Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 28th, 2008
The Cleveland Niblick – Old School Name, Updated Design
The long forgotten era of club naming; Brassie, spoon, mashie, jigger, spade. If your grandfather played golf 50+ years ago, you bet he had a brassie or spoon in his tiny little canvas carry bag. The old tools of the game sure have evolved from simple, handcrafted designs of persimmon, plastic and steel to complex [...]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Don White – The Greatest Club Designer You Have Never Heard Of
Have you ever heard of a club designer named Don White? Up until about 5 years ago I hadn’t and I thought I know every nonsensical tidbit about the golf industry. All I knew about Don was that he worked at MacGregor Golf as a pretty well respected designer, doing custom grinds on both wedges [...]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
2-irons And 8-track Tapes – Do They Still Exist?
An old friend called me from out of the blue yesterday just to rap about golf & politics (his wife was out of town and I think he got tired of talking to himself). We discussed a varied range of topics, rants, an argument or two, but we settled on talking about last weekends British [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
2008 British Open: A Classic Even Without Tiger
Did anybody miss watching Tiger play in the British Open this year? I will admit that after seeing Ian Poulter pump his fists a few times down the stretch on Sunday a la Mr. Woods, I did kind of missed the guy. Would have Tiger been in the hunt on Sunday? You betcha! Would the [...]