Dunning Stretch Thermal Striped 1/4 Zip

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, April 5th, 2015
Categories: Golf Apparel • Golf Gear • Golf Lifestyle • Reviews
Tags: Apparel • Dunning Golf • Golf Apparel

Today’s round was a perfect situation to put my Dunning Stretch Thermal Striped 1/4 Zip layer into play. The temperatures were only in the 60’s with a steady wind about 10-15 miles per hour. Not warm enough to go without some kind of protection, but not exactly winter golf. That’s spring golf in Utah, or a round of golf just about anytime at Pebble Beach.

Dunning Stretch Thermal Striped 1/4 Zip

Stretch Thermal Striped 1/4 Zip Features

This outer layer is made up of 94% polyester and 6% spandex. No cotton and no problem for me. I love what is being done with these fabrics over the last few years. They’re durable, machine washable, wrinkle resistant, and very sharp looking. The fabric insulates the body well, but also helps it breath.

The sleeves are slimming, meaning they’ll stay out of the way in the golf swing. There’s nothing worse than bad swings caused by irritating apparel issues.

Today I used the included drawstring around the bottom. Once I tightened it a bit those cold drafts no longer crept up from below.

Sizes/Colors

This piece comes in small, medium, large, extra-large, and double extra-large. I sport a large and the fit is great.

Mine (pictured) is the black/silver stripe version. The other color combinations are Dusk/Hastings (light bluish with yellow stripe), Halo/Dusk (dark blue with light blue stripe), Sequence/Light Grey (lighter blue with grey stripe).

On The Course

I need an outer layer to take the edge off of the wind and slight chill, but not too heavy. My black Stretch Thermal is perfect in that situation, and soaks up some of the sun’s heat to help keep my back warm. The garment doesn’t bind or pull during the swing, allowing me to swing freely and crack some massive drives. It also does not impede my putting. I bend over quite a bit and some poorer fitted outer layers can snag the putter grip. That’s a quick way to miss putts.

True to Dunning’s reputation the comfort level is as good as it gets. Style wise? When I wear Dunning I know I’m at the top of the golf apparel food chain.

Conclusion

I’ve dealt with dozens of apparel companies and reviewed countless products over the last 10+ years. Every Dunning product I’ve tested, the $105 Stretch Thermal Striped 1/4 Zip included, features the highest of quality, style, comfort, and performance.

A Sock for the Ages – A Sock Like No Other – Kentwool 2015 Masters Socks

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Categories: Golf Apparel • Golf Gear • Pro Golf • The Masters
Tags: Kentwool

Love the color scheme… click to enlarge

Ah it’s the best time of year, for Masters themed golf gear and apparel.

Its no secret that I’m a big fan of Kentwool. They make fantastic wool socks. I’ve talked about Kentwool quite a bit here on HOG. Check out my Kentwool Tour golf socks review and my Kentwool 19th Hole dress socks review.

I’m sporting my second pair of Masters themed Kentwool socks today.

A sock for the ages.

A sock like no other.

Is it this sock’s time?

Yes (sock) sir!

Amen sock.

Iceberg Golf on Lake Michigan

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Categories: Golf • Miscellaneous
Tags: Michagan

Well, I’ve seen it all now. This is an amazing video of a golfer who just might be a little more crazy than me, which is saying quite a bit. No comments necessary on that. I found this video on my Facebook feed this morning, courtesy of Golf Australia.

As a drone builder and pilot, and one who uses them for aerial photography and video on golf courses, this is an awesome example of the cool material that can be captured. Most of these cuts of this crazy guy paddle surf scuba golfing are shot by some kind of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Hats off to whoever produced this gem.

Is winter over yet?

Rickie Fowler Free-Balling 2015 Masters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
Categories: Boneheads • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • The Masters
Tags: Rickie Fowler

The major championships in golf are certainly the best time of year. Is it because of the green grass of Augusta and the amazing traditions at the Masters Tournament? Is it because of the intensity and difficulty of the U.S. Open? The wind and weather of the Open Championship?

No. It is the apparel scripts.

I’ve been waiting ALL winter, and running to my email box every day with anticipation of the first Masters apparel scripts. I’m thrilled to be reporting on Rickie Fowler’s apparel script, courtesy of Puma. Surprisingly Fowler is dumping the trademark “traffic cone” look and going for some more subdued schemes. Brilliant. Majestic. Tremendous. Just feast your eyes on this threadtastic apparel art:

Fowler’s Masters apparel script has no socks or underwear

I like how they put a driver in there too. Soooo cool.

But I can’t help noticing something. There are no socks or underwear in Rickie’s script. He’s free-balling it!

It could be a tough walk on those very hilly holes at Augusta National sans socks. And sans underwear? In those humid conditions of Augusta the chafe monster could be in play. I admire Rickie’s tenacity in free-balling the Masters, but I suggest keeping some DZNuts Pro Chamois cream in the bag, just in case.

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Forget April Fool’s Day: In Golf Media Every Day is a Joke

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
Categories: Boneheads • Golf • Golf Babes • Miscellaneous

DJ and Paulina Gretzky and a giant pig humping a barrel

DJ and Paulina Gretzky in front of a giant pig humping a barrel

Ah yes, it is April 1, 2015. April Fool’s day. There are a few golf April Fool’s jokes out there already. Perhaps the best one was the “Chris Berman Fox Golf” one, where Berman supposedly had moved to a prominent position on the Fox Sports golf broadcasting team. I know it is April fools, but some things should NOT be joked about. Golf Blogger poached my concept of golf magazines going bankrupt without pictures of Amanda Dufner in a bikini to post. If it were anyone else I’d give them hell, but John is a good friend so no worries.

I’ve been racking my tiny brain, trying to come up with a really witty but believable April fools blog post. I’m struggling. I’ve concluded that my struggles are because most of golf media and much of the golf industry, the real deal, is a joke. My Twitter, Facebook, and email streams are full of “Masters apparel scripts.” Bloggers and golf sites blindly repost that crap. Sergio Garcia’s Friday Masters pant color is not news. It does not entertain. It does not inform. It does not grow golf. It is a sales pitch which fills the golf sphere with junk, which is regurgitated over and over. I guess it gives golf PR something to work on and gives golf writers something easy to produce, rather than actually writing something original and entertaining or informative. Low hanging fruit.

I work with golf PR people and agencies on a daily basis and I do help them with reviews and articles which I think are informative, entertaining, and interesting. Sorry, but apparel scripts are none of those.

Too Much Tiger?

Twitter almost blew up yesterday because Tiger Woods’s plane was spotted at the Augusta airport. Is there a paid golf “journalist” sitting at the Augusta airport waiting to report on this? Is it the same guy who covers Tiger’s parking spot and his entrance and exit from the porta-potty? Same one who is there at the perfect time to catch Tiger blowing a big snot out of his nose? Probably.

A look at Golf.com’s “news” page a few days ago was puzzling. There were three Tiger Woods photos and a total of four articles about Woods. It is amazing to me that a player who hasn’t played in weeks, has dropped out of the world top 100, and is literally falling apart physically and mentally on the golf course, warrants so much coverage.

Too Much T&A?

Then the big golf media meltdown yesterday, the news that Amanda Dufner and Jason Dufner filed for divorce. I thought that was perhaps the best April 1 joke ever and half expected them to laughingly announce so today. The fact that Amanda Dufner is “news” makes me ill, all due respect.

Golf media is a joke, and not just on April 1.

How could I pen a golf media rant without a “most beautiful women in golf” mention? Ah yes, hot tour wives and girlfriends. Hot women in golf. Hot lady golfer Blair O’Neal shows us how to hit a bunker shot in a g-string and stilettos. Golf.com and Golf Digest have gone all out T&A for linkbait. Their readers are complaining vehemently on their Facebook pages, but those complaints fall on deaf ears because, well, there are hits. Who cares what kind of hits or if the audience is a drive-by. As long as these golf sites/magazines can report to their advertisers that x-hits happened and collect their ad revenue, producing classy material does not matter.

How about this “Keegan Bradley’s girlfriend” post… wow. Just wow. Pulitzer Prize winning material here folks:

Post by Golf Magazine | Golf.com.

Boobs for hits, all due respect of course.

On Course

Thankfully now that spring has sprung here at home I’ve been able to spend more time on the golf course and less time in front of my computer. That has lessened my exposure to this garbage, and thus my sanity has come back a bit from nearly jumping off the golf cliff. I’m back to actually playing and doing actual golf gear reviewing and testing, thankfully.

I was this close to shutting down my blog and disconnecting all my golf social networking ties. That’s no joke.

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