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From Nikegolf.ca: In response, Nike Golf Canada announced that it is offering three options to Canadian consumers of the SUMO² drivers in conjunction with its Conformance Program: They can trade their SUMO² driver (Cdn suggested retail price $499.99) for a SUMO driver (Cdn SRP $399.99) and a SQ Fairway wood (Cdn SRP $249.99) Or they [...]
An interesting story in Golf Digest today about Nike recalling its new Sumo2 driver over [photopress:sumo2.jpg,full,alignright]conformance issues: Nike Golf will recall its new, square-shaped Nike Sumo2 driver, due to what it calls an “unauthorized manufacturing variance.” According to sources, Nike is instructing all retailers to remove the driver from shelves “immediately” and begin returning them [...]
As Fairway Stevie aptly noted in his blog last week, we had a peak at[photopress:callawayfti.jpg,full,alignright] Callaway’s new gear. In my very rudimentary testing, I came away quite impressed by what I saw. I hit the X-Forged irons and found them quite unlike what I expected out of Callaway — more akin to the better irons [...]
There’s an interesting story in the LA Times about the new trend towards square drivers. Turns out there’s a problem with this fad — pros don’t want to play the strange looking toasters on a stick. “The penalty for being less skilled, and that includes most of us, is considerably less,” said Tom Stites, the [...]
[photopress:nike_sumo2.jpg,full,pp_image] Interesting story at Sportsline.com as they report on the annual PGA Merchandise Show going on in Florida. The current industry buzzword seems to be ‘geometry’ and the effect that that is having on the driver designs that are hitting the market. “If we change the geometry of the club, we can change the inertial [...]
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