Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, 2nd Swing is back in business. According to a feature story in my local paper Star Tribune, the new 2nd Swing has got one store open in Minneapolis and a second is slated to open in Minnetonka on April 2nd. Before the internet, eBay and sites like www.callawaypreowned.com, 2nd Swing had a lock on the used golf equipment market. But it didn’t last long. To keep ahead, 2nd Swing added new equipment to it offerings and expanded like mad until it had opened more than 50 stores. As quickly ...

….a new golf season. Each year, Minnesota golfers, looking like speared white whales, waddle onto the first tee, take a few practice swings, and launch our best drives of the year…or maybe not. If you like dodging snow patches, last year’s goose droppings, singed brown greens and dead grass fairways then Minnesota golf in March will be your cup of tee. It’s March 23rd and snow is still on the ground, but Minnesota golf courses are starting to open. I know that folks in Florida, Texas or Arizona are reading this with a blank stare, but you have to understand how golfers ...

Nike calls it a “voluntary product return", I’d call it overstepping, pushing the envelope, or a violation of the sacred rules of the USGA. No matter how you want to describe it, Nike Golf has gotten itself into, as the Brits would say, a sticky wicket. How could this happen in the dog eat dog world of golf equipment? They were ratted out by a competitor. Who? TaylorMade? Titleist? Cobra? I’m guessing Callaway. Not that I have any evidence to pin it on them, but who better to put the fear of “non-conformity” into the ...

CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #33 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports at The Newstand that a PGA Player was in a High Speed Car Race, a Japanese Company that Reprimands Golfers and Nike Issues a Recall of Sumo Drivers. The Guru Commentary uncovers An Equipment Spy that Finds Nike’s Sumo2 Driver Illegal. The Perfect Fit finds some odd Ralph Maltby Equipment Ideas and She Golfs Too learns about Colin Montgomery’s New Charity. Our Component Corner takes a look at the Golf Ball Launcher as well as listens to the Sounds of Today’s Top 3 Selling Drivers. In Can’t We All ...

Golfsmith, the leading golf equipment retailer is now providing the underpinnings of the EPSN.com website. They will be the official golf and tennis supplier of EPSN.com and will provide all the marketing, sales, fulfillment and administrative support as well as 30,000 golf and tennis products to the site’s 18 million monthly visitors. This is part of an ongoing effort by EPSN.com to capture more of their site visitors’ retail spending. What I found interesting was that Golfsmith, without the need to open a new bricks and mortar store, can expand its online footprint. Like Amazon.com, which provides content ...

CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #32 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports at The Newstand that The John Daly Circus Continues, Blindness Doesn’t Stop Golfer and Trump to Build Course in Dominican Republic. The Guru Commentary asks the question Why Can’t There Be a Double Standard in Golf Equipment? She Golfs Too introduces Princess Beatrice: A Hottie Royal Who Golfs. Our Component Corner takes a Step Back Into “Retro” Clubs and Golf Around the World visits Marshall, Illinois. In Can’t We All Get Along a Fuzzy Zoeller Sues a Blogger and Golf of the Weird reports on Officers Honored for Saving ...