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

There are two groups of golfers at each extreme end. One type do not change their clubs at all. They are so used to their old clubs, they even fear that a change may destroy their game or perhaps to get their money's worth. At the other end of the spectrum, there are those who will keep changing. Among this group, there is the trendy type who must have the latest as it is the latest fashion. Then there are those who use their small change to buy new clubs and punish them by consigning them to their store room when they do not perform. I am none of the above. I do not keep nor play a set or certain clubs for 5-10 years. To do that it has to be the ultimate. I change my clubs periodically to keep updated to technology, to understand the engineering, latest materials, new ideas or philosophy and evolution of golf. I would make a great tester of golf equipment with the accumulated knowledge over the years. Some day, people would be knocking at my door to request for me to tes...

If you do a simple analysis, putting appeared to be the simplest thing to do in golf don't you agree? You hit with a driver, wood, hybrid, iron, wedge from long distances, over obstacles and hazards then when you put the ball on the green, all you have to do from so near is to putt? So why do we sometimes put three on the green on a par 5 over 400m and then go on to do a three putt from 10m? It is the same for soccer players who can bend the ball into goal from 25m or cracked in a 30m scorcher from free play but when they have to take a penalty after extra-time they do all kinds of funny things except put the ball in the net from close range. It is because it is the clincher. Clutch mentality sets in. The pressure is more unbearable as it is expected of you to score, to put the ball into the hole. Today, there is a putter out there for everyone, even for the worse of you out there. When you hit a golf club onto a ball, a one degree angle of difference on the impact zone wi...

The Latest gears that have just been released or about to ..... Cobra S2 Cobra has introduced a new set of irons and called it the S2 with the slogan: "Pick a spot and stick it." It is constructed with multi-material (means not going for a song) with optimized heel-toe weighting for the highest MOI for distance and forgiveness. It also has a urethane sole insert for feel. The sleek looking S2 is among the first of new irons to conformed to new iron grooves rule which will be enforced as a competition condition by major Tours from next year. Looks strong and steady with its silver/black and yellow trims. ZL Driver Cobra's latest driver the ZL is short for Zero Limits. It is black and sharp looking. Just shortly before this were the S9-1 and the L5V. Previous Cobras have huge hooded heads and they make a loud noise. Ping G15 & i15 Ping has launched their 2010 model of a full range of G15 & i15 drivers, woods, hybrids and irons. Essentially ...

I'm a sucker for inspirational stories of how people achieved great success from a humble beginning. It never failed to bring a tear to my eyes. It is all abut passion and in some cases obsession. Karsten Solheim (Ping) Have you heard the one of how Ping came about? About how a Norwegian immigrant Karsten Solheim who works in GE having unhappy situations with his putting then went on to toy with and finally developed a prototype putter with weights towards the back, the first of its kind in the world. He then established Karsten manufacturing in 1967 and promptly named his product Ping which was how it sounded when it made contact with the golf ball. He wanted to name it Answer, which was the answer to putting problems but the six letters could not fit in to the heel end of the perimeter weighting and his wife suggested to drop the "w" to get the same sounding name which gave birth to the Ping Anser putter. He could only sell a few units until Julius Boros won ...