Golfers and Non golfers alike will appreciate this info.

No one has a swing speed of 150 mph, including Tiger Woods who is just under 130 mph. I had no idea the golf ball compresses this much.

But first a little history:

1- The Pro V-1 golf ball by Titleist is actually a three part ball, but you have to have a club head speed of at least 100 mph or more to be able to compress all three stages…If you don’t the ball never fully compresses and you don’t get the distance out of it that the pro’s do.

2- Most golfers, will get more distance out of a ball that only has two stages of compression…

Like the Titleist NG Tour. It is more suited to most golfers swing speed and we can compress it upon impact and can hit it further than the Pro V-1 ball.

3- So the secret is not to buy the most expensive balls out there because you are actually decreasing the distance you can hit the ball, unless your club head speed is over 100 mph, which unless you are a single digit handicap and young, it isn’t going to happen!!!

Watch this video, this shows what a golf ball goes through when hit at 150 mph…it’s amazing to me how long these balls last. Maybe that’s why the Pro’s use new balls ever time they play….

70,000 frames per second.

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How many of the Myrtle Beach Golf Courses do you recognize?

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A very interesting article was published yesterday in the local newspaper, The Myrtle Beach Sun News.  It speaks about the length and depth golf courses in the Myrtle Beach area have to go to, in order to keep playing conditions up to par…no pun intended.

The entire country has experienced record heat.  For the month of June South Carolina averaged 6 degrees warmer…it was the warmest on record….funny since we had the coldest winter as well….which makes you wonder about the whole global warming thing.

Anyway,  the article in the sun news talks about what golf courses are doing with different types of grass to keep optimum conditions.  It’s definitely worth the read and may give you a better appreciation for maintenance.  Let us know what you think.  As always our Golfmasters are always a good local source of information.

Here is a link to the article:  Myrtle Beach Sun News Golf Article

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Most Avid golfers are always interested in aerification, or the process in which golf courses aerate their greens.  Even with a golf course being in the best possible condition, aerification is necessary to preserve the conditions of the greens.

Typically golf courses in Myrtle Beach aerify Spring and fall to ensure healthy turf conditions.  By punching holes in the greens, in sizes varying from a dime to a quarter, it enables the overall health of the putting surface.  It prevents compaction and enables the greens to be soft and forgiving.  It also promotes healthier root growth, which makes it more drought and heat resistant.  The 3rd thing aerification does is allow water penetration.

While it’s no fun to play on greens that have been recently aerified, it necessary to keep the golf course up.  Your Golfmasters here at Golf Trek are constantly on top of Myrtle Beach golf course conditions so that we can ensure our customers do NOT play courses that have recently been aerated.  Fortunately most golf courses in the myrtle beach area schedule their aerification around non peak golf periods.  This minimizes the impact on the traveling golfer.

Here is a very interested video put out by the Pearl golf course about how they go about the aerification process.  I hope you enjoy.  The Pearl definitely is a course you should check out next time you are planning a trip to Myrtle Beach.

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You don’t see this happen every day.  A 9 foot Alligator was pulled from the surf in Hilton Head, South Carolina yesterday.  While this doesn’t happen very often, we point it out because you sometimes have to be careful while playing golf in the warm summer months in the Myrtle Beach area.

The coast of South Carolina is said to have 250,000 native Alligators and they are thriving.  While they are mostly harmless….keep your distance and as always better safe than sorry.

There are some fabulous Myrtle Beach Golf Courses where you can safely view and enjoy the wildlife that Myrtle Beach as to offer.

A couple of our personal favorites for seeing Alligators are The Pearl Golf Course, Sandpiper Bay, and Caledonia.

For the complete story click on the following link.  Alligator pulled from the beach in Hilton Head.

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Leather Dresses (You might see these lovely ladies next time playing golf in myrtle beach.

Did You Know This About Leather Dresses?
Do you know that when a woman wears a leather dress,
a man’s heart beats quicker, his throat gets dry,
he gets weak in the knees, and he begins to think irrationally.

Ever wonder why?

It’s because she smells like a new golf bag

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This picture was not taken in Myrtle Beach, however Horry County (Myrtle Beach Metro Area) does have the largest Brown Bear Population in the state. Not that any of your golfmasters have seen a bear on the golf course.  We do have a golf course by the name Black Bear here in Myrtle Beach.

Unfortunately the guy forgot to mark his golf ball. What was he thinking?

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A Golf Trek Customer recorded a hole in one this past weekend.  Here are the stats.

Wendell Doyle

Retrieving the ball after a hole in one!

March 5, 2010

Sea Trail - Dan Maples Course

Hole #11

155 yards

5 Iron (wind in face)

Used a Bridgestone e6 Golf Ball.

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There has been a flurry of new DIRECT flights announced coming into Myrtle Beach.  Allegiant air is leading the charge.  Allegiant is now flying direct to Myrtle Beach from the following markets:

Knoxville, TN

Allentown, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Grand Rapids, MI

Youngstown, OH

Take advantage of these great flight options and get here much faster.  For all the details including flights schedules for Allegiant, you can find them on their website, which is http://www.allegiantair.com Most of the flight times are set up such that you can play golf on both the day you arrive as well as the day you depart.  They definitely have the golfer in mind when setting the flight schedules.

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You’ve got to appreciate some clean, but really funny golf humor!  Enjoy.

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