# Friday Feedback: An update on Local Rules. Blind Par 3's - good or bad? And when Jack Newton drank Mark under the table.

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Published: 2026-07-02T18:33:00+00:00
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A Friday Feedback pod today, plenty of comments and questions from you.....hopefully a bit more sedate after the drama of yesterday's Mean Tweets episode....brutal.... 00:00:00 We have an update on the discussion on the 'rake and replace' local rule from last weeks show. 00:05:00 Couple of comments on the chat last week about the 2009 Australian Open when Mark was absolutely crueled by official Trevor Herden, and a fun story about Tommy Fleetwood from wolfpacker Pete. 00:06:00 Kal from Winnipeg has written in with an observation about the ultimate 'slow play' partnering of Tour Pros. 00:07:00 Mark tells the story of the worst 2-shot penalty he ever received, he's still dirty about it. 00:08:00 A wolfpacker asks Mark to retell his story from Texas about the college students stealing the flags as part of a hazing ritual. After the turn: 00:11:30 A bunch of suggestions for great course/clubhouse combos after last weeks chat about it. 00:15:00 An update on the 13th Beach Duck Spring Roll disaster. 00:16:30 Mark tells a story about getting poleaxed with the legendary Jack Newton at the Dunvegan 00:19:30 Recently we spoke about the Top 5 holes architects would be 'fired' for if they tried them today, wolfpacker Tom has some additions to the list. 00:20:30 Mark fails to learn from past experiences and goes to Grok again. It ends as well as you'd expect. 00:22:30 And we finish with a chat about the merits (from Mark) and frustrations (from Nick) of short blind Par 3 holes. Keep the feedback coming, we love it! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole; Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; Golf Clearance Outlet, they b…

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