Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Morning lines
BOMB: Just so you don’t think that all I do is “product testing,” thought I’d take the change to catch the folks up on some stuff they’ll be seeing in the coming months that, if...
Published May. 14, 2007
Keywords Current Affairs

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Square deal
GOUGE: Bomb's taking this glorious afternoon off to do some product testing, but in the interest of keeping the discussion going, I'll throw a few notes up on the bulletin board to keep the hounds...
Published May. 09, 2007
Keywords Current Affairs

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Non-confirmed Reports
BOMB: We know, it’s been a while since we posted. Sorry about that, folks. We’ll try to be better. Sad fact is we have day jobs, too, and are not full-time bloggers.But nothing like...
Published May. 07, 2007
Keywords Current Affairs

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PGA Merchandise Show, Thing 4
BOMB & GOUGE: More stuff from the PGA Merchandise Show that doesn't have to do with clubs and balls, but may be at least as important. Some of you may remember the groovy Shling bag...
Published Feb. 09, 2007
Keywords Current Affairs

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PGA Merchandise Show: Thing 3
BOMB & GOUGE: And you think Bomb & Gouge only care about clubs, shafts and golf balls? (Well, Gouge does, but he spends weekends reading the latest entries from the Journal of the American Journal...
Published Feb. 07, 2007
Keywords Current Affairs

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Two more things we just remembered
BOMB: It's not only tour players who get to see the new stuff. The fall sales meetings for all the major companies are winding down and soon sales reps will be showing off some of...
Published Oct. 14, 2006
Keywords Current Affairs

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Five Things Everybody Will Be Talking About Soon
BOMB: It must be that time of year again, partner. Everyone's asking me what's going to be new in equipment for next year. Normally I just blow them off. But then again, never had a...
Published Oct. 10, 2006
Keywords Current Affairs

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So many choices
GOUGE: If you want to know what you should buy because the U.S. Open winner used it on his way to victory, well, you've got a mixed bag, as it were. There's Mickelson's Callaway Fusion...
Published Jun. 18, 2006
Keywords Current Affairs

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The California Golf Tax
In case you haven't heard or read about the so-called "golf tax" in California, here is an update from today's Sacramento Bee. In a nutshell: the state of California is facing a $41 billion shortfall...
Published Jan. 28, 2009
Keywords California | Current Affairs | Economy

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Report: Stimulus Package Excludes Golf
In a recent article in Golf World, contributing writer Geoff Shackelford speculated about whether efforts by President Barack Obama and his administration to jump-start the economy might include golf. It didn't take long to get...
Published Jan. 28, 2009
Keywords Current Affairs | Economy | Federal Government

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California Golf Tax Defeated
The proposed Caifornia golf tax has been defeated. After 45 hours of debate, the California state legislature finally passed its $143 billion budget Thursday, and the proposed golf tax -- which we wrote about Jan....
Published Feb. 20, 2009
Keywords Budget cuts | California | Current Affairs | Economy | Sacramento

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Superstition Mountain Auction Set
It's not every day one gets the chance to buy a golf community that has hosted a Champions Tour major and an LPGA tournament. But real estate investors will have that opportunity March 19 in...
Published Feb. 14, 2009
Keywords Arizona | Auctions | Current Affairs | Economy | Superstition Mountain
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