Can Latest Technology Groove Your Perfect Swing?
By Leonard Finkel
Golf is a difficult game. We all seek that unbridled joy of consistently hitting the ball long and straight. Golfers rarely experience the elusive feel of a fluid swing, let alone implant it in their muscle memory. At a recent media event, I tried an innovative training aid called the Swing Jacket. I was very impressed becaus… Read More
ES12 - The Claim
My “Best of the PGA Show,” is the innovative technology in the ES12 Portable Launch Monitor by Ernest Sports. Introduced last year, this smart phone app assisted product brings game improvement data that can easily be shared with your PGA Professional to the forefront of techno golf at an affordable price. Golfers from the junior level to the scratch amateur can now improv… Read More
CALGARY (February 5, 2013 ) - The Swing Jacket golf training aid has made a comeback to the market and is better than ever after the factory that developed the product burned down in an unfortunate incident back in 2007.
The new product was officially launched at the Tour Edge Media Classic in January of PGA Merchandise Show week. And it was met with rave reviews.
"The Swing Jacket is a very wel… Read More
Cambridge, Mass. -- When legendary PGA Tour loose cannon Ken Green came undone during a long-ago tournament, he planted the seeds of an idea that blossomed into a device to help future golfers cope with stresses similar to those that likely contributed to his own outburst.
Robert Goldberg is a neuroscientist who recently left his position as a visiting scientist at MIT to develop technology desig… Read More
The Claim: Starting New at Golf is a fun game that is easy to learn and can be played anywhere such as in the gym, on a soccer field or on the beach. SNAG is being used to introduce children to the game of golf at over 5000 schools in the U.S. and over 8000 worldwide. SNAG is played in a modified format that includes full shots, pitches, chipping and putting. Any age level or ability can le… Read More
Edgewater, MD - If you watched any of the television coverage of the 94th PGA Championship this past weekend you saw what Dana Clark, inventor of the Swedge and CEO of Avid Golf saw....the need for the Swedge swing training aid!
Even the most elite golfers in the world struggled with their accuracy on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island this past weekend.
"It reminded me just how difficult the gam… Read More
The Claim: The Tru Align is a training aid designed to correct swing alignment and ball position errors. The Tru Align is engineered to put repetition and muscle memory of practicing into competitive play. This breakthrough training aid features two small white rods on a swivel attached to a longer orange rod which is placed in front of the feet for body alignment. The combination of the tw… Read More
The Claim: For years golfers have been sticking a head cover or towel under their arm to cure the “flying elbow” or the “chicken wing” in their golf swing that ultimately leads to inconsistent shot making. The Swedge by Avid Golf is a simple and affordable training aid that is uniquely shaped in a “wedge” for the perfect underarm fit to cure your hooks/slices, keep you connected… Read More
The Claim: The x36 Pro Putt Trainer is designed as a simple way to practice putting like a pro and see measureable improvement almost immediately. The concept is that the x36 can be set up in about a minute with 8 putts around a circle of exact lengths of 3 and 6 feet allowing the golfer to work on alignment and speed control while practicing a drill that the pros and accomplished amat… Read More
Edgewater, MD - A little over two years ago, Dana Clark signed up for a golf lesson with her good friend and Teaching Instructor, Winnie Sewell, to learn to play golf. After a few short weeks of taking lessons, she found out that she suffered from what so many other golfers out there struggle with - the dreaded "chicken wing" or "flying elbow." It's a swing flaw that plagues many amateur golfers a… Read More
