Welcome back to the hit golf podcast.

It's the Rick Shields Golf Show podcast, as I'm sure you very well know.

On a Friday, however, it's the hit golf podcast and Rick has handed over the reins,

which today's sulking about.

So Rick, do you want to have a sulk? Handing over the keys. Oh, thank you. No, they're my keys. Thanks having me back on. It's all right. It's like a takeover. Three strikes in you're out. You've had two, so. Can I say, though, this is my favourite podcast in the world right now. Thank you very much. Honestly. That's nice.

Are we number, are you, not we? Are you guys number one in the world just yet or not? Climbing. We don't really rank ourselves like that. We let the public decide and we just, we just want to do it for the right reasons, Rick. We're not chasing victories. We're not number one, by the way. How clipbait are we making this video?

Rick Shields quits.

I think we've got in the goal trees. We're not number one, by the way. How clipbait are we making this video?

Rick Shields quits. But I think we've got, in the golf world, golf equipment world, and don't forget, that's why you're tuning into this podcast. Everything you need to know about golf equipment, wow, has there been some big stories and headlines this week. Well, you know what? if summed up well then because this is the very, very, very reason we have this hit podcast because some of the news that broke this week, which we're going to touch on, this title of this podcast will be about this, Maclaren, our inching the world of golf. This was announced, I think it was yesterday or the day before, once the normal podcast had already gone live. So traditionally we'd have to wait till the next Tuesday to talk about this. The ship has then sailed. Before we come on to that, though,

which is the main chunk of today's podcast, we've had an email in. We've had lots of emails in,

so thank you very much to people that email the podcast, podcast at rickshield.com. And it's titled as Golf Ball Snobbery. And I've got a bones pick with this person, Rick. Okay. This is from David. So hi, guys. I'm a long-time listener and a member of the clubhouse on the pro shop. So we listen to all the normal podcasts and all the hit episodes, which is great. So first of all, that's a huge thank you.

You know what I like about the difference?

Like when you walk into the clubhouse,

you've got to be a bit prim and proper.

You've got to take your hat off.

You've got to be courteous.

You've got to wipe your feet.

You've got to be polite.

You've got to say, morning everybody.

How are you?

How's your day, Barbara? Yeah, I'll have the usual, thank you very much. Different rules when you're walking the pro shop. Yeah. Have you got your diamond earrings in today? All right, pal. How are you doing? Good to see you guy, Ben. How's everything getting on? You're out last night. My political view, get a little bit more right wing in the pro shop. And I say what I really think in the pro shop. Oh, you can literally say it's a safe haven. Oh yeah. However, there is also some bribery. So if you do say something too bad, that will be kept as ammunition to work against you at some point. Yes. But you can just be a bit more relaxed. You don't have to white your feet. You got to take your hat off.

It's your home to be relaxed.

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