IDEAS TO BRIGHTEN UP GOLF

By Golf Refugees; Spiral ball, Aero kit club spoiler.
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AERO KIT REAR SPOILER

Golf Refugees have attached an ‘aero kit’ spoiler to the sole of our ‘driver’ club head. We believe it transforms the looks and the aerodynamic performance.

This aero kit spoiler is positioned across the sole, at the rear of the club head, from heel to toe. It provides three slotted areas to squeeze the airflow underneath the club head to increase aerodynamic performance and hence club head speed.

Two adhesive pads are used on each upright to secure the spoiler to the sides of the club.

Aero kit spoiler is made using a 3D Printer. You can select your favourite colour and even watch your part being made.
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BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES UGLY REALITY

Lin Na, 22, works at Evergreen Apparel (Cambodia). She said for a basic salary of $100 per month, she works from 7am until 4pm five or six days per week, and works overtime until 7pm almost every day.

“The salary is not fair compared to the work we do,” she said, wearing a Puma sweatshirt.

“I’m wearing the brands to show the buyers that their clothes are made by us. I want them to understand the link between the clothes I make and the garment workers’ situation and our salaries.”

Placards describe their working conditions as; Tiny unhygienic rented rooms”; “Unsafe environment”; “Forced overtime” and “No access to higher education”.

"Beautiful Clothes, Ugly Reality"

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BMX GOLF AT ST ANDREWS

Could you imagine a BMX Golfer at St. Andrews?
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INSPIRATIONAL JIMENEZ

I wonder if Jimenez would like one of these illustrated shirts by Golf Refugees?
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RIDE'N PLAY

There’s plenty of lively debate on how to attract younger people to try golf and resolve some of the inherent issues surrounding golf; it takes too long, its too expensive, its too difficult for beginners……

Taylor Made CEO Mark King has suggested using a 15 inch cup to resolve golf’s problems. From the comments I've read there seems to be a reluctance to reduce the challenge golf offers to players.

Obviously when the CEO of major brand speaks people pay attention, hence I fully anticipate when Golf Refugees speak it will fall upon deaf ears. But here goes, why not allow golfers to use ‘BMX’ bikes to play golf? You could call it ‘BMX Golf’ or ‘Play’n Ride’.  I believe it would help speed up the game and also attract younger people play. Eighteen holes could be completed in under two hours and players would obtain a greater ‘work out’ within a shorter time to aid fitness You may feel it would be difficult to carry a full set of clubs and ride a BMX bike, but people perform amazing tricks of these bikes and you can always decide to carry fewer clubs. The great Seve proved you can obtain many of the skills you need to become a top player by practising with a single club.

BMX bikes are cool, and some of their coolness would rub off on golf. The only major hurdle I can foresee is the reluctance of clubs to allow BMX bikes on the golf course.

Could a BMX bike help save golf? Please let us know your thoughts. And if you have any contact with TaylorMade feel free to forward to Mark King.
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GOLF ON A BIKE

To help speed up golf, why not use your bmx bike on the golf course?
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MAKE YOUR DRIVER BETTER

Aero spoiler is a 3D printed thermoplastic part designed by Golf Refugees to improve the aerodynamic performance of your golf club 'driver'.
https://issuu.com/golfrefugees/docs/aerokitspoilermerge/1?e=0
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AGREE OR DISAGREE?

When sport shirts are specifically designed to interact with your sweating skin, should brands provide consumers with a list of the chemicals they use?
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SPILLAGE

Our latest polo shirt design 'spillage'.
I'm always spilling things down my clothes. Please note; no sea birds were harmed making this shirt.
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INSIDE FOOTBALL

With the football World Cup this summer, there is understandably interest in all things football. If you want to find out what ingredients Nike, Adidas and Puma use to make their football merchandise, there's little point in visiting their web sites or asking them. However, Greenpeace have published an excellent report which tells all football fans and parents exactly what they use. Please note this report doesn't include any marketing hype just factual evidence from testing products. If you don't have time to read all of the text, just skip to the highly informative tables on page 4 and 13. Enjoy.
http://www.detoxfootball.org/src/Report.pdf
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STREET GOLF GRAPHIC

Warning; not for traditionalists.
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Q AND A

Q. Do Michelle Wie's Nike golf outfits contain stain resistant chemicals?

A.

Q. Do Paula Creamer's Adidas golf outfits contain stain resistant chemicals?

A.

Q. Do Lexi Thompson's Puma golf outfits contain stain resistant chemicals?

A.

Let's hope not.

Perhaps this difficult subject of stain resistant chemicals (PFC's: PFOA, PFOS) in textiles being linked to breast cancer can start an open discussion between brands, sponsored players and consumers on the use of toxic chemicals in sportswear apparel designed to interact with your sweating skin.
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AVOID STAIN RESISTANT TEXTILES

Researchers have identified 17 types of toxic chemicals that can lead to mammary tumours in animals, suggesting that cancer-prevention efforts should include warning women about avoiding exposure to these substances.

The chemicals the researchers identified are found in gasoline, diesel and other vehicle exhaust, flame retardants, stain-resistant textiles, paint removers and disinfection by-products in drinking water.

“Every woman in America has been exposed to chemicals that may increase her risk of getting breast cancer. Unfortunately, the link between toxic chemicals and breast cancer has largely been ignored.”

How to Avoid Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

Reduce exposure to fumes from gasoline. Limit exposure to exhaust from diesel or other fuel combustion, for example, from vehicles or generators. Don’t idle your car. Use electric, instead of gas powered, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weed whackers.

Use a ventilation fan when you cook and limit consumption of burned or charred food.

Don’t buy furniture with polyurethane foam; or ask for foam not treated with flame retardants. California’s decision to repeal its requirement that foam in furniture be flame-resistant is expected to result in an increased availability of flame retardant-free furniture in the U.S.

Avoid stain-resistant rugs, furniture, and fabrics.

Use a dry cleaner which doesn't use PERC or other solvents; ask for “wet cleaning.”

Buy a solid carbon block drinking water filter.

Reduce exposure to chemicals in house dust by removing shoes at the door, using a vacuum with a HEPA filter, and cleaning with wet rags and mops

Stain resistant chemicals used in textiles are known as perfluorocarbons (PFC’s).

If you want to try and afford PFC’s in your sportswear, time to ask your favourite brands if they use PFC’s; perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),  perfluorooctanyl sulphate (PFOS).

Golf Refugees have been calling for transparency on the use of chemicals in your sportswear which is designed to interact with your sweating skin.
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PINK SUMMER TEES

Pink 'plastic' tee by Golf Refugees

Pink 'natural' tee by Golf Refugees

Obviously we are referring to the shirts fabric.
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AERO KIT SPOILER FOR A GOLF CLUB HEAD

Do you wear a Blazer with beige slacks?

Do you wear long socks with tailored shorts in the summer?

Do you own an old ‘driver’?

Do you want to improve the performance of your old ‘driver’?

If you answered; No, No, Yes, Yes, then please read on……………..

Golf Refugees have designed an ‘aero kit’ for a driver club head. The kit comprises of two parts which can work together or separately to transform the aerodynamic performance of your old driver.

Aero kit;

1. Spoiler positioned across the crown and down the toe side of the club, near to the front striking face.

2. Swept aerofoil slotted hosel positioned around the bottom section of the golf shaft wear it meets the crown of the club head.

You can select the colour of your aero kit parts and we can even send you a video of your parts being manufactured by 3D Printers.

This latest product idea from Golf Refugees came about from thinking of when you first own a car and you buy additional parts to customize and increase your vehicle performance.
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SHOULD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BE INCLUDED?

When you next purchase a 'plastic' sports shirt, should the following information be included?

Polyester is man-made by melting and combining two types of oil-derived plastic pellet to create the polymer; polyethylene teraphlalate (PET). Polyester production can result in air and water emissions of dangerous substances including heavy metals, and the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. Most polyester is manufactured using antimony as a catalyst, which is a carcinogen and toxic to the heart, lungs, liver and skin.

Polyester ‘plastic’ apparel is not a biodegradable product. It takes years for polyester apparel to turn into smaller pieces, but it never breaks down into simple compounds that can be harmlessly reabsorbed by the environment. Instead, it becomes a dangerous pollutant, clogging up waterways, damaging the marine ecosystem and entering the food chain.
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GRAPHIC DETAILING

Apparently graphic detailing is trending this season;

grey 'shades' polo by GR with sunglasses inspired graphic

pink 'liner' tee by GR with graphic inspired from the golden age of ocean travel
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RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES LIST

I like wearing sport shirts containing mercury and lead next to my sweating skin because............

a)      I didn't know they were there

b)      I'm paid to wear it

c)      I just don’t give a damn about anything anymore

d)      if Tiger wears it I’ll buy it

There’s mercury and lead in moisture wicking synthetic; polyester, nylon apparel, according to a restricted substances list (RSL) by a popular sportswear brand.  Unfortunately this information is kept hidden from consumers.

If enough consumers contact their favourite sportswear brands perhaps they can be persuaded to make this information available on their web sites.

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ON THE 'UP'

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