The Bag Drop asks you to be careful with your sparklers this weekend.
Summer is in full swing so the equipment front is a bit quiet, but I’ve found a few interesting tidbits to hold you over this upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.
This week’s Bag Drop takes a look at the departure of a putter maker, a free Scotty Cameron putter (sort of), the merging of two companies, and what the future of pro shops could look like.
Bag Drop goes all over the world to find you some equipment news.
It’s all quiet on the equipment front this week but I’ve got a few stories, opinions, and the like to hold you over (or at the least to provide a little distraction time at work).
This week’s Bag Drop takes a look at a new driver spotted, free stuff (with purchase), a major win for equipment manufacturers in the fight against counterfeiting, and a tale of “you just never know what will show up at the patent office.”
Adams Golf offers a new blended irons set and hybrids for the better player and incorporates some of the coolest headcovers going.
Adams Golf has come out with some very nice equipment for this golf season and that continues with the release of their new Idea Pro Gold Hybrids and Hybrid/Irons blended set.
While Adams Golf might not be the first company that comes to mind for irons for the better golfer, you may want to rethink that idea as their equipment continues to get more and more play on the various tours, and with each year, their offerings for the better golfer continue to impress.
So let’s take a quick peek at the latest entry into the blended set category.
Continue reading “Adams Golf Releases Idea Pro Gold Hybrid and Hybrid Irons”
Bob Vokey has hit the big time. He finally has his own website.
Adding to its stable of premium specialty sites such as Scotty Cameron .com, Fitting Works.com, and Titleist Tour Blog .com, Titleist last month added a website at vokey.com for wedge maker Bob Vokey, giving the wedge guru his rightful spot among those with their own domain name.
Offering a wealth of wedge information, background information on Bob Vokey, as well as limited release products through the Wedge Works, Vokey.com is a one-stop shop for those who play Vokey Design wedges, are looking into adding one to their bag, or who are just interested in what make Bob Vokey tick.
Join me as we take a look at what Vokey.com has to offer.
It’s been an up-and-down year for David Jones since winning Fore Inventors Only, but we think it’s ended on a definite “up.”
David Jones’ Club Caddy won the first edition of Fore Inventors Only. Unfortunately, it’s taken David until this month – nearly a full year later – to put in place his business and manufacturing partners and to begin selling the Club Caddy en masse to resellers and consumers.
Other folks from the show, like Gary Sherrell and Dean Thompson, have been interviewed by this site, and this time around we’re going to talk with David about the troubles he’s encountered. Following the interview, we’ll share our thoughts on the Club Caddy.
Read on to see how the winner – and his product – have fared in the year since Fore Inventors Only concluded.
Continue reading “The Club Caddy: An Interview and a Short Review”
Forget getting a GPS for your car. Get one for your golf game.
Last week at the Bag Drop we showed you a few different options for finding out various distances on the golf course using a laser rangefinder.
This week we’re going to focus on a few of the GPS options available to golfers. I looked at a couple of GPS units during my rangefinder decision-making process, but decided to go with a laser in the end. I have no buyer’s remorse to this point, but did like a few of the options the GPS systems have to offer.
Let’s take a look.
Knowing the distance to the flag is vitally important to help you score better in golf. In my case, so is knowing the distance to the nearest out-of-bounds.
The next two weeks here at the Bag Drop, I’m going to focus on devices that can help you determine distances on a golf course. While the vast majority of us aren’t good enough to know the difference between a 158 yard vs. 162 yard shot, it still is important knowing distances to hazards, greens, and pins.
This week I’m going to take a look at some laser rangefinders (next week we’ll focus on GPS units) that I checked into while attempting to determine what would work out the best for me. The nice thing is that there are more options coming out so hopefully you can find a rangefinder that will work out for you and your budget.
Let’s take a look at a few.
Clicgear USA comes out with version 2.0 of an already impressive push cart.
Unless I’m required to or play a course in a housing development with tee boxes about a mile from each other, I try to stay away from motorized golf carts as much as possible.
While I enjoy the exercise I get from walking, I’ve long given up carrying my golf bag. It’s not that I physically unable to carry, I just prefer to dump my bag on a cart and push my clubs around during those hot summer days. Golf can put enough stress on your back, why add more carrying your clubs and bag?
Bag Drop goes all over the map this week to get you some equipment news.
It’s been pretty quiet the past few days on the equipment front, but don’t worry, I’ve got a few releases, stories, and opinions to hold you over during Masters Week.
This week’s Bag Drop takes a hodgepodge look at some newer releases, driver shaft adjustability, an equipment maker in bankruptcy and the lowly wedge grind – it’s worth looking into, you’ll see.