This past Saturday I did my 2nd Bridgestone Golf ball fitting. My first was last fall up at a course in the mountains. It was VERY cold and windy during that first fitting, but the net result with my Ping driver at the time was that the best ball for me was the B330-RXS.
Bridgestone Golf ball fitting - Swing doesn't look too bad. Click for larger image.
Fast forward half a year or more and I have a new driver in the bag, Nike Machspeed Black. I also have a new swing, following the new back diagnosis and the still healing separated shoulder. That new swing turns out to be a granny version, 95mph.
Sorry man, but you have a granny swing...
I’ve managed to build a good friendship with my local Bridgestone rep, Matt. Good guy. He was there, along with the fitters who travel around this region.
We tried several balls this time, spent a little more time. I managed to get my swing up to 98 once, but I was averaging 95.
I tried a couple of “tour” balls, which were way too hard. My distance was considerably shorter and my side spin higher. Less accurate and shorter is not what I’m looking for.
The two balls which were the best statistically for me were the Srixon Z-Star and the Bridgestone B330-RX. Both of those balls I’ve played quite a bit over the last year and I do really like them both. Obviously since it was a Bridgestone fitting, they were higher on the RX for me, which is to be expected. That being said, it was cool that they were high on the Z-Star for my game as well.
And now, the humbling
After my session, the local course staff had brought in a very interesting player. This player, who will remain unnamed, is one of the top amateurs in the state. Nearly won the state champ last year. This guy is a total nut. Very heavy on the party end of things but somehow is a “natural” on the golf course.
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This is a classic brain knot exercise. I did a post about this web site who is scraping my content and many others’ content and posting it without permission. Their system automatically scraped that post, about them stealing, and it appears on their page. Classic.
Wonder if they'll steal my post about them stealing my post about them stealing my posts? Click for larger image.
I like to link to my own web sites within my content for this very reason. That way if someone does rip off my posts, it at least links back to my site somewhere.
I need to get on with getting this damn site shut down. But maybe I’ll wait and see if they steal my post about them posting my post about them stealing my posts first. Then the screen capture could be a picture in a picture in a picture…
I’m very happy to announce the release of the first Hooked On Golf Blog / The Golf Space golf hats by Pukka Headwear. Pukka makes great hats, custom logo for golf courses, businesses, tournaments, web sites.. you name it.
HOG / TGS hats by Pukka Headwear - Click for more images
Pukka’s reputation is very high. A few days ago I was telling the buyer at a local golf course about the new hats coming up. This guy started raving about Pukka and told me they were the best in the business. A totally unsolicited rave review.
Sharp embroidery on the side! Click for more Pukka images
Pukka has been a great company to work with from start to finish. The design process was very thorough and efficient, with great service and help on getting things to look their best.
How do you get one?
The first few dozen hats will be for giveaways. I first intend to get these on the craniums of those who have been HOG/TGS pals, members, users, friends etc. I’ll use the rest of this batch for site contests, giveaways, fantasy golf and any other reason I can to get ’em out in public.
Nike 20XI-S Golf Ball in play today - Click for more images
I’ve already had one test round under my belt last week with the Nike 20XI-S golf ball, the spinnier version of the new 20XI series. That round was extremely tough though as the course had just opened following being covered with snow. The course was playing massively long, no roll at all. Mud ball central. Holes which I normally would have 7-9 iron approaches were hybrids, and some I couldn’t even get home.
So today will be my 2nd test round with the 20XI-S and should give me a great idea how this ball performs. Stay tuned.
20XI-X Golf Ball Review
I already reviewed the 20XI-S’s sister ball about two weeks ago. To my knowledge, I’m the first to post a review the Nike 20XI-X golf ball so check it out.
The next read in my gigantic list of golf books is by the golf author John Coyne, who previously penned the book The Caddie Who Played with Hickory.
Coyne’s new book is called The Caddie Who Won The Masters. This is the story which Bobby Jones would have loved, that of an amateur who managed to win the best golf tournament on this planet.
If you can’t see it, click the read more below for the complete product description.
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