What you need to know: With its first U.S. club launch in several years, Bridgestone isn’t just dipping it toe back into the water but jumping right in with three iron models: the 220 MB, the 221 CB, and the 222 CB+, all of which feature forged construction and precision-milled grooves. A line of BRM2 Read more…
Golf Games Explained is exactly what it sounds like. You want to mix it up and try something new for once? Well, someone has to do the thankless work of playing different golf formats and telling you if it’s worth it. You can thank me later. I recently was introduced to 11—a game I had Read more…
In a recent online exchange, L.A.B. Golf founder Sam Hahn was explaining why the company was dropping the “broomstick” terminology on its putters and replacing it with “sweeper”. The answer was eyebrow-raising.
Campos is the rare winner that did not dominate from tee to green (he ranked T-49 in greens in regulation) but rather relied heavily on his short game.
You wouldn’t think the 6,814-metre El Cardonal at Diamante course would yield to anything but a bomber, but Austin Eckroat navigated it skilfully – if without overpowering length – to capture the World Wide Technology Championship for his second win of 2024.
Ryan Kroll is a 49-year-old stay-at-home dad and a veteran Hot List tester. A member of major-championship site, Hazeltine National G.C., in Minnesota, he’s used to difficult tasks—like discerning degrees of excellence when it comes to golf clubs. A 10.0 Index who plays two to three times a week and practices fairly regularly, the in-shape, Read more…
Echavarria ranked second in the field in strokes gained/approach, racking up almost eight shots better than the field average with a split set of irons that encompasses three models.
An updated Cobra Tec and Tec One Length iron are joined the game-improvement Tec X. All are hollow-body designs that use tungsten weighting to enhance launch and stability.
It has been two years since the last models were introduced and while the company, as per its custom, is mum on details at this time, it is part of its long-held seeding and validation process with its players.
Making putts is the thing Yu did best in Mississippi. He ranked second in strokes gained/putting, bettering the field average by nearly nine shots while averaging 108 feet of putts made per round, also topping the field in that stat.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Tour Edge’s latest Exotics iron line features the C725 for a more accomplished player seeking to reclaim some lost distance while the E725 appeals to the game-improvement crowd. A super-game-improvement iron—the X725—is a new addition to the line. PRICE/AVAILABILITY: Cost for the C725 irons is $129 per iron in steel Read more…
Tom Allen is one of our longest-tenured Hot List testers. Having just turned 60, Allen is a 5-foot-10 six-handicapper with a self-described “dad bod” and declining clubhead speed (96 to 98 miles per hour with the driver, down from a high of 107 mph). An attoney, Allen finds the time to play a bountiful amount Read more…
Question: My club’s annual Ryder Cup is coming up, and we play alternate-shot in one match. Last year, I partnered with a guy who plays a ball wildly different from mine. Is there an ideal protocol for choosing a ball for this format? Answer: The Ryder Cup used to be full on intrigue with regard Read more…
A few years ago, Tom Morton, director of the Player Performance Studio at Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop in Sacramento, Calif., told Golf Digest that at best one in four golfers are using a putter that’s well suited to them. “Maybe. And that’s mostly by luck,” he said. One of the reasons for that low Read more…
Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with real golfers. The COVID years were a challenge, but it did have benefits for golf. As a welcome respite and safe activity that brought scores of new players into the game, Read more…
Arccos data from 2023 shows the amount of distance golfers of all skill levels gain from hitting an iron off a tee versus fairway-height grass, and the smarter choice is pretty clear.