Spencer Lanoue

Spencer has been playing golf since he was a kid and has spent a lifetime chasing improvement. With over a decade of experience building successful tech products, he combined his love for golf and startups to create Caddie AI - the world's best AI golf app. Giving everyone an expert level coach in your pocket, available 24/7. Caddie's mission is simple: make world-class golf advice accessible to everyone, anytime.

Latest articles

How to Stop Using Hands in the Golf Swing

So much of inconsistent golf an be traced back to one single habit: using your hands too much in the swing. If you're tired of battling slices, hooks, thinned shots, and chunked irons, the solution probably isn't a new club, but a new way of thinking about your swing's engine. This guide is designed to help you understand why overactive hands sabotage your game and provide a clear, step-by-step path to developing a powerful, quiet, and body-driven golf swing for far more consistency and power.

How to Put a Golf Head on a Shaft

Putting a new head on a golf shaft or building a club from scratch isn't the complex, mystical art some make it out to be. It’s actually a straightforward and incredibly satisfying process that gives you a deeper understanding of your equipment. With the right tools and a bit of patience, you can assemble a club that's perfectly suited to you. This guide will walk you through every step, from preparing the parts to the final professional touches, so you can get the job done right in your own workshop or garage.

How to Fix a Dent in a Golf Driver

A sickening clink echoed across the tee box, and your heart sank. A careless drop, a bump against the cart path, or an unfortunate encounter with a tee marker has left an ugly dent in the crown of your beloved driver. Before you resign it to the garage wall of shame, know that you might be able to fix it. This guide will walk you through how to assess the damage, a couple of DIY methods for repairing cosmetic dents, and importantly, when to step away and seek professional help.

How to Improve Your Irons in Golf

Hitting a crisp, pure iron shot that flies directly at the flag is one of the most satisfying feelings in golf. It’s what separates good scores from great ones. This guide will walk you through the essential mechanics and concepts you need to transform your iron play, giving you a clear path from setup to a balanced finish so you can hit more greens with confidence.

How to Calculate the Differential in a Golf Handicap

Calculating your golf handicap can feel a bit like doing taxes - you know it’s important, but the numbers and formulas seem designed to confuse you. The core of that entire system, the truly essential number for every round you play, is the <strong>Handicap Differential</strong>. This article will break down exactly how to calculate it, step by step, so you can understand the real performance behind every score you post. We'll walk through the formula, explain each part in simple terms, and show you a real-world example so it all clicks.

How to Increase Hip Speed in a Golf Swing

Unlocking blistering rotational speed with your hips is the secret to moving from an armsy swing to a powerful, body-driven one that produces effortless distance. But simply trying to spin your hips faster often leads to pulls, slices, and a loss of balance. This guide will show you how to properly sequence your swing from the ground up to generate real, usable hip speed for a more powerful and consistent golf game.

How to Chip a Golf Ball from the Rough

Nothing saps your confidence faster than seeing your golf ball settle down into thick, grabby rough just a few yards from the green. That simple little chip shot you were hoping for suddenly feels like a hole-wrecker. But learning to handle these tricky lies is a huge step in shooting lower scores. This guide will walk you through reading the lie, setting up correctly, and making a confident swing to get your ball out of the rough and back in play.

How to Reattach a Golf Club Head

Nothing stops a round or a practice session in its tracks quite like a loose golf club head. Whether it made a strange rattle on your last swing or flew straight off the shaft and tumbled down the fairway (we’ve all been there), it’s a frustrating moment. This guide will walk you through the entire process of reattaching a golf club head correctly, giving you a bond that's as strong, or even stronger, than the original factory seal.

How to Play at Yale Golf Course

Stepping onto the first tee at Yale Golf Course is an experience that can intimidate even the most seasoned golfer. This isn't your average club, it's a massive, bold, and brilliantly strategic design that demands respect and thought on every single shot. This guide will serve as your game plan, giving you the advice you need to not just survive a round at Yale, but to appreciate its genius and hopefully, post a score you can be proud of.

How to Determine Golf Course Difficulty

Ever stand on the first tee of a new course and wonder just how punishing it’s going to be? Unlocking the secrets to a course’s difficulty before you hit your first shot helps you manage expectations, choose the right tees, and play with a smarter strategy. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know, from deciphering the numbers on the scorecard to identifying the subtle design features that can turn a good round into a great one.

How to Straighten Out Your Drive in Golf

Tired of watching your drives slice into the right-side trees or hook viciously into the other fairway? That frustration ends today. Finding the fairway with your driver isn't about some secret move, it's about understanding why the ball goes sideways and applying a few straightforward fixes. This guide breaks down the most common causes of a crooked drive and gives you actionable steps to get your tee shots flying straighter and longer, so you can finally put that two-way miss to bed.

How to Drop Your Hands in the Golf Swing

Trying to deliberately drop your hands at the start of your downswing is one of the most frustrating things in golf because it doesn’t work. The good news is, you can stop trying. The feeling of the hands dropping onto a powerful inside path isn’t an active move you make, but a natural result of a well-sequenced swing. This article will show you exactly what causes the dreaded over-the-top move and provide you with actionable drills to train a proper transition, letting your hands fall into the perfect slot automatically.

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