 Hello Golfers,
We hope you all had a great break over the Christmas and the New year holidays.
We are pleased to announce that we shall have a brand new section in our newsletter titled, What's in the bag?Starting this week the section will showcase some of the world's best players and the equipment they use.
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Officially the world's worst kept secret, Rory Mcllroy became a Nike staff player and in the process made himself around $250 million, making him one of the world's best paid stars.
Rumours have it that he has already filmed a commercial with the man who made the deal happen, a certain Mr. T Woods (heard of him!) The contract is expected to last 10 years and starts at a mere $200m before bonuses are added on to that.
Nike needed a fresh new face in light of the Tiger Woods affair(s) fiasco and the more recent Lance Armstrong scandal, the company needed someone with a squeaky-clean image. Then who better than the man from Northern Ireland.
I hope his reputation and demeanour fairs better over time than Tiger and indeed the famous Irishman George Best (Soccer legend) who was once quoted as saying "I spent 90% of my money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just wasted".
He can do no wrong at the moment and with looming wedding bells sounding in the background it only adds to the appeal of the man, keep it on the straight and narrow Rory.
In light of Nike's recent mega buster deal Sir Nick Faldo, never one to be shy of a word or two has said he feels Rory has taken an unnecessary risk by ditching Titleist in favour of Nike. 'I call it dangerous,' said Faldo who feels that switching manufacturers can dent your confidence.
'I call it dangerous,' said Faldo, as speculation grew that McIlroy was about to switch allegiance.
'I've changed clubs and every manufacturer will say: "We can copy your clubs, we can tweak the golf ball so that it fits you". But there's a feel and sound and there's confidence [in your equipment]. You can't put a real value on that, it's priceless.' |
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 What's in the bag
Name: Stuart Appleby
Age: 42 Career PGA Tour wins: 9 Clubs: Callaway
Driver: RAZR Fit Prototype Driver
Irons: RAZR X Muscleback Irons Putter: White Hot XG 330 Mallet Putter
Stuart Appleby is only the fifth player on PGA Tour history to shoot 59, and only the second player to do so in the final round. He uses an Odyssey White Hot XG 330 Mallet Putter and RAZR X Muscleback Irons.
Appleby also won the Australian Masters in 2010, making a birdie on each of the last two holes for a one-shot win at the Kingston Heath course. Appelby was raised in Victoria on an Australian dairy farm; he practiced by hitting shots from paddock to paddock after his chores were done.
Stuart loves motor racing and can be found on twitter.
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 PRO TIP:Alignment
Many players spend what seems like an eternity on the tee making practice swings, gestures and alignments that amount to nothing, but yet on the putting green they walk up to a putt and simply hit it without looking (missing) and say something along the lines of "jeez i hit a good putt".
Use the logo or device on your ball as an aid for aligning your putts, imagine a line protruding from your logo device and extending along the green in the desired direction you want the ball to go in.
When you address the putt with your putter, use the visual markings on the putter head to make sure you are nice and square to the ball. From this setup you are giving yourself every chance of holing your putt.
Try this out on the practice green before you hit off.
David Fearns (PGA)
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