The purpose of this journey was to showcase the functionality and performance of our adidas Golf Clima products. adidas Golf apparel and footwear are designed to maximize your body’s golf potential in any environment, this adventure proved that by sending us out to play golf in the world’s most extreme conditions. Over the last 31 days we have traveled 35,000 miles, visited 4 continents and played 10 rounds of golf in every climate imaginable.

Our adventure kicked off November 19th at 5:30am in Carlsbad, California. Over the next six hours we went through a whirlwind of interviews before the entire company came out to see us off. One of the most special parts for us about launch day was having our family in the crowd for our big send off. After our ceremonial tee shots, a helicopter swooped us up and we were on our way.

Death Valley California was the first stop on our adventure. Death Valley was so isolated that internet and phone coverage was lost 60 miles before we hit our destination. When we played golf at Furnace Creek Golf Course, the low elevation, dry climate and heat was very different from the golf we play back home and the first test for our ClimaCool apparel.

Nothing that we have ever seen or experienced in our lives could have prepared us for La Paz, Bolivia. The second we stepped off the plane our bodies reacted to the altitude and we became dizzy and lightheaded. The landscape of the city of La Paz was set in the middle of the Andes Mountains and the indigenous culture we encountered was completely unique to the region. The La Paz Golf Club gave us our first taste of the elements as we teed off in rain and hail. In most cases our caddies would offer two to three clubs less for the shot that were accustomed to hitting for that yardage. One of our biggest challenges was learning to trust our caddy’s club selection and not our eyes.

The simplicity of La Paz ended the moment we landed in Argentina. Everything about Buenos Aires was bigger and faster paced. We went from having the course to ourselves to playing golf inside the ropes with Andres Romero, his agent, a slew of reporters and grand stands filled with golf fans.

The coldest winter we have ever spent was a summer in Ushuaia. We landed to sub zero temperatures and snow falling from the sky. By the time we teed off the next day, 3 inches had accumulated. The cold weather wasn’t going to stop us; we threw on our ClimaWarm apparel, found some orange golf balls and a crew to shovel the greens and teed it up.

In less than six months, the eyes of the sports world will be on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. The pride of hosting this event was felt throughout the nation and the energy and excitement about the adidas brand was evident everywhere we went. The consistency of high quality golf courses we played in South Africa rivaled that of the Monterrey peninsula. The social clinic that we had with the children was the most rewarding experience of our entire trip.

Australia is the driest continent on the planet and home to Alice Springs Golf Club, the hottest golf course in the world. Located in the remote Northern Territory, the lush green course is surrounded by red desert. While playing golf in Alice Springs we realized how extremely valuable CoolMax Extreme technology is to a golfer. Our ClimaCool apparel passed its final exam with flying colors allowing us to focus on our game and not the extreme conditions we were playing in.

We want to thank adidas Golf for providing us the opportunity to experience the trip of a lifetime. We have traveled the world, playing golf in environments we couldn’t have imagined and made some close friends along the way. We want to thank Mark Hepler, Soledad Giminez, Andrew Kalis, Sandra Kriqe, Aaron Russell, Damien Hanger and Rod Woodford for all of their hard work and effort in making this adventure possible. Finally we want to thank all of the people that have followed us over the past 31 days. Your comments, questions and support have meant the world to us. We entered this trip with faith that adidas Golf products could perform at the highest level. We are leaving with absolute certainty adidas Golf apparel and footwear is equipment for your body. We are proud to be part of a team that manufactures the best performance golf products in the world.