{"podcast":{"title":"Golf IQ","slug":"golf-iq-5605290","podcast_index_feed_id":5605290,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/qYwfLZ02","website_url":"https://www.golfdigest.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/71e0c0f9-5a11-4670-9768-56a484740753/5b91e4df-c71c-4598-8644-d701c9d76f75/3000x3000/golfiqlkd.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"gregory_gottfried@discovery.com","episode_count":257,"summary":"Become a smarter golfer — faster. Golf IQ is a 3x weekly podcast from Golf Digest. Our goal is simple: To help you understand the game, and become a better golfer because of it.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T02:18:22.324377+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golf-iq-5605290"},"episode":{"title":"How to play Birdie Sprint and why it helps you become a better scorer","slug":"how-to-play-birdie-sprint-and-why-it-helps-you-become-a-better-scorer","published_at":"2026-07-09T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golf-iq-5605290/how-to-play-birdie-sprint-and-why-it-helps-you-become-a-better-scorer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golf-iq-5605290","url":"https://www.golfdigest.com/","audio_url":"https://afp-900375-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/5800d6f5-1a1e-449b-94fe-210db9555a46/episodes/820895cc-3fb3-44ec-b263-fad28eb06dfc/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=5800d6f5-1a1e-449b-94fe-210db9555a46&awEpisodeId=820895cc-3fb3-44ec-b263-fad28eb06dfc&feed=qYwfLZ02","summary":"Match play is simple enough. Card a better score than your opponent on the hole, you win the hole. But what if you could only win the hole with a birdie or better? That's Birdie Sprint, and, as LKD explains, you'll see it a lot during pro-am rounds at PGA Tour events. Here's how you can play it and/or adapt it for your skill level.","meta_description":"Match play is simple enough. Card a better score than your opponent on the hole, you win the hole. But what if you could only win the hole with a birdie o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":800,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/golf-iq-5605290/episodes/how-to-play-birdie-sprint-and-why-it-helps-you-become-a-better-scorer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golf-iq-5605290/how-to-play-birdie-sprint-and-why-it-helps-you-become-a-better-scorer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}