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Will a new grooves rule mean the end of spin? Or will it even matter?

By Mike Stachura (golfdigest.com)

We still don’t know what’s going to happen. The PGA Tour doesn’t know. Equipment manufacturers don’t know. Average golfers don’t know. Even golf’s ruling bodies, the ones responsible for this historic rule change, can’t say for sure. That’s right. Despite spending three years studying grooves and their effect on imparting backspin, the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews still don’t know if the game’s first performance rollback in eight decades is going to make any difference.
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Nearly everyone associated with the golf business had one spot on their mind in late January: Orlando, Florida, site of the 57th Annual PGA Merchandise Show.

There were more than 1,000 vendors, over 40,000 golf business professionals, exhibits from golf manufacturers, leaders in the industry, seminars and new golf employment ideas launched as 2010 gets going. The show ran January 28-30 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

“From the beginning, the PGA Merchandise Show’s growth evolved through the teamwork of PGA Professionals and industry leaders,” said PGA of America President Jim Remy. He has been a PGA member since 1984 and is the vice president and general manager of the Okemo Golf Division at the Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, Vt.

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Editor’s note: The following is the third of three stories on the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ.
FAR HILLS, NJ – Have you ever wondered what the air temperature does to the golf balls and sticks in the trunk of your car? Would you ever want to swing 2,500 clubs each year? How about testing shoes, tees, or anything else that a golfer carries?

That’s what they study at the USGA’s Testing Center, part of the tour at the USGA Museum in central New Jersey.

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He was rushing off to the post office Friday to fill yet another order – all spurred from his appearance at the 57thAnnual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida. Howard Katz had five new orders for some of his new products.

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Golfers enjoy great bargains at the annual golf pro sale. Click here for a
few snapshots from the John Craig’s camera.

When you are watching coverage from the PGA Championship this week – on Golf Channel, TNT or CBS – look a little closer at players like Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Sean O’Hair, Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, Matt Bettencourt and Justin Rose when they turn their heads. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW DEVICE THAT LITERALLY SPEAKS GOLF, By John Craig
You walk up to your ball and it’s a fried egg in the bunker.  Or you find it in some deep rough.  Or you’ve got “first tee jitters.”  Would some calming words from your golf pro give you a good thought?  A local inventor hopes so. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Thomas says USGA is making a mistake and said it all in an article in Sunday’s New York Times.

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DEMO DAY AT ROUTE FORE GOLF
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