Blog: Local Knowledge
- Bomb & Gouge Share Their Latest Findings
- Bomb & Gouge had an interesting weekend. One got to the finals of his club championship and the other didn't. One learned something about equipment (and how you might need to match your set to...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Long Putters Are Legal . . . and So Wrong!
- Bomb & Gouge were inspired to take on the subject of long putters, thanks in no small part to Colt Knost's victory in the U.S. Amateur on Sunday at the Olympic Club. The recent switch...
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- The Rules in the tolerance zone
- BOMB: Well, pardsy, here we go again. Bless those folks who just insist on designing and manufacturing in the tolerance zone and then every so often cross the line. Gives us something to write about....
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- Ames win with new grooves puzzling, no?
- BOMB: Well, well, well, pardsy. Finally something to give me a 10-minute respite from writing copy for the Hot List issue. Stephen Ames won the Children's Miracle Classic at Walt Disney World Resort using irons...
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- Another update from the USGA on grooves
- GOUGE: Remember early last week when I relayed a story Terry Dill told me about J.B. Holmes bashing a 5-iron from the light rough 220 yards to land comfortably on the green on Colonial's first...
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- Norman's groove theory
- BOMB: Greetings from Turnberry, buddy. Wish you were here, particularly when I played Girvan GC last night—a par-64 gem with eight holes looking out over the water and Ailsa Craig. How good is it to...
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- Puttermaker blues?
- BOMB: Cue up the music—another one bites the dust. Well, not exactly. But Mizuno and Bettinardi putters are severing their exclusive arrangement after the end of this year. Of course, that makes you wonder if Mizuno...
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- Grooves: A sigh of relief?
- BOMB: Thankfully, I was able to get the last question in to commissioner Finchem yesterday regarding grooves and its possible effect on course setup on the PGA Tour. Here’s what he had to say: “We...
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- Grooves: Standing ground vs. standing by
- BOMB: About a week ago we blogged on the topic of a possible reversal on the groove implementation date and I wrote that I simply couldn’t see the PGA Tour leaving the USGA out to...
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- Balata and Persimmon? Not a chance
- BOMB: Have you seen the recent Wall Street Journal column by John Paul Newport in which he details his experience playing a round with a wooden driver and balata golf balls? Mr. Newport was clearly...
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- A good smash in the face
- GOUGE: You know how it is, partner, when you're going along and think you have everything figured out and then something smashes you right in the face? Sometimes you never recover from it. Sometimes you're...
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- Our equipment year always starts with a week in Georgia
- GOUGE: Like every golfer, the week of The Masters always means the start of the season for me. Not just golf season, but Hot List season. That’s right, we get started on our research for...
