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Digging Dixon

3/25/2016

 
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Do you remember the 21st night of September? Well  Dixon an eco-friendly, Don Cheadle endorsed Arizona HQ’d, golf ball maker certainly does—they come in “Earth”, “Wind” and “Fire” varieties but are they as groovy as the'70s funk band?
 
I played a couple sleeves (the earth and the wind—the fire is aimed at top players) in a charity tournament last weekend at Wildwoode and Dixon coincidentally happened to be camped out on a par-3 contest hole.  It was hit the green and win a sleeve so I ended up with some more of their spheres. 
 
The earth (pictured above in the sand) is aimed at 5-25 handicappers and is their control and distance ball while the wind is their extreme distance/ high handicapper ball recommended for players in the 20+ ballpark, basically those who are ecstatic by every green in regulation. A couple years back Long Drive stud Ryan Winther broke his own Guinness Book of World Records mark for speed off the tee with a 235.1 mph wallop,  with Dixon’s wind ball so if you want a ball that vanishes into the horizon pronto, the wind is your sphere.   While I’m not too concerned about golf balls clogging up landfills, eco-friendliness is a plus, they perform up to snuff, and they’ll make a cameo in an upcoming video on that aforementioned charity tourney.

Sam Johnston's Massive Reversal of Fortune

3/23/2016

 
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What do you after you have a total meltdown and score a quintuple bogey on a par 3? Well if your name is Sam Johnston you have a Disney moment and shoot an albatross on the next hole with a magical 2 on a par 5. This massive reversal of fortune took place during the first round of Q School to crack the Canadian Tour at the Jack Nicklaus signature course at the  Reunion Resort and Spa in Kissimmee Florida,

When you go pits-of-despair awful to ten-second-gallery-ovation-worthy awesome from one hole to the next you can salvage your round. Johnston finished the day an even par and still in the mix tie for 13th.

Fresh Threads: Rool Golf

3/6/2016

 
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Want to broadcast your affection for the game off the course?  Rool Golf’s G.O.A.T t-shirts got you covered.  Their screenprint of Jack back in 1986 getting it done at the Masters comes in a mellow golden hue.    It's our new happy hour shirt of choice and goes great with a pint in front of it. There’s also a Bobby Jones likeness in stone grey in their greatest off all time collection but we're particularly stoked about Rool’s righteous Give me  Birdies or Give me Death which will be available soon.

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    Mike Dojc

    When Mike isn't repairing impossibly large divots or alphabetizing his impressive ball marker collection, he’s slinging copy for a diverse range of editorial and corporate entities.  Clients have included Nike, AAA, Maxim, Esquire.com, Metro, Inside Fitness, Sharp, Huffington Post + tons more.  Reach Mike at dojcster@gmail.com


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