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America’s Ten Best Cities For Golf Voted In 2010

Maybe you have known about the 10 best golf cities in America which voted online.This year, we asked you to weigh in. After more than 1,000 votes, we have our new list.Maybe you are more care about the golf clubs for sale,buy the cheap golf equipment.I am sure the 10 cities will be attractive to you too.

No. 10
Charlotte, N.C.

Better known for its NASCAR tracks than for its trophy courses, Charlotte nevertheless serves up an appealing — and affordable — blend of public courses such as Birkdale, Renaissance Park, Charlotte Golf Links and Ballantyne Resort. The city also features private gems such as the Donald Ross-designed Charlotte Country Club and Quail Hollow, site of the PGA Tour’s Wachovia Championship.

• North Carolina’s impressive array of big-time courses

No. 9
Jacksonville, Fla.

Head to this area for one reason: to conquer No. 17′s island green at TPC Sawgrass.

• 3 Budgets: Jacksonville
• Dye’s Sawgrass shines anew
• Jim Furyk on Jacksonville

No. 8
Atlanta

Atlanta is No. 8 on both lists, and for good reason. You’ve got the Bobby Jones trifecta: East Lake, Peachtree and Atlanta Athletic Club. East Lake is one of the area’s two PGA Tour sites, along with TPC Sugarloaf.

• Best places to golf in Atlanta
• Sea Island Resort in Georgia
• Reynolds Plantation is TaylorMade for what ails your game

No. 7
Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla.

There are plenty of reasons to visit, including Pine Barrens, TPC Tampa and Fox Hollow Golf Club.

• Five family friendly Fla. resorts
• Tampa: Where to find affordable, quality golf
• Golf and spring training in one trip

No. 6
Austin, Texas

The No. 1 metro area on our list was only No. 6 in reader voting despite a climate that makes it possible to play almost all year.

• Perfect Day of Golf in Austin

No. 5
Chicago

The wind and snow weren’t enough to deter readers from choosing Chicago. With great courses like Cog Hill Golf Club, we’re not surprised.

• Luke Donald’s Home: Chicago
• Chicago’s best golf courses

No. 4
Orlando

Everyone agrees that Orlando is a great golf city. Don’t miss Bay Hill, Grand Cypress and Greg Norman’s Champions Gate.

• Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club and Lodge
• Reunion Resort & Club and Champions Gate in Orlando

No. 3
Las Vegas

Readers valued Sin City’s accessibility to quality public courses and availability of total public courses as much as we did, despite the sometimes high price tag.

• Wynn builds another superstar Las Vegas course
• Course Spy: Paiute Golf Resort, Las Vegas
• Top 5 Values in Las Vegas

No. 2
San Diego

Our favorite spot in California was San Jose, but readers chose the more southern San Diego area, home of this year’s U. S. Open venue, Torrey Pines.

• Course Spy: Torrey Pines (South Course)
• Four Seasons Aviara, Carlsbad

No. 1

Phoenix

Golf is all about numbers, and these figures are inviting: more than 200 courses and 330 days of sunshine each year. Small wonder that golfers target the Phoenix-Scottsdale-Mesa area like a barrage of heat-seeking missiles.

• 3 Budgets: Phoenix
• Course Spy: Scottsdale’s Grayhawk Golf Club

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Callaway 2010 X-20 Irons is on sale at Cheap Golf Clubs

Callaway 2010 X-20 Irons is on sale at Cheap Golf Clubs

Callaway 2010 X-20 Irons is on sale at Cheap Golf Clubs

The Callaway 2010 X-20 Ironsfeature new USGA conforming V-grooves, and take a long standing tradition of performance and forgiveness to another level. Designed to deliver innovation, playability, and forgiveness, the Callaway X-20 Iron Set has a traditional appearance with the latest technology to deliver the performance and forgiveness to get the most out of your game.

Callaway 2010 X-20 Irons

Features:

1. New “V-Groove” technology which conforms with the 2010 USGA Groove standard.

2. Same clubhead design that won 2007 Golf Digest’s Editor’s Choice Award in game-improvement iron category.

3. 360* undercut channel moves the weight deeper and lower into the clubhead, thereby increasing MOI for a more stable clubhead at impact.

4. Extreme Notch Weighting moves the weight further into the perimeter for additional forgiveness.

5. 17-4 stainless steel construction for durability and feel.

Using the Progressive Wall Reduction System, Callaway Golf engineers lowered the center of gravity (CG) 6 percent more than in the X-18 Irons. Progressive Wall Reduction means the CG gets progressively lower throughout the set. The CG is lowest in the long irons, helping you get the ball airborne more easily. With its traditional styling and Callaway Golf core technologies, the X-20 Irons provide the performance and forgiveness to play the game with enhanced confidence.

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Golf Digest Hot List 2010

Scientists, Retailers, Top Amateur Players, Teaching Pros and Mid-Handicappers Serve as Advisors on Year-Long Hot List Evaluation Process

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ — Having tried and evaluated 1,339 clubs and balls in the past year, Golf Digest is set to unveil the results of its third-annual Hot List — a guide to the hottest golf equipment in the game. The Hot List will appear in the magazine’s February 2006 issue (on newsstands January 10) featuring profiles of the 130 most exciting products in the marketplace.

The full Golf Digest Hot List can be viewed now at http://www.golfdigest.com/hotlist. While a year-long endeavor, the Hot List’s final stage of review and analysis came in a 10-day summit conducted by Golf Digest editors at Marco Beach Ocean Resort and the Golf Club at Fiddler’s Creek in Naples, Fla.

“There’s so much good technology and equipment out there today that golfers become paralyzed-they don’t know where to start,” says Jerry Tarde, chairman and editor-in-chief of Golf Digest. “We have five equipment editors who work year-round to understand these new products and help our readers begin to narrow the choice so they can figure out what to buy. It may be the single best service we offer golfers and the industry.”

The “Editors’ Choice selections for the 2006 Golf Digest Hot List:

Drivers – Nike SasQuatch
Fairway Woods – Callaway X
Hybrids – TaylorMade Rescue Dual
Game-Improvement Irons – Callaway X-18
Super Game-Improvement Irons – Nike Slingshot OSS
Player’s Irons – Callaway X-Tour
Wedges – Cleveland CG10
Mallet Putters – Odyssey White Steel 2-Ball SRT
Blade Putters – Ping G5i
Tour Performance Balls – Titleist Pro V1/Pro V1x
Value Performance Balls – Titleist NXT/NXT Tour

The Golf Digest Hot List was compiled by Golf Digest Publications’ team of equipment editors from Golf Digest, Golf World, Golf World Business and Golf For Women — the industry’s largest collection of journalists devoted exclusively to covering equipment. Additionally, Frank Thomas, Golf Digest’s Chief Technical Advisor and former Technical Director of the U.S. Golf Association, served as a non-voting member of the judging panel. Together, the panel has more than 80 years experience covering the equipment industry.

Golf Digest also enlisted various panels to assist in the evaluation process, which included the 10-day summit. The Academic Advisory Panel included leading scientists in the fields of mechanical and sports engineering from Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, among others. The Guidance Panel consisted of four groups, including top amateur players nationwide, expert golf retailers, top teaching professionals and for the first time, a group of mid-handicap players. The purpose of these panels was to further the judges’ understanding of each product’s technology, marketability, performance and playability.

The criteria that comprised the 2006 Hot List is detailed below. Voting is based on a 100-point scale.

* Buzz Factor (15 percent): A product must be in demand. The magazine
looked at market share, tour use and customer satisfaction, as well as
retailer reaction to new products.

* Performance/Playability (25 percent): Using input from its panels and
other sources, the magazine considered two primary questions: Does the
product work in a unique and significant way? Does the stated technology
have a fundamentally practical application?

* Technology/Innovation (30 percent): Based on interviews with the company
and study of its technical documents, as well as discussion with the
Academic Panel, the magazine seeks to answer these questions: Is the
innovation new or different? Is it meaningful? How well does the company
explain its technology?

* Personal Preference (20 percent): Does the look, sound and overall
presentation resonate with the individual judge’s interpretations of
what this specific product should be?

* Value (10 percent): What does this product deliver in relation to its
price?

This year the evaluation criteria percentages were adjusted to put more emphasis on Technology and Innovation, and less weight on the Buzz Factor. Also, while an “Editors’ Choice” remains for each product category, the previous “Highly Recommended” and “Recommended” distinctions were eliminated.

The Hot List package includes additional sidebars that guide readers through the basics of buying equipment, resale and trade-in values for used clubs, and the clubs that recorded the most victories on the professional tours.

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