Kentwool, located in Greenville, South Carolina is a family-owned business that’s been manufacturing fine wool yarn since 1843. They broke into the footwear market in 2010 when they started selling premium merino wool golf socks. It all started one sunny day when CEO Mark Kent found himself on the 18th hole during the BMW Nationwide…
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Fila Golf Shirts make playing in the heat a breeze
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Recently, I went on a golf familiarization trip to Florida’s First Coast of Golf. To show the world that Orlando Golf Blogger travels in style (or at least we like to think so), I contacted Fila about getting some golf shirts from their 2011 line with the OGB Logo stitched on them. I ordered six…
Kikkor Golf – 30 Yard Saucer Pass
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James Lepp from Kikkor Golf has some serious skills with a wedge and had a promising career as a professional golfer before deciding to try his hand as an entrepreneur. Using his signature Saucer Pass, watch him land three shots from 30 yards out to within six feet. So, I was only going to…
A day at the office for the Kikkor Golf team
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Below is a video of a typical day at the office for the Kikkor Golf fellas. That James Lepp (CEO and professional golfer) has some serious short game skills off the deck… literally! One question… who do I submit my application for employment to? I met these fellas at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show and…
AB Golf Designs Throwback Collection Head Covers
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At the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show, I had the opportunity to meet the fellas from AB Golf Designs and was able peruse their extensive collection of wicked cool golf club head covers. This year, the hot ticket item at their booth was the new gnome driver head cover, punctuated by the fact that as we…
Battle of the Golf Blogs 2011 – WITB
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As was requested, here’s the 2011 Battle of the Golf Blogs WITB. Rob Hayashida (sandbox8.com) Driver: TM Burner SuperFast 2.0 10.5 R Flex Fairway: TM Burner 5 W Aldila NVS 65 R Flex Hybrid: Cobra Baffler 4 Hybrid R Flex Irons: Nike VR Pro Combo (PW, 9,8,6) Dynamic Gold R Flex; Ping S56 (5 and…
Battle of the Golf Blogs 2011 Recap & Movie
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As a quick recap, Battle of the Golf Blogs is an annual golf tournament between golf bloggers currently in it’s third year. It takes place the weekend after the PGA Merchandise Show at one of the local Orlando Golf Courses. The last two years it has taken place at one of Orlando’s best golf courses,…
Battle of the Golf Blogs 2011 Movie Trailer
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Battle of the Golf Blogs 2011 took place last Saturday, January 29th out at Falcon’s Fire Golf Course. It was a grudge match year between Tony Korologos from HookedOnGolfBlog.com and myself. He won the 2009 Battle and I won the 2010. Due to some unforeseen Ice patch (in the parking lot of the Ski resort)…
2011 Battle of the Golf Blogs
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Every year (well, for the past three years), golf bloggers from all over the globe have come together during the PGA Merchandise show week for an event of epic proportions… yes my friends it’s time again for the 2011 BATTLE OF THE GOLF BLOGS!!!!!!!! It’s a contest of skill, might, tenacity, courage and perseverance! The…
Ask the Fitter & Win a free custom club fitting
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Last week I wrote about my custom driver fitting out at the Orlando TaylorMade Performance Lab, which was a completely awesome experience. The driver recommendation was a 9.5 degree TaylorMade R9 SuperTri TP with an Aldila RIP 70 gram stiff shaft with a club head (NU) setting and a 16g weight in the heel. Working…
BuildASign.com – Custom Golf Sign Designs and more!
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BuildASign.com is a custom sign design company that provides you with the tools you need to make customized products in as little five minutes. They’ve been in business for over five years and they have every type of signage you can think of, from vinyl banners to custom decals. They have over 20 different types…
KIBO Wear – a new line of casual golf shirts
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KIBO Wear is a grass roots company with a new line of casual golf shirts that launched May 1st. 2010. The concept behind the company is to create a line of golf shirts with the idea of blending golf elements with that of organic natural designs. Speaking with KIBO Wear president Clive Tollman, he had…
Free Golf Courtesy of Golfhub.com
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Happy Memorial Day! I hope you had a great weekend and spent some time reflecting on the sacrifices many have made in service to our country. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away free golf all week long courtesy of Golfhub.com. To enter, just become a fan of the Orlando Golf Blogger Facebook fanpage. Every day…
Mail.com $5,000 giveaway
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Got this in my email today. It’s not golf related, but hey, you could win $5,000 and finally get an email address that you don’t have to be ashamed to give to strangers! 🙂 The giveaway ends May 31st, 2010 and all you have to do to enter is signup for an email address using…
Custom Belt Buckles from Bettinardi
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I first heard about Bettinardi earlier this year when I received a press release mentioning their new 2010 Putter line. The owner of the company, Bob Bettinardi has been making putters for years and the putters are pretty coveted by those who roll with them. I received a Bettinardi BB1 putter a couple weeks before…
Golf Gifts anyone can appreciate – PhotoBallMarker
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If you ask me, shopping for golf gifts for others is one of the most difficult tasks one can engage in. Primarily because every golfer’s tastes are completely different and there are so many options to choose from that you’ll spend hours trying to pick something out, only to change your mind the next day.…
The new face of Orlando Golf Blogger!
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After a grueling battle between three mighty contestants, the winner of the OrlandoGolfBlogger logo contest has been decided. See below.. The logo was created by freelance graphic designer Sarah Garney, who was referred to me by fellow golf blogger Tony Korologos (hookedongolfblog.com). She’s done a couple golf design projects for him and he highly recommended…
Vote for your favorite OGB logo
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A couple weeks ago, I sent out an email blast to some folks asking for their participation in the create a logo for OGB contest. I wasn’t very specific on what I wanted other than OGB and the url. Here’s what they came up with, vote for which logo you like the best. Voting will…
2010 PGA Merchandise Show – Spotless Swing Golf Towel
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I picked up a Spotless Swing Golf Towel at the 2010 PGA Merchandise Show and used it during the 2010 Battle of the Golf Blogs out at Falcon’s Fire. This is a very cool product. It is a multipurpose golf towel that’s three functions in one. The outside of the towel is used to wipe…
Vote for me! Orlando Sentinel’s Orbbies!
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Orlando Sentinel is putting on an “Orlando’s Rockin Blogs” contest and Orlando Golf Blogger was nominated in the sports category. Voting runs from now until November 20th at 5:00pm EST. You can vote once a day in each individual category as well as best over all category. Gonna need your help here, all 13k of…