We understand that not all golfers have the time to get in 18 holes. If only your life was to play golf, but few have it that way. As a result, The Harvest Golf Club is please to offer multiple 9 hole options for the 2012 season.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Taylormade ATV Wedge Review
This past week Taylormade shipped their latest product, their ATV wedge, in what has been a massive product year for the company. Building upon the success of their enormously popular Rocketballz and R11s lines. Our Head Professional Chad Scott gives his take on this new wedge.
ATV Wedge
What Taylormade Says: Eliminate the need to choose multiple bounce angles. The ATV Wedge’s versatility comes from its unique shape and wider, all-terrain sole that is slightly convex (bowing inward instead of outward) with significant relief at the toe and heel. Wedges have traditionally been designed to specialize in only a couple types of shots, forcing a compromise in others. The new (All-Terrain Versatility) ATV Wedge has a radically advanced sole design to handle a multitude of shots and ideally interact with turf, rough and sand.
Features:
All-Terrain Versatility (ATV) is designed for six critical scoring shots: tight lies, rough, bunkers, flops, pitches and chips.
Engineered to offer the proper bounce for the specific type of shot being played.
New groove design with micro-texture that generates high spin within USGA rules.
Lamkin wedge grip extends farther for improved traction when choking down.
KBS Tour steel shaft delivers greater feel, control and accuracy.
First Impression: For myself it’s all about how a wedge looks, sits and it’s leading front edge. Taylormade has made a dramatic improvement with the ATV over their previous offerings. The shape is similar to the leaders in the wedge category with Titleist and Cleveland and the leading edge is square and sharp and not very rounded. This is due to multiple sole grinds that give the wedge it’s All Terrain Versatility name. For this review I was testing the carbon steel finish, a darker finish that I personally prefer as it limits glare in sunlight. The large sole is not visible at address and gives a nice clean look.
First Swings: The ATV wedge felt really solid and crisp with full swings and well balanced. It did feel a little “bottom heavy” and may be a by product of the large sole. For shorter shots and chips the feedback was outstanding and I felt like I could feel the ball and the face of the wedge didn’t give that jumpy feel some wedges are known for. The milled face provided standard spin rates and I didn’t feel I had increased spin with this wedge.
I was concerned with the back of the sole as the flange did get caught a couple of times on tuffs of grass as I was chipping. Something that players will have to be aware of. The extended Lamkin grip was nice as it allows more room to grip down on precision shots so you’re not gripping steel.
Pros: Sits pretty, leading edge is sharp and square, very solid feedback
Cons: Back of sole can get caught in grass, the multiple grind sole may not be for everybody.
Overall: Taylormade has definitely improved on their offering in a category that they are way behind. Was glad to see they shelved the removable face technology, as I thought it was a good idea but didn’t catch on with consumers. I do wish that they had another traditional wedge offering with loft and bounce options for those that may not like the ATV’s sole, but when PGA tour players are gaming this wedge and winning with it as Justin Rose has, who is to argue?
Give the ATV wedge a try in The Harvest Golf Shop and for $139 the price is comparable to Vokey and Cleveland.
ATV Wedge
What Taylormade Says: Eliminate the need to choose multiple bounce angles. The ATV Wedge’s versatility comes from its unique shape and wider, all-terrain sole that is slightly convex (bowing inward instead of outward) with significant relief at the toe and heel. Wedges have traditionally been designed to specialize in only a couple types of shots, forcing a compromise in others. The new (All-Terrain Versatility) ATV Wedge has a radically advanced sole design to handle a multitude of shots and ideally interact with turf, rough and sand.
Features:
All-Terrain Versatility (ATV) is designed for six critical scoring shots: tight lies, rough, bunkers, flops, pitches and chips.
Engineered to offer the proper bounce for the specific type of shot being played.
New groove design with micro-texture that generates high spin within USGA rules.
Lamkin wedge grip extends farther for improved traction when choking down.
KBS Tour steel shaft delivers greater feel, control and accuracy.
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| ATV Wedge |
First Swings: The ATV wedge felt really solid and crisp with full swings and well balanced. It did feel a little “bottom heavy” and may be a by product of the large sole. For shorter shots and chips the feedback was outstanding and I felt like I could feel the ball and the face of the wedge didn’t give that jumpy feel some wedges are known for. The milled face provided standard spin rates and I didn’t feel I had increased spin with this wedge.
I was concerned with the back of the sole as the flange did get caught a couple of times on tuffs of grass as I was chipping. Something that players will have to be aware of. The extended Lamkin grip was nice as it allows more room to grip down on precision shots so you’re not gripping steel.
Pros: Sits pretty, leading edge is sharp and square, very solid feedback
Cons: Back of sole can get caught in grass, the multiple grind sole may not be for everybody.
Overall: Taylormade has definitely improved on their offering in a category that they are way behind. Was glad to see they shelved the removable face technology, as I thought it was a good idea but didn’t catch on with consumers. I do wish that they had another traditional wedge offering with loft and bounce options for those that may not like the ATV’s sole, but when PGA tour players are gaming this wedge and winning with it as Justin Rose has, who is to argue?
Give the ATV wedge a try in The Harvest Golf Shop and for $139 the price is comparable to Vokey and Cleveland.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Introducing Executive Chef Dan Werry
The Harvest Golf Club is proud to welcome new Executive Chef, Dan Werry to the Food and Beverage Team. He was raised in Kelowna and discovered his love for cooking at a very young age. He was inspired to study the art of cooking at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in the Culinary Arts Professional Cooking Program.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Harvest Voted Best Okanagan Course for 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
PKG Review
It’s not everyday you hear a man rave about the boxers or briefs that he is wearing to any other person, besides maybe his wife, and there are even less reviews online because there really aren’t too many ways to jazz up men’s underwear. They, for most men, are just part of a daily routine, a necessity that doesn’t get much of a thought, unless poised with the wonderful “boxers or briefs” question at the family dinner table. So when given a sample of PKG, aka MyPakage, from a sales rep. I didn’t think much… until I put them on.
PKG can best be described as men’s athletic underwear. Heard of SAXX? Same concept. Without going into detail of the male anatomy, PKG provides a comfortable fit and support for sporting and everyday activities. Their patented “Keyhole Comfort Technology” creates the best underwear experience for men.
Experience? really? That’s what I first thought. But to fully understand, you need to put a pair on. Only then will you appreciate the thought put into these underwear. PKG are simply the most comfortable underwear I have ever put on. They are perfect for golf, the gym, cycling, running or just normal everyday use.
PKG comes in two models; Weekday and Weekend. Both are similar but the differences are the Weekend’s has a more luxurious waistband, but can roll over. The Weekday’s have an anti-roll waistband and come in more colours than the Weekend’s. The Weekend’s are also $10 more expensive and in my opinion, aren’t worth it. Weekday’s are $25 and Weekend’s $35.
$25 is a little steep for a pair of underwear, compared to the pack of 3 Joe Boxer’s from Costco for $15. But give one a try and you’ll be hooked. For more information and all colours visitwww.mypakage.com. The Weekday’s are available at The Harvest Golf Shop.
PKG can best be described as men’s athletic underwear. Heard of SAXX? Same concept. Without going into detail of the male anatomy, PKG provides a comfortable fit and support for sporting and everyday activities. Their patented “Keyhole Comfort Technology” creates the best underwear experience for men.
Experience? really? That’s what I first thought. But to fully understand, you need to put a pair on. Only then will you appreciate the thought put into these underwear. PKG are simply the most comfortable underwear I have ever put on. They are perfect for golf, the gym, cycling, running or just normal everyday use.
PKG comes in two models; Weekday and Weekend. Both are similar but the differences are the Weekend’s has a more luxurious waistband, but can roll over. The Weekday’s have an anti-roll waistband and come in more colours than the Weekend’s. The Weekend’s are also $10 more expensive and in my opinion, aren’t worth it. Weekday’s are $25 and Weekend’s $35.
$25 is a little steep for a pair of underwear, compared to the pack of 3 Joe Boxer’s from Costco for $15. But give one a try and you’ll be hooked. For more information and all colours visitwww.mypakage.com. The Weekday’s are available at The Harvest Golf Shop.
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