The Piezoelectric Groove

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Had to share this new patent find by Dave Dawsey at the golf-patents.com blog.  Shaft and clubhead adjustability are one thing, but what what about grooves? Nike recently filed a patent for a piezoelectric groove that can be varied in height through a grip button implant.  I hate to ask how much this little feature… Read More »

Cleveland 588 Line-up

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Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by.  Cleveland recently released a huge chunk of their new 2013, and they are going retro again with a 588 line-up.  For those of you who don’t know, the 588 wedge line was by far one of Cleveland’s most popular. Anyway, this new nice includes two new iron sets and… Read More »

And You Thought Island Greens Were Cool

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It’s not likely you’d be very worried about your golf game if the icecaps disappear and the flooding swallows up land across the globe, but if you are, don’t worry, there will be at least one course accepting tee-times.  Leave it to the Dutch to build the worlds first floating golf course, and we’re talking… Read More »

My Top 5 Memories of 2012

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We can’t very well usher in the New Year without picking out the most memorable bits of the old, so here are the 5 top memories of 2012. Good ones, bad ones, memorable ones. Well, of course they’re memorable. They’re memories. Anyway, here are mine:
5. Kyle Stanley Melts Down and Then Lights Up – Anyone… Read More »

Understanding The Gear Effect

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Drivers over the past couple years have all been touting terms like “optimized flight” “low center of gravity” and “more stable on off-center hits”.  In an engineers quest to achieve perfection in a driver, we’ve seen quite a variety of designs, including square heads (Callaway FTi), triangular (Titleist 907 D1), and now even cavity back… Read More »

Golf’s Worst Kept Secret – Rory Signs With Nike

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Are you sitting down? I have some big news. Something completely out of the blue. No one saw this coming. Check out the video below…

After endless rumors and much speculation, Rory McIlroy has finally signed with Nike Golf and will debut his new equipment this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Rory will… Read More »

Golf’s Longest Driver

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If you put the term “Golf’s longest driver” into Google, you would expect to see J.B. Holmes or Bubba Watson come up in the results. However, you may also see the name of Arlington Golf Pro Michael Furrh cropping up. Furrh recently set a world record with a 146 yard drive. Not impressed? Well, the… Read More »

The Ping G25 Line-up for 2013

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Good afternoon everyone, we’ve got plenty of news to share with you today after Ping’s recent launch of their G25 line.  You may recall back in 2003 when Ping first launched the G line, the Ping designers and engineers were building on the idea of creating Ping’s most forgiving clubs in history. This tradition has… Read More »

TaylorMade Goes Lethal

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Good morning everyone, thanks for stopping by.  You may recall a couple months ago us posting on a potentially new TaylorMade golf ball called the  Project 5 golf ball.  It was rumoured that Justin Rose was testing it out at the Deutsche Bank Championship.  Well the rumour was true,  this ball is now hitting the market,… Read More »