They also have three other courses in the community – Crescent Pointe, Eagles Pointe and Hilton Head Lakes. 1 with Hallmark Management Group at the helm. The good news is that the golf club and course reopened Aug. Since then, it has gone through three different management groups and was closed again. In 2008, I became their director of instruction when the course reopened to rave reviews and the course was in great shape. The grass was 2 feet high and the course was closed down. I drove into Bluffton in 2007 and passed by the Rose Hill course. ``I’d get the ball up on the green and then play croquet with it _ back and forth, back and forth,″ he says.The story of Rose Hill Golf Club makes me think of a Carly Simon song: “I know nothing stays the same but if you’re willing to play the game, it’s coming around again.” So why is a guy who can hit the ball from here to the Mir peddling non-USGA- sanctioned golf clubs instead of winning millions on the PGA Tour?Īnother true story, Hamm says: He played a round at Inverness Golf Club a few years back and shot a 2-over-par 74, with an embarrassing 43 putts. (Hamm, at 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, hit the 473-yard record drive with a legal, USGA-approved club he calls the Jackhammer at a driving range near Denver.) ``I like the club, but when you play in tournaments you can’t use it,″ Shanahan says. ``The average golfer doesn’t care if the club is legal″ is his standard response.ĭenver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan met Hamm a couple of years ago while beating balls at a driving range. ``You cannot have holes through the face of the club,″ says John Mutch, manager of equipment standards for the USGA. However, the United States Golf Association refuses to certify the Air Hammer, barring it from official events. You don’t think about when you made a 6-foot putt.″ When you go play a round of golf and you hit that shot on No. ``What is the thrill for a golfer that brings him back? It’s hitting the long ball,″ Hamm says. Hamm expects to double or triple that this year. Thanks to an infomercial and word of mouth, Longball, which also makes putters and wedges, did about $5 million in sales last year. And higher club speed means longer drives. That means less wind resistance and higher club-head speed. Longball makes the Air Hammer, a $250 metal driver that has six holes through the face and a hole in the back to let air pass through the head.
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