Roundup: Days One And Two 2015 PGA Show
/Just based on the Morning Drive's coverage there was a noticeable uptick in energy and bodies at day two of the 2015 PGA Show after day one conveyed an, uh, mellow vibe. A few folks on-site confirmed what was visible on Golf Channel in the day two improvement.
GolfDigest.com’s Live From The PGA Show micro-blog focuses on some of the more fun and offbeat products, starting with Sun Mountain's Reflex push cart
Luke Kerr-Dineen also looks at the $995 golf bike and Ryan Herrington profiles the Aeroe GolfPod.
Jim Achenbach reports at Golfweek.com on the Most Innovative Concept Award winner, Mike Jones's $30 Tour View glasses to help with head stability.
Adam Schupak on the splash made by G/Fore launching high-end clothes to go with the previously launched shoes by founder and designer Mossimo Giannull.
Morning Drive’s visits to Srixon, Ping, Titleist and Scotty Cameron also provided an opportunity to do a white balance check on the backs of the Acushnet sales force. And their visits to TaylorMade, Callaway and Bridgestone Golf.
And their visit with the new Ben Hogan Golf team. Golfweek's Achenbach offers his first reaction to the new Hogan irons both aesthetically and functionally.
What Koehler is doing is simple and perhaps revolutionary. There is no 6-iron in the new Hogan scheme. In fact, there are no traditional numbers of any kind, eliminating the concept of 1-iron through 9-iron. The numbers are replaced by lofts.
Morning Drive also featured some fun niche products during Wednesday's coverage, including Matt Ginella's stop by the Ship Sticks booth for an interview with CEO Nick Coleman that covers some of their pricing and methodology.
Callaway has a 21st century online presence this year, with this blog of all their coverage. On the whimsical side is their XR Speed Read Challenge with visitors to the booth.
Harry Arnett talks to Lydia Ko and David Leadbetter at Callaway’s Live Studio. Yesterday he interviewed Annika Sorenstam, CEO Chip Brewer and Gary Woodland.
Full Swing Golf announced an endorsement deal with Tiger Woods and Woods Tweeted about it. Jason Crook reports.
And finally, Mark Aumann has a good story on GolfBoard, with testimonials from demo day folks who tried it and some video as well.
GolfChannel.com has this image gallery from the day as well as links to related galleries.
Golfweek.com also posts a nice Instagram compilation of product closeups along with galleries for Wednesday. Many other galleries of Titlest, Adidas and Nike events can be found at their photos page.