We are off to a great start so far, thanks for everyone’s contributions. It’s amazing to see the community starting so strong 
I’m always looking for ideas for new articles on the site. Reading your posts helps me out. But if you have any specific suggestions on topics you would like me to explore, please post them here. I’ll do my best to keep up!
Now we see why you REALLY started this place 
Maybe this has been covered before and I missed it, but it seems like this COVID time is bringing new people in or at least back to the game. How about an article or series on how passionate players can best keep these new golfers engaged and involved with the game even after life is “back to normal”.
Haha, it was definitely one of the considerations. Publishing through a website isn’t the best way to interact with readers. Plenty of people have emailed me over the years, but having a forum like this is more efficient to connect with one another. As I see what’s important to people, it helps plant little seeds in my brain. Some of those will (hopefully) turn into useful articles!
Thanks for the suggestion!
One other thing I’m not sure I’ve seen is a clear explanation on how different grass types can really (or don’t really) impact different shot types. I’ve heard plenty of things, but don’t really know the truth behind them.
Jon, I shot -1 in league tonight, but I missed four putts inside 4 feet. Could’ve been a real low one.
Article idea: send Brad Faxon to me for a healthy amount of putting lessons. I’ll document the whole thing. I’ll write the article. You just hit publish.
Good plan?
I know there’s a lot of data on the optimal strategy to play golf. However, one area I would be very interested in hearing about is if there is a difference what strategy works best for different personality types. Just like in investing some people are more comfortable with increased risk taking and others more conservative, etc. So can it be that for certain personalities e.g. laying-up to a yardage or not going with driver on every hole yields a better result even though the “pure math” says otherwise?
Hi Jon, I recently bought a net and I’ve been wondering if good drills to do at home with a net. I know I need to work on impact but also just don’t want to just hit balls and get into bad habits. Any tips would definitely help.
Hi Jon, I think your stuff on course management is great. I think it would be nice to periodically see situational examples, similar to what is done in some of the DECADE videos, but more applicable to the average non-pro golfer.
For example, if I’m 180+ yds from the green for an approach, I’m not good enough to be thinking in terms of shifting my target X yards to the right of the pin because there’s a bunker on the left - I just want to get on the green! And in some cases I wonder if it’s even appropriate for me to be trying for the green.
Another example - a straight and simple par 4 lined with woods on either side with only about 50 or so yards between sides. The DECADE flow chart for tee shots indicates 3 wood, but there’s still good chance of me hitting it out of bounds, which makes me wonder if I’m taking unjustified risk and if this might be an example where skill level comes into play.
That’s a good example with the 3W. I have the same problem with my driver. I have a massive off-the-planet miss to the right with my driver that I just don’t have with any other club.
I’m trying to use Arccos to get a better idea of just how much of a difference it makes to use a 3W. I’ve seen statistics stating that many people hit the same % of fairways with driver and 3W, but it’s the big miss that makes the big difference.
I think for me I’d have about the same fairway % for 3i and 3W, but driver drops off and can really start becoming a problem.
I literally just did some testing on driver vs. 3-wood that will really shock a lot of people. Article coming next week!
Haven’t had a chance, but looking forward to reading this article. I feel like it’s going to try to talk me into hitting 3 wood more when I just want to go full send with the driver. 
lol, well I guess you’ll have to wait and see on that one
I have an alignment system you might want to try if you don’t mind losing all your friends.
Jon, some ideas for articles:
How to approach a practice round
Optimal pre-round warm up
Nutrition–pre, during and post round.
How much of a rule nerd should you be?
How to deal with the fear of a big-miss/blow-up?
Course management for stroke play versus best ball versus match play
How to find the right swing instructor–and know when you’ve found him/her
The benefits of playing with low-handicap lady golfers
Trend of golfers and wearables (Whoop, etc)
I’ll add if more come to mind!
great list, thank you for that!
If I make more putts, then
Guy can always make new friends!
Big thx Jon for providing this! 
Got an article idea: would love to see something on Slope.
We all know rangefinders “calculate” adjusted or plays-like distances for elevation. How?
Full disclosure, I’m an (ex)engineer and obsessed how golf works. Example: 150y uphill par3, rangefinder says plays-like 160y. Ok, so
how can plays-like not take trajectory into account?
My assumption is trajectory (land angle) determines plays-like more than distance.
Currently, I do what you suggest: use Google Earth (and Inkscape) to make yardage books. I discovered the altitude feature in GE and include elevation change relative to the green, ex: “150-2” meaning 150 yards and 2 yards downhill.
Ok, now the hard part, how to implement this info. Based on empirical observation (I always notice where my pitchmark is relative to ball) and Trackman website, I determined that most short irons/wedges come down pretty steep, say 60*. Mids probably 45*. So, maybe longs/hybrids/fw woods 30*?
From trig, the distance is function of angle and height. 45* would obviously be 1:1 ratio; 60* is 1: 0.5 and 30* is 1:1.7 roughly. I made a chart (fits in yardage book holder):
Uphill HiTraj MidTraj LoTraj
5 3 5 9 (One line excerpt)
To use, I read elevation from my yardage book, determine straight-line distance to my target and estimate trajectory. I then look up on my chart to find the distance to add/subtract to straight-line distance. Example:
Take our uphill par3 above. From my yb, I read +5 yards (relative to green) for my tee box. I’ll probably be playing 7ish iron, meaning mid traj. From chart I read 5 yards plus 150 to my target (center of green!) = 155 yards total. Perfect 7 for me.
Any ideas on an improved formula and/or method, or any insights would be greatly appreciated! Again, thx for this!
The “practice” round vs a “scoring” round is a topic I’m interested in for sure.
Wow that is getting down to the nitty gritty. Perhaps I can reach out to a rangefinder company and ask if they’d like to contribute an article. Welcome to the community!
The testing data on Driver versus 3 Wood, probably will not shock anyone who listened to your Podcast with Mark Immelmann.