The Latest and Best in Golf Balls to Improve Your Game!
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“Which is the correct golf ball for me? “
This is a question I get asked fairly often by my students. The best answer is to take a “golf ball fitting” at your local golf store or with a golf professional if they have a launch monitor like Trackman or Flightscope. These monitors can measure your clubhead speed, ball speed, launch angle, spin, carry, and total distance. By hitting several top brands, you will get a good idea pretty quickly of which ball is perfect for you.
If you do not have access to a launch monitor, buy a sleeve of 5 or 6 top brands and hit the course to do a simple “playoff” analysis. Hit two balls from brand A off the tee and Two balls from brand B. See which ball goes further. That ball advances to the semi-final. Do the same with brands B, C, and D. Then take the final two balls and hit two shots with those to pick a winner! A little less scientific, but you get the idea.
Check out some of the best golf balls. From new dimple patterns to more layers, learn which ball may be best for your game, or go see your local PGA Professional for advice on which of these balls you should be teeing up!
Check out PGA Star Jason Day’s Custom personal putter!
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The PGA Pros play with equipment that is customized specifically for them; I get that.
I do clubfitting myself for the average golfers that come through my school. It makes a big difference in their games. But to have a putter made pretty much from scratch to fit your putting stroke? That is way cool! Here is the process of how they made Jason Day’s putter, video, and all brought to us by John Holmes of PGA.com. Don’t forget to go to the video link below the picture as well.
Jason Day has no sightline on his putter.
Welding the hosel into the proper position is a key part of the construction of Jason Day’s TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider putter.
Jason Day could probably sink putts with a monkey wrench these days.
Still, the fact is that he’s won three of his last four starts – the RBC Canadian Open, the PGA Championship, and the Barclays – with a prototype model of TaylorMade’s Ghost Itsy Bitsy Spider mallet.
Earlier today, TaylorMade posted a video that shows how its technicians build Day’s putter from scratch. It is definitely worth the 152 seconds it’ll cost you to watch it.
TaylorMade describes the putter as an Itsy Bitsy Japan model with the hosel cut off. They then hand-weld a #3 short slant neck onto the head. Day prefers no sightline, TaylorMade says, so the technicians hand-weld in the existing line and buff the top until it’s smooth. They then coat the head with a custom acrylic to give it its grey finish.
The Top 5 LPGA Players to watch in 2015 – What’s in their bag?
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I have always been interested in what type of club setup the top players in the game carry.
If you have that same interest, here is a list of all the LPGA players and what’s in their bag.
1 Stacy Lewis – Taylor Made Driver, Mizuno fairway woods and irons, Taylor Made Putter and Titleist ball
2. Inbee park – Dunlop driver, Taylor Made fairway woods, Dunlop irons, Dunlop and Cleveland Wedges, Odysee putter, and Srixon ball.
3. Michelle Wie – Diver, Fairway woods, irons, wedges, putter, and ball…….All Nike.
4. Lydia Ko – Calloway Driver, fairway woods, irons, wedges, putter, and ball.
5. So Yeon Ryu – Honma Driver, Calloway 3 wood, Honma hybrids, a mix of Honma and Calloway wedges, Odessey putter, and Titleist ball.
For a complete list of clubs of all LPGA players, click here.
