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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

The perfect gift for the avid golfer is the Titleist  personalisation of the #1 Ball in Golf

With the festive season fast approaching, Titleist is in the Christmas spirit already and will run its special Christmas golf ball promotion. The #1 ball in golf is offering customers personalised printing programme on all Titleist golf ball models. The personalisation can be anything from an individual’s initials, a nickname or even a special Christmas message*. The personalisation is printed single-pole on three lines with a maximum of 17 characters per line and is available in a choice of four colour inks – Black, Blue, Red or Green.

In addition to the personalisation, Titleist will also include a complimentary Titleist ball marker with every pack. Each dozen box will also be delivered in a specially designed Christmas wrap to add a festive touch to the packaging.

With a minimum order requirement of just one dozen balls, this offer is available now with the closing date for orders requiring pre-Christmas delivery being Monday 7th December 2009. Anyone wishing to place their order for personalised Titleist golf balls, or for further information, see our Titleist golf ball section.

When deciding what golf ball suits you, consider:

Your Level of Play

If you are a beginner, or lose a lot of golf balls, then buying budget balls is the best thing to do. These are often packaged in 15 ball boxes and are a hard durable ball that will generally go further when you hit them. The only draw back of this ball is that it is very lively off of the club face and when it comes to chipping and putting can lack some of the soft feel that some golfers prefer.

The top players in the world all use soft golf balls. Up until about 4 years ago the cover of the ball was actually soft enough to mark with your finger nail and marked very easily when miss hit. This meant that only the best ball strikers, or golfers with more money than sense, would use them. These days the covers on these balls are very durable and the ball will spin and stop very quickly on and around the greens.

Harder Balls

Harder golf balls are perfect for the golfer who doesn’t lose too many balls but could do with more distance off the tee. These balls are not as hard as the budget type, but are durable and offer some feel around the green although they still won’t stop very quickly on landing.

Average Ball

If you want the combination of distance, feel and durability then balls such as the Titleist NXT Tour, the Callaway Hex 2 or the Strata Tour Straight are ideal. These are all what I call a medium ball giving the golfer consistent performance in all areas.

Soft Balls

The leading balls in this category are Titleist Pro V1, Callaway Hex, Strata Tour Ace, Hogen Apex Tour and the Maxfli M3. These balls are manufactured to the highest specification and quality and every golfer could play and enjoy them. They are however very expensive at about £10 for 3 balls if you are a bit wayward with your shots then it could cost a fortune in golf balls.

Whichever ball you choose, try to stick with that ball every time you play. You will get used to the feel and performances of the ball, which in turn will help, play more consistent golf.

Throughout the history of golf the golf ball is the most used piece of equipment in the game. From the very first wooden balls followed by the feathery to the latest 4 piece, high energy core, tungsten weighted, titanium, super thin covered, go further go straighter last forever golf ball, advances in science and the materials used in manufacturing has taken that little white thing to a new level of performance.

There are various kind of golf balls available depending on your requirements. You may want to hit the ball longer distances with less effort on your tee or iron shots or you may want to have better control on the greens. For every kind of shot that you want to play you can be assured that there is a golf ball that will suit the needs of the shot.

The Number One Ball in Golf is said to be the Titleist Golf Balls. Titleist are renowned all over the world for their products of superior performance and quality. You will be able to find a huge selection of Titleist golf balls at Golfbuyitonline including Titleist Pro V1X golf balls, Titleist PTS Roll golf balls, Titleist NXT Extreme golf balls and many more.

In the chemistry of air pressure, turbulence, and aerodynamics, surface structures are vital physical element. History has it that there are things that seem to be peculiar on their make-up hundreds of years ago which eventually came up with a better composition based on scientific research. And a golf ball is the best paradigm of this theoretical stand in history.

During the earliest days of golf on the eastern coast of Scotland, most players used ancient apparatus in order to play the game in a more disorganised and informal way. Here, the first clubs and golf balls are made up of wood.

It was on 1618 that the feather golf ball was finally introduced. This was commonly known as the “Featherie”. This feather golf ball was a handcrafted ball made with goose feathers securely pressed into a horse or cowhide sphere. This is being done while the ball is still wet. After drying, the leather shrank and the feathers expanded creating a hardened ball.

But because these kinds of golf balls are specially handcrafted, they usually cost higher than the clubs. In doing so, only a few privileged people could afford to play golf during those times.

Next, came the Guttie golf ball. This prehistoric kind of golf ball was made from the rubber like sap of the Gutta tree that can be found in the tropics. Normally, these Guttie balls can be easily shaped into a sphere when hot and eventually used as a golf ball. With its rubber nature, Guttie balls can be cheaply reproduced and can be easily repaired by reheating and reshaping.

However, between the two earliest forms of golf balls, the feather golf ball was said to travel farther than the gutties. This is due to the smooth surface of the gutties that limits the capacity of the golf ball to cover more distance.

With this new scientific analysis, the developers of golf ball finally came up with balls with the “dimples” that are predominant in modern golf balls nowadays.

Dimples are crafted into golf balls so as to reduce the aerodynamic drag, which will be acting on the ball if it were totally smooth. This is because smooth balls, when sailing through the air, leave a huge pocket of low-pressure air in its stir therefore creating a drag. With the application of drag, the ball slows down.

Hence, by having dimples on golf balls, the pressure differential goes down and the drag force is reduced. These dimples create turbulence in the air surrounding the golf ball. This, in turn, forces the air to clasp the golf ball more closely. By doing so, the air trails the warp created by the ball towards the back instead of flowing past it. This results to a smaller wake and lesser drag.

Dimples also help players to put backspin on a shot making the golf ball break off on the putting green.

The idea of putting dimples on golf balls can be traced back during the gutta percha phase. Coburn Haskell introduced the one-piece rubber cored ball encased in a gutta percha sphere. It was during this time when the players observed how their shots become more and more predictable as their balls turned rough from play.

When William Taylor applied the dimple pattern to a Haskell ball in 1905, golf balls finally took their modern form.

From then on, dimpled golf balls were officially used in every golf tournament. In 1921, the golf balls took its form with standard size and weight.

Today, there is an abundant selection of golf balls to fit different golf game and condition. There are golf balls that offer control, while some offer distance. In whatever ways golf balls vary, only one thing is common and known. Golf balls are not just elements of the sports arena; they are more than ever paradigm of a concept in physics.

With Father’s Day fast approaching attention will already be turning to finding the perfect Father’s Day gift. and what better gift for the serious golfer than personalised golf balls from Titleist, the #1 ball in golf.

Titleist is pleased to announce the introduction of a Father’s Day Logo personalisation programme across the entire Titleist golf ball range. This programme allows you to personalise your Titleist ball of choice with a special message in one of four colours. Alongside the personalised golf balls you will also receive a complimentary Titleist ball marker with every dozen.

Choose up to three lines of text in one of the four colours. Maximum 17 characters per line (including spaces). Please allow aprox 10 days for delivery. Minimum order – 1 Dozen . Titleist reserve the right to disallow messages they deem unsuitable.

Order by June 10th to guarantee delivery for Father’s Day.

When the Masters went into a play-off, who would win his first green jacket was still in question. His golf ball was not. Argentina’s Angel Cabrera relied upon the new 2009 Pro V1x to capture his second career major with victory over fellow Titleist golf ball loyalists Kenny Perry (Pro V1x) and Chad Campbell (Pro V1x). The dramatic finish was further proof that when one shot can decide a major championship, the ball you play makes a difference. That’s why more players choose the superior performance of Titleist, the #1 ball in golf.

Having tied for the overnight lead, Cabrera and Perry both shot one-under par 71 to finish at 12-under par 276, and tie with Chad Campbell who shot a final round three-under par 69. Pars for Cabrera and Perry at the first extra hole saw Campbell eliminated, before Cabrera claimed the green jacket with a par-4 at the second extra hole, the tenth at Augusta National. The win was the third successive major for Titleist golf ball players, as Cabrera added to Padraig Harrington’s Open Championship and US PGA titles in 2008, which were also claimed with the Pro V1x golf ball.

In addition to being the choice of the three play-off competitors, Titleist was also the choice of fourth place finisher Shingo Katayama (2009 Pro V1x) and ten of the top sixteen finishers, including full line Titleist Ambassadors John Merrick (Pro V1x) and Steve Stricker (Pro V1) who finished tied for 6th at 8-under 280. Merrick, making his Masters debut, fired a stunning final round 6-under par 66 to secure his invite back to the Masters in 2010. Also among the top-16 qualifiers to have secured their place at the 2010 Masters are Titleist golf balls loyalists Hunter Mahan (2009 Pro V1x), Camilo Villegas (2009 Pro V1), Geoff Ogilvy (2009 Pro V1) and Todd Hamilton (2009 Pro V1).

In addition to claiming the top four finishers at Augusta National, Titleist was also the most used golf ball at the Masters with 52 players, more than three times the nearest competitor with 13, and more than all other golf balls combined. The majority of the field also put their trust in the playability and performance of Titleist irons, as they topped the iron count with 21 players respectively. Titleist Vokey Design sand, lob and approach wedges also claimed the top spot in their respective category, with 63 players.

Cabrera’s win at Augusta National is the second consecutive week that the 2009 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball has been the choice of a major winner. Brittany Lincicome captured her first career major on the LPGA Tour with a win at the Kraft Nabisco Championship last week, also playing the 2009 Pro V1x. These successive major victories brings Titleist’s 2009 win count to 40, more than four times the nearest competitor with 9, and more than all other golf balls combined.

A second major in two weeks for the 2009 Pro V1x and a second career major for Titleist golf ball loyalist Angel Cabrera, as well as Titleist golf balls claiming each of the top 4 places in the Masters, proves once again that the game’s elite continue to opt for the matchless performance of Titleist.

They’re finally here!

The arrival of the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls from Titleist is the most exciting news about golf balls since the arrival of the previous Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls.

Since taking the golf industry by storm in the fall of 2000, the three-piece multi-layer Pro V1 continues to serve as the high performance standard by which all other golf balls are compared and measured.  The new 2009 Pro V1 maximises distance, durability and performance, and benefits a wide range of golfers with varying launch conditions.

If a three-piece golf ball isn’t enough, the Titleist Pro V1x utilises a four-piece dual core construction that lowers spin and maximises distance.  An improved high performance Urethane Elastomer cover delivers improved cover durability, while its Tour-proven high coverage 332 dimple design with Staggered Wave parting line generates penetrating trajectory and consistent ball flight.  Utilising Titleist’s industry-leading multi-component technology and manufacturing process excellence, the new Pro V1x is designed to optimise ball flight and increase driver distance.  The spin control and flight characteristics have made Pro V1x the ball of choice for many of the game’s longest players and the new Pro V1x will surpass its predecessor.

TaylorMade have announced that the TP Red Golf Balls exceed the USGA’s and R&A initial velocity rule.  This was down to human error after the guys at TaylorMade accidentally made a batch that paired the TP Red cover with the wrong core.  This variance was limited to TP Reds only, and didn’t affect the TP Black or any other TaylorMade balls.

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The bottom line is that the TP Red stays the same, only the side stamp has changed. Because the TP Red that are in the market now, with the original side stamp, were ruled conforming to the Rules of Golf, they can continue to be used in normal play including those rounds in which scores are posted for handicap purposes.

That’s because only high-level tournaments, like tour events and USGA and R&A competitions, typically require contestants to use a ball that’s on the List. Most club championships and member guests don’t. But no matter what kind of tournament you’re playing in, it’s a good idea to ask an official beforehand if you need to play a ball that’s on the List. If you do, you’ll need a TP Red with the new side stamp. If not, the original side stamp will do fine.

Nike have released a new range of golf ball for the new season.

Nike Karma golf balls are has the lowest compression of all the Nike golf balls allowing the slower swingspeed golfer extra distance but still the spin and control.

If ever there was a place where you could use good Karma, it’s on the course. Designed for slower swings that need a lift. Bypass the bunker. Carry the creek. Find air through the trees. Because golf is many things, but easy isn’t one of them.

Nike Golf consciously has packaged the Karma ball with 50% recycled content. The packaging itself triggers a connection to the earth combined with a sophisticated look. The Karma ball also includes a unique and distinctive face stamp graphic, distancing itself from any other ball in the market.