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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Braille & Brew event boosts independence for the visually impaired
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Louisiana Association for the Blind (L.A.B.) wants you to have fun while giving them support. Louisiana woman earns master's degree at 54 despite being blind Braille & Brew returns for the third year at The Seventh Tap in Shreveport. Attendees will enjoy a guided, immersive experience by wearing blindfolds while drinking craft beers and tasting 'aromatic and texturally complex foods.' The Louisiana Association for the Blind has been in operation since it was founded by the Lions Club in 1927. The original mission was simply to train and employ the blind to make and sell brooms. Donors needed for Caddo Parish blood drive hosted by CPSO Today, L.A.B. offers low vision exams, children's programs, independent living skills instruction, assistive technology and assessments, job training, and employment placement. The goal is to help blind or visually impaired people become more independent. Braille & Brew takes place on June 12 at 6 p.m. Funds raised will be used to improve the quality of life for people who are visually impaired. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
29-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Yealimi Noh, who stuck with the broomstick putter, is tied for lead at U.S. Women's Open
Yealimi Noh, who stuck with the broomstick putter, is tied for lead at U.S. Women's Open ERIN, Wis. — It's been about two years since Yealimi Noh switched to a broomstick putter. Both her father and coach suggested that she give it a try after several months of struggling with the yips. 'I didn't know what to do, and I just needed something completely different,' said Noh, who holds a share of the first-round lead at the 80th U.S. Women's Open after an opening 4-under 68. Noh is one of four players who finished a mostly calm morning wave knotted at the top of the board. She's joined by 2020 U.S. Women's Open champ A Lim Kim, hotshot rookie Rio Takeda and the promising young South Korean, Jinhee Im. The yips have been a hot topic this week as former No. 1 Yani Tseng is here putting left-handed. Noh actually tried that too a few weeks ago just by chance on the practice putting green. 'I was like, oh it's actually better than you think,' she said. 'It's not as crazy as it looks.' Noh, who holed out for eagle from 42 yards on the par-5 14th, took 28 putts in the opening round with the L.A.B. putter that helped turn around her game. Noh ranked 130th in putts per green in regulation on tour in 2022 and 102nd in 2023. She finished last season ranked 30th in putts per GIR. In February, Noh won for the first time on the LPGA in her 111th career start at the Founders Cup. The victory boosted her confidence and took 'a lot of pressure off my back.' California's Noh actually has some good history here in Wisconsin, where she reports that she's enjoying her cheese. After turning professional at age 17 without status on any tour, the former U.S. Girls' Junior champ Monday-qualified her way into the 2019 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. After opening rounds of 63-65, Noh found herself in the final pairing. 'I don't think I could have started my career any better,' said Noh of her first LPGA start, which resulted in a top 10. She was supremely confident and fearless back then, blissfully unaware of how cruel the game can become. Now, at age 23, she's already wise enough to be grateful for the speedbumps that led her to the first-round lead of a major. Other players asked to try out her long putter before she won a tournament and rose to No. 18 in the world, and these days, it happens on a weekly basis. 'Some players have already asked me about it,' said Noh, 'can I try it again? I'm like you asked me this a couple months ago. Now they're like, oh, can I like try it, try it?' Should she go on to win this week at Erin Hills, long putters might become all the rage.
USA Today
25-03-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
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Odyssey's "L.A.B. DF3 Clone" proves zero-torque putters are here to stay Zero-torque putters is the hottest category in golf equipment, and manufacturers are not going to let one brand dominate or have the space all to itself. If the cliché is correct and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then no one in golf has been flattered more than Karsten Solheim, the founder of Ping and the man who created the Ping Anser putter in 1966. That heel-toe-weighted blade putter has been studied and copied by countless putter makers for decades, with nearly every major brand offering its version of the original. Sam Hahn, the CEO of L.A.B. Golf, now knows what Solheim and Ping Golf have felt like for the last 59 years. Last week at the Valspar Championship, Kevin Yu used a prototype Odyssey Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Max Stripe putter, a club that has a shape that is nearly identical to the uniquelynshaped L.A.B. DF3. Another putter labeled Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Max 1 also was spotted last week. More than any other company, L.A.B. Golf has been riding the wave of zero-torque putters with its DF2.1, Link.1, Mezz.1, Mezz.1 Max, DF3, and recently the OZ.1 putter. All of those clubs were designed with what L.A.B. calls, 'Lie Angle Balance.' They make it easier for players to keep the face square to the arc of a player's putting stroke and return it to the ball square to the target line, which should result in getting putts started on line more often. In the golf industry, no good idea belongs to one company for too long, so it was no surprise that as L.A.B. putters gained acceptance and popularity, other brands started offering their own putters that resist twisting and face rotation. Over the past year, we have seen the release of the Bettinardi Antidote, Evnroll Zero and the Odyssey Ai ONE Square 2 Square families of putters. PXG released the Allan putter, and TaylorMade and SeeMore recently brought prototype zero-torque Spider mallet putters to PGA Tour events. However, Yu's Odyssey Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Max Stripe putter was the first instance of a major brand creating a putter that mimics one of L.A.B.'s signature creations. It's ironic because brands have actively promoted that their zero-torque putters fight face rotation while looking less like L.A.B.'s unconventional putters and more like traditional clubs. Odyssey has not released any official information on either the Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Max Stripe or Max 1, but photos of the putters appear to show weights in the front-heel and front-toe portions of the sole, along with a large sole plate that is held in position by four screws. The Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Max Stripe and Max 1 each have a center-shafted design like the zero-torque Square 2 Square putters, and they appear to have been made with Odyssey's Ai ONE face insert, which is a version of its wildly popular White Hot insert. Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, J.J. Spaun, Kevin Kisner and YouTube star and recent Creator Classic winner Grant Horvat have all used L.A.B. DF3 putters recently, but the takeaway from the first L.A.B. DF3 clone to be used in a PGA Tour event is this: Zero-torque putters are not a fad or a trend that is going to fizzle out any time soon, major brands have taken notice and manufacturers are not going to let L.A.B. Golf have this category – or even any putter shape – all to itself.
