Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Orlando, FL The Wednesday during PGA Show week in Orlando every year is Demo Day, the gigantic al fresco exhibition of the latest equipment from the big brands, along with novel teaching devices, innovative tees, ingeniously shaped putters and an array of clever inventions that you will soon realize you can’t do […]
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The Clicgear Three Wheeled Golf Cart
The Clicgear Cart is, as its website says, “the original compact three-wheel golf pushcart.” The Clicgear Cart won the 2007 Best New Product Award at the PGA Merchandise Show, providing a terrific promotional boost. The cart has great word of mouth, too. Two of my regular playing partners swear by it, in part because […]
Learning from Golf’s Leading Professionals in the Coachella Valley
Indian Wells. Indian Wells Golf Resort Anthony Holder is the Head Golf Professional at the Indian Wells Golf Resort, where the Golf Road Warriors played on Saturday, February 25, the penultimate day of the Warriors’ 2012 Palm Springs swing. Anthony joined the Warriors for our round at Indian Wells’ Players Course, and it was my […]
Just Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again
Willie Nelson’s anthem keeps cycling through my brain as I wrap up my preparations for the Golf Road Warriors’ trip to Palm Springs next week, February 21-27. “I just can’t wait to get on the road again!” I’m not unaccustomed to traveling, but most of my journeys over the last twenty years have been strictly for […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the PGA Show
The PGA Show in Orlando last month illuminated what’s good as well as what’s troublesome in the golf industry. The big players in equipment and clothing and shoes—Callaway, Ping, Titleist, Nike, FootJoy and so on—occupied prominent spots on the convention floor, sort of like anchor tenants at a mall. There’s no question that the technological […]
The Implications of Charles Mann’s New Book, 1493, for Golf’s Future in China
Charles Mann’s observations about China’s role in the forging of the modern world in his brilliant new book, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, are especially fascinating in light of China’s embrace of golf. A late-blooming minor component of the Columbian exchange, golf has a peculiar status in China—both condemned and celebrated. Like much […]