Okay so a PGA Tour also-ran, a guy who makes close to a million dollars for finishing 82d and 91st, when he plays the Tour at all, dimes Phil Mickelson as a cheater for playing approved clubs from 1990ish??? What a tool. “Watermelon! Watermelon! Watermelon Rind! Look at the scoreboard and see who’s behind!” When has Scott McCarron ever been relevant...
by Tony Korologos
ORLANDO, FL – Here’s is the article and the video of the week.
I found the show stopper. Tail Of The Tiger Golf Balls is a set of one dozen golf balls, each of which contains one of the first 12 mistresses of Tiger Woods. Picture and video above.
Recently, my friend and Trinity College colleague Mona Mennan got to play National Golf Links of America in 60 degrees and sunshine. Mere days later, I got 44, windy and rain all day. It was a steady drizzle: cold, wet and blustery. If we hadn’t been at National Golf Links of America, Charles Blair Macdonald’s masterpiece next to Shinnecock Hills, my...
It’s the cross-branding concept du jour: celebrities releasing fragrances. Look at this list of Celebutards with celebuscents: Kate Moss, The Black Eyed Peas, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pam Anderson [joke removed by editors], Kim Kardashian P.Dippy…errr..P.Diddy, Mariah Carey, (which the ads say smells like roasted marshmallows and Moroccan incense, you...
Kudos to John Huggan, my colleague at GolfObserver who has this excellent interview with Titleist’s Wally Uihlein about the distance dilemma and bifurcation. From the interview: “JH: How about the bifurcation argument? Isn’t the grooves thing a step down that road? WU: It is a de-facto bifurcation, yes. JH: So why not have a tournament ball for the...
78,000 people lost their jobs yesterday across the country. More than half the population of one town in Ohio alone lost their jobs when a plant closed. Across all sectors of the economy, the slide continues to pare away assets and consumer confidence. In golf, the news is just as dismal. The Sports Business Journal reports the PGA trade show will be about 5% in...
Gadget lovers, rejoice! We have a tie for the Equipment Jazzy Award this year. Two products combined to shave several strokes off my handicap: one is a cerebral device which helps keep my tempo and the other is the best putter I’ve used since 1985. I vouch for both of them, so get on out there and go lower. Troy Puckett at Cayman Putters is renowned as the man...
I don’t know why it took 400 years for people to realize that musical rhythms could help groove a smooth golf swing, but this summer MP3 players have proven as lethal to a golfer’s arsenal as a good gap wedge. With scientific breakthroughs like rock drummer Mike Boyko’s Tempo In Motion and other sonic golf aids such as the one Vijay Singh has used...
I’m just going to write what everyone else is thinking…Orlando is the tackiest city on the eastern seaboard. With no beach, no truly great golf, and nothing but Disney, Disney, Disney for two hours in every direction, why do we do this to ourselves every year? This is the golf show of the year. Every gadgeteer from all across America has club...
Back in January, Puku putters gave me a prototype of their JME model. I love the curved head and the heavy weight. Well so far, so good. My lags have been excellent length and speed and the short ones roll firmly in the center. Plus it looks futuristic with it’s tapered pyramid shaped grip (yes fully USGA and R&A conforming), prompting my playing partners...
So big tip of the hat to Golfchick for finding a fascinating piece noting that a new world record hole-in-one was recorded at the 18th hole at Ko’olau in Hawaii. While the distance is listed at 448 yards, the short cut Bret Meson took was surely shorter as he carried to cross-hazards to take the direct line instead of the measured path to the fairway and then...
OK first things first. I am NOT an equipment geek. I never go for the flavor of the month, the latest gizmo, or a shortcut “guaranteed to shave ten strokes off my game.” I’m a Luddite just like my dad. I remember him one summer at the Concord Hotel decades ago playing the Monster when he got paired with two hot shot long hitters who were bragging...
I’ll be reviewing the Buckeye Putter by Troy Puckett himself of Cayman Golf, the genius behind the teardrop design, Golftini Women’s apparel (my female friends that play are gonna LOVE me after THIS Valentine’s Day! Flowers and perfume…Hanae Mori, you know, only the best for my girl…and golf outfits), and Bobby Jones apparel and...
The envelope please…
…and the winners are…
Buckeye Putters, Puku putters (pronounced POO-koo), Bobby Jones apparel, Golf Geek, Daphne’s Head covers, Golftini, Golf Magazine, and Hippo.
Product reviews when I am back on island. Best product – TIE. Buckeye Putters and Puku putters.