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...
Blog: Bomb & Gouge
- 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...
Equipment
- Bomb & Gouge: Year Of The Insert
- All four majors this year were won with putters using insert technology.
Blog: Bomb & Gouge
- Hot List Summit Photo of the Day
- Launch-monitor testing requires the use of identical golf balls, but seriously, how many editors does it take to separate a few Nikes from some Srixons? -- Stina Sternberg...
Equipment
- Bomb & Gouge: Lucas Glover's Driver
- If Lucas Glover won the U.S. Open with an old driver, why do I need to buy a new one?
Blog: Bomb & Gouge
- 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...
Equipment
- Bomb & Gouge: Angel Cabrera's Belly Putter
- What was up with that putter Angel Cabrera used to win the Masters? Was it a belly?
Blog: Bomb & Gouge
- 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...
