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Golf Equipment

Golfsmith inundating us with spring golf deals

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golf stores

Golfsmith hosts Callaway VIP night

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CALLAWAY VIP NIGHT
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Come Find Out What Everyone Is Playing This Year!

March 27 From 6 pm – 8 pm (See Participating Stores Below)

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– FIRST 50 GUESTS TO TRY ON A PAIR OF CALLAWAY SHOES Will Receive a Free 2-ball Pack of the New HX Hot Bite Golf Balls.
– 30% TRADE IN BONUS and other One-Night Only Callaway Golf Specials. See Store Coupon During VIP Event for Complete Details.
– REGISTER TO WIN Exciting In-Store Prizes from Callaway Golf.
– I-MIX TECHNOLOGY In-Store Callaway Experts to Share Their Expertise on All Callaway Products including the New I-MIX Clubs.
– PUTTING AND CHIPPING CHALLENGE First 50 Guests to Participate Receive a Free Tour IX Golf Ball and a Chance to Win an Odyssey Putter of Their Choice. (1 winner per store)
– TEST DRIVE THE LATEST CLUBS IN THE HITTING BAYS Demo the New Hyper X Driver, Squareway 3-Wood, and the New Big Bertha Irons.
– GolfTEC Tips During the Event. *Not available at all stores
– TOUR THE STORE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WiN a Head-to-Toe, Look Like a Pro package from Callaway Golf (1 winner Nationwide). Winner will receive a shopping spree package worth $3,000 with opportunities to purchase Callaway Golf clubs, balls, bags, shoes, caps, apparel, gloves and more!

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Columbus Ohio

Changes at Bridgeview Golf Course for 2008

The weather was too inviting to work today (at least it was in the morning – things turned windier and chillier in the afternoon) so I made my way out to Bridgeview Golf Course for the first time this year. They’ve changed things around quite a bit at Bridgeview. Now everyone goes to the range including golf course patrons. From the range, you walk under the bridge and start on what used to be hole no. 6. You end on what used to be hole no. 5. So you get a bridge view at the beginning and at the end.

Bridgeview has new signs for all the holes on each of the tees. They’ve also torn down what used to be the old, old clubhouse. There were rumors of that happening floating around last year. It appears that they have mowed the greens so putting isn’t a complete fiasco. There were plenty of branches on the first par 5 (what used to be no. 2). The wind was so strong today that I drove it over the green on what used to be the first hole – now no. 5.

I guess Bridgeview management figures that most people take a cart so the quarter mile ride/walk to the first tee isn’t bad with a cart. Wonder how they will handle people in carts passing walkers on the ride out to the first tee? Starting with a par 3 and having two par 3’s in the first four holes definitely won’t help the pace of play. I also wonder if they will have a starter on the first tee? We’ll see how the changes at Bridgeview shape up throughout the season.

Related posts on Bridgeview Golf Course:

Bridgeview Golf Course Review

Happy Birthday to Gene at Bridgeview Golf Course

Fall views of Bridgeview Golf Course

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Golf Equipment

The Brush T – Golf Equipment Plug



The Brush T		 I started using Brush Tees after I found one on the golf course. That was a couple years ago and I’ve been hooked ever since. Why do I like the Brush T? Let me count the ways:

    1 – You tee it up to the same height every time. No guesstimating here and no pop ups because you guessed wrong.

    2 – They never break. You’re only risk is of losing them. As long as you use the container that they come in, they won’t lose their shape over time either.

    3 – You’ll hit the ball farther using the Brush T. Unlike a tee that is cupped, the ball sits flat on the tips of the bristles. With a cupped tee, spin is imparted on the ball as it rubs against the cupped edge of the tee. It may be slight but this spin and friction will result in lost distance. Everybody wants a few extra yards, right?

Try them out, the Brush T comes in all sizes for every club.
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golf stores

Great Clubfitting Experience at Golfsmith Easton

I went over to Golfsmith at Easton today to have my clubs re-shafted and re-gripped in anticipation of full throttle golf in central Ohio. Tom Thomas, Golfsmith’s Custom Clubmaking Specialist, helped me out.

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Columbus Ohio

Warm weather gives Ohio golf season a jump start

Columbus weather forecasters were wrong yet again. Having earlier predicted a 40% chance of rain for today, it turned out sunny with highs in the lower 50’s in central Ohio. Despite the wet conditions resulting from melted snow and additional rain, I braved the elements to go play some golf on the first day of Spring. Bridgeview golf course is still closed until next week so I headed out to Minerva Lake Golf Course.

Conditions weren’t too bad. On a few holes, it was particularly soppy and muddy but overall it was much drier than expected. The greens are still in horrible shape however. But for 12 bucks, it wasn’t a bad deal.

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Senior Tour

Allen Doyle’s chip shot at 15 – did his ball move?

I was watching the Toshiba Open today and coverage went to Allen Doyle at the par 5 15th hole. It appeared to me that as he addressed his chip shot from just off the green that his ball moved backwards. Doyle went ahead and hit the ball and recorded a par at the 15th. I forgot that I had the power of DVR to watch it again. I’ll see if the Golf Channel replays it again tonight and record it. I believe that that would be a 2 shot penalty.

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Columbus Ohio

Blizzard puts Ohio golf season on hold

Four days after I had announced that golf season was on in central Ohio, a blizzard hits the area. Nevertheless, a friend and I went over to McCann Precision Golf, Inc., at 6511 Proprietors Road in Worthington, Ohio. They have a driving range net set up in the back and we were able to hit a few balls there. I really liked the Raven Undercut Irons paired with the Premier Lite 85 Iron Shafts. They were so easy to hit. It was like butter. McCann Precision can build me a set for an awfully reasonable price. I’m going to look some more and see what else is out there in the world of irons. Of course, my back hurts from shoveling all the snow today.

My apologies to Valeria for moving her down from the top spot.

McCann Precision Golf, Inc.
614 885-4176

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Columbus Ohio

Golf season opens in Ohio with 70 degree day in March

Tenth green at Minerva Lake Golf Course 2008
Tenth green at the former Minerva Lake Golf Course since sold and now a housing development. Minerva had the odd front 10 and back 8 arrangement. 18th hole in background.

March 3, 2008 – I’m going to call this the official opening of golf season in central Ohio. It could’ve been yesterday but today’s temperature of 70 makes March 3 more appropriate. A friend and I tried to head over to Bridgeview but that course is still closed until March 15. So instead we headed over to ol’ reliable – Minerva Lake Golf Course. 10 bucks got us 10 holes on the odd front 10 and back 8 arrangement. It was a little mucky, the greens were a bit shaggy, and a bit windy (40 mph wind gusts) but it was still golf – and a long time coming. There were several others out fighting the wind, wet conditions, and untrue greens. I shot 4 over for 10 holes. Not bad given the conditions. Let’s hope next week brings another respite from the upcoming cold.

Update: Minerva closed on July 4, 2016.  I played countless rounds there as it was only 15 minutes from my house.  My buddy and I often arrived before sunrise and would wait on the first tee for the sun to come up to start our round.  We’d get in a quick 10 holes before work on many a weekday.  Despite its short length, Minerva offered many challenges.  The elevated green on the par 3 fourth hole would reject errant shots to the bottom of the hill where getting up and down was pretty much impossible.  The par 4 tenth would often force you to lay up and then hit a long approach over the ravine that had to avoid woods and a stream on the left.  The short par 5 seventh still required accuracy off the tee.  Minerva also rewarded golfers with drivable par 4s and a chance at hitting the par 5’s in two.  As Columbus gets more crowded, golf courses inside the 270 outer-belt are becoming a rarity.  I have yet to drive by the old course location but I should to see what’s become of it and bid a farewell to days gone by.

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California Golf

Mile Square Classic Golf Course

Mile Square Classic Golf Course
Looking back at the first green at Mile Square Golf course
While on vacation in Southern California, I headed out for some reasonably priced golf and found it at Mile Square Golf Course in Fountain Valley, California. Greens fees were about $45 apiece to walk on an early Sunday morning. It was a little chilly but definitely warmer than Central Ohio.