{"podcast":{"title":"Off TRAQ Podcast — Golf's Real Conversations","slug":"off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422","podcast_index_feed_id":7538422,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10a74a008/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.traqgolf.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44603826/44603826-1773687822006-850d34fa6fb8f.jpg","author":"TRAQ Golf","episode_count":29,"summary":"Golf is full of opinions, traditions, and marketing claims. Off TRAQ is where we slow down and actually talk about them. Hosted by Charles and Roy, the Off TRAQ Podcast explores the questions golfers genuinely debate — from equipment and swing myths to tour storylines, industry narratives, and the culture of the game. No hot takes for the sake of it. Just honest conversations about the game we all care about. 🎙 New episodes every other Tuesday 🏌️ Presented by TRAQ Golf","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T02:18:14.468665+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422"},"episode":{"title":"Is Modern Golf Actually Making Us Better?","slug":"is-modern-golf-actually-making-us-better","published_at":"2026-07-07T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422/is-modern-golf-actually-making-us-better","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/traqgolf/episodes/Is-Modern-Golf-Actually-Making-Us-Better-e3lolqd","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10a74a008/podcast/play/122492173/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-7%2F427499631-44100-2-273ccf69aab0b.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Off TRAQ , Charles and Roy ask a deceptively simple question: is modern golf actually better? With better equipment, launch monitors, rangefinders, YouTube instruction, and more data than ever, golfers should be getting dramatically better… so why has the average handicap barely moved? They break down how golf has changed from the early 90s and 2000s to today, where technology has genuinely helped, and where it may actually be making golfers more confused, dependent, and cluttered. Then they hit current events, including Scottie Scheffler’s playoff loss, Jordan Spieth testing a new putter, and first reactions to Your Golf Tour . To close, they put each other on the spot with a bag audit and call out the one club the other probably shouldn’t be carrying. Chapters: 00:32 Happy 250th America 03:28 Is Modern Golf Actually Better? 39:53 Scottie's Playoff Loss, Spieth's New Putter & YGT 46:08 Bag Audit: What Club Has to Go?","meta_description":"On this episode of Off TRAQ , Charles and Roy ask a deceptively simple question: is modern golf actually better? With better equipment, launch monitors, r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3647,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422/episodes/is-modern-golf-actually-making-us-better/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-traq-podcast-golf-s-real-conversations-7538422/is-modern-golf-actually-making-us-better.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}