ARCCOS Lets You Track Your Game Like a Pro

Jon Rizzi | Colorado AvidGolfer ARCCOS Golf takes its name from a trigonometry function. It draws its inspiration from the PGA TOUR. The PGA TOUR quantifies players’ games in every statistic—driving distance, greens in regulation, number of putts, etc.—as well as exactly how far a player hits each club. The ingenious ARCCOS iPhone accessory makes … Read more

Holiday Gift Guide: Make Your Presents Felt

Gifts Well Worth Giving—and Getting Jon Rizzi | Colorado AvidGolfer Open Book Chambers Bay Golf Course’s improbable mutation from an ugly, abandoned gravel mine to the site of the 2015 U.S. Open expresses itself gorgeously in America’s St. Andrews (pictured above). This visually and journalistically lush paean exalts the vision of those who created a … Read more

Oakley’s G30 Sunglasses Could Improve Your Game

Save Your Eyes and Lower Your Scores with This Quick Fix Chris Duthie Golfers love outdoor eyewear to complement their game, especially when it can actually enhance playing performance. Providing protection and long-term health to eyes are a given, yet many golfers fail to recognize that wearing high quality sunglasses will actually help lower scores. … Read more

Santa Alert: Gifts For Your Favorite Avid Golfer

4 Christmas Stocking Stuffers to Sweeten the Holidays Chris Duthie With Christmas just seven weeks away, it’s no longer too early to think about how to stuff the stocking of your favorite avid golfer. Here are four hand-selected suggestions. Arccos Golf GPS Stat Tracking System Billed as the golf industry’s first real-time stat tracking system, … Read more

Gadgets Worth Getting

3 Ways to Gear Up for Your Next Rounds Chris Duthie Coloradoans may be facing the end of another spectacular golf season, but as usual, the search for the perfect swing continues. Game improvement gizmos and gadgets—ranging from insightful training aids to effective on-course tools—have always been a huge part of golf. Here are three … Read more

Easy Does It: Sun Mountain’s ClubGlider Travel Bag

Travel Smart Without Breaking the Back … and Bank Chris Duthie Golfers, like backpacking hikers, are zealots when it comes to weight. We worry about the weight of shafts, clubheads and grips, about minimizing apparel bulk and shedding restrictive layers to free up the swing. And we’re equally fastidious when it comes to the golf … Read more

Free Swing Catalyst App Can Improve Your Swing

New Game Improvement Technology for IPhone and IPad Users Chris Duthie It’s rare to find something that genuinely helps improve your golf game, and rarer still to discover that swing aid can be had for free. That’s what’s exciting about a new smartphone app being offered by the out-of-the-box innovators at Swing Catalyst. It’s called, … Read more

Wear to Play: Sunglasses

Find the perfect golf shades Jim Dandy Remember when the Oakley-wearing, expressionless David Duval drew comparisons to Darth Vader? At the time, he was one of the few Tour players wearing shades. Now just about all wear them—except when it’s time to read the greens. That’s when substance trumps style and the glasses move to … Read more

Surf the Golf Turf on a GolfBoard

New on-course transport is fun and fast Chris Duthie Dude! Check out the game’s latest on-course transport—the GolfBoard. Mimicking an oversized skateboard, the GolfBoard’s powerful four-wheel-drive engineering navigates steep terrain, easily carries gear and a heavy golfer (250-plus pounds) for as much as 36 holes, and is no more damaging to turf grass than a … Read more