CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #25 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports at The Newstand that a Chinese University is training socially elite golfers, a Fake Michael Jackson crashes a charity event, Trump finally wins at golf and Tiny Tiger is only six years old. She Golfs Too talks about the promotion of Kelly Tilghman to play-by-play for PGA events and Ping finds itself in hot water with military discounts in our Component Corner. We travel to the Delhi Golf Club in Golf Around the World, find that two men are beaten with golf clubs and a police chief steals ...

In late September, Karsten Manufacturing, maker of Ping golf clubs, has gotten itself into some hot water by forbidding retailers from offering a discount to active-duty and reserve members of the military. The controversy exploded when Ping terminated its relationship with Bonaventure Discount Golf and Gordon Lakes Golf Course, both located in the Atlanta area, for selling Ping clubs at a 10% discount to military personnel. Ping, well known for protecting the retail price of their premium golf products, had cut off these two golf retailers as well as another 60-plus military golf courses, for selling at a discount. Based on ...

CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #24 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports at The Newstand about Tiger Woods: Dream Endorser, Senate Awards Nelson a Medal, Bettor Loses Big on Ryder Cup, and 2nd Swing to Liquidate. Perfect Fit looks at Moveable Weight Putters and The Guru Commentary rants about how the Mitchell Golf Program is Found Lacking. In She Golfs Too we learn about the Top 10 Golf Injuries and the Component Corner announces the GolfWorld Top 100 Shop Contest and a Dumbest Golf Product Contender. In Golf Around the World we travel to Egypt & Turkey and ...

Yesterday I was ordering golf components from Hireko Golf and found out that Dynacraft, the equipment company based in Ohio that Hireko purchased last year, is disappearing in the same way as the Passenger Pigeon or the Dodo: its becoming extinct. According to an Ohio-based customer service person that took my order, “…Hireko is no longer shipping orders from its Ohio location. Now, all orders will be coming out of California.” I asked if that meant they were closing the facility and the employee said that “…yes, as I understand it, only the tech support people will still be here.” Although ...

On October 1, 2006, Mitchell Golf Equipment Company, the clubbuilding industry’s largest supplier of club building equipment, announced their Mitchell Partners Program. The company predicts that this will become the largest network of clubbuilders in the country. Although well-intentioned, this appears to me to be just a thinly veiled attempt to extract money from clubbuilders. According to the terms of the program, if a clubbuilder pays $500 to sign up, he/she will receive a couple of window decals, a wall plaque and an in-store banner. Oh, and don’t forget the 10% discount on Mitchell equipment (training classes excluded). Oh the surface this ...

CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #23 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports at The Newstand that US Media Savages Ryder Cup Team, Iran Building Golf Courses, and on a study that finds Golfers Are An Unhealthy Lot. Our Perfect Fit looks at the Demise of 2nd Swing Golf Retailer and the The Guru Commentary rants about how the American Ryder Cup Players Don’t Care. Check out the Component Corner and learn about True Temper’s Dropping Sales and Golf Shoes that Will Help Your Game. In Why Can’t We All Get Along we find that the Private Lakeside Golf Club ...