Koepka quietly swapped his Srixon Z-Star for a Titleist Pro V1x, the script and side stamp blacked out. Golf Digest confirmed the ball in play was the 2025 version. It’s the kind of detail that can slip past most fans but rarely escapes the notice of gearheads.
The new XXIO 14 line-up of woods and irons, again with a lightweight construction geared to those with moderate swing speeds and smoother tempos, is the company’s most expansive yet.
Urethane is the benchmark when it comes to premium golf ball performance, especially in the spin department. But that doesn’t mean non-urethane balls are automatically out of the conversation, especially when you dig into the spin data, as we’ve done with the help of the Golf Laboratories swing robot.
Srixon isn’t like most of its competitors. Instead of churning out fresh drivers each year, the brand runs on an every-other-year cadence, meaning there’s additional time for the R&D department to breathe in between releases.
If it were any other event or any other player, the scene at the Travelers Championship would have been positively funereal as Tommy Fleetwood once again came up agonizingly short in his quest for his first PGA Tour win. But this was Keegan Bradley on his home turf rolling in a walk-off birdie putt to Read more…
You don’t win a US Open without fine iron play. Spaun employed a split set of Srixon irons, while his putter is from perhaps the hottest putter company in golf.
Fox was sixth in strokes gained/approach the green, beating the field average by more than seven shots with his split set of Srixon irons. However it was his 15-degree Srixon ZXi 3-wood that struck the deciding blow.
In what was the definition of a ball-striking clinic, Glover ranked first in driving accuracy, strokes gained/approach and strokes gained/tee-to-green.
Australian Golf Digest
