Champions Tour Stops

9/6/10

Mike had a productive week at Pebble beach this week for the First Tee Open. This event is unique format where each player is paired with a First Tee junior golfer. I think this is really neat and a great opportunity for a junior golfer to play with a legend of this great game!

 

Hal Sutton put a 52 degree in the bag. He liked this wedge since it had the KBS Hi-Rev shaft in it. Larry Nelson has played the Solus and is still showing a little love by putting a 60 degree in play. He adjusted it two degrees flat.


Jerry Pate took a 52 to test this week. Mike was not sure as of yesterday if he would put it in play this week. He will keep us posted. Mike had a little mishap with Jerry on Wednesday. Mike was testing a new wedge shaft out of the bunker and caught one shot this hitting Jerry! It bounced once and hit him in the crotch! Everyone had a good laugh at Jerry and Mike’s expense.


Tommy Armour is showing a little renewed interest in Solus this week. He told Mike if our 60 had 12 degrees of bounce on it he would put it right in play. Tommy took a 56 and loves it. His caddy is responsible for Tommy’s new vision of Solus. His caddy reminded him that Mickelson’s wedges had the same sole design and he thought Tommy should give them another look. Tommy agreed and is slowly coming around. He can be approached now that he is on the Champions Tour.


I had a real reliable source and fellow experience some of the same situations on the Champions Tour. When I say situations I mean things are different when these players are over on the Champions Tour. They are more accessible and will treat you completely different than on the PGA Tour. He has one of the top players on the Champions Tour using his club and had a real good relationship with him out there but when the player came back over to the PGA Tour he acted like he didn’t know him! Does that some familiar? Oh yes big brotha is watching!!!!!


Mike is scheduled to travel to Korea for this next event. If you remember the sponsor has charted a 747 for players, wives, caddies and reps for no charge. Mike had to just take care of his food and hotel. At this point Korea doesn’t have the accommodations to hold everyone going. Mike is on standby and will know something on Saturday morning when they are scheduled to depart whether he is a go or not. As of today he is 60% no go so he is in a holding pattern. I guess some of the first players are backing out which might make room for Mike. We will keep you posted.

8/30/10

Mike's week was pretty quiet for this time of year! Mike doesn’t report much week to week other than what clubs he has distributed. This week he had a request from Hal Sutton to add a FC-10/52 to his arsenal.

Our friend John Jacobs decided it was time for a new 56 so Mike got him fixed up!


Keith Clearwater and my good friend Billy Glasson both put in a new 60 degree! Perfect!


Mike is getting ready for his trip to Korea. Solus will get a little “International” exposure!

4/24/10

Mike followed up with me this morning regarding the adjustments they made to Bruce Fleisher’s 56. I told him that Bruce would probably not like the club once he de-lofted from 56 to 52. Well once again I was surprised to find out the results were positive once Bruce tested the wedge. Bruce was looking for a club that he could hit 105 yards so they adjusted it to that yardage. Surprisingly Bruce loved it and it went right in play next to his 60! It just goes to show you anything is possible on the PGA Tour!

4/20/10

This week Mike worked the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, GA. This event is fun one since all of the legends come out and play! Such as Billy Casper, Dow Finsterwald, Doug Sanders and Don January just to name a few. It is a fun event to watch since they are playing a two man team event format.

We continue to get requests for the 52 and 54 degree FC-10’s. Not having these lofts really put us behind! Hopefully we will soon have the balance of the lofts done and on the way! The players are already trying to get these lofts which in some cases circumvent the design. Bruce Fleisher is testing a 56 that he has de-lofted to 52. Bruce’s swing is steep and making the kinds of adjustments will not produce the desired results Bruce is looking for. The de-lofting adjustment “rocks” the bounce angles forward which will create a “digging” situation in Bruce’s case. He said he would let me know how it worked out. I can tell him how and tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted on testing! He all you can do is lead them to the water! He will figure out his cup has a hole in it!

A couple of the Legends got the first look at the new FC-10, Billy Casper and Tony Jacklin both picked up a 56 degree.

Mike actually ran out of wedges this week and will need to be reloaded before his next event in Mississippi.

I am hitting the road to Charlotte tomorrow morning, until next week have a good one!