2013 PGA Merchandise Show Notes: Saturday

After the Demo Day on Wednesday, about two hundred instructors were given collectively for an Open Forum discussing golfing preparation at Metrowest. This changed into being hosted via Nick Chertock (Golf Progress) and Chris Como (ChrisComoGolf.Com).

This failed to pass that properly as the scope become too extensive and also you had too many instructors that showed up with pursuits in differing things. Some desired to talk about Trackman, a few wanted to talk approximately biomechanics, some wanted to speak about TGM, others desired to talk approximately very basic teaching standards like drills and shooting the digital camera.

In the gang had been human beings like Rob Neal, Ben Shear, Joe Curtis, Mario Bevilacqua, John Dochety, David Graham, Lynn Blake, Joe Mayo, Brian Manzella, Fredrik Tuxen, Mike Adams, Mike McManus, Sasho MacKenzie, and so forth.

I do not need to discourage Chris Como and Nick Chertock from doing it once more, specially in view that this changed into the primary time trying this. I believe they can give you a higher plan and if they have one, I will attend it subsequent 12 months.

Thursday night changed into the Tweet Up 3.0, which had every other exceptional turnout with many of the same people that attended the Open Forum the previous night. However, Tour Striker inventor Martin Chuck became there. The Tour Striker turned into now not at this yr's demo day, however Martin advised me they might be there next year they simply wanted to take a year off and observe the display from the outside. There turned into also people like TJ Yeaton, Nick Starchuk, Wayne Yamaguchi, Sara Dickson, AimPoint founder Mark Sweeney, Rob McGill and plenty of others there. I had a high-quality time discussing the sport, golf coaching, equipment and 2012 Pro Golf Synopsis.

Unfortunately, I by accident deleted all of my pictures and videos from the Saturday display. This become my first time attending the Saturday show and it has a totally distinctive feel to it as such a lot of people in the enterprise go away on Saturday. Overall, the display changed into a bit disappointing as there has been a substantive loss of innovation and differentiation in products. The big thing in gadget now's application irons. But, anybody has those software irons and it is tough to distinguish itself. To make matters worse, Titleist didn't have their Utility iron on display. I have been advised by way of some who have hit it that it is a brilliant membership. Too horrific we couldn't get to see it.

I changed into impressed with the new UST Mamiya Recoil shafts.

The draw back shafts are a carbon fiber shaft a great deal along the lines of Aerotech's Steel Fiber shafts. However, the UST Mamiya Recoil shafts have weights as light as sixty eight grams and as heavy as 125 grams. They almost appear to be a stepless metal shaft at first with the silver paint. The butt section is designed to be be thinner so the butt section is not too stiff. They have 3 exclusive fashions, from the six hundred, 800 and Prototype collection. I think I may try one out this year.

As I noted on the Demo Day, the Edel irons have been exquisite:

The Edel irons have severa customiziation options from the offset, top line, bounce attitude, toe design, and so on. What's thrilling approximately the Edel irons is they can make the top weight for every iron to your specific specs. If you're into MOI matching like I am, you get a higher headweight while not having to use lead tape.

I idea the new ES12 ball and clubhead display changed into quite neat for $250.

Lastly, I changed into quite impressed with what the Swing Catalyst has to offer. Here's the combination version which includes launch screen and force plates into swing coaching and evaluation.

Hopefully come 2014 we're going to see some more advances in device. Otherwise, it became every other high-quality experience.

3JACK

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