Think about it, because most of us don’t: Golf clubs and balls collect bacteria, strange smells, and dirt as they accompany you through each round. That’s where Cleanwell products come in so handy, with no deficit to the planet.
There’s all kinds of stuff out there, from fertilizer to, uh, animal leavings, that inevitably find their way onto the tools of the trade. Regularly cleaning your sports equipment will keep your health in check and your equipment in better shape, and with CleanWell’s crop of chemical-free cleaning products, it won’t harm the environment, either.
They include hand sanitizing wipes for your hands, club faces or the balls themselves, and alcohol-free sprays that are also worth keeping in the bag, with a couple scents to choose from.
Golf Tips reviewers have used the wipes and spray through the summer to keep their all-important implements gleaming, gunk-free and ready for the battle for birdie, and now we’re breathing easy with no worries of exposure illness-causing residue.
Plus, by keeping, say, golf balls clean, if there are any in your carry-on luggage when you head home, you won’t set off security alarms.
Trust us, it has happened thanks to fertilizer traces.
Oh yeah, CleanWell products work all over the house, too, so chuck that ancient chemical-laden stuff and get clean without the harmful footprint.
Golf Tips fell in love with Big Max’s push cart technology with its four-wheeled Big Max Blade. But with the introduction of its new, three-wheel, Big Max Blade IP — the fourth generation of its Fold Flat push cart technology — the Austria-based company remains at the cutting edge of the walking cart game. At a folded size of 34½ x 24 ½ inches and an incredible depth of less than five inches the Blade IP is the most easily stored and transported push cart on the market. It fits in virtually any car’s trunk with a full golf bag placed on top, or slide neatly behind the front seats with its carry case (sold separately) keeping everything clean. On the course, multiple accessories and features enable users to keep their mind on the game while enjoying the health benefits of walking. It hits U.S. stores in May. Colors include Black, Black/Lime, White, White/Lime and Phantom/Red
When it comes to hauling your golf cargo around the course, for 30 years, Sun Mountain has been an innovator with lightweight bags and the modern stand bag. Staying true to form, the Sun Mountain Lightweight Series (LS) golf stand bags offer a full range of features and weights for any golfer’s preferences.
Big Max introduces new bag designs across two award winning technologies — Big Max Aqua and Dri Lite, both available in various sizes and configurations.
The Aqua Sport 2 is the second generation of Big Max’s most successful cart bag, with a 14-way, 9.5-inch organizer top, full length dividers, seven spacious pockets, oversize putter well for large grips and weighing in at just over five pounds. The Aqua Wave is a compact stand bag for golfers who want to carry a full set on the course, while the new Ocean is a Sunday stand bag that has space to spare and weighs just 3 ¾ lbs. It holds four clubs more than traditional Sunday bag.
Finally there’s Bushnell’s newest GPS wearable, the iON2, which has been redesigned. It too features Bluetooth technology and the Bushnell Golf app for automatic updates to the move than 36,000 preloaded courses in over 30 countries. The iON2 cooks up instant yardage measurements in a simple, fashion-forward design featuring a reversible band.
The Oakley Prizm Sport Golf lens changed the game when it debuted last year, and now the same performance benefits come in a darker lens optimized for sunny days. The Oakley Prizm Dark Golf lens brings out fine detail with precise light filtering that’s specifically engineered for the golf environment. It enhances visual contrast, and the color of the lens has a more neutral aesthetic for those who prefer a more casual look on the course. “The Prizm dark lens is more for those hot days with very bright sunlight, offering a darker lens with the same pop for reds and browns,” said Oakley spokesperson Erin Byrnes.
Golfers are notorious for suffering wrist maladies, from carpal tunnel to slight sprains to just plain soreness from pounding range balls or playing many, many rounds. The Zamst Filmista Wrist is the next generation of wrist support. By taking two ultra thin film layers and fusing them together, Zamst — which also makes a variety of ankle, knee, elbow, shoulder and back braces and supports have created Filmista technology. This second skin design provides support and stability to the wrist joint while maintaining a minimalist feel, and is used to help prevent and manage wrist sprains, tendinitis and instability.
SkyGolf offers perhaps more models of SkyCaddie rangefinders models and levels of rangefinding fun and functionality than any other major company, but for 2017 let’s zero in on a handful of their newest offerings in the handheld and watch departments.
LINX GT GameTracking Edition ($349.95) is Golf’s first GPS rangefinder and shot tracking watch with synchronized mobile app — a standalone GPS watch that features SkyGolf’s best-in-class TrueGround Course Maps, preloaded to provide golfers with distances they know they can trust. For those looking to get the most from their game, featherweight RFID SmartTags can install on your clubs in seconds. The SmartTags are used to identify each club in your bag so that the LINX GT watch and SkyCaddie Mobile can track the exact club used, distance and location of each shot. Here you’ll see your round displayed on brilliant HD course maps. You’ll know how far you hit every club in your bag, where you hit each shot, resulting in better game management and lower scores. Don’t want to use tags for every round? The SkyCaddie LINX GT includes automatic shot tracking just in case you forget to tag a shot, which runs in the background while you play. All of your game tracking data wirelessly uploads to your “My 360” account in the SkyGolf 360™ Cloud. Once uploaded, you can review your round from any mobile or desktop device, without the need for a cable. Want to make an edit to a shot or add club information? SkyCaddie’s simple One-Touch Editing system makes this extremely quick and easy. The watch is preloaded with 35,000 TrueGround course maps, ready-to-play, worldwide, with accurate distances to bunkers, carries, water, creeks, end of fairway and many more preloaded. IntelliGreen and TargetPoint are on board, too. Move the cursor to any point on the hole and get critical information you need to layup in front of, or carry hazards.
The SkyCaddie SW2 ($179.95) is the next generation of the bestselling SkyCaddie Watch. With a slimmer design, extended battery life and built- in Bluetooth Smart technology, the SW2 is ideal for golfers looking for quick distances to the front, center and back of each green. Get instant yardages quickly and easily without aiming a laser, overshooting the pin or guessing. The SW2 will give you yardages to the green, even if you can’t see it. Only SkyGolf walks every course with professional-grade survey equipment to create original course maps, accurate within one yard. The SW2 is lightweight, flexible and a comfortable everyday sport watch that just happens to provide superior performance on the golf course. A built-in odometer tracks location, distance, time, laps, speed, pace and calories burned during walks, runs or bike rides.
