The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf

Why Three of Four Beginners Quit

Nineteen million Americans have tried golf since 2020. About one in four of them stayed. In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and

The Best Course in the World Is a Par 66

Jim Hartsell will tell you the best golf course in the world is 4,800 yards and a par 66. He is not being cute about it. He would like you to come after him. In this epi

3D-Printed Putters and the Science of Feel

What happens when a guy with a Wall Street background decides he’d rather make putters than climb the corporate ladder? For Al Vikmanis, the answer has been a winding pat

Building the Gilroy: Old Barnwell's Second Course

What does a piece of land owe the people around it once the golf stops paying for itself? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine an

Can Every City Build a Place Like The Park?

Can a golf facility be fun, affordable, and welcoming for the local community while maintaining an elite course and golf experience that attracts committed golfers from a

Why Australian Golf Hits Different

A country that loves a drink almost never drinks on the golf course. That's not temperance — that's the whole story. In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in G

Sympathetic Renovation with Dave Zinkand

For fifteen years, Dave Zinkand's name never made it onto the scorecard. He was the guy in the field for Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw — Bandon Trails, Bandon Preserve, WeK

How to Actually Qualify for a USGA Four-Ball

Everyone tells you golf is an individual game. Zach Healy and Jack Larkin Jr. are quietly proving how much better it gets when it isn't. The two former University of Geo

Shop Different, Play Different

What does it actually take to write someone else's story in their own voice? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr.

Where Does the Water Go?

Every golfer has stood over a putt and guessed. Erik Belgum learned to ask one question instead: where does the water go? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories

Golf Rules We'd Keep, Kill, and Rewrite

What should never change about golf? And what should have been changed years ago? With the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills around the corner, Matt and the Professor crack

Golf, Identity, and Starting Over

What happens when the thing you’ve built your entire identity around suddenly stops being your job? This week, Matt and The Professor sit down with a friend and former P

A Club Without a Course, A Community With Purpose

How do you become one of the oldest and now largest predominantly black golf clubs in the world without owning a golf course? By building around people and purpose.  In

The Ghost Name in Golf Course Architecture

Joe Hancock may be the most-mentioned, least-seen name in modern golf course architecture. In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine a

Where Golf Still Feels Like Golf: North Berwick to Royal Melbourne

What if the places we romanticize most in golf aren’t perfect at all, just alive in a way we rarely get at home? In this episode of The Bag Drop, host Matt Considine and

The Re-Making of the Masters?

What has The Masters mastered—what might it be losing along the way? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and cohost Dr. Kevin Mo

Hooper Golf Course: Community, Stewardship, and the Heart of 9-Hole Golf

What does it take to save a golf course and keep it true to itself? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and cohost Dr. Kevin Moo

The Dopamine Dance: Navigating Golf's Addictive Allure

What keeps us coming back to golf—and when does obsession cross into addiction? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and cohost D

Ballot of the Heart: Hickories, The Old Course, and The Meaning We Found in St. Andrews

What happens when you chase the Old Course, and Scotland gives you something even better? In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine an

Rollback Is the Wrong Word: What F1 Teaches Golf About Regulation

What if golf stopped calling it a rollback and started calling it what it really is: normal regulation of the  In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, o