Finally, It's not about Tiger !!

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI know, I've been writing regularly about Tiger for the past 10 days - but really, he deserved it.
Time for a new topic though.
Nice to see Stuart Cink win one this weekend. It's hard to believe that it's been 4 years since his last victory, plus he's one of the good guys.
Nike is having a great year, the first two majors plus numerous other wins. They are getting serious about being the number one company in golf. Titleist, Taylor Made and Callaway will need to sharpen their design and marketing pencils if they want to stay ahead of the Nike surge.
I've been playing the Nike One ball for about a year and prefer it over the Pro V.
I use the Nike driver, fairway wood and hybrids and would play the irons if not for my allegiance to Henry-Griffitts.
Nike are also rumored to be interested in acquiring a putter company, their putter offerings are currently the weak link in the line up but watch out if they buy Yes or another similar high end putter line.

The proof is in the Putting

Image via WikipediaMy last two blogs were about custom putters and the SAMS Putt Lab. This one is about my own results. One of the key elements that I discovered about my own putting was that I did not have enough "rise angle" so that my putts were actually starting with back spin rather than topspin.
I already have a custom putter so I worked on my stroke for three days - about 20 minutes per day. Today I played golf and had 25 putts for 18 holes !!!!!
Obviously one round is not a statistically significant sample but in 38 years of golf I've only had 3 or 4 better putting days and they occurred when I was playing and practicing daily.
Don't wait another minute, call for your putter and stroke evaluation now!

SAMS Putt Lab

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI have recently started using the SAMS Putt Lab as part of my putting instruction and putter fitting services. This is a really remarkable tool for measuring the putting stroke and making acurate comparisons between different putters.
Sometime a putter fitting can be somewhat inconclusive because of the inconsistency of the golfers stroke but with the SAMS unit I can determine the exact results of a particular stroke and compare it to the same stroke with a different putter.
Once the golfer has receive the custom fitted putter the feedback and training module of the SAMS system helps to ingrain the new, improved stroke.