How cool is this?  The Frogger Blogger was playing a round of golf this past weekend.  Big surprise eh?   I was paired up with a nice gentleman named Dan, about a 12 handicapper.  We had a fine time chasing the white ball around the course.

Dan's Ball Towel

Dan had a Frogger BrushPro on the bag (nice play) which he swore by.  He touted the advantages of having clean grooves and how they helped his short game.

Dan also had a Frogger Ball Towel.  Rather than hanging the ball towel on his golf bag or putting it in his pocket, he used the included caribeaner to hang it on a belt loop (picture above).  Very nicely played Dan!

How's this for a cool bonus? Buy any Frogger product valued at $17.95 or higher from our online store and receive a one year subscription to Golf Digest as part of the package! Yes, you read that correctly!  Buy a Frogger product $17.95 and receive a one year subscription to Golf Digest.

What better way to improve your game than to benefit from not only the use of a great Frogger accessory or training aid, but from the hundreds of tips and instructional information you'll receive in 12 issues of Golf Digest!

For more information please refer to the special Golf Digest offer page we have created for this offer here.

One of the best (and worst) stories of the 2013 Masters was that of 14 year old Chinese golf amateur Tianlang Guan.  Guan became the youngest amateur to not only play in the Masters, but to make the CUT!   Think of all the big names who did not make the cut that this 8th grader beat like Graeme McDowell, Webb Simposn, Y.E. Yang, Ian Poulter, Padraig Harrington...  I could go on.  Guan finished the Masters in 58th place, but had a very respectable 73 on the first round.

Best

Due to his sudden popularity the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has extended a sponsor's exemption to Tianlang Guan to play in their event.  This is definitely good for golf, especially with the word-wide appeal that this young player has and is gaining.  Watch for Guan to play in the Zurich Classic beginning April 25th at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, just outside of New Orleans.

Worst

What's the worst story involving Tianlang Guan?  He was penalized in the Masters for slow play.  Many have been critical of the Masters rules committee for penalizing the 14 year old amateur for slow play when nearly all the pros play slow.

Play it as it lies, or as it "flies" in this case?  Not sure how the United States Golf Association or the Royal and Ancient Golf Society of St. Andrews would handle the ruling on this ball drop...

In Costa Mesa (one of my favorite places) California yesterday the 3rd annual "helicopter golf ball drop" took place at St. Joachim Catholic School.  A helicopter, piloted by one of the school's student's fathers, duped 2305 golf balls onto a field.

Why 2305 balls?  Why a helicopter?

A creative way to do a fundraiser, school officials devised the copter-drop.  Students sell each golf ball for $10.  Entrants who donate the $10 per ball then hope that their ball finishes closest to the target on the ground after being dropped from the helicopter.  Prizes vary from $125 cash to a Kindle Fire or iPad.

Last year the event raised roughly $21,000 for the school and this year looks to top that number slightly.

Wow this is scary stuff.  Remember the poor guy perished when his house fell into a giant sinkhole?  The latest sinkhole story is that of a golfer in Illinois who was playing with his friends when he fell 18 feet into a sinkhole.  The sinkhole was on the 14th hole at Annbriar Golf Club. Golfer Mark Mihal saw an indentation in the ground and joked with his friends that hitting a golf ball from it would be interesting

"It didn't look unstable.  And then I was gone. I was just free-falling. It felt like forever, but it was just a second or two, and I didn't know what I was going to hit. And all I saw was darkness.  At some point, I said, 'I need to get out of here. Now,'"  ~Mark Mihal

The fall dislocated one of his shoulders which made getting him out of the hole difficult, but his great friends went in after him.  One friend formed a splint for his injury and then tied a rope around him to get him out.

Now THAT is what golf buddies do.

Just when I was wondering what to post today for the midweek blog, our friends at Hooked On Golf Blog posted their PGA Show interview of Frogger's own Jeremiah Bohannon.  The audio isn't the best because of the noise level at the show, but in this vid the three new products (Cart Poncho, Arc Angel, Swing Hero) are covered.

Frogger fans know we have two new products in the swing aid category, the Arc Angel and Swing Hero.   Both are new as of late 2012.

Golf Cart Poncho

Newly introduced at the PGA Merchandise Show, hot off the prototype presses, the new "Golf Cart Poncho."  The product is not available quite yet as we are ramping up production now.

The Golf Cart Poncho is a lightweight, portable cart cover unlike any you've probably seen.  This is not a heavy, bulky and difficult to handle canvas cover which takes two people to install.  The Poncho is meant to be stored in the golf bag, ready for use at any time and easy to carry.

The Kicker

The kicker on the Golf Cart Poncho is the extremely reasonable price.  Other cart covers are $150-$300+.  Retail pricing on the Frogger Golf Cart Poncho is under 50 bucks!  $49.95!

Do we rule or what?

Very busy at the show!  When there's more time we will post some show comments.  For now here's a shot from the booth Friday; people checking out the Arc Angel...

We interrupt our regular weekend preview to bring you live a live post from Orlando, Florida and the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show! The show is now underway and we are in full swing, so to speak, showing off our products to industry professionals in the golf world. We love talking to our dealers, distributors, end users and club pros. If you are at the show be sure to stop by booth #3629, right by the new product center, and say hello.
Demos

At our booth you can try out our new training aids, part of the Frogger Tactical Training Series. Come test out the new Arc Angel putting trainer. Check out your putting arc and get a demonstration on how it will help you save strokes on the putting greens. Check out the Swing Hero too, the best and easiest way to establish proper grip pressure. But do us a favor okay? Don't take out passers by with your swing!

New at the show is the Frogger Golf Cart Poncho. This baby is brand new and just what the market ordered, a portable, light and inexpensive alternative to golf cart covers.

Check back for photos and more updates from the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show! For now it is back to work at the booth for us.

This one is going to have to be short and sweet today.  Today is a Frogger Golf travel and setup day for the biggest trade show in the golf world, the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida.

We will be getting all the finishing touches on our booth done late today in preparation for the opening of the show bright and early tomorrow (Thursday) at 8:30am.

BOOTH # 3629

We are in booth #3629 right by the new product area.  STOP BY and say hello.  We will be showing off all of our golf accessories and training aids, plus there's a NEW surprise!

Here are a couple of shots from the last couple of years at the show to wet your whistle.