Tom Watson - Lessons of a Lifetime

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a conference call with other golf writers talking to Tom Watson. The phone call lasted about one hour and we were able to ask Tom questions about his new DVD program titled - Lessons of a Lietime.

It was really slick. Tom related stories about how he learned to play the game of golf from his father and other celebrated teachers. His shared with us some secrets to his long time success from a personal and professional nature.

If you have a chance to purchase the DVD program - we highly recommend it. Every golfer will learn a lot from watching and then putting into practise what Tom suggests. It is a golf instructional program for those just learning the game as well as those who have played for many years - no matter what their handicap.

New grooves and old grooves

I just read an article about the new grooves on irons that golfers will be having to purchase. Tour players now, and us weekend golfers in the future.

The article was very technical - it discussed launch angle, spin rate, apex, descent angle, and more. The test they performed went into detail about the ball, weather, golfers, and all kinds of stuff. They used a 56 degree wedge, manufacturer unknown.

What was very interesting was it could be broken down to a couple of sentences...

If you play the new grooves, then shots from the fairway will roll about twice as far when they land on the green.

If you play the new grooves, then shots form the rough will roll about twice as far when they land on the green.

Here is a bit more for you. Shots from the rough will roll about three to four times as much as they do from the fairway. Didn't matter whether it was new grooves or old.