Golf Equipment Industry Update: New Products Unveiled at the 1998 PGA Show By Carlton Vinson Winston-Salem's Beacon Golf and Its Putter On a Roll Beacon Golf was a hit at the recent PGA Show. And at the recent Greensboro Golf Show, there were large numbers of people trying out and purchasing the new putter. Like many good ideas, this putter had its beginning on the golf course. C.H. McMahan of Advance was having one of those days. From tee to green, he was flawless, but once on the putting surface he couldn't convert. That experience, and two years of research and development, led to the founding of Beacon Golf and an entire line of putters designed to keep the putter head on line and send more balls to the bottom of the cup. McMahan's design features a patent-pending Tri-Balance technology. By rearranging the elements of the club head such that the center of mass of the putter head is disposed further away from the face, rather than near the face, McMahan has reduced the tendency to rotate the clubhead away from its intended travel path, greatly improving accuracy in putting. "The heel-toe weighting in putters has been a substantial improvement in design, but it doesn't go far enough," said McMahan. "By adding a third weight area, we have completed a triangle of sorts, and everyone knows the strength and stability of the triangle." Both lines of Beacon putters (blades and mallets) utilize the Tri-Balance technology and all carry the names of something golfers hold near and dear-"birdies"-such as robins, orioles and hummingbirds. | |
|
