NEWS
A week's worth of tweets, November 27-December 4, 2011
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 November 28-December 4, featuring Kevin Na, Anna Nordqvist, Josh Teater and more:
DECEMBER 4
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Another win for Vokey Wedges!! Congrats to @McIlroyRory for your win at the Hong Kong Open! #YearofDaVoke
Mark McDonnell
@markmac14 What a great win for @McIlroyRory closing in on that No1 spot. I just wish he was playing the White stuff! #Taylormade4ever
Leigh Bader, PGA
@JoeandLeighs Couple of new Cleveland Forged wedges for 2012. fb.me/1h6H4J20z
Edel Golf
@EDELgolf Fitting her this week @KatieFutcherPSU @NatSheary Hey Nat. Great to meet you @EDELgolf She has the best putter now she needs the best wedges
Anna Nordqvist
@ANordqvist Wow... @cobragolf new LONG Tom driver next to my new @cobragolf ZL Driver! Both are killer drives, long Tom is 48"!!! yfrog.com/h74mqxbj
@ANordqvist Watching the @cobragolf Long Tom driver in action by @RogerTeat - it goes forever!!! I added distance hitting it too! #killingit
Brett Packee, PGA
@brettpackeegolf Love the fact that my students try different things. 6'5" junior using one of my old belly putters. #lovetheattachment twitpic.com/7oajzk
Becky Morgan
@BJMgolf Thought I'd get in a little last minute practice before I leave... yfrog.com/ntzldhyj
Josh Boggs, PGA
@BoggsPGA It would depend on the hybrid but anywhere 1-3 in front of center RT @mikefaygolf: @BoggsPGA what is the proper ball position for a hybrid?
Kevin Hamluk, PGA
@HamlukPGA TM R11 forgiving with lots of options to play with RT @mikefaygolf: @HamlukPGA I am looking for a new driver. Any suggestions?
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney He has always used that grip RT @topgun060106: what's up with the ping grip on tigers putter? Stuck in his ways? #
DECEMBER 3
Simon Wilson
@pgatourshaftrep Solid golf this week from @JasonDufner who playing our new PXi Iron shafts in his @TitleistonTour @TitleistEurope Irons! #PXisteel
Bridgestone Golf
@bridgestonegolf RT @Golfchops: @bridgestonegolf look what I'll be teeing up 2morrow! Can't wait to beat my friends w/Optic Pink balls! lockerz.com/s/161529392
Callaway Golf Europe
@CallawayTourSpy With an avg distance of 326.5 yds this week in Hong Kong, Alvaro, with his new #RAZRFit driver, is 18yds longer than the 2nd longest Pro
@CallawayTourSpy Congratulations to @Ssurrygpro who gained his @Sunshine_Tour card today with a full bag of @CallawayGolf clubs
David Byrne
@David_Byrne87 Just heard Kuchar's putter is 54"- wonder if I can use that for my next pole vaulting event. #mineis41" #sizedoesntmatter
Steve Wheatcroft
@wheatiePGA No they aren't filming me for the next Tiger golf game, but this was still pretty cool. getting some great swing data. yfrog.com/oed4uwfxj
DECEMBER 2
Kevin Na
@TheKevinNa Just saw these new mowers on the course. Fully automatic machine that mows by itself. The wave of the future. twitpic.com/7n6aoy
Katie Kempter
@KKempter You know you're at a public golf course when.....feel like I'm getting back to my roots! Love it! pic.twitter.com/66niryGa
Jeehae Lee
@jeehaeda Just found out my mom got rid of all my @PUMAGolf shirts I left behind last time i was home. Now I have 4 shirts for 2 weeks. #amazing
Anna Nordqvist
@ANordqvist My new @PUMAGolf shoe... :) yfrog.com/ke858ryj
Callaway Golf Europe
@CallawayTourSpy Hong Kong Open 1st Rnd Stat: Alvaro was #1 in Driving Distance with his new Callaway #RAZRFit Driver: 323yds - 11 yds further than #2
@CallawayTourSpy In Alvaro's bag this week: #RAZRFit Driver 9.5º, X-Tour Fwy, RAZR X Musclebacks 3-PW, X-Forged Wedges, Odyssey ProType putter & Tour iZ Ball
Ping Golf
@PingTour Yesterday PING Pro @ChrisDiMarco helped open our newest PING Fitting & Performance Center at the Villages Golf Academy pic.twitter.com/QR5ki57J
@PingTour During his time at The Villages, DiMarco remarked on how the new fitting center resembled PING's fitting capabilities in Phoenix
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Check out the Vokey setup at Palo Alto Muni...all kinds of goodies in there. Thanks to @LozaresGolf pic.twitter.com/jXf3ZV0y
DECEMBER 1
Nike Golf
@nikegolf Critical operation for clubheads that will have a mirror finish…final blending process on TW's backups twitpic.com/7mo9f8
@nikegolf Perfecting the shapes & blends of the hosel transitions to the face & topline on TW’s back up VR Pros twitpic.com/7mrgkj
Carly Booth
@CarlyBooth92 VR PRO Blades RT @jc1968: @CarlyBooth92 hi carly,whar irons do you use?i play nike vr pro combo, great set of clubs.cheers jamie
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour 40% of players @ Hong Kong Open today teed up with a TaylorMade driver...we were #1 in Fairways & Hybrids too #whitechristmasforeveryone
@TaylorMadeTour R11 was the most played driver model at today's Hong Kong Open....Burner SuperFast 2.0 was number 2 #justsaying
@TaylorMadeTour We were also the most played iron model with our Tour Preferred MC irons at the Hong Kong Open with Y.E. Yang, Molinari & Ramsay all using.
@TaylorMadeTour “@EbanksBrindley: @TaylorMadeTour first hole in one yesterday at Telford GC using an MC 5iron and Penta ball. Boom!” Congrats!
Suzy Whaley, PGA
@suzywhaley Polo and RLX look amazing for 2012! #loveit @Tomnolan24 @kelbroad1
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Some are calling it the Vokey Avatar, but we prefer to call it the Vokey 460 Indigo! vokey.com/wedges/detail.…
Josh Nichols, PGA
@joshnicholsTPC Ball testing at #TheOven. @nikegolf. Still looking for @Glovers_Beard. pic.twitter.com/HE8lbztO
Cleveland Srixon Tour
@CGSrixonTour Play gets underway today at Chevron. @Keegan_Bradley will be bagging a couple new wedges this week. #588Forged pic.twitter.com/EgmMbrpd
@CGSrixonTour We also did a little driver testing this week with @Keegan_Bradley. Check out these numbers! #bombs pic.twitter.com/7gHZMwvj
Titleist Europe
@TitleistEurope "@Beef_01: My new irons, wedges and putter has come today. Thank u @TitleistEurope" #titleistambassador
Callaway Golf Europe
@CallawayTourSpy Here are Alvaro's custom-painted Spanish X-Forged wedges & green RAZR X Musclebacks. Sweet looking clubs! twitpic.com/7mhgpa
NOVEMBER 30
Brian Ondrako, PGA
@ondrakogolf #tiger toying with belly putter. Oh tiger, how I love that you toy with the media like that.
Kevin Na
@TheKevinNa Just got an new hybrid from Titleist yesterday. Gonna try it out today ^^ twitpic.com/7m6p2x twitpic.com/7m6p8s
Brett Packee, PGA
@brettpackeegolf Happy holidays to me. Actual lofts 51, 56, 61 thank you @Golf_Mizuno. #whenismynexttourney. twitpic.com/7ma3zy
Annika Sorenstam
@ANNIKA59 One player showed up with Wilson Imperial woods (persimmon head) & Beth Daniel signature irons. Don't see them often. Can we say antiques?
Titleist Europe
@TitleistEurope A shiny new pair of FJ ICON on the feet of a former HK Open champ. Any guesses? yfrog.com/kkrb5sfj
@TitleistEurope Looking forward to giving my new SM4 @VokeyWedges a first run out tomorrow at The BHSG Dubai. #Vokerules
Kendall Dye
@Kendall_Dye Feet feeling good in my new kicks and delicious @kentwool socks. Don't like being rejected by birdies though. More2come lockerz.com/s/160917965
Adams Golf
@AdamsGolfInc “@surfer221: @AdamsGolfInc love my new CB2 irons!” awesome, glad you like them. We do too!
Ryann O'Toole
@RyannOToole Headed to @Oakley factory to get fitted for next years golf line! This place is huge!!!!
Andrew Johnston
@Beef_01 My new irons, wedges and putter has come today. Thank u @TitleistEurope
Whitlam Golf
@WhitlamGolfUSA Just finished painting them and now ready to be cleaned and shipped. twitpic.com/7ma4xu twitpic.com/7ma4xw twitpic.com/7ma4xv
Nike Golf
@nikegolf A new Frank! @TigerWoods gets a new 1 each year from his mom w/a msg in Thai "With love from mom" twitpic.com/7m8sml
Callaway Golf Europe
@CallawayTourSpy Thongchai Jaidee's bag in Hong Kong, with some RAZR X Musclebacks, new Forged 52 & 56º wedges & an X-Forged 60º twitpic.com/7lzavb
@CallawayTourSpy Thongchai on the practice green, slotting putts with his Odyssey belly putter twitpic.com/7lzqaa
Simon Hurd
@druhbelts Even Santa loves Druh.lol pic.twitter.com/mQMtcNy0
NOVEMBER 29
Josh Teater
@jteater12 Hey @RickieFowlerPGA is this the right size lockerz.com/s/160670866
Nike Golf
@nikegolf We found @TigerWoods on hole 1 rolling putts with his Method 001 to all pin placements... twitpic.com/7lu6f2
@nikegolf "My go-to club in the bag...all 14" - @TigerWoods
Marc Warren
@MarcWarrenGolf “@Chelsea_emil: @MarcWarrenGolf is the Nike Method putters good?” the technology is incredible and will give u the purest roll of any putter
@MarcWarrenGolf Big thank you to @efxusa performance wristbands for my new wristbands. #balance pic.twitter.com/bx5N6wjJ
FootJoy
@FootJoy You never know who will show up at TPI! Master wedge craftsman Bob Vokey with @GaryWoodland lockerz.com/s/160594638
@FootJoy Fresh off his victory at the World Cup, our friend @GaryWoodland came out for some work with DaVoke yfrog.com/nuq4vtzj
Vokey Wedges
@vokeyWedges Vokey loyalist @ZachJohnsonPGA working with Voke in anticipation of the Chevron World Challenge. yfrog.com/nzcpgkvj
@vokeyWedges Voke and @ZachJohnsonPGA discussing the grooves on the new SM4 wedges. yfrog.com/obr2ugfj
@vokeyWedges Voke taking a few notes on @ZachJohnsonPGA 's wedges yfrog.com/nzda3ufj
@vokeyWedges Sound check with Vokey loyalist @ZachJohnsonPGA yfrog.com/h7ykphpj
Zach Johnson
@ZachJohnsonPGA New @VokeyWedges stocking cap...thanks Dave and Voke! #yearoftheVoke lockerz.com/s/160606832
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney No RT @PCAurand: @HankDHaney Are pros allowed to adjust their R11 drivers during a round?
@HankDHaney Because they r great putters RT @cmt268: @TheGolfTECBrit then why so many Scotty's winning tournaments and majors?
@HankDHaney It's the clubface grooves that product the roll RT @johnhuggan: aren't they just copies of pings? #lookslikeittome
NOVEMBER 28
Michael Breed, PGA
@MichaelBreed Getting fit at TPI. Larry, Deano and Cliff are the best!! Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker were there as well!! pic.twitter.com/RFftBPs5
FootJoy
@FootJoy Setting up at TPI for photo shoot with Steve Stricker. lockerz.com/s/160289899
@FootJoy From the Cape Cod collection... lockerz.com/s/160311068
@FootJoy From the Savannah collection. Easy sell for a Wisconsin fan... lockerz.com/s/160313655
@FootJoy This from the Napa Valley collection. #FJspring2012apparel lockerz.com/s/160414195
@FootJoy This from the Napa Valley collection. Look for Steve to wear the new apparel at Chevron this week!#FJspring2012apparel lockerz.com/s/160414964
@FootJoy We've got to find a new show bag for Steve. That ball and tee FJ logo is a collectors item! lockerz.com/s/160312625
David Byrne
@David_Byrne87 Thanks to @RIFEPUTTERS for having me and coach @LaFave11 in today. Let's get serious - their putters are the best- thank you!!
Titleist Europe
@TitleistEurope Here's teen Thai star, Panuphol Pittayarat (Coconut) with his ammo ready to tackle the HK Open. yfrog.com/h2inonkj
Josh Teater
@jteater12 Maybe! RT @bsgilfedder: @jteater12 just got my new @Swiftwick shipment I think I may have more pairs than you now! pic.twitter.com/RF78v4t4
Vokey Wedges
@VokeyWedges Coming soon to WedgeWorks--the Limited Release Vokey 460 Indigo! What do you think of the cool blue PVD finish? pic.twitter.com/biFw3b2A
@VokeyWedges We've had lots of requests for a Vokey Stand Bag--and here it is! vokey.com/vokeystore/do/… cc @Titleist pic.twitter.com/AlrNMFqD
Odyssey Golf
@odysseygolf With a win on the JGTO yesterday, @odysseygolf Putters have now earned 70 wins across the six major Tours this year.
Brett Packee, PGA
@brettpackeegolf Really excited about the new @Golf_Mizuno R 12 wedges and my wedge seminar this SUN. #shouldbefun twitpic.com/7l9zrm
Whitlam Golf
@WhitlamGolfUSA Just had lunch with Kevin Kim. Now working on his new putters and irons
Puma Golf
@PUMAGolf check out @RickieFowlerPGA and his twin earlier this week in Australia rocking the new Duo Swing GeoPrint Polo! pic.twitter.com/4pYboweI
TaylorMade Golf Europe
@TaylorMadeTour Busy day on the range in Hong Kong, just down at the TaylorMade adidas store for it's Grand Opening. #HKOpen twitpic.com/7l2bwy
@TaylorMadeTour Think @justinrose99 maybe opening the store!! #HKOpen twitpic.com/7l2i08
Hank Haney, PGA
@HankDHaney R11 stiff shaft RT @MattyZink: what would u recommend for @taylormadegc irons 11 hdcp 275 yd driver, Also what shafts 86 mph 6 iron.
@HankDHaney Method RT @TheGolfTECBrit: better roll Nike Method or Scotty? Thanks!
@HankDHaney Sweet set RT @MrTaylorMade007: just arrived!!! R11 and Spider pic.twitter.com/Szt8U0Zk