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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...

By Mike Stachura

Published Nov. 18, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | Golf DIgest | Rosaforte | Rugge | Stephen Ames | USGA | grooves

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Equipment: Fire Away

Want to know more about what goes into the construction of our annual Hot List? Here's your chance to find out

By Mike Stachura

Published Nov. 12, 2009

Keywords golf | equipment | gear | hot list | stachura

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Back and better than ever

BOMB: As we settle in for the Hot List summit, there's some things we'll see this week that we're not allowed to talk about as many companies provide us with early looks. That said, as...

By Mike Stachura

Published Oct. 16, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | Cleveland Golf | Golf Digest | Hot List | Justin Timberlake | Las Vegas | drivers

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Equipment: New Looks: Identity Crisis, Hybrids

What's a hybrid supposed to look like anyway?

By Mike Stachura

Published Sep. 23, 2009

Keywords golf | equipment | gear | new looks | hybrids | 3-irons | long irons | spin | shafts | clubheads

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Equipment: Bargain Shopping

When it comes to measuring grooves, the USGA has decided a $150 scanner will work just fine

By Mike Stachura

Published Sep. 18, 2009

Keywords golf equipment | gear | death of spin | grooves rules | Mike Stachura | drivers | woods | equipment manufacturers | Alicona InfiniteFocus | USGA | Benoit Vincent | TaylorMade

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Stachura: The Death of Spin?

For all of Merion's charms, Mike Stachura still wonders if the historic course is long enough for today's players

By Mike Stachura

Published Sep. 11, 2009

Keywords golf equipment | merion | mike stachura | walker cup | u.s. open | usga | will nicholson

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Lost in the desert

BOMB: Well, back to work after our trek out west that included a round of golf in 116-degree heat, witnessing a hot-air balloon crashing to earth near a golf course and seeing what the equipment...

By Mike Stachura

Published Sep. 01, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | Emerald Canyon | Ernie Els | Golf DIgest | Y.E. Yang | golf | grooves | spin

Equipment

First The Win, Now The Windfall

A historic win over Tiger Woods paired with an innate marketing sense may translate into big money for Y.E. Yang

By Mike Stachura

Published Aug. 21, 2009

Keywords golf | equipment | golf digest | y.e. yang | mike stachura | tiger woods | clarke jones | taylormade | le cocq sportif

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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...

By Mike Stachura

Published Jul. 27, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | Golf | Golf DIgest | Grooves | J.B. Holmes | Spin | USGA

Stachura: Fountain Of Youth

How does a 59-year-old Tom Watson compete for a major against men half his age? Some of it had to do with guile and experience. A lot had to do with modern technology

By Mike Stachura

Published Jul. 24, 2009

Keywords golf world | golf | mike stachura | tom watson | turnberry | adams | ram | balata | titleist | hybrid | british open

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Equipment: The Death of Spin?

What the new grooves rule means for the game and you

By Mike Stachura

Published Jul. 22, 2009

Keywords golf equipment | gear | death of spin | grooves rules | Mike Stachura | drivers | woods | equipment manufacturers

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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...

By Mike Stachura

Published Jul. 15, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | British Open | Colonial | Greg Norman | J.B. Holmes | Spin | grooves