Many prominent golf companies, players and PGA instructors regularly take to Twitter to talk about their equipment and other aspects of their game. Here is a round-up of some of the most interesting golf-related Twitter entries from the week of July 11-17, featuring Graeme McDowell, Blair O'Neal, Hank Haney and more:
JULY 17
FootJoy
@FootJoy Congratulations on your first win @Chris_Kirk_! Styling in the new all white FJ Street.
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TWEET OF THE WEEK
@jeehaeda "Snuggies and Uggs should look into making golf apparel and shoes. #nextmilliondollaridea" -- LPGA Tour player Jeehae Lee
TaylorMade Golf
@taylormadegc In Darren's bag: R11 driver R9 3-wood Rescue TP FCT hybrid Tour Preferred MB 4-iron through PW TP xFT 50-degree... http://fb.me/16Us4lKDq
Graeme McDowell
@Graeme_McDowell RT @brownaldo10 can you settle an argument for me please ,is the balls you's use on tour the same as the 1s I'd buy from the shop? >>yes
@Graeme_McDowell Check out the watch both Darren and Miguel are wearing. New prototype titanium Audemars Piguet golf watch. #AP #quality http://img.ly/6kHi
John Letters
@JohnLettersGolf Last player to win the Open from northern Ireland was Fred Daly. In 1947, He used John Letters Master Model irons to win! #theopen
Michael Johnson
@PirettiGolf Custom centershaft Cottonwood. Just a bit of toe hang. http://lockerz.com/s/121206647
@PirettiGolf Top view of CW centershaft weldneck. http://lockerz.com/s/121206857
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney U can carry 14 putters if you want RT @jjspear00: can I legally carry 2 putters if I only have 14 total?
@HankDHaney I would prefer a hybrid and handicap doesn't matter as much as clubhead speed RT @fedmunoz: High handicapper A seven wood good for me?
JULY 16
TaylorMadeGolfEurope
@TaylorMadeTour Darren Clarke WITB: R11 9.0, R9 Fairway, Rescue 09 TP all with Graf Proj X with X flex, MB irons, XFT wedges 50, 54 & 58, Penta TP ball #60
@TaylorMadeTour Darren's TM MB forged irons have True Temper Monaco TX with a gold finish
@TaylorMadeTour And Darren's R11 9.0 on standard loft with ASP on Closed and MWT is 9g in heel and 3g on toe.
@TaylorMadeTour Dustin WITB: R11 10.5 Fuji Motore X, R9 Fairway Aldila RIP X, MB irons, XFT wedges 48, 54 & 60, Penta TP ball, adidas footwear & apparel.
Jeehae Lee
@jeehaeda Snuggies and Uggs should look into making golf apparel and shoes. #nextmilliondollaridea
Deven Trueblood, PGA
@jdTruebloodPGA A couple @scottycameron putters riding shotgun! @Titleist #DFI http://lockerz.com/s/120695506
Ian Poulter
@IanJamesPoulter About to do all my signing for charity, might take a while, kids helping unwrap everything. #TwitPict http://twitpic.com/5r5kqn
Nike Golf
@nikegolf It's brutal out on the links at #TheOpen today. Nike Storm-FIT apparel is in play and helping keep @nikegolf athletes warm + dry
@nikegolf AK got out of the rain 2 warm up on @nikegolf van b4 hitting balls. He was dry for all of 5 minutes! http://yfrog.com/keyfwiuj
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney Just as important as any club, 34" or 35" standard RT @TruckerSamF: How important is putter length? My Odessey 2-Ball putter is 35".
@HankDHaney Best cart Garia, next EZ Go in my opinion RT @airnutfisher:updating our golf cart. What company is building the best one now?
JULY 15
Chris Carnahan
@Carnahangolf Bright chrome proto-type. Like? yfrog.com/khzdabcj yfrog.com/kfiu3gwj
Kikkor Golf
@Kikkorgolf Getting ready to give every US Junior participant a pair of Kikks! yfrog.com/kj28vrrj
Aldila Golf
@AldilaGolf #Aldila Golf wins the wood count at the #Open Championship by 12 shafts including having 18 #RIP shafts in play!
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour TMaG Staff player Stephen Gallacher tweaking his R11 fairway wood prior to todays round. #FCT http://twitpic.com/5qgh7k
LoudMouth Golf
@LoudMouthGolf It's Flag Day at The Open! Get ready for insights, jocularity, and maybe the occasional planking http://yfrog.com/khucavzj
Nike Golf
@nikegolf 8 Nike Method Putters in play at #TheOpen-Did u know Methods have won 3 of the last 9 Majors? Headed into rd 3 a Method is T1
@nikegolf Nike athlete @stewartcink new 20XI bag arrived today in time for 2nd round of #TheOpen http://yfrog.com/kelldgxj
Deven Trueblood, PGA
@jdTruebloodPGA New possible gamer arrived today! Scotty knows best! http://lockerz.com/s/120461952
@jdTruebloodPGA Headcover of choice! #JYD #DFI http://lockerz.com/s/120463274
Blair O'Neal
@BLAIRONEAL Loving the new @PUMAGolf fall line! Ready to have some fun out there today! http://yfrog.com/klwsipsrj
Daniel Gaunt
@dangaunt Loving the new bag @MizunoGolf_News that mr Donald has. Looks awesome.
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney 4-6 RT @westonblake: @HankDHaney assuming they don't lose any, how many golf balls does a pro use in a round?
@HankDHaney Equipment that fits RT @Hoodle84: @HankDHaney hi hank, what would be your #1 tip for absolute beginners?
@HankDHaney Let ballflight decideRT @JasonQuinton: I have been given a brand new driver that has a draw Bais ! Do I still need stronger grip
JULY 14
Ping Golf
@PingTour After the first round, PING Pro Miguel Jimenez sits one shot off the lead. Come take a look inside his bag http://t.co/gBpUSlQ #Open2011
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Our @Titleist Winners' Wall. Pretty cool. http://yfrog.com/kfrkylwj
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour Once again, TaylorMade is the No.1 Driver at The Open Championship with 33% of the field choosing TaylorMade #domination
@TaylorMadeTour Ashworth staff player Ryan Palmer sporting our Open Special Red Hat & getting ready for his 3.38 appt with Lehman http://twitpic.com/5q0mc2
@TaylorMadeTour Red hat day for all the TM players today at The Open.
@TaylorMadeTour Some players forgot it was red hat day - Clarke, Dustin and Kaymer. We forgive them!!
Callaway Golf
@CallawayTourSpy In Thomas Bjorn's bag today: #RAZR Hawk 9.5* Driver, Diablo Octane Tour 15* Fwy, X-Prototype irons, #odyssey BS iX#1 putter & Tour iZ ball
@CallawayTourSpy @odysseygolf is the No 1 Putter brand at Royal St George's with 52 (33.3%) of the putters in play #open #theopen
@CallawayTourSpy And a new (dry) cap and some balls are waiting for him on the truck for tomorrow http://twitpic.com/5pya9w
JULY 13
Ping Golf
@PingTour PING Pro Miguel Jimenez has a new driver that he's VERY happy with. Good luck getting this out of his hands! http://twitpic.com/5pp1jw
Stuart Appleby
@StuartAppleby I was on range testing with Callaway and a good solid hit had ball speed at 166, a jump out of shoes gets me to 172 max 3 yards per mph avg
Nike Golf
@nikegolf AK might add a 2 iron to the bag for #TheOpen..We built him a VR Pro Combo (pocket & split cavity) to try http://twitpic.com/5pkzk9
@nikegolf Masters Champ Charl Schwartzel rockin his limited edition Lunars in the Nike Tour Van today at #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5plo6n
Brendan Steele
@Brendan_Steele New @Titleist 712 MB irons http://t.co/5mIcilx
Oscar Fraustro
@oscarfraustro Thank you JJ at #Titleist @Titleist @TitleistonTour for setting me up with a new hybrid and driver this morning... Pretty excited
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour Lots of staff players means lots of Special Open bags to hand out! http://twitpic.com/5pka3j
@TaylorMadeTour Lots of players putting 2 irons in the bag and taking fairway woods out to drill it low into the wind....gotta go low to win at RSG!
@TaylorMadeTour Tomorrow is TaylorMade Red Hat day here at Royal St Georges for our players - look out for them tomorrow http://twitpic.com/5pkzjd
@TaylorMadeTour The wind is changing all the time here RSG, so Sergio is tweaking his FCT on his R11 http://twitpic.com/5pkuao
@TaylorMadeTour Do you like our Players bags for this week? http://twitpic.com/5pkptj
@TaylorMadeTour The players are loving the new energy colour of the TOUR360 ATVs, so we brought extras in! http://twitpic.com/5pkpuj
@TaylorMadeTour Sean O'Hair looking good in his Ashworth apparel and gets in some late practice. http://twitpic.com/5pkptn
@TaylorMadeTour The new adidas TOUR360 ATV shoe. Available 15th August 2011 http://twitpic.com/5pkpc1
@TaylorMadeTour This week we launch the new T360 ATV shoes on Tour...so we decided to splash it all over the range at Royal St Geo http://twitpic.com/5pkn2g
@TaylorMadeTour Sergio R11 specs - 9 degree, 43" long, D4sw, Aldila RIP 90X, ASP on C, FCT on R, MWT 16t and 10h, Golf pride VDR grip. #R11
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges "Worked with Rory today on the range. He's ready mentally and physically." http://ow.ly/i/ehHE @McIlroyRory @Titleist
Callaway Golf
@CallawayTourSpy No prizes for guessing whose irons these are. Looks like they have had a good clean. twitpic.com/5pkbcn
@CallawayTourSpy A nice little custom job we did for one of our White Hot XG #7 users.. #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5pj97z
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney Yes @skygolf RT @Jbresch: @HankDHaney can you use sky caddie to measure yardage on the range?
JULY 12
Stewart Cink
@stewartcink The player badge from the Open Championship stays the same, except for the year. http://lockerz.com/s/119526201
Angela Stanford
@Angela_Stanford This is what Christmas in July looks like! Thank u @TFJgolfgirl and @PingTour http://lockerz.com/s/119640159
John Letters Golf
@JohnLettersGolf Black Goose makes it's debut!! http://yfrog.com/ki53elij
Brendan Steele
@Brendan_Steele Just opened up my new set of 712 MBs from @Titleist and they look amazing. Can't wait to try them out. #Titleist
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Voke spent some time today working with our friend and @Titleist Brand Ambassador @GaryWoodland http://ow.ly/i/eexb
Jane Spicer
@DaphnesCovers Early evening and our Eagle #golf club cover is holding the cards yfrog.com/kiwlstmj
Adam Scott
@adamscottonline Adam with the trusty driver on Tuesday wearing new @aquascutumgolf http://twitpic.com/5pam3y
Nike Golf
@nikegolf Euro Tour Rep Pete checking the lofts & lies on @Paul_Casey's VR Pro Combo & blade irons for #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5p3yg9
Vicky Hurst
@TheVickyHurst Got new @Under_Armour clothes for next trip to france and uk. New pants are 100% recycled fabric! #goinggreen
Francesco Molinari
@F_Molinari Here are my clothes from @nikegolf for @the_open_champ! Stay tuned for a chance to #win the shirts... http://twitpic.com/5p54hk
Carling Coffing
@carlingcoffing Yayyyy new putter grip today! Feel like a whole new girl!
Russell Knox
@rooknox Seemore putter yfrog.com/kk4wwcfj
@rooknox Head cover yfrog.com/kkvtduj
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour Sergio just popped on for a re-grip on his metalwoods http://twitpic.com/5p3c9x
@TaylorMadeTour ....whilst Torro 1 and Torro 2 take a break! http://twitpic.com/5p3dfw
@TaylorMadeTour Sergio and tour tech Darren Hill just checking the grip and also the loft and lie on his R11. http://twitpic.com/5p0pdr
@TaylorMadeTour Digging the new Flightscope's on the range featuring White units, White iPads and White drivers! http://twitpic.com/5p3evn
@TaylorMadeTour David Duval shows off his new TOUR360 ATVs to fellow adidas footwear user Davis Love III http://twitpic.com/5p3i05
@TaylorMadeTour “@pricey_lfc: are sergios grips standard, look thin to me!?” 4 tapes under his grips
Hunter Haas
@Hunterhaas Look at this Gem. I just got out of Hi school the year before. http://lockerz.com/s/119511047
Bubba Watson
@bubbawatson Tried on a new hat today!! #sweethat #twitpic yfrog.com/kk37vhbj
Callaway Golf
@CallawayTourSpy Odyssey bags are down. Windy, cold and now rain...where did that summer go? http://twitpic.com/5p3aaw
Will Strickler
@wstrick17 New bag, new week. yfrog.com/kkvz0wij
Seve Benson
@SeveBenson New headcover by Scotty! Sweet http://yfrog.com/kgh4hkj
Fujikura Composites
@FujikuraOnTour Our 2nd Major Winner of the year with Rombax 7V05, hitting some practice balls at The Open Championship. http://twitpic.com/5p1ehr
Ian Poulter
@IanJamesPoulter The True Brit putter cover live on the range at sandwich. to order http://www.ijpdesign.com be quick #TwitPict http://twitpic.com/5p03l2
Odyssey Golf
@odysseygolf @odysseygolf leads all putters with 35 worldwide wins heading into this week.
JULY 11
Sara Dickson, PGA
@Sara_PGA Downtown corner block. Waiting to get picked up. Everyone is walking past with briefcases....I'll take this =) yfrog.com/khnmnmlj
Nike Golf
@nikegolf Swag bags are stuffed & loaded into the lockers for the Nike Athletes competing - Let #TheOpen week begin! http://twitpic.com/5onddd
@nikegolf To qualify for #TheOpen means custom Nike swag! Nike's Simon Dyson is excited about his N98 jacket http://twitpic.com/5oppf2
@nikegolf Nike athlete Charl Schwartzel signing product with Nike's @golfjules on tour truck @The_Open_Champ http://yfrog.com/khgg4pj
@nikegolf Some tough decisions out on Tour...Former Open Champ Justin Leonard choosing his hats for the week :-) http://twitpic.com/5oqzoc
Dan Sposato, PGA
@DSpogolf Titleist D2 driver w/fubuki alpha tour shaft on the way.
John Letters Golf
@JohnLettersGolf Golden Goose Putters out on tour #theopen http://yfrog.com/kecruwj
Titleist
@Titleist Dramatic victories by Steve Stricker, So Yeon Ryu highlight 4-win week for Titleist golf ball players: http://bit.ly/n2fcTt
Eamon Lynch
@eamonlynch Awaiting delivery of two new fitted hybrids and a putter from @taylormadegc This could be the secret to success. #DelusionalOptimism
Odyssey Golf
@odysseygolf The winner of the Women's U.S. Open used an @odysseygolf TriHot 3 Putter during her first major championship victory.
@odysseygolf 3 more wins for @odysseygolf this weekend: U.S. Women's Open, Scottish Open and the John Deere Classic. Doesn't get any better than that.
Vokey Wedges
@Vokey had 138 wedges in play @JDClassic. That's 67 wedges more than the nearest competitor. #YearofDaVoke #TrustTitleist
@VokeyWedges Winning wedges: Vokey Loyalist Steve Stricker uses the 200 Series. 254.10 & 260.12. Both available through WedgeWorks: http://ow.ly/5Bz9n
@VokeyWedges The grind on Strick's wedges is the "S Grind", a moderate trailing edge ribbon that allows you to slide the club under the ball easily.
@VokeyWedges A closer look at the "S Grind" named for 3 Time @JDClassic champ Steve Stricker: http://ow.ly/i/ebSk http://ow.ly/i/ebSq
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour Special Open TM hats for the week, which is your favourite?? #3rdMajor http://twitpic.com/5ojzl7
@TaylorMadeTour Final few bags to collect. Getting ready for #TaylorMadeGolfDarts :-) http://twitpic.com/5omnhf
@TaylorMadeTour New XFT wedges with less bounce for Rory Sabbatini this week. http://twitpic.com/5oizd3
@TaylorMadeTour New limited edition white/red adidas glasses for The Open. http://twitpic.com/5oi2wk
Fujikura Composites
@FujikuraOnTour Our European Tour Representative Francois Magne working with Raphael J. http://twitpic.com/5olj6b
@FujikuraOnTour One of the two Rombax 7V05 boys on the range at Royal St. Georges. Hopefully keep the Fuji slam going this week. http://twitpic.com/5ol884
Callaway Golf
@CallawayTourSpy Beautiful morning in Sandwich - all the Odyssey bags set up by the Truck #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5ohbin
@CallawayTourSpy Alvaro's clubs are in for new grips today http://twitpic.com/5okn77
@CallawayTourSpy Monksy hard at work regripping Alvaro's clubs #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5okolc
@CallawayTourSpy And lastly, Alvaro Quiros' personal putter headcover for his Odyssey putter #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5okq3c
@CallawayTourSpy Freddie Jacobson's bag. The last time #TheOpen was at Royal St George's, Freddie tied for 6th, just 3 shots behind http://twitpic.com/5oi5b6
@CallawayTourSpy Freddie Jacobson's wedges - nice stamping. http://twitpic.com/5oih6y
@CallawayTourSpy Oh to be a fly on the ball on the range at #TheOpen! http://twitpic.com/5oidl1
@CallawayTourSpy Odyssey on the practice green. Lots of BackStryke putters and colourful grips #TheOpen http://twitpic.com/5ojes1
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney Either works RT @MJStieb: @HankDHaney 5 wood or hybrid? Or is it just what feels right?
@HankDHaney Yes, i go 50, 54, 58 RT @GowingsGo19: @HankDHaney is 52- 60 too big of a wedge gap?
@HankDHaney Don't see why u need all those wedges RT @Jaesung83: @HankDHaney hey Hank I got this setup. 52, 56, 60, 64 wedges. What u think?





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