Greg Van Gorp

@therealmcnair Scatter would repair fastest because they’re spaced out but the amount of shots that area could take is tiny. Concentrated allows for the most shots, but since the grass spreads horizontally it would take a long time to reach the middle from the edges. Spaced Lines = best balance

Question, any supers or golf turf guys have an opinion on driving range etiquette? We’ve been told Big Lines our entire lives but I’ve heard several that prefer a concentrated divot pattern? Would like to settle this. It goes without saying Big Scatter is an invention of the communists.

Me furiously refreshing the @bryanbrosgolf YouTube channel for Part 2

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley says golf has become "one-dimensional." "Until recent years golf has been a game of imagination, creativity, and variety. The game has become much more one-dimensional." Great soundbite. It's also directly contradicted by the USGA's Distance Insights Project. Here's what their research actually found. Today's long hitters are good at everything. Report R56 measured how closely driving distance was linked to every other skill on Tour. Longer hitters have improved their approach play. They have improved their short game. They have improved their putting. R56's conclusion: "This can be interpreted as longer hitters becoming better at the non-driving distance parts of the game, while accurate hitters were becoming worse at the non-driving accuracy parts of the game." Read that again. The USGA concluded long hitters are becoming MORE well-rounded. The straight hitters are becoming LESS well-rounded. If anyone is getting more "one-dimensional," it's the shorter hitting accurate players, not the bombers. Report R14 (Mark Broadie) broke down what separates the top 40 players from the field: approach shots 36%, driving 32%, short game 17%, putting 14%. The single biggest contributor to elite scoring is still approach play. Non-driving skills account for 68% of the scoring advantage. R56 analyzed every tee shot on every par 4 and par 5 on the PGA TOUR over 15 seasons using Shotlink data. Driving distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole. Where your ball ends up (fairway, rough, bunker) explains 9% of scoring variance on a hole. Where you hit it matters three times more than how far you hit it. Ridley's claim "feels" right, but feelings aren't data. The USGA's research found that today's long hitters are more well-rounded than ever, approach play still matters more than driving, and distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole while where the ball ends up explains 9% of the scoring variance. The game hasn't become one-dimensional. The best players have added dimensions.

Oh wow, the Masters launched a search function where you can find video of any shot hit from 1968-2025. 😳

@LouStagner Shocking how this simple statement has turned the golf world on its head and challenged “laying up to a good number” and all these old crusty held beliefs

Get the ball as close as you can, as often as you can, taking into account penalty strokes and other hazards.

@LouStagner I’d forfeit $20 million to play in the Masters…

Michael is a fantastic player. Making it on tour is HARD. There are no guarantees. If I had to guess, at the minimum he will walk away with total earnings of $20 million. At the minimum. $20 million puts you 106th on the career money list on tour. $20 million sets you and your kids up for life. And that's the minimum he will get. Opportunity for more. Good for him and I wish him well.

@doglegpar3 Same club and same height golfers?

Shaft parallel in downswing. Hand path.

@YipStrickler I have 22 rounds posted BUT I play a majority of my golf in leagues that have a bunch of custom rules, scrambles, guys trips with 2 man events, etc that make it so I can’t post my rounds. Doesn’t mean I don’t play A LOT.

“Scratch” golfers that rarely play golf always impress me. For example, Cole Davis just won the Memba-Memba at Valdosta CC, in Georgia, as a 0.6 handicap index. Today, Cole just “posted” his 20th round of 2025. Playing as a “scratch” with only 20 rounds/year is magnificent. (Source: Valdosta CC IG & GHIN App) #yip #golf #journalism

@Top100Rick 8 birdies and 1 bogey. The rest were pars

What’s the most birdies you’ve had in a round? And your handicap at the time? Today Jeeno Thitikul had 9 birdies. Nine! Imagine just casually birdieing half the holes you play. She is so freaking good. My record is a measly 4 a few times as an 8ish.

@DalkeKong3 Please go into detail on how you broke through. Driver tips are the worst thing on the planet. It can ruin a man….

To be fair I did have the driver yips (and basically full swing yips) all three years of my pro career. Even in meaningless money games I couldn’t keep it on the planet back then. Now the driver is my best weapon

@Golfingbrock 4:20 is a dream for public golf! 5-6 hours is typical and starters do nothing about it but raise the green fees

Decided to play municipal golf this morning instead of my usual Saturday game, and we were the 2nd group to tee off. Here is an open letter to the group in front of us: It takes a special kind of talent to tee off first, in carts, on an empty course, and still drag the entire day into a four-hour-and-twenty-minute crawl. Truly—remarkable work. Somewhere, a sloth is tipping its cap. But the part that really deserves recognition? You didn’t even bother to show up to the tee on time. We were standing there—bags down, ready to go, civilized members of society—while you rolled up late like you were arriving for brunch instead of the first tee time of the day. And then, instead of, I don’t know… teeing off, you launched into a full pre-round performance art piece: pulling out your orange whip, stretching bands, and a whole collection of training aids like you were filming a commercial for how not to start a round. A full mobile warm-up routine. On the tee. At 7 a.m. And the payoff for your meticulous prep? The slowest. Round. Meadowbrook. Has. Seen. In. Years. You were in carts, with no one ahead of you, and still managed a pace so slow that groups three holes back were discussing the meaning of life on tee boxes. You didn’t set the pace—you clogged the arteries of the entire property. So from all of us who spent the morning waiting, staring, aging, and wondering how the first group became the problem: Please, do better.

@MrMichaelLaRosa @LouStagner I played it and the layup was no joke. You have a tiny sliver of fairway to hit. Had about a 225 yard layup. I ended up pulling it way left and ended up playing a cool punch shot through the V in the tree to 12ft

@LouStagner Drive on 18 if I’m being honest. I’d play 16 as a three shot hole. 17 is punch/flight something front third of green. 18 tee shot is the worst.

In honor of Halloween. Be honest... what hole scares you the most? You are playing your club championship at TPC Sawgrass and have a one-shot lead. All that’s left are holes 16, 17 and 18. Water right on 16. The famous island green on 17. Water left all the way down 18. What is the scariest shot? Images from @StrackaLine green books. (use code DATALOU15 to save 15%)

@LouStagner I’ll tell you what, I played it from the tournament tees after The Players with the grandstands still up. Those three were the most nervous I’ve ever been over a golf shot in my life. 1. Tee shot 17 (just because people ask for your entire life) 2. Layup on 16 3. Tee shot 18

@johnlovell275 @NickJFreitas

@NUCLRGOLF “STOP GOING SO FAR LEFT IMMEDIATELY OFF THE FACE YOU WORTHLESS SPHERE!”

Was Jack the best of his era? Yes. Was Tiger the best of his era? Yes. Were the fields in Jack’s era significantly weaker? Yes. Do eras keep getting deeper and better? Yes.

“Burn him! He read the slope with his FEET!” 🔥 @SkySportsGolf #ChillOutLads

All I can think about each time they show Xander

@golfbreaks Masters. US Open. PGA. The Open

In what order would you rank the majors? 🤔 #golftalk

Note to self… don’t do mirror putting work in the middle of the day #nofilter