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 Do you sway when you swing? SwingScope, a gluteus-hugging training aid introduced at the recent PGA Merchandise Show, helps fix that distance-robbing swing flaw. Utilizing auditory tones, SwingScope teaches the proper differential between the turn of the hips and the turn of the shoulders. Turn too much or sway and the SwingScope beeps to give you instant feedback. Turn correctly, no beep. After cinching it to my waist it took me about three minutes to get the SwingScope to stop beeping, it drove me crazy and seemed like three hours. However, after that initial struggle I was able to create the proper move over and over again. SwingScope sells for $120 and comes with two hours of video training from instructor Jim McLean. Check it out at www.SwingScope.com. PUTT PAL Necessity isn’t the mother who invented this new golf gadget, a rules change was. Putt Pal, a retractable greens brush, is an entrepreneur’s answer to the USGA’s change of rule 16-1A, which deals with touching the line of a putt. Amended last year, the rule now says a player can remove loose impediments on the green by any means as long as he or she doesn’t press down on the line. How many times have you wished you had a brush to thoroughly sweep sand, duck droppings or fall leaves out of your line? Putt Pal accomplishes this and has two models: a $20 version that fits in your pocket a $30 version that attaches to a golf shaft so you don’t even have to bend over to clean the green. Putt Pal is available at www.puttpalusa.com. BALLSTALKER We’ve all played with guys who hit it into the woods and come out with a dozen extra balls. This ball hawk always walks the edge of the fairway in search of errant shots, and when they come to a clear pond, out comes their ball retriever. Working similarly to the picker used on a driving range, the BallStalker picks up balls along the bottom of a water hazard and can hold up to nine balls in a single pass. At a suggested retail of $29, it’s likely you’ll never buy a new ball again. For more information, visit www.reach-all.com. — ERIC TRACY |
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