I got a great phone call from one of my regular golf buddies today. My pal Dave had just finished a round at our home course from the tips, which is very tough. He’d just dropped a nice little 66.
Congrats Dave. I need shots now.
Note: Because I get so many “food” submissions for the lifestyle section of this blog I’ve decided to start a food site. Some items which appear here may or may not be there or vice versa. That site, whose name will be announced soon, is under development! Stay tuned.
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a connoisseur of hot sauce. I must have 25 bottles of random hot sauce at home at any given time. My most recent devouring was of Florida Gold‘s “Original American” and “Salsa Picante Latin Flavor” premium habanero sauces.
Typically I don’t mind habanero based sauces but prefer the taste of other peppers like jalapenos because they’re a bit sweeter. Most habanero sauces I’ve tried have the same dark taste with mega heat and it is hard to tell them apart. Florida Gold’s sauces do not fall into that category. They have great and unique flavor, as well as the heat which you expect from habaneros.
I sampled two of the three flavors Florida Gold offers. My favorite was the Salsa Picante Latin because it was a bit more fun and flavorful but both sauces were excellent. It took me only two days to polish off both bottles between having them with tortilla chips, tacos and burritos.
Critiques
Loved the sauce, but the Florida Gold web site needs a major overhaul.
Conclusion
Hot sauce isn’t all about heat. If it was just about heat, I’d just hit my taste buds with a blow torch. Florida Gold’s sauces bring heat, but have a unique and fun flavor which makes them stand out over other habanero sauces.
I’ve been playing with some fun tees lately called Royal Tees. They’re tees shaped like the castle piece of a chess set.
Royal Tee Overview
The Royal Tee is a soft rubber tee which is very flexible. The tee bends away from the club at impact, which reduces spin and resistance and results in longer and straighter drives. The crown of the tee has soft prongs which also help reduce friction.
Sizes
Royal Tees come in four lengths for irons, fairways, woods and driver. The lengths listed below are from ground level to the top of the tee:
.5 inch
1.0 inch
1.5 inch
2.0 inch
2.5 inch
Colors
Royal Tees are available in four colors: white, pink, orange and blue.
On the course
I enjoy using my Royal Tees on the course. Perhaps the best advantage of using the Royal Tees is having a consistent teeing height. Once I find the right tee height for the particular club I am using, my shot can be grooved. I achieve consistent ball flight and launch angles.
Royal Tee’s statistics show longer distance and better accuracy with robotic testing as a result of using their tees. I don’t doubt these findings, but I didn’t “gain 20 yards on my drives” when I switched. I’m guessing the consistent ball teeing height is more responsible for my accuracy and distance (and confidence) when on the real course.
Conclusion
Royal Tees are a fun variance to normally drab and boring segment in golf equipment. They’re durable, easy to use and don’t poke holes in your pockets.
It is now five days since the big wedding. It was a spectacular event. Mrs. Guru and I are very happy. Unfortunately an emergency forced us to cut our honeymoon in Vegas short and come back home in less than 48 hours. But the time we had there was spectacular at the new hotel Vdara in the new City Center development. I plan on doing a Vdara review here for the travel and lifestyle sections. Once things are back to normal and have calmed down, we’ll try to sneak away for honeymoon version 2.0. Meanwhile, I’m settling back in and winding up the HOG hand crank on some new material, product reviews and general golf blogging.
My pal 4Checker did a nice Colonial preview over at The Golf Space. Check it out.