2010 Training Aids Buyer's Guide

Grip Solid
Suggested Retail Price: $19.95
Description: The Grip Solid is an innovative training aid – A thin rubber strap that is worn over your glove. The Grip Solid has a raised, flexible bar called the FLEX•BAR which positions your club in the perfect position. Soft fins along the FLEX•BAR conform to the taper of your club to immediately let you know if you grip too tightly at any point in your swing.
Special Features: The Grip Solid immediately helps cure your hooks and slices while ensuring proper grip pressure for a smooth wrist hinge. It helps you square the clubface and hit longer, more consistent shots. With the Grip Solid you can practice while you play with any lofted club.


Contact: 1-888-427-6504 www.GripSolid.com

Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing
Macmillan – St. Martin’s Press. Suggested Retail Price: $24.99
Description: Learn the secrets PGA Tour players use to take their game to the next level. PGA Tour biomechanics coach Joey D shares his 10 years of experience to help you improve your game.
“This book perfectly captures Coach Joey D’s passion for — and knowledge of — golf fitness.” — Zach Johnson
“I am in better shape today - more flexible, stronger, more mobile - at 53 than I was at 30.” — Greg Hopkins, CEO, Cleveland Golf
Special Features: By understanding and changing your body, you’ll be able to correct your mechanics naturally so you can take your game to the next level. GolfGym products discount offer included.

Contact: 877-4 GOLFGYM - (877) 446-5349 www.golfgym.com

PivotPro
Suggested Retail Price: $89.99
Description: Pivot is the engine that drives the golf swing. The #1 reason for lack of power and inconsistent golf shots is excessive sway or incorrect pivoting. Build a smooth, powerful and consistent swing. PivotPro will force you to load properly without swaying or reverse pivoting, thus maximizing distance and consistency. PivotPro is the recipient of the PGA “New Product” Award and endorsed by Jim McLean – world renowned golf instructor. PivotPro is used by Tour pros and leading golf academies around the world.
Special Features: PivotPro provides instant feedback if you pivot incorrectly. PivotPro will force you to load properly and achieve proper pivot during your full shots, chip shots and bunker shots. PivotPro comes with a Money Back Guarantee on all orders.

Contact: (888) 842-8777 www.PivotPro.Net

SensoGlove
SensoSolutions Suggested Retail Price: $89 (men’s and ladies sizes S-XL); $25 for replacement gloves.
Description: SensoGlove is the first and only golf glove with built-in sensors that constantly read the pressure of your grip. Practicing with SensoGlove will teach you the correct grip pressure for a smooth, consistent swing that delivers greater distance, enhanced precision and lower scores!
Special Features: The glove reads and displays your grip pressure on to a sweat-proof lightweight computer attached to the back of the glove and warns you if you exceed your target level. The 1.2-inch LED screen shows you what finger is gripping too tight, so you can adjust your grip accordingly for a more consistent swing. The computer also has a built-in audio warning to let golfers know exactly when they’re gripping too tightly during their swing. Now get 10% OFF for a limited time only! Use “GOLFTIPSMAG” as a coupon code.

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.SensoGlove.com

RoboCup
Fine Tune Golf. Suggested Retail Price: $59.95
Description: The RoboCup helps you get the most out of your putting practice, both at home and at the course. RoboCup fits in practice or full-depth cups. Balls are returned 14 feet or more, depending on green speed. Includes the RoboCup Caddy Cord, which redirects even missed putts back into the golf hole.
Special Features: If you’re serious about your game, you need to be a great putter. Great putters are made, not born. Spend more time improving your putting and less time picking up golf balls. It doubles or triples the number of practice putts you can take because it saves you so much time retrieving your shots, as well as the wear and tear from bending your back.

Contact: (877) 438-8434 www.finetunegolf.com

The Swing Speed Radar® with Tempo Timer
Sports Sensors, Inc. Suggested Retail Price: $149.95
Description: The SWING SPEED RADAR® with TEMPO TIMER (SSRTT) measures ACTUAL TEMPO TIME from club takeaway to ball impact, as well as the SWING SPEED of the club head as it approaches the ball.
Special Features: The SSRTT can be used by all golfers as they strive to optimize their swing mechanics for their best distance, control and accuracy. It’s used at all Jim McLean Golf Schools.

Contact: (888) 542-9246 www.sportssensors.com

Super Impact Bag
Golf Around The World, Inc. Suggested Retail Price: $49.99
Description: Twice as big as the standard Impact Bag, the Super Impact Bag provides a larger surface area for the clubface and shaft. The V printed on the bag is used as a shaft reference for the plane of the shaft at address and impact. The R & L balls at the bottom provide an oversized visual reference reminding the player to come slightly from the inside when contacting the ball. This is a limited production run of only 500 of these special bags.
Special Features: Fill with cloth and strike to perfect your position at impact.

Contact: (800) FOR-GARY www.golfaroundtheworld.com

The Original SwingRite
SwingRite, LLC. Suggested Retail Price: $149.99 (purchase on our website and get a free grip laser.)
Description: The SwingRite is one of the game’s easiest and most effective training aids any golfer can use. Simply swing it and listen for the click. If released properly, the SwingRite will click at the bottom of your swing. You can easily pinpoint and correct an early or late hand release. Making this correction will result in farther and straighter shots. Adjust the SwingRite to work on club head speed and tempo. No golfer should be without this training aid!
Special Features: The SwingRite is easily adjustable for different swing speeds and tempos, allowing it to be used by men, women, and juniors of all ages and levels! The SwingRite helps identify and maintain the correct wrist angle (lag) throughout the swing for improved distance and greater accuracy. Also, work on increasing club head speed by turning the steel head to a lower number. If you are serious about improving your golf game and hitting more consistently, the SwingRite is for you.

Contact: (866) 660-7387 www.SwingRite.com

The Putting Arc®
(Pat. No. 6,561,920 B1)Available in three models, the Deluxe, MSIII and T3. Suggested Retail Price: $89.95, $69.95 and $35.95
Description: The Putting Arc® will teach you the on-plane, one-piece putting stroke used on the pro tours. It is based on the 2200-year-old elliptical formula of Apollonius of Perga. Last year, known users won 151 pro tournaments, two majors and the Grand Slam of Golf. Except for one lucky shot and one unlucky shot, last year’s total would have been four majors. Over 850 pros have won 800 tournaments since the Putting Arc® was introduced in 2003. It is also used by the top juniors, amateurs and college golfers in the world.
Special Features: The Putting Arc® will quickly improve your putting stroke, and this is often confirmed by SAM PuttLab score improvements from stroke percentiles in the 60s to the mid and even high 90s.

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (800) 898-0701 M-F 9-5 ET www.ThePuttingArc.com

Window to Success
Golf Around The World, Inc. Suggested Retail Price: $229.99
Description: Shot shaping is a skill few amateurs possess. Knowing how to control your trajectory or work the ball around, over or through a target is difficult because there’s often no way to practice and improve this aspect of your game other than being stuck behind a tree on tournament day. Window to Success is constructed of steel poles set in weighted bases. Measuring almost 8' tall, the product sets up in about a minute and may be configured numerous ways depending on your needs. Set your Window down-range 10-15 yards for full shots or use it around the greens as a 3-D intermediary target.
Special Features: Colored crossbars adjust to create custom target windows.

Contact: (800) FOR-GARY www.golfaroundtheworld.com

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