The Mole’s been digging and came across this very interesting new wedge concept from TaylorMade. It has XFT, another great TLA (three letter abbreviation) by the TaylorMade boys, which stands exchangeable face technology. XFT fits right in with the family, who can forget MWT (moveable weight technology) or FCT (flight control technology)... worse than an IT manual!
The Mole stumbled across these pictures today, and well, it made him feel rather depressed. The current Senior PGA Championship winner, Michael Allen, has an LCD screen in/on his golf bag, which displays adverts during his round... What is the world coming to?
The likes of Camilo Villegas, Ian Poulter, Geoff Ogilvy and JB Holmes are apparently all trying out Cobra’s new adjustable ZL driver ahead of this week’s Barclays Championship at Liberty National.
In what seems like a never-ending saga Titleist and Callaway are still battling over the use of alleged Callaway patents in the legendary ProV1. A recent ruling found the claim on one of the patents to be invalid while the others were “irreconcilable” and, as a result, the case is going back for a new trial...
The tradition at TaylorMade (recently) has been to release a special-edition logo for each of the Majors. Here is the 2009 PGA Championship edition, with an explanation. Check it out!
Something that the Mole enjoys seeing is when Adams releases a new set of irons. After working in a golf shop for a brief stint and seeing the wonders that Adams clubs can do for golfers, especially seniors, the excitement is justified. Just ask Tom Watson!
A ball is just a ball, right? Well, not really, as the Mole learnt a while back. It’s all about the use of different materials (polyurethanes, plastics... which the Mole will leave to the engineers) and combinations of layers (of different thicknesses).
If you we ever in any doubt that golf technology wasn’t progressing, then you should read this stat: In 1991 when Fred Funk played the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick his average drive was 252 yards... Almost 20 years later, he has gained 40 yards!
In the latest issue of Compleat Golfer, the assistant ed interviews the power-hitting JB Holmes. The Mole got his hands on the recording of the interview and loved this classic snippet on how the groove rule changes to be implemented on tour next year will affect JB.
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