Aging Couples to be in contention at Masters

From USA Today Fred Couples is looking to make another run . No matter what he says, Couples isn't done on the PGA Tour. He's a past champion at the Shell Houston Open and was T14 at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera and T37 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale earlier this year. Next week, the 1992 Masters champion will play at Augusta National, one of his favorite golf courses in the world. If on form, and if his back is not acting up, Couples could certainly contend in the first major of the season. Read...

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Cleveland CG Black and CG Black Tour Drivers

From GOLF Magazine ClubTest 2012 (March, 2012) Cleveland CG Black Category: Max Game-Improvement Drivers (See complete list) Price: $399 WE TESTED: 9°, 10.5°, 12° with Miyazaki C. Kua 39 graphite shaft KEY TECHNOLOGIES: Engineered for moderate swingers, the CG Black has an aerodynamic, teardropshaped profile to reduce drag and increase swing speed. The lightweight, 265-gram club features a Miyazaki 46” shaft. It has a shallower face than the Launcher Ultralite XL270 and generates a higher, more draw-biased trajectory. OUR TESTERS SAY: One of the top-rated drivers in its class. Receives high marks in all categories. PROS DISTANCE: Top-shelf length; many testers gain 10 yards versus their own. ACCURACY/FORGIVENESS: Among the most forgiving, accurate test clubs; a real fairway finder; shots don’t travel far off-line, which is surprising for a super-lightweight driver built for speed. FEEL: Exceptionally light but stable through impact; nice explosive feel to solid shots; well-balanced club swings easily without applying much effort. PLAYABILITY: High, penetrating, straight ball flight; several testers find they can hit a gentle draw with it. LOOK: Sleek, teardrop-shaped profile, all-black head and shaft; looks like it means business at address. CONS A few testers tend to overswing because of the lighter club—it requires a smooth, even transition at the start of the downswing; a minority of guys lose the lighter head, on occasion, during the swing. Schecter Lee Cleveland CG Black (left), CG Black Tour Cleveland CG Black Tour Category: Tour Drivers (See complete list) Price: $399 WE TESTED: 9°, 10.5° with Miyazaki C. Kua 59 graphite shaft KEY TECHNOLOGIES: The teardrop-shaped “speed crown” reduces air drag during the swing to help you swing faster. A rear weight screw positions the center of gravity (CG) low and deep for improved launch conditions. The clubface (variable thickness) is engineered to bolster ball speed and carry on off-center hits. OUR TESTERS SAY: Among the higher-rated drivers. One of the longest in its class. PROS DISTANCE: In the top tier of drivers tested; a majority of testers consider it to be “above average” to “long”—some guys achieve noteworthy distance gains over their own driver. ACCURACY/FORGIVENESS: One of the top models; noticeable sidespin reduction on mis-hits keeps balls in the fairway; provides repeatable shots. FEEL: Crisp, pleasing sound and hot sensation at impact; controllable, light feel through the swing for many testers. PLAYABILITY: Consistent, medium flight; draws and fades are relatively easy to create on solid strikes. LOOK: Sleek, traditional profile; classy black and gold color combo. CONS Lightweight feel is a turnoff for some testers; a few high-swing-speed players could benefit from slightly less spin. From The Shop Blog (October 17, 2011) The ultimate boxer would be as quick as welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao but would hit like heavyweight titleholder Wladimir Klitschko. Golf club makers have a similar goal when it comes to making drivers: build something that's light and easy for the average player, but make it pack a wallop. With its new CG Black driver, Cleveland Golf hopes that it has created this combination for players whose swing speed is less 100 mph. The CG Black features a head that is aerodynamically shaped to slip easily through the air, with a crown that slopes down in the back section more sharply than last season's Launcher Ultralight drivers. Cleveland's head of metalwood development, Nate Radcliffe, says that the shape of the crown decreases the club's drag throughout the downswing, which in turn helps players generate more clubhead speed. At the same time, the 460-cc head has one of the lightest and thinnest faces Cleveland Golf has ever designed. Radcliffe says the faceplate is very thin on the perimeter, which not only saves more weight, but also broadens the CG Black's sweetspot.   Add to that mix a new Golf Pride grip that Cleveland says is half the weight of a typical grip and a special edition Miyazaki C. Kua Gold shaft and you've got a driver on Weight Watchers. However, Cleveland put a little bit of that saved weight back into the head, adding a weight screw to the back of the sole plate. By adding weight to this key area, Radcliffe says the CG Black should naturally hit the ball on a higher launch angle to maximize carry distance, which is essential for slower-swinging golfers who want more distance. "The overall package is a club that is designed to generate speed and be really easy to hit," says Radcliffe. That's music to the ears of distance-hungry golfers looking to land a few haymakers on their opponents.  
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Ping i20 Driver

From Golf Magazine ClubTest 2012 (March 2012) Category: Tour Drivers (See complete list) Price: $299 WE TESTED: 8.5°, 9.5°, 10.5° with TFC 707D graphite shaft; 8.5°, 9.5°, 10.5° with Project X Black graphite shaft KEY TECHNOLOGIES: The 460cc head has two heavy tungsten sole weights to increase the moment of inertia (MOI) for enhanced forgiveness and to precisely locate the club’s center of gravity for improved launch conditions. OUR TESTERS SAY: One of the top-rated drivers in its category. Excellent grades for distance, feel, playability and control. PROS DISTANCE: Longer than most; pleasing launch characteristics and low spin produce plenty of “get up and go” for the majority of testers. ACCURACY/FORGIVENESS: The i20 achieves top marks; off-center hits are corrected very well for both distance and direction. FEEL: Very stable, crushing sensation through impact; some testers describe it as “forceful” or “powerful.” PLAYABILITY: Handles whatever shot you have the ability to create; strong, mid-launch trajectory that protects very well against a hook. LOOK: One of the favorites; tasteful black paint job and overall simplicity; square look at address boosts confidence. CONS Club can exaggerate left-to-right movement for guys who tend to hit fades. From Golf.com (January 17, 2012) Hidden underneath a black, matte finish that looks like it was taken off a stealth fighter, the Ping i20 driver, the company's newest offering for better-players, is made using three different materials.   The body is cast from a titanium alloy that has been infused with aluminum to make it lighter. Ping engineers shifted the weight saved by blending the aluminum and titanium together and moved it into two tungsten pads located in the back sections of the sole.   Marty Jertson, Ping Golf's Senior Design Engineer, says moving the weight to those spots helps to improve the clubs moment of inertia and make it more resistant to twisting on off-center hits. Those weight pads also shift more of the head's overall weight away from the face, which helps to create a higher initial launch angle. Ping also says that the club produces less spin than its predecessor, the i15. Ping Golf Ping i20 Driver   While the i20 offers a 460-cc head, Jertson says that the club is more aerodynamic than the i15, which should mean more power for golfers off the tee.   "With the same amount of energy, the same amount of input, you are able to get more velocity from the club head," Jertson says. That clubhead velocity should translate directly into more ball speed and longer shots.   While the i20 is not adjustable like many drivers on the market today, golfers who like to maneuver the ball around the course should appreciate its neutral weighting and square face at address. Whether you prefer to hit a draw or a fade, the clubhead won't fight you.   As you might expect in a driver designed for big hitters, the i20 is only available in three lofts—8.5°, 9.5° and 10.5°. It comes standard with either a low-spinning Ping TFC 707D shaft or a Project X Black shaft and costs $385.
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Fantasy Preview: Transitions Championship

This week it?s off to the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club for the Transitions Championship. The Copperhead Course at IR&GC (as the kids call it) is a par 3-heavy course (five of 'em) featuring the kind of tight fairways that...


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