Transcript
Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs
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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs", an episode of Pardon My Take published February 21, 2026 (26 min, about 3,976 words). It mentions 21 people, works and ideas, including golf, Tailor Made, Hank, Driver, Swing.
What this episode is about
Two friends navigate equipment setup and safety as they test lifting routines and adjust weights on a bench press, focusing on proper form, spotter guidance, and deciding which apparatus to use. They emphasize gradual progression and teamwork in getting the right configuration for their workout.
Key takeaways
- Descriptive chaos aside, the gym dialogue reveals how groups calibrate motivation with humor, blame-shifting and vanity alike.
- The 'one more rep' pressure reveals performance psychology: tiny ego bets push or derail progress faster than reps.
- Reality check: casual confidence often masks actual skill gaps; honesty surfaces only when cameras or scripts demand it.
- Tech talk and gear chatter dominate, yet a single honest ask—try one set—outweighs glossy equipment plans.
- Narrative of growth: progress metrics (speed, accuracy) trump pomp; consistency wins when excitement fades.
Who speaks in this episode?
What is discussed, and when
Notable quotes from "Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs"
All right, we're here. It's basically Christmas morning. We got Tailor Made in the house. We're getting fitted. Me, Big Cat, PFT. I'm getting fitted as a lefty.
about Tailor Made · atSo, we're going to do the 3-wood but in the Max. Oop, sorry. Slightly different profile than the traditional, but we're going to use the same shaft we were just hitting in the driver. So, kind of.
about 3-wood · atWe'll start 790. After three swings, Hank, I'm going to throw some impact tape on there to see where your ball strike is.
about Hank · atMore center. So, we're going to shift to the Qi Max. We're going to go to a heavier shaft. Then, we'll start worrying about launch conditions, spin rates, peak height.
about Launch Conditions · atWhat's Did you try out the new driver yet?
about Driver · atWe'll get back to PMTV in a second. It's brought to you by Vinmo. You can get in the game with college branded Vinmo debit card. Earn up to 5% cash back at some of your favorite brands with Vinmo.
about Vinmo · atI didn't really start playing golf until like really two years ago.
about golf · atOh, so even right there, despite the high launch there at 16.9, your backspin was really good at 2,000 RPMs.
about Backspin · at
Who and what is mentioned in this episode?
People
- Hank — Person · Main participant (club fitting) · 1 mention · first at
Hank is repeatedly measured and coached during the fitting (driver, 3-wood, irons), with discussion of his left-handed switch and strike location. - Big Cat — Person · Host / participant (club fitting) · 3 mentions · first at
Big Cat is one of the featured on-mic personalities getting fitted and joking about club simplicity and golf improvement.Yep. Legit right-handed. When bread will never turn my back on my right hand. So my goal this summer I think is get to a 15.
- PFT — Person · Host / participant (club fitting) · 1 mention · first at
PFT is named as part of the group being fitted alongside Big Cat, anchoring the segment to the show’s main personalities.All right, we're here. It's basically Christmas morning. We got Tailor Made in the house. We're getting fitted. Me, Big Cat, PFT. I'm getting fitted as a lefty.
- Uncle Baby Billy — Person · Participant (club fitting) · 1 mention · first at
Billy is introduced to Sean and participates in the fitting, joking about being the worst golfer and then hitting unexpectedly good shots.This is going to be the worst fitted clubs you've ever done.
- Andrew Tate — Person · Referenced comparator · 2 mentions · first at
Tate is referenced as someone who previously outperformed in lifting and is expected to train, used to motivate/contrast another participant.Don't compare yourself to Tate this year, cuz Tate's definitely going to be training. He can't have that happen again. Also, you got to not the day of you cannot lift any weights.
- Positive Sean — Person · Referenced fitter/rep (named in greeting) · 1 mention · first at
Sean is greeted during the fitting session, indicating involvement as staff/representative, but has minimal dialogue attributed by name.How you doing, Sean? Good to meet you, Billy.
- Maria Zach — Person · Referenced participant · 1 mention · first at
Zach is coached through a weight-lifting setup early in the transcript, but is not part of the golf fitting segment that dominates the episode.
Companies & orgs
- Tailor Made — Company · Featured brand (club fitting provider) · 1 mention · first at
TaylorMade is central to the golf fitting experience, providing equipment (driver/woods/irons/wedges) and fitting adjustments.
Products & tech
- Driver — Product · Key equipment discussed · 4 mentions · first at
Driver fitting includes shaft profile, movable weights, launch and backspin targets, and is framed as a major performance lever. - Irons — Product · Key equipment discussed · 1 mention · first at
Irons are fitted using impact tape to diagnose strike location, then adjusted via shaft weight and head choice before focusing on launch/spin/peak height.So, now what we're going to do is we're going to shift over to irons. So, let's go ahead and do this.
- 3-wood — Product · Key equipment discussed · 2 mentions · first at
The 3-wood is fit using a similar shaft to the driver to maintain feel, with evaluation of timing and squaring at impact. - Impact Tape — Product · Diagnostic tool · 1 mention · first at
Impact tape is applied to irons to locate strike pattern (inside/toe/high), guiding shaft weight changes to center contact.We'll start 790. After three swings, Hank, I'm going to throw some impact tape on there to see where your ball strike is.
- Wedge — Product · Short-game equipment discussed · 2 mentions · first at
A wedge (noted as 54) is discussed in the context of short game and bounce selection, tying to scoring improvement.
Concepts & topics
- golf — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
The episode centers on a TaylorMade club fitting and discussion of improving performance, including swing tendencies, launch metrics, and short game. - Swing — Concept · Core topic (mechanics) · 2 mentions · first at
Swing characteristics (release, rotation, strike location) are used to justify equipment choices and explain performance changes.I'm fully committed to a lefty. our friends at Tailor Made, they've told me that the equipment setup to my swing is going to make a big difference. So, we're going to get fitted. Big can of PFT are going to get fitted.
- Backspin — Concept · Performance metric · 3 mentions · first at
Backspin values (e.g., ~2000 RPM) are used to evaluate driver performance and wind stability, described as ideal/unicorn numbers. - Launch Conditions — Concept · Technical fitting focus · 2 mentions · first at
Launch conditions are explicitly named as the next optimization step after improving strike location via shaft/head changes. - Cash Back — Concept · Ad value proposition · 2 mentions · first at
Cash back is the primary incentive in the Vinmo ad read (up to 5%), including a monthly cap and rewards framing.
Places & events
- Christmas — Event · Metaphor for excitement · 1 mention · first at
Christmas is used to describe the excitement of receiving new fitted clubs and having TaylorMade present.All right, we're here. It's basically Christmas morning. We got Tailor Made in the house. We're getting fitted. Me, Big Cat, PFT. I'm getting fitted as a lefty.
Media & podcasts
- PMTV — Podcast · Referenced show segment · 1 mention · first at
PMTV is referenced as the program they will return to after the sponsor read, anchoring the transcript as part of a broader show format.
Sponsors
- Vinmo — Company · Sponsor (ad segment) · 2 mentions · first at
Vinmo sponsors an ad read promoting a college-branded debit card and rewards program emphasizing cash back and app-based payments.
Full transcript with timestamps
Yeah. There you go. Put your hands on it. We're going to lift it up just real quick and then we're going to rotate this.
We're rotating and then There you go. Push. There you go, Zach. Push. Push, Zach.
Okay. Okay. Stop. Cuz we got to We got to get tired. We'll pull it up. Push. Okay.
Here. Just rest. A 25 and a 10 on that. 25. Yeah. We're just going to give this a shot. T. Okay.
How long you been treading this guy? Like six, seven weeks. Okay. I didn't know that. You got to say something.
And you didn't think like, hey, maybe I should try to work out a little. I just Yeah. No.
Okay. All right. So, put your pinkies like on these on those rings. There you go.
All right. So, we're going to lift it up. You ready? There you go. Here you go.
Drop it. Push up. Oh, dude. You're [ __ ] Dude, you're a beast. This is But it's a Smith machine.
That's fine. That's what we're going to be using. Okay, dude. You got this. All right, let's put Hey, let's put 10 more lbs on there.
I don't got That's the thing. I don't think I got two more pounds. Yeah, dude. That was easy. That was light.
Here, you want to try to go You want to try to go with the We We could We could pick this up for you.
No, we'll be using this, right? No, we're not going to be using this. This is what we use last year.
No. Flat bench like middle gym. Are you sure? 100%. It was It was like middle gym flat bed.
You know how we use this machine? Not even like a just a regular bench press. Okay.
Remember Tate? I do remember with one arm. All right. So, here. Come move this out. We'll pick this up. What was it? Is it 45s?
45s. Like you know where you're putting your hands? The pinkies. Yeah. Pinkies got them.
Okay. All right. Get your extend. Get it all the way extended. Get yourself. You got your grip?
Yeah, we're gripped. You got it. Yeah. All right. Slow. You feel it? Yeah. All right. You got it. Go.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not touching it. I I barely touched my side. Do it again. Push. Okay, I'm going to have to touch it.
Okay, we got one. We got one. Yeah. Yeah. I think you can do one. I think the problem I think the thing is All right, so here's two things you got to do.
Get on this machine. I'm I'm being serious. Like I know it's going to be bad. It's going to be so bad.
No, no, but get on this machine. If you do one, you'll be a hero. Yeah, just one. We just got to get one done.
You got to You got to You got to practice a couple times on this machine before next week.
By the way, Tate, I can do that. Don't compare yourself to Tate this year, cuz Tate's definitely going to be training. He can't have that happen again. Also, you got to not the day of you cannot lift any weights.
Okay. You got to keep cuz I think you only have one in you. Maybe one. I think it's just one and that's you're done. I know this was an ad and like a script and stuff, but there was actually like some some honesty behind it. Like you are going to embarrass us and then everyone's going to be like that guy's on pardon my take.
Yeah, I was reading the script. This is going to happen. All right, we're here. It's basically Christmas morning. We got Tailor Made in the house. We're getting fitted. Me, Big Cat, PFT. I'm getting fitted as a lefty. I'm fully committed to a lefty. Uh our friends at Tailor Made, you know, they've told me that the equipment setup to my swing is going to make a big difference. So, we're going to get fitted. Big can of PFT are going to get fitted.
Mid stick. I want you to swing it like how you like your glasses. That's fine. Hank left wood. Uh can fit it.
Left wood. I like that. When we start looking at the top, if you're like an early release, we want something that's going to be a little bit stiffer in the front of the shaft.
So, even right there, I mean, the launch was 14, but your basket was 2400. That's really good.
Going to delete that one, pal. You don't blow that one. So, we're going to stick with like the similar kind of profile like high rotation, but even within the high rotation shafts, there are shafts that play a little bit tighter. We got some movable weight technology in there. What we're going to do is put a lot more weight in the heel to get the toe to toes a little bit quicker at impact just cuz it's slightly open. That's Yeah. Yeah. I like to feel this one.
51.3. Your grouping is really tight. So knowing that that grouping is really tight, Hank, that's really good. Your ball speed is now going from 145.9 with your Qi 10 max to 150.1.
So I mean, we're almost a solid 5 miles per hour. Is that a Barcel you're wearing?
Yeah. Just a regular. That's old. That's it. Beautiful. We are going to move on to
the 3wood. So, we're going to do the 3-wood but in the Max. Oop, sorry. Slightly different profile than the traditional, but we're going to use the same shaft we were just hitting in the driver. So, kind of keeping that feel the same. There you go.
That one was pretty perfect, man. Yeah, that was really good. Rip. Rip one more. We're good with this. This This was easy.
So, even right there, the tendencies are maybe just a little timing issues, Zank.
Yeah. All right. That and that's you are squaring up on this thing. A really good swing.
Yeah. We got to take into consideration that you've only been doing this left-handed thing for like a month, right?
That's 143.4 four pounds speed. That's 2 miles an hour off your turn. Yeah, it's ridiculous.
So, now what we're going to do is we're going to shift over to irons. So, let's go ahead and do this.
What do you got? 790 profile. We'll start 790. After three swings, Hank, I'm going to throw some impact tape on there to see where your ball strike is.
Solid. That was pure. Yeah. All right, let's test this thing out. Because with the face tape, the golf ball is not physically hitting the grooves to allow the golf ball to spin. So, this thing's going to come off at like a knuckle. But we got to see where your impact is.
Yeah. All right. Let's see what we got. Probably no help there. Yeah. Inside. So, what we're going to do is we're going to go with a little bit heavier shaft, which should allow us to get this cup drop more inside. If it drops more inside, it should shift heel contact more center. So, we're going to shift to the Qi Max. We're going to go to a heavier shaft. Then, we'll start worrying about launch conditions, spin rates, peak height.
There it is. But I think even the ones that you miss it probably right there. Yeah.
Just a touch outside. No, I mean he's uh he's out towards the center just a little high. But I'm not surprised at that ball marks at least indoors.
With an iron you're supposed to hit behind it, right? So there's no give. this tank golf ball will kind of bounce a little bit. So the fact is I mean maybe just a bad swing, but this is starting to shift a little bit more.
Yeah, we're okay with that. Yeah, I mean it's starting to shift towards the center.
That was that had to be right. 94.2 out of here. Yeah, just you have a little bit of work to do obviously just to switch it for hand for sure. But
when the stars align with that swing like you're not hitting it any better than that. You're not absolutely not.
Okay. So, we're we're good with the yarn JJ. What the freak is going on? It's new new gear.
New gear. New irons for lefty righty. Lefty left. So what are you doing? A fitting.
Yeah. For Keller made, right? Actually. Oh, so this is probably the one. Yeah. 5460.
Big cat's going to see. He's just going to be like, "Just give me the easiest clubs that you have."
Yeah. You're not going to know anything. Like, well, you're going to be like, "What's your swing next?" I got it.
What are you doing with your writing clubs? Hold on. I might I might switch back.
So, no, I don't switch back. Well, just I'm not going to get rid of him and then be like uh
I mean, if you if you happen to go back to writing, then we'll have to come refit you for the iron so we can play.
What's Did you try out the new driver yet? Yeah. You like it? The driver is so good.
All right. You ready for the worst golfer of all time to get fitted clubs? What's up, guys?
How you doing, Sean? Good to meet you, Billy. Good to meet you. This is going to be the worst fitted clubs you've ever done.
Get loose. I'm loose. All right, we have one to do. Where's your setup at? I don't have one.
Not here. N take a few swings. All right, you're done. Best shot. I'm not going to do better than that.
This guy's been sandbagging. He just give me this club. That was like four of the best shots I've ever taken in my life.
I think you just been sandbagging these guys the whole time. No, these guy I mean these guys play so much golf now. Barely work.
I know. Hank's so mad he left. Goodness. So that's a day I get better than Hank, he's going to be so upset. Or we just
This is insane. Seven in a row that have just been perfect. Let's make it eight.
Okay. Uhoh. We're going to give you the new We're going to give you the new head.
How's it feel? Feels good. Is Is it It's a little longer cuz that is the one thing with
You were too hunched over on that first one we gave you just to get some warm-ups in. I just be good at golf now.
What if I was just good and I took no lesson? You'd be so mad. 63. If I played the same amount, if I played like four times a year and I beat you every time, that would make you mad
probably. Yeah, that would if I put in the effort and I got better at you. You I think you'd be happy because you'd be like, "Oh, we're golfing more."
Yeah. But if I was just like, "No, I hate golf. I'll just come out and kick your ass." about her
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We're good. Okay. All right. Big stick time. Okay. We're good with that guy. Awesome. Is that for And that's for every single iron.
It will be. Awesome. We'll figure out the We'll get down to Perfect. 2000 low rotation.
What does that mean? It's where your release point is, right? You're, you know, a low rotation kind of late releaser.
It's kind of like a shler. Calling calling more cow. Did you hear that? Rory's kind of mid.
Scotty. Yeah. Me and Scotty the same. No big deal. Contact is pretty pretty center cut. So that's good.
Really good ball strikes. Good to hear from someone else. Yeah. It's like being in It's like being in like a long marriage. Like you never say I'm pretty.
You never compliment. My new my new dress, my new haircut. I don't get anything from you.
No one wants you getting into golf. They literally would unlock your entire life.
I'm the thing holding you back. Watch out, Hank. Call me Scotty Shuffler. My rotation's so low.
Yeah. Does your foot work? No, my rotation. Foot work. Yeah, cuz I said we haven't seen rotation this low since Scotty.
Wow. What? What? Hip rotation. I have no idea what rotation means. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing still, but he said Scotty. You're
right-handed. Yep. Legit right-handed. When bread will never turn my back on my right hand. So my goal this summer I think is get to a 15.
It's pretty realistic, right? Definitely. Where you at now? 22. The short game needs some work.
Y uh putting is something I've never really worked on before that I'm going to start to work on.
We're working a lot on chipping off the tea. I'm When my driver's accurate, yeah,
it's a big asset. And when it's inaccurate, it is my worst enemy. Sure. I didn't really start playing golf until like really two years ago.
Okay. And when I got the set of clubs, I I just asked for like the old man set.
Yeah. I said, "Give me all the hybrids you got. Just give me club." I I don't even think I had a six hore.
I just super glued my fingers shut, so I hope that's going to stay. I cut it on the guitar string pretty bad. So, we'll just we'll just hope and pray.
I got that gnarly thing. I think super glue will be okay. Kind of the same thing.
Yeah. So, just let it rip. Let it rip. Absolutely, sir. Yeah. We're just going to collect a little bit of data here.
Not great. It's all right. Okay. Not good contact. Solid. Okay. Yeah. I mean, we're actually a little bit out on the toe. Little on the toe. Sweet
or not? That's good. Just about. That's perfect. And that is a great height, great trajectory. You heard the contact. You hear that little click. Now we're ready to drive.
All right, big dog. Numbers are so good. Did you get that? Got that. Your numbers get good.
Thank you. That's really high. That's That's the profile we need to get to. Oh,
so even right there, despite the high launch there at 16.9, your backspin was really good at 2,000 RPMs.
So right there, just based on the back spin, you don't have to worry about this golf ball being eaten up by, you know, the wind or just dropping out of the sky. Oh,
that's like the uni almost the unicorn of numbers. You're you're going to make this clear.
All right. Okay. Out of the for everyone. That's really good. wedge. 54 54. I don't know if you guys know this, but I would have won the internet invitation if my partner didn't sleep in.
Sleep in. I watched. Yeah. Luan Luan can't wake up. Yeah. Do you have golf clubs that also have an alarm clock built into them?
That's what he needs. I mean, that was a good few weeks of content, man. It was fun. It was actually a lot of fun.
Solid. Cool. We're good. Low bounce wire. Cool. We are done. Thank you guys. Now I got no more excuses.
No, no, you don't. That's kind of the bummer about this whole thing. God, you know, I've got these clubs fitted four years ago. My swing's totally changed since then. It's been a great excuse I've had in my back pocket. Hey, what are you doing?
You just come back. Oh, lefty is so much better. You just come back and hit right-handed.
Now it looks weird. Well, like we'll accept you. How do we do illusion? There's no We got to look it up. There's We shouldn't be experimenting with how to do illusion. What if we just The pros have a position. This could be too experimental.
All right. Yeah, I think you put these on and a helmet and go running start. Okay. Yeah, we can figure this out. Toss this home. Why these pads smell like beef?
This doesn't seem like the best idea. Well, we'll find out after we execute the idea.
Yeah, cool. That was good. I appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Put put the board to your chest right now.
Do they do they start standing? Yeah. And they do. And then they like You got to get low. Got to hurt them.
I don't know. They run. I don't know. You This is just a test. It's a test. I don't want to [ __ ] It's test. It's just a test. You don't have to do full dive.
Don't full dive. No. Demonstrate how you would die. Don't die. All right. If I were to dive, it would be like right.
I don't know. I think you have to get lower. Lower. I don't Okay. A one. That's still too high. You're just going full dot.
I can't really get low. I don't have the hips or rhythm for that. We can't do running start might not work.
All right. Like this. Yeah. Whose idea was a skateboard? Max. Max ain't fitting on that.
Not a chance. No. See you way flat. Oh, there's going to be so much butt cracking. I'm going
I Oh, yeah. I just triple now. I'm just camel top. I went triple chin or whatever.
Triple chin. Triple chin over there. All right, here we go. Yeah. Yeah. That was really good.
What about dual illusion? We only have one skateboard. Dual luge. Oh, you want to get on you want to get on my back? Is there enough board?
Yeah. Yeah, we can do it. Which way? Just Just get on there. All right. How do they do it?
Just get on there. All right. You got to You got to lay No, no, you got to lay down, dude. about the lay.
No. What? Why are you going feet? Actually, no. That this works. Go get on there.
That was going to work or no? No, it's going to work. Go. That was going to work. Go.
I thought it was going to work. There's a lot of weight on this board. All right. Ready?
I don't. You got to get legs up. All right. Legs legs are up. I think you got to lay down.
I'm not going to lie. It's It's lowkey like a decent amount of It takes a little bit more core strength than I thought when it when was actually on top of me.
Engage. Yeah. All right. Time trial. All time trial. Time trial. And then we'll do we'll do illusion.
Okay. Top lap. Tip. Yeah. I'm going. I already start. You can't start. You start on my go. Or say ready, set, go. One way or the other.
All right. Three. Two. Got to go back. What? You got to go back. You got to go back. Well done.
You're podium right now. It's on me, right? Three, two, Wait, I need 29 max. But Maddox is like 28.
I didn't I didn't know about You didn't know about come back. I didn't know about coming back.
Hey. No, you're gold. Oh, I'm going to [ __ ] you. As soon as you cross that line.
Ready. It's on me. smashed it. That's got to be the record. 20. Bang. I mean, we saw that one go.
Thank you for Well done. 20 seconds is silver. You could represent. Can we set up some SL some some hoops here?
We have the dual loop. We already did the dual loop. We tried to do it.
Questions about this episode
Who speaks in "Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs"?
Big Cat (Host), PFT (Host), Tailor Made (Guest), Sean (Guest), Billy (Guest), Luan (Guest).
What is "Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs" about?
Two friends navigate equipment setup and safety as they test lifting routines and adjust weights on a bench press, focusing on proper form, spotter guidance, and deciding which apparatus to use. They emphasize gradual progression and teamwork in getting the right configuration for their workout.
What is mentioned in this Pardon My Take episode?
21 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including golf, Tailor Made, Hank, Driver, Swing, Irons. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.
How long is "Big Cat And The Boys Get Fitted For New Golf Clubs"?
The episode runs 26 min; the transcript is about 3,976 words in 139 timestamped sections.
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