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Daniel Guest

17 January 2026

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F-O-R-E Minute Friday - Why You Need to Check Your Ego & Crank Up the Loft

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Are you sabotaging your golf game before you even take the club back? In this edition of FORE Minute Friday, we tackle the single most common equipment mistake among amateur golfers: playing with too little loft.

If you aren't swinging like a Tour pro, you shouldn't be playing their equipment specs. We break down the physics of why "loft is your friend" and how adding degrees to your driver, woods, and hybrids can actually result in more distance and better stopping power.

In this 4-minute episode, you'll learn:

  • The Garden Hose Analogy: Why lower swing speeds require higher launch angles for maximum carry.
  • The 3-Wood Trap: Why you should consider swapping your 3-wood for a 4-wood or 5-wood immediately.
  • The "Cheat Code": Why pros like Dustin Johnson are putting 7-woods in the bag (and why you should too).
  • Holding the Green: How higher lofted hybrids improve your descent angle to stop the ball close to the pin.

Put the ego aside and start writing lower numbers on your scorecard.

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