Before you can rip it, you must first grip it. When it’s damp and downright frosty you need to adjust your glove game. For one, you’re going to want to two glove it Tommy Gainey style to keep control of your clubs, and two you’re going to need to keep those paws warm. Built for inclement weather golf Bridgestone’s Barricold winter golf gloves are decked out with fleece to keep your paws happy and a suede synthetic palm to keep your hand-on-club tension just right, even when things get a little bit slippery out there.
Before you can rip it, you must first grip it. When it’s damp and downright frosty you need to adjust your glove game. For one, you’re going to want to two glove it Tommy Gainey style to keep control of your clubs, and two you’re going to need to keep those paws warm. Built for inclement weather golf Bridgestone’s Barricold winter golf gloves are decked out with fleece to keep your paws happy and a suede synthetic palm to keep your hand-on-club tension just right, even when things get a little bit slippery out there. While gearing up for the epic Rory McIlroy vs Rickie Fowler prime time, and thus under the lights spectacular at the Detroit Golf Club June 7th more folks are bound to catch night golf fever. Planning dusk shindig at your club? Head to Premier Glow for all the luminescent gear you’ll need to keep player, balls and tee boxes visible. While other brands require a special piece of equipment to illuminate their golf balls, what sets these Night Eagle orbs apart is they can power on with the flashlight app on your smartphone. Ten years down, the trees themselves will be genetically engineered to light up like fireflies--check out what this San Fran based agri-tech startup has got going on. If Darth Maul played golf he’d twirl one of these dual bladed staffs at the driving range to find the dark side of his swing force. Apologies to renowned golf teacher Jim McClean (who has schooled major winners on the LPGA and the PGA) for taking liberties with his image but we couldn't resist. Practicing with the Swing Wizzard helps groove a more consistent, smooth, and on plane swing. Use it long enough and you can say goodbye to first tee jitters as you'll have the steely eyed confidence of a Sith Lord. I've been toying with it for a couple weeks in my living room and this training aid means business promoting solid feel through the impact zone so you don’t release the club too early, and also nipping that common duffer affliction known as chicken swing syndrome in the butt.
When you draw back the Swing Wizzard, the club head on the bottom should be parallel to the ball target line. If it is, that means the club at the top of your back swing is in the square position, exactly where you want it to be. Practice for ten minutes before a range session and you’ll be well on your way to becoming a straighter shooting, crisp ball striking machine. The bottom line is the immediate visual feedback the wizzard gives your swing confidence while also helping to train your muscle memory. The weight and balance of the club also helps with tempo and rhythm and so when you switch back to a regular club you’ll be primed. You can also practice with it in the confines of your office but it is quite long so be sure to test out the swing radius indoors in super slo-mo first so you won’t break any lamps or fixtures. Our Swing Wizzard video should be up next week. Our guide go getting frisky on the fairway, (part of a larger feature) is on newstands in the current edition of Inside Fitness Magazine : The fussed over foliage, sparkling ponds and raked white sand bunkers make the links a romantic spot for some al fresco organ grinding. According to a recent expose on course nookie in Golf Digest dealing with the messy consequences the next morning is par for the course for groundskeepers. How to Pull it Off: Don’t even consider twilight round delight. Wait until till the course is closed and then scamper onto a choice fairway under moonlight. Playing rules still apply—clean up afterwards. No one wants to fish out a used condom out of the cup and do keep it off the greens. Butt and knee prints are a lot more time consuming to fix than your standard ball mark. Before the big round at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium course the crew hunkered down in the players locker room hoping TOUR level skills would seep into us through osmosis. Slinging Birdies' James Bond impression tees off this look at Small Blade Putter Magazine's latest Centerfold , the Miura KM-008.
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