Red Rooster Golf founder, Kerry Moher, joins The Hackers Paradise podcast to talk all things gloves — and that all-too-familiar moment of truth on the first tee. ⛳
Of all things we could focus on during this Ryder Cup, can we take a second to talk about how absolutely awful this apparel is? Bacon flap collars and no buttons lmao please stop.
New Pod Drop
Off Course with @NGF_GolfBizInfo
☑️What is the NGF and who do they serve
☑️The evolution of the NGF and golf history
☑️How has golf shifted over the last twenty years
☑️Golf Architecture
https://t.co/5tE1SogbiL
I am starting to wonder if there's a secret bet going around the PGA Tour to see who can have the biggest tantrum before the end of the season. Clark and Jaeger have to be early locks for 1a/1b.
There is nothing sensible about torching equipment standards based on 0.01% of golfers. It will forever baffle me why some followers of golf are so allergic to exceptional skill.
"It is utterly foolish that the modern game is in a place where you need 5.5-inch rough, greens that stimp in the 15s, and effective playing corridors that are narrower than the dimensions of modern shot patterns to produce a winning score near par. More simply put, we’re playing golf courses out of scale and at speeds and rough lengths pushing past the line of reasonability. However, since we are in that place with the modern game, setup becomes an impossible exercise in balancing priorities and weighing tradeoffs.
"The solution, of course, is the sensible one. Dialing back equipment to restore the value of finding the center of the club face and recalibrating the scale of the game to the golf courses we play. With responsible regulation, we’d be able to cut the rough without sacrificing the meaning of a par, reduce the role of luck in the tournament, and generate a more natural, skillful version of the sport. At the same time, you might risk running afoul of TaylorMade, who produces surveys indicating that fans love birdies. Or Acushnet, who ran a commercial all weekend showing the evolution of the golf ball or, as it’s known in some circles, increased athleticism over time.
"Oakmont is a wonderful, historic golf course, worthy of hosting many more championships. Hopefully the next time we see it, Oakmont will play at a more appropriate scale that properly showcases the brilliance of both the best golfers in the world and the golf course."
- @JosephLaMagna in today's newsletter presented by @ECCOGOLF
Each year I leave the US Open weekend lost as to whether I enjoy watching Pros navigate completely obnoxious course conditions, or whether it's just goofy golf.
@THPGolf I'm disgusted by these actions and anyone condoning it. Turnberry is a wonderful piece of golf history and should be respected as such. People need to grow up (and those losers need to go to jail).