There are plenty of products that can claim to be tailor made but then there are those golf clubs that are TaylorMade. For 2013 the company comes out swinging with the R1 Driver, which offers an adjustable loft sleeve that gives users 12 options between eight and 12 degrees. It also features two shot shape weights and a face angle sole plate that offers seven options of neutral/square, open or closed, allowing you to just drive.
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2013 CES: SwingTIP Helps Users Get in the Swing
There are plenty of golf aids out there, but the SwingTIP from Mobiplex features new motion sensor technology that offer real time analysis of each swing. A sensor mounts to the club while software on the user’s mobile phone can provide ways golfers can improve their game by tracking performance stats, providing video-like swing animations and offering other tips based on what the golfer is doing right or wrong.
Silicon Valley based Mobiplex, which specializes in mobile sports performance technology, worked to develop the miniature Golf Swing Analyzer sensor that can be fitted to the club.
With an initial focus on the impassioned world of golf, Mobiplex aims to advance the field of wireless sports performance technology,” said Vijay Nadkarni, Founder and CEO of Mobiplex. “Our exciting pipeline of new SwingTIP product features will deliver the ultimate interactive and social learning experience that’s engaging and fun for friends and family, as well as instructors to use with students.” Video after the jump
Sunice Hurricane Collection Ready for Spring
Hurricane season is typically in the summer and fall, but the new Albany jacket from Sunice will be ready for spring showers as well. This new outerwear jacket for the golf course, which is part of the 2013 Sunice Hurricane Colleciton, utilizes Gore-Tex to create a garment that is 25 percent lighter while offering 25 percent more stretch.
The jacket also features the Sunice patented V-collar and the 2 Way front zipper, as well as an iPod storage chest pocket with waterproof lockdown zippers, allowing golfers to keep their devices protected from moisture.
It will be ready for the links next spring.
Antigua Unveils Spring 2013 Men’s Collection
It won’t be long now until the holiday lights are down, the tree is sitting on the curb and the golf course is buried in snow. In other words winter is just about here, but we don’t mind because Antigua has unveiled its new Spring 2013 Men’s Collection, which as the photo above shows will be full of brighter and bolder colors. This includes the launch of six invigorating colors that will help get us through the gray days to come. Continue reading Antigua Unveils Spring 2013 Men’s Collection
20XI Golf Ball, Now With More RZN
Athletes know it is important to exercise and tone their core, but engineers who have studied the golf ball apparently realized that its core is important too. Nike Golf made quite an impact when it released it premium 20XI golf balls, which featured a new innovation called RZN last year.
The new proprietary RZN technology resulted in lighter, faster and a more responsive core. Nike Golf took this a step further by adding more RZN to its 20XI ball. Nike claims this larger, softer RZN core improves feel off all shots while maintaining driver distance. The added RZN mantel offers the promise to produce longer shots off irons while providing a softer short game feel, while this combination of core size and mantle could translate into two times more RZN material than the previous generation 20XI.
The new 20XI will be ready to tee off in February.
Sunday Q&A: Making Sense of Golf Strokes
While most of us may never have a swing like the golf pros, today there are plenty of tools that can help improve the swing. In the old days it just meant endless practicing but today that practice can include a digital helper in the form of a wearable sensor on the glove.
The GolfSense provides real time response, and Jason Fass, CEO of GolfSense tells us how it can improve your swing. Continue reading Sunday Q&A: Making Sense of Golf Strokes
Holiday Gift Idea: Custom Golf Ball
What golfer doesn’t need golf balls, and Titleist announced that its popular free personalization custom golf ball promotion is back for the holiday season. The company announced:
From Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, personalization charges will be waived on orders of Titleist Pro V1, Pro V1x, NXT Tour, NXT Tour S, Velocity and DT SoLo golf balls – cheerful news for the shopper with a golfer on their holiday gift list.
Whether it’s a name, holiday greeting, inspirational phrase or other unique message, gift givers can select up to three lines of block text (17 characters per line) to be imprinted on each golf ball in black, blue, green, red or pink ink.
The minimum order is just one dozen balls and orders can be placed at any authorized Titleist golf shop.
Wastewater to Water the Fairway
Earlier this week we noted that treated waste water is going to be used to make artificial snow in Arizona this season, and we heard that recycled water from the wastewater treatment plant in Daly City will be used on the TPC Harding Park golf course in San Francisco.
This is reportedly the first recycled water project from the Public Utilities Commission, and it is estimated that the $9 million project could save an average of 230,000 gallons per day. While that is a drop in the bucket compared ot he 70 million gallons used per day city wide the plan is that this could be a good start. The idea here is that this will help save more drinking water for people and serve as a way to use this recycled water for the grass.
[Via San Francisco Chronicle: Recycled water in SF starts on golf links]
Holiday Gift Idea: SensoGlove
If you’re looking out for Black Friday sales, the SensoGlove is offering a deal for the golfer on your list. Get a 20 percent savings on the Sensosolutions website with the coupon code “BlackFriday12″ between Friday, November 23 and Friday, November 30th. Continue reading Holiday Gift Idea: SensoGlove
Miura Limited Edition Bag
If you happen to have some serious golf clubs – such as Miura clubs by chance – you don’t want to stick them in just any golf bag. Miura Golf, the maker of forged irons, apparently understood this and released its own Limited Edition Tour Bag.
“The world’s finest forged golf clubs deserve the very best bag — and for players who prefer a tour look, Miura’s new tour-style golf bag is the perfect home for Miura clubs”, said Adam Barr, president of Miura Golf
The 9-inch diameter top features six dividers that offers plenty of room for 14 clubs, while the carrying strap can be optimized for two- or three-point harness. The “belly” pocket can hold a rain suit and pair of shoes, plus there is even a hidden umbrella pocket so golfers can be prepared should the weather conditions change. It is made of high quality enamel-finish polyurethane that will endure years of travel. And yet this bag weighs in at just 9.5 pounds. So while it works well on a golf cart or three-wheel push cart this might be one you don’t mind carrying.
Antigua Gets Into Spring
Fall is in the air, Thanksgiving is around the corner and soon it will be winter. But that just means that spring is around the corner, as indicated by the Antigua Spring 2013 Women’s Collection that offers a fresh new color palette that will surely brighten up the place after the long gray winter.
The Spring ’13 collection will offer its own appeal as well, with both stylized mandarin collars to traditional tipped flat knit. The attire will feature scalloped trims and abstract prints – all based on the most current trends. And those suggest that the market is “screaming for color.” As such the line will feature an expanded color palette with a total of six hues ranging from hot pink to a soft purple “pansy.” And for those wanting a more traditional look there is the Black/White collection that won’t have anyone feeling the least bit gray.
“We’ve had great success with our white & black groups over the years, so by expanding our offering of fashion color with neutrals, the customer can purchase one or several items from the collection and mix it with their current wardrobe,” said Danielle Dellios of Antigua.
The new line up also will feature fine denier yarns, for super soft, super lightweight attire that will allow for fast wicking. The line will feature the Desert Dry Technology to absorb and wick moisture quickly and evenly. We can’t wait for spring.
Nike to Lunar Control
There is no bad moon rising today. Nike seems to have things solidly in control, in Lunar Control as it happens. The new Nike Golf Lunar Control footwear will be available on New Year’s Day and the shoes will feature full-length Lunarlon cushioning system, for lightweight comfort with optimal ground-feel, and all-day support. The Lunarlon cushioning system is Nike’s proprietary technology that promises to deliver comfort and stability to golfers.
The Lunar Control shoes also feature Nike Flywire technology, which wraps from the midfoot to heel to provide targeted support and lightweight structure. Wearer’s might think these shoes are out of this world.
Nike Golf’s Covert Ops
With a name like Global Innovation Summit we’d expect something big. This technology and design-themed event was actually held by Nike, proving that the world of fitness and sporting goods continues to look to innovate! One of the big things to come out of this week’s even was the introduce of Nike Golf’s first high-speed cavity back technology in a driver that conforms to USGA and R&A Rules.
The result is the VR_S Covert, which offers three proprietary technology platforms including high speed cavity back, FlexLoft adjustability and NexCor face. This offers the promise to create unprecedented distance, control and forgiveness. The club will be ready to tee off in February, and we expect nothing covert about its launch or driving abilities.