The 2006 PGA Merchandise Show In Orlando, Florida By Joe Stine Summer 2006 Florida Golf Magazine ©Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved Each
year near the end of January, The PGA Merchandise Show at the
Orange County Convention Center in Orlando serves as the kickoff
for the golf industry's season, and this year's Show was a memorable
one, with more solutions than ever before to help expand participation,
grow the game, and enhance careers. As a result, there were many
exciting elements to this year's Show, including Indoor Golf Range at the Equipment Test
Center (ETC)  
No Bananas 430cc Driver If
you want to snuff the life out of an unrelenting slice, and you
think it would be easier to fix your clubs, than fix your swing,
the No Bananas Driver is made for you. Its anti-slice technology
can eliminate the slice from your game forever. Eighty to ninety percent of golfers tend to fade, push, or slice the ball off the tee. Primarily, two factors cause a slice. The clubface remains open at impact, or the swing path is outside-in. Instead of focusing on one drastic measure to neutralize the conditions causing the slice, the heads of Burns' No Bananas Drivers use a combination of slice-fighting features including a hosel offset geared to help square the face through impact, a 5 degree closed face, and extra weight in the toe, which Burns says encourages the face to close. The amount of left-to-right spin imparted on the ball decreases dramatically, and the result is straighter, more accurate shots. The two-inch deep, incredibly thin face achieves maximum trampoline effect, while conforming to the USGA legal COR limit. Available in both offset and non-offset 430-cc forged titanium head models, the exclusive No Bananas Driver is guaranteed to help slicers hit longer and straighter. It comes with a Magilla Gorilla head cover. No Bananas fairway woods, No Bananas port-weighted hybrids and irons also are available with oversized heads and anti-slice technology. The 430cc No Bananas driver is now available in Left-Hand. Right Hand Models are NOW available in 9* and 12* degree lofts The bottom of the heads are clearly marked with the words "Anti-Slice Technology" so there's never any question as to what type of club you're holding, as with most adjustable weighted woods. The No Bananas Drivers have no adjustable weights. The No Bananas Drivers are made to help slicers.
No Bananas Irons The
Bob Burns No Bananas Irons offer the best game improvement features
combining distance and accu No Bananas irons are designed to incorporate interchangeable heel and toe weighting. With this technology, two weighted screws (one in the heal and one in the toe) can be changed out with heavier or lighter screw options. With choices of screws made of aluminum, brass, stainless steel or dense tungsten, golfers have a choice of tuning the moment of inertia (MOI), or the weight bias of each individual iron in the set. No Bananas Irons allow golfers of all skill levels generous options to modify both swing weight and variable center of gravity specifications to achieve specific flight patterns. Depending on the degree of push or fade, slice weight screws with heavier masses of density in the toe area than heel will correct mis-hits. Interchangeable heel toe weighting is complemented with an offset hosel construction to help square the clubface and promote ultimate draws bias flight dispersion. The wide contoured, cambered sole and deep, cavity back provide the ultimate sweet spot area for consistent, pure shots. The low deep, center of gravity influences a higher launch angle with increased distance.
 Made for a wider range of swing types, Volvik’s 3 piece construction ProsPect suprised the industry with 1st “affordable” urethane cover ball.
The New Innovative Volvik PRO-3PC Golf Ball
As we listened to him, it became evident to us that this gentleman and his colleagues were doing more than selling America's leading single rider golf cars. They were doing everything within their power to "grow the game" by making golf accessible to mobility challenged golfers including seniors. SoloRider - Single-Rider Golf
Car, Long after some golfers [seniors] lose the mobility and stamina they once had, they dream of continuing to play the game they love. SoloRider is turning those dreams into reality for thousands of golfers who are enjoying the safe, comfortable and fun way to get back in the game.
SoloRider Means New Accessibility for a Golfer
To enable golfers including seniors to continue to enjoy the game of golf, the SoloRider is a golf car that has these features:
Added value for golf courses (See "Opportunity In Disguise" on page 18) SoloRider answers the question, "How do I keep current players and bring new players into the game and do both cost-effectively?" With SoloRiders in the golf car fleet, a golf course will:
When you think as if you are disabled, it's easy to understand why the SoloRider single rider golf car is considered such a necessary and truly great golf product.
J.B. Holmes made news again just two months later using The Pro's Choice Grip-It Sytem when he won the FBR Open in Phoenix, becoming the fastest player in PGA history to earn over $1 Million on tour. Think of the possibilities; discover what the Grip-It can do for you. The Grip-It Accelerator Tube and Pro's
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The F2 Wedge may look unconventional, but as soon as you hit it, you'll know why it is the biggest jump in short game technology since the invention of the sand wedge! F2 stands for Face Forward technology. As you can see in the picture (at right), with this ingenious design, the face has been moved forward and the hosel back, enabling the ball to strike and leave the clubface before grass or sand can grab the hosel and twist the clubface. The F2 Series Wedges are available in a 52 degree Gap Wedge, 56 degree Classic Wedge, 58 degree Plus Wedge and a 60 degree Lob Wedge.
They sell for $99 each when bought separately, but you can purchase a full set for less on-line at their website at www.F2golf.com. to order call: 800-476-0507 Face Forward Technology, LLC is located
at 405 W. Fairmont Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282 |
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Bob
Burns, a master golf professional, has been recognized for more
than 40 years, for his teaching, club fitting and club manufacturing.
Burns recently designed a new driver that's heralded by many
in the golf industry as a sure cure for the common slice. Appropriately
named the No Bananas Driver, it's touted as the ultimate fix
for slicers.
No Bananas Fairway Woods
racy.
Volvik
flexed its Research & Developement muscles at the 2006 PGA
Merchandise Show in Orlando and released a new three piece construction
ball, with a soft urethane cover. Its 70 compression core offers
penetrating ball flight for a wider range of swing speeds, while
its multi-layer construction gives it amazing feel and control
around the greens.
Volvik
is shaking up the market again with the Pro’sPect. This
new ball will offer the average golfer a chance to play a premium
technology golf ball for not much more than the price of an entry
level ball. Amateur golfers are looking for a better golf ball
that fits their swing speed, not their pro’s swing speed.
FLGolf,
Inc. President Chuck Womer said, “The unique 70 compression
will go a long way to fit what we believe is the swing speed
of our target market. Slower swing speed translate to more control.
A golf ball fit to that swing speed will perform better than
a harder construction golf ball. A ball that stops on the green,
even on less than perfect shots, is what our talented amateur,
slower swing speed customers, have asked for.
Volvik,
once again brings their advanced technology to the market by
introducing their Crystal Pro 3 piece golf ball at the 2006 PGA
Merchandise Show.
The
Crystal Pro 3 piece is an 80 compression golf ball aimed at the
golfer who is looking for more performance and distance.
While
at the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show, in Orlando we were asked by
a sales rep at the SoloRider booth if he could give us some information
about the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] and how it applies
to golf courses? We said, "Heck yes, if it affects golf
courses, then we want to know about it". He then also gave
us some information about the economic value of single rider
golf cars.
Mobility
challenged golfers don't have to be left behind. Paraplegics,
stroke survivors, and amputees can experience the game for a
lifetime.
The Pro's
F2
- Face Forward Shank Proof Wedges