{"podcast":{"title":"Club Lab","slug":"club-lab-7771470","podcast_index_feed_id":7771470,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/HE0eRaOn","website_url":"https://club-lab.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/71e0c0f9-5a11-4670-9768-56a484740753/f9a3dff4-c025-466c-b002-8e3f8b159119/3000x3000/zpgolfdigestclublabfinal2_1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Golf Digest","episode_count":72,"summary":"Club Lab is a golf equipment podcast hosted by Golf Digest managing editor Jonathan Wall and Golf Laboratories founder Gene Parente, diving deep into the gear generating buzz through real robot-testing data, tour trends and conversations with the people who matter most in the industry. Every episode is designed to make you smarter about the equipment in your bag.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T06:17:58.191234+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/club-lab-7771470"},"episode":{"title":"Why TaylorMade's Qi4D loft sleeve is so important","slug":"why-taylormade-s-qi4d-loft-sleeve-is-so-important","published_at":"2026-05-20T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/club-lab-7771470/why-taylormade-s-qi4d-loft-sleeve-is-so-important","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/club-lab-7771470","url":"https://club-lab.simplecast.com/episodes/why-taylormades-qi4d-loft-sleeve-is-so-important-PZEAzgnS","audio_url":"https://afp-900375-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/df0f760b-1a45-411c-98ec-0785b9e9d679/episodes/7fffd388-b764-48da-8b37-3d803bac6574/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=df0f760b-1a45-411c-98ec-0785b9e9d679&awEpisodeId=7fffd388-b764-48da-8b37-3d803bac6574&feed=HE0eRaOn","summary":"TaylorMade's newest driver, the Qi4D, is both lower launching and lower spinning than its Qi10 and Qi35 predecessors, but that only tells part of the story. JWall and Uncle Gene go in depth on what that actually means for ball flight and how adjusting the loft sleeve can make a big difference. But first, a surprise PGA Championship winner claims a major with some old equipment, TaylorMade moves to a two-year driver cycle and Bridgestone releases a black golf ball.","meta_description":"TaylorMade's newest driver, the Qi4D, is both lower launching and lower spinning than its Qi10 and Qi35 predecessors, but that only tells part of the stor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2938,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/club-lab-7771470/episodes/why-taylormade-s-qi4d-loft-sleeve-is-so-important/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/club-lab-7771470/why-taylormade-s-qi4d-loft-sleeve-is-so-important.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}