Product Reviews
Alabama
Exotics E8 Hybrids -- Solution for the long-iron dilemma
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Exotics/Tour Edge... BATAVIA, IL -- Have you ever glanced at a golf hybrid and thought it looks just like a mini-fairway wood?... If you have, you’re not alone. And in the case of the Exotics E8 hybrid, it’s actually designed to have fairway wood-like qualities,...
Arizona
Antigua 2015 -- Looking good on the Links never gets old
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Antigua... PEORIA, AZ – “Our products continue to stay ‘on trend’ in design and fabrications because of a strong design and development team. Our products have maintained high quality standards over the years but improvements continue to be made with each collection,” said Ron...
Antigua Golf Apparel -- Quality, Technology and Sports Heritage the big brands cannot match
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Antigua... PEORIA, AZ – It’s one of my favorite questions to ask golf products manufacturers – “What’s the one thing you’d like to be known for?”... I typically get some sort of stock answer spanning one word or at most a single sentence, but Antigua’s...
Antigua Golf Apparel – Turning 30 and feeling good about it
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Antigua Golf... PEORIA, AZ – It’s safe to say, many of us look back on turning thirty with a sense of amusement – about how we dreaded getting ‘old,’ with our college days in the past and paranoid delusions that all of life’s good...
Antigua Golf Apparel – Watch Your Golf Shirt Perform
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Antigua Golf... PEORIA, AZ – “Why should I buy your product?”... It’s a question I always present to golf manufacturers. First, I’m looking for brand differentiation, and second, I’m trying to determine if they believe their own marketing material.... When it comes to golf apparel maker...
Antigua Women's Golf Apparel -- Start a hot streak of your own by keeping cool
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Antigua ... PEORIA, AZ – Stacy Lewis is on a hot streak, and we’re not just talking about her scorecards and top spot in the women’s world rankings. She’s looking great in her clothes, too.... "Stacy has played exceptionally well in 2014. She continues to demonstrate...
GolfLogix App -- The ultimate excuse for using your smartphone on the links
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from GolfLogix... SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Believe me, the last thing I wanted was my phone on the golf course.... Being from the “old school,” I resisted the latest trend in golf technology to use an app while playing golf. It’s annoyed me to the nth degree to...
Miura ICL-601 Driving Iron -- Golf Evolution Guided by Tradition
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf... SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- “The Miuras believe golf equipment will continue to evolve and we as a company must have our finger on that pulse,” replied Hoyt McGarity, President of Miura Golf when I asked him if the future of golf manufacturing was...
California
TaylorMade’s R9 Driver – 24 ways to love your Driver
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – Logic would make you believe that complicating a product cannot possibly make it simpler and more useful, but that’s exactly what the folks at TaylorMade have accomplished with their latest and perhaps greatest creation – the R9 Driver.... TaylorMade’s been...
Adidas Golf Shoes and Apparel -- Performance, fit and feel on the links
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Adidas Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – Those are golf shoes?... It’s a fairly common reaction these days, as looking around the greens often generates double takes as to what kind of kicks the players are wearing. Some look like ordinary deck shoes, others look more like...
ASICS GEL-ACE PRO M STANDARD Golf Shoes -- No need to think about it
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from ASICS... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Don’t think, just do.... It’s something Tom Cruise’s Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell character instructed his students to do in the aptly named box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick”. I can’t speak for Pete, but he likely was hoping to get his...
Callaway ERC Fusion Driver and HX Tour Golf Balls -- Solving the Mystery of Flight
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Callaway Golf CARLSBAD, CA – The mystery of flight. Humans tried for centuries to discover the secret, and then it seems the 1900’s revealed the answers, in many different forms.... We’re not just talking about airplanes, either. The game of golf also...
Callaway Golf's RAZR Fit Xtreme Driver and X Hot Fairway Woods -- Moving the needle on distance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Callaway Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – “Distance was the main goal with the RAZR Fit Xtreme,” remarked Callaway Golf’s Senior Director, Global Woods and Irons, Luke Williams, when asked about his company’s hopes for the driver that’s been a real force on Tour as well...
Callaway Golf’s Big Bertha Fusion Irons and FT-3 Driver – Making Us Better
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Callaway Golf... ... CARLSBAD, CA – Lost amongst the chatter on golf club equipment technology and its alleged negative impact on the highest levels of the game is the fact that 99.9% of golfers leave lots of room for improvement.... ... Sure, it makes for sexy...
Callaway Golf’s X Forged Irons -- Ending the Search for Sound, Feel, Look and Consistency
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Callaway Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – “We don't necessarily chase ball speed or dramatic distance improvements in this better player iron category – it’s more about developing for the best possible sound, feel, look and consistency,” said Luke Williams, Senior Director, Global Woods and Irons...
Callaway Mack Daddy 2 Wedges -- The Sole of Versatility
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Callaway Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – Versatility is a good thing. It’s always great when something you buy performs multiple tasks – makes life a little easier, doesn’t it?... Versatility is what we found in trying Callaway’s Mack Daddy 2 wedges. It used to be we’d...
Callaway's Chrome Soft Golf Ball -- Modern Distance, Old-Time Feel
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Callaway Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – It’s not always easy to recall the days before solid core golf balls, but the memories of playing high compression ultra-soft balata covered balls is indelibly ingrained in many of our minds.... You just don’t get that “spongy” softness in...
Carnoustie Sportswear -- Quality, Integrity and Style on the golf course
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images courtesy of Carnoustie... IRVINE, CA – “Quality for sure,” answered Marshall Mancillas, CEO of Carnoustie Sportswear when I asked him what sets his company apart from other golf apparel companies.... Founded 20 years ago, Carnoustie has become a recognized maker of some of the finest golf apparel...
Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Wedges -- Finding the right sand wedge for your game
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Cleveland Golf... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – “The 125 yard-and-in area normally accounts for about 65% of your golf game,” remarked Adam Sheldon, Brand Manager for Cleveland Golf. “So it’s crucial to establish correct gaps between the lofts on your wedges.”... 65%? That’s a mighty big...
Cleveland Golf's 588 Custom Driver -- Something for Everyone
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of Cleveland Golf... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – The complete driver package. It’s something every golf manufacturer seeks to realize, a big stick that performs for all levels of players.... Cleveland Golf believes they’ve found it in the 588 Custom Driver, the company’s latest offering in the...
Cleveland Golf's 588 Forged CB/MB Irons -- Food for the Experienced and Discerning
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Cleveland Golf... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – “The 588 Forged irons are our premium iron models designed for the most experienced and discerning golf consumers,” said Eli Miller, Product Manager for Cleveland Golf/Srixon.... As an experienced and discerning consumer myself, the 588 Forged seemed like the...
Cleveland Golf's Smart Square Putter -- Proving it really is Hip to Be Square
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Cleveland Golf... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – “Two squares are better than two circles,” states the Cleveland Golf website, proudly touting the company’s latest putter creation, the Smart Square Putter.... In so boldly claiming squares’ superiority to circles, Cleveland is all but declaring that its new...
Cleveland Junior Clubs and CBX Wedge -- Adult level technology for the next generation of golfers
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Cleveland Golf... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – “For juniors that are first learning the game or even those who have developed some skill, the Cleveland CBX Junior Spec Wedges will provide the perfect blend of forgiveness and versatility, two things that will help juniors score...
Club Glove Golf Bags – Classic Excellence
By Chuck Hancock... ... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Classic Excellence.... ... I must admit, before seeing, and using, the Club Glove FCO (For Carts Only) Luxury Cart Bag I never gave much thought to what type of bag I used to carry my clubs. However, after having had an opportunity to use this bag, my...
Cobra Golf Clubs – Different on first sight
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Cobra Golf... You can tell that Cobra Golf is different just by looking – viewing their funny commercials with David Feherty, glancing at their distinctive driver shapes and colors, and seeing their innovative iron heads.... Right away you’re figuring that there’s more to it than...
Cobra S2 Irons -- Holding their own in a highly engineered world
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Cobra Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – “We live in a highly engineered world, and many of the advancements in other fields in terms of materials and manufacturing processes trickle down into the golf industry,” remarked Cobra Golf’s Principal Design Engineer Ryan Roach, commenting on how...
Devereux Golf Apparel -- Fit, Quality and Fashion all in one
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Devereux... LOS ANGELES, CA -- Golf apparel is known for lots of things, but high fashion isn’t one of them.... That impression could change with companies like Devereux leading the way. Devereux was started a few years ago by brothers Robert and Will Brunner, two...
Devereux Golf Apparel -- Fusing Fashion and Golf into Clothes that Fit
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Devereux... LOS ANGELES, CA – Clothes that “fit” -- what a concept.... For so long, especially in the golf world, we’ve been going to the shop, picking out some new duds and buying them in our size, only to find they’re too baggy when we...
Dockers Tour – Fit, Familiarity and Comfort, the Golf Apparel Solution
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Dockers Tour... ... IRVINE, CA -- You see it at almost every golf facility you play these days – at least the upscale courses. “Appropriate dress required, no blue jeans, cut-off shorts or T-shirts permitted on the course or the clubhouse.” While this ‘restriction’ isn’t...
Full Swing Golf Simulators -- Real Golf, Real Fun
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images by David Vier... SAN DIEGO, CA – “That’s not golf,” remarked a friend upon hearing I was planning to tee it up at a golf simulator, hoping to groove my swing with the aid of a launch monitor.... My friend’s attitude used to be fairly common, though...
Going Long -- and Short -- with TaylorMade’s Penta TP5 ball, Ghost Manta Putter and ATV Wedge
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – One of the most interesting aspects of covering golf products in the past decade is seeing the growth of specialization in the manufacturing industry. It used to be that companies like TaylorMade Golf were known for making high-performance metal...
Miura Golf MG Hybrids -- Expanding Options in the Golf Bag
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images by Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – Hybrid. According to the Webster’s dictionary, it means “something made up of a mixture of different aspects or components.”... In the golf sense, many people used to treat hybrid golf clubs as if they carried some sort of disease, but there’s...
Miura Golf's CB-501 irons -- Done right the first time
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – Miura Golf has a corporate mantra: Nothing will be introduced unless it improves upon what is already in place. It’s the same for all of Miura’s family of products, but particularly true for its CB-501 irons.... Bill Holowaty, Miura Golf’s...
Miura Golf's Series 1957 Wedges -- Good golfers will find them
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – Japanese golf club-making guru Katsuhiro Miura is a confident fellow, and has adopted a philosophy for the company which bears his name: ‘The good golfer will find me.’... Miura has a reason to be confident, having been in the club design...
Miura Golf’s CB 201 Irons – Ancient Craftsmanship Meets Modern Performance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Miura Golf ... ... In the age of mass production, sometimes craftsmanship gets lost – especially when you’re talking about the golf industry. Large companies pay top dollar for the computer software to design the most technologically advanced golf clubs ever, and then invest heavily...
PowerBilt Air Force One DFX Tour Driver -- Harnessing the power of Nitrogen
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of PowerBilt Golf... PALM DESERT, CA – Nitrogen makes up 78% of the earth’s atmosphere, yet no one ever thought to use it in a golf club head.... Until PowerBilt did it, that is. The Palm Desert, California based company discovered pressuring the golf head with...
Puma TitanTour Ignite Disc Golf Shoes -- Changing your mind on the value of shoelaces
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Puma Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – Though it can be said a whole host of things have changed in the game of golf over the past thirty or so years a good argument could be made that nothing has evolved quite as dramatically as golf...
Swing Catalyst -- What your feet are saying about your golf swing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos by David Vier, and courtesy of Swing Catalyst... TRONDHEIM, NORWAY (and San Diego, CA) -- Everyone knows you can learn a lot about your golf swing from video analysis, but whoever thought you could discover just as much by viewing your feet?... That’s at least part of...
swingOIL -- Feel better about your golf game regardless of the scores
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of swingOIL... There’s little doubt that in the game of golf players pay an awful lot of attention to what goes on their bodies. From socks to shoes to belts to apparel to hats, enthusiasts of the grand and ancient game want to make sure...
Taylor Made RAC Irons – Finer Sound Produces Less Fury
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Taylor Made Golf... ... CARLSBAD, CA – In our never-ending search for golfing perfection, it seems we’re constantly looking to fine-tune our performance. In this pursuit, you might be trying to discover that elusive ‘secret’ through taking lessons, testing the latest swing aid from the...
TaylorMade Ghost Spider SI Putter -- Stability is in the Counterbalance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – “It’s very stable and very resistant to twisting -- so on mishits, you’re going to see a very consistent roll. If you miss it out on the toe or the heel, the head resists twisting and protects ball speed.”... Those...
TaylorMade r7 XD Irons and r7 425 & r7 460 Drivers – Distance is More Fun
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... ... CARLSBAD, CA – Hit it longer, have more fun.... ... People always want more – higher positions, bigger houses, more toys, and more satisfaction. It’s an insatiable individual drive towards status and perfection that transcends existence. Darwin called it Natural Selection. We’ll call it...
TaylorMade Rocketballz Stage 2 Fairway Woods -- Pounding Out a Few More Yards
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – A few extra yards, that’s what it’s all about.... There’s no doubt, a few extra yards in golf can make all the difference, especially with the long clubs in your bag. In the case of the TaylorMade Rocketballz Stage 2...
TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons -- Forging Beauty and Elegance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from TaylorMade... CARLSBAD, CA – Of all the products on the golf market today, forged irons appear the most resistant to change. Even with new manufacturing techniques being employed, most forged golf clubs still look much like their cousins from yesteryear.... But as is the case with...
TaylorMade's R15 Driver -- Providing the shot you want and the shot you need
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of TaylorMade... CARLSBAD, CA – “TaylorMade is the #1 Driver in Golf, leading in sales and drivers in play on all the major tours worldwide,” remarked Mike Fox, Director, Product Marketing for TaylorMade Golf.... You hear “#1” a lot in connection with TaylorMade. The company is...
TaylorMade's Wedges and Monza Spider Putter -- Emphasizing the 'short ball' like never before
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – If you asked a hundred golfers to name the first thing that pops in their heads when you say ‘TaylorMade golf clubs,’ you’d likely get all one hundred answering the same way: ‘drivers and metal woods.’... This golfer would concede that...
TaylorMade/Adidas Golf’s Miscela Clubs and Women’s Apparel and Shoes – Finally, Remembering the Ladies
By Shari Rendall, Images Courtesy of TaylorMade/Adidas... ... CARLSBAD, CA – Many times, when it comes to golf, you might very well believe it’s a man’s world.... ... Walk into any golf shop, and there’s invariably a bias – not towards rich or poor, old or young (but that’s debatable), but most definitely...
TaylorMade’s r7 Quad Drivers, Rescue Fairway Woods and MATT Fitting System – Golf’s Ultimate Mix and Match Exercise
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of TaylorMade... ... CARLSBAD, CA – There’s an age-old mystery that’s beset golf club makers since the beginning of recorded golf time – how to make a golf club that fits every swing?... ... Teaching professionals tell us that we all have a tendency. Some folks ‘naturally’ fade;...
TaylorMade’s white clubs stand out for more than color
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images by TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – Let’s face it, as golfers, we’re mostly creatures of tradition and culture. We tend to like using the same brand of clubs, playing at the same courses and even teeing it up with the same foursome – but sometimes, a little...
TGA Junior Clubs -- Giving young golfers something to swing
Los Angeles, CA – “Properly fitted junior clubs are essential to making young golfers’ first experience with the game a success,” answered long time industry veteran and TGA Junior Golf franchise owner Ross Kvinge when I asked him why kids might need junior clubs as opposed to standard length golf...
Titleist’s Scotty Cameron – Craftsmanship on the Putting Green
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of Titleist... ... CARSBAD, CA – “Make the best and they will come,” replied putter making guru Scotty Cameron, when asked to synopsize his philosophy on designing putters.... ... And making the best is what Cameron’s been doing since childhood – hand-crafting putters to specifications that only a...
Colorado
Yes! Golf Putters – C-Grooving your way to the bottom of the cup
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Yes! Golf... DENVER, CO -- There are no ‘safe’ shots in golf, but some shots are safer than others – or at least that’s how it seems.... Staring down a 200-yard carry from the tee is intimidating for even those who fly the ball a...
Connecticut
Book Review: Sweetspot -- Confessions of a Golfaholic
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of John O’Hern... WESTPORT, CT – Deep down inside many an avid golfer beats a heart of compulsion, a desire for perfection so intense that it can rarely be assuaged or satiated. For these folks, even when they’re playing well, they still believe they can...
Fairway & Greene Golf Apparel -- It's All In The Cotton
By Shari Rendall, with contributions from Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... SHELTON, CT -- It's difficult setting exceptionally high standards, because sometimes you must travel the earth to meet them.... ... That's exactly what they've done at Fairway & Greene, based in Shelton, Connecticut. The company was founded in 1995 by Rick Martin (who continues...
Fairway & Greene Golf Apparel – Where style meets performance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Fairway & Greene... ... SHELTON, CT – There’s lots of good-looking golf apparel out there – at least when you peruse the golf shop. But it always comes down to the inevitable question: how can you tell the difference between one piece and another, other...
Sonic Golf System-1 – Hearing is Believing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Sonic Golf... BETHANY, CT -- “Tempo is everything, perfection unobtainable,” mused ‘Tin Cup’ Roy McAvoy as part of his ‘golf poem’ driving range lesson in trying to describe the golf swing to a beginning golf student.... Truer words were never spoken, and though I’m not...
Florida
Inside Approach/CCM Marketing – From Infomercial Hell To Golf Swing Heaven
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Inside Approach & CCM Marketing... ... NAPLES, FL -- Tell me this hasn’t happened to you. You’re flipping channels, nothing really grabs your attention – then you find the Golf Channel, and you see a product infomercial flashing across the screen.... ... Before your mind sends out...
Lovett (Wedge) Means Never Having to Say
By Kevin Gaydosh, Photos Courtesy of Lovett Golf Company... ... NAPLES, FL -- What’s the old saying: “Love is patient. Love is kind. ….” Like so many other things involving that four-letter word, this club takes a little work to make it a happy relationship. But things do work out in the...
Georgia
Bridgestone Golf (e-Series golf balls, J40 wedges and hybrids) – Upgrading performance throughout the bag
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Bridgestone Golf... COVINGTON, GA – If there’s truth in the notion that the good can always be made better, than the new Bridgestone e-Series golf balls amply demonstrate the point. For 2013, the always price-reliable e-Series has improved on performance that was already more...
Bridgestone Golf Balls – Danger lurks in playing an un-fit ball
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Bridgestone Golf... COVINGTON, GA – Walking through the tall grass at your local golf course, you’re frustrated because one, you’ve just hit a shot badly off-line, and two, if you don’t find your ball, you’re penalized on the scorecard. It also doesn’t help that...
Bridgestone Golf's J40 Irons and Drivers -- Living Large on Playability After Killing Spin
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Bridgestone Golf... COVINGTON, GA – Spin. It’s something that everyone talks about in golf, yet something that’s decidedly impossible for the average player to sense or measure.... It’s also the thing that largely determines how your golf shots perform. With drivers, too much spin is...
Bridgestone's 2012 Tour B330 Family -- More than just 'Spin' on Golf Balls
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Bridgestone Golf... COVINGTON, GA – There’s a scene from the movie ‘Bruce Almighty’ where the lead character starts hearing so many people talking at once that he can’t decipher individual voices – and hence, can’t even tell what any one person is saying.... That’s a...
Mizuno JPX 825 – Not Just Game Improvement, Game Perfection
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Mizuno Golf... NORCROSS, GA -- Just admit it… Someone mentions “game improvement irons,” and your panic impulse summonses that little voice in your head screaming, “Game improvement? I’m not that bad – give me the pro-level stuff!”... It’s ingrained in most of us who have...
Mizuno JPX-800 Irons and Drivers -- Performance that's built right in
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Mizuno Golf... NORCROSS, GA – You certainly wouldn’t know it just by looking at a golf club, but a lot of technology is already “built-in” to the head.... It’s true, every golf club, to some extent, looks just like every other finely shaped chunk of...
Mizuno MP 59 Irons -- Performance You Can Stand to Look At
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Mizuno Golf... NORCROSS, GA – It’s an underrated part of the equipment equation, simply how a golf club looks.... We spend a lot of time talking about how a club performs, and that’s ultimately what we’re all after. We want a driver that hits it...
Mizuno MP-4 Irons -- Playing to the Blade Lover's Ego
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of Mizuno ... NORCROSS, GA – “The MP-4, we like to say, was almost like hitting the reset button on a blade-style golf club,” remarked Chris Voshall, in discussing the background of Mizuno’s ultimate attempt to satisfy the most discerning of muscleback iron-loving golfers.... As Mizuno’s...
Mizuno MP-58 Irons -- The secret is in the forging
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Mizuno USA... NORCROSS, GA – Several years ago we took the opportunity to try out the Mizuno MP-60 irons, and wrote of their ‘trophy’ looks in addition to their exceptionally high performance. Some things never change – at least for Mizuno – as their latest...
Mizuno MP-60 Irons – ‘Trophy’ Looks, Forgiving Performance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Image Courtesy of Mizuno USA... ... NORCROSS, GA – ‘Those are some great looking irons, how do you like them?’... ... I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked this question with the Mizuno MP-60 Irons in my golf bag. In an age when golf clubs are being...
Mizuno MX-700 Driver – Hot titanium morphs your golf game
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Mizuno Golf... NORCROSS, GA -- You’ve got to hand it to the minds behind the Terminator movies – they’ve found several new ways over the years to make their time-traveling machines even more frightening and borderline indestructible, to the delight of movie audiences everywhere.... Though I...
Hawaii
Maui Jim Sunglasses -- Clarity and Color on the Golf Course
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Maui Jim... LAHAINA, MAUI, HI – There’s no question about it, if you can’t see it, you can’t do it – at least when it comes to golf. Of course, there are the human interest stories of vision impaired golfers who carry their love...
Illinois
Bettinardi Golf Putters (Featuring the Kuchar 2) – Seeing the Past, Present and Future
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Bettinardi Golf... TINLEY PARK, IL – “One day in 1991, my dad walked into a golf store and saw an advertisement for a milled putter,” said Sam Bettinardi, talking about how his father, Bob, got started in the business of making top-end putters.... Sam (who...
Bettinardi Golf's Studio Stock 16 putter -- Defining putter design
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Bettinardi Golf... TINLEY PARK, IL – Being a golf equipment junky has its benefits and its drawbacks. The benefits include knowing great value and the drawbacks are only discovered when perusing your credit card bill every month.... All told, the benefits usually prevail – you...
Exotics CB PROs wedges -- It's a groove thing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Tour Edge... BATAVIA, IL – Pick up a sand wedge and you’ll almost certainly notice that its grooves are different than for any other golf club. The head shape is different too, but the grooves are mostly where it’s at in wedges.... That’s certainly the...
Exotics CBX Fairway Woods and Hybrids - Spin killer slays big numbers on the score card
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Exotics/Tour Edge... BATAVIA, IL – You probably wouldn’t recognize it just from hitting a golf ball but spin is sometimes your best friend on the golf course.... Of course that doesn’t mean spin will sit in a cart with you and it certainly won’t buy...
SMT Golf's 455 Deep Bore Beta Titanium Driver -- Red with Envy
OSWEGO, ILLINOIS -- How often it seems that watershed moments in history are traced back to scribbles on a napkin. The Internet search engine, overnight package delivery service, the space shuttle, a fruit named garage-based computer start-up, as well as countless episodes of international espionage and romantic rendezvous all have...
Maryland
Clicgear Golf Cart – And Away We Go!!
By Chuck Hancock, contributor to GolftheMidAtlantic.com; Photos courtesy of Clicgear... ... The walking golf bag cart. Many of us (myself included) most likely have had such a device at one time or another. You remember the ‘old’ days, when courses weren’t built with holes being a 10-minute walk apart from each other, allowing those of us who wished...
LASIK Surgery with Eye Doctors of Washington (Drs. Clinch and Kang) – Enhancing your Playing Lifestyle
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Eye Doctors of Washington... ... BETHESDA, MD – Here’s a truism -- If you can’t see, you can’t play… at least when it comes to the game of golf.... ... Occasionally we’ll learn of a rare exception, about a blind golfer who’s overcome his physical challenge...
Massachusetts
Footjoy Classics Tour Golf Shoes – Much Walking On Your Shoes
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Footjoy... ... FAIRHAVEN, MA – ‘A lot is riding on your tires.’... ... We’re all familiar with the famous Michelin Tires’ advertising slogan, and we’ve seen the cute commercials with babies sitting in the big rubber tubes – it just helps to emphasize the point… buy these...
Golf Etiquette Quick Reference Guide -- Behave well on the golf course
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of GolfRulesMadeEasy.com... FITCHBURG, MA -- The first golf article I ever wrote was called “Seeking a Cure for Bozoitis,” which basically detailed the story of a golfer trying desperately to avoid playing with the type of jerks who ruin everyone’s time on the golf course.... These...
Snell Golf -- How much should we really be paying for golf balls?
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Snell Golf... New Bedford, MA – I was playing a round at a local course recently and as wont to happen from time to time ended up mishitting an approach shot badly enough that it landed in some bushes to the side of the...
Titleist AP2 714 Irons -- The benefits of Progressive Design
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – “What our R & D team has accomplished with the AP2 714 irons is impressive,” said Steve Pelisek, General Manager, Titleist Golf Clubs.... “They’ve effectively taken each individual iron as its own design and optimized its performance to provide longer and...
Titleist Pro V1/V1x 2015 -- History improved upon once again
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – It’s not often these days that you begin talking about a golf product by discussing its fifteen-year history, but then again, not many golf balls have the kind of stellar record that Titleist’s Pro V1 and Pro V1x offer.... Golf ball...
Titleist Pro V1/V1x 2017 -- How the best-selling golf balls in the game keep getting better
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – It’s not often these days that you begin talking about a golf product by discussing its seventeen-year history, but then again, not many golf balls have the kind of stellar record that Titleist’s Pro V1 and Pro V1x offer.... Golf ball...
Titleist Vokey SM5 wedges -- Hitting it short was never easier
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA -- “I’ve always said I have the best R&D facility in the world – the PGA Tour,” said Bob Vokey, wedge guru extraordinaire for Titleist. “I worked closely with our team of craftsmen and engineers to apply everything I’ve learned from...
Titleist x58 Stand Bag -- New Stand Bag A Winner for Walkers
By Mike Tanner, Images Courtesy of TitleistFAIRHAVEN, MA -- In the beginning, every golfer walked the course. The more affluent hired caddies to carry their playing implements, while the less well-off either carried their sticks in the crooks of their arms or stashed their clubs in small, lightweight bags and...
Titleist's AP1 irons -- Blissful marriage of forgiveness and feel
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – Compatibility – it’s certainly a concept that’s familiar to every marriage, with the two spouses in a constant search for the perfect and perpetual combination of factors that lead to blissful harmony.... Judging by America’s high divorce rate, it’s a place...
Titleist's New Pro V1 and Pro V1x -- Premium Really is Better
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – There’s a common belief in golf these days that lower-swing golfers are wasting their money and potentially hurting their on-course performance by buying premium, Tour-level golf balls. A few manufacturers have even made humorous TV ads in the attempt to...
Titleist’s 2005 ‘New’ Golf Balls – Better Than Before, and Still More To Come
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Titleist... ... FAIRHAVEN, MA – ‘It doesn’t get any better than this.’ It’s not a statement that you’ll hear from a scientist, and it’s not something you’ll likely hear from a golf equipment manufacturer, either.... ... And though every club/ball maker will happily tout the merits of...
Titleist’s 735 CM Forged Irons – Targeted for Good Players, Engineered to Perform
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Titleist... ... FAIRHAVEN, MA – Niche versus mass marketing. If you’ve got a business with an established brand, and you’re coming out with a new product, there’s a decision to make. Some might think it’s best to promote towards the lowest common denominator – make...
Titleist’s 905 Drivers and 904F Fairway Woods – Incremental Improvements, Moving Forward
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Titleist... ... FAIRHAVEN, MA – When looking at Titleist’s 2005 line-up of ‘new’ golf balls, we theorized that a golf equipment manufacturer would never say ‘It doesn’t get any better than this.’... ... Because if that were the case, they’d never be able to introduce new products...
Mississippi
SkyCaddie Rangefinder -- Mapping your way out of a tight spot
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of SkyCaddie... RIDGELAND, MS – It’s a scenario that every golfer’s familiar with – you’ve just hit a shot that’s a little offline – or a lot – and you’re left wondering how far you should try and play your next shot.... It doesn’t matter if...
Missouri
Imperial Headwear -- A hat is not just a hat
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Imperial Headware... BOURBON, MO – “There are people in the world that truly believe ‘a hat is just a hat,’” remarked Dave Shaffer, Director of Marketing for Imperial Headwear.... You can forgive Shaffer for taking umbrage to the uninformed notion that hats are wholly interchangeable,...
Nevada
Butch Harmon About Golf DVD -- Play Better, Have More Fun
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of Butch Harmon Golf Events... LAS VEGAS, NV – It’s something the average golfer can only dream about – a private, four-hour lesson with teaching legend Butch Harmon. It’s about as likely to happen as winning a personal foursome with some of Harmon’s famous students,...
New Hampshire
ECCO Golf Shoes – Look (and Feel) Good While Playing Bad
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of ECCO USA... ... USA – “It’s better to look good and play bad, then to look bad and play bad,” remarked Jeff Street, General Manager of the Golf Division for ECCO USA.... ... It’s also nice to feel good while playing bad. That I can personally vouch...
New Jersey
The Leaderboard Swing-Aid – Aussie Feel for the Golf Swing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of the Leaderboard... ... CALIFON, NJ – Just glance at a list of entrants to any PGA Tour event, and you’ll discover Australia’s contribution to professional golf. Greg Norman may have brought prominence to the ‘Down Under’ continent with his performances during the 80’s and 90’s,...
New York
AUR Golf Apparel -- Curing Golf’s Bad 'Green' Rap
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos Courtesy of AUR... MONTREAL, CANADA -- It could be said that golf has acquired a bad ‘green’ rap over the years, namely the reputation for being destructive to the environment. It’s a ‘rap’ because it just isn’t true – some of the most environmentally-conscious people I...
ClubCrown Club Wraps -- Adding a Little Personalization to Your Golf Style
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of ClubCrown... NEW YORK CITY, NY – It’s often said that if you want to see what a person’s really like, play a round of golf with him.... Personality traits aside, there’s another way to get inside a person’s thoughts, just by seeing his or her...
Sunice Golf Apparel -- Taking the Best in Class to Another Level
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Sunice... MONTREAL, CANADA – Golf and skiing really have very little in common, but that doesn’t mean that golfers can’t take a page out of ski fashion to improve their looks – and performance – on the links. ... That’s exactly what Canadian golf...
North Carolina
Great Golf Memories -- Preserve Those Moments for a Lifetime
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Great Golf Memories... PINEVILLE, NC – They don’t come very often, and that’s probably why we want to relive them when they happen – over and over.... I’m speaking of a “moment” in golf. Sure, we all hit some good golf shots… and more than...
Ohio
About Golf Simulators – Growing the Game from the Inside
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of About Golf... ... MAUMEE, OH – Mark Twain once said (paraphrasing), ‘Everybody gripes about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.’... ... Well, now we can honestly say, somebody’s doing something about it – at least when it comes to the game of golf. ...
Oregon
Clicgear Model 3.5+ Push Cart -- Go retro by walking the golf course
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from Clicgear... If you want perspective on how “easy” we have it in today’s golf universe, look at pictures of players from the (long) old days. Not only are the men formally dressed for the outdoor event -- with shirt, ties and sometimes coats -- it’s...
Leupold Rangefinders -- Take down your target with proper distance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Leupold... BEAVERTON, OR – When you think about it, golf is very similar to hunting. In both endeavors, you’re identifying a target, selecting a “weapon” and taking a shot.... Golf is a bit less bloody, but a “hit” feels just as satisfying.... In order to excel...
Nike Golf VR Pro Wedges & Midnight Method Putter Line - Helping Golfers Get Their Groove On
By Scot Rendall; images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR -- In the evolution of golf over the last 25 years, it would be tough to argue that the golf industry has spent a lot of energy creating and marketing wedge products to pull customers into pro shops. That is, until now. The USGA’s...
Nike Golf – Form Following Function To Success
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... ... BEAVERTON, OR – Louis Sullivan, widely considered America’s first truly modern Architect, is probably most famous for coining the phrase ‘form ever follows function,’ the notion being a building’s purpose should guide its design.... ... The same concept applies to modern improvements in golf...
Nike Golf's Vapor Flex Driver and Fairway Woods -- Distance for Every Golf Swing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – It’s often said golfers have short memories, and when talking about the latest introductions of adjustable drivers and fairway woods, that’s a positive thing. The products of the recent past have been certainly been solid – but the new...
Nike Golf’s Ignite Drivers and ONE Golf Balls – Tiger’s Wisdom to Pro Shop Shelves
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... ... BEAVERTON, OR – Robots. Science fiction writers love ‘em, consumer products manufacturers depend on ‘em, and Arnold Schwarzenegger made an acting career (political career?) out of playing one.... ... Maybe it’s because of their ‘human’ quality that robots are so mysterious – or maybe...
Nike Golf’s Tom Stites and the STR8-FIT Driver – Taking the ‘vanity’ out of club fitting
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – It’s no secret, drivers are expensive – and they’re also ‘specialized’ to the point where you’ve got some crucial decisions to make when purchasing them, including loft, shaft flex and length at the very minimum.... And as is often the...
Nike Golf’s VR_S Covert Fairway Woods – Putting a Little Heat in Fairway Play
By Scot Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – Sometimes you have to travel to a strange place to discover the true attributes of a product.... On a recent summer golf outing to Palm Springs, California, for example, the 108 degree summer heat was no match for the hot performance...
Nike Golf’s Women’s Verdana Club Line -- Giving the Ladies Their Due
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – ‘Not so fast.’ When it comes to golf, ‘slow down’ is not always something we like to hear, but maybe it’s time that someone said it.... Just peruse golf ads these days and you’ll discover that they’re mostly about going...
Nike Lunar Clayton Golf Shoes -- Living the Game in Style
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – “Shopping for the right golf shoe is by definition a personal choice, but the type of golfer who would gravitate towards the Nike Lunar Clayton is someone who appreciates the lifestyle of the game, someone looking for the highest...
Nike Sasquatch & OSS Irons – Geometry Rules on the Golf Course
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... ... BEAVERTON, OR – Geometry. For those similarly mathematics challenged, it was the class in between Algebra and Algebra II (or at least it used to be) in high school. Geometry was full of formulas, theorems and proofs, most of which you didn’t...
Nike Vapor Pro Combo irons -- Tour feedback direct to your golf bag
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – Listening to your Tour staff is imperative when designing new and better golf products and that’s exactly what Nike did in creating the latest iteration of the company’s Vapor Pro Combo irons.... Phillip Hatton, Product Line Manager for Nike Golf...
Nike VR Pro Combo Forged Irons -- The Best Really Can Get Better
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – “At Nike, the pursuit of advanced performance, no matter how large or small, is a relentless commitment. Whether it be in material technology or manufacturing innovation -- when it comes to making a product perform better, ‘there is no...
Nike VR Pro Limited Edition Metal Woods – Clean Looks, High Performance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – “It is a very ‘clean’ looking driver in the playing position,” remarked Nike Golf’s Tom Stites, the company’s Director of Product Creation for Clubs, explaining the appeal of the VR Pro Limited Edition driver and fairway metal woods.... The “clean”...
Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Drivers and Fairway Woods -- The secret of Rory McIlroy's success
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – Rory McIlroy has all but locked up Player of the Year honors for 2014, and Nike Golf’s drivers and fairway woods have certainly helped him do it.... Everyone with a TV knows McIlroy’s a big star, enjoying a Tiger Woods-ish...
Nike VRS Covert Forged Irons -- Change of Face Equals Longer and Hotter
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Nike Golf... BEAVERTON, OR – Nike Golf says its new VRS Covert Forged Irons are longer and hotter, and the reason is due to a change of face.... That’s right, a change of face. The new irons have added the company’s NEXCOR face technology (the...
Rhode Island
Larry Lambrecht Photography – Factoring Luck Out of the Equation
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images by Larry Lambrecht... ... WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND – It’s fair to say, anyone can shoot a photo, but not everyone’s a photographer. There’s always a time in everyone’s life when we’re at the right place at the right time to capture a brief glimpse of nature’s splendor...
South Carolina
Fister Golf's Model I Driver -- Bringing 'The Beast' to Your Golf Bag
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Fister Golf... CHARLESTON, SC – “I’m not really competing with the big boys here, I don’t have the marketing budget,” said three-time world long-drive champion Sean “The Beast” Fister, in describing how he hopes to get a leg-up on the competition in selling his...
Tennessee
True Temper XP Series Shafts -- Lightweight Performance and Feel in Steel
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of True Temper... MEMPHIS, TN – Longer, longer, longer. We hear it a lot from golf manufacturers, with all of them guaranteeing that using their products will give you extra distance.... For clubs and golf balls, boasts of “distance” would seem to make sense. Tour Pros...
Texas
Adams Golf's XTD Driver -- Tolerance made easy
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Adams Golf... PLANO, TX – Tolerances – the world is full of ‘em. We all know our limits, those lines we can’t cross if we’re to keep our lives on the straight and narrow path.... For golf drivers, the “line” is set by the USGA’s...
Adams Pro Hybrid -- Recognition is a Good Thing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Adams Golf... PLANO, TX – It’s only natural – when you do good work, you want to be acknowledged.... Lack of recognition was the dilemma facing Adams Golf when conceptualizing its new Pro Hybrid, the company’s latest offering in the ultra-competitive hybrid club category. The...
AdamsGolf Idea a12 OS Irons -- Producing Solid Results for the Left-Handed Shot Maker
By Scot Rendall, Images Courtesy of Adams Golf... PLANO, TX -- Sourcing golf equipment for those of us who play from the “wrong” side of the ball has been a challenge ever since I took up the game in the mid-1970’s. And amazingly enough, in many respects, it hasn’t changed much...
Barney Adams -- Idea Man With Iron Will
By Jeff Janas and Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos Courtesy of Adams Golf... ... PLANO, TX – Everybody wants it; few ever get it. Some people fall into it, while others blaze their own trails. It’s the purpose in life for many, and the thing most people (outside your family) will remember you...
Brava Driver Shaft from Breakthrough Golf Technology - Long and Straight adds years to your life
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from Breakthrough Golf Technology... RICHARDSON, TX – “I’m 83 and would gladly welcome an advanced blend of ingredients in pill form that would move me back to 73,” remarked innovative golf club design legend Barney Adams when I asked him if he had anything to add...
Breakthrough Golf Technology's Stability Putter Shaft -- Technology and know-how make a comeback in golf putter shafts
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Breakthrough Golf... RICHARDSON, TX -- Let’s face it, when it comes to many of golf’s manufacturers, honesty is in short supply.... It’s not that any of them are lying, and I can truthfully say in nearly twenty years of covering golf that all of them...
Martin Golf Apparel -- One Company's Non-stop Quest for Perfection
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Martin Golf... DALLAS, TX – Just because something’s new doesn’t always mean it’s better – especially when talking about the world of golf apparel, where there’s a trend towards “performance” fabrics that look and feel like they’re just off a spaceship.... Enter Martin Golf, a...
Utah
OGIO Golf Bags – All you’ll want from a golf bag, and then some
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of OGIO Golf... BLUFFDALE, UT -- Golfers are a pretty self-assured lot – generally speaking, we know what we want, and there are more than enough smart people amongst us to design what we need.... But sometimes there’s a product us golfers pick up upon that’s...
Ogio Golf Bags – Giving Golfers What They Never Knew They Always Wanted
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Ogio... ... BLUFFDALE, UTAH – ‘It’ll only have to last one more trip,’ I thought as I hauled the dusty soft cover bag out of the closet (one that I’d used for over a decade), hoping against hope that it would survive the rigors and...
Virginia
Adams Redline Metal Woods -- Pushing Technology To The Limit of Legality
By Jeffrey B. Janas, Images By Adams Golf... ... Nothing Is Constant, Except Change. ... ... As summer gives way to autumn for most of the country, signaling the beginning of the end of this year's golf season, we're again reminded of how difficult it is for golfers, particularly avid players, to adjust to...
Book review: King of Clubs – The Great Golf Marathon of 1938
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... WILLIAMSBURG, VA – If not for award-winning author Jim Ducibella, one of America’s great golf legends may have been permanently lost to history.... Ducibella sweated over six years of exhausting research to present the story of J. Smith Ferebee, a Depression-era stockbroker with a penchant for accepting bets...
Demo Days -- Be Fit Like a Pro
By Rob Canady, Images Courtesy of Cleveland Golf... ... With golf manufacturing companies seemingly coming out with the club ‘du jour’ these days, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with everything that’s available out there. Fortunately, now there’s a way to keep pace -- and if you haven’t been to a golf...
Feedback's The Name In The Titleist DCI 762's Game
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... Feedback, it's the stuff of change.... ... It seems we're bombarded with feedback requests these days. Just go on vacation and invariably you'll return home with some sort of feedback request on your destination's performance during your stay. Or go on a lunch meeting with your boss, and she'll...
Footjoy Gel Fusion Shoes and DryJoys Tournament Pullover -- Accessorizing Comfort and Convenience
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... Accessories, you can't live without 'em, yet you don't want to think about 'em.... ... The game of golf is rapidly becoming accessorized. Whereas the first golfers used to play it with wooden sticks and whatever they could find for a ball, these days you'll need the latest high-tech...
FootJoy Products -- Contact Is All It Takes
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... Contact. It's the key to the game of golf, and may just be the most essential element in every sport. It's the point where your club strikes the ball -- a simple proposition--no contact, no propulsion. Likewise, in football, you can't tackle without contacting the ball carrier...
Homestead Golf Advantage School – GAS and Much More
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos By Jeff Janas... ... HOT SPRINGS, VA – If there’s one thing you’ll take from golf school, it’s that next time you head to the golf course, you won’t forget your GAS.... ... We’re not talking about the stuff you put in your car’s fuel tank, and it has...
Links 2001 -- Darn Near The Real Thing
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... We don't need to go outside anymore to play golf.... ... Funny how it is in today's world, where machines supplanted so many of the daily activities human beings used to need to toil at. No one's really sorry -- I doubt very many folks lose sleep over not...
Philosophers' Half True Axioms Exposed by the Taylor Made 300 Series
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... A well-known golf axiom recites "Drive for show, putt for dough." That's only half true. Another well-known axiom reads "Satisfaction lies not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey." That, again, is only half true. I assert: you can't putt for dough if you don't...
PING i3+ Irons -- Forgiveness Without Begging For It
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Ping Golf... ... PHOENIX, AZ -- Forgiveness. The word has many connotations, mostly positive. If you fight with your boss, it's good to forgive her (and the other way around); if you're in debt, it's great to receive forgiveness from the bank. If you commit...
Slotline Putters – Searching the past for the answers of today
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Slotline... RICHMOND, VA – Looking at today’s golf equipment, there’s little doubt that things are much different than they were twenty or thirty years ago. Today’s oversized irons, big-head titanium drivers and funky putter styles certainly bear little resemblance to their forbears in golf museums...
Taylor Made 300 Series Fairway Woods -- Bucking The Trends
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... Pop culture is strange sometimes. Every so often, a new consumer product hits the shelves and people go wild -- then runs its course, and fades into oblivion. Think about it -- when was the last time you saw a Rubiks Cube? A Betamax machine? A Polaroid...
Taylor Made R500 Series Drivers -- Putting the Screws to it Once Again
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Taylor Made Golf... ... It's a shame that younger generations won't be learning to play golf with persimmon woods. For those of us who did, we'll never forget the finely polished heads, the multicolored clubfaces and the 'screws' in the sweet spot, which helped coin...
Taylor Made Rossa Putters -- A Colorful Move Towards Excellence On The Greens
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Taylor Made... ... Red. It's the color of aggression; the color of love (as in red roses); the color of blood; heck, even the color Tiger Woods wears on Sundays -- perhaps symbolic of his intention to pounce on another helpless victim like a big...
The Burton Millennium Golf Bag--Keeping Pace With The Times
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... The game of golf has come a long way. So have golf bags.... ... I remember my first golf bag; it was made of so much canvas you could've sailed it. It was a Christmas present when I was about 10, and I used it to drag around my...
The Orlimar SF 302 Irons -- Putting The Weight Where It Counts
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... Three; Five; Seven; Nine; '1' Wood; Three Wood; Putter.... ... It's a starter set. I don't know who designed it that way, but when most of us started the game as kids, the powers that be wanted us to learn it with half the clubs. And those starter sticks...
The Strata Tour Ultimate Holds Its Line In The Golf Ball Wars
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... There's a war going on, but I'm not afraid of getting drafted--or shot at. Compared to so many notable armed conflicts of the past, this particular feud isn't going to hurt anyone -- because there won't be any lead fired, bombs dropped, sorties flown or missiles dispatched....
The Titleist Vokey 'Oil Can Finish' Sand Wedge -- Genius With A Different Look
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Titleist.com... ... CARLSBAD, CA -- It's been over two years since I first played a Bob Vokey designed sand wedge, and it's been nearly as long since I've considered trying a different one. But recently, Titleist announced an entire new line of Vokey wedges --...
Titleist's 983 Drivers and Pro V1 (and Pro V1x) Golf Balls -- Translating Professionally Tested Technology and Performance into Your Language
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images Courtesy of Titleist... ... We see it in many facets of our world – professionally proven technology translating to the average consumer. Millions of dollars and thousands of hours of research and development brings results, efficiency and convenience to scoreboards, kitchens and offices everywhere.... ... Think about it --...
Titleist's Scotty Cameron Studio Design Putters Even Things Out
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... ... It's funny how the game of golf is geared towards equalization--with so many different ways to handicap golfers in order to make the game a little more even for duffers competing against each other.... ... First off, there's the USGA handicapping system, where the less gifted receive extra consideration...
Wintergreen Golf Academy and Resort -- Delivering The Personal Touches
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... WINTERGREEN, VA -- The personal touch, it's underrated. Most businesses claim to offer it, but few truly deliver. That's why it's refreshing when it's promised and delivered, like at Wintergreen Resort's Golf Academy.... Wintergreen guarantees an instructor-to-student ratio of no more than 3-to-1, which means you won't be...
Washington
Aerotech Golf Shafts (for irons) – Weight where it counts
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Aerotech Golf... ... A couple years ago, we heard about a composite hockey stick manufacturer that was breaking into the golf shaft market, so we took a look at Aerotech Golf’s shafts in conjunction with a look at the Cleveland Launcher Comp driver. Very satisfied...
Aerotech Golf Shafts -- Firmly believing in shaft performance
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Aerotech Golf... BELLINGHAM, WA – “Golf shafts play a critical role in the performance of a golf club,” remarked Chris Hilleary, President of Aerotech Golf Shafts, the No. 1 graphite iron shaft on the PGA Tour.... Hilleary continues, “I think most golfers realize that shaft...
Aerotech Shafts and Cleveland’s 460 Launcher Comp Driver – Giving the Shaft Its Due
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Aerotech Sports and Cleveland Golf... ... BELLINGHAM, WA – Chris Hilleary, Vice President of Aerotech Sports’ Golf Division, says the golf shaft is as important in today’s modern golf game as the club head or golf ball.... ... “All of the new equipment designs have certainly helped...
Miura Golf Putters -- Passion Translates to Putts in the Cup
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – No one would deny that passion is important in any endeavor, especially in one that you’ve dedicated a lifetime to perfecting.... Japanese master club-maker Katsuhiro Miura understands passion for his life’s work, having started making golf clubs in 1957 –...
Miura MB-001 Tournament Blade Irons -- Discover perfection for yourself
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – I arrived early at a very busy golf course recently and had a chance to peruse the contents of a dozen or so golf bags waiting to be loaded onto carts.... There were the usual names – Titleist, Callaway, TaylorMade,...
Wisconsin
House of Carrington – Dressing for the moment
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images courtesy of House of Carrington... HARTLAND, WI – Just take a look around, and you’ll notice the world’s gone ‘casual.’ You see it in the workplace, at the mall and even at the country club – a move towards looser fitting garments that walk a fine line...
