I get pretty sick of the overuse of the words “innovative” and “revolutionary” in the golf industry. Seems like every golf accessory, golf club, golf ball, and golf training aid claims it will “revolutionize golf.” Most don’t and most are junk.
Game Golf in Action! Click to read full Game Golf review.
GAME GOLF however, is revolutionary. It’s a GPS system which tracks the player’s shots during a round and in post-round provides amazing statistics for each shot and each club. It even plots the shots on top of a Google map. That IS revolutionary, and that’s why Game Golf wins the 2014 Hooked On Golf Blog Product of the Year – Best New Product Award.
As awesome as it is, Game Golf is missing a HUGE statistic: putts per greens in regulation. The current putting stats it tracks is fairly useless, only tracking putts per hole. So someone who misses every green and gets up and down 75% of the time would have a better “putting average” than a PGA Tour pro.
Could I really be as good at putting as Jim Furyk, Lee Westwood, and Graeme McDowell? I doubt it.
Conclusion
The sky is the limit for Game Golf. What a great system.
I’m hoping they’ll continue to improve the product and will soon add putts-per-GIR. If they do, Game Golf will stay in my bag for 2015!
Fresh off the editing room floor is the video of the recently contested 2014 Christmas Classic golf tournament. The annual Christmas Classic is held every Christmas day at River Oaks Golf Course in Sandy, Utah, snow permitting. If the course is open, the tournament is off. The tournament has been going for at least 10 years.
In this tournament a par-3 hole is picked. The hole can be a regular par-3, or like this year, one we make up. Each player brings 12 golf balls, custom marked so they can be easily identified in the snow. The closest ball to the pin is the winner.
This year we had a new competitor, Robert Lund. It was nice to have a new participant, and fantastic that Robert put his musical genius to work and quickly made up the new theme music, “The 12 Balls of Christmas.”
The best way to tell what golf accessory I liked the most in 2014 is based on the one I used the most. That is hands down the GolfBuddy VS4 Mini Talking GPS. This thing is so small that it easily fits in my pocket and is not in the way.
GolfBuddy VS4 Golf GPS
I can even push the button through my shorts (I don’t wear pants, hehe) and hear it speak my yardages to me.
I have about 20 golf GPS units, but the VS4 is the one I keep going back to and therefore wins the 2014 Hooked On Golf Blog Product of the Year award for Golf Accessories.
Well played.
For the full review, visit the Hooked On Golf Blog GolfBuddy VS4 Golf GPS Review.
Serenity… click to read full review of Shepherd’s Hollow
Factors which go into my decision include course architecture, playing conditions, amenities, vibe, location, staff. In short, the overall experience from when one arrives to the time he/she finishes up the last frosty beverage at the 19th hole.
Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club
The two finalists came down to New Mexico’s Paako Ridge and Michigan’s Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club. Both are amazing tracts of land, and both courses have NO homes on the course; not the center of real estate developments. That scores big points with me. Both courses had fantastic conditions when I played. Based on the serenity, the amazing amenities, clubhouse, and the fact that they offer 27 holes, Shepherd’s edges out Paako Ridge for the Hooked On Golf Blog 2015 Best Golf Course Award.
Shepherd’s Hollow is northwest of Detroit about a 45 minute drive, and well worth it. Tip o’ the hat to Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club for winning this distinguished award. Can’t wait to get back there.
I’m wearing this tremendous 1/4 zip baby alpaca fur sweater by Bobby Jones at this very moment. It is so comfortable that I may wear it even in the summer when it is 104 degrees.
Bobby Jones Baby Alpaca 1/4 Zip Sweater
This fantastic, stylish, sharp, classy, and mega-comfortable sweater is hands-down the best apparel item reviewed in 2014 at Hooked On Golf Blog.
By being said best item, I send my congratulations to Bobby Jones for winning the Best Apparel Item award in the 2014 Hooked On Golf Blog Product of the Year Awards! I’m sure this is the most prestigious award collected by Bobby Jones to date.
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