Here are the Eight Best Parts of Golf Channel’s Huge Matthew Wolff Profile

Ryan Lavner of Golf Channel wrote a phenomenal profile of Matthew Wolff today, which you should all go read. In it he dives into his history, his swing and his gregarious personality. There are quotes for days and some eye-popping quips. I pulled a few of those here for a sampling, but truly, if you’re interested in Wolff, Oklahoma State, golf or any combination of the three, you should check it out.

• “He brings so much to the table,” says his swing coach, George Gankas, “and you can tell in his charisma, the way he hits the ball, the way he carries himself. If he plays like I know he can play, like, oh s—, he’s going to be such a huge disruptor.”

The last person I heard this about when he was an amateur was Bryson DeChambeau … who is now the No. 6 golfer in the world.

• “I’d have to tell him, ‘Dude, you’re going to kill somebody,’” Gankas says. “The cops would come over and ask: ‘Who is hitting driver?’” After enough calls, Wolff – one of the top-ranked talents in the country – was forced to practice with limited-flight balls.

Wolff didn’t have a great place to practice or play when he was growing up so he hit balls at a place with a net that was easy for him to clear. He was also apparently a forerunner for what a lot of people in golf are clamoring for: A ball that doesn’t travel 8,000 yards!

• “I loved it when I first saw it,” Gankas says. “I was like, ‘This is sick.’ I thought for three weeks about changing some of those things, but then I said, ‘F— it, I’m not changing this kid.’”

His swing coach on that phenomenal, funky action. I concur!

If you had to describe @OSUCowboyGolf’s Matthew Wolff’s swing in one word ______ #NCAAGolf pic.twitter.com/Yeh7k1vPXf

— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 29, 2018

• A biomechanist from Cal State Fullerton recently found that Wolff generated the most vertical force of any player ever measured on his Swing Catalyst; he digs into the turf so hard, and generates so much torque, that he literally rips up the grass underneath him.

Me:

• “For distance combined with accuracy, I don’t know how you could be better, really,” Oklahoma State coach Alan Bratton says. “It’s like walking around with a video game. You just tell him where to go and he does it.”

Me again:

• Another Gankas disciple is trying to crack the Challenge Tour in Europe but recently became so demoralized after watching a Wolff stripe show that he pondered retirement.

I was talking to a guy who played on mini tours recently, and he said he used to look at the best players of his generation — guys like Webb Simpson — and think, “Why am I even doing this? What is the point?” So he stopped.

• “I feel like me more than most people have a connection to him,” he says. “Everything you see with him, I have an ability to do, and it really motivates me and drives me. I want to be in his shoes someday.”

Wolff talking about hanging with Rickie Fowler. ?

• “They’ve talked s— for six years,” Gankas says, “but then once they see him hit the ball, it’s all good and he’s the greatest and they say it’s one of the purest moves on the planet. “I know for a fact that he’s going to change the world of golf. People are going to lose their minds.”

I think they (we) kinda already have. Again, go check it here (or watch the video below), and enjoy the last few months of the Matthew Wolff show in Stillwater.