Jonathan Wall

I'll be the first to admit this is a long time coming: @GolfDigest's gear podcast finally has a new name and dedicated feed. Welcome to Club Lab 🧪 Same data-driven discussions on the latest gear, tour trends, and interviews with the people who matter most in the industry.

@statspros @jonmorosi @MLBNetwork Key piece in the first World Series title. First pitcher to earn five wins as a starter in a single postseason. Clown comments...

@jonmorosi @MLBNetwork The Rangers sign aging players to absurd contracts with no trade clauses and can’t get value in return. They deserve this

Nathan Eovaldi, with a full-trade clause, won’t be traded today. @MLBNetwork

You do realize that the goal is to get controllable pieces/prospects back in return, right? Most of the guys you want them to trade have no-trade clauses or too much money left on the books to where the deals don't make sense unless the Rangers are going to take on a chunk of the remaining salary. There's also a lockout looming. This isn't a video game where you can just nuke a team into the sun because you're bored. Do I want them to sell? Sure. But it's wreckless to just say "fire sell" like it's easy to do. Because it's not.

@Evan_P_Grant Can you tell ray davis to sell the team if hes not gonna fire sell our roster?

Hearing that Rangers are not motivated sellers. Again, it's deadline day. Take it all with a grain of salt. But as of this moment, I think any deals they make would be very minor. Here is our live blog: dallasnews.com/sports/rangers…

@RoyLangIII 🫡

J Wall ... best in the biz

@karangetang @LukeKerrDineen those drivers were tested years ago when were still doing 3-point driver testing (mid heel, mid toe, center), so we don't have a 9-point analysis on them.

@LukeKerrDineen Where Sim2 and Sim2max

One for the nerdiest of nerds, and man, it's so good. The Qi10 LS goes 4 yards longer off the toe than off the screws 🤯

@Moogod658026 @LukeKerrDineen 95 is the most common speed amongst male amateur golfers. we're trying to capture a large swath.

@LukeKerrDineen Considering these tests seem to be done at very slow speeds are they even useful for faster golfers?

@ToeStrike Woof. Sorry about that. I’ll flag for our team.

@jonathanrwall Site is completely unusable. Appreciate the company needs to make money from Ad revenue etc but there still has to be a user experience.

Ever wonder if a driver favors a particular mishit? We analyzed 74 driver models (a few from '17) on the swing robot and created this interactive graphic that highlights whether a model is best suited for high, low, heel or toe impact. You can sort by year, brand or compare models from different brands. We added 9-point driver heat maps as well, so you can get insights on carry distance. The data is from 95 mph testing with 10 (Titleist) and 10.5 (rest of the field) driver heads.

@SleeperRangers ☝️

I heard this discussion on the Rangers broadcast a couple of nights ago, so I wanted to bring it here. Where does Nathan Eovaldi rank on your all-time best pitchers in Rangers history?

Jackson Koivun had @Titleist’s GTS prototype 3-wood in the bag for his win. Same one Michael Brennan and a few others were spotted testing earlier in the season.

Getting master fitter Chris Marchini back on the Club Lab pod this week. Want to hear what’s trending in the hitting bays — but we also want to answer some of your most pressing questions. Have one for Chris? Send it my way. Best question is going to get some cool gear.

@TheCougarithm They are so good. Still in them as well.

@jonathanrwall Still riding the ego boost of my i230s being called ‘player’s irons’ when they are as forgiving as my old G425s

A royal rumble for irons? You better believe it, brother. golfdigest.com/story/iron-sup…

@tundrawalker00 @JaredSandler 😂

@jonathanrwall @JaredSandler Shhh ... don't tell the 2024 Tigers that they are the 2026 Tigers

QOTD What should the Rangers do? BUY SELL NEITHER BOTH

@ChrisVernonShow @BAndersonPxP Hell yeah, Chris!

IT. HAPPENED. My first ever HOLE-IN-ONE. The signature #7 at Blue Mound CC in Milwaukee. With @BAndersonPxP on the call !! What a world.

@tundrawalker00 Saving that for my YouTube channel

@jonathanrwall I think you need to do a graphic on Bryson's ground interaction ... 🤣🤪

Been working hard behind the scenes on a visual that highlights off-center performance from our 95 mph robotic testing. Decided to create a graphic that showcases high, low, heel and toe superiority for 62 driver models, including Ping's G400. How to interpret the visual... Let's take a look at Ping G440 LST, which sits almost exactly on the median crossing point. It might look like a boring result, but it's actually a compelling story. Its position is unusually balanced: it doesn't punish any one type of miss more than a typical driver does, in either dimension. That balance is why it ranked first or second in every miss region during our testing. Now look at TaylorMade Qi10 LS in the far upper-right corner. This is a driver that's way above the median on both axes, meaning it rewards toe misses and high misses much more than a typical driver does. It's a great option if your miss tends to be an upper-toe fade, but it punishes low impact. Cobra Dark Speed Adapt Max-D is over on the far left. The negative X means it actually carries better on heel misses than on toe misses, which fits its identity as a draw-biased head, since draw chassis are engineered to reward heel contact. This chart isn't telling you which drivers are longest; it's telling you where each driver's forgiveness is concentrated on the face — high, low, heel, toe. If you know your own miss pattern, you can find the quadrant that matches it and see which heads are engineered to save yardage on the shots you actually hit. Happy hunting.

Is there a performance difference when you go from 95 mph to 105 mph with @Titleist's GTS drivers? We dive into the numbers on this week's Club Lab 🧪 podcast. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/28pB61… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/equ…

@winsletts correct. it seems to have been high face performance but doesn't have a bias towards the heel or toe, high face across all three locations (mid center, mid toe, mid heel) would produce similar results.

@jonathanrwall I swing a g430 max — it’s best if hit high center, right?

@winsletts like that idea. have a feeling this graphic will be evolving. just wanted something easy to read initially.

@jonathanrwall When clicking into a specific driver, it’d be nice to see a heat-map of driver performance over the face.