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Palmer, Woods Talk of Support for Ball Rollback
What a firestorm that USGA ball test leak might have caused. First it led to Geoff Shackelford's reporting of participant anecdotes from Canada. We added some crucial details of the history of this and prior tests. Then, in consecutive days, legends of the sport were asked about the subject and...
Kevin Streelman Weighs in on Tour-Specific Equipment Standards
In his pre-The Barclays presser, Kevin Streelman was asked about his thoughts on the hypothetical possibility of establishing a different set of equipment guidelines for professionals to create bifurcation in the Rules of Golf. Streelman was kind of dodgy in his answer, but for him, it seems to...
The How and Why of Testing the Tournament Ball
A few weeks ago, it was quietly brought to light in the Canadian press that the USGA would be staging a small tournament-style outing for Canadian Tour players to test a conceptual "tournament ball" that would fly shorter than existing specs allow. The announcement perked only a few ears about the...
Segway Plus Trikke Equals Mantys: The One Person Golf Cart
At the PGA Show, I heard from Rob Hayashida at Golf Views about this golf cart that was for a single person. I was kind of intrigued by the idea, but I never got around to finding it. Rob did me - and the world - a favor, though, and shot some video of the Mantys. The only way that I can...
PGA Show Mash Up: All The Crap I Shared Yesterday on Twitter
Since many of you don't use Twitter (sign up, it's easy, seriously), I decided to post all of the stuff that I shared on Wednesday and yesterday on Twitter from the PGA Show. All messages are in chronological order, starting first to last. (Click on each thumbnail to view the picture in...
The Prognosticator: What's In the Bag Edition
A mere three months after introducing this feature*, the Prognosticator is back for its next edition. Inspired by the conversation going on around grooves and the PGA Show this week in Orlando, I figured I would make some predictions about what you and the pros will see in their bags in 2010. ...
The Golf Industry is Engaged in Collusion & I Can Prove It
Golf has a Bermuda Triangle of costs for the player - clubs, balls, and greens fees. Without any of the three, the golf industry cannot sustain itself, right? For the better part of 15 years, the cycle worked well: Step 1: Sell hacks golf clubs that claim longer distance, bigger balls, and...
TaylorMade Combines R9 and R9 460 Clubs for 2010
In the adjustable driver space, the competition really is two-sided at this point. It boils down to Nike Golf's Str8-Fit technology and TaylorMade's R9 line. Both are making enhancements to the technology for the 2010 year. Nike previously announced that the Str8-Fit line will be extended to a...
Nike Golf VR Str8-Fit Adjustable Woods Will Allow Tour-Style Customization
In December, I went down to Nike Golf's the Oven facility in Ft. Worth, Texas, for a tour of the place and to be fitted for a complete set of '10 Nike equipment. One of the things that I didn't mention was the fitting for the metalwoods. My choices were between Nike's square-headed Dymo line and...
Reviewing the Slotline SSi 600 Series in a Blizzard
I didn't let a blizzard today here on the east coast stop me from reviewing Slotline Golf's new SSi 600 series of putters. Thanks very much to Chad Lehr at Slotline for shipping the putters my way!
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