ALERT: The first Gourmet Golfwrx reader that sends in a picture that includes Bubba Watson, his bag, and his Rocket Tour covered clubs will receive their own Rocket Tour headcover. The picture will need to be fairly recent, because he just started flaunting the Rocket Tour. Please use the "Golf Buzz" or "Contact" link for correspondence.

Well, if you haven't guessed or don't already know, Rocket Tour is a new competitor in the head cover business. The cornerstone of the business is their distinct, retro-styled headcover. Their knit covers, with and without pom poms, are retro-Americana with an "edgey varsity" feel. Think of them as Jan Craig's cooler, older brother or America's answer to J.Lindeberg. The Classic Rocket Sox (with pom) are great for representing your alma mater's colors and the Skinny Stick (sans pom) covers give your hybrid shaft the protection that many OEMs fail to address. The knit covers are heavy and substantial and will easily protect your clubs from the bag chatter. They do fit on the new 460cc driver heads, albeit a little snug. The company also offers a line of vinyl Hoodies with similar, yet unique styles

Gourmet Golfwrx is proud to debut some of RocketTour's new colors. To go along with a plethora of pre-existing colors, the company has added new flavors like the light blue/red (pictured), the appropriately timed red/white/blue (pictured), and many others...too many to name here. If you have color requests, leave them in the comments. Maybe Helena and Ron (Rocket Tour owners and great folk) will see it and take note.

This is no one-trick pony. RocketTour also offers accesories and apparel. Keeping with the retro-hip-motif, they have released a limited edition "rodeo buckle" and belt. These chunky white belts are similar to those worn on tour (a la J.L.), but with their own twist. To match your new belt, they've also released a line of Rocket Pocket Leisure golf shirts. Imagine a gauntly tailored, quasi-urban, "Penguin" polo.

If this style fits your personality, you may have found your final stop for head covers and apparel. If you want to stand out further from the crowd you can even  have your purchases customized. Imagine Gourmet Golfwrx head covers...

(FYI: The red/blue pom pom is on Callaway's FT3 driver; The red/white/blue pom pom is on a 340cc Tourstage MR23; The red/white/blue skinny cover is on a Callaway XTourFW; The blue/gold skinny cover is on an FT3 hybrid)