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The Callaway Golf club is run by Ely Callaway, who bought half of Hickory Stick USA and turned it into Callaway Hickory Stick USA. Later, the company was renamed Callaway Golf and relocated from Cathedral City, California to Carlsbad – just north of San Diego.

After Ely Callaway bought the business he went on to hire Richard C. Helmstetter as Chief Club Designer and ever since then Callaway golf club designs have always been innovative, and often simply refvolutionary.

One of the most innovative designs that Callaway Golf ccreated was a stainless steel driver which had a bigger and more forgiving head than any previous golf club design. Callaway himself named it the “Big Bertha” after a German cannon from WWI famous for its long range.

The Big Bertha made Callaway golf club a household name in the US, and experienced millions of sales becoming the number one manufacturer of golf clubs not only in the US but in the whole world.

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RIGHT HAND

Taylor Made R9 DRIVER  (2009)

GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC!

9.5*- LOFT

STIFF FLEX FUJIKURA MOTORE 65

INCLUDES FACTORY HEADCOVER!

- Movable Weight Technology (MWT) changes the CG location to affect side-to-side flight up to 35 yards

-Flight Control Technology (FCT) changes the face angle, lie angle and loft to affect side-to-side flight by up to 40 yards

- 8 adjustable clubhead positions

Today I want to highlight Gauge Design/Whitlam golf products. Gauge Design Putters are a blend of today’s technology and yesterdays designs.Gauge Design Putters are the most precise milled putters in the golf industry.All putters are CNC milled and conform to the USGA”s strict guidelines governing the manufacture of golf equipment.In addition all Gauge Design Putters are made entirely in the USA. David Whitlam is the Craftsman behind Gauge Design and has made every putter from the company’s inception.The Gauge design name has been predominantly been associated with high-end.high quality, milled putters.Gauge Design putters are a blend yesterday’s most popular models and today’s technology.Putters are milled from a solid billet of mild steel, while one of the industry’s most popular tour putter manufacturers weld on hosels, and another makes cast putters with plastic face inserts. Gauge Design is now branching out and is now offering the same precision,high quality,and attention to detail in wedges and irons. The Gauge Design 10th Anniversary Putter is a limited run of 100 serialized putters.Milled from a solid block of 303 stainless steel,this classic head shape has a cool new logo placement that wraps around from the face to the sole.This putter comes with the black and red 10th Anniversary head cover and your choice of grip.Each putter is individually numbered from “001-100″ to “100-100″. These putters are going for $500.00 each,with the exception of # 1 -# 5 which are $ 600 each.Gauge Design founder David Whitlam has over 15 years experience in the golf industry.David’s long-term goal is to make Gauge Design one of the few truly innovative putter companies in the world.Gauge design is already making making a substantial impact on the Japanese PGA Tour. For more information on these fine products and other high end golf products contact us at www.golfclubclearance.net Hit them long and straight.  Don

On April 24-26, the EWGA Championship Committee made a visit to PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Florida. PGA Village is home to PGA Golf Club which will host the 2009 EWGA Championship Finals on September 25-26. If you had the chance to catch the one hour CBS segment of “Get Golf Ready” on Sunday May 3rd, then you caught a glimpse of PGA Golf Club’s beauty.

The Golf Club itself consists of four courses – The Wanamaker, The Ryder, The Dye and the PGA Country Club. The first three courses are accessible from the village area and the Country Club is about three miles east, down St. Lucie West Blvd.  Also part of the PGA Village area are the PGA Learning Center, the PGA Historical Center and the PGA Education Center.  The picture above was taken at the PGA Historical Center which houses some amazing golf memorabelia that tells a great story about the history of golf and the Professional Golfers Association of America.

This entire area is a great setting for the Final event of the EWGA Championship and the Committee hopes to see you there.  Give competitive golf a try and register for your Chapter’s Championship event.  For a directory of Chapter Championships, please visit the Local Qualifier page on EWGA.com.

Also, check out the EWGA Championship Committee in the EWGA’s new forum – “Play the USA with EWGA”. They have taken their EWGA membership to a whole new level by connecting with members from many other Chapters across the Association.  Have you had similar experiences?  If so, send your story and/or video clip to playusa@myewga.com and we’ll get your story in lights.

Well, I think first we should clear up why we are only testing 3 Woods and not 3’s and 5’s. The reason is simple, why group them? Some golfers hit a 3 wood and don’t hit a 5; some hit a 5 and not a 3, so we wanted to test them differently. Got a problem with that? Talk to Paul (just kidding).

The 3 Wood is such an interesting club for so many reasons. Depending on skill level and personal preference, most golfers consider the use of this club for a wide variety of shots. Although the brand junkies will disagree, it seems that most golfers are not as concerned with the brand of the 3 wood as they are with other categories.

High Handicappers often use it when their Driver isn’t working off the tee (although most 3 woods are not designed to be hit off a tee, so I’ve learned). Others use it for a hopeful, yet low percentage shot to reach the green in 2 on a par 5. So distance seems to be a big deal for 3 woods, along with the obvious forgiveness. Low Handicappers are usually concerned with feel, ball flight and accuracy, although everyone seems to want more distance. In my humble opinion, Senior’s are mostly concerned with distance, but the look and feel of a club are close behind. Accuracy is also an important consideration. For shots that they previously hit with their long irons, they now use a hybrid. Some of their older friends are replacing their hybrids with fairway woods…

Women are more concerned with the look (and weight) of the club initially, but want performance (distance) and feel too. For them, this club is hit more times in an average 18 than men. It appears to be inconsequential to them what club someone else is hitting.

Prior to the Rankmarkers testing and rating the clubs, the anticipation of trying the new products from almost 27 choices was incredible. (click here for a list).

“It’s like a standing on the first tee of a course you’ve always wanted to play, you just feel excited and breathe it in” said one of the Rankmarkers waiting to hit.

We honestly don’t know many golfers who aren’t very interested in what’s new, or what the latest and greatest products are.  Many club makers gave us product that isn’t even on the market yet! We all love brand new stuff!

It was another amazing test. The Rankmarkers lined up and we had perfect weather in January for them. Paul and I never get tired of hearing golfers talk about trying the new clubs. Numerous testers were very pleasantly surprised with the experience. The “AHA” factor as Paul so eloquently puts. (click here to read Paul’s article).

Unlike the wedge test, we had different shaft flexes for the testers to choose from. We had Stiff, Regular, Senior’s and Women’s. Some shafts were categorized as Lite/Light and even Medium Lite (for either Women or Seniors presumably).

In a recent radio interview, I commented that there is obviously some benefit to the massive sums of money that the “biggies” spend on R&D. In this month’s test, it seems to have paid off for the number one and two categories respectively.

That being said, our methodology proves that not all of the clubs that the majors make match their advertising claims (you may notice there are no club manufactures ads on the site anymore). There were some very interesting comments about clubs from companies you may have never heard of! This was especially true in the “Overall Winner” category. The 3rd Place club was preferred and recommended over 25 other options! Although relatively well know in another county, we were happy to invite them into the winners circle here in our wonderful USA.

Kudos again to Brad Booth, PGA Head Professional and John Ortega, PGA Director of Instruction at the Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club for all their help. Carolyn Tashiro, our Manager of National Testing also worked tirelessly in preparation, during and post testing, thanks!

By adding 18 new test categories (including Women’s), we feel like we really improved our ability to share with you (without any influence from the manufacturers) how regular golfers really feel about the clubs. We appreciate your trust and recognize the responsibility in producing unbiased reporting of what our testers say. Once again we heard so many wonderful compliments about the way the test was conducted and the overall experience. A most enjoyable time was had by all.

We simply wish to provide valuable information to all golfers, whether new to the game or seasoned low handicapper. Of particular note, we do find a huge void in the “performance” aspect of the women’s clubs though. Manufacturers must make more of an effort to improve the performance of women’s clubs as well as the look and feel etc.

Thanks for visiting and keep coming back!
Andrew Birnbaum, CEO
Paul McCormack, COO

custom ground sand wedge

 The Bob Burns Plus/Minus wedges outperform: Ben Hogan, MacGregor, Ping, Nike and more.

A third-party and non-bias product testing company, Golf Test USA which conducts testing on all products golf throughout the year has recently tested wedges. Golf Test USA uses feedback provided by golfers of various handicaps to develop broad and accurate feedback. The November testing included product from most major manufacturers. More than 15 other companies submitted wedges for inclusion.  Both the Plus/Minus and Master Grind wedges testing tops among leading manufacturers. Golf Test USA for more details.

For most golfers, the short game is where it counts. In fact the short game is said to be 60% or more of your total score.  It makes sense that the way to improve would be the area where you likely practice the least and score the most. The fitting experts at Bob Burns Golf can help golfers select the right wedge and fitting options for their game. The result is sure to be lower scores just like the pros. With this tour quality service, golfers can choose your own design and specifications. Our master craftsmen can custom grind your wedge, or set of wedges, to almost any specification—from the shape of the toe, to bounce, heel-relief, lie angle, camber, type of finish, and even stamping color. You name it, they do it. With these custom-ground wedges feature a standard four-way camber, which provides only one point of contact with the turf. The contour of the sole keeps the leading edge of the clubface low, even when the face is opened, thus enhancing the versatility of your shots. A unique double-milled face provides an amazing response, and a “green-chewing” spin-rate that is three times greater than you may otherwise expect.

The Grinding Process
Two full years in development, the +/- wedge system is 100% custom ground and fir to your game, no matter your build or the level of your skill. Before each club is assembled, each raw edge is custom ground and shaped to your specifications, then polished or coated as desired—all by one of the master craftsmen at the facility in Appleton, Wisconsin. The loft of any wedge in the scoring-system set—a Gap Wedge of 52° (+/- 5°), a Sand Wedge of 56° (+/- 5°), and a Lob Wedge of 60° (+/- 5°)—can be adjusted anywhere from 5° stronger to 5° weaker to fit your individual needs and desires. Get the tour van service and quality that you have always wanted and deserve.

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The Callaway golf club is one of the most popular and also reliable types of golf club in the market today. There are so many people (particularly retired men) that are fascinated with golf today and it is no wonder why the Callaway golf club is now in the peak of success in the world of golf clubs.

The Callaway Golf club is headed by Ely Callaway. He bought half of Hickory Stick USA and renamed it Callaway Hickory Stick USA. After purchasing it, he decided to hire the best people that would be an instrument in supporting his dream of Callaway golf club. He hired Richard C. Helmstetter to be the Chief Club Designer and this as others would say is the point of no return. The designs for Callaway golf club are truly revolutionary and innovative which is why the Callaway golf club is dubbed as the type of golf club that is unique and also high-performance kind golf equipment. After that, Ely Callaway renamed his company into Callaway Golf and then relocated from Cathedral City, California to a sleepy seaside town called Carlsbad, which is just north of San Diego.

One of the most innovative designs that the firm came up with was to create a stainless steel driver that had a larger and more forgiving head than any previous design. The CEO, Callaway dubbed it as “Big Bertha” which was derived from a German cannon back in WWI which was famous for its capability of shooting long distance range. This type of design was the one that made Callaway golf club a house hold name in the states because it experienced millions of sales and the Big Bertha type of Callaway golf club was the reason why Callaway became the number one manufacturer of golf clubs not only in the US but in the whole world which shows how popular golf is to the whole world.

At present, there are six classifications of the Callaway Golf club. The first classification is the drivers which are comprised of two models which are the Big Bertha Fusion FT4 and Big Bertha Titanium 454. The next classification of Callaway golf club is called the Fairway Woods. Fairway Woods have three types of clubs which are Big Bertha Fusion Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Titanium Fairway Woods, and Big Bertha Fairway Woods. The next classification of the Callaway golf club is a hybrid which is designed for long and distant shots. The model for this type of Callaway golf club is called Big Bertha Heavenwood Hybrids. The next classification is called irons which are divided into five types of models and these are Big Bertha, Big Bertha Fusion, X-Tour, X-18, and X-18 Pro. Another classification of the Callaway golf club would be the wedges and the model here is called Forged+ Wedges. The last classification for Callaway golf club is called the Putters. The Putters have two models in its classification which are Callaway golf I-Trax Putter and tour Blue.

The classification and models of Callaway Gold Club mentioned above are the ones that the firm manufactures. All of these models were made in the lieu with science, research, and practice. All of these models are worth a try and who knows? You might be the next Tiger Woods in the world of golf.

The Callaway golf club is one of the most popular and also reliable types of golf club in the market today. There are so many people (particularly retired men) that are fascinated with golf today and it is no wonder why the Callaway golf club is now in the peak of success in the world of golf clubs.

The Callaway Golf club is headed by Ely Callaway. He bought half of Hickory Stick USA and renamed it Callaway Hickory Stick USA. After purchasing it, he decided to hire the best people that would be an instrument in supporting his dream of Callaway golf club. He hired Richard C. Helmstetter to be the Chief Club Designer and this as others would say is the point of no return. The designs for Callaway golf club are truly revolutionary and innovative which is why the Callaway golf club is dubbed as the type of golf club that is unique and also high-performance kind golf equipment. After that, Ely Callaway renamed his company into Callaway Golf and then relocated from Cathedral City, California to a sleepy seaside town called Carlsbad, which is just north of San Diego.

One of the most innovative designs that the firm came up with was to create a stainless steel driver that had a larger and more forgiving head than any previous design. The CEO, Callaway dubbed it as “Big Bertha” which was derived from a German cannon back in WWI which was famous for its capability of shooting long distance range. This type of design was the one that made Callaway golf club a house hold name in the states because it experienced millions of sales and the Big Bertha type of Callaway golf club was the reason why Callaway became the number one manufacturer of golf clubs not only in the US but in the whole world which shows how popular golf is to the whole world.

At present, there are six classifications of the Callaway Golf club. The first classification is the drivers which are comprised of two models which are the Big Bertha Fusion FT4 and Big Bertha Titanium 454. The next classification of Callaway golf club is called the Fairway Woods. Fairway Woods have three types of clubs which are Big Bertha Fusion Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Titanium Fairway Woods, and Big Bertha Fairway Woods. The next classification of the Callaway golf club is a hybrid which is designed for long and distant shots. The model for this type of Callaway golf club is called Big Bertha Heavenwood Hybrids. The next classification is called irons which are divided into five types of models and these are Big Bertha, Big Bertha Fusion, X-Tour, X-18, and X-18 Pro. Another classification of the Callaway golf club would be the wedges and the model here is called Forged+ Wedges. The last classification for Callaway golf club is called the Putters. The Putters have two models in its classification which are Callaway golf I-Trax Putter and tour Blue.

The classification and models of Callaway Gold Club mentioned above are the ones that the firm manufactures. All of these models were made in the lieu with science, research, and practice. All of these models are worth a try and who knows? You might be the next Tiger Woods in the world of golf.