Your Questions Answered

By Jaacob Bowden Member Question: Hi Jaacob, I am a new member and am just about to begin a custom swing speed training program.  I’m 51 and am just picking up golf again after about 4 years off.  I’ve been playing a couple times a week for a few months and my current...

Rob Hogan Speedgolf Q&A

Age:                                28 Height:                          6’0” Weight:                         165 lbs Sponsors: Cregmore Park Golf Club Swiftwick Socks Special Accomplishments: – 2013 Speedgolf World Champion – 2014 Eastern Speedgolf Open...

Speedgolf

By Jaacob Bowden For those that don’t know, speedgolf is where you play a round of golf as fast as you can. Your speedgolf score is your golf score plus your time. So when I shot the championship record for golf score at the 2013 Speedgolf World Championships, I ran...

Your Questions Answered

By Jaacob Bowden Member Question: Dear Jaacob, in your swing, do you advocate throwing the club as Mike advocated and does this add to swing speed?  Thanks. – Hendrik H Jaacob’s Answer: In my personal experience, I seem to get about 5 mph of club head speed when...

Casey Bierer (of Golf Channel) Q&A

Background: In late 2002, Jaacob Bowden was successfully working in the mid-west corporate world as a 26-year-old computer engineer.  Feeling disenchanted with his work, Jaacob quit his job, took his savings, and moved out to California to pursue a golf career,...