I have to come clean: I've never been a big fan of the MachSpeeds. They have improved them, though. Both the square and round ones have bigger faces with more aerodynamic shapes. Nike has dialed down the extreme shape and made it a bit sleeker.
The round ...
I will say that Nike has improved this driver over last year's model. The face is larger, and the shape is sleeker. Having said that, it's like saying Toyota improved the Corolla. It's still a Corolla.
And like a Corolla, this club will get you from ...
When it comes to hot faces, I rank Ping and Nike at the top. There is no science behind this opinion -- just my own experiences and those stud golfers that I play with. One of those said studs in my foursome showed up with this driver earlier ...
There's no doubt that this driver was the best new product of 2011. I see these Oreo cookie-looking things all over the place. They're on the Tours and all over the muni's that I play. Maybe it's just that I notice them more because they stand out ...
PGA Tour Pro Phil Mickelson plays this driver, and Alvaro Quiros won the 2011 Omega Dubai Desert Classic with this bad boy. 'Nuff said, right? Do I really have to write a review?
Okay, fine here you go… Callaway and Lamborghini joined forces to bring you this ...
The RAZR Hawk is designed for golfers who want a cannon in their hands. The 460cc head is more than 6 yards farther then Callaway's FT 9. It has all the pop and forgiveness that modern technology can provide. Although the driver is a little more ...
Nike drivers (going all the back to the Ignite) have really hot faces. The ball explodes off the face better than any other manufacturer I've seen.
This 2011 VR Pro is the second generation of this driver whose claim to fame is the compression channel at the bottom. ...
Attention Slicers: This is your driver.
The S3 Max has several devices built into it to help fix that banana ball and fire it straight down the fairway. The biggest thing they've done is offset the hosel so that the club face is already closed a little bit. ...
The nice thing about Cobra Drivers is they are reasonably priced. This game-improving S3 has all the modern technology to hit the ball long and straight without the prevailing price tags of most of the market leaders.
Let's talk about some of that modern technology. The face ...
US Open Champion Geoff Ogilvy swings this driver. That's a pretty good endorsement. You might remember Geoff, the thin Australian that who has also won three World Golf championships.
Everything about this driver screams playability. It is designed for elite players who want to work the ball, not ...
Dear Santa,
Remember me? I’m the one that promised you that if I got the Sky Caddy last year, I’d quit throwing my clubs and fix all my divots and ball marks. And for the most part, I stuck to our deal. Surely you can understand me losing my temper last ...
This driver is so light, it comes with a leash for you to tie around your wrist. (Not really, but the driver is one of the lightest ones on the market.) It weighs in at a willowy 290 grams. Wait.. Where have I seen that number? ...
This week, Tiger comes back to show off all of his hard work on his new golf swing. Nobody really knows what Tiger has been up to, but it’s safe to assume he has been working his derrière off to get ready for the Frys.com Open October 6th ...
“Lexi Thompson, at age 16, you just became the youngest player to ever win a professional tour event. What are you going to do now?”
“I’m going back to Q’school.” Wait… what?! (Insert the sound of the needle being dragged across the record here.)
That’s right -- the geniuses on the LPGA tour are not ...
Why do I get the feeling Michael Jordan is behind these Nike Dunks? These are not your grandfather’s golf shoes!
The days of humping around the links in stiff, heavy leather golf shoes are over. I remember having to tape up my feet because they were so badly blistered from trying ...
Steel or Graphite? It’s the question that has confounded men throughout the ages, among others: “Why are we here?” “How did the universe begin?” “What did the dryer do with my other sock?” And “Why isn’t there a 10-iron?”
By the time you finish this article, you will have answers to at least one of these questions.
Let’s talk shafts....
With trophy girlfriend in tow (and in need of socks), Fred Couples returned to his hometown of Seattle for the 2011 Boeing Classic. He was fresh off his first major victory on the Geezer Tour -- the Senior PGA Championship --winning it after taking off most of the year ...
Belly putters are gaining momentum on the PGA Tour. Keegan Bradley broke the seal at the 2011 PGA Championship. With putter firmly inserted in tummy, he jarred gut-busting birdies to come back from a 5-stroke deficit and win in a 3-hole playoff.
Last week, Webb Simpson followed suit, winning the ...
Dear Tiger,
I would like to apply for the recently open position as your caddie. I don’t have any actual professional experience on the PGA Tour, but I do believe I possess some strong qualities that deem me an excellent fit.
-- "Quiet Please!"
First and foremost, I’m very good at keeping ...
You might be a golf geek if: you were jumping up and down on your couch at 3 a.m. screaming, “GO KEEGAN!!! GO KEEGAN!!! IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!”
(Pardon my punctuation this morning, but I’m still groggy from staying up all night watching the PGA Championship on my DVR.)
If you missed it, you ...
Adam Scott will bonk a fan on the head with his long putter after he asks “Can I get your caddie’s autograph?”
Rickie Fowler and Rory Mcllroy will miss their tee time after staying up all night playing beer-pong.
Luke Donald will taunt Tiger Woods waving at him across the Applebee’s with ...
“Yani Tseng, you just won The Women’s British Open Championship. What are you going to do now?”
“I’m getting a make-over!”
And as it turns out, the 22-year old Taiwanese golf star who has already won five majors (two years younger than when Tiger won his 5th) is actually pretty. I know, rigggggght?
You ...
Tiger Woods shanked his first drive and killed an 83-year-old volunteer on his first tee shot in over three months.
“I’m a little rusty,” Tiger muttered while signing a glove and leaving it near the body. He did manage to get it up and down for par, even though the ...
Major winners come in all shapes and sizes. The last two majors were won by two Northern Irishmen: Rory Mcllroy, a pimply faced kid, and Darren Clarke, a beer-bellied old geezer.
Rory Mcllroy won the US Open in June at the spry age of 22. That’s not old even old enough to ...
PGA TOUR
Tiger Doesn’t Change His Stripes
In an apparent effort to show us that he still doesn’t care about public opinion, Tiger Woods dropped his long-time caddy (of 13 years), Steve Williams, this week without notice or provocation. Naturally, we don’t have Tiger’s side of the story (which we’re used to), but it ...
Tiger’s latest break-up came this week when he fired his long time (13 year) caddie, Steve Williams. Awwwwwww, poor Stevie. And after all he’s done for Tiger, at the very least, keeping his trap shut for the last few scandalous years. The cement-tongued kiwi millionaire race car driver has not uttered a ...
I love these Project X Flighted shafts. You build your set so that each club in the set has a unique kick point. The longer irons have a lower kick point so the ball gets up quick and flies further, while the shorter irons have a higher ...
These Rifle Project X shafts are step-less. It's a smooth taper that looks like it could bring down an elk at 500 yards -- or at least a par 5. Project X shafts are used in many of the Titleist irons and have a softer feel ...
Forget "To be or not to be?" ...
"Graphite or Steel?" That is the question.
The main thing to consider is weight vs. control. Graphite shafts are less than half the weight of steel, and you naturally swing faster and achieve more distance. Of course, you faster swingers don't necessarily ...
I suppose you've heard the old adage that your shaft is the engine of your golf club. There is a lot of truth to that. The best swing can be stymied by a shaft that doesn't fit.
The main thing to consider is the flex. Flex is ...
These are your tried-and-true (no pun intended) True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft, only with a high launch point and a Sensicore shaft. The idea is to replicate the feel and trajectory of graphite without giving up the control and feel you are accustomed to with steel.
At this ...
The Northern Ireland Invasion Continues
Before G-Mac won the US Open in 2010, Northern Ireland had gone 63 years without a major. With Darren Clarke’s win today at the Open Championship in Sandwich, Kent, the small alcoholic country is now 3 out of the last 6. (Rory Mcllroy won the US ...
True Temper with Sensicore -- it sounds like a good title for Rory Sabatini's autobiography. Although, I don't now that anybody would buy it. However, this isn't a story of a bratty golfer -- it's the most popular steel shaft with a dampening system.
The True Temper Dynamic Gold standard ...
To call these shafts "steel" is a bit of a stretch. There's no way True Temper could get steel shafts down to a feather-light 75 grams. These shafts are lighter than Paris Hilton on a fast. They are lighter than a helium balloon on the moon. ...
After two days, Miguel Angel Jimenez (age 47 and 21-time winner) is only one shot from the lead at the 2011 British Open (trailing Darren Clark and Lucas Glover). After watching this video you will understand why. Miguel is a well-trained athlete and as flexible as Nastia Liukin. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a teensy bit, but perhaps if Tiger Woods had this pre-round ...
True Temper is the brand that has been bringing you steel shafts for almost a hundred years. The company that would become True Temper invented the steel shaft in the 1920s. It was a huge change from the old hickory shafts of the Brassie and the ...
Matt Kucher put Aero-Tech on the map when he started playing their shafts in 2008. He's the only PGA Tour player that plays graphite shafts in his irons. As the story goes, he was frustrated with his game when he noticed his dad playing these steel fiber ...
Tiger Makes Big Announcement
Tiger Wood’s announced today that his announcement yesterday that he was making an announcement today is really an announcement that his agent will be making about an upcoming announcement of a business adventure with Kelly Tilghman (a golf channel anchor).
Maybe he’s hiring her to regulate ...
Predictions guaranteed to happen during the 2011 British Open next week at Royal St. George’s:
--Wives worldwide will wake up and irately ask “Really? You are getting up at 4AM to watch golf?!”
--Tiger Woods will sleep ‘til noon and then completely obliterate the field - on his ...
Keanu Reeves Wins AT&T
“Whoa dude, I won again!” After a back 27 (-9) back nine on Saturday, Nick Watney fired a bogey free 66 on Sunday to beat KJ Choi by two strokes. This is his 4th win. He won the World Golf Championship at Doral in March. The 30-year ...
Tiger Woods, after a two year drought has finally landed a new sponsor – A heat rub. You remember Tiger, right?.. The golfer who had the tawdry sex scandal that broke when his super model wife decided to extricate him from a drunken car crash using a 9-iron and a ...
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Compton Wins Mexico City Open on Pure Heart
Folks, I’m starting this week with the Nationwide Tour because this very well may be the story of the year. Many athletes pound there chest after pulling off a heroic comeback or breakthrough win. Eric Compton has ‘em all trumped. He won this week ...
I’ve witnessed some pretty improbable scenarios in the course of a golf match, but what happened last Thursday in Kansas is almost hard to imagine.
It’s much more impressive than when my buddy, Nick and I battled to the 18th green at Indian Peaks with all the skins from the ...
Rory Mcllroy 65-66-68-69
The 22-year-old Irishman who laid an egg on Sunday at the Masters put on a Major performance this week of epic proportion.
Records set:
4 day total of 268, -16. Previous record: 272. Nicklaus 1980, Janzen 1993, Woods 2000, Furyk 2003. Previous record strokes under par: -12, Woods 2000. (Rory got it to -17 ...
BETHESDA, Md. – Additional forces were flown in from around the country and riot police have begun preparing for the end of the US Open at Congressional Country Club located just 15 miles from the White House.
“We don’t want another Vancouver here,” Police Chief Lovey Deaughnut said. “Golf fans are unpredictable ...
If First You Don’t Succeed…
It took him 355 tournaments, but Harrison Frazar finally broke through on the PGA Tour and cashed a $1,008,000 paycheck after winning the St. Jude Classic in Memphis. He had to go three extra holes with Robert Karlsson because he bogeyed his last hole (his first bogey ...
Predictions guaranteed to happen during the 2011 US Open next week:
--Wives worldwide will walk in the living room and ask their husbands “Is Tiger winning?”
-- Bubba Watson will drive the #8 354 yard par-4 by playing a 3-wood that hooks over the roof of The White House.
-- Phil ...
Stricker Peaking at Right Time
With the US OPEN around the corner (June 16th-19th), Steve Stricker couldn’t have picked a better time to catch fire. He shot a 30 going out on Sunday at The Memorial, and managed to keep it together on the back (38) to beat Matt Kucher ...
Root for Luke to stay at #1 because you hit your driver about as far as he does. Mr. Consistency does it with iron play and short game – not with Popeye forearms or a contortionist-like shoulder turn.
Root for Luke because he couldn’t get into Stanford. Although he was recruited by ...
This week was a great week to be watching golf (not so much to be zipped up in a tent on the rainy Oregon Coast....
Like Grandmother, like Son
In the year of rookies and playoffs - The Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas followed suit when 25 year-old ...
