Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate it. I’m very privileged to have such great friends in the golf world. I’ve met a many great people in the years I’ve produced this golf blog, starting back in 2004. Those friends and relationships have been by far the best part of running this golf website.
Cheers to all of you. XOXOXO
TK
I’ve gotten about a million emails, tweets and Facebook updates regarding Black Friday. They’re at it already, even though Black Friday is two days away. Each year I like to post golf gift guides for the holiday season (politically correct term for Christmas), featuring products I’ve reviewed. Today I’m going to feature my top 10 golf gifts under $30. These are in no particular order, just the order that they stumbled out of my cranium. Each item has a link to the Hooked On Golf Blog product review for more details.
iPing Putter App – $30
iPing App
Combined with the iPing iPhone cradle, the iPing application analyzes your putting stroke and gives all sorts of great statistics as well as comparisons with pro players’ strokes.
Score Band – $29
Score Band – click to see more
Score Band is a wrist mounted golf/tennis score keeper.
Punch in your scores on your wrist. Available in several colors.
SKLZ TRAINERmat Golf Fitness Training Mat – $29
SKLZ TRAINERmat
Flexibility is the key to a fluid golf swing and more club head speed. I do my stretches and exercises at home on the SKLZ TRAINER-mat.
Frogger BrushPro – $19.95
Frogger BrushPro
The Frogger BrushPro has been a crucial part of my gamer bag since I first reviewed it back in 2007! The BrushPro keeps my grooves clean so I can have total control over my shots, especially in the short game department.
Champ Flix Switchblade Action Divot Tool – Under $10
Champ FLIX divot tool
The Champ Flix switchblade divot tool is great. It doesn’t poke a hole in my pocket or my leg, and it is very light. The magnetic ball marker is a nice, convenient bonus.
World’s Coolest Skull Golf Belt Buckle – $24.99
A skull golf ball belt buckle? Sign me up!
Tattoo Golf makes a killer pewter “skull and golf club bones” belt buckle. Just up my alley, being a rock & roll musician and golfer! Everyone needs a skull belt buckle.
Innovex V-Motion & E-Motion Golf Balls – Under $30 and as good as a ProV1
Innovex Golf V-Motion Tour Golf Ball – click to see more
Would you like to play a ball as good as a ProV1, but pay the price of Rock Flites? Try out the Innovex E-Motion and V-Motion golf balls! They’re great.
Kentwool Tour Wool Golf Socks – $19.95
Kentwool Tour golf socks
I know what you are saying, “$19.95 for golf socks?” Trust me on this. Kentwool golf socks are 3-4 times as expensive as regular golf socks from the standard manufacturers, but they’re about 492 billion times better. I have a sock drawer full of “nice” cotton golf socks I never wear anymore.
Asher Golf Gloves – $9.99 to $19.95
Skeletons and golf! Sign me up!
Asher Golf Gloves are cool. I’m a fan of any company who can combine skulls/bones and golf. Not only are Asher’s gloves cool looking, they work great and breath well.
Tornado Tee – $15.99 for 5 tees
Tornado Golf Tees
I have yet to post my review of Tornado Tees. I’m working on this one right now. But I’m so stoked about this cool product made by a local pal John here I needed to post.
Thanksgiving is the time of year that I post the annual “HOG Turkey Awards.” The Turkey Awards recognize the top 10 turkeys of the year in the golf world. John Daly has been a fixture in the list with his crazy on course antics over the years. But this year has been quiet. I suspect that JD knew he was not going to place on the list for 2012 so he fired it up a bit in Hong Kong, throwing his putter into some trees after getting mad at fans who were using cell phones and cameras. Daly was fined by the European Tour an undisclosed amount for the putter toss.
“Yes, the circumstances regarding crowd manners and behavior will be considered, but when it all boils down there is still no excuse for throwing his putter.” ~ Hong Kong Open tournament director Mickael Ericsson
Will that move be enough to make the top 10 turkeys of the year? Tune in Thursday to find out.
Suggestions Welcomed
Turkey of the Year suggestions are welcomed. If you have suggestions, comment them in.
The quote of the day comes from Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez after winning the Hong Kong Open this weekend. You know Jimenez. He’s the pony-tail-wearing, cigar-smoking, sexy-warmup-dancing 48 year old “most interesting golfer in the world.”
“There is maybe olive oil in my joints, and drinking the nice Rioja wine and those things keeps me fit and flexible. Well, the most important thing (is), I do what I like to do in my life, and golf has given me all of this pleasure.”
If olive oil and wine are the secrets to golf and flexibility, I should be the #1 golfer in the world…
I’ve started a Google Plus page for Hooked On Golf Blog. I invite you to join HOGG+!
I’ll admit I’m not the biggest Google Plus fan at this point. It is a bit sterile and dos-like over there, and certainly small compared to Facebook though there are some 400 million on there. An associate of mine best described it, “Google knows algorithms, not people.” I hope that it improves, as I may be moving more to G+ as Facebook gets more and more screwed up.
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