Golf Book Preview: Church of Golf

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Categories: Golf

Church of Golf

I’m a very religious person and I pray several times per week. I religiously play golf every Sunday. I pray over three-foot par putts to win a $2.00 nassau.

Given my religious dedication, I might relate to the golf book “Church of Golf – A Novel About Second Chances” by Spencer Stephens.

The First Real Foot Wedge I’ve Seen

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, November 21st, 2014
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Gear

I always thought the “foot wedge” was a fictitious club. You know, when a player kicks his golf ball away from the base of the tree when nobody is looking? That’s what I thought it was. But a friend on my Google Plus posted this photo, proving that the foot wedge is actually a real club.

Foot Wedge

Unfortunately the person who posted this photo can’t tell me where it came from. I’d really like to find this company and get the foot wedge in my hands for some real product testing. If any of you HOG patrons know who makes this club, let me know.

As bad as my short game is, I’d try anything. This may be the magic club.

First Look: Volvik S3 White Golf Balls

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear
Tags: Golf Balls • Volvik

Volvik “White Color” S3 Golf Ball

Did you know that Volvik, the #1 maker of colored golf balls, actually makes a white ball? I didn’t until I found two dozen waiting on my front porch yesterday.

Volvik’s S3 “White Color” (yes they need help with the Korean to English thing) golf ball is a high performance, 3-layer ball with a urethane cover. In other words, a ball which on a basic materials and construction standpoint should compete with most “tour” balls on the market.

I’ll be putting this ball into play as soon as I can, but that may be a while. Winter has arrived here in northern Utah and most courses, if open, are frozen.

First Look: Trust Tee

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear
Tags: Golf Tee • Trust Tee

Trust Tee

I don’t often review or feature golf equipment which is not legal by USGA or R&A rules for stipulated or tournament play. I’m making an exception this time for Trust Tee because the person who reached out to me has been politely persistent, and is Greek.

Trust-Tee is a golf tee designed to increase yardage and reduce slices and hooks through its (illegal) cambered design. Notice in the photo that the top of the tee is slanted. Trust Tee claims to decrease slices and hooks by as much as 15 yards.

I neither hook nor slice it, so I wonder if I could use the tee to create a hook or slice?!?! That said, I do have some golf pals who slice badly. I will get this tee in their hands and see if it really works.

There’s your first look at this unique golf tee. Due to the 4-5 month frost delay caused by winter here in northern Utah, I may not be able to test and review this product until I go south to warmer weather, or until the weather here improves.

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Trust Tee photos

CarveOn Leather Golf Yardage Book Cover

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf For Women • Golf Gear • Golf Lifestyle • Reviews
Tags: Carve On • Christmas Golf Gift • Father's Day Golf Gift • Golf Gifts • Holiday Golf Gift

CarveOn is a company based in County Kildare Ireland which makes handcrafted personalized leather goods like wallets, books, purses, keychains, and more. CarveOn also makes a few golf related leather goods. Today we are looking at their yardage book cover, which can also double as a golf scorecard holder.

Carve On Yardage Book Cover

With its fine leather and combination of old school and modern construction, the CarveOn yardage book exudes class. Add the Hooked On Golf Blog skull logo and it goes beyond classy to a realm beyond imagination.

The yardage book cover has several customizable areas. First you can see on the front cover of the first image that there is the HOG logo, plus at the bottom you can see my name. On the inside top of the cover (image below) you can see more custom text.

Carve On Yardage Book Cover Inside

I wondered how the HOG logo would translate to this unit and I’m very impressed. The logo and customization look to be laser etched from the leather with very high precision and superb quality.

The leather itself is very plush and soft. I pet it occasionally…

The packaging CarveOn put into this is quite amazing as well (image below).

Carve On Product Box

The outside of the box is also laser etched, and the inside sports some very cool protective and artistic layers. The packaging along with the actual product would make this a fantastic holiday, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthday, or Christmas gift.

Conclusion

This is not an everyday inexpensive yardage book cover. At about $125 USD (79 pounds) the CarveOn is no for everyone’s budget. If you have the dough to spend for yourself or as a golf gift, and want the highest quality and classiest yardage book cover you can get, this is the one for you. Customization makes it even better.

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