When PURE Grips chose Mike Biviano to be our PGA Tour rep, we knew we were getting one of the most knowledgeable people in the industry. Mike’s been involved in golf equipment for nearly thirty years, spending his last fourteen working with pros on the tour. Recently, we sat down with Mike to discuss the benefit of new golf technologies and what it’s like to hang around with the pros. 

We hoped Mike would be able to give us some insider knowledge on the secret equipment the PGA Tour pros use to achieve such phenomenal results. But Mike quickly popped the myth that the pros hit the ball further and better because they have stronger lofts than us. "As far as these guys having jacked up clubs, it’s probably weaker than what I’d call the industry standard," Mike says. 

So what’s the difference? "These guys are really good," Mike says. “They are professional athletes ... to say you see a guy hit a nine iron 180 yards, it’s not really anything odd. They’re in the right position. The golf courses are perfect.” And, Mike says, these are guys who know how to get the most out of their equipment. "They understand how to swing the club ... they swing it perfectly."

In regards to the rest of us out here, Mike says, "We just don’t hit the ball as solidly as they do." 

But the pros do get new equipment a little sooner than the rest of us. Turns out companies sometimes provide initial prototypes to pros a year before the product hits the market. Then again, a year isn’t much. Typically, Mike says, PGA Tour pros aren’t playing with any technological innovations that aren’t available to the average golfer willing to buy the best. 

Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t also get better with practice. And it certainly doesn’t mean we can’t use innovations in golf equipment to improve our game. In our next post, we’ll let you know what Mike had to say about the role of technological innovation and how it’s helped all of us golfers – whether we’re on the tour or whether we’re mostly in the rough.

Listen to the interview below.