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NOVEMBER 17, 2003
What's Inside A CEO's Bag PUTTER I bought my Ping B90 long putter from my friend Gary Groh, a veteran tour player. I used to putt like a 30-handicapper, but this helped me eliminate the yips. It's so heavy that if you take it back straight, it comes through straight. RECYCLING MORE THAN PAPER My clubs are what I like to call "yard sale technology," because some of them are 15 years old. When I go with the new high-tech equipment, I can hit shots 15 yards longer -- if I hit it on the sweet spot. But since I'm not always accurate, using the new high-tech clubs means my ball goes deeper into the bad stuff. I have friends who will only play Titleist ProV1s, but I'll play any ball. Right now, I'm playing the Wilson Jack. DRIVER My son took my Callaway Hawk Eye driver, so I went into my business partner Phil Friedmann's trunk and borrowed his 10-degree Big Bertha War Bird, a vintage eight-to-10-year-old club. WOODS My son also took my TaylorMade 300 series 3-wood, so I dug through my closet and found an old Big Bertha War Bird 3-wood. I still have my TaylorMade 5-wood. And I have two 7-woods, including a Cobra Baffler Steel Classic that's 15 years old. I carry it to avoid hitting 4-irons and, depending on the day, 5-irons. BALL MARKERS I use commemorative silver dollars or large foreign coins because at Bandon Dunes, the greens are so large you need a ball marker that's big and shiny so you don't lose it. I have a 200-lira coin in my bag. SAND WEDGE I got it six years ago when I played in a charity pro-am hosted by my friend Peter Jacobsen. Funny thing is, it doesn't have a name on it, so I don't know what kind it is. IRONS My Wilson Deep Red irons were given to me by an executive at Wilson six years ago. I don't play the 3-iron -- it's too hard for me to hit.  Get BusinessWeek directly on your desktop with our RSS feeds.  Add BusinessWeek news to your Web site with our headline feed. Click to buy an e-print or reprint of a BusinessWeek or BusinessWeek Online story or video. To subscribe online to BusinessWeek magazine, please click here. Learn more, go to the BusinessWeekOnline home page  | | |
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