Golf-gear overload at the PGA Merchandise Show. Golf commentary at WorldGolf.com
February 19, 2007 (Press Release) --
By Brandon Tucker,
Staff Writer,
Golf Publisher Syndications
To be human is to progress - to struggle to get better each and every day, in search of a better life or to better the lives of others.
This is why each winter, legions of manufacturers and companies gather in Orlando, Florida, at the PGA Merchandise Show. This year's show was the biggest ever, with more than 1,200 exhibits. No matter what they're selling, the pitch is usually the same: This can make you a better golfer.
But as I walked this grandiose orgy of golf for the first time, I was unnerved.
Swing monitors gauging your swing speed to the tenth of a mile per hour.
Polyester shirts specifically woven to lower your score.
Drivers that look like - and are as big as - the spacecraft in Flight of the Navigator.
I couldn't help but liken all these new toys to some of capitalism's other magic fixes: diet pills that take off the pounds without exercise; online poker rooms where any old Joe can win millions with just a little luck; the Ritalin parents give their kids after years of letting them play too much Nintendo and eat too much junk food.
I even thought I saw Christie Brinkley and Chuck Norris at one exhibit. But it was a salesman from Tennessee and a hired model in a cocktail dress helping pimp his product.
My head was spinning. I wasn't even taking notes or photos anymore. Every booth looked the same, whether it was selling personalized Sharpies or sunglasses that talk. I had to get out.
For more details visit : - http://www.worldgolf.com/column/new-golf-clubs-gadgets-technology-5003.htm
February 19, 2007
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
Author/Company
GolfPublisher Syndications.
Staff Writer,
Golf Publisher Syndications
To be human is to progress - to struggle to get better each and every day, in search of a better life or to better the lives of others.
This is why each winter, legions of manufacturers and companies gather in Orlando, Florida, at the PGA Merchandise Show. This year's show was the biggest ever, with more than 1,200 exhibits. No matter what they're selling, the pitch is usually the same: This can make you a better golfer.
But as I walked this grandiose orgy of golf for the first time, I was unnerved.
Swing monitors gauging your swing speed to the tenth of a mile per hour.
Polyester shirts specifically woven to lower your score.
Drivers that look like - and are as big as - the spacecraft in Flight of the Navigator.
I couldn't help but liken all these new toys to some of capitalism's other magic fixes: diet pills that take off the pounds without exercise; online poker rooms where any old Joe can win millions with just a little luck; the Ritalin parents give their kids after years of letting them play too much Nintendo and eat too much junk food.
I even thought I saw Christie Brinkley and Chuck Norris at one exhibit. But it was a salesman from Tennessee and a hired model in a cocktail dress helping pimp his product.
My head was spinning. I wasn't even taking notes or photos anymore. Every booth looked the same, whether it was selling personalized Sharpies or sunglasses that talk. I had to get out.
For more details visit : - http://www.worldgolf.com/column/new-golf-clubs-gadgets-technology-5003.htm
February 19, 2007
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
Author/Company
GolfPublisher Syndications.
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