Bite on the green good, bite in the mouth bad?

This is the ArmourBite, looks like a regular mouthguard you say? You couldn't be more wrong. This is a performance enhancing mouth piece made by Under Armour (because the logos didn't give it away). The basic concept is that when you clench your teeth your delaying or wasting energy and not allowing a free flow of power.  So basically if you hang your mouth wide open with and let your tongue hang out the side you should be able to drive the ball at least 600 yds.  Apparently Hunter Mahan trains with one and who knows he might have even made a putt at the Tour Championship if he wore one.  Check out more info at underarmour.com.

Choose Your Weapon

Golf ball manufacturers are spending a lot of marketing energy into ball fitting as of late.  Each brand makes a bevy of balls with each having slightly different ingredients in it's construction.  When I cared less about actually scoring and just loved to go out and bash the ball as far as I can (still do) I never really cared what ball I played.  I always assumed the more expensive the ball the better, which to some extent can be true.  However, most brands make balls to accommodate how much us average golfers suck and they will makes us better.  So next time you buy balls (back from your wife) take the time to read the package and buy a dozen that will help your game.  That doesn't meen buy the ball that happens to be on clearance or the one that says "Add 70+ Yards to Your Game!". Try a few different 3 ball sleeves unless you dump 8-9 into the woods per round like I do then try them out by the dozens. In case you were curious as to which balls the pros like playing, GolfDigest listed the top 8 balls based on wins on tour. The most winning ball on tour was the ProV1x with 21 victories, then the ProV1 with 6, Taylormade Penta TP - 5, then Nike, Callaway and Srixon bringing up the rear with fewer than 5.

Wozzilroy?! For real...

Is anyone else wondering how Titleist can create the most intricately milled clubs and wedges in the game, but they make a custom name engraving look like they did it opposite handed with their eyes closed?  They probably give McIlroy one of these every half an hour just because.  I think McIlroy and Woz are a great couple, both phenomenal athletes. However this custom inscribed club is probably the most exciting thing we'll have to talk about with those two.

Bill or Bradley?

Bill Haas was a candidate for the Presidents cup prior to generously boosting his bank account by winning the Tour Championship/FedEx Cup. I wish they would have given him the $10 million in those burlap sacks with the big $ sign full of coins. Then he could have taken them back to his mansion and put them in his vault room and dive into them like they do on DuckTales. Keegan Bradley is hands down the rookie of the year and has proved his metal by winning the PGA Championship. If I had to make a pick I would run with Haas, not only is his confidence sky high but I think he is a more consistent player. The only reason I would be okay with Freddy picking Bradley over Haas is the fact that Keegan thrives off adrenaline.  I wouldn't say he loves pressure, but adrenaline. If the momentum is starting his way he has the potential to run away from the competition. In the end I look at it like this, sure tough decision for Couples but at the end of the day its only the Presidents Cup.  I consider myself a huge golf fan and I care about the presidents cup as much as I care about how short Winn Mcmurray's dress will be. Yes I will be watching but I won't be walking around with my face painted and waving an American flag.

Tiger Woods, Now Featuring Joe LaCava

LaCava will be manning Tiger's bag at the Frys.com in Oct.  They are apparently long time friends and LaCava has definitely worked with some big names.  I'm actually somewhat disappointed that I didn't get picked to be his new caddie. I sent him at least 200 emails with pictures I drew (in crayon) of all the trophies we would win together. Anyways...I am sad to see Dustin Johnson be left by the wayside for LaCava to try to take a ride on the wild media ride that will be his next few months.  DJ is without a doubt one of the games top rising stars (my personal favorite of the mix) and is now forced to go scrounging for someone to clean his grooves. Wait maybe that doesn't sound right, he's looking for someone to clean his balls? He's looking for someone to read his putts. You get it.

Stay and Play

I would love to travel down south somewhere and do some sort of a stay and play.  I've been to Arizona before and it was beautiful.  If you have any recommendations on nice but affordable resorts put a link in the comments and I'll check it out. 

Arrival of Autumn

When the alarm went off for me this morning I had to check it multiple times.  I thought, how could it be 6 a.m. if it looks like its midnight outside. Despite snoozing the clock several times it never moved back to midnight as I had wished.  Is there anything more depressing than the time of year when you drive to work in pitch black and drive home in even darker pitch black? I'm sensing an early case of whatever that seasonal depression syndrome is because I am dreading winter.  Times like these make me wonder why I live here in the north.  I'm sure I could easily find a job and place to sleep down in Texas or something. I would love a 40 degree winter (if you call it that).  I always hear people talk about how we are so lucky to get to experience all of the seasons.  Are we lucky to slide around in stop and go traffic for 2 hours on a snowy afternoon? Are we lucky to step out of house to find that it's so cold your car wont even think about starting in the morning? I need to plan a winter vacation ASAP and give myself something to look forward to. Any ideas?