Tattoo Golf Charcoal Gray Golf Shorts
Today’s apparel script features the very stylish new Tattoo Golf Shorts, charcoal in color. These are perhaps the sharpest, nicest golf shorts I have in the closet now. Add to the style and quality a small embroidered skull and golf club cross bones on the right hip to complete the ensemble.
Golf Shorts Overview
These Tattoo Golf shorts are a 60/40 cotton/polyester blend. The fabric is soft, yet has a thicker strength to it like a levi style material.
There are plenty of pockets for holding all the cash the player wins on the golf course, as well as a “media” pocket on the right which can hold a golf GPS watch, iPod, or small mobile device. On the outside of the media pocket is the signature skull and crossed golf club bones. A must have.
Sizes/Colors
Sizes for the Tattoo Golf Shorts run from 30 to 40 inches. Happy to be in that range.
Colors available include charcoal (pictured), black, and tan.
On The Course
On the course these shorts provide great comfort, plenty of pocket space, and look fantastic. The charcoal model can match any color shirt in the closet, but goes best with other Tattoo golf polos.
Conclusion
Tough to craft a 3,000 word review on a pair of golf shorts, so 250 will have to suffice. In all the crucial areas I judge golf shorts or apparel on, the Tattoo Golf Shorts score the highest ratings: comfort, style, performance, easy maintenance. Check.
Related Links
Other Tattoo Golf products reviewed here on HOG.
Tattoo Golf website.
These days it is hard to tell where golf shoes end and street shoes begin. There are many “hybrid” models which work well in both places, some even better off the course. Case in point is the new FootJoy “City” shoe. This is a hybrid golf/street shoe which may find more time in the office than on the course. I’m not referring to the tread/bottom of the shoe when using the term hybrid, or speaking to the tread’s versatility on and off the course. I’m talking about its style.
FootJoy City – Black/Mocha
Construction
The FJ City is a full grained leather shoe, guaranteed to be waterproof for two years. The leather is very soft, sharp looking, breathable, and comfortable.
The footbed of the shoe provides great comfort and features vibration and shock absorption, making walking around the cubicles or the cart paths enjoyable.
There are spiked and spikeless models available. The City pictured in this article obviously is the spikeless version, and gets more wearing time from me off the course than on.
FootJoy City, on top of FJ City shoe bag
Sizes/Styles/Colors
There are two styles available currently, regular and wingtip. Photos in this article are the black mocha wingtip model. Each style has three colors available. The wingtip colors are black mocha, tobacco, and off-white. The non-wingtip model colors are gray, tan, and white.
Sizing for men ranges from 7-15, while women’s models range from 7.5-13.
Love the wingtip style!
On The Course / At The Office
I’ve been quite surprised at the traction and performance I get with the spikeless version of the FJ City on the golf course. On appearance alone, the spikes don’t look like they would be close to as effective as they are. From a comfort standpoint I’ve really loved the City model, and it gets more comfortable the more I wear it.
Stylewise I feel a little silly in the summertime wearing wingtip shoes and shorts, but that’s how I roll.
I really dig wearing the FJ City shoes, well, in the city. Even after long days at the office or post-long walks around town, my feet, lower joints, and back are fresh.
Critiques
I do have a small critique/beef. My City model is black/mocha in color. I’ve been finding that these don’t match many “black” items in my massive golf apparel collection. When comparing the City’s black to other blacks, they appear like a very dark blue.
Conclusion
The versatility and style of the city shoe is matched by its great performance and comfort, whether on the course or out on the town. Great shoes.
Related Links
Check out the HOG FJ City image gallery.
Other Hooked on Golf Blog FootJoy reviews.
Oh boy am I stoked for the latest book review submission here at HOG World Headquarters. Sorry to the rest of you authors, but you’ve all been bumped down a spot. My good friend and fellow golf blogger Neil Sagebiel is a fantastic writer. I absolutely loved his book The Longest Shot – Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf’s Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open.
Neil’s latest book comes just in time for the 2014 Ryder Cup. I can’t wait to read Neil’s accounting of the 1969 Ryder Cup, which I’m sure will capture it greatly with his attention to detail and deep research.
Below is some PR for the book:
In 1969, the Ryder Cup teetered on the brink of relevancy. It also teetered on perhaps being discontinued. The U.S. had dominated the British for the first 42 years of competition since the formation of the event, winning almost every single time it was contested, often times by large margins of victory. Celebrated author Neil Sagebiel has uncovered one of the great stories in golf with his new book, DRAW IN THE DUNES: The 1969 Ryder Cup and the Finish That Shocked the World, Foreword by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin (Thomas Dunne Books, September 9, 2014).
Royal Birkdale was the site of the 1969 Ryder Cup, and all the experts gave the U.S. a resounding position as heavy favorite to again retain the Cup. With Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper, Dave Hill and Miller Barber among its star-studded roster it seemed inevitable that the U.S. would win. Great Britain was led by the great Tony Jacklin along with European stars like Neil Coles, Christy O’Connor, Bernard Gallacher, and Peter Alliss. Still, they were undisputed underdogs despite playing on their home soil. The British team believed they were capable of the impossible. They appeared to be the only ones that felt that way, however.
As Sagebiel shows, though, right from the first day of competition, maybe this wouldn’t be the slam dunk romp for the Americans everyone thought. In fact, 17 of the 32 matches over the three days of competition were not decided until the final hole. Nerves were fraying by the match, and tempers flared from time to time. But nothing could equal the electrifying matches between Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin, especially their battle in the final singles match on the last day of the Cup. The two titans waged a classic right up to the 18th hole. And then, one of the most amazing and completely shocking moments in golf history took place.
DRAW IN THE DUNES is the gripping account of a legendary Cup competition, and the story of golf’s greatest act of sportsmanship.
ARGH! How many times can golf publications put out the same drivel on their websites or social networks? I swear there’s nearly no original thinking anymore in golf media. They just regurgitate the same questions again and again. When it is a slow news day or the scribes obviously can’t pry anything interesting out of their new-idea-challenged craniums, and when they’ve run out of “hot tour wives and girlfriends” photos, they always seem to turn to these good old overused standards. These are always great standbys for golf forum topics too… Here are the top 10 below, but I’m sure there are more:
10. Who is in your dream foursome?
9. Who would win between Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods if they both played against each other in their prime?
8. Should PGA Tour pros be allowed to wear shorts?
7. Should THE PLAYERS* Championship be considered the 5th major championship?
6. What is the (best, toughest, craziest, most beautiful) (par-3, par-4, par-5) in golf? For example: “What is the toughest par-3 in golf?”
5. The “where are you playing?” discussion: Where did you play this weekend? Where are you going to play this weekend? What did you shoot this weekend?
4. The “go-to” discussion: What is your go-to (shot, club)?
3. The “if you could” golf course discussion: If you could play one course the rest of your life, what would it be? If you could play any course in the world, what would it be?
2. The “play like golf pro X” question/discussion: How can you (putt, chip, drive, hit long irons, hit sand shots, score, recover, make birdies) like (insert tour player name here)? Example: How can you drive like Gary Woodland?
1. Will Tiger Woods break Jack Nicklaus’s major championship record of 18 wins?
* Always write “THE PLAYERS” in ALL CAPS, that’s what they do.
My new best friends at Cigars City asked if I’d be willing to do a product review of the Gurkha Centurian cigar. Um yeah, and when do I get the job working as a photographer for Playboy? Is that next week? “Would five be enough for your review?” they asked… Tremendous.
So welcome to my first official cigar review. Hopefully the first of many, assuming the photography gig above doesn’t pan out. Turn to the left honey. Perfect…
The Centurian is made in the Dominican Republic, considered by many as the second best place in the world to Cuba. Centurian is a mid-sized “perfecto” shaped cigar at six inches and a 60 gauge width. Perfecto shape means it is tapered at both ends. A nice feature is that the cigar is pre-cut. In newb fashion, I wasn’t quite sure which end to smoke and which one to light. Don’t tell anyone that.
The strength of this cigar is rated at medium, not overly strong which works someone like me who doesn’t smoke often. The flavor stays consistent too, right down to the end. Somc cigars can get downright nasty at about 1/3 to 1/4 remaining.
Smoke time is about 45-60 minutes for this cigar, which will run around $13.00.
On The Course
When reviewing golf equipment I always do an “on the course” section, documenting real-world performance on a real golf course.
I found the Centurian performed well off the tee, in the fairway, and on the green. The 19th hole performance is obvious.
Having a cigar on the course can truly be a stroke saver for me. I’m not kidding on this. If there was some way to track my lifetime score with and without cigar, my with cigar rounds would be lower. I find that I relax more and play a little more loose and less stressed, which leads to better scores.
Conclusion
The Gurkha Centurian is a nice smoke, well worth the few bucks more than one might pay for a “cheap” cigar. Great for on or off the golf course and lasts a satisfactory time.
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