Due to the cancellation of the 2020 PGA Professional Championship, the three
#USOpen
exemptions from that event will now go to the top 3 from the 2019 PGA Professional POY Standings:
Ryan Vermeer
@Golf_RV
Marty Jertson
@jertybird
Danny Balin
@dabgolfer
See you at Winged Foot!
Winning requires luck. Today, it tipped my way at the end.
I’m proud & grateful to be the ‘19
@SWSectionPGA
Section Champion and earn my way into the 2020
@WMPhoenixOpen
.
#PlayYourBest
Two years ago, played in the US Open
Last year, caddied in the US Open
This year, helped the US Open champ level up his speed.
Next year, hoping to play again....
Micro-sponsored a player who needed some cash to travel early ’s, barely got his Tour card, today earned first top-10 on the big show....one of the funnest thing for our family to be apart of. Throw some support to the young-in’s u believe in if you can.
Beyond excited to get the call to represent the USA 🇺🇸 on the 2019
@PGA
Cup Team (the Ryder Cup for us working pros).
Let's see if we can muster up some magic like we did back in 2011
albeit I'm playing smaller irons now 😉
Today is a good day.
Heading home to my fam.
A renewed gratitude that I don’t play golf for a living....and that I didn’t get killed by the water mocassin I stepped on
#13
.
Driver Fitting
Use CHS to get in the ballpark, but nothing more.
Then, ignore it and focus on marrying AoA & Ball Speed to optimize Launch Conditions.
Increase distance at a ratio of 2:1 to dispersion (for most).
Minimize curve, Play Your Best.
We've officially launched PING Co-Pilot to our fitters - a collection of fitting optimization Apps & widgets previously reserved for Proving Grounds fittings only, now helping all golfers get dialed in.
My favorite (so far) is our Driver Launch Efficiency App here.
Humbling, but super enjoyable, week at the
@PGAChampionship
. Yes, it’s hard for a weekend golfer to play the weekend, against the toughest field of the year, in a Major.
Welp, my streak of never missing a cut in a Major* has come to an end.
What a test of golf....if you have any weakness it will be exploited.
Big props to the
@usga
for the setup & hospitality.
*Majors played in New York
Announcement for my
@PGA
friends thirsty to learn. You can now take the deepest dive into Golf Science and Applied Fitting with the PING Proving Grounds Certification.
Tons of amazing content that will level up your Coaching & Fitting.
10 PDR credits as well!
Going to miss Daniel Summerhays being around as a player and awesome human.
This dude is shockingly technical and has asked some questions that have stumped us engineers
@PingTour
- which made us all better. Hope he teaches physics in career 2.0.
Epic exit my friend.
🙏🏼 Thank you ^1M to all of my friends, family,
@PingTour
colleagues, The Thunderbirds, fellow
@SWSectionPGA
members, coaches and technique consultants 😜 and fans for being part of the
@WMPhoenixOpen
experience 2020.
Hope I get another crack,but if not, I’ll never forget it.
I always scout and hire a local high school player to caddy for PPC’s. Josh (and his family, and their cheesecake) were awesome! Keep working on your game my friend. Great week.
My son was a Caddy for
@jertybird
at the PGA Professional Championship at Bayonet-Blackhorse this past weekend. It was a pleasure meeting him & his family & slipping a few Cheesecakes his way! We’ll be rooting for you at Bellerive Country Club in August Marty! 😉⛳️
#ping
#PGA
The combination nobody thought was possible. Low spin, high speed, record stability. So forgiving, feel free to play it a little longer length for an even bigger distance boost.
Update: Now all PING Field Reps are also
@TrackManGolf
Level II certified. An awesome crew across the US that continues to invest in custom fitting wisdom
From iPING 2.0, putting tempo ratios for
@PingTour
staff players.
Conclusion: Do NOT seek to be Tour average. Putt with your best cadence.
If your tempo is slow, consider heavier. If fast, consider lighter.
If you’re goal is to maximize Strokes Gained driving, non-anecdotal evidence suggests to zero out spin axis (on average) and embrace the single cross.
#openforum
Custom fitting
@pingtour
is thriving.
Helping in production yesterday, we built iron orders with:
Retro spec
Power spec
Blended sets
Stepping soft
Stepping stiff
Custom swingweight
Custom grip wrap (top & bottom)
Myriad lengths, shafts, and color codes
and a lot more.....
I've talked to a handful of Tour players lately who've been talked into playing way too conservative off the tee and with their irons based on misapplied statistics for how good they hit the ball.
They then watch the likes of Scottie, Viktor, etc. on Sunday PM's stuffing it
PING Fitters
Big Co-Pilot update today!
We're introducing a brand new tool, Gapping App (Beta), to help solve one of your biggest challenges.
-Save tons of time
-Stop guessing or wearing out your golfer
-Precision full set gapping based on good 7i data
-Virtual what-ifs for
The tipping point for my healthy obsession with distance happened after playing with Luke List at the '18 PGA at Bellerive. I was sneaky short and he was sneaky long.
That's when it became personal.
What was your distance tipping point?
Are you leaving distance on the table? VP of Fitting & Performance
@jertybird
explains how your angle of attack can impact your optimal launch and spin numbers in a driver fitting.
#FittingMatters
My friends across the pond, sadly I decided to w/d from
@TheOpen
Final Qualifying. A bit too much red tape getting over there. I'll miss giving it another run
@WestLancsGC
🤞 for next year
First W playing w/o 1 ball rule.
Played 3 different balls pending conditions, hole locations, par 3 yardages, and wind. Def a little advantage.
Kind of fun bringing multiple clubs and balls to each tee box.
Are you leaving distance on the table? VP of Fitting & Performance
@jertybird
explains how your angle of attack can impact your optimal launch and spin numbers in a driver fitting.
#FittingFriday
When it comes to your lowest lofted fwy wood, most fitters don't know what's optimal....or possible.
Fitters: PING Co-Pilot is here to help. We've added Fairway Wood Launch Efficiency (Beta) to help optimize your golfers fairway wood - specific to their goals, weather,
Just found out our Section isn't using the 1 ball rule.
Things are about to get real fun. Probably will carry and switch between 3-5 models each round pending wind vector, green firmness, driver land angle optimization, etc.
cc:
@BallFitting
Some greatness and some sloppiness and a top 15
@ColoradoOpen
at -11...probably the best State Open out there.
Huge thanks for
@MinesGolf
Tyler Kimble for looping for me this week!
Look forward to coming back next summer.
G430 LST
#1
played model
@3MOpen
You no longer have to choose between low spin and forgiveness - you can have both together.
The more stable the driver, the more freedom you have to swing faster. Enjoy!
Nothing but respect for Captain Cameron Clark & his GB&I Team 🇬🇧🇮🇪. These guys kept stuffing iron shots & making everything on us. Pure class in the end - amazing competitors and now friends. Golf, the
@PGA
and
@ThePGA
won this week.
#PGACup2019
t-4 in the AZ Open.
Tough to prevail against the full-timers…but came close
@PapagoGolf
was in sweet condition and a great tournament test now
@SWSectionPGA
put on an awesome event. Thanks to the crew & all the volunteers.
Lots of
@PingTour
players at the top of this
It’s why I love the test, big tournaments expose your weak points. I thought I had improved it enough, but my driving and long game broke down at the big show. Pretty simple, needed straighter and longer through better swing technique + on-course execution.
We are building the slickest full set gapping solution ever for our Fitters.
Testing it now at the Proving Grounds and feedback has been 🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to get a Beta version into your hands soon....
PING Fitters: Strokes Gained for club fitting is here.
Check out how easy this driver fitting feature is to use in PING Co-Pilot.
Players love making decisions informed by data.
It’s been a year of close misses.
Played steady in our
@SWSectionPGA
Championship and excited to get myself back to the PGA Professional Championship in ‘22.
The road to Tulsa starts in Austin.
Hey Fitters & Coaches,
iPING 2.0 has a cool new feature we've developed in the PING Putting Lab. Live biofeedback for when you're blending fitting and setup adjustments.
Can change target lie and shaft lean.
Perfect for Apple TV setups.