GM 2008 Golf Awards

[HTL]

Right, bored at the in laws. Time to have a chat with you guys.
Decided to set up the GM golf awards for new golf equipment, so what do you reckon has been -

1) Best driver - HTL needs more time to think
2) Irons - Mizuno mx200
3) Wedges - Titleist Vokey
4) Putter - Taylor made rozza spider
5) Shoes - Adidas 360 3.0
6) Ball - DX2 - PX3

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - A. Kim

* Knob of the year - Boo Weekly (riding his driver at Ryder Cup won it for him)

I will count up the votes and return the results in a few days.

 

[DCB]

1) Best driver - ? Too many to choose not tried them all !
2) Irons - Mizuno MP57s
3) Wedges - Titleist Vokey
4) Putter - Bettinardi BC3
5) Shoes - FJ Dryjoys
6) Ball - TM TP Red

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - A. Kim

* Knob of the year - J B Holmes

 

[USER1999]

HTL, you don't think your own results are a bit biased towards your current bag/equipment?

Golfer of the year: Poulter (world number 2, so who else is there to choose?)

Knob of the year: Woods (who else would play with a broken leg?)

Rookie: Chris Wood


Equipment:

Driver: Cobra L5V (pensioners only, but for them, a class driver).

Irons: Ping Rapture 2 (ugly as, but probably the irons most of us need, rather than the shiny forgings we all like).

Wedges: Vokey spin milled in less than 58°. Higher lofts should be banned, or excluded from the awards.

Putter: Scotty studio select newport 1.5.

Ball: ProV1.

Shoes: Footjoy classics (purple and white wing tips).

 

[USER1999]

Oh yeah, and disappointment of the year, not winning the RC narrowly pips my finishing the year on 11.7, exactly where I started back in January.

 

[birdieman]

Hey HTL don't knock Boo, we need more like him. A breath of fresh air in the game and a damn good golfer too.
Riding the bull was funny, anyone who has seen Happy Gilmore knows where he took it from.

Boo is older, fatter and balder than your average pro but couldn't give a s&%t, he knows how blessed he is to be able to make the kind of money he does and appreciates that fact - some of us can relate to that!
He's not your typical wingeing tour pro who wants for nothing yet still complains.

He has bags more personality than just about any current US or European Tour pros, I for one welcome that.

Hope he sticks around.

 

[USER1999]

I like Boo too. Golf needs personalities, and he is one.

 

[stevelockie]

1) Best driver - Not tried anything to top my ft-i
2) Irons - TM Tour Preferred
3) Wedges - TM Z TP
4) Putter - Odyssey Sabretooth
5) Shoes - Still got my stinky footjoys
6) Ball - Bridgestone B330-RX

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - A. Kim/Chris Wood

* Knob of the year - Steve Williams

 

[HTL]

It is a little biased towards my bag but I think that equipment is the best so that's why its there.

Still not a Boo fan, but can se where your coming from I just find him annoying, and cant stand his voice.

 

[Toad]

1) Best driver - Ping G10
2) Irons - Mizuno MP52's
3) Wedges - Mizuno
4) Putter - Cleveland VP1 brought my scores tumbling down
5) Shoes - FJ Dryjoys
6) Ball - Nike 1 Platinum

Golfer of the year - Harrington

New golfer - A. Kim

Knob of the year - Steve Williams

 

[viscount17]

Old Golfer: VJ

 

[Beaker]

Surely we have to have a golfing moment of the year aswell??!!

1) Best driver - Titleist 909 D2
2) Irons - Titleist Z•M Forged irons
3) Wedges - Titleist Vokey
4) Putter - Taylor made rozza spider
5) Shoes - Adidas Tour 360 Ltd. Edition
6) Ball - Callaway Tour ix

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - A. Kim

* Knob of the year - Sandy Lyle for withdrawing from The Open! Every other on the planet would give and arm and a leg to play in The Open!!

* Golfing moment of the year - US Open final round Garcia V Harrington

 

[andiritchie]

1)best driver-Cobra L5v its a bad boy
2)irons-Titleist ap2
3)wedges-Titleist vokey
4)putter-Taylormade Itzy bity spider
5)Footjoy dry joy pods
6)Bridgestone b330-s

*golfer of the year-Camilo Villegas

*new golfer-Antony Kim

*knob of the year-Ian Poulter but i love it

 

[HomerJSimpson]

1) Best driver - G10
2) Irons - TM tour preferred (couldn't hit them consistantly hence the Tour burners in the bag)
3) Wedges - TM TP Z
4) Putter - Taylor made rozza itsy bitsy spider
5) Shoes - Footjoy Dryjoy PODS (better as Myjoys)
6) Ball - TM TP black

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - Villegas

* Knob of the year - Monty (you are only here because of me!)

 

[viscount17]

For giving hope to every player on the planet: Greg Norman & Rocco Mediate

 

[Marko77]

1) Best driver - Ping G10
2) Irons - Titleist ZM Forged
3) Wedges - Vokey
4) Putter - Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2
5) Shoes - Stuburt Helium Pro II
6) Ball - Titleist Pro V1x

* Golfer of the year - Robert Karlsson

* New golfer - AK

* Knob of the year - bit harsh, but Nick Faldo

 

[StuartD]

1) Best driver - Ping G2 I got for free (Thanks dad!!)
2) Irons - TM Tour Preferred (wish i could use em)
3) Wedges - Cleveland CG14 (never been a vokey fan)
4) Putter - Anything but mine
5) Shoes - Adidas 360
6) Ball - TM Red

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - Kim

* Knob of the year - Has to be me for the way i have played this season

 

[DCB]

Marko77

I Thought about Robert Karlsson as Golfer of the Year, but chose Harrington due to his two Majors. Karlsson has shown a fair bit more in the way of consistency and I do hope he can carry that forward into next season. Either Robert Karlsson or Henrik Stenson are the most likely Europeans to win a Major in 2009 as far as I'm concerned. Both now have the maturity in their game to be able to win a Big One.

 

[slugger]

1) Best driver - G10
2) Irons - Wilson Staff Fybrid (not technically an iron, but you're missing a section)
3) Wedges - Mizuno MP-T
4) Putter - odyssey white hot xg #9
5) Shoes - stuburt helium 11
6) Ball - Taylormade TP red

* Golfer of the year - Harrington

* New golfer - A. Kim

* Knob of the year - Tiger's caddie (should learn to keep his mouth shut!)

 

[Marko77]

Yeah, the 2 major wins were great but there was little if nothing else from him. I realise there must have been a lot of side effects from these wins but a certain other person has managed multiple major wins alongside dominating the domestic season. Karlssons all round consistency including decent major performances swung it for me.

 

[Dodger]

Harrington has done nowt bar the 2 majors so for me has to be big Bob as player of the year.