WGC Accenture Saturday Matches – Weekend TV Schedule
Saturday Matches
9 P Hanson vs 10 M Wilson
1 R McIlroy vs 11 S Bae
4 M Kuchar vs 6 H Mahan
1 L Westwood vs 10 M Laird
Weekend TV Schedule
SAT: 12-2pm ET Golf Channel
SAT: 2-6pm ET NBC
SUN: 9am-1:00pm ET Golf Channel
SUN: 2pm-6pm ET NBC
Review: UST Mamiya Soft Touch Golf Grips
Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, February 24th, 2012
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Reviews
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Reviews
Hard to write a 3000 word review on golf grips, so this will be a lightning review. 497 words.
I’m not a fan of hard or coarse golf grips like cords. I’ve fought golfer’s elbow / tennis elbow for a few years and the hard grips make it worse. And how about the feel of hard grips when you’re playing blades or player’s clubs and you hit a 3-iron thin? Not fun.
UST Mamiya Soft Touch
I like the soft feel of grips like the new UST Mamiya Soft Touch golf grips. The grips are made from advanced technology polyurethane materials, resulting in soft feel but tight control in dry or wet conditions. I’ve had these grips on my irons, wedges, hybrids and fairways for quite a few rounds now. I like how my hand seems to blend in with the club. It is like the grip and hand become one. A good analogy would be that “smart” mattress material in those $5,000 beds which mold to your body. Despite the softness I still have great feel and feedback from the clubs. I can still tell where on the club face I’m making contact.
Short game is really great with the Soft Touch grips. Gentle pitches and chips are very easy to feel and execute.
Durability
It is winter here and not many rounds being played right now. I can’t yet comment about the durability of these grips. I need a couple more dozen rounds with them to really be able to comment. So I’ll do a followup post in a month or two with my findings on the durability.
Installation
I have to extend some thanks to the folks at UST Mamiya for their help. I had a problem with the first install of many of the grips. The installer (yes I should have done them myself) left the old tape on the clubs and used a ton of solvent. Since there wasn’t any new tape, he literally trashed five of the grips in attempting to put them on. See the pic on the right. I was heartbroken!
With the extra solvent and not using new tape, another four of the grips ended up bad. I’m talking really bad. I’m talking two inches long on the 6-iron, 1 inch long on the PW. The lob grip was folded over onto itself on the inside. It was a disaster. Thanks to UST Mamiya for understanding and sending in replacements. The next install was done perfectly with new tape and not too much solvent.
During install make sure that the cut edge of the shaft is not sharp and is properly covered with tape. Doing so will avoid the above mentioned damage to the lob wedge, and make putting them on much easier. And be sure to replace the old tape. Glad to help. That’s why I’m here.
Sizes/Specs
Standard – 0.600 – 43 grams
Midsize – 0.600 – 47 grams
Undersized – 0.580 – 37 grams
Conclusion
I’m loving the feel and control of the Soft Touch grips. They’re also really sharp looking. If you like softer grips, try out the UST Mamiya Soft Touch golf grips.
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WGC Accenture Match Play Friday Pairings
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
BOBBY JONES
9 P Hanson vs 5 B Snedeker
10 M Wilson vs 3 D Johnson
GARY PLAYER
1 R McIlroy vs 13 M Jimenez
10 J Senden vs 11 S Bae
BEN HOGAN
1 M Kaymer vs 4 M Kuchar
2 S Stricker vs 6 H Mahan
SAM SNEAD
1 L Westwood vs 4 N Watney
10 M Laird vs 11 P Lawrie
WGC Accenture Match Play Round One Comments
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Round one of the WGC Accenture Match Play yesterday was fun to watch. There were some very surprising outcomes.
1 And Done
The biggest surprise of the day was that world #1 ranked Luke Donald, defending WGC Accenture Match Play champion, lost to the lowest seed, Ernie Els. It just goes to show that in match play anything can happen. That’s why they play the game.
Upsets
That wasn’t the only upset. In fact, 15 of the 32 matches were won by the underdog. New record for the tournament. #3 seed Graeme McDowell lost, which was also surprising, unless you remember how much of a stud Y.E. Yang is. That’s why they play the game.
Tiger Woods
I watched all of Tiger Woods’s match with Gonzalo Fdez-Castano. Hands down the ugliest match of the day, excluding the one extra hole in the Mahan/Johnson match.
Castano went up two after two holes and Tiger looked awful. I thought perhaps Tiger might be dormy after nine holes. The winner of this match would end up being the player who played the “least bad.” Tiger would eventually come out with the ugliest and most disappointing victory he may have ever had.
“We both made our share of mistakes, there’s no doubt about that. But somehow I was able to move on.” ~Tiger Woods
I think if there was one day to beat Tiger Woods, this was it. I didn’t take the opportunity. I missed a few shots. And, of course, you can’t miss shots if you want to beat one of the greatest in history.” ~Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
Rory McIlory
Rory McIlroy seemed to have things under control in his match with South Africa’s George Coetzee, 3-up with 3 to play. But then he lost the 16th and 17th holes, just to make it interesting. He did manage to win the 18th and the match 2up.
Dustin Johnson
Based on the final round play at Riviera of Dustin Johnson, I figured the mechanic Jim Furyk would win this match. Johnson’s short game was bad last week. Apparently he worked on that, since he seemed to be chipping in from everywhere. I think the only place he didn’t chip in from was the outhouse. Johnson won in 20 holes.
Battle of the Spaniards
I’m a big Miguel Angel Jimenez fan. How do you not love a guy who does sexy dancing in his warmups? In the battle of the Spaniards, Jimenez defeated the very hot Sergio Garcia 2 and 1.
Y.E. Yang
Y.E. Yang “yanged” Graeme McDowell for the 2nd year in a row. 14 seed beats a 3 seed.
WGC Accenture Match Play Thursday Pairings
Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
GARY PLAYER BRACKET
1 Rory McIlroy vs. 9 Anders Hansen
5 Keegan Bradley vs. 13 Miguel Angel Jimenez
2 Jason Day vs. 10 John Senden
3 Charl Schwartzel vs. 11 Sang-Moon Bae
SAM SNEAD BRACKET
1 Lee Westwood vs. 8 Robert Karlsson
4 Nick Watney vs. 5 Tiger Woods
15 Matteo Manassero vs. 10 Martin Laird
14 Ryo Ishikawa vs. 11 Paul Lawrie
BOBBY JONES BRACKET
16 Ernie Els vs. No.9 Peter Hanson
13 Kyle Stanley vs. 5 Brandt Snedeker
15 Robert Rock vs. 10 Mark Wilson
3 Dustin Johnson vs. 11 Francesco Molinari
BEN HOGAN BRACKET
1 Martin Kaymer vs. 8 David Toms
4 Matt Kuchar vs. 5 Bubba Watson
2 Steve Stricker vs. 7 Louis Oosthuizen
14 Y.E. Yang vs. 6 Hunter Mahan
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