My two favorite outdoor activities are golf and flying my remote control aerial vehicles. Both activities are greatly affected by the wind. I’m always looking out the window at the trees, evaluating how many club wind or what the flying conditions are. Now I have a new device for keeping tabs and exact measurements with regards to the current wind conditions, the Weather Flow Wind Meter. The Wind Meter works with Android or iOS devices via several applications.
When there is wind, this device measures average wind speed over whatever given time you sample it and also shows gust levels.
As fate would have it the day I started testing this unit was the first day of the year there was no wind. Zero. None. What are the odds?
Full report soon, assuming there is wind again in the future.
In for review here at Hooked On Golf Blog is a very classy and finely packaged DVD box set from Gary Player called “A Game for Life.” With years of work in the CD/DVD manufacturing work under my belt, I’m very impressed with the layout and design of this set.
Gary Player – A Game for Life
I’m excited to check out this golf instructional DVD set as it claims to approach improving one’s golf game in a different and unique way.
Stay tuned for my review coming soon. I’m most anxious to see what Mr. Player’s short game instruction is. I need it… bad.
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Can a chipper (or Flipper in this case) be the cure for the chip yips? I’m desperate enough to find out.
Sitting in my basement still in the shrink wrap for many years, is the club which could be my secret to rounds in the 60’s and the end to my short game frustrations. It could also cause me to be the subject of laughter and much ridicule by golfers who I may or may not know. Say hello to the Acer Flipper, the king of the green!
Everybody sing with me!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Flying there-over, over the green!
Everyone loves the king of the green,
Ever so kind and gentle is he,
Tricks he will do when golfers appear,
And how they laugh when he’s near!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Flying there-over, over the green!
Flipper!
My putting is tour-level quality, but my chipping and pitching is as bad as my putting is good. In fact, I think I have the chip-yips. I’ve practiced countless hours and taken many lessons, but when I get on the course some kind of gag reflex happens and I have very little control over my chip distance. It has improved this season, yes. But I give up at least 3-5 shots per round due to bad chipping. Somehow I still manage to shoot in the low 70’s despite this problem. Imagine if I could save those 3-5 shots? I’d be scratch or better.
Case in point yesterday was a round of 73 in which I failed to get up and down for birdie when within five yards of two par-5 holes in two shots. I also failed to get up and down on the par-4 14th from about the same distance. Instead, I dubbed a chip about three feet and then changed to putter, getting up and down for bogey. There were three strokes I gagged up right there. Fix that and that 73 is a 70. Big difference.
Perhaps with the Flipper I can use my putting stroke around the greens instead of the gag-chip thing I’m doing.
Laugh at me if you wish. I’ll take it in stride. If the Flipper works, great! If not, I tried.
You heard it here first. There’s been a lot of discussion as to whether or not Tom Watson should pick Tiger Woods as one of his captain’s picks. There are good arguments for both sides of the discussion for sure. My opinion is that the proper question is not whether Tom Watson should pick Tiger Woods, rather who is the BEST pick.
My official letter of invitation to be on the 2014 Ryder Cup team?
I just got this letter in the mail from Tom Watson. I have yet to open it. But I theorize that Tom has been looking at my last 10 rounds or so and seen that I’m playing pretty damn well. This letter must be my official notification that I’ve been chosen as one of Tom Watson’s Ryder Cup captain’s picks.
I won’t bother opening this. I’ll just book my flight for Gleneagles and talk to Tom when I get there. See you in September.
This is a quick follow-up commentary on a previous golf accessory review. Back on May 29, 2014 I reviewed the Snap Hookz golf “accessory accessory.” This is a unit which attaches to the golf bag and provides more and better options for hanging and mounting club brushes, golf towels, GPS watches, hats, or whatever.
I’ve been frustrated lately with my 4-wheeled Sun Mountain Micro Cart and Nike Golf Bag combination lately. The Nike bag’s hinges for the legs hits the Sun Mountain cart at the worst spot. The result is that the bag slips and rotates, bunching my clubs all up on one side. Yesterday I tried a solution, which was mounting the bag’s front on the underside toward the cart and that solved the movement problem. But the new problem was that my accessory loops and pockets were all underneath and not easy to access.
Snap Hookz on underside of golf bag!
Problem Solved!
With the Snap Hookz I was able to “create” a new set of loops for the leg-side of the bag (see photo above) and hang my GPS watch, golf towel, and Frogger club brush for easy access!
Nice job Snap Hookz!
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