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Jason Zuback – Fastest Ball in all of Sports

By Sean ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

Think you hit the ball a long way? Check this video out. Jason Zuback shows off his 204mph ball speed! Go Canada! I love the smoke/dust coming off the ball at impact.

Online Golf Swing Video Analysis

By Sean ⋅ December 2, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Do you have access to a video camera or web cam? Are you interested in having someone analyze your swing for free? SwingAcademy.com is a pretty simple system that lets users upload videos of their swing and then publish them within the community. Other users of the system can then analyze your swing and make [...]

CHIII Released from Callaway Golf

By Sean ⋅ November 30, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

From Golfweek – Adam Schupak Callaway Golf announced that it has granted Charles Howell III a release from his endorsement contract. Howell had played Callaway products since he turned professional in 2000, and had been prominently featured in the company’s media campaign. He earned his second career PGA Tour victory this year and finished 18th [...]

Last Round of 2007….I Hope Not!

By Sean ⋅ November 20, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Well, the weather turned out to be nice enough Saturday to get in 18 holes. I really hope it doesn’t turn out to be the last round of the year, though, if it did, I turned in a pretty decent round (79 at Green Knoll). It was a little chilly, in the low 40s, so [...]

Golf Season Coming to an End

By Sean ⋅ November 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Well, looks like the 2007 Golf Season is coming to an end. It’s in the 50s here today, overcast with sporadic showers. Before I know it, it will be in the 30s on a regular basis, and the joy of crushing drives on 90 degree summer days will be long..long gone. The 2007 Golf Season [...]

Wearing a Hole in your Golf Glove

By Sean ⋅ November 12, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Do you find yourself wearing a hole in the palm of your golf glove? That fleshy part below your pinkie? I’ve posted this video before, but it does a great job of explaining why that happens. Enjoy!

Hogan vs Leadbetter Grip

By Sean ⋅ September 18, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

So, I have been using the Hogan style, overlap grip for quite some time. I have used the same left hand grip for years, with really only the right hand changing slightly from time to time. I was hitting the ball quite well through June and July this summer, shooting a bunch of rounds in [...]

Video Lesson: How to Fix My Slice

By Sean ⋅ September 10, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments

Ok as you have seen in just about every single infomercial on The Golf Channel, everyone and everybody is trying to sell you a way to fix your slice. I did a search on this on youtube and came up with a ton of videos. With a ton of different ways to ‘do’ it. Unfortunately, [...]

Win a pair of DryJoys with Stability PODS

By Sean ⋅ August 30, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

FootJoy is running a Flextability Sweepstakes where you can win yourself a set of the new DryJoys featuring Stability PODS. What is ‘flextability’ and what are PODS? Well here’s a brief description: The Stability PODS outsole features seven individual TPU Stability PODS surrounded by dramatically enhanced OptiFlex™ zones. The result is breakthrough FLEXTABILITY™– stability achieved [...]

Getting Through the Golf Ball

By Sean ⋅ August 27, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

For those of you who ‘hit at’ the golf ball, this is a great video to help get you to swing through the golf ball. There are some nice examples relating the feeling of the swing to other sports: golf, fishing, soccer, football, skipping stones. Great stuff, as always, from Shawn Clement. Side note, good [...]