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The revolutionary method putter with polymetal groove technology provides faster forward roll at impact for the kind of accuracy and consistency demanded by tour professionals. These putters are available from February – April 2010 but you can pre order Nike Putters now.

Nike Golf are pushing the boundaries yet again with this highly engineered Method Putter Range. The feedback that tour player have given on these putters make them a must be a winner. The method putter has had two major wins already so what better testimonial than that. You may not win a Major but give yourself a chance at your monthly medal or golf society day and order one of these tour caliber putters from Nike.

There are a number of putters available to pre order, from the Nike Method 001 Classic Blade Putter, Nike Method 002 Heel Shafted Blade Putter to Nike Method 004 Face Balanced Blade Putter, Nike Method 003 Heel Shafted Mid Mallet Putter and Nike Method 005 Face Balanced Mid Mallet Putter.

Combining classic looks with the latest technology to give ultimate feel and control at all levels. Order yours today at Golfbuyitonline.com Europe’s Leading Nike Custom Fit Centre. These Nike Method Putters are due for limited release into the UK late February 2010. Order online today to guarantee to be the first to get your hands on these fantastic putters. The Putter will be delivered on a next day service as soon as they arrive into our warehouse from Nike Golf.

FootJoy ambassador crowned champion as FootJoy takes top 4 spots

FootJoy, the #1 Shoe and Glove in Golf, is delighted to announce that England’s Lee Westwood secured the biggest win of his career at this week’s Dubai World Championships. The season long Race to Dubai was also clinched by the FootJoy ambassador in convincing fashion, with a 6 stroke victory over fellow FootJoy wearer Ross McGowan and from his nearest challenger, FootJoy ambassador Rory McIlroy. Westwood put on a stunning display of golf around the Jumeirah Golf Estates Earth course in Dubai. A closing 64 marked the end of a hugely successful season for the Brit. It is the second year in succession that a FootJoy ambassador has been crowned Champion of Europe.

Westwood has been an advocate of the all new FJ ICON, which utilises the very best features from all FootJoy golf shoes: finely tailored upper designs, premium materials, performance-infused outsoles and customisation that allows for a seemingly endless amount of design and size options. The latest shoe from the team at FootJoy has seen unparalleled success on Tour since its launch. The impressive tally of recent FootJoy winners wearing FJ ICON includes; Ross McGowan, Lee Westwood, Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter. Westwood also wore a Pure Touch™ glove providing unrivalled feel, grip and performance. He was joined by McIlroy and Harrington who also chose Pure Touch™, with McGowan opting for the FootJoy StaSof®. Yet further proof that the world’s best opt for FootJoy.

The impressive and unsurpassed string of victories for FootJoy on Tour further illustrates the position FootJoy holds with the world’s elite. This week saw 66% of the field wearing FootJoy shoes compared to 17% of its nearest competitor. With eight out of the top fifteen in the Race to Dubai rankings choosing FootJoy and the top 4 at the Dubai World Championships proudly sporting the FJ logo, the performance speaks volumes for the world’s leading shoe brand.

“The FJ ICON has had a fabulous start to its life on tour. We are all very proud of Westwood’s achievements, as we are of all the FJ players who have won this year,” commented Richard Fryer, European Marketing Manager.

Whether it is the all-round excellence of the all new FJ ICON, the unrivalled stability of the SYNR•G™, or the reliable and consistent performance of DryJoys®, FootJoy remains the overwhelming favourite for golfers of all abilities around the world.

The New Premium Golf  Shoe from Footjoy at your Premium Footjoy Stockist.

Step out in style just like the World’s Best Tour Players on the Course this Summer with Footjoy Icon golf Shoes. These fantastic shoes are availabe from mid January so pre orders yours now!!

Reviews of the New FJ ICON Golf Shoes

David Toms described his reaction to FJ ICON. “First of all, great looks. And then when I put them on my feet, they were extremely comfortable. This shoe is second to none, really. I couldn’t wait to get on the golf course and walk a round. And after playing in them, my feet felt great.”

“Making golf shoes is our sole passion,” says Jack Erickson, FootJoy’s Vice President of Golf Footwear. “It’s what we are and what we do every day. Never before have we developed a category of shoes that integrates the very best features from our other categories until now. FJ ICON truly is the best of the best.”

As Europe’s Leading Classic Club stockist we have missed selling the best golf shoes there are to buy.  Icon Golf shoes now fills this gap.  If your looking for the best then these are the golf shoes for you.  FJ Icon shoes are worn by the worlds Elite Footjoy professionals who demand the highest level of performance, quality and style.  This Icon Range of shoes ooze these qualities. We love the fact that traditional Crafstmanship are now inter twined with the latest in technology at every level in a golf shoe.  All of our PGA golf professionals have ordered theirs already.

Titleist golf ball loyalist Lee Westwood races away from the pack to win Dubai World Championship

Lee Westwood trusted the iconic Titleist Pro V1x to claim the second European Tour Order of Merit title of his career after recording a sensational 6-shot victory at the season ending Dubai World Championship. Westwood’s 23-under par, 265 total, included a course record 8-under par 64 on Sunday, which saw him finish ahead of fellow Titleist golf ball player Ross McGowan (Pro V1x) and Titleist Ambassador Rory McIlroy (Pro V1x), who finished second and third respectively. Completing the all Pro V1 top-5 in Dubai were Padraig Harrington (Pro V1x) and Geoff Ogilvy (Pro V1) who finished tied fourth on 14-under par 274.

Westwood enjoyed a total of thirteen top-10 finishes throughout the 2009 Race to Dubai including third place finishes at both The Open and USPGA Championships and victory at the Portugal Masters. Westwood follows in the footsteps of Titleist Ambassador Robert Karlsson who also trusted the feel and control of the Pro V1 to be crowned European #1 in 2008 as Titleist golf balls continue to be the choice of champions. As well as being the ball of choice for each of the top 5 players on the final leaderboard, the Pro V1 was the preferred choice of the field at the Dubai World Championship with 33 players trusting Titleist, compared to 9 for the nearest competitor,

20-year old Rory McIlroy narrowly missed out on becoming the second youngest European #1 in Tour history, but his top three finish in Dubai secured second place in the 2009 Race to Dubai and capped a magnificent second full season as a professional for the Titleist Ambassador.  McIlroy trusted Titleist from tee to green throughout the season including the Pro V1x ball, 909D2 driver, 906F2 fairway metals, ZM forged irons, Vokey Design pitching wedge, Vokey Design Spin Milled sand and lob wedges and Scotty Cameron Studio Select Fastback putter.

Elsewhere, Pro V1 loyalist Marcus Both trusted the performance of the Pro V1x to capture the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open on the Asian Tour with a final round 5-under 67 and one shot margin of victory. On the Australasian Tour, Pro V1x loyalist Aaron Townsend finished on 21-under par to win the Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship ahead of fellow Titleist golf ball loyalists Michael Wright and Scott Arnold as Titleist secured a 1-2-3 finish. These victories take the 2009 Titleist golf ball win count to 149 across the major worldwide professional Tours. This compares to 26 for the nearest competitor and is more than all other golf ball competitors combined.

Another European Tour victory and Order of Merit crown for a Pro V1 loyalist, an all Pro V1 top five at the European Tour’s premier event and the constant flow of victories for Titleist Pro V1 players worldwide acts as further proof that the game’s elite prefer the matchless performance of Titleist.

Golfbuyitonline is proud to introduce you to the Nike Golf Victory Red Range of Golf Equipment, availabe in March but you can pre-book yours now.

From a divot tool to an umbrella, from the new Str8-Fit Tour Driver to the famous Victory Red TW Blades, Victory Red epitomizes the precision and quality demanded by the worlds best player. You can own this quality equipment too and feel the benefit of buying Nike Golf equipment of the very highest standard.

What Nike Say

After working with the winningest driver staff on the PGA Tour for the past three years, we reshaped our driver to reshape your game. The combination of the all-new Compression Channel technology and our award winning STR8-FIT face-angle technology deliver longer distance and more shot shaping control.

Technical Features

Compression Channel: Increased overall compression of the body produces increased, uniform ball speeds across the entire face.
STR8-FIT Tour adjustability: 32 face angle options make it easier for players to subtly perfect their shot shape.

Nike Golf Crossline Grip: Position your driver to deliver ultimate confidence and optimal performance

Aldila VooDoo : The shaft is specially designed with a patent-pending, one piece carbon fiber system. It keeps the shaft more concentric during the swing, meaning that the shaft won’t oval, deform or waste energy the way more conventional shafts do. This maintains the shaft’s intended structure throughout the swing, allowing it to flex identically every time – transferring a golfer’s maximum energy into the ball. The result: more distance, accuracy, and unmatched feel.

The Nike Golf STR8-FIT torque wrench : Provides a sound and LED light indicator to signal the shaft and STR8-FIT adaptor are fully secured.

What Golfbuyitonline Say.

Our Nike fitters at Golfbuyitonline.com love this technology. Jon quotes “When we are fitting clients our life is so much easier now with unlimited combinations of face angles to help achieve the perfect shot. Add this with the lofts and flexes and now the famous Voodoo shaft this Driver from Nike is Awesome.

So what are you waiting for pre-order you Nike Victoy Red St8-Fit Tour Driver now from the UK’s Premier Nike Internet Retailer and 360 Intelligent Custom Fit Centre.

The new CB cavity blade irons are fully forged giving fantastic response and feedback for the better player who loves a blade but wants a bit more forgiveness in a club. As Europe’s leading Titleist Custom Fit centre for three years running now and we highly recommend these irons and now offer full custom options so that you can order standard or any custom option online from December 2009.

What Titleist Say.

IMPROVED FEEL, CLASSIC LOOKS Keeping with its serious clubs for serious golfer roots, Titleist introduces the new Titleist CB forged irons featuring improved feel and looks. The CB irons are a full set of cavity-back forgings that deliver the looks, feel and performance highly-skilled players demand. Forged from 1025 carbon steel with bright chrome plating, CB irons feature slightly longer, constant blade lengths, and a softer topline for visual confidence at address. CB irons feature an optimized cavity muscle that provides more mass behind the impact area to achieve the quintessential soft, solid feel. This weighting also produces consistent launch angle, backspin and ball speed in order to provide precise distance and shot control demanded by better players. The full cavity CB set also provides increased inertia and forgiveness versus the MB.

What We Say

CB irons epitomize what Titleist are all about when making and designing golf clubs. These CB’s will appeal to the serious golfer looking for traditional clean lines with forging for feel and weighting to help with penetrating ball flight whilst giving forgiveness for off centre shots. Dynamic gold is the standard shaft weapon for this club but can be built with many other options custom fit. Order today from Golfbuyitonline, for the third year running Titleist Club Fitter of the Year!

When you get a 5.30am wake-up call from Ernie Els wanting to share his excitement about the new Tour i(s)™ Golf Ball he has just put in play, it’s fair to assume you’re on to a winner!

That’s exactly what Callaway Golf’s PGA Tour representative, Barry Lyda, received from the excited South African. Barry said: “Ernie rang me at 5.30am in the morning to tell me what a revelation the ball had been. He absolutely adores using the new Tour i(s) and he can see an immediate improvement in his performance by using it.”

Els told Lyda: “The new Tour i(s) ball is unbelievable. It’s the ball I’ve been waiting for and to make a hole-in-one on only the second day of playing with it is fantastic. I now can’t wait to get going next year and I’m thoroughly looking forward to the future with a bag of equipment that is spot-on.”

The event marked a ‘1, 2, 3’ for Callaway Golf with World Number Two and Staff Professional, Phil Mickelson, winning the tournament and Golf Ball Staff Professional, Ryan Moore, taking third.

The ‘Big Easy’ enjoyed an amazing first week with the Tour i(s) Golf Ball that saw him shoot 22 birdies and two eagles, culminating in a stunning final round of 63 – a new course record. He also made dramatic improvements to his driving stats, averaging 299 yards off the tee, that’s eight yards longer than he has averaged all-season.

Ernie added: “My final round in Shanghai was one of the rounds of my life. I shot eight birdies and an eagle and stood on the 18th tee at 10-under for the round. I may have dropped a shot on the last hole, but regardless, it was a fantastic round of golf.”

The soon-to-be-launched Tour i(s) Golf Ball features an ultra-soft thin and durable urethane cover that grabs onto the grooves of a club for massive backspin on short shots while generating low driver spin for amazing distance off the tee. It also features a refined Hex design that helps the ball cut through the air more efficiently to give increased stability in windy conditions.

Steve Ogg, Callaway’s vice president of golf ball R&D, said: “The Tour i(s) is the most highly-engineered golf ball product we have ever come out with. It is the softest ball we’ve ever produced, but it also has what is technically called ‘a high core compression differential’. This is the difference between the compression of the inner core and the outer core. When you have a high-compression outer core, the ball holds its shape better when you’re hitting wedge shots so you can create more spin.

“However, the greater force generated from a driver will penetrate the outer core and compress the soft inner core, reducing spin and creating greater distance. Basically, this ball morphs to the shot that you want.”

This ball is expected to be in Stock January 2010. We’ll keep you updated.

Titleist Ambassadors Gregory Bourdy and Rory McIlroy trust Titleist equipment from tee to green to top the leaderboard in Asia

Gregory Bourdy captured his third European Tour title at the Hong Kong Golf Club shooting a final round 3-under par 67 to hold off fellow full line Titleist player Rory McIlroy by two shots. Bourdy’s 19-under par total of 261 was enough to hold off a weekend surge from McIlroy, who fired weekend rounds of 65 and 64 to finish in second place on 17-under par. McIlroy’s third top five finish in three weeks raises him to the top of the inaugural Race to Dubai rankings going into the Dubai World Championships while Bourdy’s victory sees him climb into the top-60 of the rankings and also claim his place at the season ending event.

Bourdy trusted the superior feel of Titleist from tee to green for his victory, including the iconic Pro V1, 909D2 driver, 909F2 fairway metal, 585.H utility metal, new MB irons, Vokey Design Spin Milled sand and lob wedges and Scotty Cameron putter. As well as being the choice of the top two finishers Hong Kong, Titleist was also the most played ball with 93 players compared to 18 for the nearest competitor, and also topped the counts for irons and wedges respectively.

Among the equipment trusted by Bourdy in claiming victory was the latest iron offering from Titleist, the forged MB. Featuring classic looks and superior shot control for the highly skilled golfer, the Titleist MB irons have been designed using feedback from Titleist’s stable of Tour players, and their superior feel and workability has quickly put them into the winners circle.

McIlroy also trusted Titleist from tee to green for his runners-up finish in Hong Kong, which sees him climb to the top of the Race to Dubai rankings with just one event remaining. McIlroy’s equipment included the Pro V1x, 909D2 driver, 906F2 fairway metals, ZM irons, Vokey Design pitching wedge, Spin Milled sand and lob wedges and Scotty Cameron Studio Select Fastback putter. The precision and playability of Titleist throughout McIlroy’s bag has helped him claim eleven top-5 finishes this year including victory at the Dubai Desert Classic, as he looks to emulate fellow Titleist Ambassador Robert Karlsson who was crowned Europe’s #1 player in 2008.

An impressive victory for Titleist ambassador Gregory Bourdy takes the 2009 worldwide win count for Titleist golf balls to 146, more than five times the nearest competitor with 26 and more than all other brands combined, proving once again that the game’s elite continue to opt for the matchless performance of Titleist.

Another new design from Scotty Cameron in the Studio Select range. The new 1.5 fastback offers the traditional looking Fastback mallet design with a new flow neck with a half shaft offset. Available in right hand only and Custom grip and weight options.  This is availabe to but online in December so keep an eye out for it.

What Titleist Say.

The Scotty Cameron Studio Select® family of precision milled 303 Stainless Steel Newport-style putters features bold red tour graphics, an improved high toe profile, and heel & toe circular sole weights that allow for multiple length options in each model. The circular heel-toe weights provide increased stability by reducing head rotation on off-center impacts for a larger sweet spot. The factory adjustable weights are set to provide the proper headweight-to-shaft length combination. The improved high toe profile of Studio Select helps eliminate the tendency to raise the toe at address thereby causing the player to aim left of target. Studio Select also features a stepless shaft for a clean look at address and soft but solid feel, as well as a new red Cameron cord grip. Studio Select H putters feature a heavier head (+10g) to provide a heavier feel preferred by some players. With the addition of Studio Select H, available in 34″ and 35″, the Scotty Cameron Studio Select line can now be fully customized for length, weight, lie angle and grip type. Studio Select H models are custom built at Titleist and are differentiated by a special Circle H shaft band.

What We Say

The new Shaped Studio Select Fastback 1.5 Putter from Scotty Cameron is a welcome member of the Studio Select family with new Hosel design and alignment system on a mallet style head.. As Europe’s leading Titleist custom Fit Centre we now offer online full custom options online too mostly at no extra charge. So whether you want a standard stock model or have the luxury of having them custom built trust Golfbuyitonline.com to deliver these to your door with the best customer service available. This putter is available to buy online in December.

Nike Golf athlete John Cook captured his third career Champions Tour victory at the Administaff Small Business Classic in The Woodlands, Texas after posting a final round score of four-under-par 68 to win by two strokes over fellow Nike athlete Bob Tway.

Cook hit some crucial shots coming down the stretch, including a near-perfect drive on the final hole. “On 18, I hit one of my best drives of the week,” he said. “I trusted what I was seeing.” Assisting him to victory was Cook’s Nike SQ DYMO STR8-FIT driver, which was set 1-degree up and 1-degree open. He finished the week tied for 14th in driving accuracy with an average of 80%

Using the combination of Nike’s Victory Red (VR) blade irons and Nike ONE Tour golf ball, Cook finished tied for third in greens in regulation with an average of 74%. He finished sixth in putts per greens in regulation using the Nike Method putter which already has been used by Nike athletes to win three times on the PGA Tour, including two Major championships. Paul Casey used it to win the Shell Houston Open and Lucas Glover and Stewart Cink used it to win the U.S. Open and the OPEN Championship, respectively. The Method Putter will be available in limited quantities online at www.nikestore.com beginning at 12:01 p.m. EST on Monday, November 2, 2009. The successful Method Putters will be available at retail on February 1, 2010.

Rounding out Cook’s Nike arsenal for this win are his 53- and 59-degree VR wedges. Cook was wearing Nike Golf apparel and Nike Golf Air Zoom Tour footwear for his victory.

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Cook’s Nike Arsenal

Driver: Nike SQ DYMO STR8-FIT 8.5 degrees
Irons: Nike Victory Red (VR) Blades (3-PW)
Wedges: Nike VR 53 degree and Nike VR 59 degree
Putter: Nike Method
Ball: Nike ONE Tour
Apparel: Nike Golf Apparel
Footwear: Nike Air Zoom Tour