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Apr
07
2010
Which golf ball should you use? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kevin   
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Like many others, I'm always on a quest to find the "best" golf ball for my game.  At first I wanted distance, and less spin (to help ditch the dreaded slice), but have since decided that I'm a lot more accurate now, and need more feel around the green.  This thought process was recently confirmed in an article on Oobgolf.com written by The Wedge Guy, Terry Koehler.  His article gives good advice on how and why to choose a golf ball that's right for you.  You can read the article here.

In the comments section of the article, another Oober posted a link to a chart published in the February 2008 issue of Golf Magazine.  I borrowed that chart and assigned points for both distance, and spin to see which balls would give you the best of both worlds.  Basically I assigned 44 points (there are 44 balls total) for the top ball in each category, 43 for 2nd best, etc, then added the two sets of points together to give them a ranking.  Don't know if this will help anyone, but it was an eye opener for me because I've been using the Topflight D2's for a month or two and thought I'd found the right ball for the right money.  Unfortunately they rank, using my system, near the bottom.  For now, I plan on using The Wedge Guy's advice combined with the following chart to try out some new balls. 

Kevin

EDIT:  argh!  I copied and pasted an earlier chart I did where I just ranked the top 20 in each category.  Unfortunately, I deleted the new chart that had all 44 balls ranked.  Pretty much the same ranking, but I'll fix tomorrow. 

EDIT #2:  ok, I fixed the chart and added the approximate cost of a dozen balls for each.  Most of the prices were obtained off the Golf Galaxy website. 

Ball Distance POINTS Spin POINTS Hardness (Shore D Durometer) TOTAL RANKING COST PER DOZEN
TP Black 259.1 44 12,062 36 56.6 80 1 $42.99
TP Red 258.6 42 11,872 34 NA 76 2 $42.99
Bridgestone Tour B330-S 255.2 34 11,866 33 57.2 67 3 $42.99
Taylor Made Burner TP 255.4 36 10,894 31 NA 67 4 $26.99
Bridgestone Tour B330 253.9 28 12,137 38 NA 66 5 $42.99
Wilson Tx4 252.6 22 12,454 43 NA 65 6  $24.99
Bridgestone E5+ 252 21 12,140 39 NA 60 7 $26.99
Titelist NXT Tour 254.2 30 10,612 30 57.2 60 8 $25.99
Nike PD Soft 255.9 38 8,888 22 NA 60 9 $17.99
Taylor Made Burner 255.4 35 9,242 23 NA 58 10 $19.99
Noodle+ 259 43 7,789 15 NA 58 11 $15.99
Titelist ProV1x 250.4 14 12,299 41 55.8 55 12 $45.99
Callaway Tour i 253.7 26 10,473 28 NA 54 13 $45.99
Precept Distance iQ180 255.9 37 7,790 16 NA 53 14 $19.99
Wilson Zip 252.7 23 10,518 29 NA 52 15  $14.88
Precept Lady iQ180 255.2 33 8,185 19 NA 52 16 $19.99
Callaway Tour ix 253.4 25 9,990 26 NA 51 17 $45.99
Noodle+ Lady 257.1 40 7,453 11 NA 51 18 $15.99
Nike One Black 249 8 12,431 42 56.8 50 19 $44.99
Titleist NXT Extreme 257.5 41 6,824 7 64.8 48 20 $24.86
Nike One Platinum 239.1 1 13,451 44 46.8 45 21 $44.99
Precept Laddie X 256 39 6,242 6 67 45 22 $19.95
Wilson Staff Fifty 251.8 19 9,546 25 NA 44 23 $17.88
Srixon Z-URC 247.2 2 12,250 40 NA 42 24 $39.99
Titelist ProV1 249 7 11,914 35 57.2 42 25 $45.99
Callaway HX Hot Bite 249.3 10 11,331 32 54.4 42 26 $29.99
Topflight Gamer 250.6 15 10,087 27 56.4 42 27 $19.99
Callaway Big Bertha 252.8 24 7,951 18 64.8 42 28 $23.86
Nike Juice 312 254.5 32 7,192 10 NA 42 29 $27.99
Srixon Z-URS 247.5 3 12,137 37 NA 40 30 $39.99
Nike Karma 250 13 9,256 24 NA 37 31 $19.99
Callaway HX Hot 253.9 27 6,963 8 67 35 32 $24.99
Srixon Trispeed 251.3 17 7,814 17 NA 34 33 $24.99
Topflight Freak 254.5 31 5,310 2 68.8 33 34 $15.88
Srixon AD 333 249.9 12 8,407 20 55.4 32 35 $19.99
Pinnacle Gold FX Long 254.1 29 5,629 3 65.4 32 36 $14.99
Bridgestone E6+ 251.7 18 7,651 12 NA 30 37 $26.99
Topflight D2 Feel 248.4 4 8,808 21 NA 25 38 $15.99
Titleist DT Solo (2007) 249.6 11 7,758 14 NA 25 39 $19.86
Callaway Warbird 251.9 20 6,111 5 66.4 25 40 $15.99
Topflight XL Distance 248.6 6 7,667 13 65.6 19 41 $9.99
Nike Ignite 249.1 9 7,071 9 NA 18 42 $24.31
Pinnacle Gold FX Soft 251 16 5,154 1 65.6 17 43 $14.99
Volvik Crystal 248.5 5 5,986 4 64.6 9 44 $19.95
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Mar
14
2010
My Personal Golf Trainer for the Wii Part 3 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kevin   
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The new Wii "training aid", My Personal Golf Trainer with David Leadbetter is almost out.  They've apparently tweaked it based on feedback from in-store demos, and from Leadbetter himself.  Initially it was due out in October of 2009, but the "official" retail store release is now May 1st, 2010.  You can obtain an early copy on April 5th by going HERE.  For more detailed information and screenshots, visit this link:  http://www.mypersonalgolftrainer.com/

A good demonstration video can be found at Golf Week here: 
http://www.golfweek.com/videos/2010/jan/29/323/

Customer feedback videos from in-store demos can be found here:
http://www.mypersonalgolftrainer.com/index.php/gallery

If you buy the product, be sure to post comments to let us know how good it is.  More than likely I'll buy one and eventually post a review.  The retail cost is $99 which at first glance seems high, but if this works as well as it's hyped up to, you'll make the money back during the winter when you can't go to the range or course.

Kevin
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Mar
14
2010
Oob Tourney 2010 1st Quarter PDF Print E-mail
Written by kidputter   
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARDS
as of 3-14-2010 11am CST        
               
TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
Current Rank Name Total Points Total Putts Total 3 Putts # of qualifying rounds Qualified w/4 rounds
T1 Mantajim 261.0 132 4 4 yes
T1 TeT 261.0 117 0 4 yes
3 KVSmith59 262.0 135 8 4 yes
4 SteveBerrywv 271.0 115 1 4 yes
5 N-THE-RUFF 272.0 126 1 4 yes
6 windowsurfer 277.0 124 6 4 yes
7 Junior 281.0 126 8 4 yes
8 Gotro71 285.0 148 20 4 yes
9 Blackhawk 311.0 170 25 4 yes
10 jeremyheslop 456.0 165 28 3 no
11 H Head 458.0 146 20 3 no
12 kidputter 485.0 159 28 3 no
13 freno99 664.0 192 52 2 no
14 TheBrownCrayon 829.0 200 57 1 no
15 Kickntrue 831.0 198 57 1 no
16 CB-Boys Club 836.0 201 61 1 no
17 myrriah78 847.0 205 61 1 no
T18 acperry65 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 activesense 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 ADKBrew 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 BlaqShamrokk 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 Breezy 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 eabaseball09 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 forrrrreeee!!!!!!! 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 Greendevil97 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 jerdman 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 klangdon 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 mfritts 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 Mookie 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 Mr. Lefty 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 mschad 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 smepple 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 ToddRobb 1008.0 216 72 0 no
T18 TravisMiller 1008.0 216 72 0 no
  sorted by qualifying rounds first, then alphabetically
FIR LEADERBOARD GIR LEADERBOARD
Current Rank Name FIR % # of qualifying rounds Current Rank Name GIR % # of qualifying rounds
1 N-THE-RUFF 82% 4 1 Mantajim 51% 4
2 SteveBerrywv 70% 4 2 N-THE-RUFF 49% 4
3 windowsurfer 62% 4 3 windowsurfer 32% 4
4 Mantajim 60% 4 4 Junior 29% 4
5 Blackhawk 57% 4 5 KVSmith59 28% 4
6 KVSmith59 54% 4 6 TeT 22% 4
7 Junior 48% 4 7 SteveBerrywv 14% 4
T8 Gotro71 45% 4 8 Gotro71 8% 4
T8 TeT 45% 4 9 Blackhawk 7% 4
10 H Head 48% 3 10 H Head 33% 3
11 jeremyheslop 32% 3 11 jeremyheslop 24% 3
12 kidputter 18% 3 12 kidputter 14% 3
13 freno99 9% 2 13 freno99 6% 2
14 Kickntrue 14% 1 14 CB-Boys Club 15% 1
15 CB-Boys Club 11% 1 15 TheBrownCrayon 7% 1
16 myrriah78 7% 1 T16 Kickntrue 3% 1
17 TheBrownCrayon 0% 1 T16 myrriah78 3% 1
T18 acperry65 0% 0 T18 acperry65 0% 0
T18 activesense 0% 0 T18 activesense 0% 0
T18 ADKBrew 0% 0 T18 ADKBrew 0% 0
T18 BlaqShamrokk 0% 0 T18 BlaqShamrokk 0% 0
T18 Breezy 0% 0 T18 Breezy 0% 0
T18 eabaseball09 0% 0 T18 eabaseball09 0% 0
T18 forrrrreeee!!!!!!! 0% 0 T18 forrrrreeee!!!!!!! 0% 0
T18 Greendevil97 0% 0 T18 Greendevil97 0% 0
T18 jerdman 0% 0 T18 jerdman 0% 0
T18 klangdon 0% 0 T18 klangdon 0% 0
T18 mfritts 0% 0 T18 mfritts 0% 0
T18 Mookie 0% 0 T18 Mookie 0% 0
T18 Mr. Lefty 0% 0 T18 Mr. Lefty 0% 0
T18 mschad 0% 0 T18 mschad 0% 0
T18 smepple 0% 0 T18 smepple 0% 0
T18 ToddRobb 0% 0 T18 ToddRobb 0% 0
T18 TravisMiller 0% 0 T18 TravisMiller 0% 0
PUTTING LEADERBOARD 3+ PUTTING  LEADERBOARD    
Current Rank Name Putt Totals # of qualifying rounds Current Rank Name 3+ Putt Totals # of qualifying rounds
1 SteveBerrywv 115 4 1 TeT 0 4
2 TeT 117 4 T2 N-THE-RUFF 1 4
3 windowsurfer 124 4 T2 SteveBerrywv 1 4
T4 Junior 126 4 4 Mantajim 4 4
T4 N-THE-RUFF 126 4 5 windowsurfer 6 4
6 Mantajim 132 4 T6 Junior 8 4
7 KVSmith59 135 4 T6 KVSmith59 8 4
8 Gotro71 148 4 8 Gotro71 20 4
9 Blackhawk 170 4 9 Blackhawk 25 4
10 H Head 146 3 10 H Head 20 3
11 kidave 159 3 T11 jeremyheslop 28 3
12 jeremyheslop 165 3 T11 kidave 28 3
13 freno99 192 2 13 freno99 52 2
14 Kickntrue 198 1 T14 Kickntrue 57 1
15 TheBrownCrayon 200 1 T14 TheBrownCrayon 57 1
16 CB-Boys Club 201 1 T16 CB-Boys Club 61 1
17 myrriah78 205 1 T16 myrriah78 61 1
T18 acperry65 216 0 T18 acperry65 72 0
T18 activesense 216 0 T18 activesense 72 0
T18 ADKBrew 216 0 T18 ADKBrew 72 0
T18 BlaqShamrokk 216 0 T18 BlaqShamrokk 72 0
T18 Breezy 216 0 T18 Breezy 72 0
T18 eabaseball09 216 0 T18 eabaseball09 72 0
T18 forrrrreeee!!!!!!! 216 0 T18 forrrrreeee!!!!!!! 72 0
T18 Greendevil97 216 0 T18 Greendevil97 72 0
T18 jerdman 216 0 T18 jerdman 72 0
T18 klangdon 216 0 T18 klangdon 72 0
T18 mfritts 216 0 T18 mfritts 72 0
T18 Mookie 216 0 T18 Mookie 72 0
T18 Mr. Lefty 216 0 T18 Mr. Lefty 72 0
T18 mschad 216 0 T18 mschad 72 0
T18 smepple 216 0 T18 smepple 72 0
T18 ToddRobb 216 0 T18 ToddRobb 72 0
T18 TravisMiller 216 0 T18 TravisMiller 72 0
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Jan
02
2010
Golf Swing Drill PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kevin   
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Ran across this great golf swing drill and thought I'd share.  I uploaded it to the video section also.  Hope it helps!

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Last Updated on Friday, 01 January 2010 21:48
 
Dec
25
2009
Merry Christmas PDF Print E-mail
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