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Introducing 3 Putt Bogey

2 min episode · 2 min read

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2 min

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2 min

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Productivity, Leadership, Psychology & Behavior

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Key Takeaways

  • ✓Show format: Three Putt Bogey releases every Friday morning, timed specifically for weekend golfers preparing for Saturday or Sunday rounds. Episodes follow two hosts at different skill levels navigating casual Atlanta rounds and competitive Los Angeles club tournaments.
  • ✓Target audience framing: The podcast positions itself for golfers skilled enough to string two solid shots together but rarely three — a relatable middle-skill demographic largely ignored by golf media that focuses on elite performance rather than bogey-range reality.
  • ✓Competitive mindset shift: At recreational skill levels, scoring strategy centers on eliminating doubles and triples rather than chasing birdies. This reframe — playing defensively rather than aggressively — reflects how mid-handicap golfers should actually approach course management.
  • ✓Personal journey structure: Each episode tracks two distinct golf paths: casual weekly rounds with longtime friends in Atlanta shooting low-to-mid 90s, versus structured club tournament play in Los Angeles, offering listeners two relatable but different recreational golf experiences.

What It Covers

Chuck Bryant of Stuff You Should Know and Adam Pranica of The Greatest Generation launch Three Putt Bogey, a Friday golf comedy podcast exploring the humor, frustration, and absurdity of recreational golf from two mid-level players' perspectives.

Key Questions Answered

  • •Show format: Three Putt Bogey releases every Friday morning, timed specifically for weekend golfers preparing for Saturday or Sunday rounds. Episodes follow two hosts at different skill levels navigating casual Atlanta rounds and competitive Los Angeles club tournaments.
  • •Target audience framing: The podcast positions itself for golfers skilled enough to string two solid shots together but rarely three — a relatable middle-skill demographic largely ignored by golf media that focuses on elite performance rather than bogey-range reality.
  • •Competitive mindset shift: At recreational skill levels, scoring strategy centers on eliminating doubles and triples rather than chasing birdies. This reframe — playing defensively rather than aggressively — reflects how mid-handicap golfers should actually approach course management.
  • •Personal journey structure: Each episode tracks two distinct golf paths: casual weekly rounds with longtime friends in Atlanta shooting low-to-mid 90s, versus structured club tournament play in Los Angeles, offering listeners two relatable but different recreational golf experiences.

Notable Moment

One host described an on-course breakdown involving a golf club wrapped in plastic wrap and painter's tape brought to a driving range — a detail that signals the show's comedic, self-deprecating storytelling approach.

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Episode Transcript

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, I'm Chuck Bryan of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. 00:00:04 Speaker 2: And I'm Adam Pranica of The Greatest Generation and Greatest Trek. 00:00:08 Speaker 1: We decided to start a golf comedy podcast because we're both big golf lovers and we wanted to spread that joy and it's called Three Putt Bogey. 00:00:17 Speaker 2: It's coming from the perspective of golfers who are sometimes good enough to hit two great shots in a row, but almost never good enough to hit three. And a three-putt bogey is kind of the purest expression of that. Every golfer knows what that's like. 00:00:30 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that's kind of the show in a nutshell. Obviously, we're going to talk a lot about the game of golf that we love so much, how absurd it is and how fun it is and how just, you know, it's vexing and frustrating. But more than anything, just how much we love the greatest game in the world. 00:00:46 Speaker 2: We love it anyway. 00:00:47 Speaker 1: We're putting these out every Friday morning for your weekend golf routine. Yeah, Adam, I wouldn't hit a shot the other day in front of the card girl. 00:00:57 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the meltdown a little bit because at this level, it is so much less about making birdies. Yeah. And so much more about avoiding doubles and triples. 00:01:11 Speaker 1: It's the curse of where I am right now, which is truly great shot. truly terrible shot. It's weird how much it changes from shot to shot at this point. 00:01:22 Speaker 2: This is a show about sharing our experiences on the golf course and how absurd and funny they can be. Yeah. 00:01:29 Speaker 1: And, you know, one thing for sure we're going to do every week is our personal golf journeys, because we come from a couple of different places. I'm here in Atlanta playing basically weekly casual rounds with some of my oldest friends and And shooting like in the low to mid 90s still. 00:01:44 Speaker 2: And I'm playing a lot of club tournaments in Los Angeles, which for some reason hasn't managed to take all the fun out of my game. We're trying to make the golf podcast we want to see out in the world. Exactly. 00:01:56 Speaker 1: I would listen to this show if I wasn't me. 00:01:58 Speaker 2: And that's what 3 Putt Bogey is. 00:02:00 Speaker 1: It's 3 Putt Bogey, everybody, out every Friday. You can find it on the iHeart podcast app or wherever you get your podcasts. 00:02:08 Speaker 2: So just to just to paint the picture here, you went to a driving range with a with a golf club covered in saran wrap and painter's tape. Yes, yes. Did you take pictures of this?

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