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I ask us to talk about the expense of golf equipment right now, and I know about the rising cost of golf equipment. It's something that a lot of people are commenting on. We've seen new irons from Mizuno last week at maybe 180 a club. 180, the MP20, HMB. Thoughts on it? It's a difficult one to enter working in the golf industry because I have first hand experience of how that affects the whole experience, especially my initial reaction was in the fitting. When it appeared to be the best club in the bag for, it was certainly coming. What for the MP20? Yeah, MP20, HMB and then you have the conversation and unfortunately it was a case of what alternatives are there. Straightaway put off by price? Absolutely straightaway, and even contemplated dropping in this case of four iron for cost reasons which would have a potential detriment. I think for me the thing is, the thing that I don't really understand is and maybe someone, maybe a manufacturer can put reason to it, but where has the increasing cost come from? That would be good to know, yeah. Is it R&D costs? Well I think that's what they'd explain it as, maybe cost of raw material, I don't know. But if you take a look at Epic Forge £250 a club, we've got TaylorMade P790 Ti's which are probably more like £300 a club is it? Then you've got the PXG 0211's £200 a club and then like I said, a bit of a surprise was the MP20's coming in at 180 an iron. Because that's a real hype for Mizuno again. And a lot more from just the standard blade, so again would you put it down to R&D or what's happening? It's tough one, but again it goes back to this age old question of encouraging people to get involved in the game. My answer to that is I still think that, I'm not a really great believer in that argument because I still think there's plenty of product in the second hand market. So I don't think it puts people off getting involved and I don't buy into that at all. But I do think it's more of a, I think for me and I'm also of the opinion if it doesn't fit your budget then don't bother looking at it. So I've got all them thoughts as well, having said all that. Yeah I think as well, we were later back to like cars, if it's not in your budget you don't have a lot of people. I think as well one thing to remember is I remember buying a brand new R7 quad driver, which was the first driver that I really purchased. I didn't get fit for it, which it was a long time ago, but it was £299. And it was a 2006, 2007 driver and it was £300. And I know they're a little bit more expensive than that, but with the way in the last 10, 12 years ago, I don't think that's, maybe they went down a little bit to go back up, but £450 for a driver now plus does put a lot of people off. I think it's just for me it's just been the sudden hike, it's like where it's gone from like I said. The irons is the, I know drivers went seem to go from 350 to 450 very quickly. And it's the same with the irons all of a sudden like I said there's been a jump up in cost. So again, your own opinions would be interesting, but thanks to Andy at Bunker's Golf Society for that question. Next one is the combat golfer. Again, this one came from Twitter and he asks ladies, men's, junior tees, are they still relevant or is that a thing of the past? Absolutely. Absolutely what? A thing of the past. Yeah. For what reason? Absolutely. For the enjoyment levels, participation, I think just the modern society. I think for you to say I'm playing off the ladies tees or the men's tees or the, I think that's just, that's just a non-star to me. I think we had it recently, I played a social round of golfing, it was blowing so we played off the forward tees. What would you consider the yellow tees? Realistically. Again, what would the point of me? Well, I'm thinking that. Just because I'm a pro going all the way to the back tees. I think for an enjoyment level on that day we just went let's play off the forward tees. I think if lady golfers at elite level, I'd love to see them back then essentially making the course a bit longer and improving their game because of that. And then again, you know. The big thing for me, the big thing where I've spotted it is when you play, when you play in Europe, I don't know what they operate in America, the same system or not. When the European courses you'll get a, well it's a meterage isn't it, but you'll get several different tee positions from several different yardages let's say. And that again can make a massive difference and you choosing the correct tee to play from in terms of relating it to your ability can make a whole difference. And I think drop the ego, play from what suits you. I played at West Cliffs which is one of the toughest courses I've played. And again, I think they had six different tee boxes. And trust me, you didn't want to be anywhere near the back three really. We had the conversation in Aberdavie didn't we? Me and you play off the back tier Aberdavie golf club. We're not enjoying it are we? No, and that's the big point isn't it? Hopefully that comes with I think the change in the slow printing. I think the way the handicap system is going to change, I think it will be more acceptable to play off the tee boxes and the course that helped that. You fit into the slow printing and you pick out how easy you want it on that day. Yeah, I'd agree with that. There you go, that's the answer to the comeback golfer. Right, next one up is Neil Travis. Is a half set of clubs the way forward? Does it make you think more? Do you want to play with half set of clubs? Yeah. I like throwing a half set in a pencil bag and going to have it. It does make you think more. Does it make you better player? I think there's no doubt that it would add value to your golf. You're learning to play different types of shots. Having to use the ground a bit more, you certainly have to think about it a bit more. I think golf is a lot now, you pick a number, you point and you shoot. This takes a lot of that away. Definitely something I'd recommend. Yeah, I'd agree. I like playing, I rarely go out with a full set of clubs. I rarely go out on my own set anyway. I generally take whatever is in the bag at the time. I actually like the fact of having half a set for exactly the same reasons. I don't necessarily have the ability to do it, but something I enjoy is to be able to try and hit different types of shots. I always think about the wedge thing. Everybody now wants six wedges in the bag for every single yard. You've got to have a wedge for 50, for 60, for 70. Again, when I started playing golf, you had a pitching wedge and a sandwich, and you had to learn to hit either of those clubs at different ball flights, different distances. I still prefer really carrying what I probably won't because I like to be spoiled, but I like just having a pitching wedge in a bag. Yeah, just different choices of shots. It's more fun, I enjoy it anyway. Oen Corry asked a question, but it's got a slight link to that last one. You can answer this, Lou, this is beyond me. How do you get a lower ball flight in the wind? I think creating a lower ball flight has two elements to it. Obviously, spin, you can visibly see a ball spin up in the air when it's into the breeze. Hit a lower ball flight would be back of the stance, lower loft, more of a descending blow. Obviously, all of that then creates a little bit more backspin when you're hitting down on it. For me, it would be further back in the stance, hands a bit forward, even weight a bit forward, but you've got to hit it a little bit softer. That would be the main thing. Club up as well. Club up, so you go less loft, so you can hit it a bit softer. You're still going to create the distance. Something that's relevant to Conway for the loft. That would be when it's breezy, swing it easy, would be the best. It's good analogy, isn't it? It is, but it's very true that, isn't it? The opposite is to try and give it a whack. You see it all the time when it's breezy, swing it easy with the irons, then they get on a tee and they try and lump it with a driver. I see that all the time and I think it applies through the bag. Driver, I don't even lower the tee height, hit up on it with a driver, low spin. That's the key. There you go, good answer. Like you said, that one's for Lou, it's not for me. John Yoran asks, do golfers really benefit from replacing golf clubs every two years? That's a good question. It's a good question, yeah. I think the answer is, I would say in very simple terms, no. It depends what benefit means. I think that's the first thing. It depends what you mean by benefit. I've never seen no golf club make any body swing change or make them a better golfer in the kind of grand scheme of things. I think it would go back to what you did two years ago when you bought them. If you went and got properly fitted through the bag, if you come back in two years, providing your swing is the same, your speed is the same, so your physical makeup is the same, are any clubs going to make your dramatically difference? I doubt it. I think if swing changes, if you're younger and you've grown, then obviously that affects you. But if you do it right first time, I think two years of it won't make that much difference. No, and I think it depends again. I mean, I think there has been times throughout product manufacturing where there has been leaps it forward in technology. And I think there's times when it just plateaus and not a great deal. You only see small differences in terms of the benefits that a certain club might be suggesting it gives you. So I do think that can vary as well. But I think there's a reality is that that word benefits. And for me sometimes, like I said, benefit can be a thing like I'd associate it with enjoyment as well. I mean, buying a new set of clubs, if it's your hobby or something you enjoy doing, you might get a bit more benefit with a bit of a smile on your face with a new set of bats in the bag. But that doesn't mean to say it's going to make you a better golfer. So it depends what benefit really means, I suppose. I'm going to go. There's an interesting question coming in. I've wrote it down, but I haven't got down the person who asked the question. So I'll try and find out by the time I edit the video. Has golf YouTube changed at all? I think it's certainly more people doing it, isn't it? It has, yeah. I think that's a very good point. And I think obviously the people who are doing it are continuing to do it. So there's more content from those people. There's more variety. Obviously there's a back portfolio of people who are doing it. And then there's obviously more people doing it as well. I think one interesting bit for me, the first in the space of mind, is the kind of, as it changed, I don't know whether this is the kind of what you're referring to, is the kind of like, what interests me is the type of content has changed significantly. So there's been, you used to have two years ago, the standard stuff would have been for me. You had Rick Shields, Peter Finch, Matt Fryer and Andy Carter. Would do course vlogs. That was quite a frequent thing they'd do as a four ball. They've gone by the wayside. And Rick was very much leading away in terms of product review. Mark Crossfield again was always sort of, it was always the tour stuff as playing golf and product review. I'm trying to think who else might have been around sort of two or three years ago. And then obviously there's the me and my golf scenario, which again, they're still doing the same thing. The thing that's changed for me really I suppose is the kind of, the Rick Pete four ball, that sort of fell by the wayside. You don't see them doing anything in terms of course logs, so they don't exist anymore. I think there is a lot less maybe course stuff. Yeah, I wonder why that is. Around at the moment. But yeah, it's an element, it's changed definitely. A good one for me, I'm going to ask a question out at the moment, is how many people miss those course flogs be from anybody? Because like I said, there's not a great deal of on course content going on right now. So that may be a good question for me in terms of gauge what people are looking for. The other thing being is that the bit that interests me at the moment is there's a lot of reviews and again, I'm going to refer to Rick's stuff where they're kind of like the illegal golf ball, the extra extra long club shaft. I would bracket them at the alternative videos. Yeah, but they're massive. I mean the increase in sort of popularity, the views that Rick in particular has achieved for those type of videos has been phenomenal. That's something that does interest me and something that understanding the logic into how that's changed and where that's come about. I never thought I'd see that they were reviewing a golf ball that's illegal that you can't even use out there. Yeah, that's it and what interest it created. Yeah, but it's huge, huge video. So I think it has changed. I think with most things with YouTube it will continue to evolve and I think more and more channels will come about as well. It would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks of how it's evolved and what they watch. Yeah, well what they watch and what you'd like to watch. I think that's a good indicator, like I said, a question from me. Another question that's come in and this is the notes that I haven't got the names. I'll get these up. What is a review an infomercial? And I like this question because... An infomercial? What's it come from the US that are? Well, it's become, I'll tell you what, it's become quite a buzzword I think is what they say. Infomercial. And I read it, I've seen it from my own videos on when I did the Seed Golf Ball review. Seed Golf Ball, they are a sponsor partner of the channel. So I stopped reviewing golf balls because of the link. But what we did do is I thought we'll do a team average. So for those of you who don't know, team average is where we get four, five golfers, different handicap, different levels. They all test the product and give their opinion. So I thought we'll do the Seed Golf Ball. You've seen the video? I've seen the video. Right. So they've reviewed the product and that way I stayed out of it so I've got no opinion on it. So I've got no conflict of interest. My integrity is not sort of questioned. And in that video, I think there was three or four comments where it said it was an infomercial. Now for me, so I was a bit upset by that because I don't like creating infomercials. And like I said, the only idea was it was supposed to be this sort of unbiased view. But anyway, the point is when does a review become an infomercial was the question. I think for me, every review is an infomercial to be quite honest with you. I think if you're reviewing a product, you're relaying information in a way that you would see in a commercial. I mean, it's just a modern commercial, isn't it? I mean, I think in most whatever genre, and I always refer to cameras as being what I watched videos about cameras. I do like cameras. And I like watching reviews of cameras. But I see them purely that they're nothing more than a modern marketing way of a modern commercial. So I think they're all infomercials, I think. But I think it's our opinion matters to anyone who wants to listen to our opinion. Often it matters to us. It's a great question because I think the reason I think it's a great question is because like I said, it's a buzzword. I've seen it used quite a lot. And maybe it's the way in which a video is put together, maybe the seed golf ball in that case because that's the video. I know I've seen it in reference. Maybe it's the way it was filmed. I don't know. But for me, in answer to the question, I think every review really is a bit of an infomercial, I think, because I don't know if that's good or bad, but I think essentially that's what they are. Right, we're going to finish off. How long have we been doing? Is that 19 minutes? So the idea being just let me stop here for a second. I want to do more of these videos. The idea was to do more of this discussion out there on the course. That's why Lewis was thrown in at the deep end here. I didn't tell him what we were doing because the idea was to play around the golf and we'll discuss these questions that have been thrown in out there on the golf course. So what I'd like you to do is if you've enjoyed what you've watched today, then please hit that like button. Turn to the comments. Either comments on some of the things that we've been discussing today, or, or under as well, can you throw in some questions you want answering for future episodes of this kind of thing that we'll be filming, whether it be in here or out there on the course. And I'll make sure that we try and answer the best questions that are put forward and give you a bit of a shout-out. We're going to finish with one question and I know I'm going to struggle with it because I've half read it already and I know I'm going to struggle for an answer, so over to you. Lynx Golf Club, which is, he organizes some great competitions, mainly in and around the UK. But he asks, the best, oh Lynx, I didn't see that. I thought he was asking, the best par 3, 4 and 5 refers to Lynx. So the best par 3 on a Lynx course you've played. Wow, that's it so far. I'll tell you what, I'll give you the option best par 3, 4 or 5 that springs to mind. On a Lynx. On a Lynx. It's got to be a Lynx mate, that's the question. I didn't write them. So I hit the pause button. I liked the posted sample train for par 3. Have you played it? Yeah. Oh, I thought you were just throwing that one in there. It's just picking anything. Oh yeah, yeah. No, no, no, good hole. Well I was hoping you'd pick a par 3 because that's what you said your favourite type of par 3. You're like a birdie on a par 3. There's a couple of great par 3s on. There's a couple now. I'm throwing it along because I'm still thinking. Well, is New South Wales 12 club Australia a Lynx course? Yes, you've played it. That's just name dropping. That's it. So 6, 6. I was thinking that. I was thinking that 4th at Rhyl. Have you played that? Great hole. That's Lynx mate, proper Lynx. Never mind New South Wales. The 4 is a par 3. That's the one I'm on about. Great hole. I'm going to have to, I'll tell you what. Somebody else can answer that one. What's your best par 3, 4 or 5? I've played just too many. We need to throw up a picture of the 6th hole on New South Wales. I'll give you that. I'll give you a great starting hole. The first hole at Kilspindy par 3. That's a great starter. Anyone's round a golf and it's a par 3. Love that hole. It's not the best one I've ever played but it's certainly one that's just springed into my mind. Anyway, we're going to leave it there. We've done 22 minutes of Q&A in this new episode, which is Question Time, aptly named by Lou. As I say, thank you for watching. Stick the comments down below. The more questions you can fire at us, the more chance you've got of appearing in the next episode. And like I said, if the weather's all right, next time we'll answer these questions out on the fairways. Right. I think that went all right. Yeah, I think it'll be better on the fairways. See you soon. Thank you.