I built a new driver late last week, a Tom Wishon Golf Technology 959OL driver. I had the clubhead hand-picked for 10.5° loft with a square clubface. I used the S2S Swing to Shaft fitting system to select the shaft; for me, that turned out to be the S2S Black 65 shaft in S-flex. I used a V Series Oversize grip with 3 wraps of tape, and swingweighted the club to D-1 to match my fairway woods.
This club has a 0.90 coefficient of restitution, thus does not meet USGA regulations. I’ll only use this club for recreational rounds; it won’t be in my bag for tournaments. As you can see in the photo below, this clubhead is designed for swing speeds that don’t exceed 100 mph.
I’m playing Cowboys Golf Club tomorrow with my usual golf buddies. A full report to follow. I’ve not yet stuck golf balls with the club.
Michelle shoots -2 (70) to win the Canadian Women’s Open by 3 strokes! An awesome wire-to-wire win by Michelle!
Michelle Wie remains tied for the lead at -10 at the Canadian Women’s Open, while Tiger shoots +1 in the third round of The Barclays.
In other news, I completely stunk up Grapevine Golf Club today. AAIIRRGGGG!!!!
Michelle shot a nice 69 in the second round of the Canadian Women’s Open and maintained her lead by 3 shots. Tiger, on the other hand, went backwards, shooting +2 (73) at The Barclays.
Michelle fired a hole-in-one at the Canadian Women’s Open and leads by 3. Go win!!!
Michelle Wie fires hole-in-one, seizes Canada lead
Michelle Wie has had the second hole-in-one of her professional career Thursday on the way to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead after the first round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open.
The 6-foot-tall Wie says she’s notched eight holes-in-one in her career, but only one other as a pro, in her rookie season at last year’s LPGA Championship. This on came on the 190-yard, par-3 11th hole.
Three days after finalizing his divorce, Tiger looks like he’s getting his mojo back.
Tiger picks good time for best round of ’10
Not far from the bright lights of the Big Apple, Tiger Woods put on a show worthy of Broadway.
He shot an opening round 6-under 65 to share the early lead with Vaughn Taylor during the first round of The Barclays.
Woods was all smiles after holing an 8-foot birdie putt to complete his round, which ended with his first fist pump on an 18th green in recent memory.
“It’s exciting to hit the ball flush like this again,” he said. “It’s something I’ve missed all year.”
… Tiger Woods could be eliminated from the FedEx Cup this weekend. The PGA Tour says only the top 96 positions are guaranteed a spot in the first FedEx Cup event, and Tiger Woods is in position 108. (via a Retweet by Geoff Shackelford from sdimegUSATgolf).
Update: Tiger is 112th in FedEx Cup standings, so his season lasts at least one more tournament.
