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The Tour Van is a premium golf club repair and tour fitting experience utilizing industry knowledge and experience working with world-class athletes. The Tour Van staff have spent over a decade serving the best players in the world to meet their equipment and performance needs. Find out more about Ben Giunta and Jason Werner at https://thetourvan.com/

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Jason Werner is a club fitter in Nashville, Tennessee and originally from West Michigan. Drawing on 20 years of experience in the golf industry and 11 years of top level work with the world’s best players at TaylorMade Golf company, Jason has seen and worked with many of today’s top players from the very beginning of their career. From recruiting young talent to play TaylorMade equipment to providing complete equipment builds, the details required from driver to putter never go overlooked. He has provided some of the best players in the world with the highest quality service and now brings that to you through an experience normally reserved for the world’s elite golfers. One of Jason‘s greatest strengths is understanding a players background, mindset and approach to the game, and using that to reveal the specific keys to unlocking measurable and observable results.

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INSIDE SCOOP: Here’s how the LIV Golf tour will handle on-site equipment needs for players at each U.S. event

During practice round days at nearly every PGA Tour event, equipment reps, expert fitters, and club builders from various OEMs are on-site to help competitors with their golf equipment needs. The reps conduct club fittings, provide equipment for players to test, and they help build and repair golf clubs for players to use.

To house all of the product inventory, tools and repair equipment for each manufacturer, large “tour trucks” travel in fleets to each event. These trucks are like traveling pro shops and club repair facilities that provide the space and tools (such as loft and lie machines, grinding wheels, etc.) that club fitters and builders need to make any equipment changes necessary.

The newly emerging LIV Golf tour, however, doesn’t have the same structure. With only 48 golfers competing in each event, fleets of tour trucks aren’t traveling to each event to help competitors with their equipment wants and needs.

There will be one tour truck, though.

Ben Giunta , golf industry veteran and founder of The Tour Van, has confirmed that he will be traveling to each LIV tour event, alongside his partner Jason Werner, to help LIV players get what they need equipment-wise

Giunta is currently a club fitter based in Portland, Oregon, and has spent his professional career fitting and repairing golf equipment. He started at TaylorMade Golf working with customers, then transitioned to Nike Golf, where he worked for years on the company’s PGA Tour Truck. While at Nike, he helped fit, repair and build golf clubs for the game’s top athletes at PGA Tour events.

Following Nike’s exit from the hard goods business in 2016, Giunta acquired the Nike Tour Truck and started his own club repair and fitting business, called The Tour Van. Currently, The Tour Van is located at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, which is the upcoming venue for LIV’s next golf event (The Tour Van is located at The Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, during winter months).

Since the company’s inception, The Tour Van has also expanded to Nashville, where Werner – a club fitter and company partner – fits and repairs golf clubs out of a former TaylorMade Tour Truck that once serviced the Web.com/Korn Ferry Tour. The second Tour Van is currently located at Hermitage Golf Club in Nashville.

As GolfWRX has confirmed, Giunta and Werner will be on-site at Pumpkin Ridge ahead of the upcoming LIV event on June 30, working out of the The Tour Van’s original truck. There, the duo will be working with manufacturers to supply product, and helping LIV competitors with their equipment needs (club builds, club repairs, re-grips, wedge grinding, etc.).

Following the Portland event, Giunta and Werner will also be traveling to Bedminster, Boston, and Chicago as contractors for the remaining LIV events in 2022. Giunta says there are plans for a “larger trailer” in the events following Pumpkin Ridge.

“I am going to be responsible for managing the equipment trailer on the LIV tour, and making sure that we have all of the resources in place to service the athletes that will be playing on the tour from week-to-week,” Giunta told GolfWRX. “Whether it’s lofts and lies and regrips, or doing some testing, whatever the player needs as an unbiased position just to help them out. It doesn’t really matter who they represent, as far as a manufacturer standpoint. I’ll help them with whatever they need, and work with their sponsors to make sure we can facilitate their goals with their equipment…

“Right now, in the summer, one of my trailers is setup at Pumpkin Ridge, so it’s conveniently located. We’re going to be using this trailer here on property to service the athletes for the Portland event. Then we’ve got a plan moving forward with a larger trailer that will cover the rest of the domestic events here in the U.S. Jason and I will be working those also.”

While they’re not on the LIV tour servicing equipment needs for the players, Giunta and Werner will continue fitting, repairing and building clubs for customers of The Tour Van.

“If you call us up and you know your specs, we can build up your clubs the same way we can for a Brooks Koepka or an Abe Ancer, or Dustin Johnson, or anybody that’s playing out here, or any of the guys I worked with in the past…at the end of the day, I’m just here to help golfers play better golf. If one of the members comes to see me, that’s what I want to do: help them play better golf. If one of these [LIV] guys comes to see me, I’m here to help them play better golf, too.”

To learn more about The Tour Van and set up a time to work with Giunta or Werner, check out the company’s website .

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Five golfers reside under par, after 54 holes at the 2024 US Women’s Open. The champion will be one of those five golfers. Their names, in order, are Minjee Lee, Andrew Lee, Wichanee Meechai, Hinako Shibuno, and Yuka Saso. In a departure from #5Things tradition, we’ll address each of the five, on what she did on Saturday and what we expect that she will do on Sunday. It’s a fun exercise, and it may gain some traction, but that’s for down the road. For now, let’s take a look at five golfers we think will figure in Sunday’s outcome.

1. Minjee Lee

The most debillitating facet of being in a three-way tie for the lead, and being the highest-ranked golf among the trio, is what I just typed. They and we and you and I expect that Minjee should continue to play well and earn a second US Open chalice. The problem is this: Minjee has improved each day: from 70 to 69 to 66. I’ll say this~if she posts 65 or better on Sunday, she wins by a half-dozen shots. No one will come close to 10-under par.

What Lee has done best, is shrink her bogey tally with each played round. From five on Thursday, to three on Friday, to one on Saturday. Again, if she continues to improve in that category, and plays a bogey-free round on Sunday, she again wins by six or more. It’s more likely that she will find herself in a dogfight with a game adversary. Does she have the grit to see her way out of that maelstorm? We’ll find out on Sunday.

The 2022 champ fired a Saturday 66. ? pic.twitter.com/hNrM66GyNd — U.S. Women’s Open (@uswomensopen) June 1, 2024

2. Andrea Lee

The kid from California played in the final pairing on Saturday, and survived. Andrea had a turbulent front side, with three birdies and two pars. She settled the oars on the inward half, never sniffing a bogey. Her 67 moved her from solo 2nd to a tie for first. She’ll again tee off in group the last, albeit with a different playing partner.

Andrea Lee will have to outplay Minjee Lee, her fellow competitor in the final twosome, as well as the other three golfers with a chance at the title. A few years have passed since she won her only LPGA title, and the physical memory of how to win, is always at risk of fading over time. Andrea Lee has the opportunity to become the golfer that she worked to be, to replace the “prodigy” label with one that reads “champion.” The recipe for just how to effect that switch is a closely-guarded one. Will she sniff it out on Sunday?

Three-way tie at the top! ??????????????? @andrea_lee54 matches Minjee Lee and Wichanee Meechai at -5. #USWomensOpen | @Ally pic.twitter.com/R3T86Iab9I — U.S. Women’s Open (@uswomensopen) June 1, 2024

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Not 100% certain how this kid is still around. In the back of my mind, Moving Day would most likely have been Moving-Out Day, but Meechai is still around. Day three was a boring round of golf, with three birdies and two bogeys, alongside 13 scores of par. News flash: boring golf wins US Open cups.

Wichanee will play in the penultimate pairing on Sunday, and she will do so alongside Hinako Shibuno. She won’t have the pressure of teeing off in the last game, even though she sits tied with those who shall. We’ve been bemused and amazed all week with the tenacity of the Thai golfers, so why shouldn’t she find one more round in the 60s on Sunday, and bring home the biggest prize of her life? On the PGA Tour, it’s the PGA Championship that identifies the unexpected; on the LPGA, it’s often the US Open. Sunday might be another one of those resolutions.

Back to the front! Wichanee Meechai ?? regains the solo lead with a birdie on 15. #USWomensOpen | @Ally pic.twitter.com/wiAHRoL4K6 — U.S. Women’s Open (@uswomensopen) June 1, 2024

4. Hinako Shibuno

Shibuno is in the least-desirable position of the top five. She posted the low round of the tournament on Saturday. Her torrid 66 consisted of seven birdies and three bogeys. If this were any other year and course, we would have higher hopes for her chances on Sunday. This is 2024 and Lancaster, and no one escapes without two or three bogeys on the card. That’s the problem for Shibuno. She is two shots behind the leading triumvirate, and odds are that one of them will post one or two-under par on Sunday. That would compel the Japanese champion to record, at most, another 66 to have a shot at a major title. Will Lancaster give up a 66 on Sunday? I do not think so.

Wait for it… wait for it… IT DROPS! Hinako Shibuno with a classic delayed birdie on 14 ? #USWomensOpen | @Ally pic.twitter.com/ZKhoZ4tlYx — U.S. Women’s Open (@uswomensopen) June 1, 2024

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They say that, statistically, Yuka Saso is holing more putts than anyone else in the field this week. Well, putting, err, puting the ball in the hole with efficiency is the essence of victory in golf, so … it makes sense that Saso still has a shot. She has posted 68-71-69, so she is due for “that” round, it seems. If she’s going to find one at Lancaster, it will be on Sunday. I’ll be brazen with my prediction on this one: first or outside the top ten. She’ll either putt the eyes out of the hole on day four, or her run with the flattest stick will come to an end.

2021 champion Yuka Saso has statistically been the best on the greens this week with +4.46 SG. Putts like these don’t hurt! #USWomensOpen | @Ally pic.twitter.com/b1YM6l8gdn — U.S. Women’s Open (@uswomensopen) June 1, 2024

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On 5/9/2021 at 8:31 AM, jhford00 said: I have been to CC and wasn't pleased with the end result. For one I learned that an indoor fitting is not what I personally liked. I need to see the ball fly through the air. Thats a personal preference. Secondly I found out that the metal attachment CC uses to swap all the shafts in/out of the heads is heavier than the regular adapter that comes with whichever head you choose. That throws off the stiffness of the shaft. There is a good thread on here about it. I ended up getting refit bc I had a big two way miss going. driver was too heavy and not stiff enough so they tipped it and made it even worse bc the launch was too low and too light. Me personally would never recommend CC

Thanks for sharing your experience, and I'm sorry it wasn't a good one! Curious...have you been somewhere else for a fitting since? If so, how was their service better/worse?

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On 5/7/2021 at 3:22 PM, buckrogers71 said: The van is through 2nd swing. Just has a couple more bells and whistles than the regular fitting. Thanks for all the replies! Keep em coming!

I am curious how you found the Tour Van experience. Is there anything you would have liked to have added to the fitting? Anything you wouldn't have wanted to waste time looking at?

On 8/12/2021 at 10:50 PM, AndrewPlunkettPGA said: Thanks for sharing your experience, and I'm sorry it wasn't a good one! Curious...have you been somewhere else for a fitting since? If so, how was their service better/worse?

I went to The Tour Van in Nashville and was fit by a gentleman named Jason Werner. He used to work at The Kingdom down at Reynolds Plantation, spent some time out in Cali at The Kingdom there as well. Great guy, knows his stuff and was very attentive to my needs.

11 hours ago, jhford00 said: I went to The Tour Van in Nashville and was fit by a gentleman named Jason Werner. He used to work at The Kingdom down at Reynolds Plantation, spent some time out in Cali at The Kingdom there as well. Great guy, knows his stuff and was very attentive to my needs.

Thanks for the info!!

2 months later...

I am a 6 index and hit my drives around 275-280 with no roll. Is it worth going to get fitted for a driver? Anyone who hits around this same distance find good results? TIA

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38 minutes ago, Cmoney710 said: I am a 6 index and hit my drives around 275-280 with no roll. Is it worth going to get fitted for a driver? Anyone who hits around this same distance find good results? TIA

If you actually get zero roll and/or your driver is rolling backwards from spin - than you have a serious AOA issue and/or your current driver is not a good fit which would indicate the need for a fitting.

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On 5/7/2021 at 10:23 AM, buckrogers71 said: I am turning 50 this summer and thought I'd treat myself to a fitting if for nothing more than to get the basics (correct lie angle, shaft weight, flex, club head/ball speed, launch angle and spin rate). I have looked at a full bag fitting at 2nd swing for $150 for the basic full bag package (waived if I buy something) 1.5 hours OR the tour van fitting 2 hours for $600 but need to spend $2000 for that to be "waived". Club Champion is $350 for 3.5 hours for the full bag. Probably wouldnt buy anything from them due to the horror stories I have read about here. It's not like I am really in the market for clubs, but in true ho form, why not? and I am sure I can surely find SOMETHING to buy. Has anyone gone through this process? Is one better than the other? is the basic package good enough? Any input would be greatly appreciated

If you can do a full bag fitting from 2nd swing in 1.5 hours, just two words, STAY AWAY. This is the most BS thing I have read. It takes 3-4 hours for a full bag. Took me almost 2.5 hours for irons alone, had to make a second appointment with CC and come back (was not charged).

Club Champion and PGA TSS would be my two picks. Excellent selections, and give you the time needed. Consider these fittings sunk costs, as most likely (if you are like me), you are buying on the used/secondary market.

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2 hours ago, third-times-a-charm said: If you actually get zero roll and/or your driver is rolling backwards from spin - than you have a serious AOA issue and/or your current driver is not a good fit which would indicate the need for a fitting.

Drivers don't roll backward from spin. They rebound backwards from soft turf.

6 hours ago, Stuart_G said: Drivers don't roll backward from spin. They rebound backwards from soft turf.

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I'm actually scheduled for a putter fitting at 2nd Swing tomorrow morning. However, like the OP, I've been wondering about the difference between the "nflight" standard fitting service vs their "tour van" fitting service.

I'm definitely buying the club there (have a gift card), so I'm not worried about covering the minimum purchase to eliminate the fee for either fitting service. I scheduled the standard one mostly because of schedule availability. My primary goal is just to find the best putter for me, regardless of new or used. If they have a used putter in stock that works best for me, then that's great, but I don't want to limit my selection to just the used putters they have in stock at that store. I want to make sure I can still try new models they don't have in stock used, and potentially buy or order a new one if that's what I ultimately want to do.

So I guess my question is, even though 2nd Swing's standard fitting service is meant for their used in-store inventory, will I still be able to try out new models during the fitting they don't have in stock used, or would I have to schedule a "tour van" fitting in order to open up those options?

I’ve been to 2nd Swing and CC twice. Didn't have a good experience first time through at CC so tried another location hoping for a better experience…it was a little better but not much.

2nd Swing was okay for the most part (I didn't get the car salesman vibe of CC)…but I’m still in search of somewhere that I really trust.

Always compare your existing clubs to ones proposed. No gain, no sale.

Several years ago I went to a full-bag fitting at Golf Galaxy. The fitter also was a PGA-certified staff teaching pro.

As the fitting started, he told me we'd get my specs, but I didn't need to buy all the clubs at one. The fitting was split over two days. Day 1 long clubs | Day 2 irons and wedges. (I had won a putter fitting at a GG Christmas raffle, and had already done that.)

He ended up tweaking my existing Callaway driver, and switched me to TM fairway woods and hybrid. Day 2 was irons. It was my Callaway X20 Tour irons vs. the RazrX irons family. He said my existing set performed just as well as newer models. Got specs for new wedges, eventually found a used version of desired SW.

It was a good fitting, and gave me confidence I had clubs that I more or less needed.

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Fast-forward to June 2021. Got an iron fitting from Callaway rep who visited our club - I wanted to shift to lighter graphite. This was more of a confirmation fitting - I had gotten a couple of rough fittings prior fall and in January on the Mavrik offerings.

Ended up getting MAX irons in stock length and lie, with R-flex Project X Catalyst 5.5 shafts. The fitting was good, but the hassle was available components and custom tweaks due to COVID supply chain kinks. I had wanted SwWt upped from D0 to D2 (cut feathery feel) and midsize grips. I was cautioned that planets would fall out of the sky if I requested this, so I went with as-is SwWt and had regular (??) grips shipped "loose in box." Had three layers of tape put under grips, but they were still too thin. Not sure thickness was regular.

Will go with midsize regrip this spring, possibly try tungsten powder down shaft to up SwWt. (Don't tell me about lead tape... there's no place to put it on back of MAX clubhead.)

COVID-era fittings are flawed because club manufacturers give disclaimer that they may have to sub out desired shafts and grips for "similar ones."

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Since moving to MN Ive had nothing but great experiences at 2nd swing. Insane used selection and you can hit anything you want on trackman. Also recently had a putter fitting and went into the fitting with a spider X tour X3 that I was dead set on buying and ended up in an Odyssey AI Rossie S. Fitter was awesome and efficient and even adjusted old faithful to the same specs.

I wanted a mallet as I game a blade to mix it up a bit. Tyler at the Minnetonka store was my fitter and he was great. So good in fact I booked a driver fitting with him next week. The tour van fitting is much better in my opinion and free if you buy something. Looking forward to what I get fit into for a driver.

I have been to many fitters. Cool clubs, Club Champion, PGA SS, GG, 2nd swing, and several others.

Cool Clubs was the best but damn they are expensive. I did mine in Scottsdale at GreyHawk and it was amazing

CC - always left me more

confused and wanting more. Not to mention I feel like they are bias towards certain things.

PGA SS & GG are just box store fittings and I never expect much.

2nd swing has been a pleasant surprise since moving to MN. Wouldn’t hesitate to fit me for any club. Plus you have the legend himself Mr. Bobka that fits there also.

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On 3/29/2024 at 9:09 PM, byoshio82 said: Since moving to MN Ive had nothing but great experiences at 2nd swing. Insane used selection and you can hit anything you want on trackman. Also recently had a putter fitting and went into the fitting with a spider X tour X3 that I was dead set on buying and ended up in an Odyssey AI Rossie S. Fitter was awesome and efficient and even adjusted old faithful to the same specs. I wanted a mallet as I game a blade to mix it up a bit. Tyler at the Minnetonka store was my fitter and he was great. So good in fact I booked a driver fitting with him next week. The tour van fitting is much better in my opinion and free if you buy something. Looking forward to what I get fit into for a driver. I have been to many fitters. Cool clubs, Club Champion, PGA SS, GG, 2nd swing, and several others. Cool Clubs was the best but damn they are expensive. I did mine in Scottsdale at GreyHawk and it was amazing CC - always left me more confused and wanting more. Not to mention I feel like they are bias towards certain things. PGA SS & GG are just box store fittings and I never expect much. 2nd swing has been a pleasant surprise since moving to MN. Wouldn’t hesitate to fit me for any club. Plus you have the legend himself Mr. Bobka that fits there also.

Putter fitting went so well I went back for a driver and fairway fitting with Tyler at the Minnetonka, MN location a week later. I bought a TSR4 9* with a Ventus Red7X on a whim and decided to return it and do a proper fitting. Had a $650 credit so that helped overall cost. In only 46 swings he was able to fit me into a Driver, 4 wood and 7 wood. Ended up in a TSR3 9* with HZRDUS Gen 4 60g 6.5, TSR2 16.5 HZRDUS Gen 4 70g 6.5, and TSR2 21* (which I already had) with a Ventus Blue OG 7X. I will be ordering a 80g version of the gen 4 for it also to test vs the ventus blue 7X.

Ping Factory Fitting-I don’t believe there is a charge (you’d have to get to Phoenix). Incredibly knowledgeable, technologically superior and you do it outside. Plus you get to see the gold putter vault.

Second Swing-Go to the Twin Cities and book Larry Bobka, one of the preeminent club fitters of our time.

Mizuno-Conducts local events, reps are very knowledgeable and the Optimizer is extremely accurate.

Stay away from Club Champion, they use salesmen and not fitters, push you to “spiff” items and their fitters are not very experienced. Ditto for Golftec.

2 minutes ago, Boise59 said: Ping Factory Fitting-I don’t believe there is a charge (you’d have to get to Phoenix). Incredibly knowledgeable, technologically superior and you do it outside. Plus you get to see the gold putter vault. Second Swing-Go to the Twin Cities and book Larry Bobka, one of the preeminent club fitters of our time. Mizuno-Conducts local events, reps are very knowledgeable and the Optimizer is extremely accurate. Stay away from Club Champion, they use salesmen and not fitters, push you to “spiff” items and their fitters are not very experienced. Ditto for Golftec.

The legend himself Mr. Bobka. Got to meet him yesterday at my fitting. Wealth of knowledge!

MotherTeresa10

I'd only do a 2nd swing fitting if I knew I was buying something (because they waive the fitting cost). Can't speak to others. I had an interesting experience, my dad, brother and I all went to get fit at the same shop, I had one fitter while my dad and brother had another. We all were there prepared to purchase a new driver. My fitter had me try 3-4 shafts and 3-4 heads and asked what I liked looking at, and was done. My dad and brother had a different fitter that did both of them and they went on for nearly an hour total, while mine was 15 minutes. They went through different settings on the driver/shaft, and on and on and on.

I was disappointed to see a thorough fitting happening in front of me after what I'd just been through, but I didn't know what to expect as I'd never been fitted for anything.

I think knowing your fitter and what you want in a fitting is as important as anything. All the shops will have good tech and selection, but a quality fitter could be the most important.

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Fitting is only as good as the fitter - in the last few years numerous places have gotten into fittings which of course spreads out the talent. Every place has good and bad. Unfortunately, unless you have a referral/recommendation, it's hard to know until you're in it. The fitter I use bounces around so I just follow up him. 10 years ago Club Champion would have been my vote, but these days I'd be less worried about the place and more worried about the individual doing the job.

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8 hours ago, MotherTeresa10 said: I'd only do a 2nd swing fitting if I knew I was buying something (because they waive the fitting cost). Can't speak to others. I had an interesting experience, my dad, brother and I all went to get fit at the same shop, I had one fitter while my dad and brother had another. We all were there prepared to purchase a new driver. My fitter had me try 3-4 shafts and 3-4 heads and asked what I liked looking at, and was done. My dad and brother had a different fitter that did both of them and they went on for nearly an hour total, while mine was 15 minutes. They went through different settings on the driver/shaft, and on and on and on. I was disappointed to see a thorough fitting happening in front of me after what I'd just been through, but I didn't know what to expect as I'd never been fitted for anything. I think knowing your fitter and what you want in a fitting is as important as anything. All the shops will have good tech and selection, but a quality fitter could be the most important.

My question for your fitting would be did you get the results you wanted? Did you communicate what you wanted/hoped to achieve or ask to try more while you were waiting for your brother and dad? Typically they block out an hour so you can test until your little hearts content. We got driver and 4wd and 7wd done in 50 minutes and I left 100% satisfied those were hands down the best options for me.

I definitely have been through a ton of fittings and know what I am looking for and what profile tends to work for me. I know equipment well so I have an idea of what I’d like to try and then I put it in the fitters hands to find what’s best. I also know what from a data standpoint that I’m looking for in case I’m suspecting the fitter doesn’t know their stuff.

I am also a huge fan of 2nd Swing Tour Fan experience. My fitter is Aaron Roth and I trust him with my game. Recently did a fitting to see if new driver was in the future as I like to see if there is always something better. My fitting lasted about 20 mins as he said save your money, as we were dialed in from last year we could not see any gains. He also laughed and said I would be back mid summer when we are in full go mode to try again.

I like these guys because of all the shaft options you get. I have an idea what I like but as I like to tinker, they have the tools to see if there is something to help my game. I have done fittings at CC, PGA and GG. I know each of the guys so I have had good experience with all but the shaft selection is what keeps me at 2nd Swing Tour van.

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On 5/7/2021 at 9:28 AM, buckrogers71 said: I guess I'd just really like to know what my specs are so I can either adjust what I have OR buy something.

How are you doing with your current clubs when you put a good swing on them? Is it obvious that something is "off" with them?

13 hours ago, byoshio82 said: My question for your fitting would be did you get the results you wanted? Did you communicate what you wanted/hoped to achieve or ask to try more while you were waiting for your brother and dad? Typically they block out an hour so you can test until your little hearts content. We got driver and 4wd and 7wd done in 50 minutes and I left 100% satisfied those were hands down the best options for me. I definitely have been through a ton of fittings and know what I am looking for and what profile tends to work for me. I know equipment well so I have an idea of what I’d like to try and then I put it in the fitters hands to find what’s best. I also know what from a data standpoint that I’m looking for in case I’m suspecting the fitter doesn’t know their stuff.

No, that was probably part of the problem for me, little naïve, didn't know what to expect or what I wanted, guess I shouldn't put that all on the fitter. I did make it clear I've never done it before, and I'm not saying don't do it with them, I just think it's invaluable to have what ScottyGolf described in his relationship with a fitter.

My brother and dad had the same expectations/never been fitted like me and had a 100% different experience, not because of something they said or did.

buckrogers71

On 4/4/2024 at 11:08 AM, charliebrown said: How are you doing with your current clubs when you put a good swing on them? Is it obvious that something is "off" with them?

When I posted this I was in shambles and looking for "something" to fix me. This being Wrx, it was the arrow and NOT the Indian (lol). That being said, I have switched iron shafts and now (2 years later) have succumbed to the fact that I am old and fat (more fat than old). But now, I'd really just like to know where I am at with swing speed, distances, AOA, etc.

On 11/5/2021 at 8:57 AM, Cmoney710 said: I am a 6 index and hit my drives around 275-280 with no roll. Is it worth going to get fitted for a driver? Anyone who hits around this same distance find good results? TIA

Just got fit at 2nd swing this week and my carry is the same mine rolls out to 295-300 on average. 5 handicap. SS 110-115mph

2 hours ago, buckrogers71 said: When I posted this I was in shambles and looking for "something" to fix me. This being Wrx, it was the arrow and NOT the Indian (lol). That being said, I have switched iron shafts and now (2 years later) have succumbed to the fact that I am old and fat (more fat than old). But now, I'd really just like to know where I am at with swing speed, distances, AOA, etc.

I'm pretty much where you are. Maybe different after a shoulder re-build and herniated discs. I'm not surrendering. I can play. Shafts? Regular and graphite is a definite option. Swing speed? I don't care to delve that deep into it. My "thing" is what distances do I hit my irons. I make a note for each iron and go to the course and play. Golf is a strange and wonderful game. I've set my OCD aside and hit it and find it. Hit it again. Rinse and repeat. I just enjoy the process of the game these days. It's a good time.

52 minutes ago, charliebrown said: I'm pretty much where you are. Maybe different after a shoulder re-build and herniated discs. I'm not surrendering. I can play. Shafts? Regular and graphite is a definite option. Swing speed? I don't care to delve that deep into it. My "thing" is what distances do I hit my irons. I make a note for each iron and go to the course and play. Golf is a strange and wonderful game. I've set my OCD aside and hit it and find it. Hit it again. Rinse and repeat. I just enjoy the process of the game these days. It's a good time.

I agree with you 100%, but for craps and gigs, I'd like to know if I am beating myself down or I am right where i need to be

On 1/8/2022 at 12:55 PM, JCAG said: Always compare your existing clubs to ones proposed. No gain, no sale.

I've done it twice just out of curiosity re. my irons. First fitter told me I don't "need" new irons but he'd sell me a set with my specs if I just wanted new irons. Second guy at local course who's also a good teacher and fitting was done outside off of real turf was great. His recommendation: "If you want to hit an 8 iron rather than a 6 or 7 iron, yeah. Get new irons." I know I'd hit jacked lofted irons further comparing the numbers on the sole of the iron. Also, appreciated dealing with people who are honest. Even if it costs them a sale.

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When it comes to handling players' equipment needs, LIV Golf is finding ways to do more with less

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“Hey, I’m finishing up a build. Can I call you back in about 10 minutes?”

That was Ben Giunta, owner of The Tour Van, a Golf Digest 100 Best Clubfitter based in Portland, Ore., and the man, along with business partner Jason Werner, charged with taking care of the equipment needs of players competing in LIV Golf Invitational events held in the United States.

The signings , the lawsuits , the World Ranking saga , the overall controversy . LIV Golf’s emergence has certainly mixed things up inside the sport the past few months. Yet as one who has covered professional golf’s equipment scene for 20-plus years, my curiosity is more focused. Specifically, how is the equipment landscape different on the upstart Saudi-backed circuit compared to what players are used to on the PGA Tour?

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For background we turned to Giunta, who spent nearly a decade as a PGA Tour rep for Nike, while he was working at the LIV Golf Invitational outside Chicago last month. Giunta says his involvement with LIV was “super organic.” Another former Nike employee, Pete Powell, reached out to Giunta after Powell worked as the lead equipment coordinator at LIV’s inaugural event outside London in June. Powell was trying to gauge Giunta’s interest in filling the role for LIV’s second event at Pumpkin Ridge near Portland. Giunta signed on and, eventually, agreed to work all of LIV’s U.S. events for 2022. “I had the background for it,” Giunta says. “I thought it would be fun.”

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Ben Giunta works on a build inside the trailer he helped LIV Golf purchase earlier this summer. (Photo courtesy of Ben Giunta)

Most weeks on the PGA Tour, upwards of 10-plus companies bring out large and medium-sized equipment vans to tournaments. Company tour reps and club technicians then handle any equipment request one of their staff players has as well as any ask from a non-staff player. That large-scale attention would not be the case at a LIV event, but Giunta wanted to make sure players still felt like they could have their equipment needs met.

To do that, Giunta went in search of a big truck that would establish credibility among players and offer him a viable workspace. His timing proved fortuitous; it just so happened that Callaway was building a new trailer to use on the PGA Tour and was about to trade in its old one. Giunta got LIV to buy it, and suddenly he had his mobile office.

Then came the matter of how to stock it. Giunta wasn’t sure initially how much cooperation he would get from equipment companies. “The worst-case scenario was I could leverage product through my retail operation,” he said. “But I felt I had strong enough relationships to help facilitate this shift and essentially that’s what happened.”

Indeed, for manufacturers, LIV has presented a conundrum. No company has publicly supported the circuit, most taking a wait-and-see attitude both on the viability of the tour and whether having LIV golfers associated with their brands would have a positive or negative impact long term with consumers. When Dustin Johnson won the LIV Boston event with an eagle on the first playoff hole , it was a finish at a PGA Tour event that would have had TaylorMade’s communications team cranking up the P.R. machine. Instead, crickets. No press release, no social-media post listing the clubs he had in the bag.

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From a product standpoint, however, manufacturers are supporting LIV players, and that includes supplying Giunta with what he needs, both in terms of components and information. According to Giunta, Cobra and PXG were very helpful early on, and Ping provided backup clubheads for all its LIV players along with all their specs. So, if Lee Westwood or Louis Oosthuizen break a club, Giunta not only has the product available to make a replacement but the information needed to create an exact duplicate.

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Giunta has equipment in the LIV Golf trailer he is using to get 'blueprints' of golfers' bags so that he can help rebuild equipment in a pinch. (Photo courtesy of Ben Giunta)

Giunta cites as an example of cooperation a build he did for Cam Smith. Playing his first LIV event in Boston, the reigning Open Championship winner wrecked a wedge hitting a shot that was up against a tree. Giunta texted Titleist PGA Tour rep J.J. VanWezenbeeck and asked for his specs, which he received in short order, making the replacement build a breeze.

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As time goes by, Giunta hopes the need to reach out for club specs will be less necessary. When he sees a player, he’s now asking to make a “blueprint” of the tour pro’s bag. Giunta records all the player’s specs using his own machines so that he has his own baseline for any future build. That’s key, as is the fact it’s the same machine Powell has on the truck in Europe. “We can replicate to a very high standard on a global level now,” Giunta says.

That includes this week’s event in Bangkok and the upcoming tournament in Saudi Arabia; Powell will be on site for both events.

Another difference between LIV and the PGA Tour is how long the equipment trailer stays at a tournament. PGA Tour regulations require trailers be off the premises Wednesday afternoon prior to the start of a tournament’s opening round, but Giunta has been staying every day at LIV events—a crucial difference for a player such as Smith who damaged a club during tournament play. That flexibility comes in part from LIV’s limited schedule; PGA Tour trailers need to leave tournaments to make sure they have the travel time needed to go from one event to another the following week. LIV's more spread-out schedule eliminates that need.

MORE: Inside the battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour

Although Giunta remains busy—he says he works with about a third of the field on any given week—mostly it’s on “maintenance” issues such as repairs, re-shafting and loft and lie adjustments. One thing keeping the work down is the absence of reps from the shaft companies. On the PGA Tour, the shaft reps are omnipresent, trying to get players to test their product, which leads to a fair amount of work for those in the vans.

Additionally, LIV’s season to date has mostly fallen outside the window where manufacturers are bringing out new products, resulting in less need for builds in which players are testing new clubs. When OEMs do have something they want to get into LIV players’ hands, they'll often send the sticks directly to players to try them out at home. As an example, Titleist recently released its TSR drivers and metal woods to its tour staff, but the company worked with most of its LIV players directly to get them acclimated to the new clubs, some prior to their departure to LIV. Part of that is logistics, but it’s also the fact that there’s a built-in player-rep relationship already present. Most veteran LIV players have worked with the same tour rep on their equipment for years, and that trust is still important.

As Giunta tries to build a similar relationship with players at LIV events, he’s taken a proactive approach to gain their confidence. “I make a point to see the players and let them know I am here to support them if they need anything,” Giunta says. “You have to be visible and available without getting into their business. It’ll take a little bit, but I know some of these guys from my Nike days and that’s made it easier.”

But not always easy. Such as working with Bryson DeChambeau, who is notoriously persnickety about his equipment. Guinta admits the time spent with the 2020 U.S. Open champ has been different compared to others.

“Bryson goes through a lot of equipment” Giunta says. “He’s super demanding on his equipment from a spec standpoint but also because he hits it so darn hard, he breaks golf clubs. We’re constantly checking his gear to make sure it doesn’t move and that it’s going to hold up under the stress that he puts on it. Is that unusual? I don’t know, but it’s certainly higher maintenance than any other player that we have.”

MORE: Bryson lashes out against OWGR, hopes people don't 'believe the lies they've been told'

High-maintenance or low, Giunta will continue doing what he can from his trailer. He is scheduled to be at the season-ending LIV event in Miami at the end of the month and his plan is to work more LIV events in 2023.

“Selfishly I think it’s pretty cool,” he says. “I’m a guy with former experience in this space, and I kind of went to a retail world and now I blend those two worlds. The less-hectic pace is also a big piece of it. I have already lived that life and it’s a grind. This is fun. We’re in a cool environment, we can hear the music playing and we’ve got a nice little setup. That’s what I think it comes down to. We enjoy being out here, we enjoy working with really good players. It’s just a fun atmosphere to be involved in.”

Albeit a little different.

When it comes to handling players’ equipment needs, LIV Golf is finding ways to do more with less

By E Michael Johnson “Hey, I’m finishing up a build. Can I call you back in about 10 minutes?”

That was Ben Giunta, owner of The Tour Van, a Golf Digest 100 Best Clubfitter based in Portland, Oregon, and the man, along with business partner Jason Werner, charged with taking care of the equipment needs of players competing in LIV Golf Invitational events held in the United States.

The signings, the lawsuits, the World Ranking saga, the overall controversy. LIV Golf’s emergence has certainly mixed things up inside the sport the past few months. Yet as one who has covered professional golf’s equipment scene for 20-plus years, my curiosity is more focused. Specifically, how is the equipment landscape different on the circuit compared to what players are used to on the PGA Tour?

For background we turned to Giunta, who spent nearly a decade as a PGA Tour rep for Nike, while he was working at the LIV Golf Invitational outside Chicago last month. Giunta says his involvement with LIV was “super organic”. Another former Nike employee, Pete Powell, reached out to Giunta after Powell worked as the lead equipment coordinator at LIV’s inaugural event outside London in June. Powell was trying to gauge Giunta’s interest in filling the role for LIV’s second event at Pumpkin Ridge near Portland. Giunta signed on and, eventually, agreed to work all of LIV’s US events for 2022. “I had the background for it,” Giunta says. “I thought it would be fun.”

Most weeks on the PGA Tour, upwards of 10-plus companies bring out large and medium-sized equipment vans to tournaments. Company tour reps and club technicians then handle any equipment request one of their staff players has as well as any ask from a non-staff player. That demand was something Giunta wanted to make sure he could provide his players on the LIV Tour.

While no manufacturer has publicly supported the circuit, from a product standpoint, they are supporting LIV players, and that includes supplying Giunta with what he needs, both in terms of components and information. According to Giunta, Cobra and PXG were very helpful early on, and Ping provided back-up clubheads for all its LIV players along with all their specs. So, if Lee Westwood or Louis Oosthuizen break a club, Giunta not only has the product available to make a replacement but the information needed to create an exact duplicate.

Giunta cites as an example of cooperation a build he did for Cam Smith. Playing his first LIV event in Boston, the reigning Open Championship winner wrecked a wedge hitting a shot that was up against a tree. Giunta texted Titleist PGA Tour rep JJ Van Wezenbeeck and asked for his specs, which he received in short order, making the replacement build a breeze.

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As time goes by, Giunta hopes the need to reach out for club specs will be less necessary. When he sees a player, he’s now asking to make a ‘blueprint’ of the tour pro’s bag. Giunta records all the player’s specs using his own machines so that he has his own baseline for any future build. That’s key, as is the fact it’s the same machine Powell has on the truck in Europe. “We can replicate to a very high standard on a global level now,” Giunta says.

That includes this week’s event in Saudi Arabia — Powell will be on site, as he was in Bangkok.

Another difference between LIV and the PGA Tour is how long the equipment trailer stays at a tournament. PGA Tour regulations require trailers be off the premises by Wednesday afternoon prior to the start of a tournament’s opening round, but Giunta has been staying every day at LIV events — a crucial difference for a player such as Smith who damaged a club during tournament play. That flexibility comes in part from LIV’s shorter schedule — PGA Tour trailers need to leave tournaments to make sure they have the travel time needed to go from one event to another the following week. LIV’s more spread-out schedule eliminates that need.

Although Giunta remains busy — he says he works with about a third of the field on any given week — mostly it’s on “maintenance” issues such as repairs, re-shafting and loft and lie adjustments. One thing keeping the work down is the absence of reps from the shaft companies. On the PGA Tour, the shaft reps are omnipresent, trying to get players to test their product, which leads to a fair amount of work for those in the vans.

Additionally, LIV’s season to date has mostly fallen outside the window where manufacturers are bringing out new products, resulting in less need for builds in which players are testing new clubs. When OEMs do have something they want to get into LIV players’ hands, they’ll often send the sticks directly to players to try them out at home. As an example, Titleist recently released its TSR drivers and metal woods to its tour staff, but the company worked with most of its LIV players directly to get them acclimated to the new clubs, some prior to their departure to LIV. Part of that is logistics, but it’s also the fact that there’s a built-in player-rep relationship already present. Most veteran LIV players have worked with the same tour rep on their equipment for years, and that trust is still important.

But not always easy. Such as working with Bryson DeChambeau, who is notoriously pernickety about his equipment. Guinta admits the time spent with the 2020 US Open champ has been different compared to others.

“Selfishly I think it’s pretty cool,” he says. “I’m a guy with former experience in this space, and I kind of went to a retail world and now I blend those two worlds. The less-hectic pace is also a big piece of it. I have already lived that life and it’s a grind. This is fun. We’re in a cool environment, we can hear the music playing and we’ve got a nice little set-up. That’s what I think it comes down to. We enjoy being out here, we enjoy working with really good players. It’s just a fun atmosphere to be involved in.”

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The Tour Van The Tour Van delivers a Tour-quality club fitting and repair service to golfers at several golf courses around the country including Tucson (year-round schedule). Fitters Ben Giunta and Jason Werner worked for years at TaylorMade providing club fittings and building equipment for some of the game’s leading players, including Major winners. Their fitting matrix can create over 25,000 different fitting clubs and each club is then built from Tour-quality components.

Van’s Golf Shop at Valley Golf Center Valley Golf Center is a premier golf range and golf coaching facility located in Avondale, AZ. It has been named a Top 50 Driving Range by the Golf Range Association of America. Van’s Golf Shop at Valley Golf Center is a Golf Digest Top 100 Clubfitter. They offer custom club fitting and swing analysis by appointment using Trackman technology. They are an authorized club fitter for Callaway, Cleveland, Cobra, Mizuno, PING, Srixon, TaylorMade, Titleist, Tour Edge Exotics, Wilson, and XXIO.

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University of Washington selects Nicole Van Dyke as women’s soccer head coach

SEATTLE – University of Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen announced the hiring of Nicole Van Dyke as the Huskies’ next head women’s soccer coach.

Van Dyke, who becomes the third head coach in program history, spent the last five seasons leading the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania after a four-year stint at Stanford.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Nicole and her husband, Jason, and sons, Rory and Riley, to Montlake,” said Cohen. “It was clear that Nicole’s alignment with our department core values and passion for leading and developing student-athletes, both on and off the field, was a perfect fit for us. She has strong West Coast ties and a commitment to academic and athletic excellence and I can’t wait to see where she takes our women’s soccer program.”

Outside of her time in Philadelphia, Van Dyke has spent the entirety of her collegiate coaching and playing career in California, most recently serving as the associate head coach at Stanford. Prior to Stanford, she coached at CSU Bakersfield and Cal State Stanislaus. In her 13 years as a head coach at three different schools, Van Dyke has coached 37 all-league selections, as well as eight United Soccer Coaches All-Region honorees.

“It is a true honor to follow Lesle Gallimore and be named the next head women’s soccer coach at the University of Washington,” said Van Dyke. “UW is an incredible academic and athletic institution and I couldn’t be more excited to join Husky Nation.”

In five years at Penn, the Quakers went 41-24-15 and won the Ivy League for the fourth time in school history. Penn outscored their opposition by 57 goals and finished in the nation’s top 20 in goals against average three times. That included leading the nation in GAA and save percentage in 2018, when Penn recorded 12 shutouts and allowed only five goals all season, a school record. Van Dyke coached the Ivy League’s Defender of the Year that season, as well as three All-Ivy League First Team selections and the only Scholar All-American in the league.

During her four years in Palo Alto, three as an assistant and one as associate head coach, Stanford made three College Cup appearances and won the 2011 national championship. Van Dyke helped Stanford earn eight All-American awards, 26 All-Pac-12 selections, and 42 Pac-12 All-Academic honorees.

Van Dyke coached her alma mater of CSU Bakersfield for five years, leading the program during its transition from Division II to Division I. Twice in her five seasons there the women’s soccer team earned the Kegley-McCall award for the highest team GPA at the university. The team earned the All-Academic Team Award twice as well.

Van Dyke’s head coaching career began at Cal State Stanislaus, which she took over as a 23-year-old and led for three seasons. Stanislaus went 35-19-7 under Van Dyke, advancing to the CCAA championship game in 2005. Van Dyke earned CCAA Coach of the Year honors that year. In her three seasons, Stanislaus recorded double-digit wins every year and outscored the opposition 102-67 overall.

“I want to express extreme gratitude to Director of Athletics Jen Cohen and Senior Associate Athletic Director Shondell Reed for their support and belief in me to lead such a prestigious program,” Van Dyke said. “Throughout the process I was thoroughly impressed by the people, the culture and the clear vision of the entire athletics department and I am humbled to become a part of it. ”

A native of Palm Desert, Calif., Van Dyke earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at CSU Bakersfield. She holds the career record for points (88), is second all-time in goals (36), and fifth all-time in assists (16) for that program. Van Dyke has played professionally in Sweden for Mallbacken IF and played for the California Gold in the WPSL. She is married to Jason Werner, and together they have two sons, Rory and Riley.

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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E.вЂЇKilunovskaya and V. A.вЂЇSemenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova (Moscow, Russian Federation). (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Kharis Mustafin (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Irina Alborova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Alina Matzvai (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected]

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Gagarin cup (khl) finals: atlant moscow oblast vs. salavat yulaev ufa.

Much like the Elitserien Finals, we have a bit of an offense vs. defense match-up in this league Final. While Ufa let their star top line of Alexander Radulov, Patrick Thoresen and Igor Grigorenko loose on the KHL's Western Conference, Mytischi played a more conservative style, relying on veterans such as former NHLers Jan Bulis, Oleg Petrov, and Jaroslav Obsut. Just reaching the Finals is a testament to Atlant's disciplined style of play, as they had to knock off much more high profile teams from Yaroslavl and St. Petersburg to do so. But while they did finish 8th in the league in points, they haven't seen the likes of Ufa, who finished 2nd.

This series will be a challenge for the underdog, because unlike some of the other KHL teams, Ufa's top players are generally younger and in their prime. Only Proshkin amongst regular blueliners is over 30, with the work being shared by Kirill Koltsov (28), Andrei Kuteikin (26), Miroslav Blatak (28), Maxim Kondratiev (28) and Dmitri Kalinin (30). Oleg Tverdovsky hasn't played a lot in the playoffs to date. Up front, while led by a fairly young top line (24-27), Ufa does have a lot of veterans in support roles: Vyacheslav Kozlov , Viktor Kozlov , Vladimir Antipov, Sergei Zinovyev and Petr Schastlivy are all over 30. In fact, the names of all their forwards are familiar to international and NHL fans: Robert Nilsson , Alexander Svitov, Oleg Saprykin and Jakub Klepis round out the group, all former NHL players.

For Atlant, their veteran roster, with only one of their top six D under the age of 30 (and no top forwards under 30, either), this might be their one shot at a championship. The team has never won either a Russian Superleague title or the Gagarin Cup, and for players like former NHLer Oleg Petrov, this is probably the last shot at the KHL's top prize. The team got three extra days rest by winning their Conference Final in six games, and they probably needed to use it. Atlant does have younger regulars on their roster, but they generally only play a few shifts per game, if that.

The low event style of game for Atlant probably suits them well, but I don't know how they can manage to keep up against Ufa's speed, skill, and depth. There is no advantage to be seen in goal, with Erik Ersberg and Konstantin Barulin posting almost identical numbers, and even in terms of recent playoff experience Ufa has them beat. Luckily for Atlant, Ufa isn't that far away from the Moscow region, so travel shouldn't play a major role.

I'm predicting that Ufa, winners of the last Superleague title back in 2008, will become the second team to win the Gagarin Cup, and will prevail in five games. They have a seriously well built team that would honestly compete in the NHL. They represent the potential of the league, while Atlant represents closer to the reality, as a team full of players who played themselves out of the NHL.

Atlant @ Ufa, Friday Apr 8 (3:00 PM CET/10:00 PM EST)
Atlant @ Ufa, Sunday Apr 10 (1:00 PM CET/8:00 AM EST)
Ufa @ Atlant, Tuesday Apr 12 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)
Ufa @ Atlant, Thursday Apr 14 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)

Games 5-7 are as yet unscheduled, but every second day is the KHL standard, so expect Game 5 to be on Saturday, like an early start.

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Michael Anthony Promises ‘No Tapes’ on ‘Best of All Worlds’ Tour

Michael Anthony is gearing up for his summer tour with Sammy Hagar , and he promises that the performances will be “totally live.”

The trek, dubbed the Best of All Worlds tour , will see Anthony and Hagar – along with Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham – digging into material from throughout Van Halen ’s catalog.

“We’re going to play totally live,” Anthony declared during an appearance on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk . “There will be no tapes, no piped in vocals, nothing.”

“This is going to be 100%,” the bassist continued, adding that the band may further augment its lineup if the need arises. “We might even have another person with us to play keyboards… which we are going to do because we do want to keep it 100% live.”

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Anthony’s comments come at a time when many classic rock acts have come under fire for allegedly using backing tracks and digital enhancements during their performances.

The Best of All Worlds Tour Will Feature More Than Just Van Halen Material

Elsewhere in the interview, Anthony clarified that while Van Halen material will make up the bulk of set lists during the Best of All Worlds tour, he and his bandmates also plan to perform a selection of other tunes.

“We’re mixing it up,” the bassist admitted. “It’s more than a tribute tour. Sammy had summed it up good. We’re kind of calling this a thank you tour. Thank you to all the fans.”

Anthony noted that material from Hagar and Satriani’s respective solo careers will be included, along with “some Zeppelin stuff” and tunes from the supergroup Chickenfoot . Still, Van Halen will make up the majority of the songs, including material from both the David Lee Roth and Hagar periods of the band.

“There’s going to be a few [Van Halen songs] that we haven’t done in quite some time,” Antony confirmed. “We’re going to throw all of it in there.”

Source: Michael Anthony Promises ‘No Tapes’ on ‘Best of All Worlds’ Tour

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Jason Werner The Tour Van 5y Report this post ... Tour-Proven Technology for Everyone #TrackManRange is a unique solution that takes your driving range to the next level. The tour proven ...
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The Tour Van at The Tour Van. Jason Werner is a The Tour Van at The Tour Van based in Beaverton, Oregon. Previously, Jason was a Business Development Manager, Trackman Range (U S) at TrackMan and also held positions at MiCamp Solutions, TaylorMade. Read More. View Contact Info for Free. Jason Werner's Phone Number and Email.
The Tour Van Company Profile
The Tour Van Profile and History. The Tour Van is a premium golf club repair and tour fitting experience utilizing industry knowledge and experience working with world-class athletes. Prior to creating The Tour Van, Ben Giunta was a Nike Golf PGA Tour Club Fitter, working directly with Nike endorsed professional athletes.
When it comes to handling players' equipment needs, LIV Golf is finding
That was Ben Giunta, owner of The Tour Van, a Golf Digest 100 Best Clubfitter based in Portland, Oregon, and the man, along with business partner Jason Werner, charged with taking care of the equipment needs of players competing in LIV Golf Invitational events held in the United States. The signings, the lawsuits, the World Ranking saga, the ...
Golf Club Fitting & Golf Club Fitters in Arizona
The Tour Van delivers a Tour-quality club fitting and repair service to golfers at several golf courses around the country including Tucson (year-round schedule). Fitters Ben Giunta and Jason Werner worked for years at TaylorMade providing club fittings and building equipment for some of the game's leading players, including Major winners. ...
University of Washington selects Nicole Van Dyke as women ...
Van Dyke has played professionally in Sweden for Mallbacken IF and played for the California Gold in the WPSL. She is married to Jason Werner, and together they have two sons, Rory and Riley.
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Japan Tour w/ Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham
It's been over 20??? years since the Van Halen Balance tour came to Japan. Thank you for inviting Mikey and I back with Joe Satriani, Jason Bonham, & Rai Thi...
Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and Museum
Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar ...
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President /CEO at The Tour Van, LLC · Experience: The Tour Van · Location: Beaverton · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. ... Jason Werner The Tour Van Franklin, TN. Connect Nicholas Hogan Assistant ...
The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of
Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather ...
Gagarin Cup Preview: Atlant vs. Salavat Yulaev
Much like the Elitserien Finals, we have a bit of an offense vs. defense match-up in this league Final. While Ufa let their star top line of Alexander Radulov, Patrick Thoresen and Igor Grigorenko loose on the KHL's Western Conference, Mytischi played a more conservative style, relying on veterans such as former NHLers Jan Bulis, Oleg Petrov, and Jaroslav Obsut.
Michael Anthony Promises 'No Tapes' on 'Best of All Worlds' Tour
The trek, dubbed the Best of All Worlds tour, will see Anthony and Hagar - along with Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham - digging into material from throughout Van Halen 's catalog ...