Two New Callaway Drivers (And the Start of a Trend?)

With recent announcements from Mizuno, Cobra, TaylorMade and Titleist (and Titleist again), it’s clear the industry has transitioned into its fall release season.

You may note one surprising omission from that list. Other than a re-release of an Apex Black CF16 Iron, Callaway has been quiet, but don’t expect that to last.

As the equipment biz’s current #1, it stands to reason that the company isn’t about to let its competitors have free rein in the marketplace, so it was only a matter of time before new Callaway gear would pop-up on the USGA’s conforming clubs list.

Two New Models

First up is the GBB Epic Forged. It’s the less compelling of the two, and that’s because we have reason to believe it will be a Japan-only release. The bonded hosel design features Sub Zero style weights that appear to support draw and neutral configurations.  For now, expect this one to stay on the opposite side of the Pacific.

The 2^nd and more interesting entry is Version 2 of the GBB Epic Star. You may recall that version 1 of the Epic Star landed on the USGA list at the same time as both the standard Epic and the Sub Zero, but unlike the others, the Japan-only Star never made it to shelves in the USA.

We believe that’s going to change, but the target audience may surprise you.

Designed for the Villages

Among the larger OEM’s Cobra has often had the senior space to itself with very few manufacturers offering performance products designed specifically for older, low swing speed golfers. It’s lower priced Baffler/Max products have traditionally sold well in the category.

On the premium end of the category Cleveland/Srixon’s sister brand, XXIO, has been a strong performer in custom fitting locations (both on the launch monitor and at the register) despite a sticker price above $700.

These are lighter clubs designed for high launch, and ultimately better performance for the slower end of the swing speed spectrum.

If nothing else, both cases suggest there’s plenty of opportunity within the space, and given golf’s aging population, it stands to reason there will be even more opportunities in the years to come. Your bottom line - expect to see a greater number of targeted offerings from the industry’s major players.

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It appears Callaway’s Epic star will be the first of the new wave (and don’t be surprised if a full Star lineup eventually hits retail), but we have reason to believe that TaylorMade won’t be far behind.

I expect that Callaway will split the price difference between Cobra and XXIO, which would position it as the most mainstream of the senior product lines. TaylorMade will do the same, and then it's wait and see if PING and Titleist decide to jump in as well.

So why the sudden focus on the senior?

As prices rise and most of us struggle to find reasons to justify buying new equipment at the rate most OEMs would like, golf companies must find opportunities within untapped markets. Topgolf, while a positive for the game, isn’t exactly a boon for equipment sales, but the senior demographic; underserved, often affluent and…

Growing

While it doesn’t pad the total numbers, the reality is that the senior demographic is one of the few where participation is inarguably growing. Father time yields for no one; assuming we continue to play, eventually we become senior golfers. The line behind today’s senior is shorter than the line in front of them. You know the story…Millennials, participation, and the general decline of the game. The population of senior golfers is growing disproportionally.

While we can haggle about the numbers, the reality is that as senior golfers become a greater percentage of the total golfing popular, it will become more important than ever that golf companies design equipment for their specific needs and target them aggressively as consumers.

Sometimes new drivers are just new drivers, but I suspect we’re witnessing the beginning of a trend.

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Truck Tracks Transfer: Process Art for Toddlers

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Here is a simple craft from Adrienne to do if you ever paint with your cars. It’s easy and fun, but turns out so beautiful!

My son could play with small cars and trucks all day long. He “vrooms” them all over the house, takes baths with them, plays in the dirt with them, and he even sleeps with them! We’ve also tried painting with our vehicles and had so much fun!

In this activity, we upped the fun level and added some extra layers of paper to transfer the prints using only the car tires. It was process art for toddlers at it’s best! See what I mean…

To get started, you will need:

• Toy cars and trucks
• Washable paint
• Paper
• Card stock
• Tray or drop cloth (if doing inside)
• Water and soap (for clean up)

Let Them Play!

The great thing about this activity is that it is all about letting the kids just play in their paint. I put a couple globs of different colors of paint on a piece of paper while my son collects his vehicles. Then I let him go to town making tracks all over the paper with his cars and playing with them as he pleases.

(Really, this was just a fun way to spread out the paint for our next step!)

Don’t leave out the younger siblings!

While my son is happily playing, I let my daughter get involved by putting globs of yogurt or baby food on her high chair and giving her a few cars to drive around as well. She has a great time making (and tasting) her tracks. I make sure to supervise her with the cars.

If you have a child who is working on learning their colors, try rainbow car painting!

Make Prints

When there are a good amount of tracks, take a piece of card stock and lay it on top of the paper with the paint tracks. I have my son drive a few cars on top to press it down gently.

Then we lift it up and we have a beautiful print of car tracks!

I give my son a new piece of paper and new paint to continue making tracks as long as he wants to. We usually make several prints before he gets tired of it!

Clean Up

I always try and involve my son in the cleanup when we do projects. For this project, I’m not sure which is more fun-the painting or the cleanup!

After your cars are covered in paint, they need a serious car wash! I fill the sink with water and dish soap and let my son play with his cars in there until they are clean. Then we lay them out to dry off.

Use Your Prints

Once your prints have dried, you can use them for different things, Here are some ideas:

• Make a card for a loved one using the print. We used ours to make Father’s Day cards! (yup, it’s taken me that long to share this!)
• Cut into shapes and laminate to make bookmarks.
• Glue a photo to the print, so it frames the photo.
• Glue googly eyes and other craft supplies to make monsters or silly animals or whatever else you can come up with.
• Just hang it on the fridge as it is. You could even attach a magnet to the back.

What other fun things could you do with toy car and truck prints?

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Epsom Salt: 21 Surprising Uses & Benefits for Health, Beauty and Home

Epsom salt is one of those things I always keep on hand. It is a good source of magnesium (here’s why we love magnesium) and has dozens of household, beauty and health uses. I often add a bag of epsom salt to my online orders and we keep it in almost every room of our house...

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24 Back to School Crafts a Cut Above the Rest

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My kids are officially back to school again after a majorly fun summer (and exhausting for this mom…)!!

How was your summer!?? Are you relieved your kids are back in school? Or is this your first time sending your oldest off to school?

This year I’m finding out what’s the toughest, sending the oldest for the first time, or sending your youngest for the last time… yikes.

So in honor of back to school… it’s time to be getting crafty with back to school! These crafts all have cutting elements in it for your preschooler to practice scissor skills while still being creative and creating something cool for back to school without it just being worksheets.

That makes these back to school crafts a cut above the rest, right? (Ha. You like that play on words there?)

So, when I think of back to school, I think of 3 main things: back to school supplies and classrooms (pencils, books, crayons, buses, backpacks, the school), apples for the teacher and learning their name.

Back to School Crafts with Cutting Practice

Shopping for supplies doesn’t have to be all hard work. Make it fun by using them to make some of these fun back to school crafts! From crayons to pencils to the school bus your child will ride on, these crafts all have a cutting element to help their cutting skills!

1. Aren’t these colorful crayon collages from The Autism Helper perfect for cutting practice?
2. A Dab of Glue Will Do cut simple shapes to make a pencil craft for back to school.
3. Make adorable pencil toppers to start the school year off right! Snip the hair of the monsters from Red Ted Art!
4. Kids can cut away to make this school bus discovery bottle from Moms and Crafters!
5. What a simple school bus tissue paper collage to make from Glues to My Crafts Blog! Cut the tissue paper and glue it on!
6. Instead of pre-cut circles, have preschooler snip small pieces of paper to make this school bus craft from JDaniel4’s Mom.
7. Have the kids snip up tissue paper to make these pretty stained glass bookmarks from First Palette.
8. Finish off the first day of school with cutting out a backpack craft from Teacher Idea Factory and talking about their favorite part of going back to school.

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How about these apples for some back to school crafts?

Make an apple for the teacher, or just for some good ol’ fall decorations, and practice cutting along the way! All of these apple crafts have cutting that your preschooler can do!

1. Get snipping to make these red apples from My Montessori Journey.
2. Cut up pieces of paper to make an apple tree craft!
3. Paper plates are a great medium to cut on, and you can make an apple core craft like the one from Layers of Bethany.
4. Kids will love cutting up pieces of tissue paper to make this stained glass apple craft from Kinder Craze.
5. Teach with Me works on cutting along curves to make a spiral apple! So pretty to hang!
6. Teach with Me also turns a paper apple into a puzzle by cutting it apart!
7. Cut out a paper apple and stuff it like No Time for Flash Cards.
8. Mix cut up pieces of paper and paint to make this apple collage, also from No Time for Flash Cards.

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These name activities work on scissor skills!

The main thing preschoolers learn during the year is how to spell their name! Kick off the year with these cute name activities that also work on cutting skills! They’ll be snipping out paper in no time!

1. Grab a magazine and start snipping out letters ! I shared this on PBS Parents as a way to learn sight words, but spell out their name!
2. I also shared on PBS Parents a name puzzle! Write their name on a piece of paper and have your child cut them apart to make a name puzzle.
3. Add a drawing to the back of a name puzzle, like this rainbow name puzzle, has more help! Let the child cut the pieces apart!
4. Or make the name puzzle into a shape that’s seasonal, like this apple name puzzle from Mamas Like Me. (I realize that’s to a pin on Pinterest and would love to have a full link to their blog post if anyone can help me find that.)
5. Totschooling has a special back to school bus to use to spell and cut apart names too!
6. Cut apart letters of their name and glue them onto a piece of paper like Mrs Lee’s Kindergarten did.
7. Kids will love cutting little pieces of paper to trace their name with paper (from Splish Splash Splatter).
8. Dali’s Moustache has turned initials into art with these paper letter mosaics.

Find lots of Name Activities for Preschoolers here

Is cutting new for your preschooler?

If your child is new to cutting activities, please read our tips for cutting at the bottom of this post.

Go ahead and share these back to school cutting crafts and activities!

Thank you!

 

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104: Uncovering the Root Causes of PCOS, Endometriosis, and More

Pharmacist turned naturopathic doctor Brooke Kalanick uses the best of both natural and conventional methods to help women with PCOS, Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, perimenopause, menopause, and other female hormone imbalances. I love that Dr. Brooke helps women all over the globe find the root cause of these troubling conditions. Her practice takes a holistic approach to...

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Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste Recipe (Natural + Simple)

I’ve talked before about the link between nutrition and oral health and the ability of teeth to remineralize and regenerate and shared my own experience with reversing a cavity. The approach I used was two-part: addressing mineral levels in the body/saliva and using a natural remineralizing toothpaste that provided minerals to the surface of the...

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Win a Year’s Supply of Vice Golf Balls

"It’s simple: Vice Golf makes premium golf balls, sells them over the internet, and ships them directly to the consumer. The balls are as good as anything out there, but a lot less expensive." – Vice Golf

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By now you should be familiar with the direct-to-consumer golf ball movement. The story is simple; make a quality product, toss the traditional ways of doing business aside, eliminate the middleman and don’t spend a dime on The Tour and other high-priced endorsement deals. Roll up your big bundle of savings and pass them along to the golfer.

Sweeten the offer by offering sizable volume discounts, and it’s a solid win-win for both brand and consumer.

Vice Golf isn’t alone in the damn good ball for a damn good price segment of the golf ball market, but what differentiates Vice is its unique identity. The company describes its attitude as smart and sassy, and that unique approach to marketing its brand and its products has helped position it as one of the coolest brands in golf.

It’s a message that’s resonating in a big way among a growing number of Vice loyalists.

How To Enter:

Vice would like to reward that loyalty by giving one lucky winner a year’s supply of Vice Golf Balls.

The winner is free to choose from any ball in the Vice lineup.

Instructions:

• Tell us why you think VICE is the best ball in golf. (Leave response in comment section)

 

Rules:

• Contest Ends at midnight Eastern time on 9/8/2017
• Winners will be selected at random from all valid entries
• Contest is open to everyone worldwide
• As always, Void Where Prohibited

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