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Archive for August, 2010

Germany’s Martin Kaymer clinched his maiden major title when he beat American Bubba Watson in a play-off for the USPGA at Whistling Straits.

Kaymer was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, and turned professional in 2005. His win at the 2010 PGA Championship at the weekend makes him the second German major winner after Bernhard Langer won the Masters in 1985 and 1993.

Like all major golf events of the year here at Golfbuyitonline we like to see what the winner golf equipment was, below is what was in the bag of Martin Kaymer.

DRIVER: TaylorMade R9 SuperTri
FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade R9 (13°), Burner (17.5°)
IRONS: TaylorMade RAC TP (3-PW)
WEDGES: TaylorMade RAC (54°), TP with xFT (58°)
PUTTER: Ping Karsten Anser 2
BALL: TaylorMade Penta TP

SHOES: Adidas adiPure

His recent win makes him to a career high of 5th in the official world golf rakings. As you can see Martin Kaymer trusted TaylorMade to bring him to victory.

From the makers of the #1 Irons in Golf for the last 13 years and counting comes the longest, most accurate X Series iron ever. The new Callaway X-24 Hot Irons are powered by a consistently hot face that generates blazing ball speeds for maximum distance with pinpoint accuracy. The new stealth PVD finish provides a distinctive dark look that minimizes glare.

These irons have been developed for golfers who are looking for a distance gain through the entire set, these x-24 Hot irons utalise Callaway’s core technologies. Callaway developed the new X-Hot 24 Irons for golfers who seek to gain distance not just with the longest clubs in their bag, but also when pulling out an iron on a long par-3 or flying the water to reach a par-5 in two.

Features

VFT Face Technology

A robust, hot clubface with a large sweet spot generates faster balls speeds for maximum distance, even on off-center hits.

Precision Notch Weighting

More weight in the perimeter of the X 24 clubhead promotes pinpoint accuracy and control and enables an optimal CG position that provides strong trajectories.

Stealth PVD Finish

Dark Physical Vapor Deposition Finish comes from a high-tech process that produces a distinctive, non-glare finish.

Callaway Core Technologies

S2H2, a 360-Degree Undercut Channel and Modified Tru-Bore work together to provide total performance and enhanced feel for a wide range of golfers.

The Callaway X-24 Hot irons is the latest iron set of Callaway, and are not available in many golf shops or online stores yet, to get your hands on these first call a member of our sales team now!! 0844 4488508 to Order these irons!!

Please note: As an official Callaway retailer we are unable to ship any Callaway products outside the UK as part of the Callaway Internet Shipping Policy.

To celebrate the start of the US PGA Championship we are running some fantastic offers on all top brand golf clothing. See below for more!!

Ladies when you buy any item from our Green Lamb collection you will receive a FREE sleeve of Green Lamb balls.

Green Lamb Ladies Miracle Golf Ball Features

•    Designed especially for lady golfers
•    Greater initial velocity and longer carry
•    Designed for lower swing speed and soft feel
•    Soft Surlyn cover provides an optimum feel and touch

Men you can also get a FREE sleeve of TaylorMade Burner TP golf balls with selected items of Adidas clothing. These are limited offers only so hurry grab a freebie while you can.

TaylorMade Burner TP Golf Ball Features

•    3-piece multi-layer construction promotes exceptional distance and amazingly soft feel
•    Features Low-Drag Performance (LDP), several dimple designs arranged in a low-drag symmetry maintain lift on low-spin, off-center hits and minimize distance loss
•    342-dimple configuration limits drag and optimizes launch conditions for maximum carry and distance
•    V-Core (Velocity Core) promotes ultra-fast velocity even though the core’s compression measures a super-soft 60
•    HPF 1000 mantle works in conjunction with the high-energy V-Core to ramp up speed and distance
•    Tour-level Iothane 56 cover combines the speed of ionomer with the spin and feel of urethane to promote extraordinary iron-spin and shear-resistance

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Tiger Woods has been drawn alongside defending champion YE Yang for the opening two rounds of the US PGA Championship starting this Thursday. They are due to tee off at 8:20am (Thursday) & 1:35pm (Friday); Vijay Singh is also in this grouping. So what will they be playing with…..

Tiger’s Equipment

Driver: Nike Dymo VR Tour
Fairway Woods: Nike SQ II 3 Wood and Nike SQ II 5 Wood
Irons: Nike VR TW Blades (2-PW)
Wedges: Nike 56 degree VR SW and Nike 60 degree VR LW
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Studio Stainless Newport 2 putter
Ball: Nike One Tour D

Yang’s Equipment

Driver: TaylorMade Burner SuperFast
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Burner TP 3 Wood and TaylorMade Burner TP 5 Wood
Irons: TaylorMade R9
Wedges: TaylorMade RAC TP
Putter: Alternates between the Odyssey White Hot 2-ball and the TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spider Vicino
Ball: TaylorMade TP Red

This year the competition is going to be high between the two players, last year Yang became the first Asian-born male golfer to win a major when he edged out Woods last year. Tiger hasn’t has the best of years (so far) currently the world number on is outside the automatic qualifications for the Ryder Cup in October. Currently 10th on the Ryder Cup standings (top 8 automatically qualifying) he will have to work hard this week.

Here at Hensol Golf Academy we are looking forward to watching the US PGA Championship (Thursday 12th August – Sunday 15th August) and wish all players the best of look!!

Buy any set of Nike Irons in August and not only get 4 dozen Nike balls Free but one lucky winner will walk away with a Nike VR Staff Tour Bag (worth £189) signed by Richard Finch European Tour Star.

As Europe’s Leading Nike Custom Fit centre your in safe hands purchasing your Nike Irons from Golfbuyitonline.com. We are market leaders not only in standard sets of Nike irons but also we specialise in custom fit, normally at no extra charge.