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PGTAA going strong after 21 years! Why golfers prefer the PGTAA to become certified as a Pro Golf Teacher/Coach

by Barry | May 27, 2018 | visualwebz

INTRODUCTION Thank you for your interest in the Professional Golf Teachers Association of America. 2018 marks our 21st year in certifying professional golf teachers. Acknowledged as the Premier Golf Teaching association in the world both by Professional Tour players,...

The Most Interesting Products at the 2018 PGA Show

by Barry | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Equipment Reviews, Reviews

Soon to be in Stores and in your Bags Part One – Hard Goods This year’s show was the busiest and most well-attended Show I have been to in the last five years. It was interesting to see how the economics of the Show have changed. Especially as to how previous long...

2018 Products to look Forward To

by Barry | Jan 2, 2018 | Equipment Reviews, PGTTA REVIEWS, Reviews

All of these Golf Products are Definitely going to Improve your Score & Golfing Pleasure! Graphite Design Iron Shafts I decided that the stock shafts used in my irons were not responding equally and just always felt “off”. I decided to go with the best shaft...

Holiday Gift Ideas for Golfers 2017 – Part 2

by Barry | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog, Equipment Reviews, Reviews

The Holiday Season is upon us, so I’ve put together some ideas for products that would make great gifts for golfers. I’ve included several products ranging in price from $7.99 – $1995. They are listed in order of price from lowest to highest. SKIN Sunscreen™ SKIN...

Holiday Gift Ideas for Golfers 2017 – Part 1

by Barry | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog, Equipment Reviews, Reviews

It’s that time of year again when you are trying to figure out just what to give the golfer in the family, besides a gift card. This becomes a really easy decision, if you simply go the gift card route, but it is rather impersonal, to say the least. Great looking...

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Now on Tour: Next GenerationTitleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x Golf BallsThe new 2023 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls made their PGA TOUR debut last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship – a week earlier than expected. Titleist’s tour seeding and validation process for 2023 Pro V1 and Pro V1x – the next generation of the most trusted golf balls on the PGA TOUR and at every level of competitive golf – had been scheduled to begin this week at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. In the days leading up to Sanderson Farms, however, Titleist tour reps received multiple requests from Garrick Higgo, M.J. Daffue and Gary Woodland – each of whom had done extensive testing during the prototyping process – asking to put the new balls in play as soon as possible.The final Pro V1 and Pro V1x prototypes, manufactured at Titleist Ball Plant 3 in New Bedford, Mass., were delivered overnight and arrived Tuesday morning at The Country Club of Jackson in Titleist’s white box prototype packaging.On Thursday, Higgo (Pro V1), Daffue (Pro V1x) and Woodland (Pro V1x) became the first three players to game the 2023 models in competition. Four holes into his first round, Daffue’s NEW Pro V1x rolled into the cup at the 182-yard par-3 4th for an ace. Playing his NEW Pro V1, Higgo led the field in birdies (24), closing in 4-under 68 Sunday to finish one shot out of the playoff.Gathering feedback from the game’s best players through every stage of the R&D process and then earning their validation under the pressure of competition are critical elements in the development of all high-performance Titleist golf balls and equipment. Today, Titleist’s flagship models are trusted by more than 72 percent of players across the PGA TOUR and major worldwide tours, while the percentages are even higher at the game’s biggest amateur, college and junior events. Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls were also used by the winners of all four men’s major championships in 2022: Scottie Scheffler (Pro V1), Justin Thomas (Pro V1x), Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) and Cameron Smith (Pro V1x). “The Pro V1 and ProV1x, as a whole, are the best balls in golf so it’s hard to say, ‘How are you going to possibly make that ball better when it’s already the best?’” said Jordan Spieth, who has won his three major championships and 13 PGA TOUR victories playing a Pro V1x. “I think when you think of anything being the best, you’re really going against yourself then. You’re trying to beat your former self versus worrying about the competition. And I think Titleist does that. They continue to push being the best and continuing to stay No. 1 – and that’s a really difficult thing to do.” Over the next three practice days in Las Vegas, Titleist Golf Ball R&D reps Fordie Pitts and Jeff Beyers will be working with players as they continue to test the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x models – from the short-game area, to the driving range, to the golf course. The process will continue over the coming weeks and months with professionals and elite amateurs around the world, as well as members of Team Titleist. “First thing I’ll always do is take them to the short game area. For me, that’s always the most important,” said longtime Pro V1 player and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. “From there I’ll go to the range and just look at numbers, carry, stuff like that. From there, I’ll go out on the course and just start hitting shots. So same thing I do in the short game area, have a few of my ball, have a few of the new ball and just try and hit the same shot and see how the ball reacts, see what it does in the wind and just go from there. “One shot that I’m always practicing is when I take some off of it. I need to see that it’s still the same (distance) gaps between my full shot and when I’m taking some off of it. When I’m practicing on the driving range, if I have a little mishit or if a shot doesn’t feel right...I usually have a really good feel for how far it actually carried. If my stock wedge is 140 and I’m trying to hit at 135, and maybe I catch a little bit off and I’m like, ‘man that really feels like 132,’ if it goes that distance, that’s really important to me. And that gives me a lot of faith in what that golf ball’s going to do.” ... See MoreSee Less

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It was a great win for Mackenzie Hughes and PING at the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship.Hughes's tools:DRIVER: Ping G425 LST (9 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI-7 X shaftFAIRWAY WOODS: Ping G425 Max (17.5 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 80 6.5 TX shaft, (20.5 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 90 6.5 TX shaftIRONS: Ping i210 (4-6), S55 (7-PW), with Project X 6.5 shaftsWEDGES: Ping Glide 2.0 Stealth (52, 56 degrees). Glide 2.0 (60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400PUTTER: Scottsdale TR PiperBALL: Titleist Pro V1xGRIPS: Golf Pride Black Multi Compound ... See MoreSee Less

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Here are the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship prize money payouts for each playerPrize money payoutsPosition Player Score EarningsT1 Mackenzie Hughes -17 $1,422,000T1 Sepp Straka -17 $861,1003 Garrick Higgo -16 $545,1004 Dean Burmester -15 $387,100T5 Emiliano Grillo -13 $280,944T5 Nick Hardy -13 $280,944T5 Keegan Bradley -13 $280,944T5 Mark Hubbard -13 $280,944T9 Matthew NeSmith -12 $207,375T9 Greyson Sigg -12 $207,375T9 Thomas Detry -12 $207,375T9 Taylor Montgomery -12 $207,375T13 Ryan Armour -11 $141,542T13 Callum Tarren -11 $141,542T13 Dylan Frittelli -11 $141,542T13 Joel Dahmen -11 $141,542T13 Seonghyeon Kim -11 $141,542T13 Scott Stallings -11 $141,542T19 Hayden Buckley -10 $97,091T19 Scott Piercy -10 $97,091T19 Nick Taylor -10 $97,091T19 Kevin Yu -10 $97,091T19 Davis Riley -10 $97,091T24 Ben Griffin -9 $64,385T24 Russell Knox -9 $64,385T24 Taylor Moore -9 $64,385T24 Kevin Streelman -9 $64,385T24 William McGirt -9 $64,385T24 Henrik Norlander -9 $64,385T30 Lee Hodges -8 $45,337T30 Will Gordon -8 $45,337T30 Chris Kirk -8 $45,337T30 Sam Burns -8 $45,337T30 Adam Long -8 $45,337T30 Stephan Jaeger -8 $45,337T30 Seamus Power -8 $45,337T30 Andrew Putnam -8 $45,337T30 Cody Gribble -8 $45,337T39 Brandon Matthews -7 $31,995T39 Brandon Wu -7 $31,995T39 Denny McCarthy -7 $31,995T39 Ben Taylor -7 $31,995T39 Alejandro Tosti -7 $31,995T39 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -7 $31,995T45 Michael Gligic -6 $21,795T45 Justin Lower -6 $21,795T45 Stewart Cink -6 $21,795T45 Sam Ryder -6 $21,795T45 Peter Malnati -6 $21,795T45 Joseph Bramlett -6 $21,795T45 Erik Barnes -6 $21,795T45 Trevor Cone -6 $21,795T45 Adam Hadwin -6 $21,795T54 Kyle Westmoreland -5 $18,249T54 Adam Svensson -5 $18,249T54 Austin Eckroat -5 $18,249T54 Paul Haley II -5 $18,249T54 Brice Garnett -5 $18,249T54 Patrick Rodgers -5 $18,249T54 Zecheng Dou -5 $18,249T61 Robby Shelton -4 $17,222T61 Vince Whaley -4 $17,222T61 Brian Stuard -4 $17,222T61 Aaron Rai -4 $17,222T61 MJ Daffue -4 $17,222T61 Nate Lashley -4 $17,222T67 Sam Stevens -3 $16,274T67 Chris Stroud -3 $16,274T67 C.T. Pan -3 $16,274T67 Davis Thompson -3 $16,274T67 Dylan Wu -3 $16,274T67 Austin Smotherman -3 $16,274T73 Luke List -2 $15,563T73 Nick Watney -2 $15,563T73 John Huh -2 $15,56376 Kevin Roy -1 $15,24777 Carson Young 2 $15,08978 Tano Goya 5 $14,931 ... See MoreSee Less

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Strong Summer Rounds Bode Well for DemandThe page has officially turned on the summer of 2022.The peak-season, summer months of June, July and August are disproportionately important for the golf industry, as those months tend to carry almost 1 1/2 times their weight in terms of the year’s total rounds. It’s a make-or-break period for most golf facilities.This year, at a national level, all three of those critical months were up over the prior year between 3% and 4%, no small feat given that 2021 was a record summer.As a broader point of comparison, this year’s June to August rounds total paced 14% ahead of the most recent three-year, pre-pandemic average (2017-19) for the same summer stretch.When the summer was kicking off, we suggested the year’s “slow start” – play was down 10% YOY through April – was likely more a reflection of unfavorable weather than softening demand. The strong summer showing should assuage concerns that golf engagement was slipping from the pandemic lift. In fact, summer play has helped the industry climb out of the sizeable hole Mother Nature dug for us earlier in the year. Through the end of August, we’re now just 2.6% off the record-setting pace of 2021. These final four months of the year are not insignificant, accounting for just over 30% of annual play, although the month-to-month impacts won’t be felt as acutely as during the summer months.Still, if the weather remains favorable the rest of the way, we might only be off by about 2% at the end of the year. That’s not bad considering where we were after April. And don’t misinterpret being “down” a couple of percentage points as a negative — that’s a normal weather-impact year. Chances are, we’re still looking at one of the top three or four years for rounds ever on record.Speaking of Mother Nature, in signing off this week, our thoughts are with all those affected by Hurricane Ian, one of the strongest storms to hit the U.S. mainland in years.Joe Beditz NGF ... See MoreSee Less

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The New PING putters are individually designed to achieve the proper balance of feel and forgiveness in a confidence-inspiring look. The 10 putters include multi-material, high-MOI blades, mid-mallets and mallets, firm milled faces and soft-feeling inserts, a range of alignment cues, and eye-pleasing color blocking. There's a putter to fit every golfer while elevating control and consistency on putts of any length.These ten new putter models from PING offer features to fit the needs of golfers with a variety of strokes plus improved forgiveness. Each is priced at $300.AnserModern stainless steel bladeSlight arc strokeTungsten heel & toe weightsShallow milling of face345-gram head weightHeel mounted graphite shaftAnser 2DModern stainless steel bladeSlight arc strokeTungsten heel & toe weightsPEBAX face insert shallowed milled surround360-gram head weightHeel mounted graphite shaftKushin 4Modern stainless steel bladeStrong arc strokeTungsten heel & toe weightsShallow milling of face355-gram head weightHeel mounted steel shaftSheaMid-size stainless steel malletSlight arc strokeTungsten heel & toe weightsShallow milling of face360-gram head weightHeel mounted shaftDS72Mid-size stainless steel malletStraight to slight arc strokeShallow milling of face365-gram head weightHeel mounted double bend steel shaftDS72CMid-size stainless steel malletStraight strokeTungsten heel & toe weightsShallow milling of face365-gram head weightCenter mounted steel shaftDS72 ArmlockMid-size stainless steel malletStraight to slight arc strokeShallow milling of face365-gram head weightHeel-mounted double bend armlock shaftMundyAluminum body stainless steel sole malletStraight to slight arc strokePEBAX face insert milled surround355-gram head weightHeel-mounted double bend steel shaftPrime Tyne 4Forked steel body malletStrong arc strokeShallow milling of face365-gram head weightHeel-mounted steel shaftTomcat 14Winged aluminum body stainless steel sole malletStraight StrokeSmooth face380-gram head weightHeel-mounted double bend steel shaftTyne GBall-sized cavity steel body malletStraight to slight arc strokePEBAX face insert milled surround360-gram head weightHeel-mounted double bend steel shaft“What’s most exciting about our new PING putter models is how different they are from each other,” said John K. Solheim, PING CEO, and President in the press release announcing the 2023 lineup. “Rather than applying one common technology to every model, our engineers took a more singular approach, applying proven innovations to different head styles to improve the performance of our most popular designs while introducing some brand-new models.ping.com/en-us/clubs/putters ... See MoreSee Less

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