So Spring is Nice

This weekends weather was just AWESOME! It was 75 on Fri, 78 on Sat and 81 today. I got to play golf on Fri and Sat. Haven't played 2 days in a row since I was back up north. We played CrossCreek in Temecula on Friday. Tough little course if you are spraying it everywhere, like I was. Good thing I can scramble...

Its a little hilly course with some really good vista views.





Had to par the last 2 tough holes to break 80, but I did it with a great up and down at the hole just above. Followed up with a text-book play on 18.

HELLO SPRING!

NEW TV!!!

Finally the writers are back to work and we have some new television to watch! Monday night was the premiere of our favorite show How I Met Your Mother. The show is awesome, kind of reminds me of Friends.

Anyways if you missed the best show on tv, you can watch it here:

HIMYM S3E12 - No Tomorrow

Or watch it if your bored at work, whatever...

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The Crossings at Carlsbad

I just wanted to show everyone what I drive by everyday. I have never had a chance to play it, but it looks really nice. It weaves through the canyons around my work.

I am going to try and at least play nine holes a week this summer. But we will see how that goes with my busy work schedule.

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TOUR Update

So if you haven't been paying attention to the golf world (and who hasn't...), our TOURi golf balls won on the PGA and LPGA Tours last week! Ernie Els pulled a victory out finally and Lorena Ochoa killed everyone in Asia. She shot 20 under for the tournament, which was 11 shots better than 2nd place. And if you think she beat a bunch of no names, think again, Annika was in 2nd. DAMN! With Annika and Lorena playing the TOURi series, we could have quite a few victories this year.

Enough talk about our top of the line balls. We all know these kick ass, but I am also proud of what we designed for the Top-Flite brand. The Gamer is a ball that I would play any time of the year. And they have some of the best marketing in the business!

D2 Man makes it to company functions every now and then. Pretty funny stuff...

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Callaway TOUR Balls on Tour

I get a report every week of the counts of every piece of equipment on Tour. Thus I can see what everyone has played at the current weeks events. Here is the list of who is playing my balls on the PGA and LPGA Tours.

So far we have solidified ourselves as the #2 ball behind Titleist, but our count is growing... And if things behind the scenes go in our favor, that count could go way up!

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Oh, and GO PHIL (at Riviera) and ANNIKA (in Hawaii)! Would LOVE to get our first two tour wins in the same week!

I Want a Playstation 3

So I have been waiting to get a Playstation 3, mainly because they are expensive... But there was also this thing about which HD disk format was going to win, HD-DVD or BluRay. And now that it looks like BluRay is going to win, I am looking more and more at getting one.

Plus there are some new games coming out that I really want to get. First off is the most anticipated title, Gran Tourismo 5. This game looks spectaular, just look at these pics from PS3 Fanboy...




Then there is the new MLB '08 game. I haven't owned a baseball game in a long time, but this one looks AWESOME!




And then there is Tiger Woods 2008, which I have for PS2 and love it. So the much better graphics, speed, and internet connectivity would make this game rock!



But this great machine will not only play video games... It will play HD movies, stream video from my computer, connect to the internet, and let me play all of my PS2 games on it.

Anyways... I am a cheap bastard, so I will keep waiting till it drops a little more in price. Plus the Wii is MUCH MORE fun for everyone.

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New Golf Ball Reviews

The most important review in the golf industry is the annual Golf Digest Hot List. Every year Golf Digest goes out and tests and reviews all of the new products for the coming year. The reviewing is mainly done by a panel of golfers that do not work for the magazine, they are just regular golfers. The testing is done by the Golf Digest Team with a robot.

When they are done testing and reviewing the new products, they then rate them as described HERE. Each category is divided into a Gold and a Silver level based on the product's average score across the five Hot List criteria. Gold products earned an overall grade of 96 or higher on our 100-point scale. Silver products earned an overall grade of 92 to 95 on our 100-point scale.

The 5 Hot List Criteria are: Buzz 10%, Performance 40%, Technology/Innovation 30%, Function 10%, and Value 10%. Below is the Rating System:


Well let's just say that our products knock the "Ball" out of the park! Callaway/Top Flite Golf was the leader with 4 Gold medals and no Silver. Here are the counts:

	Gold	Silver
Bridgestone	3
Callaway/TF	4
Titleist	2	3
Nike		1
Srixon		2
Precept	1	1
Wilson	1
TaylorMade		4

Our TOURi and TOURix balls were Function and Technology Leaders in the +$40 Group.


The HX Hot Bite was the Function and Performance Leader in the $20-$30 Group.


And ,the ball that maybe should have been a Callaway, the Top Flite Gamer lead in the Function and Technology Category for the Under $20 Group.


As you can tell, I am very proud of the products I have helped develop, and it is awesome to see them get such rave reviews from the media. Now lets hope that the golfing public will realize how good these balls are!

If you want a copy of the Golf Digest article, just let me know, I have a pdf copy of it.

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