{"id":2513,"date":"2011-08-20T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tombedell.com\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2012-06-08T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T13:19:10","slug":"gearing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/equipment\/2513\/gearing-up","title":{"rendered":"Gearing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Into white is the mode on the fairways and greens this year, with the TaylorMade R11 Driver hitting the PGA Tour like a blizzard, pros like Martin Kaymer wielding it to climb to his No. 1 in the world ranking. There are 48 possible combinations to the R11\u2019s moveable parts, but the first adjustment to make is to the all-white head. ($400; taylormade.com)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>After the last, seemingly endless winter, a putter from the Odyssey White Ice Series may give a player pause, until this new D.A.R.T. wand (for Direction And Realignment Technology), has you firing bull\u2019s-eyes at the hole. ($179; odysseygolf.com)<\/p>\n

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To reduce all the reflective white glare, the Jet-A Composite Hybrids from Scheyden Precision Eyewear have a full-coverage wrap design with a custom-fit, and non-polarized, high contrast bronze lens to help read green contours. ($259-309; scheyden.com)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Add some color to the palette with Antigua\u2019s Desert Dry Xtra-Lite collection of performance polos for men and women, ultra-light but not sheer with rapid moisture wicking. ($60-65; antigua.com)<\/p>\n

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If True Links <\/em>isn\u2019t already on the coffee table back home, it should be, though this is hardly a lazy read: veteran golf writers George Peper and Malcolm Campbell come not only to praise links golf, but to define it–and they\u2019re a little demanding. ($40; workman.com)<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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This piece originally appeared in the Summer, 2011 issue of American Airlines\u2019 Celebrated Living<\/a> <\/em>magazine, in somewhat different form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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