Dornoch Putters by Grant Mackay – I’ve Got A New Putter In The Bag

September 7th, 2010

I don’t switch putters very often.  In fact, the last time I switched was because my old putter was stolen.  I’ve switched and I’m very happy with my new putter by Grant Mackay of Dornoch Putters.  This thing is amazing.

Set Up

I missed the DHL guy a couple of times.  I didn’t know what he was delivering.  On the 3rd day he finally caught me and handed me a golf club box.  The problem was that the top 1/3 of the box was gone and there was the handle of a golf club sticking out about 1.5 feet.  I looked at the return address and this thing had come clear from Scotland.  I asked the DHL guy about the condition of the box and he said “this is the way it was when it got to me.”   Surprisingly the putter had survived a trip from Scotland to Utah with half the box gone and/or destroyed.

I tested the putter out on the practice green a few days later and shot some pictures of it, as I do for all my reviews.  I wasn’t quite done testing it on the practice green, not confident enough to try it on the course yet.  The next day I forgot to put my regular putter back in the bag and found out the Dornoch Putter was in play when I arrived at the 1st green in my Thursday money game.  Uh oh.  That could be expensive.

As it turned out, it was expensive…  for my opponents.  I putted so well that day, that the putter hasn’t left my bag since.

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Privacy Please

September 7th, 2010

Haven’t played much golf lately, just 19 holes in about four weeks.  Hopefully that schedule will improve soon, because yesterday we had frost on the ground.  Winter is coming.

So I’m on #8 two days ago and I see a praying mantis on the cart path.  He’s next to some other insects looking at them, figuring out which one he was going to have for lunch.  When I came up, the mantis took off but the other three insects didn’t care about my presence.  They were busy.  Insert porno soundtrack here:

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Charley Hoffman wins Deutsche Bank with final round 62. I wonder if he and Rickie Fowler go to the same hair stylist?

September 6th, 2010

Wow there are some very surprising results during this year’s FedEx Cup Playoffs so far, with two more tournaments to go.  Neither Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson are even in the top ten in points.

FedEx Cup Top Five

1. Matt Kuchar
2. Charlie Hoffman
3. Steve Stricker
4. Jason Day
5. Luke Donald

Charlie Hoffman found the zone yesterday with a 62 to pull away from the field and win the Deutsche Bank, vaulting him from 59th 2nd in the FedEx Cup standings.  Despite that, I doubt Corey Pavin will pick Charlie for the Ryder Cup unless perhaps he stays hot for the next two events.

The big question about Charlie, is if he and Rickie Fowler go to the same hair stylist?

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Iconic Doorstep

September 3rd, 2010

It doesn’t suck when you get home to find a box like this waiting for you on your doorstep.

The contents are amazing.  Photos and reviews coming soon.

Hard to classify golf shoes.  They’re apparel, but they’re equipment too.

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My local PGA pro does more than help my short game

September 3rd, 2010

I haven’t driven my car in two weeks. The damn battery was dead this morning.

It was nice of my local PGA pro Guy Lester to come over to my house and jump start my car. That’s what I call service!

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PING and Apple joining forces? That has to be good, right?

September 2nd, 2010

Two of my favorite companies are Apple and PING.  If I could have a PING laptop I’m sure it would be easy to hit and the longest laptop on the market.

PING and Apple are working together on a new feature in Apple’s iTunes called “social music discovery.”


I’m not sure what PING and Apple have to do with discovering social music so stand by while I try to figure out just what they’re doing.

Clarification

Now that I’ve read deeper, it appears that Apple and PING are not working from a physical product standpoint.  It appears that PING owns the rights to any social network using the name PING so Apple must have reached out to them.  Apple’s new Ping is simply a new music social network where you can follow artists and the artists your friends follow.

Ping test drive = FAIL

Okay, after another hour I must say I’m not terribly impressed with Apple’s Ping.  After setting up a profile, in which attempting to upload two different JPG’s for my profile image failed, I selected the following genres of music which I like: Rock, jazz and blues.  There was no METAL or even just heavy rock selection, which is lame.  That’s my main genre.

After setting up rock-jazz-blues, Ping’s first suggestion for me was Lady Gaga.  Um, that is not rock, jazz or blues.  Selection #2 for me, based on my rock-jazz-blues selection was Yo-Yo Ma, a classical cellist.  Last time I checked, classical cello music isn’t in the rock-jazz-blues genre.  Selection #3 (stop me any time) was Katy Perry, bubble gum pop.  If I listened to that for more than 9 seconds I think my head would explode.

I’m sorry Apple (and/or PING), but Ping in it’s current state is a definite FAIL.  NONE of the artists the engine selected for me were anywhere near the style I’m looking for, and once again METAL was not listed as a category I could select.  FAIL.

Ping’s press release below

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Still on blogcation, but maybe this pic will give you an idea where I am

August 30th, 2010

Check out my new girlfriend.  She’s sort of famous.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

August 29th, 2010

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Off The Grid

August 27th, 2010

I’m heading out of the country today on a blogcation.  I’ll be off the grid until around September 1.

See you on the other side.

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I bought a box of cereal just because Paul Azinger was on it?

August 25th, 2010

I’m at the grocery store the other day picking up grub, so I can nourish and strengthen myself for good golf blogging.  With three food eating machines (teenagers) in the house, I usually get bulk or large bags of cereal.  But this time around I couldn’t resist buying a box of Post Cereal.  Why?  Because Paul Azinger was on the box.  It caught my eye in an isle with hundreds of cereal boxes.  Congratulations Post.  Your Zinger campaign has netted you one extra sale.

The images on this box are sort of funny.  I’m not sure if it is just the angle of the image or what, but Paul’s head looks a little over-sized.  This image shows what I’m talking about even more than the one above.

Apparently there’s some contest Post is having where you can win a golf trip, including a round with Paul Azinger.  So I bought the box thinking “what the hell?  It would be fun to golf with Paul Azinger and show him what a low draw looks like.”  Well, I accidentally threw away the box when I was done eating the cereal without entering the damn contest.  Oh shoot.  I’ll have to teach Zinger the low draw some other time.

Yes, you can note the items in my cart:  Milk (for the cereal), Paul Azinger Post Cereal and extra virgin olive oil.  Those are the three staples of life, right?

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