Test the New Srixon Q STAR Tour Golf Balls

Are you interested in trying the new Srixon Q STAR Tour golf balls and letting the world know what you think of them?  This is your chance.

We will be choosing eight golfers to receive both of Srixon’s newest golf balls.  Here’s how you can be one of them.

How to Enter

Step 1: Post a comment below with your name, location, handicap, and your current golf ball of choice.

Step 2: On Tuesday, April 18, we will contact eight golfers via email to get your shipping address.

Step 3: Test the Srixon Q STAR Tour balls against your current gamers.

Step 4: Fill out a questionnaire about how the Q STAR Tour performed.  Your answers will be shared on PluggedInGolf.com.

REMEMBER: If your entry does not include your name, location, handicap, and ball of choice, you will not be eligible.  Also, make sure you use your real email address when posting the comment so that we can contact you.

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Test the New Srixon Z STAR Golf Balls

Are you interested in trying the new Srixon Z STAR and Z STAR XV golf balls and letting the world know what you think of them?  This is your chance.

We will be choosing five golfers to receive both of Srixon’s new tour-caliber golf balls.  Here’s how you can be one of them.

How to Enter

Step 1: Post a comment below with your name, location, handicap, and your current golf ball of choice.  If you live in a cold climate, please let us know how you plan to do your testing.

Step 2: On Friday, February 17, we will contact five golfers via email to get your shipping address.

Step 3: Test the Srixon Z STAR balls against your current gamers.

Step 4: Fill out a questionnaire about how the Z STAR performed.  Your answers will be shared on PluggedInGolf.com.

REMEMBER: If your entry does not include your name, location, handicap, and ball of choice, you will not be eligible.  Also, make sure you use your real email address when posting the comment so that we can contact you.

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It doesn’t take much searching to find a lot of the fun things that European does with its players to try and increase its market presence.  One of the things that I think they absolutely kill it with is their fun “challenge” videos.  We’ve posted a couple of them here and here.  The video below features Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, and Justin Rose challenging each other on some of their famous shots from the Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates.  Just try to not be impressed with how effortless the putts seem to be…

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As if we needed any more reasons to be excited about Masters week, Nike just dropped off the Augusta-inspired gear that their PGA Tour staff will be wearing this week.

Including in this kit are the new Lunar Control II in the limited-edition Masters colorway, the Innovation Woven Cover Up, and the Lightweight Innovation Color Polo that’s featured prominently in Rory’s scripting for this week.

The Lunar Control II is the follow up to my favorite golf shoe of 2013.  You can expect to see a full review here at PluggedInGolf.com very soon, but if you want to snag a pair in Masters colors, don’t wait!

The Innovation Woven Cover Up is a piece that I’ve been wearing for a few weeks now, and it’s become my go-to pullover.  The concept is to combine the sleeves of a sweater with the body of a windbreaker.  As soon as you put it on and swing in it, you’ll wonder why no one came up with this idea sooner.

The Lightweight Innovation Color Polo is a great looking shirt that’s ideal for layering or playing in hot conditions.  In addition to being lightweight, the sleeves are bonded to the body of the shirt which allows it to moves smoothly across your shoulders while you’re swinging.

To see more of this gear and get some of your own, head over to NikeGolf.com.

Click here to view the embedded slideshow.

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After last week’s WGC event, any pro golf tournament that wasn’t a major was going to have a pretty tough time matching up to Doral’s excitement.  Regardless, the Valspar Championship still had a pretty impressive field with the big names in contention, some struggles, more slow play talk, and a good finish.

After 54 holes, Robert Garrigus was the leader at the Valspar and looked like he was in pretty good shape to finish the job.  I didn’t have too much time to watch the tournament, but what I saw of Garrigus was entertaining and made it easy to root for him.  It goes without saying, Garrigus was dropping bombs all over the place.  It’s so fun to watch this guy tee it up because he actually hits the ball like all of us dream about doing.  Then, when Garrigus found himself in trouble, he would hit some of the coolest “trick” shots you’re going to see.  Whether it was through a hole in the tree, a neat downhill wedge shot from behind a cart path over a bunker, or a big putt, Robert Garrigus was doing it all.  I find myself pulling for Garrigus whenever he’s in contention.  I just like his story and his journey to get where he is today.  It’s worth a Google search.  Unfortunately, Garrigus could not pull out the win this week, but still put on a hell of a display of golf.

The topic of slow play was also front and center at the Valspar Championship.  During the third round, Kevin Na and Robert Garrigus were in the final group and spent most of the day two holes behind the group in front of them.  On the 7th hole, the rules officials put the pair on the clock, and both players eventually received a single bad time ruling.  As expected, many of the critics and armchair warriors were out in full force ripping these guys and complaining about how the pace of play is killing the game.  A quick browse of my Golf Twitter timeline gave some very clear opinions on both sides of the argument, but I have to say, I think Garrigus and Na were being thrown under the bus a bit unnecessarily.  Do I think Kevin Na has a tendency to take a bit long on his shots and it’s absolutely ridiculous that his caddy has to plumb bob all his putts for him?  Yes, 100%.  Do I think he was this big slow play monster on Saturday?  Absolutely not.  There were a few circumstances that caused the gap between them and the group in front of them, but if you look at the round as a whole, Garrigus and Na were playing at a fine pace.  The slow-poke pair averaged just 13 minutes a hole and finished their round in three hours and fifty-four minutes.  3:54.  When was the last time you walked a difficult golf course on warm busy Saturday and finished in 3:54?  I can’t think of a single time in the past four or five years for me.  Jason Sobel made a good point.  Next time you play, wager $10,000 on your round of golf and see how long it takes you to play.  Then keep in mind, that’s only 1% of what the winner was taking at this week’s event.

Against PGA Tour slow play? Here’s a fun experiment: Next time you play, wager $10,000. Just 1% of what winner makes. See how long it takes.

— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelGC) March 16, 2014

I have to take a minute to give John Senden credit.  The guy had a great week and played some really good, reliable golf that found him his first win in eight years.  There were a lot of highlight shots for him including a a really nice hole out chip shot on 16 during the final round.

Last but not least, it was nice to see some of the players look more human this week.  John Daly took a 12 on a hole.  Yep, a 12.  I don’t know if he was trying to do his best Roy McAvoy, but it didn’t work for him and he shot a 90.  I’d take that score on that course, but I’m not a pro trying to make a living shooting low scores.  My absolute favorite highlight was Justin Rose’s chunked 99 yard shot on 9.

Even Rose had a little fun with it!

Glad you all enjoyed the chunk in 9! Haha. #BigBallSmallBallAndAllThat

— Justin Rose (@JustinRose99) March 16, 2014

Another week on Tour in the books, and next week the best players in the world will ramp up their Masters preparation by participating in the infamous Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.  I guess my invitation got lost in the mail…

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Well, the much anticipated WGC Cadillac Championship has come and gone and not without some great spectacles of golf.  The recent renovations at Trump National Doral certainly didn’t disappoint and the course was the perfect stage for the best golfers in the world to battle it out and see some new names start to establish themselves at the top of the list.

The Monday after the WGC Cadillac ended in 2013, Donald Trump and his crew immediately broke ground and started a serious overhaul of one of the most famous golf courses in America.  Though many would be scared to take that leap, Donald Trump isn’t know for being afraid.  At the end of the day, Trump and his crew made some significant changes and pulled it off.  The new course setup mixed with tough weather had a lot of the pros commenting that it was one of the most difficult tests of golf they’ve encountered, but none of them said the course was poorly laid out or unfair.

It’s not often you see high scoring averages and struggles out of the best professional golfers in the world and they aren’t critical of the course or the design in some capacity (unless it’s the US Open).  Once I saw the Friday scoring average was 76.0, I thought for sure I’d see the stars of golf taking to Twitter and other media outlets to put the course and Donald Trump on blast.  113 balls went in the water IN ONE DAY!  Fortunately, it was exactly the opposite and many seemed to be impressed by the challenge Doral presented to them.

Given the challenge of the Blue Monster, it’s hard not to tip your cap to Patrick Reed and his brilliant performance.  At no point did Reed ever seem out of control or like he was intimidated by arguably the deepest field he’s completed against to date.  Frankly, it was refreshing to see more of an “every man” at the top and keep it together…aside from Jason Dufner of course.

I think the most endearing part of Patrick Reed and his victory is what he was most criticized for: his confidence.  Reed stated that he believes he is in the top 5 in the world right now based on how he has been playing and his results.  Many people across the golf media landscape took issue with this, but in reality, Reed made perfect sense.  He explained that he’s seen three wins in a seven month window, feels comfortable in his game, and his ability to make shots.  What’s the problem with that?  Ultimately, that kind of confidence is one of the biggest challenges of the game and I think it’s great that he feels that way.  He didn’t downplay anyone else so why is he being so harshly criticized for his statements?

Ultimately, the kid can play and seems to have a great head on his shoulders.  He took on one of the hardest courses the pros will likely see this year and kept it together for four solid rounds for his third win before ever playing in a major.  Hard to say that this kid doesn’t have something special.

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Golf Ball hitting steel at 150 mph.

Remember, it’s 70,000 frames per second.

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I saw this video posted awhile back and I thought it was worth the watch if you’re moderately interested in the Cobra-Puma golf business.

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Just watch.

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