Golf IQ

Sam Weinman and LKD explore the world of USGA Handicap Indexes. The team dives into misconceptions about handicaps, how handicaps can help you become a better players and what excites them about their upcoming, summer-long quest to improve their indexes. Presented by the USGA.

2022 U.S. Open champion Matthew Fitzpatrick walks LKD through the final three holes at Muirfield Village, one of the toughest closing stretches on the PGA Tour. With water, bunkers and heavy rough lurking to derail players' rounds, Fitzpatrick details how he uses statistics and analytics to avoid the trouble. Presented by Workday.

Tiger Woods has an interesting reason for why he was so good at the top of his game. LKD and Drew Powell dive into the intricacies of lag putting and why speed is more important than line.

LKD and Drew Powell explain the benefits of a smooth putting stroke and why smooth doesn't necessarily mean slow.

LKD and Drew Powell talk about why speed is so important and how close players should reasonably expect to hit their putts from various distances using the pros' eight percent rule.

"The Pride of Augusta" Sam explains how Augusta National is actually quite playable and does, in fact, have some slow putts.

Hitting quality golf shots under pressure doesn't have to amount to luck. Sam Weinman joins LKD to share some tips on how to think about approaching an important shot.

Host Luke Kerr-Dineen and Maddi MacClurg discuss the state of their golf games at the beginning of the season and detail how they will go about improving as the year goes on. 

LKD is joined by Golf Digest staffer Will Irwin and Titleist Performance Institute Fitting Analyst Chris Baingo to discuss how to get the right combination of clubs in the bag. Chris explains how he worked with Will to optimize performance with every club and the key metrics that go into determining which clubs were right for him.

Golf Digest staffer Will Irwin joins the pod to talk about iron fitting.