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SuperStroke adds Dave Stockton as brand ambassador

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One of the hottest grip companies in golf has added one of the game’s premier instructors to its team.

SuperStroke, which has infiltrated the bags of professional golfers with its oversized putter grips, has partnered with Dave Stockton Sr., one of golf’s most respected putting gurus. Stockton will act as a brand ambassador for SuperStroke, and brings a depth of knowledge and experience that are matched by few other instructors in the game.

“Dave Stockton is one of the pre-eminent putting instructors in golf,” said SuperStroke President Dean Dingman. “His own experience as a player, as well as his feedback from the best tour players in the world, are going to be key in helping us develop some cutting edge concepts and designs for future club and putter grips.”

Stockton joined the PGA Tour in 1964 and has 25 career wins highlighted by a total of five major victories: two PGA Championships (1970, 1976), two Senior Players Championships (1992, 1994) and a U.S. Senior Open Championship (1996).

Some of golf’s highest-ranked players, including Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Adam Scott and Suzann Pettersen, have enlisted Stockton’s services as a putting instructor during their careers. His assistance has accounted for more than 60 worldwide victories among his students. He has also authored multiple instructional books including Putt to Win, Own Your Game, Unconscious Scoring and his most popular instructional book to date, Unconscious Putting.

Stockton, with a heavy arsenal of short game knowledge, supports the technology that SuperStroke employs in its grips.

“SuperStroke’s parallel grips provide a unique feel for golfers of any level,” Stockton said. “The different sizes make this an outstanding product for pros and amateurs alike. They help to evenly distribute grip pressure in the player’s hands resulting in a more consistent stroke.”

Jordan Spieth, golf’s most promising young talent, Jason Dufner, the 2013 PGA Championship winner, and Victor Dubuisson currently serve as the faces of the SuperStroke brand. Since 2011, its putter grips have accumulated 35 professional wins on the PGA, Web.com and European Tours, including two major championships. On a given week, 30 to 50 PGA Tour players game a SuperStroke grip in competition.

Stockton’s addition further authenticates SuperStroke’s product, and his short game intelligence will be an asset in developing lines of game-changing, innovative grips for the future.

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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  1. JTR

    Jun 24, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Too bad they do not add production lines or output also—-

  2. Pingback: SuperStroke adds Dave Stockton as brand ambassador | Spacetimeandi.com

  3. Fred

    Jun 23, 2014 at 11:54 am

    In Dave’s putting book Putt To Win he recommends a thiner putter grip, specifically pistol shaped, for maximizing feel. I guess this new endorsement cash has him singing a different tune.

    • Joel

      Jun 23, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      This comment just made my day! Of course though there is a difference between feel and getting a little stroke assistance from grip design. Technically bare shaft would give a ton of “feel” but superstrokes help me maintain wrist position during the stroke.

    • Jon

      Jun 24, 2014 at 9:49 am

      That book was published about 6 years before SuperStroke grips were invented.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/18/24): TaylorMade BRNR mini driver head

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a TaylorMade BRNR mini driver head

From the seller: (@lasallen): “For sale is a BRNR mini 11.5 deg head only in brand new condition.  $325 shipped.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: TaylorMade BRNR mini driver head 

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/18/24): Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made

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Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made.

From the seller: (@DLong72): “Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made. ?: $1150. ?? 100% milled collectors item from the limited releases commemorating when Ping putters won every major in 1988 (88 putters made). This was the model Seve Ballesteros used to win the 1988 Open Championship. Condition is brand new, never gamed, everything is in the original packaging as it came. Putter features the iconic sound slot.

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Inside Collin Morikawa’s recent golf ball, driver, 3-wood, and “Proto” iron changes

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As you probably know by now, Collin Morikawa switched putters after the first round of The Masters, and he ultimately went on to finish T3.

The putter was far from the only change he made last week, however, and his bag is continuing to change this week at the 2024 RBC Heritage.

On the range of The Masters, Morikawa worked closely with Adrian Reitveld, TaylorMade’s Senior Manager of Tour at TaylorMade, to find the perfect driver and 3-wood setups.

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At The Masters, however, Rietveld said the duo found the driver head that allowed “zero compromise” on Morikawa’s preferred fade flight and spin. To match his preferences, they landed on a TaylorMade Qi10 LS 9-degree head, and the lie angle is a touch flatter than his former SIM.

“It’s faster than his gamer, and I think what we found is it fits his desired shot shape, with zero compromise” Rietveld told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the RBC Heritage.

Then, to replace his former SIM rocket 3-wood, Morikawa decided to switch into the TaylorMade Qi10 core model 13.5-degree rocket head, with an adjustable hosel.

“He likes the spin characteristics of that head,” Rietveld said. “Now he’s interesting because with Collin, you can turn up at a tournament, and you look at his 3-wood, and he’s changed the setting. One day there’s more loft on it, one day there’s less loft on it. He’s that type of guy. He’s not scared to use the adjustability of the club.

“And I think he felt our titanium head didn’t spin as low as his original SIM. So we did some work with the other head, just because he liked the feel of it. It was a little high launching, so we fit him into something with less loft. It’s a naughty little piece of equipment.” 

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Not enough changes for you? There’s one more.

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“I used to hit my P-770 on a string, but sometimes the distance would be a little unpredictable,” Morikawa told GolfWRX.com. “This one launches a touch higher, and I feel I can predict the distance better. I know Rory replaced his P-760 with it. I’m liking it so far.” 

See Morikawa’s full WITB from the 2024 RBC Heritage here. 

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