The crunch of metal spikes on pro shop’s concrete porch was one of the coolest sounds in golf, right up with a ball plunking into a cup. But when soft spikes emerged in the 1990s, players and courses quickly embraced …
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Check Those Spikes And Pick Up Your Damn Feet
The crunch of metal spikes on pro shop’s concrete porch was one of the coolest sounds in golf, right up with a ball plunking into a cup. But when soft spikes emerged in the 1990s, players and courses quickly embraced …
Posted in Callaway, INDUSTRY NEWS, PLAYING THE GAME Also tagged Adidas, Daily Show, Ecco, John Hodgman, John Reitman, Kevin Pryseski, Marin Country Club, Nike, Tiger Woods, Turfnet.com Leave a comment
My Pals From Marin CC Test the New Penta TP5
In early February TaylorMade Golf introduced the first and only five-layer Tour ball, called the Penta TP5. Each of its five layers is reputedly engineered to improve performance in five key shot categories – – off drivers, long irons, middle-irons, short …
Posted in GEAR REVIEWS, Golf Balls, PRODUCT LAUNCHES, Taylormade Also tagged Bridgestone, Craig Mukai, Joe Allen, Mike Haas, Penta TP5, TaylorMade, Terry Noyer, Titleist Leave a comment
Performance Over Paint: Callaway Golf RAZR Hawk Driver, RAZR X Irons
Claiming to offer performance over paint, Callaway is not about to introduce a white golf club any time soon. Instead, the manufacturer that taught us Big Bertha was more than a mammoth piece of artillery and titanium had commercial uses …
A Dozen Plus of the 2011 PGA Show’s Most Exciting Products
In attending a PGA Show and identifying the ten best products there, based on my opinion and those of my colleagues, one faces a major hurdle – having enough time to visit and talk with the inventors and sales teams. …
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abacus, Bridgeson, Bushnell, LaserLink, Nike, PGA SHOW, SeeMore, TaylorMade, Wilson Leave a comment
Mickelson down to four wedges
The world knows that Phil Mickelson is one of the world’s best – if not THE best – wedge player. Sometimes I think Lefty is a bit overrated as a putter, but there is now denying his prowess with a …
Custom fitting paying off for Bridgestone golf ball sales
Bridgestone Golf, which has made a name for itself golf ball fitting the past few years, says it is approaching its one hundred thousandth personalized ball fitting. Perhaps not coincidentally, the company says its ball market share is increasing.
Citing Golf …
Posted in COMPANY NEWS, INDUSTRY NEWS, MARKET BUZZ Also tagged Bridgestone Golf, Golf Datatech, Nike Golf, Srixon, Steve Pike, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, Titleist 2 Comments
Iron Trends: The More Things Change …
There is no denying the tide of technology is carrying all to longer and higher, and perhaps straighter, if not truer of chip and putt—the equalizers. Yet when looking at the larger grid, a good amount of the buzz that’s …
Posted in INDUSTRY NEWS Also tagged Cleveland, forging, Henry-Griffitts, Miura, Mizuno, PING, TaylorMade, Titleist 2 Comments
Going Through Every Ball on the USGA’s Vast “Conforming” List
Tax code? Child’s play. For sheer, unadulterated regulatory chaos, check out the USGA’s list of conforming golf balls. That sucker runs to some 35 pages. And what about those advertising copy writers? Apparently every ball is thermonuclear long, with the …
No More Revolving Door at the PGA Show
When the boss invites you to play golf at his club, you show up. And when golf gear makers would get their annual summons from the PGA of America to exhibit at the PGA Merchandise Show, they all appeared. Until …
Posted in RUMORS Also tagged Cobra Golf, Nike Golf, PGA Merchandise Show, PING, Srixon, TaylorMade-adidas, Titleist Leave a comment
