Saturday, September 26, 2015

Only If It Were Really This Easy

Learn to hit a draw in 2 easy steps

Step 1: Creating a face that is closed to an in-to-out club path

The first thing to do is place a headcover in the position shown in the picture below (note: the photo is setup for a right-handed golfer). With the headcover in mind, strike some golf balls without striking the headcover. A careful positioning of the headcover will encourage you to deliver the club head on an in-to-out path.

Step 2: Controlling club face alignment

From modern day launch monitors, we have learned that the club face is the main influence on the starting direction of the ball. This changes slightly at times, but for simplicity let’s say that the ball will start pretty much where the club face is aiming at impact. Assuming centered contact, curve will then be produced as a result of the relationship that the face has with the club path. In this case, the closed relationship with the club path will create a right-to-left curve.

A draw shot starts right of the target line, and this means that the club face must be pointing to the right of the target line at impact. It sounds counterintuitive, but yes, a draw shot needs a club face that is OPEN to the target line at impact.

(GolfWRX.com)

I Want To Try These

10 Great Churro Dishes in Orange County

5. Horchata Ice Cream with Churros at Elado Ice Cream (Anaheim)


9. Churro-Waffle at The Iron Press (Costa Mesa)


Complete list (OCWeekly.com)

A Good Read If You Got A Few Minutes To Spare

The Unbelievable Story Of Lowriders, Bumper Stickers And 'Swangers'

Lowriders

Lowrider cars have a deep history of acting not only as a cultural staple, but also as a platform for social activism. Cars in East Los Angeles started dropping it low after World War II and car clubs began forming in the 1950s, but the customized style didn’t really catch on at a commercialized level until Lowrider Magazine began circulation in 1977.

The magazine, and the lowriding car culture in general, assisted in the Chicano rights movement in Mexican-American culture. Early issues of Lowrider covered not only the motorized aspects of the cultural push, but also social inequalities like police misconduct, prisoner rights and media representation of Mexican-Americans.

Today, there are laws regulating how low the cars can go (obviously, you can’t drive through the streets plowing your car against the concrete), so it’s best to stay above the “scrub line” if you want to remain street legal.

All in all, social movements and cars are two of the things that help make this world pretty great. When combined? Boom, confetti.

(Jalopnik.com)

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(CarThrottle.com)

The Batmobile Is Copyright Protected, Rightfully So

Only Batman can drive the Batmobile, judge upholds copyright

In addition to Robin and Alfred, Batman apparently has quite a legal team helping him, too. Judges in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling about the copyright ramifications of selling replicas of the Batmobile. According to an Associated Press report in the Detroit News, the unique appearance of the Caped Crusader's car was found to make it a character in the story and therefore couldn't be copied without permission from DC Comics.

(AutoBlog.com)