You can have a customized driver made for you, or you could pick up the TaylorMade SLDR – a golf club that can adjust to your game. It offers a low, forward center of gravity that can have you make straighter, longer and faster drives. It is designed to increase your launch angle and reduce the spin on the ball, while the 20-gram sliding weight can be adjusted and move along a 21-point track to put precision on each stroke.
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Weekend Reading List (07.27.2013): Pure Cycling, Speed Thrills, Fat Breath, EVO-lution, ING Out
Pure Cycling
From Bicycle Retailer: LeMond Revolution sponsors Bike Pure team
LeMond Revolution is becoming a supplier and co-title sponsor of the Australia-based anti-doping organization Bike Pure and its road racing team. Continue reading Weekend Reading List (07.27.2013): Pure Cycling, Speed Thrills, Fat Breath, EVO-lution, ING Out
Nike Looks to Adapt
Adapt or die. For Nike Golf it is apparently never say die, instead the company looks to not only adapt but to Hyperadapt with its new golf jacket that promises to give athletes added comfort, mobility and of course protection from the elements. It featured no-sew technology throughout the inner layer, which helps minimized chaffing, while a four-way stretch system maximizes mobility and eliminates any restrictions in the swing.
The Hyperadapt Storm-FIT jacket recently withstood wind gusting at 35 mph along with heavy rains during the Irish Open, so it should more than work out for most golfers heading for nine holes.
Lefties Get Forged Blade
South paws don’t always have an easy time of it, as the world is often created by right-handed people. But Miura Golf is looking to make it a little easier for those left-handed golfers. The company has expanded its left-handed offerings to include a new LH Limited Forged Black Blade and new LH Black Wedges.
The LH Limited Forged Black Blades will certainly seem similar. These feature the same shape and performance to the company’s RH Limited Forged Black Blades. In addition the new LH Black Wedges mirror the successful Miura RH Black Wedges, featuring lofts in 51, 55 and 59 degrees. These also features design that follows the performance principles of the RH Blacks.
The Blades and Wedges offer a striking no-glare, jet-black finish that “breaks in” over time and play, settling into a silvery-gray patina that’s a little different for each golfer, depending on where and how often he or she plays.
Nike Looks to Make Impact
The days of the heavy white golf shoe are clearly in the past. Nike golf has introduced its Free-Inspired TW’13 that provides freedom of movement with maximum ground feel. Available in August in both men’s and women’s versions these utilize the Nike Dynamic Fit system to help harness the foot to provide the support athletes demand, while also ensuring that athletes keep contact with the ground longer – which in turn helps harness the energy of the foot to the shoe and, therefore, the shoe to the ground
The TW’13 also offers a Nike Free-Inspired platform and waterproof mesh upper providing increased flexibility with breathability to keep feet cool, dry and comfortable. These are shoes that won’t just arrive this summer, they’ll make a serious impact on the game of golf.
Golf Lite
Puma has introduced the Faas Lite Golf Shoes, which are lightweight and flexible, and promise to be comfortable round after round. These feature a waterproof microfiber leather upper that is equipped with stormCELL to keep feet protected from the elements. A lace closure ensures a snug fit, while the EverTrack carbon rubber forefoot and heal ensures you’ll be able to walk the course in confidence.
Sunice For the Summer Days
Sunice has unveiled its 2013 Silver Collections for the Summer. The men’s collection offers a wide selection of core basics including a short and long sleeve polo option, lightweight layering, and bottoms in a variety of plaids and solids. Bottoms are available in black, midnight and charcoal. These include full stretch fabric and stain release; along with asymmetrical blockings, updated herringbone, and an assortment of stripes. The Women’s Sunice Silver Collection brings out solids and plaids, to put a little color on the greens!
These clothes will shine as the Sunice continues its exclusive partnership with X-Static – a permanent technology that uses 99.9 percent pure silver filaments in the fabrication of its yarns. In addition to looking good, the X-Static and XT2 technology inhibits the growth of bacteria causing microbes which cause odor, while its conductive and reflective properties enables the wearer to maintain and sustain their core micro-climate allowing the body to perform at the highest level.
Nike Goes to the Forge
Nike Golf has announced that its Nike VR Forged wedge family is now available at retail. This line is fine forged of a soft 1025 carbon steel and finished in premium satin chrome. This delivers shot-making consistency, tour-level feel, and long-life groove performance. The VR Forged wedge features three distinct sole grinds to ensure ideal set-up from sand, fringe, fairway or deep rough for different players. The three sole grinds are Standard Grind, Dual Narrow Grind and Dual Wide Grind.
This wedge features a dual narrow grind, along with a narrow sole width with higher bounce and extreme heel relief. The wedge has been designed to sit low to the ball whether the face is square or open. Wedge details after the jump
The “Porsche” of Golf Shoes
Adidas has often been called the “Cadillac of Athlete Shoes” but that apparently wasn’t good enough. The company has introduced the Adidas Porsche Design Cleat li Golf Shoe, which is made in the Scheinfeld plant in Germany fittingly enough. These feature a leather upper that offers the Porsche Design’s laser flex graphic, along with a low-profile Thintech outsole with PINS (Performance Inset System) that brings the golfer closer to the ground for improved footwork, balance and better ball strike.
The waterproof shoe also offers TRAXION configuration to provide a lock-down grip in all directions. Porsche, there is no substitute.
Nike Golf Updates the Shoes of the Tiger
Nike Golf has unveiled its new TW’14 line of shoes, which Nike Athlete Tiger Woods debuted the new Nike shoe in a dramatic fashion with his 78th PGA Tour career victory at The Players Championship. The new iconic shoe is also the first Nike Golf shoe to be made available on NIKEiD with previews beginning this week.
The new TW’14 continued the collaboration with Woods, further enhancing the fit, feel and function of the golf shoes. The natural motion engineered outsole of the shoe is designed to mimic and conform to the natural motion of the foot, while still providing the protection and traction of a lightweight performance shoe. The new TW’14 footwear stays true to Woods’ signature colors, White, Black and Red, and also adds a new colorway to the mix, Cool Grey with Vivid Blue and Venom Green accents.
The Women’s Club
Nike Golf has introduced a performance line of clubs designed specifically with women in mind. The Nike Verdana is the lightest women’s set ever produced, and from top to bottom it is meant to deliver faster swing speeds and provide greater control. The set includes 11 clubs: driver, 3 fairway wood, 4-6 hybrids, 7-PW, SW, putter, and a matching carry bag. This holistic full-set design takes distance gapping, trajectory, and spin profiles into account, producing a set engineered just for women.
Range Viewer
Bushnell makes range finders for a variety of outdoor activities and the Bushnell Tour V3 Rangerfinder is just for golf. It features a one-hand-friendly design with 5x magnification, and it utilizes the company’s Pin Seeker and Jolt technologies so it be used for those up close shots and down the green. It is rainproof and offers an ergonomic design to provide a stable grip.
Get IT
IT might just be the next great golf shoe and it comes via a skater. That is the Nike Koston 2 IT, which was designed with collaboration from pro skateboarder Eric Koston. This shoe features a leather upper based on the Integrated Traction technology – hence the “IT” part of the equation. This provides a stable footing with a Swingtip outsole, while Lunarlon inserts provide comfort. There are even flexible spikes that react to the pressure from the foot to help grip the greens. It probably wouldn’t be a bad skateshoe either.