Let's see the brief history of the Pro V1 golf balls before I would explain what I found new in the 2015 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls: October 2000: the original Pro V1 prototype was launched…
In the latest Golf 20/20 report I found that golf’s direct economic impact in Florida was $8.2 billion in 2013, an increase from $7.5 billion in 2007. How is this possible when golf participation is declining. In last…
Nike Golf has just informed me that Romain Wattel is joining their brand team. In the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship Romain Wattel will play with Nike Golf equipment. He had a very impressive year in 2014 with…
The usage of wearables is not totally new to the golf industry. Those who were lucky to be in the Ryder Cup were able to experience the advantages of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This is why I was thinking over how could pro-shops…
The 18-hole championship golf course at Frenchman’s Reserve, designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer has selected Troon Golf to manage the country club. Frenchman’s Reserve Country Club is a private facility. The Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course featured at…
Back in last December, I wrote about Callaway Golf's new Chrome Soft golf ball with compression 65. Now Wilson Staff is rising the stakes when they are launching their new 29 compression DUO and its companion product, the 35 compression DUO Spin,…
Canalys recently published a survey that showed 2.7 million wearable bands (e.g. Fitbit, Nike's Fuelband, Motorola's Motoactv etc.) were shipped worldwide in Q1 2014. Some experts predict a decline in popularity + usage of wearable products. Personally I…
Last weekend was great weekend for Titleist. Two of its brand ambassadors were among the top 2. Adam Scott topped fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Dufner to seal the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. This was the first time…
Customization is slowly flowing into the golf industry as well, as golf equipment manufacturers like Callaway Golf starts to realize that there are significant differences between golfers. In case of the new Callaway Speed Regime golf balls that…
It seems to me Callaway Golf found a great solution how putters can connect better to our golf balls enabling more controlled and consistent roll. I would happy to see similar solution for other golf club types as…
First when I saw Swingbyte, I thought it is another golf club fitting tool, like TaylorMade's R1 tunning application or Ping's iPing application. Then I had to realize that this is not exactly a golf club fitting tool, rather…
My girlfriend has just returned from Toronto, Canada. She brought me a very interesting and unique book written by Harry Vardon: The gist of golf. The book was written and printed in 1922. Harry Vardon wrote it in a…
Let me share with you some of my reservations and worries about golf club improvements. I think all of us want to hit his golf ball as far as he can and to finish the game with as…
Bearwood Lakes Golf Club made a great leap forward, when they launched their mobile optimized website in last April. Some of you might ask why am I so excited about Bearwood Lakes Golf Club mobile website. In…
Recurrent excuse why people do not want to play golf is the conservative dress code. The regular answer to the accusation is: we are traditionalists. Somewhere this debate reminds me a previous dispute about the belly putters. It…
I have been watching people around me for a while how and what they have been using in their mobile. I noticed a trend. As people are getting familiar and comfortable with their smartphones (I hope soon I…
In one of my previous post I wrote about how much worth to pay for a golf club and other golf equipments, like golf balls, putters, wedges, golf clothing, pull carts, golf bags etc. I cannot stress enough…
GOLF.COM A friend thought you would be interested in this article from GOLF.com: 5 Easy Pieces https://www.golf.com/golf/equipment/article/0,28136,1926676,00.html?cid=staf-email-1926676 Comments: According to Snell, the Penta TP provides soft feel off the putter high spin rates off the 9 iron and…