BryanGolf Show

Can we all agree that kickers are notoriously the best golfers in the NFL?  There's got to be a secret to it right?  Wil Lutz, Pro Bowl kicker for the New Orleans Saints, tells us his golf story and how he balances the fun of the game with his profession as a bad ass kicker in the NFL! 

He's played some great golf courses and tells us one place you 100% HAVE to visit plus what it's like kicking a 58 yarder for the WIN on Monday Night Football with Drew Brees leading the way!

The goal - play in tournaments, improve every time!  

My tournaments scores have been improving as my game has been headed in the right direction but unfortunately I missed out on the FL Open this year!  I shot a 1 under 71 but needed a 68 to get through this time around!

That's a far cry from where I was in November with my tournament scores.  In last year's Florida Amateur qualifier, I somehow managed to shoot 85.  Then I shot 80-70 in a tournament.  Then 80-80.  Then 78-78.  Then I shot 82 in the US Open qualifier.  After that I switched to a new putter, changed my grip, and after a good talking with a friend of mine, adopted a new putting routine that has helped tremendously.  While I missed the FL Am with a score of 75, I felt like I had the 72 in me that it would've taken to get through.  Same goes for the FL Open this week.  I know I had a 67 or 68 in me.  

In this show, I'm going grade my game and my clubs and share what has worked for me and the mindset I have moving forward!

What an amazing tournament it was! WOW...that finish was spectacular and a blast to watch!  Congrats to Jon Rahm on the W!

Another huge congrats to friend of the show Chris Baker who qualified and played in his first major championship last week at Torrey Pines!

On this Bryan Golf Show presented by Pinned Golf, Bake takes us through the week and what it was liking playing 4 rounds in the U.S. Open for the very first time!

It's legit the biggest week of the year!  Why would we not bring on JW to talk Torrey and US Open golf?

What a good hour of golf talk here!  Especially for those of you enamored with tech and data and the path that it is leading our industry down!

We touch on radar launch monitors versus optical launch monitors like GC Quad and how the accuracy indoor and outdoor is unparalleled!  (Which is why we use it for our fitting studio!) 

Plus, where is the future of golf headed and how does tech play a part?

On this Bryan Golf Show presented by Pinned Golf, I've got my friend Nick Matthew on the pod!  He caddied for me at the US Open qualifier and again this past weekend at the Florida Amateur qualifier.  

We did some grinding on the greens the night before the qualifier and made some changes to the setup with some great success!  

Was it good enough to qualify for the Florida Amateur, though?  That's the question!

Turnaround times are insane right now so on this pod, I'm giving you a little breakdown on what is holding up your custom clubs and how you can change up your order a little and maybe speed up the process and help curb the expectation! 

Will I got back to back on the pod as far as champion predictions. go?? Also, what type of nugs did Johnny get from his time with Phil Mickelson talking about his setup at Augusta? 

Answers and more on this pod!!  

This is a filler episode.  We really just need to get to next week's Masters preview! Ha!  While we wait, here's some questions we got on IG that I gladly answer on the pod!!

What a weekend it was at Battle at the Beach!  Weather that would rival the OPEN Championship on it's worst of days!  None of that stopped us from having an amazing time and a successful event!  Excited for the next one!!

Also, clear winner in the bag in the driver category for me?  I think so!  Looks like the replacement for my SIM 9.0 comes in a very different but familiar package!

For the gear heads out there, this is BIG news for all of us!  I couldn't be happier for my friend Johnny Wunder!  No one is as passionate about the gear in the hands of tour players like JW and he will represent the gear nerds better than anyone!  Kudos to him and Callaway Golf for teaming up to add another layer of amazing golf content to their brand.  

For the first time ever on a podcast, my good friend Johnny Wunder is in town for Battle at the Beach and has turned BryanGolf into his hub for a couple days before the event!!  

We talk plenty of golf, golf clubs, BATB, and tease a new opportunity for JW that is being announced next week!!

Thanks to everyone who showed some love and joined the chat with SuperSpeed Golf last night!  Always fun talking SPEEED and CLUB FITTING!  Even more fun when you find out how they work together!!!

Mel and I recap a great SteezandTees.com pop up sale from this past weekend, preview the announced Battle at the Beach pods, recap my most recent tournament, and start to touch on the debate of sex making you better at golf!! (I think it does...Mel disagrees...of course.)

We got the stupid questions from Instagram...and we answered them with brutally honest answers! ;)

We love you much and thank you for your participation! (Not all stupid questions are THAT stupid, btw...)

Just played in another 2-day tournament and had some ol' trusty sticks in the bag BUT I also just put in the RF PROTO REV33 Irons in the bag from Cobra Golf as well as a new SIK DW Armlock w/LAGP shaft!!  It's new club SZN friends!!

Truth be told, I don't really get into golf talk until 6:20ish in the pod so if you don't want to hear me shoot the breeze on NFL and NBA...skip forward!

Good bit of this pod I discuss my own golf bag and what it will look like in 2021, as it's going to look very different than it has in the past!

Also, I played in another tournament and took what I learned from recent experiences and applied them for the most part... Haha.

Plus ARMLOCK PUTTING!  There's something there to it my friends.

We're all ready for 2020 to be put in the rear view mirror correct??  COVID ruled the year and golf still found a way to prosper.  To me, that's done nothing but prime us for an amazing 2021!  

The show is gaining a new sponsor in 2021 and I'm thrilled to announce that PINNED GOLF will be the presenting sponsor of the show next year!  We'll also be set up for video to where everyone of these podcasts will be available on YouTube as well as here on the pod!  

Hope you have a fantastic end to the year and I very much look forward to growing the show with you in 2021!

The good ol' QUALIFIER.  No matter the situation, qualifiers are stressful.  They're normally a one-round shoot-out or 18 holes of attempted survival.  It almost seems without failure, if something can go wrong in a qualifier, it will.

On this show, I'll discuss my experiences through playing in qualifiers, including my successes and failures!

Does Bryson dominate? Does TW repeat?  Does Rory complete the Grand Slam?  Lot of questions heading into the first ever November Masters Tournament and we do our best to answer them!

PLAYERS Cup or "PC" is our Ryder Cup style event that we've put on since 2018.  It's a player favorite and one that means a lot to us.  Here's a little bit of the PLAYERS Cup story including some changes that will be happening here in the future with the event!

Our friends and sponsor of the show, Cobra Golf, just dropped a good one on us with the surprise announcement that the KING TOUR MIM irons are available for pre-order and coming out October 30th!  THAT is a quick release!  

What's the story on these and where do they fit in the market?  We discuss that with some more iron talk in this show!

WOW.  WOW.  WOW.  Playing a few rounds and spending a couple days at Dormie Network's Victoria National Golf Club is a dangerous thing as it's almost impossible not to want to join the Dormie Network!  

We went with a group of 10 to play some friendly competition at one of the hardest and most magnificent golf courses in existence and needless to say, it didn't disappoint! 

Every week we'll check in with my good friend Johnny Wunder and talk on golf, golf equipment, and whatever pressing matters need to be discussed on the pod!  This will normally be in addition to the normal generic golf talk that goes on the show but this week, takes the main slot!

This episode we talk on the new Titleist TSi metalwoods, the Cleveland RTX ZipCore wedges, and some fitter/builder speak on how certain sticks may or may not be working for you!

Could this be the day?  Could dreams being coming true?  Fellas, it's happening.  Mel has approved a membership at legitimately my favorite golf course in Jacksonville and I don't know whether to celebrate or cry!  

Do we pressure our 9 year old to play the game of golf?  Should we pressure him more?  What does he like about golf and what does he not like?  We figured we'd just let him answer those questions that I'm sure every parent can relate to!

What if there was a golf course that was pure simply because no one gets to play it?  That course may exist here in Jacksonville and we are going to start the attempt to see it in person!!  We start that convo around the 18 minute mark!  Right after we discuss Battle at the Bay, The Victational, and Mel's golf lesson progress!

We've come back to the pod world after a little hiatus while we focused on opening up our own custom fitting studio in Fleming Island, FL!  We freshen up on what we've been doing and explain the direction we're going with our business and how excited we are to have you a part of it all!!

Ian Fraser is known in the club fitting world as one of the most knowledgeable professionals in the game and now, thanks to his vision for Tour Experience Golf, he's simply one of the most well know fitters in the world!  You probably know Ian and his team at TXG from their YouTube channel and probably have benefitted greatly from the knowledge that he passes on!  This convo dives into the content side of TXG more so than a 40 minute conversation of club stuff! (Which we get to...eventually!)

Is golf one of the safest activities you can do throughout all of this COVID-19 madness?  We discuss it! Plus, why we had to reschedule and relocate Battle at the Bay!

What.  Just.  Happened.  This is so sad.  I'm sad.  We should all be sad.  Everyone is obviously putting health #1 and that's what's important, but can we be selfish for 15 minutes and talk about all the things NOT happening in the world of sports because of it?

The PLAYERS is our home event.  It means everything to us.  The fact that it was cancelled was simply surreal.  I still can't believe it.  

Want to know what it is like to be the big man on campus at TRUE Sports, the company that is True Temper, Project X, Accra, Aerotech, and Graffaloy?  

Don Brown fills us in on what it's like being an industry leader with a deeeeep history of success as well as what the newly acquired shaft companies have coming out that will benefit golfers of all skill level! (Including the one I'm most excited about, ACCRA iSeries Steel!)

Just a check in pod! An update on what we have going on with SteezandTees.com, our upcoming events, my thoughts on the distance debate, and a quick reminder that the Bridgestone Tour B is available NOW!  

Chris and I caught up between tournaments to get an update on what life has been like on the PGA Tour thus far and what it was like to play with TIGER WOODS at the Farmers Insurance Open! 

What were some of our favorite products? What was different? What should you be looking out for in 2020 and beyond?  We talk that up a little as we put a little stamp on a few days in Orlando at the PGA Show!

I'd like to think that it's big news that I'm switching from the Pro V1 to the new Bridgestone Tour B XS but we all know that it's not. Haha.  What is big news is that Bridgestone does have a new Tour B line and a new way of fitting golfers for a golf ball!  

It doesn't hurt that Tiger helped design the ball and has put it in play as of Torrey Pines.  

Adam is the Golf Ball Fitting Manager and has a major hand in Bridgestone Golf's marketing efforts.  He goes deep on the new ball, what makes it so special, and how it's been in development for the last few years!