{"podcast":{"title":"Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show","slug":"kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914","podcast_index_feed_id":6943914,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6852891668b0c25e38f5873e","website_url":"https://kickpoint.podbean.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6852891668b0c25e38f5873e/show-cover.jpg","author":"Kick Point","episode_count":138,"summary":"Welcome to Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show brought to you by Golf Monthly. Each week a new episode will land providing you with in-depth gear-related insights. Whether you are thinking your next purchase or you’re interested in the finer details behind golf club design and fitting, this show provides a light-hearted, informative look at all areas of golf equipment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T04:29:18.870159+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914"},"episode":{"title":"Are You Overspending On Custom Fitted Irons? Half Sets Explained! Plus, Sir Nick Faldo Tells Us About His Favourite Clubs Of His Career","slug":"are-you-overspending-on-custom-fitted-irons-half-sets-explained-plus-sir-nick-faldo-tells-us-about-his-favourite-clubs-of-his-career","published_at":"2026-08-07T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914/are-you-overspending-on-custom-fitted-irons-half-sets-explained-plus-sir-nick-faldo-tells-us-about-his-favourite-clubs-of-his-career","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914","url":"https://shows.acast.com/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show/episodes/faldo","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6852891668b0c25e38f5873e/e/6a74a4fce188bf946f162a36/media.mp3","summary":"Big thanks to our friends at GolfClubs4Cash for sponsoring this week's episode. You can visit them in store now at its locations in Edinburgh, Warrington, Milton Keynes and Southampton or head to www.golfclubs4cash.co.uk to browse the more than 50,000 items in stock. Normal service is resumed this week, and we are back in our Winnersh studio with a jam-packed episode of equipment nonsense. Firstly: castle tees. With Aaron Rai and Wyndham Clark securing Majors this year using the humble castle tee, we think the stock. Stock is rising on the castle tee, and it has led to a wider conversation: if we were investing in a stock market for golf equipment categories, what would we be buying, holding, and selling? Rounding off this week, Joe is joined by England's greatest-ever golfer and serious equipment aficionado, Sir Nick Faldo, for a wide-ranging interview. Part one of their chat this week covers Sir Nick's favourite equipment of his career, and some of his wider thoughts on the modern world of golf equipment. All of that, plus your Ask The Pods, including one listener who wants to know whether too many of us are overinvesting in irons by buying full sets instead of half. Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro & Phil Mickelson's specialist Titleist irons 0:05:50 The castle tee renaissance  0:11:08 What are we buying, holding and selling in our golf stock market? 0:31:06 Ask The Pod - your recent comments  0:37:02 Should more amateur golfers get fit for half sets? 0:40:33 Sir Nick Faldo interview part 1 Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf Get in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com Sign up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter …","meta_description":"Big thanks to our friends at GolfClubs4Cash for sponsoring this week's episode. You can visit them in store now at its locations in Edinburgh, Warrington,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4361,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914/episodes/are-you-overspending-on-custom-fitted-irons-half-sets-explained-plus-sir-nick-faldo-tells-us-about-his-favourite-clubs-of-his-career/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914/are-you-overspending-on-custom-fitted-irons-half-sets-explained-plus-sir-nick-faldo-tells-us-about-his-favourite-clubs-of-his-career.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}