Training Aid Review - The Divot Mat

By Brian Weis

Being a Midwestern golfer I spent most of this past winter reading about golf and anxiously awaiting reviewing and testing the latest and greatest training aids so I can get to midseason form before the snow starts flying again. With spring in the air and temperatures above freezing, I took a trunk full of gizmos and gadgets to the driving range this past weekend. One product stood out and I spent the most time with The DivotMat.

Like the name implies the DivotMat is a hitting mat but with a twist. The mat allows you to place a hitting sheet over it to track your club impact impact, path and club position. Simply take swings at the ball on the matt and your club will leave a mark at impact. Studying the results can provide instant visual feedback and allow you to make adjustments.

Bobby Clampett, the author of The Impact Zone, has studied the world's top golfers swings and states, "The most important six inches in golf are those that precede, contain and follow impact." This area is known as the Impact Zone. DivotMat shows you exactly what you are doing in the impact zone.

The DivotMat $99 Set includes 1 DivotMat and DivotPad, 37 DivotSheets which is enough for over 1000 swings, 2 Instructional DVDs by Laird Small and a carry case. Additional packages and sheets are also available for sale at http://www.divotmat.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.