Wednesday, 20 May 2009 00:00
It was a cold and windy couple of days in Ireland for the Irish Open at Baltray Golf Club County Louth. It felt more like winter than spring on what looked a fantastic links course, which I'm sure all the players will enjoy playing this week.
From a product perspective Anders Hansen picked up the new Dawn this week which will be in play while also the SWS shaft received some attention this week.The dawn in really great looking putter which I'm sure will be popular out on tour. It's made from 303 stainless steel, is 100% CNC milled and has head weight of 345g.
With regards to the SWS, Maarten Lafeber will be using a Donna with 100g weight while Anthony Wall will be using an Abbie with 100g weight. James Kingston also has a 100g weight fitted to a Valerie. If there was ever a week to use the SWS this would be it with high winds expected, as the weighting system will offer the players increased stability.
On Wednesday I spent some time with Simon Wakefield, who by his own admission has been struggling on the greens. The wind was too strong to set up the SAM system so we worked a little on the high speed video and the session proved productive. Hopefully Simon can find a return to form on the greens this week.
In the afternoon I met up with Maarten Lafeber again to continue the work we did in Spain a few weeks back and Ollie Fisher who is also playing this week.
Next week it's Wentworth for the European Tours Flagship event, where it will be good to meet up with Henrik Stenson and congratulate him on his win at the Players Championship.
