The Macro Golf putter claims to be not only a new putter design, but an entirely new putting system. The manufacturer says:

Macro is not just a another oversized putter grip. The patented Macro Putter Grip’s unique reducing oval shape and forward shaft offset, when combined with the “split hands” grip of the Macro Putting System, make your wrist less flexible, preventing the wrist breakdown that occurs so frequently with other putters. By eliminating wrist breakdown you keep the putter head square throughout the putting stroke. The putter head then impacts the ball squarely to roll straight toward the intended target. When the putter head impacts the ball squarely every time…putting confidence and consistency improve.

Its worth a look.

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Live Blogging:

I’ve just watched David Toms make his second outstanding shot with a utility wood at the World Golf Championship. The guy is a walking advertisement for utility woods. I don’t know what he’s using, but since he plays for Cleveland, it may very well be a Cleveland 5 or 7 wood. On one shot, he hit it 192 to within a couple of feet from the pin.

I did a demo with the Callaway Fusion Irons the other day at a local golf shop. And although I (obviously) didn’t play a round with them, I’ll give my first impressions.

When I first picked them up, the clubs felt light to me. I suppose that the graphite shafts and the composite parts of the head were responsible for that. However, with a couple of practice swings, the light feeling went away. They felt fine. Better than fine. I thought that I could “feel” the clubhead extremely well.

Unlike many previous offerings from Callaway, these clubs have a nice, precise look at setup. The topline is much thinner-looking than the bloated Big Bertha irons. I’ve never bought into the idea that a larger topline inspires confidence. They just look like bricks on sticks.

I was able to cleanly pick the ball off the astroturf from the very first swing. Ball flight was about what I wanted—not too high, with good distance (for me, about 155 with a 6 iron). The feel at impact also was very nice—every bit as nice as my graphite shafted forged irons.

Now, being very hard of hearing, I can’t accurately tell you what they sounded like, but the proshop guy asked me what I thought of the sound. So I have to assume that they either sound perfectly normal, or that there’s something weird going on that I couldn’t hear.

All in all, I think that these clubs bear looking into. If you’re gong to get a new set this year, you should take a look at these.

A company in Tempe, Arizona called Engineering Science Analysis Corp., is now applying its aerospace expertise to the golf world. Engineering Science will use its computer simulation models to test various clubhead designs before even a prototype is built. The programs will account for

materials, loft and lie angle, size and launch angle of a clubface, spring-like effect and center of gravity. With that information, they can determine the forward, lateral and vertical speed the club will produce, and spin rate, which results in hooks and slices.

“We can even tune the acoustics so that the club produces a certain sound when the ball is struck,” said ESA Vice President of Engineering Carl J. Poplawsky, “and we can do it without going through the entire process of building the club first. What we do is compress product development.”

Within a matter of hours, club specifications can be changed to predict the performance of a different model. The simulations also have been useful in expanding the “sweet spot” of clubs, which makes them perform better on off-center hits.

Its amazing stuff. The full story is here.

The Nike One Black apparently is causing quite a stir after four Nike sponsored golfers used it on the famous 16th Hole at the FBR Open.

Nike had apparently hoped for a hole in one, but that didn’t happen. But still, people are interested.

USA Today reports that Nike is considering offering the black on black as a two pack with the purchase of a box of Nike One Blacks.

Nike says that the Nike One Black has:

Longer distance. Penetrating flight. Like the TA2-LNG but with a larger high-velocity core and thinner urethane cover, yet with the same thick top coating as the Nike One Gold for an added touch. 3-Piece urethane distance ball built for distance off more aggressive swing speeds.

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