Jon Hardesty

Quite enjoying @GateMateGolf new tool for improving green reading AND your start line / aim @KornFerryTour Arlington, Tx. Really cool training aid!

@mfinneygolf Really appreciate the kind words. It’s been a fun ride so far!

Congratulations to my friend Jon Hardesty on winning the 2025 PGA Kentucky Section Teacher of the Year Award today. It is greatly deserved! Jon - in my opinion - is the spark that ignited the search for scientific, evidence based explanations of the golf swing during some “unscientific” times. He said in 2007 - “the science is out there.” And, oh boy, was he right. That one statement led to initial calls to Steven Nesbit, Aaron Zick, Sasho MacKenzie, Rob Neal, Young-Hoo Kwon, Mike Duffey, Paul Wood, Erik Henrickson, Art Maffei, Mark Broadie, Phil Cheetham, Bob Grober, Dieter Olson, Fredrik Tuxen, Dave Tutelman, and many others. Jon pushed the industry in the direction it desperately needed to be pushed. The Search For The Perfect Swing (1968) was a great start - but, the first phone call to Steven Nesbit in 2008 was the beginning of discovering the immense researcher talent across the spectrum of disciplines. The golf instruction industry thanks you, Jon…without your curiosity, we might still be twisting in the wind.

Easy to underestimate how important this is. How a ball spins is only 1/2 the picture.

Without tracking, I could not have told you I had a Left direction bias. I went from a Stack putting session to some block practice and quickly cleaned this up.

@jertybird Same here.

I have an addiction to solving golf problems.

“I’ll be honest, TheStack has worked wonders” - Matt Fitzpatrick

Ballnamic considers your launch conditions, performance preferences, and where you play for a holistic fit. 🏌️‍♂️

It was not long ago that golfers, golf media, & club fitters thought you had to choose between low (optimal) spin and stability (pareto optimality) This trade-off has been broken. The definition of innovation. The proof is.....right here.

We have an opening for a research and test engineer (preferably with a passion for the human equipment interaction, high performance, psychology side of things). This role is in Loughborough, UK reporting to the talented @SportJono

Great insights here during the middle of his golf heater.

What a show! Big congratulations to Viktor Hovland, the 2023 #FedExCup Champion.

This was fun. Viktor, from the Tour truck, the day after his Viktory. Hope you enjoy this PING Proving Grounds podcast as much as I did. omny.fm/shows/ping-pro…

Friction is a strange and wonderful topic and it very much matters in golf. For moisture you can also read “grass” and you have more partial wedge shots in longer grass than not. Make sure your wedge has great spin in non-ideal conditions!

When it comes to your lowest lofted fwy wood, most fitters don't know what's optimal....or possible. Fitters: PING Co-Pilot is here to help. We've added Fairway Wood Launch Efficiency (Beta) to help optimize your golfers fairway wood - specific to their goals, weather, altitude, model, and impact location 🧠 Check it out pingcopilot.com

PING Fitters Full set, predictive gapping, specific to your golfer & geographic location. Save time, improve accuracy, send detailed report to your golfer. Gapping App (Beta) available at pingcopilot.com Check out this clip for more info: youtube.com/watch?v=NmeTkn…

Trend Alert: Medium swing speed players Stacking, then winning Majors

🌍Wherever you play, Ballnamic's fitting algorithms consider your unique golfing environment to deliver the perfect golf ball recommendation. Embrace the power of customization!

G430 Max fwy wood MOST played on Tour for the 4th week in a row. G430 LST MOST played driver this week on Tour. Have a great weekend.

Wind has a significant effect on offline dispersion. In this example, for a PGA Tour 7-iron, offline dispersion changes by ~10% for each 10 mph change in wind speed

Tired of fliers? We test for spin in both wet and dry conditions. On wedge shots, we've measured spin rate drops of over 40% on some balls, dropping from more than 10,000 RPM to 6,000 rpm, when friction is reduced through added moisture.