While I’ve never have the pleasure of playing Miura’s 007 (sure that one's a mallet but why quibble), in Bond lore 008 is the agent known for being a more cooperative agent, adept at following M’s orders to the tee. Obedience to the boss’ whims is a trait all golfers crave in a flatstick  so lets take a closer look at KM-008--the followup to the KM 350 small blade putter.
 
FIRST GLANCE
Tradition, tradition! Tradition!  Sing it Fiddler on the Roof loud cause this heel shafted toe-weighted masterpiece may sport a tried and true architecture but exquisite craftsmanship and attention to the minutest details means there’s absolutely nothing run of the mill about this beguiling offset blade.
 
Tantamount to Miura’s maniacal pursuit of balance, weight distribution and truer strike purity is their forging process where each putter begins life as a single billet of soft carbon steel then endures a rigorous process to fashion it into a truly beautiful instrument
 
IMPECCABLE PINSIDE MANNER
The KM-008 inspires confidence on the greens.   No putter can make three footers feel like tap-ins but the best ones can drastically increase your stroke surety and the 008 edge extends to twenty foot putt prayers.    While you might not sink any more of the latter—this is a piece of steel, not a magic staff—thanks to the brilliant weighting and balance you never feel like you have pound it to knock it really close.  We'll have our video test up in a couple weeks so stay tuned for more 008.

Greenville, South Carolina’s Gabriel Green has let loose a wise and worldly spirit into the wild polo kingdom with their Tusker.  I demoed a selection from their sport line, a comfy and super soft poly that feels phenomenal when you pull it on. 

While laying into a bucket of balls at the range the Tusker Sport did not impede my swing motion at all. There’s really zero restriction which is exactly what I’m looking for in a golf shirt.   The fit is true to size but dad bod friendly with love handle forgiveness, so think more along the line of an Ashworth rather than J Lindeberg.

While critter logos have been the rage in polos since back when René Lacoste was still hitting backhand slices, Gabriel Greens’ winsome elephant isn’t as cute as Vinyard Vines smiley whale or Original Penguin’s tuxedoed waddler.  Smart marketing move though, otherwise GG could have been mistaken for the University of Alabama’s Big Al or even Babar.  If you prefer natural fibers, their original 100% French cotton Tusker polo is also well worth a gander.

Golf course familiarity runs contrary to the well tread relationship-tarring adage.  Rather than contempt, playing the same courses over and over again tends to breed lower scores.
After logging dozens of rounds on a track, the lay of the land yields far fewer surprises as course knowledge become encyclopedic and the confidence of experience informs club selection and other strategic decisions.
 
Still, after a couple years of racking up rounds in your neck of the woods and seeing the same holes over and over again, many avid golfers begin to develop an itch to spread their wings, take their sticks out on the road and chase some strange. Put it this way, if course fidelity was a normative behavior and there was an Ashley Madison for guys looking to be a little less faithful to the well tread turfgrass of their local muni, it’d be as massive a success as Bandon Dunes.