Ask.....JEEV!

As you read this blog you will discover that I have a very unusual sense of humor and an attraction to things out of the ordinary. It comes out of a deep sense inside me to find out what is true, right, pure and good. I'm not an existential, I don't have a guru but after 25 years in this game I feel that I have a handle on what I really enjoy about it.

To that end, the players that are my favorite are not those who others like; Tiger, Vijay, Ernie and Phil. I have a tendency to follow unusual golfers, mainly those found playing on the tours most of us didn't know existed. I'm one of the few people that would watch the Andalucia Open on the European PGA Tour to see how far Alvaro Quios is hitting it (probably about 30 yards longer than JB Holmes). I'm very pro-American, but to me the players on these foreign tours are more personable, more real.

One of the characters that I watch with interest is the Indian golfer, Jeev Milkh Singh (no relation to Vijay). How can you not like a golfer with the first name Jeev? Besides the cool first name, he has a swing only a mother could love. He takes it back very flat and re-routes it just enough to get the club face so square at impact that he is currently ranked #28 in the world.

However to me the most important thing about Jeev that I like is what's in his bag. There are countless sites on the web where golfers debate the importance of equipment. If you want to start a fight on one of these sites all you have to do is suggest that a blade is better than a cavity back (or vice verse). Two thousand posts later you'll still be fighting.

Meanwhile Jeev is cruising along at #28 playing equipment designed fo 28-handicappers! His irons are Callaway Fusion (which have a very high MPF, see above post) and his wedges are Ping Zing. The wedges are the most interesting part of his arsenal.

The Zing model was one of the last designed by Karsten Solheim before his death. While very functional, they were to say not very attractive. The model sold so poorly that they came out with the Zing 2 almost right away.

So what's the morale?

Frank Thomas, respected author and authority on golf equipment, said it up best in his book, Just Hit It. While fitting and design are important, you have to "...find the music inside you."

Looks like Jeev found the music.