At The Turn - Golf Podcast · Joe Simons & Nick Heidelberger

Trendy Golf Clubs: Fad or the Future

·1 hr 9 min·3 clips

Scotty Scheffler is destroying the PGA Tour with a seven wood.

1. At The Turn - Golf Podcast centers this episode on trendy golf clubs and whether they are a fad or the future. 2. Hosts Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons run the episode as co-hosts, and Joe's putter search plus Nick's equipment opinions drive the golf talk. 3. The episode asks whether clubs like mini drivers, seven woods, nine woods, single-length irons, and zero-torque putters will last. 4. Joe starts with a Saturday round at Wildwood near Portland, where he realized his putter was missing before a nine-hole tee time. 5. He called Eastmoreland Golf Course, texted the players from his last round, and still could not find the Odyssey 2-ball he had used for 10 years. 6. Joe bought an Odyssey AI One at Dick's Sporting Goods after testing a TaylorMade Spider and liking the AI One's length and feel. 7. Nick immediately warned that the new putter profile should match Joe's stroke, not just his confidence. 8. Joe said the new putter helped him make 27 putts on a difficult round and called the setup a honeymoon phase. 9. The handicap report turned into a second story line, with Joe shooting 40 on the front nine from the tips at Wildwood and 81 at Heron Lakes, Great Blue. 10. Nick answered with his own 91 after fixing a broken driver by swapping to a PXG driver he had tested earlier. 11. Joe argues that the USGA handicap system is mostly accurate, but he says the nine-hole scoring system and Playing Course Conditions Correction are flawed. 12. Nick pushes back by saying Joe choked on the 18th hole at Heron Lakes and should have made a par putt instead of blaming the USGA. 13. The club debate opens with mini drivers, and Joe says he now sees them from TaylorMade, Callaway, Titleist, and PXG. 14. Nick says the mini driver may be a fad because the name sounds dumb to him, even though he thinks it is a useful club. 15. Both hosts then move to seven woods and nine woods, and Nick says Scotty Scheffler is proof that high-lofted fairway metals are already here. 16. They explain that seven woods and nine woods launch higher, spin more, and help golfers hold greens from about 195 to 215 yards. 17. Nick adds that long irons still matter on fast, firm courses with wind, because a three iron can roll more than a five wood. 18. Joe and Nick close the equipment segment by calling single-length irons a niche idea and discussing zero-torque putters as the one category that changes the balance conversation. 19. Golfers who like equipment debates, handicap math, and bag setup talk will get the most from this episode. 20. Golfers who want a story-driven interview or no gear talk may skip it.

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A loose club debate that weighs mini drivers, zero-torque putters, and high-lofted fairway metals against the question of whether they will last.

Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons spend the episode on a familiar golf argument: are these clubs actually useful, or just the latest shiny obsession?

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