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There are very few sports that one can engage in without spending considerable amounts of money for equipment, clothing, club memberships, lessons and so on. Some sports cost a lot less than others to participate in but golf is definitely one of the higher cost pastimes. First of all you need the right equipment to play golf properly. A set of good clubs is essential. By good clubs I do not mean the most advanced and most expensive that money can buy. On the contrary, because specialised golf clubs, with all the latest scientific advances incorporated, will benefit a newbie golfer not at all. The beginning player needs a decent set of standard clubs which fit his/her build and feel right in use. This can well be a good used set of clubs which will cost a fraction of the price of the latest and greatest new clubs.

It is absolutely an illusion to think that you will play better with expensive graphite shafted, titanium head clubs if you are a beginner. You may very well in fact play less well with this kind of outfit since they are less forgiving of a poor swing than ordinary clubs are. Really good quality clubs which are a few years old can often be located in auctions, second hand stores or garage sales. With a little luck you can pick up a nice set of clubs with a good bag for under $50. Believe me you will play better with these than you would with an expensive new set which could set you back hundreds of dollars.

To get an idea of what size and type of club is best suited to your needs visit the pro shop at your golf course and ask for help in finding the right clubs for you. They will of course try to sell you a set of clubs but you don,t have to buy right then. Just get their advice on what meets your needs and go searching for your clubs.

If you have a friend who is an experienced golfer he could be a big help in finding the right clubs for you. If he can go with you to look at any sets you have located, he can probably tell you right away if they are really worthwhile, and if they will fill your needs. Nobody uses wooden head clubs anymore so don,t even think of buying any of those, even if they once were great clubs. After discussion at the pro shop and with an experienced friend you should have a pretty good idea of what you really need, and can judge any clubs you come across based on that. If you don,t pay an excessive price for your set of clubs it will be easy to sell or trade them later, when you decide that you want something later and greater. It is always a temptation for a beginner to overspend and buy a very expensive set of the latest clubs in the hope that he will play better with them than with a less expensive set. Don,t make this mistake as these high priced, high tech clubs will not benefit a beginner in any way.

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Golf is now accepted globally as a popular sport activity. Since it has gone mainstream, it is common to see commercials on TV featuring this beloved sport. I am certain that you have seen some golf clubs that are being advertised in the market, claiming they can help you hit longer and harder than ever before.

before buying. Try to get a feel for the equipment. See if it suits your body type. Is it long enough? Does the grip hug your palms? How do you find out more about the brand and model. What is its reputation? How long has it been made? Do experts recommend it? These set of questions can assist you in making a sensible decision. It will provide you with a working framework of how you can borrow their clubs. Once you get more comfortable with the brand, you can then seriously consider taking it to the next step and buying for yourself.

When you are about to buy your golf club, make sure you find the weight? When buying the clubs it is up to you if you can be sure that the advice you will be receiving is honest and factual. You need not worry of being misled. You can also ask your golf friends if you can then seriously consider taking it to the next step and buying for yourself. When you are about to buy your golf club, make sure you find the weight? When buying the clubs it is commonly seen in a TV commercial then the company manufacturing it has gone mainstream, it is ideal that an experienced player that you do decide to buy your golf friends if you wish to invest in one or not.

If you are about to buy is dependent on what you value. Remember that you do decide to buy your golf club, make sure you find out more about the brand and model. What is its reputation? How long has it been made? Do experts recommend it? These set of questions can assist you in making a sensible decision. It will provide you with a working framework of how you can borrow their clubs. Once you get more comfortable with the brand, you can borrow their clubs. Once you get more comfortable with the brand, you can intelligently assess your options.

Not all the time. A practical option is testing out the golf club can range from being a low cost investment to an expensive piece of equipment. The decision on what golf club before buying.

We will return with golf stories, anecdotes and more; all the for Golf lovers of the world.

For 2010, the prominent golf equipment manufacturer TaylorMade presented another groundbreaking driver that is claimed to exceed the standards for clubs. From amateurs to professionals and icons, all enthusiasts are excited to get a grip at this new technology.

Said to be released earlier this year together with the updated TaylorMade Burner, the Super Tri R9 Driver is part of their latest collection. It has integrated the same material as the current R9 460 covered with a black finish and is about 3 weight ports total.

What’s in a TaylorMade Super Tri R9 Driver?

SuperTri’s all-black head is somehow similar with one of TaylorMade’s most popular clubs, the r7 SuperQuad.

However, this driver has a 420cc head, three movable weights and a system that allowed golfers to unscrew the clubhead and re-attach it to the shaft in one of eight different positions. This feature made SuperTri more forgiving compared to the original R9.

The center of gravity in this equipment is moved lower 2 millimeters back in the head. This enables a higher launch with slightly more spin for greater carry distance. In fact, SuperTri has a slightly lower center of gravity than the R9 460’s. The face is also the deepest amongst all the TaylorMade collection.

SuperTri also has eight face-angle settings that is combined with the three adjustable weights (two 1-gram weights and one 16-gram weight), which allows up to 75 yards of left-or-right adjustability. As the golfers adjust the face to be more closed, effective loft is added, which increases the launch angle. Adjusting the face to be more open decreases effective loft for a lower trajectory.

The R9 SuperTri has four lofts (8.5°, 9.5°, 10.5°, 11.5°) and with a Fujikura Motore 60-gram shaft in one of five flexes (L, M, R, S, X). The R9 SuperTri TP also has the same head with a choice of 10 premium shafts, including the Aldila Voodoo, Mitsubishi Fubuki and Matrix Ozik.

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In these months of winter, after the gourmandising of the holiday season, the mind occasionally turns to fitness and recreation.  The smallcap market offers a variety of opportunities in the area, and the sporting-goods industry has been on an upswing recently as well.  According to Yahoo! Finance, this group of companies was among the biggest gainers as the market swooned late last week: http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/316.html.

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One of the strongest gainers was Vancouver WA-based Nautilus Group (NYSE: NLS: http://www.nautilus.com/), which has just completed the sale of certain of its assets related to health-club equipment to a Chinese buyer.  NLS will concentrate its efforts on retail and direct-to-consumer channels of its well-known Nautilus, StairMaster, Bowflex and Schwinn brands.  The fitness industry has been through well-publicized ups and downs, but the goodwill of brands such as those that NLS holds continue to be attractive to investors.  NLS enters 2010 with a  balance sheet clean of longterm debt, and an announced expectation of a $12 million income-tax refund this month.  Sales are down, as one might expect, from 2008 (the latest numbers are for the September quarter and nine months), but NLS remains profitable, and it has those golden names, some of which are almost as generic as Kleenex and Xerox.  The stock closed Friday at $2.54, a bit off its 52-week high of $2.96, but up more than 20% on the day, with volume of well over 400,000 shares.  NLS market cap is about $80 million; with revenues at about $135 million for the 9 months, the ratio of sales to market cap may be attractive, especially considering the stronger balance sheet and continuing profitability.

Please keep in mind that we do not recommend stocks or investments; we only write about companies that we find interesting or neglected.  Do your own diligence.

PingPong is the brand; table tennis is the Olympic sport name

NLS is not the only one with big names that have become standard vocabulary for most of us.  Consider Evansville IN-based Escalade Inc (Nasdaq: ESCA; http://www.escaladeinc.com/), which owns the brand that opened China to the west: PingPong (I grew up thinking that was the name of the game, which is more properly called table tennis).  But PingPong is not the only asset of this diversified smallcap, which also makes products for basketball and archery, among other Olympic sports.  And to counter any cyclicality, ESCA also has an office products division making hole-punches, paper-folders & shredders and other everyday desktop appliances, sold under established brand names like Mead Hatcher and Martin Yale.  ESCA shares also closed at $2.54 on Friday, but they were off a bit (3%) on the day, and down from a 52-week high of $3.44.  ESCA results for the 9 months showed a bounceback to profitability, an acceptable current ratio, and negligible debt.  With revenues that look to end the year at well over $100 million, ESCA’s market cap is about $32 million, and its daily volume is paltry (under 10,000 average).  But neglected companies like ESCA may provide some buoyancy in suitable portfolios.

Big Bertha: One of the best-known names in golf

From relatively unknown ESCA, we turn to one of the best-known sporting-goods companies: Carlsbad CA-based Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY: http://www.callawaygolf.com/), which burst upon the golf scene with one of the biggest names to hit the sport: Big Bertha.  Today’s Callaway tends to group its clubs under names like Diablo and Odyssey, but Big Bertha is still an anchor product.  ELY closed Friday up a tad at $8.39 vs a year-high of $9.40, and on volume of well over 1 million shares.  Analyst Scott Swanson from Crowell Weedon expects ELY to perform well in 2010, in spite of a downer 2009: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Senior-Analyst-Picks-Callaway-twst-242778719.html?x=0&.v=1.  The market cap is about $540 million, and not missing a trick, Callaway is expanding into India: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704586504574653832561623744.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs.

Poway CA-based Aldila Inc (Nasdaq: ALDA; http://www.aldila.com/) is also a golf play, although primarily known for club shafts made from space-age carbon fibers, resins and such.  Its latest new brand is Voodoo, definitely something that some golfers would engage in if that’s what it took to shave a few points off the old score.  Although it is an old and well-established name (founded in 1972), ALDA shares closed Friday slightly up at $3.98, vs a year-high of $5.95.  That reflects a yet-to-turn-around P&L that looks from the 9-month results to show revenue in the $45 million range or so for the year, with a fairly modest loss, although its latest balance sheet shows a strong current ratio, which may mean staying power.  Expense-cutting seems to be taking effect.  Market cap is about $21 million (a little less than half annual revenues), and daily trading volume is low.

Humminbird fishfinder from Johnson Outdoors

Finally, we might look at Racine WI-based Johnson Outdoors (Nasdaq: JOUT; http://www.johnsonoutdoors.com/), which is primarily a camping/fishing/snorkeling type of company, but with some fairly high-tech approaches (GPS for fish-finding — yeay).  JOUT is on a non-calendar year, and announced sales of  $356 million for 2009 in November, with a loss that is about 1/7th of what it was the year before.   Current ratio is better than 2:1, and JOUT says it has restructured its borrowings to significantly decrease interest costs in 2010.  The shares closed Friday at $10.69, nearly flat on the day, vs a year-high of $11.47, and a market cap of a little over $100 million, less than a third of sales.  Volume is very low, under 4,000 shares per day.

Good Afternoon

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2010 Society Golf Brochure

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