Titanium golf Clubs Emitting Sparks

The ability of titanium golf clubs to emit sparks on hitting the ground may be another golf hazard. Read on to find how:While small ponds and sand pits have already been potential golf perils, another recently discovered hazard is certain sorts of golf clubs that emit sparks on striking the ground!

Golf Sparks
A researching team at the University of California has found that some types of titanium golf clubs can cause dry grass and plants close by to ignite. They need, however, to strike the ground quick enough to produce sparks. 

 Jim Earthman, a material-sciences professor who carried out the study, told that these golf clubs were found to cause fire on several golf courses in California. And that he had himself noticed faint sparks after striking a tee with a titanium driver.

The incidents of fire frequently occurred in places that were not properly watered and had too much of vegetation close by.

 

Top 5 Best Golf Players

Find here listed the best Golf Player ever born. Listed here are the top five golf players ever born – take a look:

5. Gene Sarazen

A career grand slam winner, Sarazen won both the PGA Championship and US Open at the age of 20. Later, he won the PGA Tournament two more times in 1923 and 1933.

4. Sam Snead

A three-time PGA Championship winner, Snead won his first PGA game in 1942. He posted eight top-10 finishes from 1958 on and played his final PGA when 69!

3. Walter Hagen 

The only golfer ever to win five PGA games including 4 in a row, Hagen is considered the best PGA Championship player. He won three consecutive PGA games after defeating Jim Barnes a second time in 1924.

2. Tiger woods

Tiger Woods is one of the only two golfers in the world to win the PGA Championship four times. He made it happen in the years 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007 in the true stroke-play era.

1. Jack Nicklaus

One of the only two golf players to have bagged the PGA Tournament five times, Nicklaus’ victories too place in 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980. He also holds the world record of being a four-time runner-up in 1964, 1965, 1974 and 1983.

The game of Golf gets much easier with Game Golf

Game Golf assists golf players with a record of scores, analysis and helps them monitor the game in an efficient manner. Developed by Active Mind Technology, Game Golf is the latest addition to golf technology as it offers a golfer with proper shot monitoring and statistical analyzes of his game. Popularized as the new digital tracking system, Game Golf works with a small device on golfer’s belt and inserted small plugs on the club. The deceive records the location of the shot played with the distance travelled by the ball in each shot.      

Game Golf

The tracking system is viewable on the Game Golf website and even on a smartphone with features to share scores with your friends and fellow gaming partners. Professional golfers claim the technology as a next generation golf teaching application and a better way to improve the game.

 

UNLV holds on as Rodger wins at the Southern Highlands

Patrick Rodgers succeeds at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters to claim his third title of the season. It was not an ordinary Sunday for Patrick Rodgers as the 12^th seeded College golfer went on to clinch his third title for the season after winning the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in an impressive manner. This was his eight title assert as a rookie which meant, he equaled the records with the legendary Tiger Woods for his wins in school history.

Patrick Rodgers

As expected by the host UNLV, the competition went off to nerve-racking finish as the champion faced stiff competition from Jonathan Garrick of UCLA and UNLV’s Kurt Kitayama.  The scores were at a marginal difference till the 16^th, but Patrick made the 17^th in three and a par on the 18th for the win.