Pitchfix Twister – Green Repair Tool

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf For Women • Golf Gear • Reviews
Tags: divot tool • Pitchfix

The creativity and ingenuity of some golf entrepreneurs and designers never ceases to amaze me. Case in point is Pitchfix’s ability to create cool new variations of the oldest and most over-invented product in the history of sports, the green repair tool.

Pitchfix Twister Green Repair Tool

The Pitchfix Twister is a very unique departure to regular green repair tools, sometimes called divot tools though I don’t know why. Rather than the standard two-fork, flat unit, this device features three forks in a triangular orientation. The user inserts the Twister in the ground and twists, thus the name. A great and necessary feature is that the forks are retractable. The forks are retracted by, you guessed it, twisting the unit.

An extra bonus is a nice ball marker which attaches magnetically to the top of the unit.

Branding

The above mentioned ball marker is logo-ready for custom branding. This is a great merchandising possibility for golf clubs/courses.

Colors

The Twister is available in eight vibrant colors.

On The Course

I must admit the first few times I tried the Twister I was afraid to twist too hard for fear of breaking the forks. They are flexible but extremely strong. I eventually gave it as hard a shot as needed and never bent or broke the forks.

The repair job done on the greens by the Twister is very nice. You can hardly tell there was a ball mark at that spot, especially when you get the hang of the proper technique.

Twisting the unit back and forth to produce the forks, then retract them, is almost as fun as playing golf.

Pros

I love anything that helps make the game better. Smoother greens equals better golf and Twister does a fine job of making that happen. The retractable action is cool too. The colors are very vibrant and stylish.

Cons

On super hard greens it can be difficult to get the twister in the surface, and twisting is even harder. Then again, with greens that hard it is not likely that the ball would be producing much of a pitch mark.

When in the pocket the unit feels a bit bulky. Flat repair tools certainly win this contest. Pitchfix says it is not much different than having a golf ball in your pocket, which is true. But I don’t golf with a ball in my pocket.

Conclusion

The Pitchfix Twister does a fine job of repairing ball marks on the greens and does so in a very cool retractable format.

Related

Pitchfix also makes a great switchblade green repair tool. Check out the Hooked On Golf Blog review of the Pitchfix switchblade divot tool.

Golf Gift Idea: University Themed Golf Bag

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, November 16th, 2015
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Golf For Women • Golf Gear
Tags: Christmas Golf Gift • Father's Day Golf Gift • Golf Gifts • Holiday Golf Gift

I need another golf bag like I need a hole in the head. But I had some pro shop money which was about to expire and this lovely University of Utah Utes themed golf bag caught my eye.

Utah Utes Golf Bag
This is a great golf Christmas gift idea, a University themed golf bag. Most local pro shops around these parts at most of the golf courses have these bags for the local colleges and universities. If you have a person on your Christmas (holiday for you PC people) gift list, check with your local golf course or golf shop about a golf bag themed with your recipient’s favorite team.

SILO Golf Club Carrier by Rival and Revel

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Reviews
Tags: Christmas Golf Gift • Father's Day Golf Gift • Golf Gadgets • Holiday Golf Gift

What the heck is this?

There’s probably nobody on the planet who has more golf gadgets in his/her house than me. 10+ years of running a popular golf blog will do that. Most of the gadgets are useless pieces of plastic and metal that some poor aspiring golf entrepreneur blew his retirement fund on in hopes of selling a million of them. Likely the poor sap as 5,000 of them sitting in his garage, shipped directly to him from a plant in China that screwed them up and took his money.

I thought the SILO Golf Club Carrier by Rival and Revel would be another one of those useless gadgets I trip over in the middle of the night on the way to the bathroom, but after playing with it I’ve changed my opinion.

So what is the SILO? It’s a golf club carrier which carries up to six clubs, three tees, and a ball marker. The intended use is for times when carrying a full bag of clubs isn’t needed and just a few are necessary. Those times might be practice sessions, rounds on smaller courses, or perhaps using it to carry wedges and a putter right of one’s main bag.

I’ve played in a lot of 3 and 4-club tournaments, and the scores are nearly the same for the players as when they play their usual 14 clubs. So why not knock it down to six clubs and carry 80% less weight around?

Scotland Coming

I’m currently planning my third trip to Scotland. Golf over there is very different than here in the USA. I’ve learned what clubs I use over there and what ones I don’t. Most of my wedges are useless over there, especially a lob wedge. I could easily go with a sand wedge and get rid of the gap, lob, and maybe even pitching wedge. The only reason I would keep the sand is to get out of pot bunkers. I never used 3-wood either. I could easily drop 2-3 irons. The ball rolls forever there, and it’s about feel. I’ve thought of bringing a pencil bag with about 8-10 clubs, but now I’m toying with the thought of bringing the SILO and six clubs: Driver, putter, sand wedge, 5-iron, 7-iron, pitching wedge… or perhaps driver, putter, SW, 4-iron, 6-iron, 8-iron.

Critiques

There are three tee holes on the opposite end of the unit from the magnetic ball marker. I could not get a tee in there.

Suggestions

I would love to see a SILO-8 or SILO-10. The 8 or 10 representing the number of clubs it holds. I would like to see a wider unit and down the center one could store a sleeve of balls (not in the sleeve of course).

Conclusion

Would a tour pro use this golf gadget? Probably not. But for practice, quick nines, or perhaps a trip to Scotland the SILO could be a great alternative to a golf bag Joe golfer.

First Snow Hits HOG World Headquarters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Categories: Golf • Golf Life • Life • Miscellaneous

My 3-year-old’s clubs as seen this morning, as one inch diameter snowflakes fell in the back yard.

My backyard this morning. Time to put the #golf clubs away for the season perhaps… pic.twitter.com/fmI1AtWIcK

— Tony Korologos (@TheGolfSpace) November 10, 2015

Note: Above is a Twitter post embedded. Follow me! Also, the cover pic of the deep snow is a HOG “file photo.” There’s only an inch or so on the ground right now.

The end of the season? Perhaps. Looking back over my yearly golf records the season’s last round is usually in the first week of December. The first spring round usually March. I won’t cry a river of tears if it is the last of 2015. I’ve struggled this year and look forward to a mental break, and coming back fresh in the spring.

Then again, the temps should reach the 50’s by the weekend….

HMMMM.

According to Golf Digest Steve Williams Learned of Tiger Woods Sex Scandal in New Book

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, November 8th, 2015
Categories: Boneheads • Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Tiger Woods
Tags: Golf Digest • Steve Williams • Tiger Woods

The days of proofreading, editors, grammar, and common sense in the golf media world are long gone…

Steve Williams Tiger Woods Book

So Steve Williams learned of Tiger Woods se scandal in a new book? It’s amazing it took him until 2015 to learn about the 2008 scandal, being so close to Tiger and all. Nice job Digest.

On a side note, I’m not interested in Steve Williams or anything he has to say.

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