Golf Talk [Episode 078]

Vijay: FAIL! Phil, Annika, and Chambers Bay: FTW!

Golf Talk PodcastVijay Singh tries to get back on track but fails. Phil Mickelson and Annika Sorenstam fare better, winning their first events of 2008. Also this week, Chambers Bay hosting the U.S. Open, a Saturday Cut, Drug Testing, and more in this week’s Golf Talk.

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ClubGlider Rolls Out for 2008

With the ClubGlider, you can roll through the airport in style and save your back in the process.

Bag DropIf you watched Golf Channel‘s Fore Inventors Only show last year, you would have seen some “interesting” ideas that the contestants were hoping would be “the next big thing.” While some of the ideas were strange, impractical, or just plain stupid in my opinion, there were a few that were of particular interest to me. The ClubGlider belonged among the latter.

ClubGlider inventor Gary Sherrell signed a licensing agreement with Sun Mountain in 2007 to “perfect, manufacture and distribute the ClubGlider golf travel bag.” That’s a pretty sweet gig as Sun Mountain has been around for over 20 years and the Missoula, Montana company has been pretty innovative when it comes to bags, carts, and outerwear. The ClubGlider and Sun Mountain seem like a perfect fit.

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Volume One Hundred Thirty Three

It’s the Big 70 for Sorenstam!

Hittin' the LinksHello and Happy President’s Day from Hittin’ the Links. We hope everyone enjoys their long weekend and gets in an extra round or two. We have again perused the best of the week’s golf stories and brought them to you, packaged neatly for your viewing enjoyment.

In this volume we congratulate Annika on her long awaited 70th tour win, check in on Lefty’s win at Riviera, and see why Hoch seems to be the man to beat in this young Champions tour season. Also on the menu we see why Tiger has upped the standard for young PGA Pros, peruse the Donald’s new $600 million golf complex, take a peak at a golf-ball-gobbling snake, and investigate two of the oddest new golf vacation spots around.

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Modern Marvels

One of golf’s greatest writers hits a common nerve, and Thrash Talk talks back!

Thrash TalkIn his February 8 Globe and Mail Column, virtuoso golf writer Lorne Rubenstein makes an interesting observation about televised golf: there is very little attention paid to architecture.

While I am not sure this characterization is accurate in the literal sense – every telecast of big tournaments I can remember has at least some segment on the course, either with flyovers and commentary, or the omnipresent telestrator commentary – I would certainly agree that compared to, say, swing analysis, golf viewers are indeed starved for good content on architecture. Is there anything to be learned from this sort of thing, other than the difference between tifdwarf bermuda and zoysia? I think there is, although I suspect the expert commentators would reach different conclusions than would I.

Read on to learn what I think you’d be missing.

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Cleveland Golf Launches HiBore XLS Line: Driver, Fairways, and Hybrids

Cleveland Golf comes out with a new sweet spot for their HiBore.

Bag DropThe folks at Cleveland Golf have been quite busy as of late as they have introduced new putters, a couple of new iron sets, as well as the latest incarnation of the HiBore drivers, fairway woods, and hybrids – all within the past month.

The “scooped-out” shape still remains in the HiBore XLS line but new for this year features a higher Moment of Inertia (MOI), more customization options, and even larger heads.

Let’s take a look at version 3.0.

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Volume One Hundred Thirty Two

We have Tiger, so where are all those other guys?

Hittin' the LinksHello and good day to you from Hittin’ the Links. For all you football junkies out there, we know it’s tough trying to kick the pigskin habit when the season ends. Hopefully some golf talk can ease your withdrawal symptoms a touch.

In this volume we make our rounds reporting the winners from around the world, listen in on the European Ryder Cup buzz, and look into who Pat Perez gets to play at the Accenture Match Play. In addition, we take an early peek at the 2015 U.S. Open venue, see what Natalie Gulbis was doing at Pebble Beach, and take inventory on how Els, Mickelson, and Singh ended up this week.

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Ode (and Owed) to a Goat Pasture

Not all of us play on premium-grade, hyper-manicured tracks.

Trap Five LogoMany of us from time to time find ourselves playing courses that are probably more akin to those once played by Scottish shepherds than to those that Tour players trod each week. In short… I’m talking about golf pastures. These courses are the great-unwashed of the golf world – ill kept, underwatered… and dearly loved.

What’s to like about a sub-par course? Plenty.

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Golf Talk [Episode 077]

Odds of Tiger Woods winning the grand slam? Let’s put it this way: Annika Sorenstam has less of a chance of getting back to the top of the World Rankings.

Golf Talk PodcastTiger Woods goes 2-for-2, coming back in Dubai, and J.B. Holmes goes 2-for-3 at the FBR Open. Also, Ian Poulter’s comments, Phil the Fake, Ernie the Choke Artist, a blind hole-in-one, and much more in this week’s episode of Golf Talk.

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Cleveland Golf Introduces VP Milled Putter Line

Cleveland Golf cans the insert and goes milled for 2008.

Bag DropNow that Cleveland Golf is getting settled in with their new parent company, they can get back to the business of what they do best: making golf clubs. What they are coming out with however, may surprise you a bit.

Cleveland Golf purchased this little putter company called Never Compromise back in 2003 and has had pretty good success on the PGA Tour with the distinctive black and gray putters. While still maintaining the Never Compromise brand, Cleveland continued to make its own line of putters and is coming out with a new line in 2008: the VP Milled putters.

Let’s take a look.

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