News from Orlando: Srixon Replaces the Z-UR Golf Ball Series

Trivia: “What two-time U.S. Open champ has a twin brother named Allen?” Answer below.

I returned on Thursday evening from my quick jaunt to Vancouver. I meant to blog Friday morning but simply got tied up with other items. And most of this entry was drafted on one of my return flights!

Thank you to Mike Allen, Parmasters Memphis, once again today for the following information. Mike and his partner, Mr. Mario Bertagna, recently attended the 56th PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, USA. They returned home with a wealth of information, including this brief update from Srixon (R).

Here’s what Mike and Mario brought back from Orlando:
There was a lot of talk and buzz about some of the new golf balls introduced. Srixon will be releasing, next week, the Z-STAR (TM) and Z-STAR X (TM) lines of balls to replace the Z-UR series. These are high-end balls designed to compete with the Titleist (R) PRO V1 (R) and PRO V1X (R) respectively. (Titleist incidentally introduced new versions of their balls as well.) Vijay Singh won 57 times (including three majors), Boo Weekly has won twice and is a Ryder Cup champion and Harrison Frazar shot a 59 and was the low medalist at Q-School, all using the same golf ball brand. THEN THEY EACH MADE THE SWITCH TO THE SRIXON Z-STAR! That ought to tell you something! Srixon is so confident that you’ll love their balls, each one comes with a money-back guarantee. Visit www.srixon.com.

Thanks again Mike!

This is the weekend for the Cannington (my hometown) Dog Sled Races. I blogged earlier about this event here, and you can learn more here. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if the races are proceeding. There’s a discussion forum here that states that the races have been cancelled due to a lack of snow, which would of course make sense. I’m heading up to Cannington this evening, so I guess we’ll see.

And the answer: “Curtis Strange”