Golf Views » Tour Van http://www.sandbox8.com Golf products reviewed by the everyday golfer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:14:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Life of a PGA Tour Van Driver: Ping’s Daniel Udd http://www.sandbox8.com/2010/12/21/life-of-a-pga-tour-van-driver-pings-daniel-udd/ http://www.sandbox8.com/2010/12/21/life-of-a-pga-tour-van-driver-pings-daniel-udd/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:26:00 +0000 Rob http://www.sandbox8.com/?p=4874

Ping's Daniel Udd

Did you ever want to know what life is like driving a PGA Tour Van? In this two part video, Ping’s Tour Master Technician Daniel Udd, let’s you inside his world.


Part one you’ll find out how many days of the year Daniel is on the road, favorite stop on the Tour, crazy things that happen on the road, what Bubba Watson does when he visits the van, and much more.

In part two of the video, you’ll see how Daniel builds Ping’s new S56 irons, which have won seven times on Tour, and what sets Ping apart in how they build golf clubs.

Special thanks to Daniel Udd and Ping for setting this up!

www.ping.com

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Callaway Tour Van

At the 2010 BMW Championship, we got a tour of the Callaway Golf van, that supports TOUR players like Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, and others.

Watch this video of Mike Peck, Callaway Director of U.S. Tour Relations walk us through the van and you’ll learn about how Callaway measures loft and lie, what grips Ernie Els uses, how Els likes his grips installed, how often Phil Mickelson visits the tour van, and much more!







Special thanks to Callaway Golf and Mike Peck!

www.callawaygolf.com

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Did you ever want to know how TaylorMade Golf supports its athletes in the field? In this video you’ll get to see some of the unique features of the TaylorMade Tour Van as TaylorMade’s Wade Liles gives us a tour of the tour van and builds an R9 460 driver in under 10 minutes.

Special Thanks to Wade Liles and TaylorMade Golf for the access during the BMW Championship.

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At the 2009 BMW Championship last week I was able to get a tour of the Ping Golf Tour Van which supports its athletes like, Heath Slocum, Mark Wilson, Angel Cabrera, Hunter Mahan, and more.

In this video, you’ll find out how Ping Golf supports its many athletes and what they do differently.  While I was filming this tour 2009 Masters Champion Angel Cabrera came by to check out the 2010 line of golf shirts, and Rory Sabbatini also stopped in to get an adjustment on his Ping putter.

Special thanks to Ping Golf, Matt Rollins, and Daniel Udd for providing me access to the tour van and being great hosts!

For more information visit http://www.ping.com

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Lemont, IL-At the 2009 BMW Championship I got a quick tour of the Cobra Golf Tour Van that supports PGA Tour pros Geoff Ogilvy, Camilo Villegas, Ian Poulter, and J.B. Holmes. Watch the video and find out what equipment they will be using and player testing of the new Cobra ZL driver by Ian Poulter in the third stop of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Special thanks to JJ VanWezenbeeck PGA Tour Technician of Cobra Golf for the tour!

For more information visit http://www.cobragolf.com

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At the 2009 PGA Championship in Chaska, MN I got an opportunity to get a rare glimpse inside the Nike Golf Tour Van that supports the Nike Golf Athletes like Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Paul Casey, Lucas Glover, KJ Choi, and Justin Leonard by building clubs and more. Watch the video and you’ll learn about what it’s like to support golf’s elite players. Special thanks to Rob Burbik from Nike Golf for the tour.

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