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The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf

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  • Shared, Not Gatekept (with Jeff Warne Founder New Holland Golf Club)

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    Many private club models seem to rely on keeping somebody out. Jeff Warne would rather keep out those who want just that. In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The…

  • Don't Shrink the Game. Educate It.

    October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

    A tragic argument in golf right now is whether the game needs to get smaller. Designer Sam Beckman has a different answer: educate.  In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co-host Dr. Kevin Moore…

  • Let Me Be Mad — Ryan Gerard

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

    Ryan Gerard hates losing more than he likes winning — and he'll tell you that's a feature, not a bug. Or, as he said to his caddy, JP, recently: “Just, Let Me Be Mad.” In this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt…

  • Going Long on the Great Clubs

    September 14, 2026 · 32 min

    Fittingly, we recorded our shortest episode ever to explain why the next ones will be much longer! Eight years in, The Bag Drop is biting off something new: fewer releases, deeper research, and three- to five-hour episodes on a single golf…

  • Why Three of Four Beginners Quit

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    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 co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with…

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  • The Best Course in the World Is a Par 66

    August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

    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 episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and…

  • 3D-Printed Putters and the Science of Feel

    August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    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 path through Arccos, data analytics, custom putter design, metal 3D…

  • Building the Gilroy: Old Barnwell's Second Course

    August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    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 and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The Professor”) sit down with Blake…

  • Can Every City Build a Place Like The Park?

    August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    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 around the globe?  Brian Conley knows it can; he sees it every day…

  • Why Australian Golf Hits Different

    July 27, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min

    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 Golf, host Matt Considine and co‑host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. “The…

  • Sympathetic Renovation with Dave Zinkand

    July 20, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    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, WeKoPa— learning to be an editor of his own work. Now the decisions land…

  • How to Actually Qualify for a USGA Four-Ball

    July 13, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    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 Georgia golfers — roommates for all five years, four-ball partners ever…

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About the show

Deeply researched audio documentaries that tell the definitive stories behind golf's greatest clubs + weekly conversations with the characters and communities shaping golf today.