Michael Phelps signs deal with Ping

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Phelps signs golf deal with Ping

UPDATED JAN 30, 2013 11:28 AM ET

 

Michael Phelps is getting serious about his golf game.

The winner of a record 18 gold medals in Olympic swimming, Phelps signed on with Ping to provide his clubs starting with an appearance in Wednesday's pro-am for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He was scheduled to be paired with Masters champion Bubba Watson.


Phelps got a tour of Ping's Arizona facilities, where he was fitted for a set of clubs that accommodate his 6-foot-4 height, long arms and large hands. He's already noticed a big improvement in the flight of his ball.

''It's pretty wild,'' he told The Associated Press. ''It's crazy to think this sport is so technical. A lot of sports are very technical, but one of the (Ping) guys said there's 50-something different shafts they can put on the clubs. I'm used to having a pair of goggles, a small, medium or large swim cap, and a jammer to put on, and that's it.''

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8896662/michael-phelps-signs-golf-deal-ping

Phelps is paired with Ping guy Bubba Watson in today's Pro Am at the Phoenix Open.

[Martin Toal]

Once was a time when he would have lost his amateur status for that. Likewise Justin Timberlake and Callaway etc.

[John Kavanaugh]

Remember back when playing Ping made you a rebel?  Orange dotted dope fiends.

[Pete_Pittock]

Should do well on water holes, they'll fit his eye. Bo knows, just ask mikey.

[Howard Riefs]

I don't want to imagine Bubba signing an endorsement deal with Speedo.

[Mark McKeever]

I don't want to imagine Bubba signing an endorsement deal with Speedo.

HAHAHAHAHA