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The SUMI-G divot tool is not for every golfer. For golfer’s on a budget, a cheap plastic divot tool will do. After all, we just want to make more putts and have better greens. But for the discerning golfer, the $24 SUMI-G divot tool is as elegant as it is functional. In fact, it is a dead heat.  As a bonus, you can store it in the accessory box of your Porsche.

Forged?

You’ve heard of forged golf clubs? They have the best feel and performance. How about having a forged stainless steel divot tool? There’s nothing like the feel of forged on the course, when you fix that ball mark right on the sweet spot. Ahem.

Built in ball marker

If you own certain other SUMI-G products like say, the mega cool Dormy or Stymie belts like I do, you can use the interchangeable ball marker. The divot tool’s included ball marker secures to a magnet on the head, as well as magnets in the super-hip SUMI-G belt buckles. And once again, the use of said ball markers or SUMI-G gear is called “SumiGizing.”

On the course

The forks on the SUMI-G divot tool are bent inward and downward to provide the perfect angles for fixing ball marks. My pal Marius, the brains behind SUMI-G, rubbed together the massive gray matter inside his cranium and figured this out somehow. That’s why he’s a pioneering golf inventor and I’m not.

The tool is light in my pocket. It doesn’t weigh down my now “falling down” pants, since I’ve dropped a few LB’s this season. My pants would completely fall down if not for my SUMI-G belts as a matter of fact.

Critiques

Mark this down. This is the first “critique” I have regarding a SUMI-G product. As awesome as Marius’ products are, it may be the last as well.

On very hard greens the tool is tough to use. There isn’t quite enough length to get good leverage. The corners on the top of the tool can painfully poke the palm of my hand.

Keep in mind this is really a stretch. I’ve encountered conditions like this in one round out of close to 40.

Conclusion

Man this tool is sexy and shiny too!  I love shiny toys.

This is a unique piece which will last longer than you will, with its stainless steel forged design.  The magnetic ball marker is very convenient and interchanges with SUMI-G belts.  The greens and your fellow golfers will be thankful you ponied up the bucks for a great divot tool.

Related links

Buy SUMI-G products online at The Golf Space SHOP and at the SUMI-G home site.

I have a few images of the SUMI-G divot tool and other SUMI-G products in the HOG SUMI-G gallery.

SUMI-G headcover review.  Do your headcovers have a “rigid exoskeleton”???

SUMI-G Dormy belt review.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Accessories, Golf Equipment, Golf Reviews golf divot tool, sumi-g

If you only knew how many golf gadgets I have in my house…  It is tough to pick which one I’ll try out each day I go to the course.   With all the rain here lately in Seattle Salt Lake it has been a good opportunity to put The Club Caddy into play and I’ve been quite satisfied with the results.

The Club Caddy is basically a spring loaded “Y” shaped clamp which attaches to the shaft of a club and provides two of three legs of a tripod.  The third leg is the club shaft.  The unit elevates the club grip off the wet grass and keeps the club easily accessible, especially good for those with bad backs like myself.  It also serves as a reminder not to forget a club.

The footprint isn’t exactly conducive to putting in your pocket or storing inside smaller pockets of your golf bag.  But the unit comes with a bag clamp to attach it to.  You don’t really need to do that though, as you can attach the “Y” to the shafts of clubs in the bag, bag straps etc.

As you can see by my 2nd image, I’ve managed to use The Club Caddy to not only keep my clubs dry, but my playing partner’s as well.

Conclusion

It is tough to write a 2000 word review on something like this so I won’t even attempt it.

I was skeptical before I started using this thing.  You can even ask The Club Caddy inventor David Jones.  In one of my email responses to him I told him it wasn’t likely I’d use it.  That being said, I’m pleasantly surprised at the usefulness of this device, having dealt with a ton of rain and soggy conditions on the golf course lately.  I really don’t like trying to hit shots with wet grips.

I’m not the only one who likes this unit either.  It won the Golf Channel program “Fore Inventors Only.”

Golfer’s love to buy toys but in today’s economy that can be tough. The price point of The Club Caddy is reasonable at $14.99.  I think going beyond the $15 level for an impulse buy golf gadget is a tough sell.

Related links

I have a few more shots of The Club Caddy, including the shot of it with the bag attachment, in the HOG Club Caddy gallery.

The Club Caddy is available to purchase at The Club Caddy web site and I hope to soon have it availabe in The Golf Space SHOP.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Accessories, Golf Reviews Club Caddy, Golf Accessory

I got an email from Nike a few weeks back asking if I’d be willing to do an unbiased comparison between their adjustable driver, the STR8-FIT, and the TaylorMade r9.  I thought that sounded like fun so I agreed to do it.  I did feel that I had to let them know that historically I haven’t been a Nike fan.  In fact, in some posts here I’ve quite critical.  I flat out told my Nike contact that if I thought their driver sucked I’d write it.

At this time I have no affiliation with Nike or TaylorMade, nor do I have any of either companies’ clubs in my bag.

Areas of comparison

The first thing I decided I should do is come up with a set of guidelines for the comparison.  Based on my typical golf club reviews here I decided I’d focus on the following areas:  features, looks, feel/feedback, ease of use and performance.

Left: TaylorMade r9 driver – Right: Nike STR8-FIT driver

I’ll cover each in a paragraph or two, and put a comparison grid showing my results below.  I used a stock r9 and STR8-FIT in a 9.5 degree head with stiff shaft.

Nike STR8-FIT v.s. TaylorMade r9 – Let the battle begin

Features

The Nike STR8-FIT comes with a special tool for removing the head as does the TaylorMade r9.  Nike’s tool goes around the shaft where the head connects.  The TaylorMade is used from under the head.  Each tool is essentially a torque wrench which allows you to tighten just right without over tightening.  The TaylorMade tool clicks when tight enough and the Nike actually makes a beeping sound and flashes a red light.

Left: Nike Tool  Right: TaylorMade Tool

I give TaylorMade a point because their tool is smaller and easier to store.  I take away a point because Nike’s tool is a bit too big.  Nike scores a point because their tool is easier to use than the TaylorMade as you have better leverage.

A feature the TaylorMade r9 has which the Nike STR8-FIT doesn’t is movable weights inside the head.  The r9 has three weights, allowing you to set the head up for a neutral, draw or fade bias.  TM scores a point.

Each driver has adjustments via changing the shaft/head combination for the club’s lie, face position (as in closed or open x degrees).  TaylorMade’s labeling of the different available positions is a bit easier to understand than Nike’s but neither is terribly difficult and I can’t quite award TM a point over the Nike on this one, but I do like it better.

Looks

The faces of each of these clubs are noticeably different.  The Nike is wider and the TM is deeper.  They are both so big it doesn’t really matter though.  If you miss either one you are a hack.

Standing over these clubs is a different story.  The TM is more traditional looking than the Nike and is a bit easier on the eye.  The Nike has a decent shape, but does have what I would call “fins” on the back of the head which are gray.  I’m not a fan of the fins but after just a few swings I don’t even notice them.  I’m focused on where the ball meets the club.  No winner here as both drivers have a decent look to them and nothing too wild or busy.

Feel and feedback

This area is probably the biggest difference between these two clubs.  There is a drastic difference in feel and sound at impact.

Sound

The Nike STR8-FIT is loud.  It is easily 10x as loud as the r9.  My golf pals all made fun of it the first few times I hit it and told me they’d have a hard time getting used to the sound.  The r9 is much quieter.  I give the r9 the edge here but if you like loud drivers the Nike may be the ticket for you.

Feedback

In golf “feedback” is referred to as the information you get back from the club regarding the quality level of your contact.  Many golfers can feel whether their shots are inside the face, on the toe etc.  I can usually tell with all of my clubs whether my shot is high or low on the face, inside or outside or on the sweet spot.  Knowing this information and getting the feel of the club allows you to make better swings and adjust your game as needed.

I found on the TaylorMade r9 that I had a very difficult time distinguishing where I made contact on the club face.  Often times I had to actually look at the face to see if the ball made a mark to determine where the contact was.  It seemed that no matter where I hit the r9 on the face, most of the shots felt the same.  No points here.

On the Nike the feedback is a different story.  Perhaps along with the louder sound comes more feedback.  I can tell on the STR8-FIT if I’m even a fraction of an inch outside of center.  I can hit a shot and tell my buddies where on the face the contact occurred and verify it by checking the mark out.  The Nike wins the feedback points in a landslide.

Feel

These two drivers are very different in the feel department.  The r9 has a generally soft and sort of “mushy” feel, for lack of a better description.  The Nike feels harder.  Neither of these is worth points per se,  just two different animals and you may make a decision based on whether or not you like a hard or soft driver feel.

Performance

I started my comparison with both drivers in as neutral a position as I could.  I found that each driver was about as easy or difficult to hit and that I didn’t hit either one amazingly well.  In neutral position my good swings flew well and my poor swings leaked right.

When I flattened the lie out of the Nike I noticed a huge difference in performance for my swing. I’m not terribly tall so the flatter lie obviously put the club face in a much better position for my swing.  The same was true when I flattened out the TaylorMade.  Neither driver “won” this round but I learned something about my swing.  But had I found the holy grail yet?  Soon.

The next position I tried with both drivers is the “right” or fade setup.  I hated both.  The contact of both felt terrible, I lost a ton of distance, and the ball flight was always weak right.  No power fade for me.

When I kept the lie flat but closed each driver one degree, something happened.  I found the holy grail.  The trees at the end of the range where I did my testing I’d lasered at 294 yards.  With the Nike and TaylorMade in one degree closed and flat lie position, I reached the trees on almost every shot with either a straight ball or a slight draw.  I love seeing a draw and I like the extra distance in roll.  I found that with both drivers in this setup, even my bad swings had good results.  I found the holy grail of driver setups.

For fun I started to try and “work” the ball (curve it).  Even in closed position I was able to hit a fade with either driver if I really wanted to.

Nike claims in their ads to have more distance.  I found both drivers to be quite long once I got them setup correctly for my upright hacker chicken wing granny swing.  Using either setup incorrectly, I lost anywhere from 30-50 yards.

So which one is better, the r9 or the STR8-FIT?

It is impossible to really say which one of these two drivers is better.  They’re both very very good.  Each one has definite advantages.  The TM has the movable weights and a softer feel.  The Nike has better feedback and a harder feel, and the tool is easier to use.  They’re both very long and workable.

You can’t go wrong with either one of these clubs and your decision may be based on more aesthetics versus performance.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Clubs, Golf Equipment, Golf Reviews Nike STR8-FIT, TaylorMade r9

This is yet another of what are sure to be glowing reviews of a product by my new golf buddy Marius, the gray matter behind the new hip golf company called SUMI-G. Marius and I met at this year’s PGA Show and have become golf pals, with weekly grudge matches to determine who reigns supreme, at least for one week. For the first time in our playing history, we both played decent last week.  To this date all our battles have been pig fights.  Somehow this week the bugger Marius beat me out of $1.00 despite the fact that I beat him by one stroke.

SUMI-G Dormy Belt

Part of the SUMI-G “Tee Collection,” the Dormy belt is a very hip and stylish belt for golf or just everyday life, unless looking cool isn’t on your list.

The Dormy belt sports that new wider footprint we’re seeing in golf belts these days worn by many of the “in” golf crowd. The width is 1 5/8″ wide.  Note: if you are wearing some old school style golf pants or golf shorts from years ago, this belt may be too wide to fit through the loops. If you pick up one of these belts and it is too wide to fit through the belt loops, that’s a tell tale sign that the “hipness level” of your belt is beyond that of your pants. You’ll need upgrade your pants to match the quality and style of the belt!

The buckle is super stylish and shiny and features a unique double prong to latch it into the belt. Within the buckle is a magnetic SUMI-G ball marker. Using this marker during play is easy and is referred to “Sumigizing.” If you misplace the marker, the belt comes with two backups.

The leather of the belt is very soft. When I have strangers comment on the looks of the belt, I have them feel how soft the leather is. That looks a bit strange to passers by I must admit, but I feel a duty to spread the word on how nice and supple the belt is. It isn’t like a “biker” belt with the cheap hard Tijuana leather. This is Italian leather baby.

Conclusion

The Dormy Belt is yet another mega-stylish, elegant and useful product from my new favorite company SUMI-G.

Just a few minutes ago while sitting here in the San Diego airport withing for a flight, I had someone tell me how cool my belt was (I’m wearing the white one right now). This happens daily.

Related Links

HOG SUMI-G image gallery.

The entire SUMI-G line may be purchased online now at The Golf Space SHOP or at the SUMI-G web site.

My review of the super cool SUMI-G golf head covers which feature rigid exoskeletons.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Apparel, Golf Life, Golf Lifestyle, Golf Reviews father's day, Father's Day Golf Gift, Golf Belt, sumi-g

Back in April Fox News was constantly talking about T-Bagging.  Comedians like Steven Colbert and John Stewart were having a hay day with it.   Funny thing was that Fox didn’t really know what that term meant to some people.  Yes, to us golfers it refers to a very cool golf accessory bag which holds golf tees and makes them easy to access.

The T-Bagg is a fun and inexpensive stretchy mesh bag which hangs from your golf bag or your golf cart.  You put tees in there and stick the pointy end of the tee through the mesh.  When you need a tee you just pull it through the stretch mesh and it it pops out.  Simple.

I was skeptical at first but I’ve grown to really like having that bag handy rather than having a bunch of tees in my pocket poking me or poking holes in my pocket.

Critiques

The only critique I have, which I’ve suggested to my T-Bagg friends, is to change the top of the bag from velcro to magnetic.  I’m not a velcro fan because it wears out and gets shabby over time. With magnets sealing the top of the bag it will last much longer.  I do realize the price point of the T-Bagg at $7.95 retail may not be attainable with more expensive components and assembly if they went with magnets.

Conclusion

The T-Bagg won’t replace my having some tees in my pocket but it is a fun and handy golf gadget which I like.  My golf pals like it too.  I gave two extras to some golf pals and they both rave about them.

Great Father’s Day Golf Gift

Father’s day is coming up and the T-Bagg is a very inexpensive yet unique gift to give to that dad who golfs.  (Kids, don’t get me one since I already have one!).

T-Baggs are available at The Golf Space SHOP, or at the T-Bagg web site.

More T-Bagg pictures are here.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Accessories, Golf Reviews Father's Day Golf Gift, Golf Tee Bag, T-Bagg

I’ve been touting how cool the products from SUMI-G are.  My new golf buddy Marius, the cranium behind SUMI-G, has a talent for making super hip, elegant, unique and functional golf accessories.  Every round of golf I play I have people drooling over my new head covers.  Just two days ago a military buddy of mine wanted the driver cover so bad I gave him the one off my personal set so he could have one in time for a trip to Hawaii.

Tired old head cover designs

Lame head cover #1: This one is a stretchy cotton sock which wears out and eventually just falls off.
Lame head cover #2: This one is leather or plastic and has velcro, which wears and and gets shabby looking over time.
Lame head cover #3: This one is leather or plastic and has a zipper.  The zipper may work for 1-2 rounds, then fails.

SUMI-G Mega-cool super stylin’ hip headcover

Looks

The SUMI-G head cover (hybrid shown upper right, driver cover lower right) has a stylish look with a silky black finish which feels like velvet.  I’m no fashion expert, but the black finish will match any bag color.

Mechanical enclosure

This headcover has a unique mechanical closure which protects the head.  The mechanical enclosure allows for installation of the cover with one hand can be put on the club from the ground without even having to bend over.  This one handed ground installation can save having to bend over dozens of times (drivers, fairways, hybrids) during around, helping guys like me with a bad back stay off the injured reserve list.  This 12 second video below shows just how quick and easy it is to slip the cover on:

Rigid exoskeleton

I’ve been excited to write this review not just because this is the coolest head cover on our planet and several others, but because I could use the words “rigid exoskeleton.”

The SUMI-G head cover employs a rigid exoskeleton to protect the club and the shaft.  Drivers these days are quite an investment and I don’t know about you but I’d sure want a rigid exoskeleton protecting my $500 driver with the $150 shaft.

On the course

These headcovers bring more enjoyment to my golf rounds because of their ease of use.  I just throw the head cover on the ground by the tee and slip it on with one hand when leaving the tee after blistering a drive down the middle.  It has become sort of my “post shot routine.”

Conclusion

Style, uniqueness and a perfectly useful functionality.  This is the coolest innovation in head covers in years and they’re so classy and sharp looking to boot.  Who wouldn’t love to own a head cover which has a rigid exoskeleton and convenient one handed ground installation?

Related links

If you just have to have a set of these head covers now, the new Golf Space SHOP carries the entire SUMI-G product line.

SUMI-G HOG Photo Gallery.

SUMI-G interview at the 2009 PGA Show.

SUMI-G web site.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Accessories, Golf Equipment, Golf Reviews Father's Day Golf Gift, golf head cover, sumi-g

If you’ve thought that Geoff Ogilvy looks stylin’ and you’re not sure why, it is probably because he’s wearing Puma threads.  I’m like Geoff because I’m a happy owner of the new Puma Invisibonding Polo.  Unfortunately I’m not like Geoff in the golf swing department.  He’s got me beat by a factor of about a billion.

Invisibonding?  What the…?

Funny that I used the word threads in the previous paragraph.  I really didn’t plan this, but the threads, or lack thereof are the story with this golf shirt.  Puma doesn’t actually use threads in the seams to put this thing together.  They actually use a form of fabric welding.  Thus the term “invisibonding.”

Now let me be clear.  You can’t see threads, because there aren’t any.  The seams however are visible unlike the term implies.   The crispness and low profile of the seams gives the shirt a very unique look.

On the course

When I first got my Invisibond Polo there was still snow on the ground.  I had to wait on the review for the right conditions.  This isn’t a winter garment by any means.  It is well ventilated and very light on my skin, and not something I’d wear to insulate me and keep me warm.

Now that I’ve been wearing this baby in temps in the 80’s and 90’s I’m a happy camper golfer.  The fabric feels very soft and smooth.  My swing is not restricted at all which is very important for me as a serious golfer.

The classy yet hip syle of this polo make me look good at the 19th hole too, which is good.

Sizes and colors

This $80 Puma Invisibonding Golf Polo is available in small, medium, large, x-large and xx-large.  My unit is the white (obviously from the photos) but there is a black version and an orange one called “flame orange.”

Conclusion

This is one of my all time favorites in my vast collection of golf polos.  I really like wearing the Invisibonding Polo.  I’ll be working on picking up the other two available colors soon.

Critiques

I have no critiques for this great golf polo.  I DO however have critiques about the Puma web site.  There is way too much fancy Adobe Flash content.  Too many animations, bells and whistles.   I don’t want to watch things fly around my screen doing flips and loops.  Get me to the stuff I want to see now!

Related links

Click here for my Puma photo gallery.

Click here for my review of the great Puma Swing GTX golf shoes.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Golf Apparel, Golf Reviews golf polo shirt, Invisibond, Puma

On my recent trip to New Mexico I was honored to visit an incredible archaeological site at the Puye Cliffs, which was opened to the public just about one week ago.  At 7040 feet above sea level, a tribe of 1500 Pueblo Indians inhabited a plateau and cliff area here from the 1100’s to roughly 1580.  They then moved to the Rio Grand River valley due to drought conditions.

Location

The Puye Cliff Dwellings are located on a plateau in the Santa Clara Pueblo reservation, near a town called Espanola.  Espanola is about a 45 minute drive northwest of Santa Fe.  The plateau sits above much of the surrounding area with an incredible view in all directions.  The vegetation in the area turns to pine in this higher area as opposed to the more sparse New Mexico desert plants, bushes and cacti.

Summer homes

There were two separate areas the Pueblos lived in.  The first would be their summer homes, located atop the plateau (pictured right).  The homes were several stories high and organized into families.  The women owned and maintained the homes, while the men hunted and gathered to provide for the homes.

The homes were constructed mostly of rock bricks.  The outsides of the homes were plastered every year, giving them that trademark New Mexico look.  You can’t see any of the plaster in my images as years of erosion have worn it all away.

The complex of buildings is knows as the Community House or Great House.

Winter homes

Living atop a plateau at 7040 feet could get cold and windy in the winter.  This is when they occupied their winter homes, in the cliff area below.  The cliff area provided better shelter from the wind as well as more warmth from the sun as its rays hit the cliff side.

There are two rows of dwellings on the cliff.  One spans over a mile long and the 2nd 2100 feet.

The cliff dwellings also had several floors.   The dwellings where inside the cliff, as well as in an area built onto the cliff side.  You can see rows of holes in some of my images.  This is where logs were inserted, providing the framing for each floor.

Each family had its own mark or logo which would be carved into the rock as a petroglyph in the wall above their home.  A spiral circle near their mark would show where they came from.  I show some of these petroglyphs below and I’ve enhanced the contrast to better show the detail.  Left is an animal which is a family mark with the spiral I mentioned next to it.  On the right is a humanoid (that’s what the tour guide called it!).

Above each home you could see small holes with black stains rising up from them.  Those holes?  Chimneys!  The black stain is from years of smoke from their fires.  How incredible would it be to travel back in time and see?

Peep show, circa 1224

There were, and still are, many traditions in the Pueblo culture.  Unmarried women used to grind the corn in an area, using their family smoothing stones.  Those stones were passed down from generation to generation and still are around today.  The unmarried men would peek in at the unmarried women to check them out and evaluate them as mates. An ancient peep show, if you will.

Touching history

Hiking and exploring the Puye Cliff Dwellings is a humbling experience.  How they lived and functioned as a community is incredible.

You can find hundreds of pieces of pottery everywhere (image right).  To pick up a piece of pottery which had been there since the 1300’s is amazing.  It was even more amazing to think that some of the pottery was glazed.  The ingenuity.

Guides

You must have a guide with you to tour Puye Cliffs, and it will be well worth it.  My tour guide was Porter (pictured below left with me on the right) and he was incredibly knowledgeable and able to answer every possible question.

Though the park had only been open a week it was amazing how well versed Porter was.  That was because for years he’s been listening to his grandparents and great grandparents tell the stories which had been passed on for generations.

Conclusion

The Pueblos were/are a peaceful people whom modern civilizations could learn a great deal from. Their community was very well organized, each member having specific roles which contributed to the greater good.  The tourist center which the Santa Clara Pueblo put together, along with the great tour guides make the Puye Cliff Dwellings and incredible and humbling place to visit.

Related Links

Hooked On Golf Blog Puye Cliff Dwellings Photo Gallery (over 100 images)
Puye Cliff Dwellings Web Site
Santa Clara Development Corporation

Photo credits: Aerial photo courtesy of Santa Clara Development Corporation. Final photo by Lynn DeBruin.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Golf Lifestyle, Golf Reviews, Miscellaneous, Travel New Mexico, Pueblo Indians, Puye Cliff Dwellings, Travel

Tattoo Golf is one of my all time favorite golf companies.  Anyone who can mix skulls and cross bones with golf is cool in my book.

Tattoo Golf Pitchmaster

Tattoo Golf does it again.  TG has a huge product line of hard edged golf items from shirts to golf bags.  Now we can add one of the manliest ball repair tools known to man to the TG product line.

The Tattoo Golf PitchMaster is made out of stainless steel, so it won’t rust.  The blades are retractable and there’s a magnetic ball marker on the back.  Of course, all of the components sport the trademark “skull and golf bones.”

Features:

• Small, perfectly formed and it fits in your pocket, the PitchMaster Divot Tool features are quality crafted to be durable and easy to use so you can repair pitch marks with minimum effort and get the most out of your game on the green.
• Makes Pitch Repair Quick & Easy
• Fully Retractable Fold Away Blades
• Superb Quality & Rust Proof Stainless Steel
• Lifetime Guarantee

Critiques

I’ve loaned this unit to a couple of pals to get their opinions.  Both said this was a bit heavy and that they wouldn’t want it in their pockets.  Personally, the weight doesn’t bother me.  I just told my pals that my wallet, with all the cash in it, counter balanced the divot tool.

On the course

The fact that the blades are retractable is great.  Many times I’ve poked myself in the groin or close due to a divot tool pointing the wrong way in my pocket.  This won’t happen with the PitchMaster.

The thick forks really make a big difference and make it much easier to fix my ball marks, of which I hope there are many (meaning I didn’t miss the green).

The TG ball marker is a bonus addition which comes in handy.

Conclusion

It is hard to write an extended review on a divot tool, but this unit is great and I strongly recommend it!  For $14.99 you’ll get a very strong and durable divot tool which is most definitely cooler than any other out there.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Equipment & Accessories, Golf Accessories, Golf Reviews divot tool, PitchMaster, Tattoo Golf

I love my new “Lifestyle” section here, because it opens up a whole world of possibilities as far as subject matter.  Golfers eat food, drink wine, get massages and travel to play golf.

One thing a golfer really needs is tasty garlic dill pickle spears and bread ‘n butter pickles.  They’re a sure way to shave strokes off your game, or at least cure a bit of hunger you have when you get home from the course and dinner is a few hours away.

Thankfully ‘Tis Tasty makes both of those products as well as everything from jams to salad dressings!  What a coincidence.

I’ve now polished off my bottles of Tis Tasty Old Fashioned Bread ‘N Butter Pickles and Hot Garlic Dill Pickle Spears.   Polished off is too light of a term for what I did.  I inhaled them.  Let me tell you, they were very tasty.

The Bread ‘N Butter Pickles were very yummy and buttery tasting.  The Hot Garlic Dill Pickle Spears were nice and spicy, but not so hot that the heat drowned out the garlic and pickle’s flavor.

About Tis Tasty

Tis Tasty is based in Oregon and makes these products in an all natural fashion, with no additives.  I’m skeptical of “natural” foods.  Usually “natural” or “organic” means no flavor or no fun.  Not the case with Tis Tasty’s offerings.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Golf Lifestyle, Golf Reviews, Life, Miscellaneous Tis Tasty