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2009 Hot List: The Panelists
Meet the Hot List Judges, Scientists, Testers and Retailers

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Judge: E. MICHAEL JOHNSON
- Equipment Editor, Golf World. Golf writer for 22 years; "Bomb" of Bomb & Gouge; 5.1 Index.

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Judge: STINA STERNBERG
- Senior Editor. Co-host of "Big Break" on the Golf Channel; former golf-shop owner/operator; 12.4 Index.

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JUDGE: JOHN STREGE
- Writer based near manufacturers' mecca of Carlsbad, Calif; USGA Book Award winner; 12.9 Index.

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JUDGE: MAX ADLER
- Associate Editor; former collegiate golfer; editor, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Golf Book; plus-0.5 Index.

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SCIENTIST: JOHN AXE
- Lecanto, Fla., 7-hdcp.
- A retired physicist, Axe studied features of solid materials and served as a technical advisor to several companies on ball-club interaction.

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Scientist: MARTIN BROUILIETTE
- Quebec, 6-hdcp.
- Trained at Caltech, this rocket scientist teaches mechanical engineering at the University of Sherbrooke and researches high-speed air flow.

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Scientist: JACK HU
- Ann Arbor, Mich., 18-hdcp.
- This professor and associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan studies manufacturing systems.

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Scientist: DAVID LEE
- Wenham, Mass., 28-hdcp.
- Associate professor of physics at Gordon College, Lee is an expert in advance-materials science, including golf-club parts. He owns eight U.S. patents.

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Scientist: JOHN MCPHEE
- Waterloo, Ontario, 7-hdcp.
- Teaches systems-design engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada's largest engineering school. His expertise is in design optimization and dynamic modeling.
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