SUMI-G golf head covers just might be the coolest ever, and they have a rigid exoskeleton. ’nuff said!
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Interviews • Reviews
Tags: Father's Day Golf Gift • golf head cover • sumi-g
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Interviews • Reviews
Tags: Father's Day Golf Gift • golf head cover • sumi-g
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 interview at the 2009 PGA Show.
Golf on TV this week – Tiger Woods in action
The Memorial Tournament
PGA TOUR
Thursday 6/4 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 6/5 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 6/6 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 6/6 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Sunday 6/7 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 6/7 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Celtic Manor Wales Open
European Tour
Thursday 6/4 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 6/5 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 6/6 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 6/7 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET GOLF
Triton Financial Classic
Champions Tour
Friday 6/5 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 6/6 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 6/7 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Melwood Prince George’s County Open
Nationwide Tour
Thursday 6/4 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 6/5 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 6/6 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 6/7 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET GOLF
Puma Invisibonding Golf Polo Shirt
Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Categories: Golf Apparel • Reviews
Tags: golf polo shirt • Invisibond • Puma
Categories: Golf Apparel • Reviews
Tags: golf polo shirt • Invisibond • Puma
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.
Salt Lake Amateur Day Two Recap – And I’m spent
I won’t be writing as long of a post with hole by hole accounts as I did after day one. In fact, I was so mentally and physically drained after the tournament that it has taken me almost two days to get to posting this.
The goal
Going into round two I had a number in my head. That number, 70, was what I thought I’d have to shoot in order to break into the prize money. As it sits I don’t know if my estimate was right and I didn’t hit that number, or even close. I shot 78 with seven bogeys and one birdie.
Challenge #1: The pairing
There’s this guy in my league at my club who is, shall I say, loud. When you have 100 guys in the room, his voice is the one everyone hears. He’s in your face, obnoxious and one of those “personal space invaders.” He’s also very hot tempered on the course. He’s a club thrower, flag stick thrower and has been known to pull a Woody Austin and break his clubs over his head.
I was paired with this guy.
I dealt with him fine and I don’t feel that his behavior had any bearing on my game, good or bad, except on one hole. On one par-3 I had a 6-iron in my hands. He flew over the green, threw his club and announced to the group that he couldn’t believe he’d flown an 8-iron over the green. That stuck in my mind and I gagged on my 6-iron, thinking I had too much club. Bogey.
Challenge #2: The conditions
The course, Bonneville, was in absolutely spectacular condition. This course has some of the best greens in the state year after year, and these greens this weekend may have been the best I’ve putted, ever. I really don’t think I missed a putt in two days under five feet. If you started it online and with proper pace, it was going in. No doubts. No bouncing or drifting off line.
My speed on my lag putts was a bit on the aggressive side though and I kept giving myself those five footers. Unfortunately many of those five footers, which I never missed, were for bogey.
The rough had been grown in for a good couple of weeks. The grass was so long that it was seeding. I must have missed about eight fairways by no more than one foot. The ball goes in that stuff and nestles down and you have NO idea how it will come out of those lies, or in fact IF it will come out at all. As I missed greens in regulation, the ball would go into that deep grass too. Chipping from grass like that is hell. You subconsciously know if you don’t swing hard enough the ball isn’t going to move. So you hit the chip too hard and leave yourself a 20 footer for par. That was the story all day for me. 20 foot par putts and 5 foot bogey putts, which I never missed.
On the 16th hole (my 7th since I started on the back first) I was sitting at +3 on the round and feeling pretty good. I had a 4-iron to this par five which normally requires fairway wood to reach. I pushed my shot slightly. I knew I’d missed the green by just a few feet. When I got up there the two players in my group and I could not find my ball. I was getting ready to go back and replay, but then we found it. The ball was three inches from the fringe of the green, in a slight depression in the ground. The grass was long to begin with, and it was obvious that the mower missed this spot. I’m three inches from putting, yet my ball is in 10 inch deep grass.
All I could do was open up my lob wedge and swing out of my shoes. I almost broke both my wrists and let out a loud grunt when I hit the ball. The ball did come out, went across the green and to the opposite fringe. From there I putted twice and made par. Despite that being a “good” par, being so close to a par-5 green in two should be a guaranteed birdie. This was the story most of the day.
The good – What I can store in my memory banks for next year
My history in this tournament is one of shooting 72-73 in day one and being right in the hunt. Then on day two I melt down, throw up, gag, and shot in the 80’s.
I didn’t do that this year. This year marks the first time I’ve shot both rounds in the 70’s in fact. I had no nerves or butterflies in round two. I also had no nuclear meltdowns in round two like I have in the past. I worked hard and ground out what I could get out of my play and the conditions. All that said, my 78 was a disappointing number, but as solid as it could have been.
One double bogey in 36 holes
I wanted to play consistent this year and that I did. I only had one double bogey in 36 holes in US OPEN conditions (deep rough and fast hard greens). That double bogey was a freak incident anyway, when I had a bogey putt circle around the hole 420 degrees (yes all the way around and more) before it jumped out of the hole, stuck its tongue out and gave me the bird.
Tamed that damn #9 par three
Last year ONE hole knocked me out of the tournament. I came into the incredibly difficult #9 at -3 after eight holes on the first day. I carded a triple bogey. The 2nd day I carded a double bogey. I shot 10 over for the tournament, but five over for that hole.
This year was a different story. I played the hole completely different. I chose to be short of the pin, or even the green at all costs. This allowed me to make to solid chips and 1-putt for pars. I finished that hole even. Very positive to take into next year.
Conclusion
Once again this tough tournament, the conditions and a bit of the pressure had the best of me. I still haven’t cracked into the money or played to a level I’d hoped.
I probably shouldn’t be too unhappy, based on the fact that only five days before this tourney I had the shanks. Fighting through that and posting two rounds in the 70’s in those conditions is an achievement in itself.
I bring some hope into next year based on the good I got from my rounds and my more consistent play.
I’m going to keep playing in this f*&ker and one of these days I’ll break into the prize money.
Tiger Woods June 2nd 2009 Newsletter
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Tiger Woods
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods’ newsletter is out. Tiger comments on the US OPEN, hanging out with Obama in the White house, Amy Mickelson and a few other things. He only mentions that he needs a few more “repetitions” to get back to winning more tournaments.
He needs to hit more fairways and make more putts (in regulation).
Click “read more” below to read the whole newsletter.
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