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Need Presents? It’s AG’s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide!
TITLEIST 718 T-MB IRONS $280/Club Now available as a full set of irons, the new 718 T-MB irons by Titleist deliver high launch and longer distance while maintaining a compact, muscleback design. Available in 2-iron through 50-degree wedge. www.titleist.com BRIDGESTONE TOUR B GOLF BALLS $44.99 The new line of golf balls from Bridgestone features four models – X, XS, RX …
The Hickory De-Evolution
Golf has never been simple to master. It’s a complex game with a multitude of moving parts. The swing is a symphony of action, starting deep within the gravitational bounds of the earth and working its way up through the legs, midsection, torso and arms to create power. As with any symphony, if any one of those components is flawed, …
2017 Best of Public Golf
The proverbial “Top 10 List” is arguably a staple of modern day culture (and, seemingly, about 45 percent of the entire contents of the Internet). Flip through the guide on your television any day of the week, and you can probably find a show with “countdown” in the title, or “best of” in the program description. Websites such as Buzzfeed …
Looking Ahead on the PGA Tour
Last month, the PGA Tour released the 2017-2018 schedule, and while not much changed (it looks like we will have to wait another year or two before the talks of the PGA Championship moving to May and THE PLAYERS moving back to March come to fruition), there are a few new wrinkles that should provide some interest. Here are some …
Cody Gribble – The PGA Tour’s Next Lone Star
In the excitement whirlwind that is DFW’s Golfing Golden Child Jordan Spieth, it may be easy to forget that there is a growing contingent of hungry, talented young golfers from the Lone Star state that are making their own mark on the world of amateur and professional golf. At the amateur level, University of Texas standout Scottie Scheffler earned low …
Club Fitting for Pinheads
These days, every golfer is a gear head. We all have at least one adjustable club in our bag (and most of us have at least two, if not three or four), and can be seen tinkering, tweaking and fiddling with the adjustable components, trying to “dial in” the driver to gain that extra 5-10 yards. Behind all the gear …
Plano’s Newest Icon of Opulence
North Texas isn’t just experiencing a boom in growth, it’s a full-on explosion. From the epicenter of Dallas spreading to the outlying suburbs, such as Plano, Frisco, Allen and McKinney, businesses from all over the country are flocking to this newly formed corporate Mecca and setting up shop. Toyota, Liberty Mutual, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America are joining …
Luxury Essentials
Bugatti Chiron ▪ $2.5 Million Ultra-modern, incredibly fast, agile and powerful with a stylistically demanding design and the highest possible levels of comfort. This supercar has a 16-cylinder, 4-turbocharger engine that produces a face-peeling 1,500 horsepower and goes 0-60 in 2.4 seconds. However, it is electronically “limited” to a top speed of 261 mph. Available in 8 color combinations. SONY …
The Re-Prioritization of Hunter Mahan
Once the Lone Star State’s most promising young golfer, McKinney boy Hunter Mahan is now a 35-year-old father who has found his life’s truest passion – his family THE PLAYERS Championship, golf’s so-called Fifth Major, draws one of the best annual fields on the PGA Tour, with nearly every top player competing or commentating if they’re injured and can’t actually …
2017 AT&T Byron Nelson Photo Gallery
AVIDGOLFER Magazine was on-site for the final AT&T Byron Nelson Tournament at TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas. Let’s take a look at the final spin around the course and all the sights that came with it. Photography by Jason Wesch and Tara Tamer “The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about …