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		<title>Acushnet Selling Cobra Golf to Puma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — The Acushnet Company, makers of Titleist and FootJoy products, is selling the third piece of its golf business, Cobra, to Puma. In a release sent to members of the media this morning, Wally Uihlein, chairman and CEO of Acushnet, said: "With the sale of Cobra, we have the opportunity to devote all of our resources to the global growth of our industry-leading Titleist and FootJoy brands. At the same time, Cobra is a strong brand with a heritage of innovation, and we wish the quality associates guiding the brand future success. Golfers and our valued partners will remain the key focus throughout the impending sale and we are confident that our customers will continue to be serviced to our high standards" According to the release, Acushnet will continue to produce and distribute Cobra Golf products for an undisclosed period of time past the final date of the sale. Acushnet will also provide customer service and sales support during that time. With the deal, Puma will assume ownership of Cobra&#39;s inventory, intellectual property and endorsement contracts. Camilo Villegas, who won last week&#39;s Honda Classic, is on Cobra&#39;s staff. Ian Poulter, winner of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, is also a Cobra staff player. Barring regulatory issues, the anticipated sale is expected to be completed by June. See-Try-Buy: Learn more about]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/golf-equipment/acushnet-selling-cobra-golf-to-puma/</link>
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		<title>Bunker Shots: Home of a Monster and Trump&#8217;s playground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blasting into the week ahead, from the home of a Monster to Trump's playground.]]></description>
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		<title>Ping&#8217;s New Forged Anser Irons Being Released in Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — Two weeks ago in Phoenix, before the start of the PGA Tour&#39;s Waste Management Open at TPC Scottsdale , several Ping staff players had a chance to see, hit and learn about the new Anser irons. Matt Rollins, a Ping tour representative, said Monday, "The clubs are as forgiving as our i15 irons , but they are a little sleeker looking and they&#39;ve got the word &#39;Forged&#39; on the back, which we&#39;ve never had." For gearheads and Ping fans, that single word, forged, will raise eyebrows. Ping has always made cast irons, a process that involves creating extremely-detailed molds and then filling them with liquid metal to create the clubheads. ( Click here to see a video showing how Ping casts clubs .) To make forged irons, a piece of metal is heated and then hammered or pressed into shape. "We&#39;ve been talking about making a forged iron for while," Rollins said. "But for our guys, it&#39;s kind of funny. Once we put chrome on a cast club, people thought it was forged. "They are only available in Japan right now," Rollins said. "They might release it in the United States later, but I don&#39;t know." He explained that in the Japanese market, irons need to be forged in order to be perceived as high quality. Irons that are not forged simply don&#39;t sell well. While not a super game-improvement iron, the Anser irons feature plenty of perimeter weighting and tungsten in the sole to help players get the ball into the air more easily. The PING badge on the back of the club is a weight that can be changed as part of the fitting process. As more information about the Ping Anser irons becomes available, we&#39;ll pass it on.Scroll down for more images of the clubs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Jim McLean gives Doral intimidating one-two punch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent opening of the Jim McLean Signature Course, Doral Resort &#038; Spa now boasts the most intimidating one-two punch in the Southeast]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/uncategorized/jim-mclean-gives-doral-intimidating-one-two-punch/</link>
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		<title>Sand Hollow Golf Course Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d better bust out my thesaurus now because I can tell I&#8217;m going to run out of words to describe how amazing Sand Hollow Golf Course is&#8230; Above: Sand Hollow&#8217;s 13th hole My review queue is fairly long.  I&#8217;ve got course reviews on my list from a year or more ago, and products can be months.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/golf-news/sand-hollow-golf-course-review/</link>
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		<title>Falcon&#8217;s Fire ups Orlando golf ante</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the old adage, if you’re standing still you’re falling behind, Falcon’s Fire completed a renovation in Oct. 2009 that included new greens, which were resurfaced with TifEagle turf.]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/uncategorized/falcons-fire-ups-orlando-golf-ante/</link>
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		<title>It’s never too late to get your body in golf shape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If golf is your only form of exercise then you are doing your golf game and your body a disservice.]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/uncategorized/it%e2%80%99s-never-too-late-to-get-your-body-in-golf-shape/</link>
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		<title>As the Golf World Turns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From speculation over Tiger Woods' return to John Daly's behavior, it seems like a soap opera at times.]]></description>
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		<title>Ping and PGA Tour Agreement Puts an End to Eye2 Controversy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — The loophole that allowed Ping Eye2s with nonconforming grooves to be played on the PGA Tour has been closed thanks to an agreement between Ping Golf and the tour. John Solheim, Ping&#39;s chairman and CEO, announced in a joint release with the PGA Tour that the company will waive its right to prevent the tour from prohibiting the use of pre-April 1990 EYE2 irons and wedges. Those clubs—which have been used this season at various times by Phil Mickelson, John Daly and Hunter Mahan—do not meet the 2010 USGA groove rules. Starting March 29, players on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour will no longer be allowed to use the pre-1990 Eye2 irons and wedges. In addition, Ping is also waiving its legal rights that would have made the clubs legal for the U.S. Open. "John Solheim and Ping had a terrific opportunity to do something very positive and significant for the game of golf and we very much appreciate his willingness to take this action," said PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. "We&#39;re thankful for Commissioner Finchem&#39;s understanding of our position and his role in helping bring about this resolution. We all believe it is in the best interests of golf," said Solheim. "It levels the playing field on the PGA Tour and resolves a very unfortunate situation that we predicted would happen when the USGA first proposed the new groove rule more than two years ago. It keeps in place all of our other rights established in the 1993 PGA Tour settlement and the 1990 USGA settlement, including ensuring amateurs will continue to be able to play their pre-April 1990 EYE2s at all amateur events played under the USGA Rules of Golf." Pros who still want to use Eye2 irons or wedges can continue to use clubs that the company has made with updated grooves. This development does not affect amateur golfers who use pre-1990 Ping Eye2 irons and wedges. The clubs are still legal for play and will continue to be, according to Ping. "We&#39;ve heard from a lot of loyal Ping Eye2 owners who were concerned that a resolution of the tour&#39;s issue might also keep them from playing their Eye2s that were grandfathered as a result of the 1990 USGA settlement. I want to reassure those golfers that their clubs remain conforming in all amateur events played under the USGA Rules of Golf," said Solheim, who negotiated the original agreements together with his father, Karsten Solheim. "The problem is solved on the PGA Tour and the integrity of the original agreements is unaffected." See-Try-Buy: Learn more about]]></description>
		<link>http://egolfblog.com/uncategorized/ping-and-pga-tour-agreement-puts-an-end-to-eye2-controversy/</link>
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		<title>Winning Clubs: Camilo Villegas at 2010 Honda Classic</title>
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