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Phil Mickelson used to carry two drivers at Augusta National. Now, he may have a lot more options available to him thanks to Callaway's new adjustability technology. 
Amateur golfers may want to change their spikes at the start of this golf season, just like they might change their grips. Spike manufacturer Champ recommends a change every 12 to 18 rounds and offers new, improved spikes for the 2008 season.
Terry Eck prefers not to call his invention a training aid, but an “interactive development system.” Either way, the product links the feeling between big muscles used in the correct swing and the brain's muscle memory.
Lorena Ochoa, the reigning women's world No. 1, opened her 2008 season with an 11-stroke win at the HSBC Women's Champions. Part of the reason? Her putter, a Ping Redwood ZB.
After a good three-plus years in business, the last thing Heavy Putter designer and Boccieri Golf president and CEO Stephen Boccieri expected to be doing is club building. But he's not complaining.
What goes around, comes around in the golf industry — usually seeing a great deal of improvement on the way. That's the story behind the new Polarity MTR irons from Nicklaus Golf, which are based on a patent owned by club designer Clay Long.

Eight years ago, Henri Johnson wasn't much of a golfer.

"It did not interest me in the least — I thought it was for old people," said the creator of FlightScope, a Doppler radar-based ball-flight and launch monitor.
Call it the age of adjustability.

Since the U.S. Golf Association announced in August that it had approved a change to the Rules of Golf that will allow adjustable clubs, manufacturers have been exploring ways to use that ruling to improve club fitting. In particular, junior golfers may find more economical options for clubs that fit.
Add another entry to the square Driver category.

Nickent Golf, the company that has received a lot of attention this year with the success of staff player Jeff Quinney, sent a few of its new 3DX Square drivers out to key retailers last month and are pleased with the response.

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Paul Goydos, even by his own admission, is a veteran journeyman. What Goydos lacks in talent, he more than makes up for it in sheer character. And the PGA Tour could use more players like him.
For years, Davis Love III was one of the game's great players. Lately, though, a series of injuries have rendered him something of an after thought. And, unfortunately, he's not getting any younger.

The Players Championship is simply not the fifth major. A good tournament with a standout field, yes. But spare us the talk of it being in the same ballpark as the Grand Slam events. 
Watson let his fair share of big tournaments slip through his hands before learning how to close the deal. Once he did, Watson, a two-time Masters winner, became one of golf's greatest champions.

"You could not have asked for somebody to do that the way he did," Snedeker said. "He called and we talked for about a half hour. Probably one of the highlights of my life was having him tell me he watched the round on Sunday and tried to help me out here and there, what he thought I did wrong and where I could improve on it."

The new 20

The dearth of talented twentysomething players is starting to make its presence known. Think Immelman (28) at Masters, Scott (27) at EDS Byron Nelson, and that is just the beginning. Seven winners on the PGA Tour this season have been in their 20s, which matches the entire total from 2007. 
Hale Irwin, the three-time U.S. Open champion who is the Champions Tour’s all-time leader in wins, cannot seem to find the fun in golf right now. He believes the answer is either change or just not play — and the latter is quickly becoming a serious option. 
Some observers believe 27-year-old Adam Scott has underachieved in his career. His resume features seven wins in 115 PGA Tour starts, including a Players Championship and Tour Championship. That’s a haul far better than his contemporaries, so maybe it’s time to reassess Scott’s standing in the game. 
Lorena Ochoa is the latest name to be associated with Grand Slam talk. And there’s a very good reason why, too. Just look at her statistics.
Now that Tiger Woods’ opportunity to win the Grand Slam was slammed to pieces by Trevor Immelman at the Masters, the focus shifts to Lorena Ochoa. The 26-year old Mexican is not shying away from any talk that she could win the women’s version this summer. 
Tiger Woods and Eddie Van Halen have gotten to the top of their respective professions for a reason. On Saturday night, Tiger Jam XI had the two icons on stage together.