Michigan Golf Journal April 2018

Michigan Golf News Michigan is known for its many contributions to golf – and that includes a major role most Michiganders are totally unaware of. dŚĞ tŽƌůĚ EŽ͘ ϭ ƉƵƩĞƌ ŐƌŝƉ is SuperStroke, with more than 10 million sold worldwide, and it is based right here in Wixom, Michigan. One of the company’s biggest fans is 2017 Masters’ champion, Sergio Garcia – ǁŚŽ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ :ŽƌĚĂŶ ^ƉŝĞƚŚ ;ϮϬϭϱ DĂƐƚĞƌƐ͛ winner) and Jason Dufner – are ambassadors for SuperStroke. The late Arnold Palmer ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƉůĂLJĞƌ͛Ɛ ŐƌŝƉ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ of any good swing, so naturally the feel of any grip product ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ Ă golfer’s comfort standing over shots from tee to green. Garcia ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ second round at Augusta last year before going on to win the green jacket. “I love the feel of them,” 'ĂƌĐŝĂ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ &ƌŝĚĂLJ͘ “Obviously, they have a big ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐƌŝƉƐ͘ ŶĚ Ă couple years ago when they came out with the playing grips for the irons and the woods they feel really, really good. They don’t get shiny, so even if you don’t clean them for two or ƚŚƌĞĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƐƟůů ƐƚĂLJ ǀĞƌLJ ƚĂĐŬLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŶŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŌ too, so they don’t wear on your skin too much. So, I really like them, and they made it in the color I wanted, so what else can I ask for?” Dufner, Spieth and Garcia ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ^ͲdĞĐŚ ŐƌŝƉƐ ŽŶ Ăůů ϭϰ clubs, but most players on tour ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƌ ƉƵƩĞƌ ŐƌŝƉƐ͕ including Phil Mickelson and ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƚŽƉͲϯ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ŝŶ world rankings. PGA pro Brian Stuard of Jackson began using one about two years ago. “I just picked it up and I thought it felt good in SW Grip Macro SUPERSTROKE WINNING OVER GOLFERS 2017Masters’ Champion SergioGarcia Included By Tom Lang