Golf Gadget Review: Cradlz Smartphone Video Holster

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Reviews

I must be losing my edge. I’ve found the 2nd golf gadget in one week which I would actually use, the CamCaddy or Cradlz. I’m not really sure what the name is. On the product it says “Cam Caddy” but googling them and looking at their home page it is all called Cradlz. Going to their URL www.camcaddypro.com automatically forwards to www.cradlz.com. Here’s what I guess happened. Another company with the name Caddie Cam sent a nice little letter to Cam Caddy asking them (nicely I’m sure) to change their name… Just a theory. At this point we will use the name Cradlz.

The Cradlz in action, capturing my buddy Dan’s golf swing on hole #12

Cradlz Features

These days everyone shoots video with their iPhones or Android devices and many use the video footage for analyzing and improving their golf games. Cradlz is a smartphone holster device which can hold a cell phone or camera by clamping onto the edges. Using an alignment stick stuck into the ground, the Cradlz can be mounted near the golfer during practice or even a real golf round to record every swing. I have many swings per round which I probably wouldn’t want to watch, ever. Identifying the problem is one step closer to solving it.

On The Course

I’ve actually played a couple of rounds with the Cradlz in the bag with the alignment stick (included with a particular package) in with my clubs. When I want to record a swing, I bust out the Cradlz and within seconds I’m capturing video. It couldn’t be easier, unless I had a camera crew out there.

Options

Cradlz can be purchased in either a holster-only or holster with alignment stick setup. The holster-only version is $29.95 while the version with the alignment stick is $37.95. Alignment sticks are sold separately for $9.95.

Conclusion

This is a fun golf gadget which actually serves a great purpose, helping the golfer play better. Playing better means lower scores and more enjoyment of this great game. I’m all for that.

Fun Marking My (Golf) Balls With Tin Cup

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Balls • Golf Gear • Reviews
Tags: Golf Accessories

I receive so many golf widgets, gadgets and accessories that I can’t even make a trip to the bathroom without tripping over 12 or 13 of them. Most are junk and I feel bad for the poor guy who dumped his live savings into R&D and some Chinese manufacturer to release a product nobody will use. Golf gadgets have to do something meaningful, useful or fun, without being an inconvenience or difficult to use.

Tin Cup

One sure way to get me to review a product is to slap a University of Utah Utes logo on it. Or better yet, send me a product which lets me put a U logo on my golf gear! Bingo.

Utes logo on my balls by Tin Cup! Click to purchase…

Tin Cup makes these metal stencils which fit over golf balls with all sorts of cool graphics from animals to skulls to logos of your favorite sports teams.

In the photo above my lovely lass is marked up a white spheriod with a Utah Utes logo, in red of course. Love it.

Caution

I learned that on a design which uses this much ink, letting the stencil dry for a while is required. Lift the stencil carefully too so as not to smear the ink.

Related Links

Check out my original Tin Cup review, posted back on September 24, 2009.

Tin Cup website

Next Read: An American Caddie in St. Andrews

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Categories: Golf Books • Site News

An American Caddie in St. Andrews – click to purchase

I’m making trip #2 to St. Andrews this July. Can’t wait to get back to the auld grey toon (old gray town). I’m rearranging my 502 deep golf book queue to move An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course to the front of the list. This is a book written by an American New Yorker who I’m going to go out on a limb and say is Jewish (Oliver Horovitz), who caddies at the Old Course. How could this not be interesting?

Stay tuned for my full review as soon as I have a plane ride long enough to bust out the reading part…

Golf Book Review: 365 Golf Tips & Tricks From the Pros

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Books • Golf Fitness • Golf Instruction • Instruction • Pro Tips • Reviews

There are many studies which prove that short study sessions allow the pupil to retain more than long study sessions. It is better to, for instance, study in 20 minute segments and break three times than to study a straight hour. The starts and stops are where most of the information is retained. That’s what makes a format like 365 Golf Tips & Tricks From the Pros so great. It is 592 pages, but there’s no way on earth I’d read it from start to finish. I’ll take a tip and read it with the thoughts of really trying to absorb it and work the concept into my game or my practice.

I recommend keeping books like this in places you’ll visit every day… Click to buy

1 Tip Per Day

365 Golf Tips & Tricks From the Pros is obviously meant to be read a day at a time, a tip at a time. Read that one tip on one day and really try to absorb it. The tips are well but concisely written and all supported by color photos demonstrating the concept.

All areas of golf are covered from the rules to etiquette to long and short games. 365 lessons are in there and at only $12.95, a fraction of the cost of one private lesson!

Review: Arnold Palmer Drive – Half & Half Sports Performance Drink

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 19th, 2013
Categories: Golf Accessories • Miscellaneous • Reviews

I’m a big Arnold Palmer fan, both the drink and the player. The drink, for those who don’t know what it is, is half iced tea and half lemonade. I’ve consumed countless gallons of Arnie’s iced tea and lemonade, made by Arizona. I was thrilled to get the chance to “test” some of his new line of half and half performance drink.

In addition to the great flavor of the original Arnold Palmer, Drive helps with focus and recovery by including “richly packed vitamins, coconut water, super fruit extracts, antioxidants, amino acids and natural caffeine.”

On The Course

I’ll do anything to save a few strokes off my game. The lampshade incident was a failure but Drive may be a great compliment. My unscientific test took place over 18 holes. I played nine while drinking water and nine while drinking Arnie’s Drive. The results? I shot three strokes better on the nine when I drank the drive beverage! There you have it. Based on that, you should be able to shave off six strokes per 18 holes!

Conclusion

I can’t take any chances. I’ll be downing my first sip of Drive 15 minutes before my 8:30 a.m. money-game tee time this Sunday. If I end up with more cash in my wallet after the round than when I started it, I’ll be stocking up on a few cases of Drive for the summer.

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