PING Proving Grounds
Hosted by Marty and Shane · PING
4.9from 123 ratings
- 104
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 123
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 419M
- YouTube views
About PING Proving Grounds
The PING Proving Grounds podcast dives into PING's celebrated history and immeasurable contributions to golf equipment, custom fitting and the game of golf in general. Broadcaster Shane Bacon and Marty Jertson, PING's Vice President of Fitting and Performance and professional golfer, discuss what happens behind the scenes at the PING Proving Grounds where data-driven research helps a team of scientists and engineers develop products and fitting tools to help golfers play their best. From the gold putter vault to PING Man and everything in between, tune in to hear more about what goes on at the PING Proving Grounds. Want to watch the podcast? Go to https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLerJdr1xhGiUKMPq3_uhO3HeIGE98CgTy (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/youtube.com/playlist?list=PLerJdr1xhGiUKMPq3_uhO3HeIGE98CgTy__;!!N96JrnIq8IfO5w!mN8PLtIUdwDCiFWhglZax2mWcbrrTJEah-OfVV89D9RtBpfUn4JZBQdJf5g26Iu8OKEQnPrGeDmRLYrq$)
- Publisher
- PING
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 103: Golf Mythbusters
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 102: Hunter Mahan
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 101: Iron Fitting
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Episode 103: Golf Mythbusters
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So it has this compounding effect. Driving the golf ball is a very kind of a consistent thing too. It's easy to predict. Like if you... bring a golfer in here to the proving grounds for a fitting or a college player, and you want to analyze how good they are at golf without looking at their statistics. […]
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- Hunter Mahan
- Charles Barkley
- Scott Sullivan
- Dr. Erik Henrikson
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 419,108,275
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 83 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 40 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts PING Proving Grounds?
Marty and Shane host the show. Published by PING.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does PING Proving Grounds take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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