Testing the New X-24 Hot Irons from Callaway
Spent an hour or so on the range the other day with Callaway’s new X-24 ‘Hot’ Irons. The marketing states that these are are designed to produce faster ball speeds across the clubface – translation – increased distance from each club. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing chairs over on this day so any real attempt to gauge distance was futile at best. I did bring along an 8 iron of my own for a general comparison... [Read More...]
Callaway Gets Underfoot for 2010
Callaway introduces the Hyperbolic SL (pictured out front) & Bio-Kinetic Tour (comfortably in back) HYPERBOLIC SL Engineered with the same lightweight materials used in football, soccer and basketball, Callaway’s new Hyberbolic SL combines technology, comfort and stability. What makes the Hyperbolic SL so unique? Callaway Comfort Tech Gel Tongue – This new proprietary feature exclusive to Callaway footwear uses injection molded gel... [Read More...]
Callaway Wedges Get some Teeth
Crafted by Roger Cleveland, Callaway’s Chief Designer, the X Series JAWS wedges are made of Forged 1020 carbon steel and undergo a Triple Net Forging process to produce incredible feel and consistent sole geometry. They are available in two finishes, Dark Vintage or Milky Chrome, and can be purchased with steel or graphite shafts. “The MACK Daddy grooves featured in Callaway’s new X Series JAWS wedges have been designed to the absolute limits... [Read More...]
‘Fore Words’ from the Inbox
Success of prototype leads to a better METHOD Nike Golf’s prototype putter produced 2 majors, 5 total Tour wins, and was garnering its fair share of curiosity and anticipation … The Scientific Method Inspired by the philosophy of the ’scientific method’, Nike’s team of designers and engineers combined steel and polymer in multiple ways before discovering the unique polymetal groove technology. The revolutionary and visibly... [Read More...]
Callaway’s Els and Henry coming to Toronto for Golf Town Invitational
Golf Town, Canada’s largest golf retailer announces the 2009 Golf Town Invitational charity tournament will be headlined by Callaway PGA Tour stars Ernie Els and JJ Henry at Toronto’s Magna Golf Club on Monday, August 31. Els and Henry to play in Toronto this August Benefiting the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine – home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of stem cell researchers – the 2009 Golf Town Invitational will raise... [Read More...]
Devil and the Details
The Devil is in the Details. Callaway and GolfScene bring you our most diabolical contest yet. Enter today and you’ll get not 1 but 3 chances to dance with Devil and experience the pure power of Diablo. GRAND PRIZE Diablo Driver 2 fairway woods 1 hybrid Big Bertha 8 piece iron set Diablo Stand bag Diablo Tour Cap Diablo Golf balls SECOND PRIZE Diablo Golf Balls Callaway S200 eyewear THIRD PRIZE Diablo Golf balls Diablo Tour... [Read More...]
Notebook: Degrees in Insight
Got an invite this spring to have lunch with and get fitted for a wedge by Callaway’s Chief Golf Club Designer Roger Cleveland. If the name sounds familiar & perhaps a little askew it probably should as this is the name synonymous with Cleveland Golf – the company he founded in 1979 then sold in 1990. Let’s just refer to him as Roger Callaway. The lunch was with many members of the media and while a few bombarded him with the traditional... [Read More...]
‘Fore Words’ from the Inbox …
Greg Norman Joins TaylorMade Golf Tour Staff TaylorMade Golf Company recently announced that global golf icon Greg Norman has joined its Tour Staff. Norman, 54, will play TaylorMade clubs, a TaylorMade TP golf ball, use a TaylorMade staff bag and display the TaylorMade logo on the side of his headwear. The Shark swims with TaylorMade Norman chose on his own accord to play TaylorMade’s TP Red golf ball with Low Drag Performance (LDP) Technology... [Read More...]
What’s Your Callaway?
FIRST DATES. ATTITUDE. STYLE. LUXURY CARS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO, WHERE YOU DO IT, AND WHO YOU DO IT WITH. What Does any of this have to with Drivers? JUST ANSWER 10 QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY AND YOU WILL KNOW SOON ENOUGH ! Callaway Golf has a very cool & very creative new promo going on that is both interactive, intuitive, and fun. Answer a few interesting questions and a personality profile will ascertain just what sort of... [Read More...]
Stimulus Package
The economy this, the economy that. We’ve all heard, watched, read, and in some cases written about the doom & gloom. We all know a friend who has been vocationally displaced or one whose budget has been cut, or one whose investments have been growing like a hole in one’s change pocket, or have heard someone complain about this and perhaps about that. And maybe it is and maybe it isn’t — but we’re certainly... [Read More...]
