Putting Is Fun

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Side Saddle Putting with Sam Osborne: Snead, Bryson, and the Stroke the USGA Tried to Kill | Ep. 9

Sam Osborne (No More Lies) joins Brian Manzella and John Ortega for the first three man Putting Is Fun. Sam has putted side saddle for eight years and makes the case that

Sep 10
59 min

They Called Scotty Cameron "The Copycat Kid" | Ep. 8

They called Scotty Cameron the Copycat Kid. His original designs shut that down for good. Brian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher and runs his Studio in the Sky in New Orlean

Sep 3
1 h 05 min

Blade Putters Are Disappearing | Ep. 7

Mallets are winning on tour by a landslide, blades are vanishing from the racks, and after 20 years of better equipment and better data, tour putting stats have barely mo

Aug 27
54 min

You Can Become a Great Putter Without Ever Playing Golf | Ep. 6

Brian Manzella and John Ortega build a putter from scratch. Not a club, a person. Ep. 6 is for two kinds of listeners: someone who has never held a putter outside of a m

Aug 20
1 h 03 min

Aimpoint vs Vector Putting, and Grok's 25 Best Putters | Ep. 5

Aimpoint took over the PGA Tour and never made it to your Saturday game. Brian Manzella and John Ortega break down both green reading systems, the lawsuit between them, a

Aug 13
1 h 01 min

Are Zero Torque Putters Already Fading on Tour? | Ep. 4

Brian and John are back from the US Open at Shinnecock with a report from inside the ropes. John's student Jake Knapp returned from six to eight weeks off with a thumb in

Aug 6
1 h 00 min

The Putting Stroke Stopped Evolving 50 Years Ago, Ep. 3

The golf swing changed. The equipment changed. The putting stroke? Stuck in 1975. Brian Manzella (Top 50 teacher) and John Ortega (co-founder of John Byron Putters, LONG

Jul 30
58 min

Arnold Palmer Asked John for a Putting Lesson, Ep. 2

Brian Manzella (Top 50 teacher) and John Ortega (co-founder of John Byron Putters, coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp since he was 8) share the stories only guys who've

Jul 23
57 min

He Needed a Baseball Bat. Golf Got Him Instead. | Putting Is Fun Ep. 1

He needed a baseball bat. Golf got him instead. In the first episode of Putting Is Fun, Brian Manzella sits down with John Ortega, the man who has coached PGA Tour winne

Jul 16
54 min