Matt Considine

A kid from Akron, Founder of @newclubgolf and host of @thebagdropgolf Podcast⛳️🐝🎧

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

When I first play golf with someone, I don’t ask what they do for a living. I ask what makes them feel alive!

Kyle is the exception as his answer to both is designing kick-ass golf holes.

Really fun and educational one this week. https://t.co/mV1DE0ouJC

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

Bobby Jones. Palmer and Nicklaus. Tiger. Donald Ross.

@KyleFranzGolf on the five who set the course for American golf, and why Ross's reach matters as much as any trophy.

New Bag Drop drops tomorrow.

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

"I can charge more because I'm nicer. My courses are nicer. And everyone who walks through that door matters to us."

Karen Peek on why hospitality and revenue are the same goal at Detroit's munis.

"Everybody that shows up at our door is important to us. Act like it."

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@TheSergioGarcia @SergioGolfLife Blatant plagiarism of the great man @KingJames in that closer.

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@jamierkennedy The eagle is so sick, but I gotta say it: with the state of modern technology—specifically, the jump drivers made in 2026 shifting MOI, reducing spin, and adding 2+ degrees to most setups—the DOD isn’t that impressive anymore. It’s a stock shot now for these guys.

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

"A typical golf shop: young, white, male, nice-looking, dressed well.

Does that message to an older Black man? Chances are it doesn't."

Karen Peek of Golf Detroit on what makes a course feel like it's for you.

Full episode out now.

[Kevin C. Moore @kevcmoore]

Something is coming soon...👀👀👀

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

LPGA teaching pro Karen Peek on the boyfriend range lesson:

"The relationship has a better chance than the golf game."

Teaching is a skill. Playing well doesn't give you it. New Bag Drop out now.

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

Karen Peek lost her father at 14.

That same year, she found comfort in a game he never knew himself.

Full episode with Detroit's Muni Golf Boss drops tomorrow. https://t.co/8QorGY0BYy

[Garrett Morrison @garrett_TFE]

Today I tried to answer a bunch of questions about the East Potomac situation — where we are, how we got here, where things might go next, and what I think about it all. https://t.co/GctSwWgWnc

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

Exclusive. Luxury. Manicured.

@jeffwarnegolf calls those the words that undo a golf club, and he built New Holland's pitch to filter out the people they appeal to most. 

New episode of The Bag Drop out now.

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

Members and visitors. Not public and private. @jeffwarnegolf on why good golf should be shared, not gatekept.

Dropping tomorrow on The Bag Drop. ⛳

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@fried_egg_golf @KVanValkenburg @JosephLaMagna @TheRealPJClark Monday night MACtion!

[thebagdrop @thebagdropgolf]

"I've heard a lot of people say shrink the game."

"How about educate the game?"

Sam Beckman designs for clubs that only get one shot at it. 

New Bag Drop out now.

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

F1 getting into the minimalist design game. #naturalcontours #harmony

[Formula 1 @F1]

FIRST LOOK! The plans for the purpose-built circuit in Bugesera, Rwanda 🇷🇼

Located 40 kilometres south of Kigali, the circuit will be designed to work in harmony with the natural landscape and use the area’s elevation changes to create a unique and challenging racing experience

#F1

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

Get it… A Bailey in CLE?! (I’ll see myself out)

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

It’s good to be @A_BaileyCLE in Oct. 🏆

[TNT Sports U.S. @TNTSportsUS]

Solo shot from Patrick Bailey puts the Guardians on the board 💪

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@fried_egg_golf Amazing how much erosion has affected lost marsh over the years.

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@GolfDigest If you’re the USGA, Andrew Bailey is your best case scenario for reinstatement. Few are more deserving of their post-college amateur success.

[Christopher Powers @CPowers14]

I talked to U.S. Mid-Am winner Andrew Bailey on this week’s episode of The Loop podcast. Bailey is a former pro who took down another former pro, Nate Smith, in the 36-hole final match.

Former pros re-entering the amateur ranks has become a HOT topic of discussion on Golf Twitter over the last few months. At last year’s U.S. Mid-Am, six of the final eight competitors were former professionals. Just a month ago, Mike Sposa, who made over 170 starts on the PGA Tour, won the U.S. Senior Am. That was the same week that former tour pro Colt Knost revealed that the USGA had put his bid for amateur reinstatement on hold as it re-evaluates its reinstatement guidelines. Knost made 199 starts on the PGA Tour and made over $4.3 million in his career.

As for Bailey, who now works for men’s golf apparel company Holderness and Bourne, he never made a single start on the PGA Tour. In fact, the only reason he has a profile page on the PGA Tour’s website is because he earned “the most conditional of conditional status” at Mackenzie Tour Q School in 2015. He briefly tried the mini tour life before realizing it was making him miserable and destroying his love for the game. After a rock-climbing injury knocked him out for six months, he applied for reinstatement.

Here’s Bailey explaining the full timeline below

[Matt Considine @consequential85]

@USGA Absolutely need to continue the reinstated am discourse! BUT these commenters should do some research. Bailey had a cup of coffee as a pro, earned about the same as one costs, too. He’s been a genuine mid-am working stiff for a decade, and earned every bit of his amateur success.