In PowerPlay Golf®, a 9-hole format which takes half the time of a normal round of golf, golfers choose to aim for one of two flags on the green – a White Flag and a Black Flag. Players score extra points for birdies or better when playing to the Black (or ‘PowerPlay’) Flag, thereby creating extra pressure. Golfers can go online after their game, registering to earn PowerPlay Golf® Dollars, climbing World Rankings and competing in user-generated PowerPlay Golf® Leagues both locally and around the world. The format is known for its ‘risk and reward’ ethos, and for the levels of excitement which it creates. PowerPlay Golf®’s made-for-TV ‘PowerPlay Shootout’ format, which offers a complete golf tournament in less than two and a half hours, offers global broadcasters the opportunity to televise golf in a more compressed time-frame, thus increasing Continue reading »

SKYCADDIE®’S NEW SG2.5LITE GIVES ENTRY-LEVEL ACCESS TO WORLD-LEADING SKYGOLF TECHNOLOGY

You can’t trust the club, if you can’t trust the caddie. And since SkyCaddie®’s new entry-level SG2.5Lite features the same world-leading advanced GPS technology found in the company’s top-of-the-range SG5 model, this great value little wonder is the most trustworthy caddie you can buy

With unmatched reliability the SkyCaddie® SG2.5Lite (available now) automatically calculates the distance to the front, centre and back of the green per hole, simultaneously, in less than a second – on over 95% of the 18-hole golf courses in the UK.

This rechargeable, ultra-light, compact handheld device also gives the golfer the true shape of the green in a mono visual display, and features SkyCaddie®’s popular Mark Your Ball function, enabling golfers to know the distance they have hit any shot.

The SkyCaddie® SG2.5Lite is upgradeable to SkyCaddie® SG2.5 functionality, which adds powerful IntelliGreen® technology and additional target information on each hole.

SkyCaddie® has walked more golf courses than any other rangefinder in golf.

Like all SkyCaddies®, the SG2.5Lite accesses the growing SkyGolf® course mapping library, which now contains approaching 30,000 golf courses in 42 countries worldwide, including over 2,300 comprehensive, up-to-date downloadable maps for golf courses in the UK and Ireland.

SkyCaddie® also sets the accuracy benchmark in golf course mapping technology.

Only SkyCaddie® maps every single golf course on foot, with Continue reading »

The images besides from the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on 3/15/2009 illustrate why it can be difficult to maintain clubface alignment from address to impact.

The black lines show the shoulder, arm and shaft angles at address.

This is the same view of address with red lines showing where the hands, shoulders, leading arm, and shaft will be at impact.

The red lines in the next photo indicate how the shoulders, arms, hands, and club have changed position at impact. The leading shoulder has raised approximately 18 degrees. The hands have moved forward, and the angle between the leading arm and shaft has been reduced to a straight line to the ball.

In the photo on the left, black lines show the starting point at address. The change of angles and position of the shoulders, leading arm, leading hand, and club at impact are indicated in red.

The yellow lines show an angle of about 25 degrees between the leading forearm and the back of the left hand at address.

At impact, the single yellow line shows the flat position of the back of the Continue reading »

Let’s analyse today some of the great advantages about the Straight-Aim™ Golf Putters.

Putting experts have discovered that face misalignment at setup, and open or closed face angle when striking the ball, are the biggest causes of missed putts.

The Straight-Aim™ aiming system was designed by a Ph.D. expert in human factors to be the simplest and most effective in the industry. A single, wide, high-contrast aim line on a nonglare background makes accurate face alignment easy. Better than 2-ball.

Mallets come in a traditional brushed aluminum finish or a patented black coating that is used to absorb light inside of cameras. The blade heads are stainless steel or a Continue reading »

Traditional guidelines of pre-shot alignment include checkpoints of aligning a golfer’s feet, hips, and shoulders parallel to a target line. A leading hand grip with two knuckles visible is recommended for most golfers, while a three knuckle grip is often helpful for golfers with lower strength levels in their arms and hands.

Even with accurate alignment of the traditional guidelines, golfers at the game’s highest level can hit shots that are wildly off target. When this happens during television broadcasts, the explanation by leading experts is that the player either was early or late in their “release“. This means that the Continue reading »

During one of our favourite Golf Course we borrowed a couple of clubs together with two new GEL Putters made by Gelgolf, Hong Kong based leading Golf manufacturer.

“We’ve immediatelly been impressed by the light blue inserts of the clubs”, stated Jimmy. “I’ve started wondering if it could help me to play one of my favourite series of double or triple bogey… Or even a real albatross (hole made in three strokes under)”.

Talking together with one of the Golf Course expert we explored in details the functionalities of such Continue reading »