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Stop by, play our sponsored hole!

Join the Dixon team as we head back to school for some post-finals golfing.

Pleased to introduce our newest spokeswomen, the Dixon Chix! Check out behind-the-scenes footage from our very first commercial shoot, held in part at Gainey Ranch Country Club in Scottsdale, AZ.

We had the entire team out to celebrate with our Tee It Up Mixer, headlined by Steven Lee with appearances by Pace Jordan and Dr. Ron Mann.

Without further ado, here are the girls!

Dixon Golf is proud to support Women in Transportation. You ready to win?

Plenty of prizes available at this fantastic event:

Hole In one Prize – Freeway Chevrolet 2011 Camaro

Hole In one Prize – Frank Sanders Ace in the Hole 5k shot

Straightest Drive – Twosome to Whirlwind Golf Course

Longest Drive – Twosome to Whirlwind Golf Course

Closest to the pin – Canon Camera $300 value

Putting Contest – 2 Night Stay at Wild Horse Pass Resort and Casino
Dixon Earth Golf Sponsored Hole

All Golfers will receive a $25 voucher to the new Wild Horse Pass Casino

Crank Golf win a $500 Driver

Registration Form

Cramped for space in your apartment? Looking for a home with a few hundred more square feet and a bit of a yard? We Americans usually take space for granted (okay, MOST of the country) and are always in it to get what we can. In many cities across Asia, especially densely-packed Hong Kong, extra space isn’t even an option.

Ingenuity goes a long way. The following video shows a designer who lives like a king in a mere 375 square feet of space. Sure, it took some smarts to get the blueprints working and some serious skill to build the place, but this is one guy who’s definitely keeping his impact small.

No word on his golfing skills.

People under 35 grew up with the green movement. They were taught how to recycle, shown what their parents and grandparents had done to ravage the earth and pledged to change.

And that didn’t do much. But now, everything is different. Green is in, green is cool and green is hip. College campuses have become awash in green movements and potato chips, long the snack of choice of many a dorm-dweller, are now a little less eco-harmful. Frito Lay has a history of eco-friendly decisions, a welcome sight from a company that mostly produces food no one really needs.

The fashion world isn’t far behind. While most quick snack packages can’t be turned into compost, backpacks are a start. Old shirts are no longer sent straight to the trash bin or thrown at the goodwill, but turned into handy, dare we say stylish, grocery bags. Swimsuit season is rapidly approaching, and even those are now made of more natural ingredients, although smart environmentalists admit that making anything out of non-local materials, e.g. bamboo products in North America, is natural, but not exactly eco-friendly (think carbon footprint).

Pesticides, long thought to be toxic to just about anything they come in contact with, can now be made at home with natural ingredients. While they’ll surely never replace the need to fumigate a roach infestation, it’s a heckuva good start. Seems burning tires are even considered green nowadays, as they are in plentiful supply.

As more of the world goes green, incidents like last week’s oil spill become more and more pronounced. It’s not enough to want the world to be green, we each have our duty. From reducing the 300 hundred million golf balls we toss away per year to housing our offices in LEED-certified buildings, it’s up to us to make a difference.

Are you ready?

There are plenty of ways to go green these days. From beverage packaging to water-saving measures, going green is eco and wallet-friendly. Dixon Golf is even working on a recycled golf club.

But that’s not all. Razors can now be recharged with solar power (though we don’t leave our razors outside much) and green lawn mowers are now being subsidized.

So go buy your solar razors and green lawn mowers, but stay away from those Hershey’s Kisses.

And remember, we’ll always have Dixon Golf balls.

Video courtesy of Christie Post.

We’re shooting a commercial! No, it won’t star a bunch of golf balls or show a ton of boring golf shots. We brought out the big guns.

Join us this Friday, April 23 at Gainey Ranch for our Tee It Up Mixer. We’ll be shooting video from 4-6pm and eating 6:30-8pm. We have a few prizes in store for you:

-$100 cash for top testimonials
-Helpful golf tips from actual pros
-Meet and chat with Dr. Ron Mann
-Be part of the FIRST Dixon Golf commercial ever

Gainey Ranch Golf Club
7600 East Gainey Club Drive
Scottsdale, AZ
480.951.0022

Please RSVP to events@dixongolfinc.com

There are a lot of eco-minded people out there. Tons of advocates and cheerleaders who want nothing more than to spread the word.

But a large demographic is missing. Teens. Greenager is a collection of stories, tips and advice on how teenagers, traditionally some of society’s most wasteful groups, can help preserving their future NOW instead of waiting until it’s too late.

They aren’t the only one. Even fashion lines dedicated to the younger crowd is introducing green packaging in an effort to both grab on to the latest trend and help out their own future. Puma just announced new packaging that will save tons of paper and the fuel necessary to transport their goods across the world. Yours truly just opened a new MacBook Pro from Apple that was little more than the computer inside. Apple fans even post videos of their unboxing process.

Yes, plenty of this is profitable for large companies. They see consumers clamoring for green and eco-friendly solutions, so they sell that to them. Is it shady? Not if honestly and openly adhere to the standards already set.

It’s working, too. Most communities have enjoyed the process of going green, as it means less waste, less pollution and less worry about contaminants in local water supplies.

What’s the next big green trend? Sports, of course. It’s pretty easy to have a low environmental impact when exercising, as long as you don’t bring anything with you that you and your team don’t absolutely need. iPods need not apply and most cell phones won’t work in mountainous settings, but many battery-powered GPS units will. Many GPS units even have ways to signal for help if lost, so even though you won’t be able to make your afternoon conference call, the forest rangers can find you before you miss the next one.

Happy trails!