www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

I have not been golfing as much as I could. However, as I have always mentioned my quote: ''Golf as in life, play as it lies'', I am not done with experiments in life and golf. You have to keep going. So as I reached the next plateau, I have to make decisions like that of an eagle after 40 years. Fly to a corner of a mountain, use its beak to peck away its claw, wait for new claws to grow, use its claw to claw away the beak then wait for a new beak to grow, then peck and claw away its old and heavy feathers for new ones to grow and finally fly away like new and live with excellence for another 30 years. I have decided to go on to forged clubs with yes, steel shafts. Many social golfers have swing speed of 75-85 mph. If you have 95 and above you can play with steel. The goodness of steel has its own draw back. Steel provides more feedback to the discerning golfer which also draw its ire - it also gives more vibration that could cause golf elbow (like tennis elbo...

Ping is an iconic golf brand. Karsten Solheim (15 Sep 1911 - 16 Feb 2000), its founder has his finger prints in almost all things golf. The Norwegian born American was the first to have created a putter with perimeter weighting. The name Ping was derived from the sweet sound his putter made when it contacted the golf ball. While Ping became the brand name he wanted to call his putter the Answer but due to space constraint on the putter head, his wife suggested that he dropped the "W" and he finally called it the "Anser".  His perimeter weighting was then used for Ping irons, woods, etc. Today, all golf clubs have perimeter weighting. All golf brands have an "Anser" design putter in their range. Thanks to Ping, you enjoy your golf a bit more. I am not here to discuss Ping today but you do not find Ping coming in with lots of advertisements. Neither they you find them publishing their equipment for sales. However, I found that recently the Ping G20, the...

Golf Digest is one of my favourites and at the top of my list for information on golf. They have a range of topics from coaching tips to humour and many others but their Hotlist for equipment takes the cake. They have the most comprehensive take therefore, the authority to give us what's new and what's good. From a wide range of handicappers to even scientists, they lay them out for our picks with crisp writing in an entertaining way. This was the third Golf Digest Hotlist Demo I was told and I got to attend this as a result of the home club NSRCC being the host and because I received an email notice and so I decided to join and I roped in two friends who love golf. It was my first time at the Golf Digest Hotlist Demo. The list of equipment for 2012 is quite exhaustive, so I pre-selected the clubs I thought were meaningful and we should try. I also wanted my friends' feedback. I certainly think that this should be organised more times like twice a year or even quart...