What are the best performing golf clubs on the LPGA Tour? 2nd Swing’s Drew Mahowald and Harrison Arnold breakdown the LPGA Tour’s Stat Leaders in Driving, Iron Play, Wedge Play and Putting and discuss the clubs and setups they use, and how we’ve seen these clubs, shafts and setups perform in fittings. Then 2nd Swing Master Fitter Jake Montgomery answers viewers questions on club fitting.
00:00 Introduction
01:46 The Turn
11:42 Best Clubs on LPGA Tour
38:06 Ask a Fitter
56:05 Conclusion
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On this episode of Second Swing Thoughts, last week we discussed the best clubs statistically on the PGA Tour, and now we shift to the LPJ tour with Harris Arnold. Plus, we have a viewer submitted Q&A session with fitter Jake Montgomery. So, a fun jam-packed episode of Second Swing Thoughts. Hey golfers, I’m Drew Mahol, the Second Swing Golf, in studio for another episode with Sean Bower, co-host of the program and uh a fun one here today. We’ve got a couple of different Master Fitters joining us. Harrison joins us for a look at the best clubs on the LPJ tour in 2025. Kind of um you know, adding on to the conversation from the PGA Tours clubs last week. And then we have a Q&A with Jake Montgomery who is now the GM at Second Swing at Minneapolis. So, uh, fun to have him in before his schedule gets a little busier here, um, for us in terms of, uh, his availability to join us for content. But, um, let’s dive in here, Sean. Let’s do it. Yeah. Um, yeah, the content with, uh, coming up here with Jake and Harrison. Both a little deeper dives. I mean, obviously very deep dive into the LPGA equipment just like you did with the PJ tour equipment. Um, it’s really interesting to see the kind of the club choices that these players make. Um, and then to have Harrison’s, you know, insights as a player as along with being a fitter, um, into why they may be playing this and what stood out to him. Um, really interesting stuff. And then with Jake, you know, just a a viewer submitted Q&A. Um, kind of this ask a fitter. We do it, you know, try to do about once a month. I know coming up in 2026, there’ll be many more chances to ask a fitter question. You want to stay tuned for what we have in store for the podcast coming in the new year. Um but yeah, let’s start off with um the turn and um the Hero World Challenge happening this weekend and shockingly Scotty Sheffler did not win it. Um it looked like he would like, but uh then the tides turned and it was Hideki Matsyama um winning on a playoff over Alex Norin. Um he birdied the playoff hole, Norin Pard. So Hideki kind of bookends his his 2025 season with wins. Of course, he won at the Sentry earlier in the year and then wins this year at the end of the year. So kind of a nice way to end the year. Uh he was a little hit or miss in between especially for his standards, you know, but uh you know, a nice win to add. I know there’s always the controversy with world ranking points in today’s day and age and how this gets so many, but right when you look at the depth of it’s a smaller field, but it’s all very good players. So, um an impressive win. It’s a it’s a fun event in that um you get to see it’s the ratio of of golf that you get to see on TV versus the total amount of golf played um is a little greater, right, when it’s just a small field like this. Um so I think that part’s kind of fun where you see a lot more of the shots that mean something um to the event. And I mean Hideki, yeah, he’s he’s one of those players. I think he had a sneaky a a lot better season than maybe people are kind of thinking of just cuz you think so much about major season and and stuff, but outside of the major season, he had some really good performances this year. Yeah. And yeah, we’ll take a quick look into his what’s in the bag. Um not a lot change from that January win to his win here in December. Um, two big things are his putter, which I don’t think is too surprising because you see him testing and trying out just about every Scotty Karen putter alive, and then his driver, which this one he played the ZX-5 Mark II, moved into the ZX LS. So, going with the newer model from Swicken and in that low spin category. Yeah, I’d be curious to know what kind of customizations were made to the ZXI LS for Hideki. That is the driver I played uh this year. Um, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Uh, there definitely is a low spin and controlled spin element to it. I do see on the image on Golf DX, there is a little bit of lead tape kind of below or sort of on the uh on the heel side towards the back weight of that club head. So, obviously there’s probably some more internal waiting done with that. But um I think uh that’s you know it’s worth noting when a guy switches to something newer. I think it it’s as we’ve kind of discussed with maybe the Q35 lineup there’s a certain validation to the product when your top name players switch to the newest lineup and Hideki did wait a little bit to do so but he definitely has now and he won with it. So I think that speaks to you know how great that driver is and it made the switch pretty easy for him. Yeah. I mean Stricken is obviously known for their irons. um ever since kind of with the ZX line, the Mark is and now the ZXI. They’ve all been, you know, top clubs of the year candidates and I think they’re a little underrated when it comes to their woods. Um because they’re it’s kind of like Mizuno where they’re so known for one thing that maybe people don’t give them enough of a look in other parts of the bag. Um and you playing one kind of speaks to it. I remember you said it was just so consistent off the face. You like Yep. didn’t hit anything else that was close to that and that was kind of why you named it. So, in our testing, it was the spin consistency. Like you were Jake Montgomery and I in the swing report if you want to go back and take a look on YouTube with the drivers. You hit it anywhere on the club face, the spin barely varied. And so that was what pulled me in as someone who doesn’t, you know, need a ton of distance. It’s like just get me out there in in good shape off the tea. And so that’s what it did for me all year long. Yep. And then moving into his fairywoods, he plays, you know, probably the most popular 3-wood on tour, the Tailor-Made QI10. Um and then the fivewood, you know, Cobra King Radspeed Tour. So going back a few years for that one. Um he played the exact same setup earlier in the year. So not surprising that he kind of sticks with that tailor made 3-wood and then kind of goes with the Cobra 5wood. He’s had different models in there, right? You know, over the years, but that’s kind of the current setup. And then he goes with the Stricksen Z Forge twos, the Mark Twos there. You don’t see a ton of ZForge irons out there just with how good the 7 series has been, but Hideki going with more of that classic muscle back blade. some lead tape on there as well. Uh wedges, Cleveland RTX4 forged prototype. So staying in with the Stricksen Cleveland family. And then the putter, he’s going with the Scotty Cameron uh GSS. You know, just a really clean German stainless steel. Obviously, I mean, if you pay attention any of the the big, you know, PJ, you know, Golf WRX, SMS on tour, some of these other guys, you know, they’ll highlight all the different kinds of Scotty Caverns that Hideki Matsyama test. So, but he always I feel like this is the one that he always comes back to when he’s also I I think for the most part playing a blade um which is it’s you know he’s done obviously he does all kinds of testing with different models and stuff but he I feel like he always comes back to a blade when it’s time to put one in the bag and and show up to a tournament. Um so that’s something to note is we don’t see a lot of blade victories anymore um on tour with this this momentum to to mallets. And then I also just wanted to call out that Radspeed Fivewood because um Radspeed as a lineup was it was it was an awesome lineup from Cobra, no doubt, but I think LTDX the next year was so good that people Yeah, it kind of people forgot about Radspeed. And so I almost I almost forget it happened until Hideki wins cuz I think this year in each of his wins he has had this 51 in the bag. It’s kind of that, you know, especially this 5, those the the rails on the sole are still so pronounced. Um little bit of lead tape there, of course. It’s a it’s a fun fun build to to see uh in in a winning bag in 2025. Yeah. And then he’s playing kind of wrapping up his what’s in the bag, playing the Stricken Zar XV golf balls. So kind of their premium ball offering there. Um so moving from the Hero World Challenge to kind of the other big tournament in golf this week. It was the Australian Open down at Royal Melbourne. You had Rory Mroy there. Um the crowds down there were insane. Um, it’s really cool to see that. I think maybe the PGA Tour should look at that and be like, you know, that’s an event that if our guys, we want our guys to go play because the support they got down there was truly incredible and it was an awesome uh finish. Um, Rasmus, Neargard Peterson, and Cam Smith were tied coming into the 72nd hole. Uh, Near Guard Peterson left his approach shot in this like fescue area right by the bunker. It was a crazy looking shot. He was shortsided. Cam Smith played, you know, a conservative second shot, giving himself a long look at birdie. Um, and Peterson, you know, being the, you know, Cam Smith’s the hometown kid, he gets plays a pretty dang good wedge shot to give him about 10 12 so feet, maybe a little more. and then he drains it and then Cam ends up three putting so he ends up winning the Australian Open. So pretty cool finish there and then just another note from it. Adam Scott finished fifth place clinches his 26th straight appearance at the Open Championship. Yeah, that’s uh that first of all that that’s an amazing stat. um 26 straight appearances at um depending on who you ask, you know, the the most famous and iconic event in golf with the Open and how the history going back, you know, to the 1800s. Um at 26 is is amazing. And then I think the way, you know, Negard Pearson finishes that tournament, um obviously Cam’s going to feel like he could let that get away as someone whose career has kind of taken a turn maybe the last couple years. Um that could have been a big kind of career revival and it still could be but um what an what a what a shot. What a what an up and down. Yeah. Um to to win what in a very iconic tournament. Yeah. Really cool tournament. Really cool course. Obviously always ranked in the top 10 courses in the world. Um so pretty impressive. And yeah, the Adam Scott, I just think that’s such like a 26 straight to not only is he playing because he hasn’t, you know, he doesn’t have all the exemptions always, so he’s having to earn these a lot of the times. and then to not have any injuries or anything like that. It’s just truly truly a remarkable accomplishment. Um because really the only players that would have been playing that are still, you know, pretty relevant today or Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and maybe Sergio. Yeah. But by and large, everyone else is, you know, not really competing in the open. They’re kind of on the Champions Tour senior circuit. So, yeah. And he’s still like, you know, he’s I mean, he was at the US Open last year. He was in contention for a lot of that one going in the final round. and his ball speeds are still I mean he’s he’s not losing speed. He’s keeping up with the speed of the game nowadays. So still has one of the best looking swings in golf. That’s not going away. He still dresses with a lot of brown. I don’t know if I agree with the the attire part. You know Yeah, I guess that’s true. Yeah, separate conversation. Um but kudos to him. That’s really cool. And yeah, to your point, I think, you know, it’s cool to see these opens with especially the the golf community that Australia has um get a little bit of shine here and I hope it it builds momentum for future years for this event. Yeah. So, that wraps up the turn and now we head into the first of our two featured segments. Of course, last week you and Harrison kind of broke down the top uh statistical leaders on the PJ tour and the clubs they played and this week you kind of are diving into the LPGA. Yeah. Uh, this was fun because there’s a couple of stats that that really, you know, are mind-boggling to think about for for Harrison myself. I mean, I don’t want to spoil things too much, but the the I did not even it didn’t register to me until I saw it in the numbers, the the fairway hit percentage stat is it blew me away. So, uh, there’s some fun stats in here, plus the the equipment that they’re playing. Some new stuff, but actually a lot of stuff that’s used, and you can get that good values, of course, at second swing. So, a fun discussion here um with Harrison on the best clubs in the LPJ tour in 2025. We now welcome on the Second Swing of Thoughts podcast, Harris Arnold’s back. Last week, we covered the PGA Tours statistically leading clubs, uh the clubs in the bag for players leading in major categories. Now, we’re going to cover the LPGA tour and uh go through, you know, the various, you know, we got obviously T- shots, approach shots, wedge game around the greens and putting. Um, I think a fun place to start of course is the top of the bag with um the driver and and actually I think even in a lot of ways the LPGA stats here are probably more applicable to the masses just based on swing speed and types of um distances maybe the clubs are going. So, um, let’s start right away with driver and a familiar name at the top in strokes gained off the tee. It’s Nelly Corda. Um, Deli Cord’s playing a tailor made QY10 Max with a DMA GT60s shaft. So, um, we actually have a video on our channel, uh, featuring I think it’s Emma and Bella hitting a Nelly Corda driver build. Um, which actually is a fun one. You should check that out. Um kind of curious for your thoughts on both driver model and shaft here for Nelly. Yeah, I think um looking at that she’s nearly gained a whole stroke on the field this year. Incredible. Um I mean another player tailor made player this year who’s opted not to play the Qi35 and gone for the Qi 10 which I think is the biggest thing out of that. Right. She’s also playing the max head which is a little bit more forgiving for someone like her with the speeds that she’s hitting the ball now she’s delivering it. clearly spin. She can’t have enough spin on the golf ball. She clearly doesn’t spin it too much. So, for someone who has that sort of pattern like she does, yeah, going to kind of those max forgiveness heads is is a great option because it’s going to bring that spin up to kind of get her closer to optimal. We see that a lot too. I had a I had a teammate at the University of Minnesota who had one of the prettiest best swings I think I’ve ever seen in my life, but could not get spin on the golf ball at all. So, he had to play like the most forgiving drivers he could play because he needed the extra weight at the back to get the spin up. So, and I think it’s a very similar kind of pattern to what Nelly C is doing. So, right, it’s kind of not surprising there. But some of the stats in the especially in the driving section on the LBJ tour are just unbelievable. Like looking at the driving accuracy on the next one is Yeah, this is incredible. It’s incredible. 84 and a half% fairways hit. It was over when I was looking at the stats, I think it was over,00 drives that um that Andrea Le’s hit. Yeah. And she hit 84 and a half%. That is an absurd stat. Um I I’m trying to wrap my brain around it because when I go play golf, you know, it’s very the rounds are far and few between when I get over 50% fairways. Um and again, I play less punishing golf courses than they do, right? If I, you know, miss a fairway into the rough most of the time around here. I can still get a full swing on it, no problem. But uh the way you have to be so consistent with your swing off the tea to be hitting 85% of fairways is it’s preposterous. So I think she was still top four. I might be completely wrong. I think she was still in the top 40 for driving distance as well. So you match those two together, that’s pretty that puts you in a that gives you a pretty good head start on the field um just by hitting your T- shots u on par with your game. So, Andrea Lee playing Callaway Elite Triple Diamond 9° with a graphite design 28 ad shaft. Um, I do think we see a lot of that combo. Um, especially in the, you know, ladies game where players are maybe needing a little bit more of that launch in the air. Um, I will say a lot of players on the LPJ tour, it’s kind of, you know, they’re, I guess, notorious maybe is a bad word, but the average attack angle is a little higher up. Yeah. Uh because um I think there’s a a sense on maybe the PJ tour where guys are almost trying to harness that distance and speed and bring it scale it back a little bit for control whereas the ladies seemingly as I mean as you can see hitting 85% of fairways the way that they swing and their speeds and stuff they’re able to be more accurate. So they’re trying to maximize that distance more so. Yeah. Exactly. And to really maximize what you have at slower swing speeds which the LPG is slightly slower on average than the PJ tour. you’ve got to hit a little bit more up on the golf ball to get the correct launch conditions. So, that’s kind of why we see them playing a lot of these tall low spin heads. And I think it’s even funnier to look at that stat where she’s using a elite triple diamond head, which is arguably one of the least forgiving heads on the market. She’s still hitting that. Imagine she put the Qi10 Max in there. Right. Right. Crazy. Or the Bing G440 Max. I mean, she would have missed all year, right? I It’s It is remarkable. Yeah. And then you have that, that’s a pretty good combo there of like getting that low spin and ball speed with the triple diamond head, but then you get the AD head or excuse me, shaft from graphite design for a little bit of launch and kind of trajectory there. Extremely stable shaft as well. That thing is it’s like swinging a board. So she she clearly knows what she’s what she what she needs to perform at the best. Have you seen in fittings, especially with maybe players looking for a premium shaft? How what have you seen from the graphite design, the 280is model, cuz that one’s been around for a while. Yeah. So, the IZ is a great shaft that’s just um you know, it’s very tip stiff. So, for someone who’s looking for stability, it’s a great option for you. If you you got someone in the like I’ve had a few people this year in the Bay who you know swing pretty good, but they sort of transferred from another sport. Like I think there was one guy came who was like a ex baseball player. Swung really quick. I think it was 120 plus and he kind of just struggled with kind of keeping the ball from deviating left or right. Um, which it was just raw speed, right? But having something that’s a little more tip stiff like that kind of gives him a little bit more uh feel of where the face is and also gives him a little bit more um what’s what’s a good word for it? A little bit more forgiveness in a sense of okay, if I don’t quite time this up right, at least it’s stable enough there that the face isn’t going to turn over on me. At least I know it’s just going to go one way. Yeah. that kind of narrows the range of outcomes that are possible if you don’t time it up right, if you will. So, um, and getting into the last stat here of driving distance, of course, we have to cover, uh, Julia Lopez Ramirez leading in driving distance, average at 285 for the average, playing a Qi35 LS. So, there’s a you can chalk one up for the Tailor Made Qi35 series. Yep. Um, she’s playing Graphite Design as well. This is the Tour AD uh, VF shaft. So, a little bit different profile there. Um she’s really going for low spin in that in that build and clearly it works for her off. Yeah, I think she’s the um she’s a rookie on tour this year. So team part of team tailor made comes on on the tour. Unsurprising because they’ll see her playing that Qi35. I mean it’s great. It’s been a great driver, but I guess all the kind of veteran tailor made team tailor made players have kind of opted for that Q10. But um but the VF is essentially kind of that um Ventus Black Ventus Black Plus kind of situation. So someone with as much speed as she does. Yeah. She needs something that’s going to be extremely stiff kind of to manage some of those speeds. Right. Exactly. Yeah. So we have um a good mix of of profiles, shafts, um and and club heads there. I think in the driver category, we can move into the uh approach shots category here. Leader this we had one player lead in approach or strokes gain approach, excuse me, and Green’s regulation percentage. Those stats of course tied together really closely. So, not a total shock to see the same person, but Haran Rue leading that that stat 1.3 strokes gained um on approach is a lot and also hitting 77% of greens regulation. Um that’s a that’s dominance on approach shots. Again, we’re talking about 78% green regulation is is fantastic, but uh when you look at what the stats were on the PGA tour, these leaders are leading in a big way on the LPGA tour. So, she’s got a combo tailor made P790 44 iron and then the P7 MC’s 5 through pitching wedge. Um, seems like a pretty uh an interesting combo because you’d think you’d go P7MC to P770. Yeah. Versus P790, but she goes right for even a little bit more distance and kind of forgiveness in that four iron. Yeah. And that’s something that we’ve you starting to see a lot more on tour. I wouldn’t say as much in the bays, but I can see it kind of in the future kind of turning into stuff into a situation like this. Um, you know, when we’re kind of comboing sets in the bays, we’re thinking, okay, maybe we’ll change the four, five, and six, get enough launch, and add add a bit ball speed so we can kind of match up the stopping power across the whole set um across the whole bag. But we’re kind of seeing this a lot more on tour where they’ll play something nice and precise like the P7 MC all the way throughout the bag and then just change the foreign like Scotty Sheffield was doing that this year. He’s got the um stricksen utility on as his forearm. Exactly the same as this. He’s got the TWWs up through five on just plays a four iron which is a full on game improvement for and he’s the best in the world and she’s and Har and Ru is so she’s the best in the women’s game in the world and he’s the best in the men’s game in the world and they’re both doing it. So maybe they know something that we that we don’t know. maybe other other players are going to take note of what they’re doing. Uh because it it seems to work and again I think you know obviously when we look at the grand scale the approach shots majority for both players are going to be with that the the main iron set if you will the P7 MC’s or in Scotty’s case the P7TWs. U but that transition to the 4iron being much larger club head with with more perimeter weighting and forgiveness there clearly is a formula that’s working for some of the best in the world. And so another testament to why combo sets are taking off the way they are. So in the uh interesting stat here, we’ve got green regulation from the rough. So this was Selene Hurban with Callaway Apex TCB irons. Um that’s 65% hitting green from the rough is actually really good number to me. That dick that shows the consistency and the way the ability for that club head and club face that design to remove debris from contacting the ball and getting clean contact from a variety of lies. Yeah. So when we was kind of looking at some of these stats like the LPJ website isn’t as quite as in depth as PJ tour. So I found this stat I thought it was just really interesting because if we can if this is the physically the best obvious she’s a great iron player but the the impact of what her equipment is doing obviously is taking part because otherwise high r would be exactly the same right um so I mean it just shows the testament of the apex DCB and how consistent that spin rate is across different um environmental conditions like from I mean because it’s not just dry rough it’s going from the wet rough too and we did a great video on wet versus dry and how that can impact um Mhm. And how that can impact the golf ball, too. So, um yeah, so kind of interesting kind of to see how, you know, maybe a slightly different brand and what they do makes a difference from the rough. Yeah, that’s uh that’s remarkable. I think um I mean, how much do you there there can’t be a lot of that conversation in bays? I imagine when you’re in the fitting and it’s like I know you think about it as a player, but when you’re in the fitting bay, how much does it come up talking about from the rough fairway? I know a lot of that comes into well go out and try these and if you notice something you know the 30-day play guarantee message I imagine that comes up but um because in the fitting bay the reality is we have turf and you don’t you it’s not longer turf for rough or you know you got to go out and actually hit out of the rough to kind of get the experience. Yeah. and kind of that that conversation does actually come up a little bit more often than not in my fittings because if we’re trying a few different irons and you know we’re really just testing the seven irons which are the fitting heads that um are sent to us and if I’m looking at a player and he’s hitting that seven iron and he’s getting like a 1.38 139 140 smash um sorry smash factor I should say he um I’m I’m looking at that going okay well if he hits that from the rough and there’s a little bit of water on the face that thing’s gonna get even more ball speed and that’s actually going to be a little bit uncontrollable. So that can that can kind of dictate what iron head I’m going to put someone into because if it’s coming out a little bit too quick for the club head speeds we’re getting then I know as a player on the golf course that equates to a lot more distance. So, actually comes off a little more than you think because I I like to think of it as in okay, if I let get this person take this on the golf course and he’s getting a 1.39 smash off, you know, flat conditions um as control as we can get. Well, I think this is you might start to get flers from the fairways. So, it’s actually a good point. Yeah, that’s um it’s important to think about because I think so often um the there’s an effort to for more ball speed, more ball speed, but I know you as a player, it’s it’s about what’s the right ball speed or what’s the most consistent ball speed and these are variables that you have to think about in the fitting. So, um it’s fun ones there. I think uh some tailor made combos from Callaway. That’s kind of what we’ve seen. We’re going to finally get a new um a couple different brands here in the wedges. So, uh, leading his strokes gain around the green as we get to the short game stuff. Madame Leblanc playing some PXG wedges, leading at, uh, is it.58 shots per round the greens. Um, scrambling at 68% uh, saving right up and downs. Hu Kim playing Vokei Design SM9 wedges in the 56 and 60 degree. Um, SM9 actually a couple generations old there as as we’ve seen SM10s come through for a couple years now, but SM9s are still playing well for Kim. There’s also some SM8s that we saw last week as well. I think Scott think Sheffller’s got the SM8s in there. So, yeah, still still some good stuff to be found in the section. Oh, yeah. That’s that will never go away. I mean, we’re gonna whether that’s the PJ tour or even LPJ tour. Now, we’re seeing models that are more than just the most recent generation um old. Uh, and of course we can get into the the sand save as well with Miy Lee, best sand save player on the LPJ tour this year, 61%. That’s a really high clip. Um, Callaway Opus wedges there. Three different lofts and three different grinds there. I know we talked about it with the PGA Tour conversation last time, but just again, let’s kind of go over the importance of getting different grinds and bounces throughout the wedge lineup here like Mi has. I think we talk about this pretty much every single week when we’re looking at people’s bags, but being able to mix and match grinds and bounces for different scenarios on in your bag is huge. You know, she’s got a six degree T grind, which just means it takes a little bit more off the backside of um so she can really get underneath the ball on tight lines. It’s really good. Um I I would would assume she probably switches that one out here and there for different conditions, but um other than that, she’s got um two two other wedges in the um both in 10 10 degrees of bounce and the S and the C grind. The S is going to be a little bit more of like kind of that, you know, um full swing grind is if what is what you’d call it. Um kind of match that to the iron set that she plays. Um but yeah, just really important. So, if you can give yourself as many different, you know, weapons in the bag or different tools in the toolbox to do different jobs, you’re going to be a little bit more successful, right? Um, and also going back to that scrambling stat, 68% is unbelievable. Yeah. You know, that’s that’s not just which is not just chipping around a chipping green. That’s just like every single scenario she’s got up and down 68%. Yeah. I don’t know exactly what the um is it I don’t know exactly how the stat is calculated if it’s like basically on any par4 if you’re off the green down or if it’s a certain yardage away from the from the I’m not sure which I think it’s miss green but you know it’s definitely counts the scenario where like you know you have a a buried lie in the rough and you have no green to work with you know those shots that are seemingly impossible and it also counts the ones that are really straightforward chip shots but to encompass all those and be making an up and down more than twothirds of the time is superb and that’s that’s really why these players are the best in the world. Uh they they make a slight miss with their approach shot and they’re just off the green. They get up and done for par most of the time. Uh so kudos to those players for their their performances in short game this year. We’ll get to putting here. Uh best player strokes gained putting this year 1.3 strokes per round. That’s a lot. That is making some serious putts. That’s Miu Yamashita playing with a tailor made Spider Tour X. Um, another model that’s had a ton of success on major tours the last few years. Yeah, I mean it’s one I don’t know how many time in recent times Ben Griffin switched the Spider Tour X and immediately wins. You know, I don’t think there’s been I don’t think there’s been a putter even with the introduction of Lab over the last couple years. I don’t think there’s been a putter that’s changed more people’s games immediately than a Spider Tourex. Yeah. Do you in in fittings, are you seeing a a similar trend of players I think there’s a separate conversation to be had about just simply going into mallets, but is there do you see a lot of that where players see Aspire 2x win so much on tour and they kind of request to hit that model? Yeah, for sure. I think um obviously whatever’s winning on tour always kind of is you going to come in and try, right? Um, but the spider the thing I think I really like about the spider when I’m fitting people for those is if you’ve been someone who’s played a blade for your whole life, you can look at a spider and doesn’t look like a a mallet. And that’s a weird thing to say because it is a big profile, but there are some really sharp square lines to that plate, especially in the plumbers’s neck. When I put that plumbers’s neck down, it feels like a blade to me just with some extra stuff on the back. And the alignment’s really, really simple on it. So I it’s not a very hard switch from someone who’s played a Blade forever to go into something like that just because of how square everything is. Yeah. And you’ve seen a lot of tour players make that exact transition going from a Blade that they’ve played for years and years to this Spyder Tour X, especially with the plers’s neck or the L neck or however you want to call it. um where it has that similar feel, similar face rotation, but there are those squared alignment cues that um can make that transition easy to switch into a mallet because that is something that we see is so many players going to a mallet for more forgiveness, more consistency when they might not strike it perfectly in the center. Yeah. So, um, speaking of more, um, more mallets here in the rest of the putting category, uh, 28.59 putts per round was the leading, um, putter on the LPJ tour. Who, excuse me, who Yoju Kim, wow, I’m butchering names right now. Odyssey O Works Tour, Arbball as putter. Um, kind of going back to that Odyssey’s and Odyssey in their face inserts. That’s been a calling card for them for a long time. and Kim. Um, for what it’s worth, if you have the leader in scrambling and you’re the same, you’re leading at putts per round, probably doing pretty well. That’s world class short game right there. It goes part and parcel. She’s um I wouldn’t want to play an up and down competition against her. I don’t think I’d win very quickly. But so in that um in the O works, that’s going back to that micro hinge insert, which a lot of players really like. I think um Minmuly has a custom square to square jailbird and he has that insert in his um in his current model. Um it’s just it just gives you really good feedback off the face. I I use a part that has it on at the moment and it’s it almost gives you like a clicky kind of feel to it, but it’s still soft enough to kind of give you some some response. Yeah. Which is kind of what you want, I think. You know, I’ve I’ve played with putters in the past and I’ I’ve always preferred a softer feel, but there are times where it can be too soft and you just don’t feel feedback even if you miss it, right? So, you want a little bit of that kind of best of both worlds where you want a bit of that feedback. You want to be soft and not Yeah. not be like, you know, uh clicky, but you want to hear it. You hear and feel enough where if you miss the center, you get that feedback, you know where the contact was made. So, yeah. And she’s got the going back to that kind of two ball alignment thing where we’ve spoke about this before recently where it’s um you know they were just the pioneer of changing alignment pieces in a putter and you know so many players who are still using the two ball um alignments just it’s incredible you know I think was it Sammy Valamaki two three weeks ago did he have the one? Yeah I think so I think he did he had that custom line through it and stuff. Yeah. So it the two the two ball is still a very popular ask of demand. So that’s again Odyssey’s visual cues and their face inserts for decades now have been uh kind of a calling card for them and a reason that so many players play Odyssey putters and that’s why they can write number one putter in golf on their new head covers. Yes, that is exactly why. So Hoju Kim playing that putter again. Best short game in the world probably if you were to really break it down. She’s probably the best. Um so and then three putts per round. A fun one here. Pin Delicur, I think I said her name right. U Scotty Cameron Phantom 5. Another mallet. Another brand in the putter category as well. Um so yeah, a Phantom series. It’s been wildly popular as Scotty Cameron has kind of jumped into the mallet category the last maybe four or five years now. Um so another stat leader there for Scotty. Yeah, I think just shows I think that’s a it’s a fun stat to look at. kind of just shows um you know which putter is that person using and obviously they’re got a lot of talent, right? But which putter is giving them giving someone the most forgiveness and this and she’s leading the whole tour in 0.6 around which is really good. Doesn’t sound like it. It’s kind of those stats that kind of a little bit misleading because you kind of think it’d be less than that but over the course of you know 35 tournaments playing overund something rounds in the year that’s it’s pretty good. Well, I think it actually shows how forgiving that puts must be. Yeah, I think if you were to there’d be a stark difference in even me versus that right now and three putts per round, I feel like I’m doing it way too often. Um, and so and of course these players are the best in the world. And if three putts are I mean that means, you know, if you’re 55 ft away, you know, they’re two putting net more than a three putting net. And that’s a very, if you were to say, you know, look at even a scratch golfer from 55 ft, I would say that ratio is heavily skewed towards three putting versus two putting. Oh, for sure. I think that’s the biggest I think that’s kind of that biggest jump between being a middle handicap golfer to being a single digit is how many three putts did you have? Because it means that bogey, you miss the green, you chipped, and you that bogey turns into a double bogey. Well, that’s one really easy shot there. You could have just saved. You do that over the course of new a couple times around and that’s really good way to you know that’s that’s you shooting 83 to breaking 80 for the first time right it’s quite cool to kind of look at some of these stats you know I think we looked at the PGA tour and there was a few surprises in there and some different stats but I think what’s most surprising about looking at the ladies PGA Tour is just how like exaggerated some of these stats are like 84 and a half% driving accuracy u hitting 78% of greens like you don’t we don’t see that on the PGA You know, people probably hit it a little bit too far for to hit it that straight, but it’s pretty imp it’s really impressive. It’s uh I’m still blown away by 85% of fairways. Um and I’m not sure I’ll ever and again I’m sure we we highlighted the driver. I’m sure not every t-shot was hit with a driver for for Andrea Lee, but nonetheless, um it goes to show that the ladies are are good at what they do. So, um, that was a fun look at the leading stat categories and the clubs in the bag for the LPGA Tour leaders in 2025. Um, let us know what you think about some of these builds here for the best players on the LPGA tour. Harrison, thank you for joining us and breaking down the best clubs on the LPJ tour. That was myself and Harrison Arnold breaking down the leading clubs in key stats on the LPGA tour in 2025. Um yeah, 85% of fairways is is ridiculous. But um it also shows too like there’s some worldclass play in the short game as well from a couple players. Um, but to see, you know, there was three different mallets in the putter conversation there, some older wedges. Uh, so still, you know, some trends that we’ve seen throughout 2025 sticking to and still staying true um in the LPJ tour. Yeah. I mean, the the mallet putter trend, that’s not going away. I think it’s only going to become more not polarizing is the right word, but it’s become more dominant, right? Because I mean, you saw Ben Griffin recently. Well, everyone else is using this that’s better that’s better than me in the rankings and the points, so why wouldn’t I try it out? And then he goes out and wins, right? Um, but yeah, the the fairway percentage, I mean, but it’s like if you go watch LPJ tour, you watch, you know, even at the majors, I mean, it’s just straight every time. And, you know, their their tempo, I mean, I know they might not hit as far as the PJ tour players. That’s fine. But you watch like the tempo of their swings. There’s a reason why people say like Nelly Corda might have the best golf swing on the planet. It’s just every she’s not even the leader in that, but it’s just the tempo they swing with and still the distance they are able to get really really impressive. I would love to hit half that many fairways. I’m usually more in that uh like 15 to 20% range cuz I kind of go all over. But yeah, I mean it’s and on Nelly on on you know relating to you know she was the leader in strokes get off the tea almost one shot per round. I’m curious to see with, you know, what is coming potentially in 2026, um, you know, from Tailor Made or or what she chooses to do. But she’s been playing sort of the higher MOI almost moderate swing speed driver model now for many years, even back to her titleist days. I think she was playing TSI 1, I want to say. Um, now QY 10 max. And that is I’m I’m curious to see if she sticks with that. Obviously, if she’s leading in strokes getting off the tea, I don’t know why you’d really change. Uh, but that’s just something that I’ve I’ve picked out and noticed over the years with her as one of the best drivers of the golf ball in the world that she’s using one of those high MOI drivers that you’d typically, you know, put in this sort of corner for like a 20 handicap. Yeah. Well, why would a really good player play a high MOI driver? Well, maybe that’s a question that we asked Jake Montgomery in our next segment. Yeah, that’s great transition. That’s transition. Yeah, that’s the transition. So, we had Jake uh step in here and we had uh some some of you ask questions to Jake about your games, your setup, what you need to change. We had some fun with this one and of course Jake delivers the goods with the insight. So, here’s Jake Montgomery answering your questions. We now welcome on the Second Swing Thoughts podcast. It is Jake Montgomery. He has been all over our YouTube and our Second Swing Thoughts podcast before, so you’re familiar with him. Newly the GM of Second Swings Minneapolis store. So, if you’re in the Twin Cities, uh, want to peruse some golf clubs or maybe get a fitting done, stop in to Second Swing Minneapolis and see GM Jake. So, uh, we have some questions that were submitted for Jake specifically on club fitting. We’re going to dive right into those here. Um, we’ll start off with the first one here. This is from uh coach.crash says, “I spin the ball too much with a driver. Do I need more weight in the head?” Yes. I mean, that’s a a great question. I would say it’s not necessarily about the amount of weight that you have in the head as to where it is placed. If you have a a driver with more weight kind of towards the face and especially kind of that low center of gravity, it’s going to spin a lot lower. Um, if you have something that’s going to be further back, like let’s say in a high MOI or more forgiving driver, you’re going to have a lot more spin, but it’s going to go a little straighter. So, you might sacrifice a little bit of downrange dispersion, but you’re going to pick up a lot of distance if you’re struggling with a a really high ball flight with a lot of spin. If you get into, let’s say, a GT3 or a Ping G440 LST, any of those drivers are just going to offer a little bit lower spin rate for you. Yeah, I think there there are multiple ways to to lower that spin rate. One of them is positioning weight in a certain part of the head, but you know there’s shafts or there’s uh well there’s shaft profile, there’s shaft weight as well that can go into that. There’s of course loft that can do things as well. Um but that is one way to do it uh in terms of managing that spin rate. So um next question here, uh signs that your iron shafts are too heavy. Yeah, that’s a great one. I would say most people that come in are playing a shaft that’s too heavy for them. If they’re in that stiff to extra stiff kind of area. Um the easiest way that you can tell is if your ball flight is really low and it feels like you’re fighting against your shafts at all. Um when I’m usually fitting someone, I’m asking them kind of throughout the process, does it feel like the club is working with you or working against you? And once they start to say it feels like it’s working against them, I know that that shaft is too heavy or too stiff. Um, so yeah, I would say shaft weight is very very important. If you are questioning if they are too heavy for you, they are probably too heavy for you. Um, most golfers I would say don’t need much over like a 110 gram shaft. Um, there are some players in a stiff flex, but bigger guys especially that we’re swinging over let’s say like 87 miles an hour, we might get them in that like dynamic gold 120 or modus 120. Um, just so it kind of helps the tempo a little bit. If you’re a really aggressive swinger, a heavier shaft can benefit you because it kind of helps smooth things out a little bit. But yeah, again, if you’re questioning if your shafts are too heavy for you, more than likely they are, especially if you see a lower ball flight or it feels like you’re fighting against that club at all. Sure. And then this is kind of a separate question that I’m just mainly curious about related to the iron shafts, but are you seeing anything as far as a difference between steel and graphite there? feel like there’s more and more maybe offerings in the graphite family for for iron shafts. Are you is that becoming more popular or I guess where would you implement a graphite shaft for a player versus steel or is maybe not or maybe that isn’t as much of the the equation as it is just simply the weight and properties of it. You know, I mean slowly but surely graphite is kind of creeping in on steel. Um, I don’t think that we’ll see a large majority of golfers kind of transition into that for a little while, at least until players on the tour start doing it. Um, it doesn’t always make the most sense, but people kind of follow what’s going on on tour and if they see everyone still using steel, they’re going to think to themselves, I still need to use steel. Um, if you are looking for something that has a lot of rigidity or low torque, but is in a lighter weight package, graphite is a fantastic place to go. You can find plenty of very stiff shafts in 105 g weight class. They also can make graphite more consistent than steel just with how they kind of roll the layers on there. So, the tolerances are a little bit tighter and you can do a lot more with them as far as stiffening the tip, mud, midsection or butt section. Um, definitely seeing a lot more players coming in asking for them. I’ve had a ton of success with the Axium and the MMT shafts. Um, for that higher swing speed player that’s looking for something a little bit lighter. U, that’s a great question. I think 20 years from now, I think a lot more players in that stiff and extra category will be using a graphite shaft, but right now it’s just kind of slowly trickling in. Yeah, it does seem like something that I mean because all we hear too is that graphite shafts are easier on the body as well. Um so it seems like something that will only continue to pick up momentum uh through the years here. So here’s a next question here. You got some specific numbers a little bit here to look at. So, um, 113 average driver speed, Diamanna GT60X in the driver with a whiteboard 75X in the 3-wood. Yep. Uh, looking at shaft for a fivewood. So, I’m going to throw kind of a curveball at him. Um, one shaft that I have found in fairywoods once the loft gets into that 18 to 21 category for high swing speed players has been the Ventus TR Red. For him, I would recommend the 8X. um you want to make sure you keep that weight up, but it’s been a great shaft in terms of it. It launches and spins really, really well, but that butt section is very stiff, which provides all that stability that you’re looking for. Um again, yeah, I’ve had a lot of players that are playing a really stiff like a black profile in their driver and even 3-wood that is then transitioned into something with a little bit more kick once they get into a higher lofted fairway. Okay. Interesting. Yeah, I think this is a piece of the higher lofted fairway wood puzzle that I mean we probably should cover a little bit more, but is the shaft component going with it because obviously seven woods and ninewoods we’ve gone on, you know, talked about those at length, you know, in videos. We’ve tested them at length and of course there’s been lots of podcast discussions, but um so often we maybe dismiss the shaft part and how that can play a huge role in, you know, what loft you need or what model you need. Um, so that’s kind of a an interesting one there. And I think um I’d be curious to know too the the distances that these are going for this player too because a lot of cases 3-wood and fivewood you feel like that gapping is a lot of times not adequate for players but I feel like at that speed maybe it does work for for a player. Yeah. So next question um we’ve got I feel like the best fittings involve oncourse testing iteratively speaking maybe offered with a question mark. Oh, so this is something that we have deliberated for a long time. Yeah. Um we do have a couple facilities that offer outdoor fitting. The main one being the the PGA center in Fris. Um the interesting interesting thing there is that Blaine does most of his fitting indoors. Yeah. So he likes to keep the environment as controlled as possible. He will do about 90% of the club testing indoors. Let’s say you’re doing an iron fitting. He will then once they feel like they kind of have the recipe made, take them outside, make sure the ball flight is kind of matching what their eye wants to see and they like the turf interaction. Yeah, there’s an issue there. They might kind of take a second look at something. Yeah. But for the most part, he feels pretty good about once he finds something indoors, it’s going to go outdoors and work really well for you. Yeah. The one area where it can be more of a benefit outside than indoors is absolutely wedge fitting. I I won’t sugar coat it there. You won’t get the same turf interaction off a mat as you will outdoors. But even in our Minnesota markets here where we can’t necessarily do that right now with it being winter time. Yeah. Wedge fitting is often times more of a discussion just kind of on philosophy. How do you use the wedge? What are your what is your divot pattern look like? How are you addressing the ball? Even just from those questions, I can feel pretty confident recommending a wedge and bounce option for a player. So while outdoor wedge fitting is or outdoor fitting in general is pretty cool. Yeah. We find that controlling the environment as much as possible and then moving into an outdoor scenario is what often works the best for people. Yeah. Then of course you have 30-day play guarantee as well. Um which is really nice to, you know, that again for those who aren’t aware of it. You get clubs in hand that are custom fit for you. Um you have, you know, a month to go play them, see how you like them. You know, if you do see something on the golf course that just doesn’t quite look or feel right, we can, you know, make the tweaks necessary there. Um so there is of course a lot of benefit added there. And again, we do have facilities um with that possibility. I know there’s some things in the works as well at other places in addition to PJ Coaching Center. So stay tuned for some maybe updates uh there. So um now here’s another fun question. This would this be fun. How do you become a fitter? So we can kind of you know I know there’s some things internally that we’re you know we’re always refining the the training process so to speak for fitters but um maybe even like your background would be fun to Yeah. I I can speak my journey there. So, I started with Second Swing just kind of working behind the counter um in the summer between uh college years. Um I moved into sales rather quickly. Um I just like talking to people. So, I kind of got out there uh moved some tin as uh my manager like to say um and then really kind of found that I enjoyed looking at numbers and kind of dissecting them when I was working in the demo bay. So, usually be kind of 5 to 10 minutes with a golfer that have a couple clubs in hand and I just help them decipher like which one is better between the two. Um, I found that to be really enjoyable and I saw what the other fitters on our team were doing and I told my manager, “Hey, this is something I’m really interested in doing.” Um, so I was kind of doing college during the weekdays and doing my fitter training on the weekends. Um, it took about six months there and then I passed my fitting certification for used fitting. So, I fit used clubs for about a year there and then passed my new fitting certification and I’ve been fitting new clubs ever since. Um, and then became the fitting manager about two years ago and then am transitioning to my role here now. But we have uh a couple different programs internally here for training fitters. If it is something that you are interested in, please reach out to me directly. We are always looking for great fitters to have. Um, yeah, it’s been a great journey. I’ve I’ve loved my time doing it and it’s it’s really attainable for anyone that just enjoys golf. We we can teach you the knowledge that you need to know, but having a passion for golf is always going to be what’s most important. Yeah, I think uh in talking with with you or any of the fitters that we have um in our content or even fitters that might not be always on content, right? It seems like the for all of them, their favorite part is when they have a a cool story about a player who gained a certain number of yards or, you know, got a fitting and then two weeks later went out and shot their best round. Um you know, or things like that and it happens often. Um, and so you get those kind of stories are a big part of it and and Jake’s a good embodiment too of just like how uh you know someone with a passion for golf can make a big impact. So um it’s been kind of fun to to get to know you over the years and how you’ve uh transitioned into various roles. Um so I got a a fun one here. This is you’re going to we’re talking we’re kind of talking a lot about Jake right now. So uh this is from Logan Gabriel 2. Calling out his name because I do know this person uh uh on a personal level. But I wish I could grow a nice as nice of a stash as Jake. Big fan by the way. And then says, “Uh, how important is it to get fit for a Lab Oz putter? I play a Cleveland Mallet Collection two putter currently.” Yeah. So, as far as the fitting part goes, it is extremely important. If that lie angle is not correct, the putter just will not work properly. The I mean, it’s in the name. It’s lie angle balanced. If the lie angle is wrong, it won’t be balanced. So, you need to make sure that putter is perfectly flat on the ground. Fitting a lab putter is rather easy. We kind of just identify what head shape do you like the look of the most. What do you feel most confident with and then we just use the lab fitting putter to determine what lie angle feels the most comfortable. Gets you in the proper position. So fitting a lab putter is rather easy, but it is very important that you either work with our online team to identify what lie angle you’re going to need or come into one of our stores. Um, as far as what you’d expect to see difference from his putter to a lab, he plays about as high tow hang of a putter as you possibly can or high torque going into the lowest possible torque putter. It’s about opposite. Yeah, 100%. Um, I would say if you’re someone that struggles a lot with um, face control, you’re going to benefit a lot from that lap because it’s just going to stay square a lot easier. Um, I won’t lie to you. The first couple weeks it’s going to feel really weird going from something that’s that high in torque to something that’s this low in torque. Um, but just make sure you get out there, use the repetition, just kind of get used to it. Um, Sam Han has a great video that helped me when I switched into a lab where if you putt kind of with your thumbs off the putter, you kind of learn to not try and counteract the torque that you’re used to feeling. um because I was getting a little handsy with it when I first got it, but now I really just feel like I just kind of put my hands on the putter, rock my shoulders, and Right. That’s the whole premise behind, you know, the the philosophy of the way Lab builds putters is to make sure you do as little work as possible to keep a a square putter face. Uh so yeah, it’s uh I’ve I’m still very intrigued. I have not quite got into a lab yet, but I’m I remain very intrigued. I I hit him every time I go to the store and I have a couple minutes to kill. I’ll go to the putters. I’ll grab a lab, hit some putts, and I’m like, gosh, that feels pretty good. So, um 2026 maybe, maybe. Um right now we’re kind of off season. So, uh but the labs are they’re still gaining momentum. So, um here’s another question. What have you noticed with playing a gap wedge that is a traditional wedge versus in the set um with players? Yeah. So, the number one thing that I ask a player is how are you going to use this wedge? If it is really meant to be an extension of the iron set, I’ll recommend typically getting that just gap wedge in the set there. Um, if you’re a player that’s going to use it around the greens, I definitely recommend getting more of a a standard or traditional wedge as it’s just not going to be quite as hot off the face. It’s going to spin a little bit more and just offer more control. Um, I’m also seeing that gap wedge get even stronger and stronger as pitching weds lofts kind of progress towards the 43 42 range. Instead of being what used to be a 52 went to a 50, now we even to like a 48. So just ensuring that you still have proper gapping with the new iron set that you get is very important for that gap wedge in your bag. Um, and I’ve said it before, but the CBZ line is a great kind of blend between the two, right? It offers the forgiveness of a traditional gap wedge or sorry the forgiveness of an iron set gap wedge but the spin and control of a traditional wedge. Sure. Yeah, that makes sense too. And then I mean in terms of like one question I had for you too was just you as a follow-up to that is on lofts because iron loss are getting stronger and I would imagine that plays into the wedge gapping piece as well with players, you know, gap wedges and even pitching wedges. like how do how do you manage that with now some of these iron sets where the pitching wedge is like 42 or 43°. So instead of it being a four degree gap, we’re going to a five. So if they’re at 43, we’re going to go to 48 and then we’re going to do like a 54, maybe bend that to 53. And then the the g the the lob wedge at the end I kind of leave up to the player because if they’re not going to ever really full swing it, I’m not worried about the full swing gap. So we could go straight to a 60. If they’re like, “Hey, I love my 60 degree. I’m never gonna full swing this.” That’s fine. Otherwise, if we are going to full swing that club, we might just kind of lose a little bit of loft at the end of that bag where we’re playing a 56 to a 58 degree. Yeah, makes sense. Um, last question here. Do you notice a difference between a three HL and a 4-wood? Yeah. So, loftwise, the difference is going to be a half a degree. So, there nothing too crazy there. The biggest difference will be the length. Traditional four-woods are going to be about a quarter to a half inch shorter than a standard 3-wood. Um, where the HL models are typically just a higher lofted, right? It’s the same build as a 3-wood, but just more loft. Yeah. Um, and I would I would say it’s it’s way more common for me to shorten people’s fairwoods. I cannot tell you how many times I sold someone a 3-wood with a fivewood length shaft in it because it just gives you a little bit more control without sacrificing too much distance. Um, I would say if you’re a player out there that you just absolutely hate your three-wood, it never comes out of the bag. I would try cutting it down a half inch and do it again. I really don’t think you’d have much to lose because if you hate it, we can always just reextend it. And also, you’re already not using it too much. So, if you really struggle with fairywoods, I’d try cutting them down a half inch and see what you think. Yeah, I do wonder as as I feel like 2025 was a big year for the four-wood. And I play myself. It seems like that’s another trend similar to the the graphite iron shaft that won’t really go away. Um, as we’ve seen, especially with mini drivers growing in popularity, it seems like that kind of uh the traditional, hey, I need a three-wood in my bag is maybe going away a little bit. Yeah. I mean, fairwoods are just getting faster and faster to the point where if you can without losing ball speed gain a bunch of height and spin, there’s really not a downside there, right? The reason I play my forward instead of my 3-wood is because I typically play a draw. I don’t usually hit the ball really high in the air with a lot of spin. That four-wood actually carries about 5 yards further than a 3-wood does for me, but it stops a lot faster. The 3-wood does roll out further, but I’m not playing a 3-wood for roll out. If I need to hit something off the tea, I’ll still hit that forward or I’ll typically go to like my three iron depending on conditions. I play a three iron or a sevenwood there. Um, but yes, I have loved having a forward in the bag. I don’t see it going away anytime soon. It just gives me a lot more confidence and control when I’m going for a green on a par five. Awesome. Awesome. Well, this has been you just unloaded a ton of fitting information for us, Jake. So, um that’s going to wrap up the segment, little fitting Q&A segment with Jake. We appreciate all the viewers and listeners for submitting questions. Um and Jake, we uh wish you, I guess, best of luck as you transition to the GM role. We will of course have Jake around for some content um in the future, but um we appreciate your insight today, Jake, on the uh fitting Q&A segment. Yeah, thanks for having me. And that was Jake Montgomery going through some fitting insights with uh you know, viewers and listeners. Um always get good to get his insights and and responses and the the level of depth. And I also of course just as a a junkie geek, you know, gave him a couple questions of my own as well. But um you got to sneak those in there. Yeah, of course. So uh Jake’s the best though. We we we love uh having him on. Love having him on. Yeah. And uh congratulations to him on, you know, the promotion to the general manager job. He’s going to do absolutely phenomenal with that. Y um we’ll still hope to get him in as much as we can, as much as his now busier schedule allows. But uh yeah, really really enjoyed that. And I really enjoyed, you know, most of them were club equipment sale questions and there’s the one that we kind of or he kind of shared how he became a fitter, right? So really interesting stuff there. And as always, you know, if you have any questions for our fitters, you can drop them on, you know, any of our social platforms obviously, but right here on the on the podcast, on the YouTube side, drop the comments and we, you know, whether we record them in a podcast or just do some quick, you know, hitters on social media, we love we love to help you and our fitters love to help you, you know, by helping you, you know, answer some Yeah. a never- ending list of golf questions. So, really appreciate that and uh really good stuff there. And um yeah, but uh so hopefully we’ll have a few more things with Jake still coming up on the YouTube channel, but uh what else we got this week and what’s kind of come out this week, girl. Yeah, so um what we’ve got right now, we just posted on the channel. It was a fun one because, you know, a couple weeks ago, we had Ping I210 win a bunch of tournaments on tour. So, we compared that to the new I240 with Harrison. Uh couple big findings in that head-to-head. And then uh we also posted, this is another fun one where Jake kind of was challenged to fit Harrison. Harrison’s been playing a really old 3-wood. And so he kind of challenged Jake to fit him into something newer. So we have that video up on the channel as well. And that’s a fun one. You if you think Jake can fit him into something newer, you might be surprised, you may not. Um I think Harrison was kind of surprised by some of the results as well. And then um we had our session with Aaron Battley we’ve hinted at a few times. we go through his bag um on the channel later this week as well. So stay tuned for all those. There’s some fun really fun bits of content on the YouTube channel this week. Yeah. And on the second swing side, you know, this past Monday was green Monday. We obviously had Cyber Week last week. Um but our holiday gift guide still going throughout here throughout the rest of the month. So if you’re looking for a great gift for someone, that’s a great place to start. Um gifts are kind of broken down by playing style, by price, whether it’s a stocking stuffer. Uh you can always get someone a gift card or even just book them a fitting and that’s a gift in itself. Um so check that out at secondwing.com and you know we we usually have a good you know coming up here we’ll tell you you know kind of the last date you need to order by to make sure it shows up in time for the holidays. So uh check out that and that about wraps up this episode. Drew. Yeah, it’s a it’s a great time to be on the Second Swing website with all the deals and the holiday stuff. And if you’re a gift um you’re thinking of a gift for, you know, someone that’s a golfer, there’s a there’s few places better than than that website. So, um we’ll keep you posted on all the updates and the promos and things like that. But in the meantime, subscribe subscribe to the YouTube channel, subscribe to the podcast. 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