Yes, that headline is spelled correctly – Fantastic Jurney – because New Yorker James Jurney, his wife Gwendolyn and their company have endured every small business nightmare imaginable to build Seize Sur Vingt, a burgeoning designer clothing company in the beating heart of New York’s fiercely competitive fashion industry. Besides a wide array of...
You read about Seize sur Vignt, the Soho clothier I have been wearing to tournaments and events here. (With pics!) They have several lines of sports clothes, suits and casual wear for every age and style. The UBNY (United Boroughs of New York) golf shirts, my favorites, are not only stylish and classy, but they are made of double spun Egyptian Cotton imported...
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...
Time to send out some big thank yous to the guys that make my writing career possible…or at least easier and more fun. First up HUUUUUUUUGE thank you to Glenn and Allison Van Nostrand and the little player to be named later (she’s expecting for those of you who didn’t get the joke on the first bounce). Glenn and Allison hosted me for a terrific week...
As the old agage goes, in New York City the idea is not to find the great $60 steak, but to find the great $16 dollar steak. Well did I ever find one of the best values in town for Mexican…yes, in-deedy (or should I say Holy Frijoles?) Meet Gonzalez y Gonzalez, a corner-of-Broadway-and-Houston restaurant offering the freshest ingredients, the most inventive...
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...
Boy, Joni Mitchell was right… Don’t is always seem to go you dont know what you’ve got till its gone… I was singing these blues last month when my home laptop hard drive kicked the bucket and…get this…the company to which I gave my backup to load my golf writing and photos onto my recharged computer MELTED THE BACKUP HARD DRIVE. I...
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.
Here’s the breakdown for the Fall tour. I’ll be reporting live from three different areas of our great golf nation. Part 1: Denver – Red Hawk Ridge, Pradera, Fossil Trace – The “Jim Engh” leg of the tour. Happily, he’s been building in a more expansive area of the country now, so people are getting to see his work. His design...
Have a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous 2006! Something a little different today before I get to back to golf. I want to thank A. Vitullo & Sons of Utica, NY for many years of terrfic formal and businesswear. Being an Italian from Upstate New York, it’s a miracle I’m literate. (Relax everybody! It’s a joke!) But even though upstate New...