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I guess my grooves are clean.  They ought to be since I have so many different groove cleaning options…

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I finally got to meet my pals from Tattoo Golf in person at this year’s PGA Show!

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At the PGA Show demo day I walked by a covered booth and saw this guy hitting balls about one per 1-2 seconds via an automated ball dispenser.  He was over three hours into his world record attempt for the most golf balls hit in 12 hours.  He did break the record and ended up with 7721.

Below they’re taking a quick break to tape up the blisters…

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I’ve finished uploading all of my 2010 PGA Merchandise Show Photos. I’ve got shots from many booths, after hours, tear down and demo day.  Below are a few samples.

Above: Tail Of The Tiger Golf Balls which have the first 12 Tiger Woods mistresses on them

Above: Demo Day… Taping up the hands during the world record attempt at most golf balls hit in 12 hours.

Above: Titleist booth (with hot chick walking through)

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Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend a super high end media only event at this year’s PGA Show, the announcement by my good friends at Bridgestone Golf about their new flavors of B330-RX. The RX (RX must be because the ball is prescription strength) is perhaps my favorite golf ball.

Two new series, the RX and RXS will cater even more to golfers (like me) with slower swing speeds.

Here’s my original Bridgestone B330-RX golf ball review.

Bridgestone’s press release is below.
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I’ve had the pleasure of evaluating several different brands and models of golf balls over the last season.  I’m beginning to wonder if any company is making a bad golf ball these days.  One of the very best is the Srixon Z-Star and Z-Star-x series.  The Z-Star is the softer and and more “spinny” of the two.

Z-Star Construction

The Z-Star is a three layer ball.  The three layers are the core, mid-layer and cover.

The cover is .02 inches and made of urethane.  The thin cover helps the player control shots and gives the player great control in the short game.

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So it is January 6, 2010.  I can’t quite remember the last time I hit a golf ball.  Wait, it is coming back to me.  It was last year, December 21st.  For me to go 16 days without playing golf is like Obama going 29 seconds without saying the word “change.”  It is like JD going 12 minutes without a beer, TW going two hours without… oh boy.  Nevermind.

For my last few rounds before Antarctica struck (and don’t get me started on the global warming farce because I’m freezing my golf balls off right now) I played with the new Bridgesone e6 Straight golf ball.  Straight is a good thing on my home course, because left is hazard and right is hazard.  Well, short is hazard and long is hazard too but I can hit a straight ball right into a water hazard short.

Should I start over?  I feel like I’m twisting my own brain into a pretzel.  How one twists three braincells (the max my cranium can hold) into a pretzel is another story… Think my medication prescription ran out?  Nope, it is just winter here.  And winter sucks because I can’t golf.

e6 Straight

OK I have to ask before I do my e6 “Straight” overview.  Is there an e6 “gay” or as I prefer to say in a more politically correct manner, “e6 heterosexually challenged?”

Thank you very much.  I’ll be here all weekend.

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As 2009 comes to a close it is time for my annual HOG SPACE awards. For those new readers, HOG is short for my blog Hooked On Golf Blog. SPACE is short for my golf networking site called The Golf Space. The awards come in no particular order. Just how they leak out of my cranium. Drum roll please…
Player of the year & “Playa” of the year	Tiger Woods
Best golf course I played in 2009	Black Mesa in New Mexico, pictured below. And yes I played TPC Sawgrass this year and like Black Mesa better…
Black Mesa, New Mexico
Best new driver	TaylorMade r9. I would have picked the Nike STR8-Fit, but since my STR8-Fit head caved in and Nike wouldn’t replace it, I’m awarding the best new driver to TaylorMade’s r9.
Best new golf accessory	Sumi-G Head Covers
Best putter I played in 2009	Rife Hybrid Tour Mallet
Best irons	Titleist AP2
Best new golf ball	Bridgestone B330-RX
Best golf shoe (tie)	FootJoy Icon and Puma Swing GTX tie for best golf shoe of 2009. Tough choice.
Best resort, mud bath and spa I reviewed	Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs
Best new golf apparel item	Sumi-g Dormy Belt
Best new golf company	Winner of the best new apparel item and best new accessory, SUMI-G is hands down the best new golf company for 2009!
Funniest, yet useful golf gag item	MySack
Best new golf site	Home of Golf by Andy Brown. Andy is great and does great video interviews from Scotland.
Best golf site for women	The Golf Girl (needs new URL)
Best golf blog (tie)	This is a tie between Geoff Shackelford and Armchair Golf Blog
Shot of the year	I hole out a 5-iron for eagle on a par-4.

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Two crooks (alleged) were busted for selling Titleist ProV1 golf balls for cheap, but never delivering the product.  They also would set up accounts, purchase golf balls from shops and never pay for them. Total scammed was around $400,000.

ProV1’s aren’t cheap.  If some company says they can sell you a brand new dozen of them for $25, back away from your wallet.  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Full press release below.

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Jan 28-30 in Orlando, Florida is the 2010 PGA Merchandise Show.  For the 2nd year in a row after a period of not participating, Titleist will have a presence there as well as at the demo day.  Demo day is the day before the show starts on the show floor.

I plan on attending the show this year so I should once again be getting the scoop on the latest and greatest from Titleist and hundreds of other golf companies in Orlando.

UPDATE: Typo fixed.  Thanks to those who pounded it through my thick cranium

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