Back at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show, I visited the Bridgestone Booth.. if you can call it that, it was rather large for a booth, perhaps we can call it the Bridgestone area… They were demonstrating their new golf ball fitting challenge. The gist of it was pretty simple. They had you hit your current…
Golf Ball Reviews
2011 Golf Digest Golf Ball Hotlist
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It’s that time of year again, the 2011 Golf Digest Golf Ball Hotlist has been released. If you’re contemplating trying out a new golf ball, I think this is a great place to start. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s not end all when it comes to making your golf ball selection, but it’s definitely an…
Nike 20XI Golf Ball Review
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The 20XI is the latest premium golf ball to be released by Nike and they hit the stores April 29th, 2011 with a price tag of $45.99 per dozen. These are going to replace the Nike One Tour line. The golf balls I used in this review were the special Masters edition of the Nike…
Special Edition Nike Lunar Control Shoes & 20XI Golf Balls
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I came home today and much to my elation, there was a lovely care package waiting for me. I know I’ve written about this before, but I LOVE getting surprise packages, always brings me back to being a kid on Christmas morning, staring at this years haul, mind racing with all the possibilities of the…
Nike 20XI Golf Ball – an inside out approach to design
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Update: Check out our Nike 20XI Golf Ball Review The Nike 2oXI is the newest premium golf ball to be released by the company and as with any new golf ball, it declares that the innovative technology will dramatically enhance the performance of golfers around the world. But unlike other golf ball companies, they’ve done…
Importance of finding a golf ball for your swing speed
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This video, once you get past the corny intro and cold ball reference, is actually pretty good info. The gents from Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club conducted a study on the importance of matching the compression of a golf ball to your swing speed. They also did a study of the effect of cold weather on…
2010 Golf Digest Golf Ball Hotlist
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The 2010 Golf Digest Golf Ball Hotlist has been posted and the results, as usual aren’t too shocking. Every year, in addition to the rest, Golf Digest releases this years golf ball hotlist. The categories vary slightly from year to year, but overall, it’s a great resource to use if you’re in the market for…
TaylorMade Penta is Now Available!
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A while back I had the opportunity to review the TaylorMade Penta TP and I loved it. Just received word yesterday that Golfsmith now has them available on their website. Before, you could only find them in select retail stores in the sunbelt. They’re supposed to be release on March 1st, 2010, glad to see…
TaylorMade Penta TP Golf Ball Review
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Back in August, I received word that TaylorMade was going to be releasing golf’s first five layer ball ever created called the TaylorMade Penta TP. It took them three years to develop this ball and the name Penta comes from the greek word pente, which means five. According to TaylorMade, Penta TP is the first…
TaylorMade Five-Piece Penta Golf Ball
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After three years in development, TaylorMade has announced the release of their new golf ball the TaylorMade Penta Golf Ball. The name Penta, comes from the greek word pente, means five. It’s mainly used as a prefix to many of the commonly used words today, pentagon, pentagram. Also, some of the not so commonly used,…
Bridgestone and Srixon Online Golf Ball Fitting
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I found a couple of links I thought were pretty cool. A lot of times, folks are pretty uncertain as to which golf ball they should purchase and most of the time their decisions are either based on word of mouth or price. Bridgestone and Srixon came out with a pretty cool tool that will…
Golf Ball Hotlist 2009
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I don’t know if you guys are familiar with Golf Digest’s Hot Lists, but they are a great source of information if your in the market for new golf gear. They recently released their Hotlist 2009 for Golf Balls. They tested every ball on the market, using multiple variables (player, robot and air-cannon testing) and…
Top-Flite Gamer Golf Ball
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There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding this golf ball recently and I was unable to resist being swept up in the hype. Here’s the link I went to the old Special-T Golf up the street to inquire about this ball and the salesman had never heard of it… don’t ya hate that? So we…
The Caesar Featherie Dimple-less Golf Ball
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The cool folks over at the Caesar Golf Company sent me some of these Caesar Featherie golf balls to review. Played a round yesterday at Hunter’s Creek and tried them out. I know your probably asking why I went back there and my answer is a universal truth that we all can appreciate, “It was…
X-out Golf Balls
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I was reading Frank Talk over there at golfdigest.com. He’s a pretty entertaining fellow who discusses golf equipment. Here’s a link. Pretty much, he’s a dear Abbey for golf where people ask him questions and he writes responses up for everyone to read. 🙂 One of today’s questions was “What is the difference between X-out…