Golf Thoughts - Perspective

We have been in business a very long time and talked with hundreds of golfers over the years. The following is a letter I rec'd and forwarded to our e-mail customers. Below is one of the comments I rec'd back from a customer.

You don't know me. I am just a customer who ordered something from your store. But, this email that you sent hit me, and I want to thank you for it. I am not a good golfer; I didn't take up the sport until my mid-40's. I will never be a great golfer. And, I am so hard on myself--I want so badly to score well. But, this email puts it into perspective. It doesn't matter what I shoot. It doesn't matter what my handicap is. It DOES matter whether or not I enjoy being out there, and more importantly, whether others enjoy being out there with me. So, thank you. Really, thank you.
Hope you all enjoy as I have.
Lou 
VegasGolfPros.com

Golf Thoughts - Perspective

If most golfers were able to somehow miraculously take a trip into the future and write a letter to their younger self as a golfer, I imagine that it would likely sound a little something like this…

SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED LETTER TO:

Dear Younger Me,

I can’t play golf anymore. I tried to swing the club the other day, but my body wouldn't cooperate. The best I can do now is sometimes take walks on the course, but my eyes aren't as good as they used to be so I don’t see much. I have a lot of time to sit and think now, and I often think about the game.

It was my favorite game. I played most of my adult life. Thousands of rounds, thousands of hours practicing. As I look back, I guess I had a pretty good time at it. But now that I can’t do it anymore, I wish I had done it differently.

It’s funny, but with all the time I spent playing golf, I never thought I was a real golfer. I never felt good enough to really belong out there. It doesn't make much sense, since I scored better than average and a lot of people envied my game, but I always felt that if I was just a little better or a little more consistent, then I’d feel really good. I’d be satisfied with my game. But I never was. It was always “One of these days I’ll get it” or “One day I’ll get there” and now here I am. I can’t play anymore, and I never got there.

I met a whole lot of different people out on the course. That was one of the best things about the game. But aside from my regular partners and a few others, I don’t feel like I got to know many of those people very well. I know they didn't really get to know me. At times they probably didn't want to. I was pretty occupied with my own game most of the time and didn't have much time for anyone else, especially if I wasn't playing well.

So why am I writing you this letter anyway, just to complain? Not really. Like I said, my golfing experience wasn't that bad. But it could have been so much better, and I see that so clearly now. I want to tell you, so you can learn from it. I don’t want you to getting to my age and feel the same regrets I’m feeling now.

I wish, I wish. Sad words, I suppose, but necessary. I wish I could have played the game with more joy, more freedom. I was always so concerned with “doing it right” that I never seemed to be able to enjoy just doing it at all. I was so hard on myself, never satisfied, always expecting more. Who was I trying to please? Certainly not myself, because I never did. If there were people whose opinions were important enough to justify all that self-criticism, I never met them.

I wish I could have been a better playing partner. I wasn't a bad person to be with, really, but I wish I had been friendlier and gotten to know people better. I wish I could have laughed and joked more and given people more encouragement. I probably would have gotten more from them, and I would have loved that. There were a few bad apples over the years, but most of the people I played with were friendly, polite, and sincere. They really just wanted to make friends and have a good time. I wish I could have made more friends and had a better time.

I’m inside a lot now and I miss the beauty of the outdoors. For years when I was golfing I walked through some of the most beautiful places on earth, and yet I don’t feel I really saw them. Beautiful landscapes, trees, flowers, animals, the sky, and the ocean – how could I have missed so much? What was I thinking of that was so important – my grip, my backswing, my stance? Sure, I needed to think about those sometimes, but so often as to be oblivious to so much beauty? And all the green – the wonderful, deep, lush color of green! My eyes are starting to fail. I wish I had used them better so I would have more vivid memories now.

So what is it that I’m trying to say? I played the type of game that I thought I should play, to please the type of people that I thought I should please. But it didn't work. My game was mine to play, but I gave it away. It’s a wonderful game. Please, don’t lose yours. Play a game that you want to play. Play a game that gives you joy and satisfaction and makes you a better person to your family and friends. Play with enthusiasm, play with freedom. Appreciate the beauty of nature and the people around you. Realize how lucky you are to be able to do it. All too soon your time will be up, and you won’t be able to play anymore. Play a game that enriches your life.

That’s all I have to say. I don’t really know how this letter will get to you, but I hope that it reaches you in time.

Enjoy your time(s) on the course,

The Holes are Still There

The CHRISTMAS Season Is here and are you wondering if you have been naughty or nice? This could help! My Uncle wrote this in 1978 and I think it is a good read and a great lesson in life. If you like it, pass it on.


“Please, dad, what can I do
To stop being bad and benefit you?”
“Hang up a board, my little lad,
Drive in a nail whenever you’re bad.
In time, you’ll see the wrongs you do
And start behaving if your effort’s true.”
The boy did this and as time went by,
A bright little twinkle came to his eye,
The nails had stopped going into the board.
He bowed his head and thanked the Lord,
Then rushed to his dad, who followed him back,
To see the good news, no good did he lack.
“Now what can I do to right all the bad?”
The little boy asked, as he turned to his dad.
“Remove one nail for each good deed,
Like helping others when they’re in need.”
Again the boy did just as told
And before long was on the right road.
When from the board the nails disappeared,
He called to his dad who beside him appeared.
“See, dad, the nails are all gone,”
The little boy said, his heart was a song.
“Yes, my son, the board is bare,
“But always remember. . .
The Holes Are Still There! “

Richard Cangey


By Lance Cangey  
www.VegasGolfPros.com
For all your golf equipment, irons, woods and footwear.

Callaway Golfs' New Apex Forged Golf Clubs

Callaway Golfs' New Apex Forged Golf Clubs

Wow, well it took basically 10 years for Callaway Golf to use something from the company they purchased - Ben Hogan. At VegasGolfPros.com we have been asking our Callaway Representative when Callaway was going to come out with a new line for their newly acquired company and every year I would hear, "next year".

Well that "next year" is finally here with the new introduction of the Callaway Golf Apex Forged golf clubs. I know it is not a Hogan it just bears the name of one of Ben Hogans most popular selling sets of irons. Today December 6th is the official release date of the clubs and we are now allowed to unveil and sell them to the public.

I must admit I was very excited when I learn of this set coming out. I have always been a fan of Hogan clubs and I wanted Callaway do something awesome with the line, to remake the iconic golf clubs of the past into something new and innovative.  I must say I think they have. I was disappointed the clubs were not under the Ben Hogan name, but the clubs are extra special. 

I have hit the clubs (Only in our net so far) but I must say they have hit the mark. (pun intended) I love the look of this new iron and the forging makes it feel smooth off the face. The golf club feels soft, almost pliable in a way that it makes you feel like the golf club is wrapping itself around the ball. The shaft they use is a True Temper XP 95 which in my opinion is one of the better steel shafts that has become available in recent years. I love it! I can't wait to take it out on the golf course for the true test.

All in all I think Callaway has done a great job with this new offering and Ben himself would have been proud. You can check out the irons on our website at http://www.vegasgolfpros.com/Callaway_Apex_Mens_forged_Golf_Clubs and maybe Santa Clause will think you have been nice this year.

Merry Christmas!

Vegas Golf Inc. - - TaylorMade Rocketbladez

TaylorMade RocketBladez Men's Golf Clubs

The TaylorMade RocketBladez Men's Golf Clubs were inspired by its predecessor RocketBallz Irons. The TaylorMade RocketBladez Men's Golf Club was made with the RBZ speed pocket design in the 3-7 irons that works with an ultra thin face and has an improved Invereted Cone shape on the head to promote consistent and high ball speeds which translates into more distance on center and off-center hits.  The TaylorMade RocketBladez Men's Golf Clubs have an incredible feel that is promoted by a specially developed polyurethane that was created by 3M. The futuristic metal fills the RBZ Speed Pocket which queits vibration without slowing the flex of pocket while also keeping out all the dirt and debris.

The iron set was designed to have a consistent distance between the gaps throughout the set by precisley managing the RBZ Speed Pocket, Inverted Cone, Face Thickness, Cg Location and also shaft length and loft. Made with a shorter hosel the weight of the club is reduced by 9 grams, offering faster swing speeds and moves the CG location closer to the center. By doing this TaylorMade promotes a higher launch angle, higher peak trajectory and steeper descent angle for quick-stopping landings and a ton more distance.

• Flexes and rebounds at impact, increasing the speed of the face to promote faster ball speed and a higher, stronger ball flight for more distance and a higher ball flight that lands on a steeper, quicker-stopping decent angle. You'll feel more comfortable going to the pin from farther out.
• Fantastic feel promoted by a specially formulated polyurethane that fills that Speed Pocket and quiets vibration without significantly slowing/inhibiting the flex of the pocket. (It also keeps debris out).
• The Speed Pocket advantage is especailly effective on impacts made low on the face wehre 72% of iron shots hit by most golfers are struck. So it's more forgiving.

Product Highlights:

• Set includes: 4-PW, AW.
• RBZ Speed Pocket in #4-7.
• 17.5 grams of weight is strategically redistributed to lower and center the CG location, promoting a higher launch angle, higher peak trajectory and steeper descent angle for quick-stopping landings.
• New external and internal notches in the hosel make it easy to bend the head to adjust the lie angle.
• Improved Inverted Cone design reduces directional dispersion to promote improved accuaracy.
• 11% thinner ace add up to 10 COR points vs. Bruner 2.0 so that thin shots carry farther.
• Progressive offset promotes a square face at impact for straighter shots.
• Strong maraging stainless steel construction.
• RocketFuel Graphite and Steel shafts available in Regular - Senior - Stiff
• Available separately: 3 Iron - Sand Wedge - Lob Wedge
• Available in left and right handed.

Always the best price and service - VegasGolfPros serving golfers needs for 27 years.

The Outlaw Keegan Bradley?

Golf A 4 Letter Word

“The Outlaw Keegan Bradley?”

Really? Really?

What is going on with this new ruling on belly putter handed down from the powers that be? I have been in the golf business for 27 years and this is the most useless, unneeded and waste of manpower I have seen. Belly putters although popular are not by a long way dominating the tour. Yes they are popular and yes they do help some putt better, but is it cheating? NO WAY! I can loop a long putter just as easy as a short putter, in fact worse. I have seen many players go to a long putter and it not change their lives by a long way. So I ask you, the groove ruling was to stop the “huge” control players had out of the rough, right. Well I still see the ball backing up on greens without issue. So what did it change for those players who can make that shot with dimples for grooves, like the old R90 Wilson wedge.  None that I can see, I am sure they have to come at the ball a little differently but they still make that golf ball dance.

The PGA says that your long /belly putter will not be allowed to be anchored to your body. Am I missing something maybe I am confused. They are talking about allowing you to anchor the putter to your forearm, wrist and hands. In preparation for this Odyssey has already released an email blast for their debut of the Odyssey Metal X Arm Lock putter available in January at VegasGolfPros.com.  I don’t see why that is any different. If you remember years ago there was a forearm putter from Cobra. That was a buzz for while too.

With this ruling they have basically killed the belly putter business. No one will want to be accused of cheating. So throw away your belly and long putter because a few people won with them they are going to ruin golf as we know it. Oh and never mind about most Tour Pros hitting the golf ball around 300 yards that fine, we just don’t want them to have a short game.

See you on the green.

Lance

VegasGolfPros.com

Vegas Golf Inc. - - Holiday Winter Deals

The holiday season brings out the best of the best from each golf manufacturer who look to capitalize on golfers looking for the edge they have been craving. Most of the times the prices could be more expensive than normal, but the quality of product offered is usually worth the extra buck. If you are a thrifty shopper looking for a deal, you are in the exactly right place where you are supposed to be.

I have gathered and collected information on few great products for golfers this Christmas that could save you time and money.

First off let me inform you about a special brand of golf shoes that are inexpensive, crafted from high quality materials and is backed by a C.E.O. who stands by all his products.

A-Game Golf Shoes create shoes with innovations, which enhances golfer’s game to take them to the next level. For instance, Brisole Technology, we all know what bristles are; little bristles usually on the bottom of scrub brushes. Brisole Technology is the same thing; A-Game features bristles on the end of a selection of their shoes that allows the golfer to swipe clean the face of a club face with a flick of the tip of their foot. This allows you to keep your focus and keep your head in the game instead of finding your towel to clean your clubs.

The prices are very inexpensive compared to many other shoes on the market, and if you think Brisole Technology is the only cutting edge Technology the A-Game Team imagined, you’re in for a surprise, Click here to see some of the most creative, contemporary, modern shoes you have seen ever before.

Second let me talk about golf clubs that are inexpensive but still deliver the performance you all want. Tour Edge is a manufacturer that has created a driver that holds the world record for distance. If you think the ball stops there you should keep looking, because the ball rolls all the way through to the irons. Many of Tour Edge’s golf clubs start at $599.95 for a 8 piece set.

Let’s take a moment and compare that to other manufacturer prices. TaylorMade recently released the Rocketbladez Golf Irons, the predecessor of Rocketballz Irons. The irons are spectacular on paper, they are claimed to give more distance and be forgiving at the same time, the price tag: $799.95. That is incredibly $200.00 more than the Tour Edge Irons.

We won’t stop there; the new JPX825 Irons from Mizuno will cost you a cool $699.95. The price is $100.00 cheaper than the Rocketbladez from TaylorMade, but still an astonishing $100.00 more than the Tour Edge. Remember also, these are starting prices, if you wish to upgrade your Tour Edge Irons you are looking at an extra $100.00, you want to upgrade either the Mizuno or the TaylorMade clubs you are going to exceed $200.00. Please don’t just take my word for it, start to compare prices for yourself and see the truth with your own eyes.

I even looked at winter golf gloves and compared prices for you. If you find yourself in the South-West or even in the South and you can golf in the winter, pick up a pair of FootJoy WinterSof Winter Golf Gloves. If you are shopping for a new golf bag that is high quality but still at the same time a good price, look at the Mizuno ScratchSac Carry Bag for 79.95. There are so many great deals out there, take your time and shop. Also give 1(888)873-0208 and talk to any member at Vegas Golf Inc. and they will be more than glad to help you get your special somebody that special something this holiday season.

2013 A-Game Golf Shoes

As the seasons slowly change, the world of golf also changes as. What was once new and the most desired club on the market, the always sold-out, back-ordered club becomes overstocked on shelves and gathering dust. Customers are filled with anticipation for the fresh new drivers and iron sets from the entire list of major brands i.e. Titleist, TaylorMade, Adams, etc. The new innovations, designs, looks and shafts get people caught up in the golf fever just as if it was their first time on the greens.

What some do over look in the ever-changing game of golf, is the small brands that are looking to climb the ladder with great products that change the face of the game. Small business and manufacturers look for the next big idea or that one little idea that has a profound effect on the game so it changes as we know it. It may not even be so much huge variance to where righties will swing left, maybe a small thing that will add convenience to make the game more enjoyable and smoother for the average Joe.

In Las Vegas, NV there is a up and coming, small operating shoe company, that is producing some of the best shoes on the market that will compete with any brand you throw up on the board. This small Las Vegas brand that has big ideas I am referring to is labeled A-Game Golf.

The problem with breaking down the door into the golf business to become a huge success is the market is so saturated with monster sovereigns and many golfers are loyal to their brand. For instance, many golfers who golf TaylorMade clubs will probably suit up and show up in attire with the Adidas logo. That is not the only brand where people will “Brand Up” and strictly purchase that brand and that brands sister companies merchandise.

There is nothing wrong with that, but when we as golfers get stuck on that narrow, one sided track, we have no idea if there is anything better.

It is insanity! A-Game Golf Shoes should be the most desirable shoes on the market if you ask this writers opinion. Year in, year out, Ed Coleman (C.E.O. of A-Game Golf) designs a shoe that makes you grin the first time you see the shoe, simply for the reason of uniqueness and the thought “Why didn’t they make this sooner?”

For 2012, the most desirable shoe they had available to men on the market, was the A-Game Galaxy Slip-On Golf Shoes. I could not tell you how many times we had to ship a box of those to somewhere in the country, the simple reason was it was the only shoe on the market that was slip-on besides Dawg Golf Shoes. For some reason, no other company was thinking outside the box and doing this.

The A-Game Slip-On Golf Shoe made a ripple through the market and started a slip-on golf shoe craze that didn't stop all the way up to they were discontinued. Luckily A-Game came back for the 2013 year with a slip on shoe that was better than its predecessor. For 2013 Ed made a easy slip shoe that had an adjustable back that could fit a wider foot that other slip-on shoes couldn't.

Besides the adjustable back which you can strap down snug and tight, A-Game also threw in a stretchy shoe lace that you can tighten easily and latch down with a slider plastic piece that creates all around stability that we all want and need. All these unique tie down features but still easy to slide in and out of like a bad situation with a cute girl.

Technologies that make the game of golf more enjoyable for golfers seem to be A-Game’s specialty. Not too many companies are interested in coming up with the next big idea, it is almost like manufacturers these days are creating a more creative name for an old technology like shoe laces. Well, that is not the business Ed partakes in. Ed and who ever his behind the scenes crew is, look for ways to make his shoes better to add extra desirability to the shoe as well as functionality.

For example, a no gimmick technology that really is sparking interest of many golfers is this special technology that can be found nowhere else besides A-Game. This new technology is labeled Brisole Technology. This technology is featured on a selection of A-Game’s line up that is desired by many golfers not only in the Las Vegas area, but also the whole entire country.

If you are drawing a blank when I say Brisole Technology and you can’t figure out what the heck I am talking about, allow me to fill you in. What they have done over there in the A-Game Brainstorm Lab was create something that allows you to keep your focus on your approach to the ball by not breaking to clean your club face. With one simple swipe of the outside of your foot you clean the grooves of the club of any unwanted debris that may have been collected on the last hole of play.

Ladies don’t think the Las Vegas local has simply placed you on the back burner for somebody else to please. Many women find themselves getting frustrated out there because all these great shoes coming off the line every year are strictly dedicated to men golfers. The new innovations, the brand new looks, ladies if you find yourself getting overly frustrated about this situation, look up A-Game Chameleon Golf Shoes. These shoes give you the ability to have 5 different colors, with the same design, to make you match your outfit infinitum after the first time.

What gives you this ability is the color swatches that can be removed and swapped for a different color. The colors range from pink, blue, and red, green, brown and the base color is silver. Many of those colors could probably match what you are wearing right now, stop having a closet full of different shoes that you spend hundreds of dollars on, the A-Game Chameleon Ladies Golf Shoes are available at half the price that you usually will have to pay.

If nothing you have read here entices your tastes and makes you feel an urge to search for A-Game Golf Shoes, I am not sure what will. While you may think Adidas is the greatest shoe ever made, or greatest attire ever marketed, I suggest you try something that will be half the money and worth double the buck. Stop being a skeptic of everything you see on the internet or seen on T.V. or the golf channel. Many of A-Game’s Golf Shoes can go head-to-head and even surpass many major brand shoes that are selling for well over $200.00. Do yourself the favor, stop spending an arm and a leg every time you purchase a decent pair of shoes and buy a pair of A-Game Golf Shoes for no more than $89.99.