When your brain says that it’s perfectly safe for you to sit right here, one foot behind J.B. Holmes as he takes a big whack at the ball with a Cobra Speed driver, your heart tells you to move out of the way. I don’t blame David Feherty for flinching when Holmes hits the ball. Feherty definitely earned his pay for this Cobra golf clubs commercial.

Taylor Made golf clubs and Taylor Made drivers are endorsed by some of the biggest names in golf, including Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, and Geoff Ogilvy, among others. For their driver, they use the Taylor Made Burner Titanium, TaylorMade r7, and TaylorMade r7, respectively.

Taylor Made Burner Titanium
The Taylor Made Burner is generally for players with average swing speed. It has a deep face height, large address area. It provides for a high trajectory for the ball, with a low amount of spin. This should help the ball go farther.

Acushnet is the name of the company that owns the brands of Titleist golf clubs, Cobra golf clubs and FootJoy golf shoes. On November 10, the U.S. District Court ruled that Titleist must stop selling Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls permanently by 2009. Supposedly, Titleist has infringed on some of Callaway’s patents.

Phil Mickelson had a tough year in 2008 earning a paltry $5.1 million (3rd on the PGA money list). Life is hard. His ranking dropped from second in the world to third in the world when Sergio Garcia recently overtook him. Phil is considering playing on the European Tour in 2009. He believes that golf in the U.S. has become stagnant, and there is more opportunity for growth in Europe. Many have accused him of threatening to move to Europe because he’ll make more money there.

One thing that has confused me about hybrid golf clubs are the names they put on the clubs. You have to have a table to tell which club corresponds with which iron or wood. Usually they only specify the degrees of loft. It can get confusing, but Wilson Staff has come up with a way to alleviate the confusion.

The first time I saw this ad for Maxfli golf clubs and balls, I thought it was funny, mainly because John Daly’s singing goes from horrible to horrific. From what I know about him, the ad is all too true to Daly’s life. He’s had several wives, and is quite a drinker. He was arrested on October 27, in Winston-Salem North Carolina and held overnight. He got drunk at a Hooters, and was so drunk and uncooperative, that the police had no choice. After learning of this news, the ad isn’t quite as funny as it was, but here it is:

I guess Cobra golf clubs are at the front of my mind lately. Here’s another funny ad from them.

I remember my senior year in high school, our English teacher made us identify the advertising techniques used in different ads. For homework, we had to bring in some ads out of magazines or newspapers, and identify the the technique in the ads. I had a subscription to Golf Digest and I brought in some ads for golf clubs and golf balls. I don't really remember any of the techniques that they used, but humor is a good one. Below is a funny ad from Cobra golf clubs, and maybe I'll be able to post others from other companies.