Welcome
From The Editor
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Featured Repair Shop
Texas Indoor Golf - Grapevine, Texas
Our featured "Recognized" Mitchell® Club Repair Shop this month is Texas Indoor Golf in Grapevine, Texas.
This state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in the Dallas, Texas area. It is sure to become a trend for indoor golf facilities. Check out what Texas Indoor Golf offers.
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Club Repair Workbench
The Importance of Properly Fit Lie Angles in Hybrid Clubs
Have you replaced your long irons with hybrids? Do you know that the lie angle of all golf clubs influence the direction the ball starts when hit?
It is just as important to have the lie angle of your hybrids dynamically fit to your swing as it is for the rest of your irons. Learn more about how to get better performance with your longer shots.
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Playing By The Rules
USGA and R&A Rules Dictate Club Performance
Do you know if your clubs conform to the Rules of golf? More than likely they do. However, there is a specific procedure in place that requires manufacturers to submit samples to the USGA and/or R&A for a ruling on whether the club conforms to the Rules before the club is manufactured. This is to ensure continuity in the design and performance of clubs.
But there are some manufactures that choose not to follow this procedure. Their clubs do not conform to the Rules and therefore, are not eligible for USGA and R&A competition. This is generally done for marketing purposes.
This column explains how golfers must abide by Rule 4. Clubs; and how Appendix II, Design Of Clubs can influence club performance.
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Tech Report Library
Golf Science
Have you often wondered if the performance claims made about golf clubs and balls are 100% truthful? Some times the claims are just stories started as rumors. Other times they are the interpretation that may not be scientifically correct of what manufacturers' claim about their products. Different people tend to interpret the same information differently. And when shared as facts with others it can turn into hype. Thus, disinformation spreads throughout the golf world.
Articles in our Tech Report Library from industry professionals dispel some myths that seem to thrive in different golf circles. It will explain the facts about club and ball performance and the correct scientific approach for determining performance factors.
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Teaching & Fitting Studio
New Learning Center Concept
Golf club performance continues its growth of importance as indicated by the latest trend in building learning centers right on the range. This idea started a few years ago and is catching on nationwide.
The typical teaching & fitting studio is completely outfitted with the latest teaching tools including video, club fitting carts and a state-of-the-art club performance repair shop.
Ray Cutright, PGA Professional, Idle Hour Club in Macon, Georgia has enhanced the lesson program and moved club performance repairs from the Pro Shop to the range in their new state-of-the-art learning center. Ray and his staff offer the most complete and ideal combination of golf instruction and club performance upgrades.
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Tour Workshop
Stats
According to the Darrell Survey the majority of pros once again depended on Golf Pride® grips at a major tournament. The PGA Championship played outside of Chicago on August 17-20, featured Golf Pride grips on 1,817 (83.2 percent) clubs compared to just 367 (16.8 percent) clubs for all other competitors’ grips.
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What's Hot
Golf shafts continue to be a hot upgrade on tour. It appears this year’s introduction of the Grafalloy ProLaunch Red by True Temper will take the trophy for the hottest new shaft of tour. It recently added a major title on the Champions Tour making 7 professional wins the shaft captured in 6 weeks.
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Test Performance
GolfTestUSA
Have you replaced your long irons with hybrid utility clubs? Or are you thinking about doing so? GolfTestUSA, an independent testing company has tested the popular hybrids for distance, control, accuracy, forgiveness, sound, appearance, feel and ball flight. Check out what they concluded from golfers of all handicaps testing the most popular hybrids clubs.
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New Upgrades
Product Introductions - Shafts
True Temper® Sports introduced its new Black Gold® Frequency Tuned shaft this year and it was the hottest shaft on tour with two top ten finishes during the West Coast Swing on the PGA Tour.
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Product Introductions - Grips
Golf Pride introduces a rainbow of new putter grip colors. They are offering five exciting new Dual Durometer™ putter grips ranging from red to pink. Check this out!
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Classroom
Learn how better club performance can lower your scores?
Do you have specific questions about how improved club performance can help your game? We welcome your questions. Email them to us and we will respond with the answer. Selected questions and answers are posted here for our readers to view.
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