Vitamin C has a rich and surprisingly controversial history. On the one hand, science is clear that the body needs it, but the type, dose, and frequency are all up for debate. When the common cold is making the rounds, many people turn to vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, to help ward off...
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As warmer weather approaches (yay!), it’s time to start thinking about digging out the kids’ clothes, bathing suits, and flip flops. This is also my cue to start getting my skin ready for the sun. Why not wait until the first beach day? Because I now eat my sunscreen rather than just wear it. I’ve...
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We’re just a week away from that annual shindig down in Augusta, and with Tigermania peaking, Rory streaking and Dustin staying away from staircases, this promises to be the most exciting Masters in years.
It truly is a tradition unlike any other, and along with the good folks at Wilson Staff, MyGolfSpy wants to make your Masters weekend a bit more interesting with the first of our four #SpyStaffSlam contests.
First prize is your choice of a fully customized set of Wilson Staff irons - anything from the super-duper game improvement D350’s all the way up to the super-sexy FG Tour 100 blades. It’s your choice.
The contest is pretty simple to enter. You pick a 4-person team, and if your team cops to the most total prize money, you win. As we said, 1st prize is a full set of Wilson Staff irons cut built to your specs, 2nd prize is Wilson Staff PMP wedge with the new Raw finish, and 3rd prize is a dozen Wilson DUOSoft balls.
And this is only the beginning. We’ll be doing the same thing all over again for the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA. Wilson Staff has won 63 of these things, you know.
It’s easy to enter, but make sure you follow the directions, so you don’t miss out.
First, if you haven’t already, you must join the MyGolfSpy Community Forum (click here to sign up).
Next, in the official MyGolfSpy Master’s Pool Thread in the Community Forum (click here), select and enter your team from the provided tiers. You’ll also need to enter your tiebreakers, just in case.
It’s pretty simple, but make sure to enter your selections only in the contest thread in the Community Forum. We’ll announce the winners in that thread Monday after the Masters.
You won’t get a green jacket, but then again, a green jacket won’t knock it stiff from 160!
Katie and Heather are back for another Saunacast… though technically a Randomcast since they aren’t in the Sauna for this one. In this episode they delve into why they see personalized medicine as the future of health and how they’re using various at-home testing to personalize their own health routines. They delve into how they...
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There are plenty of underlying causes (and treatments) for acne, but when it comes to blackheads, they’re more of a cosmetic nuisance than a deep health problem. Still, blackheads are unsightly and many folks would prefer not to have them! Luckily these homemade blackhead removal ideas can help reverse and prevent blackheads without harming delicate...
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There may be no entity on Earth happier about the return of Tigermania than Bridgestone Golf. When Tiger plays, more people watch and the better Tiger plays, the more closeups of Tiger's ball. And as Tiger's ball is the Bridgestone Tour B XS, you can't put a price tag on that kind of branding gold.
Tiger still moves the needle like no golfer since Arnie, and Bridgestone is riding that wave. In a company press release, Bridgestone is claiming more than double sell-through of balls at national retail partners in the weeks that Tiger plays when compared to last year. The company also says it sees a similar increase in eCommerce sales.
So with proverbial iron red hot, why not capitalize with Limited Edition Tour B XS Tiger Woods Edition balls?
These are Bridgestone's normal Tour B XS balls, but with the same custom TIGER personalization Tiger uses on his gamers. You also get a sweet Tiger box, and Bridgestone donates a portion of the profits to the TGR Foundation.
The TGR Foundation is Tiger's official charity and is in its 22nd year. In Tiger's words, the TGR Foundation's purpose is to "equip kids with a solid education and the mindset to persevere. We are quietly impacting an entire generation for the better."
The program has served more than 165,000 students (88% are minority, 85% lie below the poverty line and 97% are first in their families to ever attend college), introducing them to STEM - or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math - education. According to TGR's website, the foundation helps students in need to thrive in school, their communities, and the working world. The Earl Woods Scholar Program enjoys a 98.7% graduation rate, one of the highest rates for a scholarship program in the U.S.
The Tiger Edition balls will retail for $49.99 per dozen - 5 bucks more than the non-Tiger models - and will be available beginning April 1st.
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Bridgestone's online ball fitting program is taking a bit of a leap forward with Find My Ball. The new fitting tool gives you three options: I'm New To The Game, I Know My Game, and I've Been Fitted.
I'm New To The Game is, obviously, for newbies and simply asks for your average score and your preference for either feel, accuracy or distance. I Know My Game is a little more in depth, asking for your age, gender, and current ball brand and model along with your average score and performance preference.
I've Been Fitted asks for launch monitor data, including driver club head speed, carry and total distance, ball velocity, launch angle, and spin, as well as current ball, average score, and performance preference. Once you give Bridgestone your email address, it'll make a ball recommendation and direct you to retailers as well as provide you with a link to buy online directly from Bridgestone.
You also get a reliability score - obviously, the more info you provide the more confident Bridgestone is with its recommendation. There are limitations to this type of online fitting tool, but then again, there are limitations to an in-person ball-fitting as well. Bridgestone bases its online recommendations on data collected from its in-person fittings.
Throughout all its iterations dating back to 1953, the Ben Hogan Company has had its good days and its bad days. There have been major championships and changes in ownership, along with comebacks, setbacks, mothballing, bankrolling, shutdowns and other showdowns.
Love it or hate it, it’s the brand that simply refuses to die.
And not only is Hogan refusing to die, but it’s also actually insisting on being relevant again by following up last week’s Equalizer wedge release with an entirely new from-the-ground-up iron set bearing a classic Hogan name – Edge.
“It made a lot of sense, given the history and the heritage of the Edge name, to bring it back,” says Hogan CEO Scott White. The very first Hogan Edge iron was introduced in the late 80’s and became one of the most successful game-improvement irons in history. It was the first Hogan iron to feature perimeter weighting for extra forgiveness, along with the classic Hogan forged feel.
Will the new Edge live up to the standard set by its namesake? Not surprisingly, White says absolutely.
“I don’t like the term game-improvement. I’d rather call it game-enhancement,” White tells MyGolfSpy. “It’s for guys or women who are serious about their games, who play a bit and have some skill. It’s not a club with training wheels by any stretch of the imagination, but it does have some game improvement properties to it.”
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There’s plenty of perimeter weighting in the new Edge, but it’s well hidden internally. There’s still a cavity, and you can physically see the outline of the perimeter weighting, but the vast majority of the weighting is inside the head. The Edge is a two-piece forging: once the perimeter weighting is put in the proper place for each iron, the forged face is laser-welded onto the forged frame.
White says it bears the look of a traditional forging, but with a thicker topline and more offset than either the PTx or Ft. Worth 15 irons, which are both aimed at the better player. Overall, the head itself is about 12% larger than the PTx.
White says the Edge is for anyone ranging from a high single digit to around an 18 handicap.
“Hogan Tour staffers J.J. Henry and Mark Brooks both say the long irons may end up in their bags at some point,” says White. “It’s very forgiving, and it’s forged, so it feels great. It’s not a clunky, investment cast club that won’t give you any feedback on where you’re impacting the face. These will give you some feedback and help you improve.”
Last week we heard from a couple of readers quite vocal in their wishes for Hogan to bring back another iconic image – the Hogan sunburst logo. You’ll be happy to know Hogan was thinking the same thing.
As a former owner of the Hogan brand, Callaway still has rights to Hogan's other iconic name - Apex. White says that even thought Callaway did come out with irons named Edge a few years ago (and still sells them in a boxed-set to Costco), Hogan's lawyers have done their homework on the Edge name.
"Nobody owns the name 'Edge' outright. It's too generic. Our trademark is for 'Ben Hogan Edge,'"
When Hogan returned in 2015, its theme was “Precision is Back.” Instead of using iron numbers, Hogan irons were instead stamped with lofts – what the company called the PreciseLoftTM System – and every loft from 20- to 47-degrees was available. So instead of reaching for your 7-iron from 165 yards out, you’d be reaching for your 33-iron (or your 34, or 35, depending on your set makeup).
It’s fair to say the concept was polarizing. Some golfers were fine with it, others not so much. From a manufacturing and assembly standpoint, it had to have been a logistical and inventory nightmare.
For the new Edge irons, it’s back to basics.
“We’ve gone back to traditional iron numbers only,” says White, who adds Hogan is still committed to the basic tenet of the PreciseLoftTM System: 4-degree gaps between clubs in the set.
“The loft compression at the short end of most sets is, quite honestly, just ridiculous,” declares White. “It really eliminates your ability to score well. We find in a lot of competitive sets you’re hitting your 7-, 8- and 9-irons within 7 to 10 yards of each other. That’s just not the way we think irons should be developed and built.”
Edge sets start with a 22-degree 4-iron and go up to a 46-degree pitching wedge – lofts which, by today’s standards, are downright traditional.
“It’s not a competition to see who has the longest 7-iron,” says White. “That’s not our goal.”
“We’re not trying to manufacture our irons to win at Demo Day. We’re trying to provide the best tools for a golfer to score with. Hogan players tend to be more accomplished, more skilled. For them it’s not about distance. It’s about having the tools to get around the golf course strategically and in as few strokes as possible. A 7-iron you can hit 180 yards isn’t necessarily the best way to do that.” – Scott White, Ben Hogan CEO
Each iron can be loft-adjusted 3-degrees up and 2-degrees down, as well as lie adjusted, which Hogan will provide as standard customization at no extra charge. You’ll also have your choice of standard or midsize grips and of available shafts: KBS Tour V in Stiff or X-Still, KBS Tour 90 in Regular or Stiff, or UST Recoil 660 in A-Flex or Regular, or the 680 in Stiff.
The Edge irons will sell only on Hogan’s website for $105.00 per club or $735.00 for a seven club set. The price is the same for steel or graphite shafts and includes all loft, lie, and shaft-specific swingweight customizations.
Edge irons should be part of Hogan’s 14-day Demo Program in early April. White says he’s hoping to have 6- and 9-iron demo sets available right around the Masters.
As we mentioned last week, with the advent of the new Equalizer wedges, the Hogan TK 15 wedges will be phased out by the end of this year (you can buy them on Hogan’s website currently for $75/each). Some other changes are coming to the rest of the lineup, as well.
“PTx will stay in the lineup, but we’re going to eliminate two of the PreciseLoftTM configurations,” says White. Currently, Hogan offers the PTx in four separate loft configurations – it calls them Low, Mid, Mid-High or High launch. Low Launch, for example, is a 7-club set starting at 20-degrees and ending at 44-degrees. High Launch starts at 23-degrees and ends at 47-degrees.
“80% of our orders are for the Mid-High Launch, the one that starts at 22-degrees. So we’re going to offer that one, and the low launch as well – we get a lot of orders from people playing in the Texas wind – so we’re going to phase out the odd number lofts.” - Scott White
White says there may be some changes coming to the Ft. Worth 15 irons (“Film at 11,” he says), but any changes or enhancements won’t be coming for a few months. No changes are planned for the Hogan VKTR hybrids or Ft. Worth 15 Hi utility irons and don’t expect any metal woods from Hogan this year.
“We continue to work on them,” says White. “But we’re still not where we need to be.”
“If you dig it out of the dirt, it is yours forever.” – Hogan, quoted by Hueber
Mr. Hogan may have been talking about the golf swing, but it’s an apt analogy for this version of his company.
“A year ago, we really weren’t sure what was going to happen,” says White. “But by doing things simply, methodically, strategically and doing a few things well instead of a bunch of things poorly, it’s an easy formula.”
White admits that at this time last year, he really didn’t think Hogan would still be around. But once new ownership was in place and the Direct-to-Consumer model was launched, he knew Hogan was back in the game.
“These aren’t guys who just dabble in anything,” he says. “When they see an opportunity to upset the status quo and make an impact in an established industry like golf equipment, I knew then this was going to be a lot of fun. We’re staying focused on the serious, more accomplished golfer. As long as you have a direction and everybody understands it, it’s pretty easy to execute on it.”
If there’s one guilty pleasure all moms enjoy, it’s wine chocolate! Thankfully there’s a way to justify indulging a little because chocolate (like wine) has some fantastic health benefits. The key is to choose quality chocolate from the right sources … or make your own homemade chocolate. It’s easy and you have total control over...
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I love few things more than a basket full of colorful Easter eggs. Easter is important to our family and one of our favorite times of year, but I often find myself annoyed with the over-commercialization of what I consider a religious holiday. I also get peeved when Easter gets turned into an excuse to...
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Help your child learn their ABCs by matching upper and lowercase letters.
I’ve found that matching upper and lowercase letters is a great way to reinforce learning letters for preschoolers. Of course, making it fun is really what works!
We did just that using our ABC mat (affiliate link if you’re interested). A toy I completely forgot about.
Do you ever forget you have certain toys? You put them away, thinking you’ll rotate them in or something, but then never do?
Our ABC mat is one of those toys. It’s one I don’t want out all the time because the boys just get all the pieces out and they’re strewn about the house for days and days.
So I put it away, back in the closet, so they wouldn’t see it and drag it out.
I forgot what a great learning tool it could be though! I forgot about it altogether.
When the boys were outside sledding with Dad, I snuck it out and set up an ABC road to work on matching upper and lowercase letters.
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George came in first, which was perfect! This letter learning activity was perfect for him to practice lowercase letters.
As I wrote lowercase letters of the alphabet on sticky notes, George found his vehicle of choice, a dump truck.
I “loaded” his dump truck with 3 or 4 lowercase letters at a time.
As I loaded it, I asked George what the letters were. We’re still working on many of the lowercase letters. If he needed help, this is when I’d tell him what they were.
Then he was off to find the matching uppercase letter on the ABC road and stick the lowercase letter to it.
The goal was to fill all the ABC road with its matching lowercase counterparts.
I purposefully didn’t make the road go around our loop in the house. I didn’t want it to get out of control as my kids often do.
It was time for me to start preparing dinner, so I set the road up so it didn’t go through the kitchen or by the dining room table.
After George found the three matching letters, he’d come back to me to give him another load of letters.
There was some confusion at times. For instance, when matching the upper and lowercase letters like L – the lowercase is ‘l’ which looks like the uppercase ‘I’, so I had to clarify. Same with the M and W. No biggie.
Then Henry joined us and immediately wanted to do the activity too!
Well, Henry’s in first grade and matching upper and lowercase letters is a little behind him.
I kicked it up a notch and used words.
I wrote a word on the sticky note that began with each letter.
Still not the toughest of tasks for him. But he did have to read the word to me before finding what letter it goes on.
I wish I could have come up with harder words for him.
I just didn’t take a lot of time to plan that part out.
The boys were done with their learning after they got through their letters.
They then raced their trucks around the road until it was time for dinner.
If they had wanted to continue, I had numbers ready for George as well.
And Henry would have had subtraction problems to equal each number 0-9.
We’ve been working on matching upper and lowercase letters a lot (and for quite a while!):
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Your bathroom is a workhorse in the house and it’s also a space where we can retreat for a relaxing spa-like session in the evening. It can be one of the only quiet spaces in a household with few people! It’s also a place where, for a variety of reasons, safety might be an issue. It pays to be aware of hazards in your bathroom and how to prevent injuries.
The inevitable, of course, happens no matter how safety conscious we are. However, with a little foresight and a keen eye for potential hazards, your bathroom can be made a lot safer.
This article was written by Katie from Steam Shower Store. Katie has been writing articles for over 10 years and is a commanding voice in the health and fitness community with her articles high in demand.
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All living things eat, so Everyone Poops. – Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi Who hasn’t read that literary masterpiece to their kids at some point along the way? As parents, we spend the first 3-5 years of our children’s lives handling poop. Every. Single. Day. Poop. Between diaper changes and snack time, it’s easy to...
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