Opinion & Analysis
How Kings Are Made: The Next Big Little Thing On Tour
If you are a frequent visitor of GolfWRX, you are probably a golfer on the constant search for an edge on the course. You peruse the different forums anxiously hoping to find that some little thing that you’ve convinced yourself will make the difference in your game. I know this because I’m wired the same way.
I’ve spent countless nights huddled up in the dark corners of this website reading, rereading and reading again some fresh insight on Ben Hogan’s “Five Lessons” that has me convinced by morning that I’ve figured out “the secret.” I’ve dedicated as much time to analyzing what Oakley lens is best for my sunglasses (G30 non-polarized by the way) as I did preparing for the SAT.
I’ve read reviews on golf bags, balls, clubs, shoes, shirts, pants, hats, belts, instructors, practice facilities and even sunblock (Banana Boat Sport Performance UltraMist seems to be a popular choice). The point is that I, and presumably most of you, partake in this excessively analytical and borderline obsessive-compulsive behavior for a very basic reason: As long as it’s within the rules, I will take advantage of every edge, no matter how small, if it helps me on the course.
With that context in mind, I would like to introduce you to a new product that could soon become the primary return when we inevitably search for “Best on-course snack:” KingMade Jerky. Now I’m guessing some of you may have already heard about this product either by reading through the GolfWRX thread on it, or Alan Shipnuck’s in-depth look at the company’s founder and backstory on Golf.com: http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tour-caddie-jeff-king-turns-pro-beef-jerky-business.
Rather than rehashing the content that is already out there (the thread is a great source for reviews and the column serves as an excellent primer on the company), I instead want to focus on the marketing hype surrounding KingMade Jerky and how it has the potential to turn into a hugely profitable operation.
When I think about the psychology behind marketing products to golfers, there are generally two very distinct strategies that have both proven to be effective in their own unique way, and I believe KingMade Jerky is in the rare position to capitalize on both of them. For lack of a better phrase I’ll call the first strategy “Play what the pros play,” which is based on the very basic principle that we, the consumer, will want to use the same product as people who are better than us, thinking “if it’s good enough for them then it’s certainly good enough for me.” This strategy is the very basis of sports marketing. It’s the reason why Jordan brand is so successful, the rationale that children use when they beg their parents to spend $200 on a pair of Lebron’s. To be perfectly honest, it’s also 100 percent the reason I own the same irons Tiger Woods players, a set of Nike blades.
As it relates to golf and specifically this website, it’s the underlying principle behind having a forum like “What’s In The Bag,” we may not always buy exactly what the pros play, but we still want to know what the “best of the best” are using. The club companies and equipment manufactures are well aware of this fact and they understand that by attaching themselves to successful tour players they are essentially buying credibility with a large portion of the consuming public.
I say “large portion” because GolfWRXers and other like-minded consumers tend to be less inclined to buy into the marketing hype and more likely to be skeptical of the inherent problem with paying players to use a certain products:
Is the athlete endorsing this product because it’s actually good, or are they simply doing it for the money?
More often than not, I think we can all agree it’s the money and not the efficacy of the product that serves as the driving force behind the large majority (read: 99.9 percent) of athlete endorsements. In light of this inescapable reality, the discerning consumer must turn to another resource to determine which product they should buy, which brings us to the second marketing strategy: crowdsourcing.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, “crowdsourcing” is the process of obtaining information about something by soliciting opinions/reviews from a large group of people. Examples of crowdsourcing include going on to Yelp to read reviews about a restaurant/hotel you plan on visting, checking out IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes to see what others think about a certain movie, and even logging into GolfWRX and (as I previously mentioned) researching what others believe to believe to be the best sunblock for the golf course.
While “play what the pros play” is dependent upon hype and big budget ad campaigns, crowdsourcing is a strategy that involves a conscious decision to eschew that traditional marketing model. Rather than relying on celebrity endorsements, crowdsourcing simply focuses on creating a great product with the hope and belief that enough positive reviews (on sites like Yelp, IMDB and GolfWRX) will yield a groundswell of popular support that will allow the product to earn the credibility that it needs without allocating a king’s ransom toward its marketing budget. Now that we have positioned the two strategies and shown how they both coexist in today’s marketplace, let’s think for a moment about how they specifically relate to us here on GolfWRX and what it means for KingMade Jerky (I promise you I’m getting there).
Humor me for a moment and engage in small exercise that I think will help make my point. (If you’re not already doing so) I would like you to take a second and picture the different assortment of clubs in your golf bag and think about how you came to the decision to buy each and every one. Why did you buy that driver? Was it because of the commercial that promised 16 more yards? Was it because you saw you’re favorite player using it? Maybe you took a bunch of different ones to the range/launch monitor and this one simply performed the best.
How about those irons? Were you sold by reading the glowing reviews of other GolfWRXers? Did Joe Kwok (whom I can’t say enough positive things about) fit you for them? Or are you a simply a brand loyalist who would never use anything else?
What was the thought process behind your wedges? Are you a Bob Vokey/Roger Cleveland disciple? Did you decide to stray from the pack and pick up a customized set from Scratch (no pun intended)?
And what about your putter? Did you buy a Scotty Cameron because that’s what all the good players at your club use? Or maybe you were looking for something cheap and you found a great deal on BST/eBay? Whatever the case may be (and believe me I’m not judging anyone here), there was definitely some sort of thought process that went into each of those decisions and, whether you like to believe it or not, they were all somewhat influenced by external forces ranging from big-budget ad campaigns to a simple user review. All of which brings us, at long last, to the topic at hand and how I believe KingMade Jerky can capitalize on all of this in it’s pursuit of becoming a profitable company.
First off, let’s tackle “play what the pros play,” or in this case, “eat what the pros eat” and understand how KingMade fits in here. If you follow golf closely and you are a one of the millions who use social media as a vehicle to connect with your favorite golfers then more than likely you have come across tweets such as these:
Furthermore, aside from the names listed above, our own Greg Moore has noted in the KingMade GolfWRX thread that other notable names such as Tiger Woods (who reportedly ate a whole 1 pound bag over nine holes at Firestone), Joe LaCava, Matt Kuchar, Scott Brown, Luke List, James Hahn and Scott Stallings all eat it as well.
Initially, the skeptic in me wanted to think that the buzz was a result of the fraternity-like bond between Tour players and caddies. Since KingMade was created by a PGA Tour caddy, weren’t all these guys just looking out for their own and trying to help out one of their buddies? But at a certain point the evidence becomes too overwhelming. I’m not saying these guys are greedy (I would be the exact same way), but it usually takes pretty decent sized check for PGA Tour players to so enthusiastically endorse a product and then broadcast their support to the hundreds of thousands of people that follow them. In this case, and we have to take them at their word, it appears that KingMade jerky has been able to accomplish the “holy grail” of celebrity endorsements: getting them to do it for free.
Just think about how much more powerful the message becomes once you know that these pros aren’t being paid for their support. In fact, let’s juxtapose KingMade’s marketing message with what I believe to be one of the more poorly conceived corporate partnerships on tour: Jim Furyk and 5 Hour Energy.
Sports Business Daily estimates that 5 Hour Energy pays Furyk somewhere in the range of the “high six figures to low seven figures” to feature their logo on his hat. While I certainly understand the rationale behind getting the air time that goes along with being affixed to a prominent tour player’s head, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a consumer who walks into a convenience store looking to buy 5 Hour Energy simply because Jim Furyk uses it (if anything I think it’s had the opposite effect as I’m sure most of us have heard some variation of the “I bet he wishes it was 5 1/2 Hour Energy” jokes after one of Furyk’s unfortunate late-round collapses). The point is that when we watch Jim Furyk in one of those goofy commercials, we know he isn’t endorsing the product because he really loves it. He’s doing it for the money, which is totally fine except for the fact that it devalues the message.
On the other hand, we have KingMade jerky, whose message and credibility becomes exponentially more powerful with each and every uncompensated celebrity endorsement. It’s an important distinction that may go unnoticed at first, but one I’m sure Jeff King and his team are profoundly aware and appreciative of it. While it appears KingMade has already achieved and presumably exceeded their goals as it relates to “play what the pros play,” in order for them to capitalize on that success they are going to need to experience similar success in the realm of crowdsourcing. As of this writing, KingMade currently has 678 Twitter followers, 851 “Likes” on Facebook, and a 77-post thread on GolfWRX with user reviews ranging from: “This is by far the best jerky out right now,” to “Well worth the price” to “A bit underwhelmed….sorry but not as good as advertised.”
Clearly this is the space where KingMade needs to make up the most ground. Obviously no product will ever be able to garner 100 percent support from 100 percent of consumers, but they definitely need to do everything they can to expand their reach (particularly on social media) so that there are more mouths to spread the (hopefully good) word.
While I have never tried the product and therefore I cannot speak to whether or not it lives up to the lofty expectations set by the tour players we just talked about, I will tell you that this is not a company that I would bet against. For starters, I don’t believe that that many influential people would go out of their way to support a product (or a friend) for free without truly believing in it. So with that in mind let’s work off of the premise that KingMade has managed to create a very solid product.
Here’s what I see happening in the coming months: We will continue to see PGA Tour players and influencers tweet about the product as they continue to try and help out a member of their fraternity and that will continue to build the brand’s awareness certainly among hard-core golfers and eventually among more casual fans as well.We will also start to see KingMade popping up on the television coverage every once in awhile, may in the way of a player’s towel as seen here:
Or perhaps we might even catch Tiger, GMac, Rickie, or Kuch devouring a bag during a stoppage in play. The more examples we get of this, the more you are going to see people Googling “What was Rickie Fowler eating on the seventh tee” or tweeting at Golf Channel’s Tiger Tracker asking him, “What was that snack El Tigre just pulled out of his bag?” These may seem like trivial examples, but in this day in age it’s how nascent brands with little-to-no advertising budget get built. Outside of the PGA Tour, I think you are going to start see “in the know” golfers breaking out bags of KingMade at your local course, which will inevitably lead to questions from the rest of the foursome, a sample piece or two, and if it’s agreeable to them, a new customer.
If you consider yourself a “stick” or at least someone who wants to look like a good golfer, think about how quickly some other similar products have spread like wildfire and become ubiquitous at amateur tournaments. Have you ever seen a commercial for how driveway markers can be used as alignment aids? I doubt it, but you have seen tour players and other really good amateurs with those orange rods sticking out of their bag, so you went and got one too (I know I did).
What about Amino Vital energy drink? I’ve personally never seen the product advertised on television, but I went and bought some because I saw it all over tour player’s towels and I wanted whatever edge they were getting. How about something as simple as the “Player’s Towel”? Up until a couple of years ago, all the good players I knew were still using those cheap hotel towels. You know, the ones that are a little shorter than normal with the little lines in them. Then, all of a sudden, I played with a guy in a tournament who was using a Player’s Towel. I thought it looked cool, so I asked him about it and then went and bought one. And I wasn’t the only one. The next thing I knew, they were everywhere. It’s a fascinating cycle where these smaller, usually more expensive, boutique-type products basically go viral within the golf community and they blow up and become profitable companies.
One of the best parts of being a member of the GolfWRX community is having the ability to learn about these companies in their infancy, watching them grow up before your very own eyes and rooting for the good people behind the scenes during the entire process (and let’s be honest it’s also fun to be the guy in your group whose always ahead of the game, like getting in early on a successful IPO). Off the top of my head, besides the ones I previously listed, I can think of several examples of companies like these who have gone on to experience some serious success in the industry: Byron Morgan, Scratch, KBS, Jones Golf Bags, Stitch and Iliac Headcovers… the list goes on and on.
KingMade is easy to dismiss because it’s “just” a snack company, but if we are willing to invest the time and energy to find the right Oakley lens or best sunblock, shouldn’t we care just as much about our on-course nutrition? If I was a betting man I’d wager that we will. In the eternal pursuit of every edge, there is no detail too small and no rock that should go left unturned. If I’m going to have a snack on the course, then I want to have the BEST snack. And if KingMade is as good as they say it is, then I’ll bite, hook, line and sinker.
To paraphrase the motivational speech that Al Pacino delivers toward the end of Any Given Sunday, life (and golf) is a game of inches, which is why it’s time for me to wrap up this column. The UPS guy is at the door. He just arrived with my sample pack.
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Vincenzi’s LIV Golf Singapore betting preview: Course specialist ready to thrive once again
After another strong showing in Australia, LIV Golf will head to Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore looking to build off of what was undoubtedly their best event to date.
Sentosa Golf Club sits on the southern tip of Singapore and is one of the most beautiful courses in the world. The course is more than just incredible scenically; it was also rated 55th in Golf Digest’s top-100 courses in 2022-2023 and has been consistently regarded as one of the best courses in Asia. Prior to being part of the LIV rotation, the course hosted the Singapore Open every year since 2005.
Sentosa Golf Club is a par 71 measuring 7,406 yards. The course will require precise ball striking and some length off the tee. It’s possible to go low due to the pristine conditions, but there are also plenty of hazards and difficult spots on the course that can bring double bogey into play in a hurry. The Bermudagrass greens are perfectly manicured, and the course has spent millions on the sub-air system to keep the greens rolling fast. I spoke to Asian Tour player, Travis Smyth, who described the greens as “the best [he’s] ever played.”
Davis Love III, who competed in a Singapore Open in 2019, also gushed over the condition of the golf course.
“I love the greens. They are fabulous,” the 21-time PGA Tour winner said.
Love III also spoke about other aspects of the golf course.
“The greens are great; the fairways are perfect. It is a wonderful course, and it’s tricky off the tee.”
“It’s a long golf course, and you get some long iron shots. It takes somebody hitting it great to hit every green even though they are big.”
As Love III said, the course can be difficult off the tee due to the length of the course and the trouble looming around every corner. It will take a terrific ball striking week to win at Sentosa Golf Club.
In his pre-tournament press conference last season, Phil Mickelson echoed many of the same sentiments.
“To play Sentosa effectively, you’re going to have a lot of shots from 160 to 210, a lot of full 6-, 7-, 8-iron shots, and you need to hit those really well and you need to drive the ball well.”
Golfers who excel from tee to green and can dial in their longer irons will have a massive advantage this week.
Stat Leaders at LIV Golf Adelaide:
Fairways Hit
1.) Louis Oosthuizen
2.) Anirban Lahiri
3.) Jon Rahm
4.) Brendan Steele
5.) Cameron Tringale
Greens in Regulation
1.) Brooks Koepka
2.) Brendan Steele
3.) Dean Burmester
4.) Cameron Tringale
5.) Anirban Lahiri
Birdies Made
1.) Brendan Steele
2.) Dean Burmester
3.) Thomas Pieters
4.) Patrick Reed
5.) Carlos Ortiz
LIV Golf Individual Standings:
1.) Joaquin Niemann
2.) Jon Rahm
3.) Dean Burmester
4.) Louis Oosthuizen
5.) Abraham Ancer
LIV Golf Team Standings:
1.) Crushers
2.) Legion XIII
3.) Torque
4.) Stinger GC
5.) Ripper GC
LIV Golf Singapore Picks
Sergio Garcia +3000 (DraftKings)
Sergio Garcia is no stranger to Sentosa Golf Club. The Spaniard won the Singapore Open in 2018 by five strokes and lost in a playoff at LIV Singapore last year to scorching hot Talor Gooch. Looking at the course setup, it’s no surprise that a player like Sergio has played incredible golf here. He’s long off the tee and is one of the better long iron players in the world when he’s in form. Garcia is also statistically a much better putter on Bermudagrass than he is on other putting surfaces. He’s putt extremely well on Sentosa’s incredibly pure green complexes.
This season, Garcia has two runner-up finishes, both of them being playoff losses. Both El Camaleon and Doral are courses he’s had success at in his career. The Spaniard is a player who plays well at his tracks, and Sentosa is one of them. I believe Sergio will get himself in the mix this week. Hopefully the third time is a charm in Singapore.
Paul Casey +3300 (FanDuel)
Paul Casey is in the midst of one of his best seasons in the five years or so. The results recently have been up and down, but he’s shown that when he’s on a golf course that suits his game, he’s amongst the contenders.
This season, Casey has finishes of T5 (LIV Las Vegas), T2 (LIV Hong Kong), and a 6th at the Singapore Classic on the DP World Tour. At his best, the Englishman is one of the best long iron players in the world, which makes him a strong fit for Sentosa. Despite being in poor form last season, he was able to fire a Sunday 63, which shows he can low here at the course.
It’s been three years since Casey has won a tournament (Omega Dubai Desert Classic in 2021), but he’s been one of the top players on LIV this season and I think he can get it done at some point this season.
Mito Pereira +5000 (Bet365)
Since Mito Pereira’s unfortunate demise at the 2022 PGA Championship, he’s been extremely inconsistent. However, over the past few months, the Chilean has played well on the International Series as well as his most recent LIV start. Mito finished 8th at LIV Adelaide, which was his best LIV finish this season.
Last year, Pereira finished 5th at LIV Singapore, shooting fantastic rounds of 67-66-66. It makes sense why Mito would like Sentosa, as preeminent ball strikers tend to rise to the challenge of the golf course. He’s a great long iron player who is long and straight off the tee.
Mito has some experience playing in Asia and is one of the most talented players on LIV who’s yet to get in the winner’s circle. I have questions about whether or not he can come through once in contention, but if he gets there, I’m happy to roll the dice.
Andy Ogletree +15000 (DraftKings)
Andy Ogletree is a player I expected to have a strong 2024 but struggled early in his first full season on LIV. After failing to crack the top-25 in any LIV event this year, the former U.S. Amateur champion finally figured things out, finished in a tie for 3rd at LIV Adelaide.
Ogletree should be incredible comfortable playing in Singapore. He won the International Series Qatar last year and finished T3 at the International Series Singapore. The 26-year-old was arguably the best player on the Asian Tour in 2023 and has been fantastic in the continent over the past 18 months.
If Ogletree has indeed found form, he looks to be an amazing value at triple-digit odds.
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Opinion & Analysis
Ryan: Lessons from the worst golf instructor in America
In Tampa, there is a golf course that boasts carts that do not work, a water range, and a group of players none of which have any chance to break 80. The course is overseen by a staff of crusty men who have succeeded at nothing in life but ending up at the worst-run course in America. However, this place is no failure. With several other local courses going out of business — and boasting outstanding greens — the place is booked full.
While I came for the great greens, I stayed to watch our resident instructor; a poor-tempered, method teacher who caters to the hopeless. At first, it was simply hilarious. However, after months of listening and watching, something clicked. I realized I had a front-row seat to the worst golf instructor in America.
Here are some of my key takeaways.
Method Teacher
It is widely accepted that there are three types of golf instructors: system teachers, non-system teachers, and method teachers. Method teachers prescribe the same antidote for each student based on a preamble which teachers can learn in a couple day certification.
Method teaching allows anyone to be certified. This process caters to the lowest caliber instructor, creating the illusion of competency. This empowers these underqualified instructors with the moniker of “certified” to prey on the innocent and uninformed.
The Cult of Stack and Jilt
The Stack and Tilt website proudly boasts, “A golfer swings his hands inward in the backswing as opposed to straight back to 1) create power, similar to a field goal kicker moving his leg in an arc and 2) to promote a swing that is in-to-out, which produces a draw (and eliminates a slice).”
Now, let me tell you something, there is this law of the universe which says “energy can either be created or destroyed,” so either these guys are defying physics or they have no idea what they are taking about. Further, the idea that the first move of the backswing determines impact is conjecture with a splash of utter fantasy.
These are the pontifications of a method — a set of prescriptions applied to everyone with the hope of some success through the placebo effect. It is one thing for a naive student to believe, for a golf instructor to drink and then dispel this Kool-Aid is malpractice.
Fooled by Randomness
In flipping a coin, or even a March Madness bet, there is a 50-50 chance of success. In golf, especially for new players, results are asymmetric. Simply put: Anything can happen. The problem is that when bad instructors work with high handicappers, each and every shot gets its own diagnosis and prescription. Soon the student is overwhelmed.
Now here’s the sinister thing: The overwhelming information is by design. In this case, the coach is not trying to make you better, they are trying to make you reliant on them for information. A quasi Stockholm syndrome of codependency.
Practice
One of the most important scientists of the 20th century was Ivan Pavlov. As you might recall, he found that animals, including humans, could be conditioned into biological responses. In golf, the idea of practice has made millions of hackers salivate that they are one lesson or practice session from “the secret.”
Sunk Cost
The idea for the worst golf instructor is to create control and dependency so that clients ignore the sunk cost of not getting better. Instead, they are held hostage by the idea that they are one lesson or tip away from unlocking their potential.
Cliches
Cliches have the effect of terminating thoughts. However, they are the weapon of choice for this instructor. Add some hyperbole and students actually get no information. As a result, these players couldn’t play golf. When they did, they had no real scheme. With no idea what they are doing, they would descend into a spiral of no idea what to do, bad results, lower confidence, and running back to the lesson tee from more cliches.
The fact is that poor instruction is about conditioning players to become reliant members of your cult. To take away autonomy. To use practice as a form of control. To sell more golf lessons not by making people better but through the guise that without the teacher, the student can never reach their full potential. All under the umbrella of being “certified” (in a 2-day course!) and a melee of cliches.
This of course is not just happening at my muni but is a systemic problem around the country and around the world, the consequences of which are giving people a great reason to stop playing golf. But hey, at least it’s selling a lot of golf balls…
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Vincenzi’s 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans betting preview
The PGA TOUR heads to New Orleans to play the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. In a welcome change from the usual stroke play, the Zurich Classic is a team event. On Thursday and Saturday, the teams play best ball, and on Friday and Sunday the teams play alternate shot.
TPC Louisiana is a par 72 that measures 7,425 yards. The course features some short par 4s and plenty of water and bunkers, which makes for a lot of exciting risk/reward scenarios for competitors. Pete Dye designed the course in 2004 specifically for the Zurich Classic, although the event didn’t make its debut until 2007 because of Hurricane Katrina.
Coming off of the Masters and a signature event in consecutive weeks, the field this week is a step down, and understandably so. Many of the world’s top players will be using this time to rest after a busy stretch.
However, there are some interesting teams this season with some stars making surprise appearances in the team event. Some notable teams include Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama, Will Zalatoris and Sahith Theegala as well as a few Canadian teams, Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin and Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners.
Past Winners at TPC Louisiana
- 2023: Riley/Hardy (-30)
- 2022: Cantlay/Schauffele (-29)
- 2021: Leishman/Smith (-20)
- 2019: Palmer/Rahm (-26)
- 2018: Horschel/Piercy (-22)
- 2017: Blixt/Smith (-27)
2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Picks
Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy +2500 (DraftKings)
Tom Hoge is coming off of a solid T18 finish at the RBC Heritage and finished T13 at last year’s Zurich Classic alongside Harris English.
This season, Hoge is having one of his best years on Tour in terms of Strokes Gained: Approach. In his last 24 rounds, the only player to top him on the category is Scottie Scheffler. Hoge has been solid on Pete Dye designs, ranking 28th in the field over his past 36 rounds.
McNealy is also having a solid season. He’s finished T6 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and T9 at the PLAYERS Championship. He recently started working with world renowned swing coach, Butch Harmon, and its seemingly paid dividends in 2024.
Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen +4000 (DraftKings)
Keith Mitchell is having a fantastic season, finishing in the top-20 of five of his past seven starts on Tour. Most recently, Mitchell finished T14 at the Valero Texas Open and gained a whopping 6.0 strokes off the tee. He finished 6th at last year’s Zurich Classic.
Joel Dahmen is having a resurgent year and has been dialed in with his irons. He also has a T11 finish at the PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass which is another Pete Dye track. With Mitchell’s length and Dahmen’s ability to put it close with his short irons, the Mitchell/Dahmen combination will be dangerous this week.
Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith +6500 (DraftKings)
Taylor Moore has quickly developed into one of the more consistent players on Tour. He’s finished in the top-20 in three of his past four starts, including a very impressive showing at The Masters, finishing T20. He’s also finished T4 at this event in consecutive seasons alongside Matt NeSmith.
NeSmith isn’t having a great 2024, but has seemed to elevate his game in this format. He finished T26 at Pete Dye’s TPC Sawgrass, which gives the 30-year-old something to build off of. NeSmith is also a great putter on Bermudagrass, which could help elevate Moore’s ball striking prowess.
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Vonny
Sep 23, 2013 at 4:27 am
Great article……Congratulations Jeff on the best beef jerky ever!!
matt
Sep 21, 2013 at 8:04 pm
it was 48.00 for 6 1 pound bags..so really not that expensive, I would like to try some.
Christine Benko
Sep 21, 2013 at 8:18 am
I loved this article! #kingmade jerky is definitely set up for success! Great product, great marketing, and a fast growing group of followers/spokespersons!!! Couldn’t be more proud!! And, for the record, “these guys are good” and this jerky is good!!! I was “hook, line & sinker” and they had me at bag #1!
J
Sep 20, 2013 at 11:32 pm
Yup. Sure did.
We REALLY needed yet ANOTHER article about beef jerky.
Thanks.
Nick
Sep 21, 2013 at 12:14 am
Thought it was a great article. Jeff is a great guy. He’s not sponsoring any of these guys to eat it or support it. Guys on tour are eating it bc it’s that dam good. Funny guys on here will spend $6.50 for bad tough jerky but won’t spend an extra $1.50 for the best jerky you’ll ever eat. It’s tender, flavorful and very healthy for you. Why not give it a try before you bash it. Eat what the pros eat! #crushbags
J
Sep 21, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Wasn’t bashing the Jerky.
Pay attention.
We didn’t need another promotion for this beef jerky. There has already been articles about it. Don’t need it shoved down our throats repeatedly.
Nick
Sep 21, 2013 at 9:51 pm
This is a forum that’s what things like this are for. There’s a hundred topics on Cameron’s, vokeys,Tiger, taylormade etc,. Why can’t there be multiple topics on beef jerky made for and by golfers? I think once you try it your opinion might change. Give it a try go #crushbags
J
Sep 22, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Once again. Not the jerky. I have tried it. It’s jerky.
And your right, hundreds of articles about all kinds of things golf.
This isn’t SnackWRX.
It’s shameless promotion for a company that doesn’t pay to be a sponsor. Period.
John
Sep 24, 2013 at 6:45 am
I bet you have a ton of friends that love being around you…
Cdubs
Sep 20, 2013 at 7:42 pm
$54 for a 16 oz bag!!!
nip
Sep 20, 2013 at 10:57 pm
only us ‘pro-business’ golfers can afford it. lol
outta my grad student budget.
K dubb
Sep 20, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Well that was different, so is this jerky available in North Texas?
Corey
Sep 20, 2013 at 4:19 pm
You can get it on kingmadejerky.com
TEKz
Sep 20, 2013 at 6:57 pm
http://www.kingmadejerky.com