Nike Introduces Vapor X Golf Bag

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear
Tags: Nike Golf

Nike Vapor X Golf Bag - click to zoom

Gear head alert. Nike has released their lightest golf bag ever, weighing in at under four pounds, the Vapor X.

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Here is Nike’s press release on the Vapor X Golf Bag

There are seven higher res images of the Vapor X Golf Bag in the Hooked On Golf Blog Nike/vaporxbag photo album.

Pure Shot Driver – Golf Training Aid

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, October 17th, 2011
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Reviews

If you are familiar with the Tour Striker you’ll get the concept of the Pure Shot Driver, a training aid for hitting more shots on the sweet spot of the driver.

Pure Shot Driver Concept

The Pure Shot Driver has a convex face, or a face which sticks out. The sweet spot of the driver is the only flat spot, with the surrounding areas of the face curving away toward the edges.

The Pure Shot Driver promotes hitting on the center of the club face. Flies like it too... Click to zoom

The concept of this design is to force the player to hit the center of the club face, or face the horrid visual feedback of balls going sideways, straight up or straight down.

On The Range

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Duffer Snuffer

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Reviews

Duffer Snuffer

I don’t smoke, but I have some golf buddies who do. I know they’re always putting their “ciggies” on the grass or on the side of the cart, then losing them. Some golf smokers (not my buddies) throw their cigarette butts on the ground when they’re done with them.

Duffer Snuffer

I just put a Duffer Snuffer into play in my group to solve the above issues. Now my buddies have a place to put their lit cigarettes, and also a place to discard them when they are done rather than chucking them on the ground. The discarded butts are stored in the ball chamber and can be thrown away later.

When in transport or being stored, the unit comes with a nice carry bag.

Conclusion

This is a bit of a novelty item, but fun for those who smoke I suppose and it serves one good purpose, keeping cigarette butts off the golf course. If they only had a unit for cigars…

Lost a golf buddy last week. Gary Arnoldus 1947-2011.

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Categories: Life

Sad news in my world. One of my golf buddies, Gary Arnoldus, has died. His full obituary is at the bottom of this post, but neglects to mention the cause of death which I suspect is exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.

I met Gary some 10-15 years ago on the golf course and since then have played dozens of rounds together. We were part of a large group of players who played out of Meadowbrook and also toured around the state on weekends to courses around the state. Below is a picture from one of those tour stops in St. George. I’m standing on the chair and Gary is by my left hand with the white hat and white collar.

Gary Arnoldus Gary was a hell of a golfer, with THE most powerful hands I’ve ever seen. He had a 46 inch driver with a tiny head on the end which must have been made out of lead. I could hardly pick the thing up, but Gary could blast that sucker 300+.

I remember a match with Gary at Bonneville one year. Gary and his partner were kicking the asses of my partner Arnie and myself. We got to the 240 yard par-3 15th and we pressed Gary’s team. Gary ripped some kind of iron which landed no farther than FOUR inches from the hole and stuck there. That was one of the best golf shots I’d ever seen and it cleaned out our wallets. We still talk about that shot, every time we get to that hole.

In reading Gary’s obituary below, golf apparently wasn’t the only sport he excelled at. Speaking of the obit, I’m posting it here on HOG. It will stay online as long as this site is online. I think it is BS that the newspapers post the obits on their web sites, then “charge” fees to keep them online. (more…)

Darren Clarke can now herd sheep in the streets of Dungannon

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Categories: (British) Open Championship • European Tour • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Pro Golf

2011 British Open Champion Darren Clarke has been awarded the “freedom of the borough of Dungannon.” It is quite an honor by his home town which is in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

With this award comes the great perk of privilege of being allowed to “herd sheep through Dungannon’s streets.”

Well played…

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