/z_jhealy | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-healy/Jack Larkin — 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlarkin_uga | 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-larkin-b738a4126/Follow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.comConnect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters:00:00 One season, one complaint — doormen, summer, and the Midwest golf report05:30 Meet Zach & Jack: how the Professor first crossed paths with the Georgia team06:08 The Professor's teach: which clubs have hosted the U.S. Amateur most09:16 Partner spotlight: Titleist, the GTS, and matching your ball10:41 How do you actually qualify for the USGA Four-Ball?12:35 Why the best teams aren't perfect13:31 Steady Eddie vs. the EKG machine: how partners complement each other17:00 The 63: six birdies in eight holes and a run at the record19:45 Birdie juice — transfusions, screwdrivers, and desert superstitions22:49 How they met, and five years as roommates25:19 Walking into UGA and realizing you're not the best guy anymore30:32 What makes a great teammate34:29 Zach's shot at pro golf, and the pay-phone moment he hung it up39:44 Jack the working man, and the hard road back to competitive golf45:00 Getting smarter with age: efficiency, ego, and the spaceship putter52:24 Jack Larkin Sr. and the family blueprint for golf longevity56:08 Course selection, home-site traps, and football-weekend regrets1:01:00 Match play, momentum, and a two-down-with-two-to-go comeback1:04:30 Gamesmanship: walk fast, talk a lot, never cross the line1:09:00 Why team golf makes the whole thing more funWhat is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy thousands of reserved tee times, competitions and events at exceptional partner courses across our local chapters, as well as signature trips and exclusive perks. NewClub is revolutionizing golf membership, making the game more meaningful for those who love it.
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  • Shop Different, Play Different

    Shop Different, Play Different
    2026/06/29
    What does it actually take to write someone else's story in their own voice?In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with New Club Chicago's 2026 captain (and reigning club champ) Zander Nethercutt to trace an unlikely path: a 2017 essay about the Apple Store, a Facebook message six years later, and three years of near-daily phone calls that turned into Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius — the book he ghostwrote with Apple Store founder Ron Johnson. It's a conversation about writing as thinking, the discipline of changing your mind, and why the best clubs (and the best stores) are built around people, not product.The conversation dives into:What a rainy monthly medal at Oak Brook tells you everything about a club: consistency, ritual, and showing up for guys you actually care aboutHow Zander beat Ron Johnson in their first round together — and why that round became a bookThe decision to stop writing about Ron and start writing as Ron, and the dinner-party question that flipped the whole projectRon's first memory — and the unconditional love that shaped a careerThe green-vs-blue text myth, and why Zander now thinks his viral take got Apple exactly wrongLaunch, deepen, restore: how the Apple Store was designed from the customer backward, and what golf retail could steal from itConnect with our guestZander Nethercutt📖 Amazon Book Pre-order: https://bit.ly/4esvV8Q💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zander-nethercutt-0583b683/📝 Substack: https://substack.com/@zander/notes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zandercutt/|Follow The Bag Drop📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebagdrop 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/thebagdropgolf 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBagDropGolfListen to The Bag Drop🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xRWtUBJH8RazdLw14oaGH🎧 Transistor: https://thebagdrop.transistor.fm/Join the NewClub community🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newclubgolf💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclubSupport our Partners🐝 NewClub: https://www.newclub.golf🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com🌐 Golf Blueprint: https://www.golfblueprint.com Additional Links: ✍️ Zander's 2017 Essay "The Luxury Network": https://zandercutt.com/2017/11/15/the-luxury-network/📖 Preorder "Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius": https://bit.ly/4esvV8QConnect with Matt & The Professor🎙️ Matt Considine — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/consequential85 | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consequence18/ | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-considine-103bb21/📚 Dr. Kevin Moore ("The Professor") — 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/kevcmoore | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevcmoore | 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-moore-177b30b3/Chapters00:00 Introduction03:11 The Role of Competition in Golf05:50 Understanding the Role of a Club Captain08:32 Xander's Journey to Becoming a Writer11:18 The Impact of Writing on Personal Growth14:05 The Story Behind 'Shop Different' Book17:08 Lessons Learned from Ron Johnson19:47 The Personal Journey of Xander Nethercutt34:45 The Call to Retail: A Personal Journey38:48 The Shift: From Writer to Ghostwriter42:55 Revisiting Perspectives: Apple as a Luxury Brand47:26 The Evolution of Apple: From Humble Beginnings to Iconic Stores51:09 The Pressure of Leadership: Balancing Speed and Strategy56:43 The Role of Action: How Doing Shapes Thinking01:01:27 The Power of Kindness in Leadership01:04:59 Cutting Stories: The Art of Editing and Its Impact01:09:37 Lessons from High Performers01:16:08 Self-Actualization through Golf01:21:17 Redefining the Golf Experience01:27:29 Finding Passion in GolfWhat is The Bag Drop?The Bag Drop features weekly stories from the culture, community and characters shaping golf today. Produced by NewClub Golf Society, each episode blends authenticity and expert insights for passionate golfers at all levels. Special guests from clubs, courses and every corner of the changing landscape join us for thoughtful, in‑depth discussions on all things golf.What is NewClub?Founded in 2017, NewClub is the premier private golf society in the United States. It blends the community and access of a private club with the variety and affordability of public golf. Members enjoy thousands of reserved tee times, competitions and events at exceptional partner courses across our local chapters, as well as signature trips and exclusive perks. NewClub is revolutionizing golf membership, making the game more meaningful for those who love it.
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