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.
The three branches of the JPX925 family run the gamut from a better-player Pro model to a meat-of-the-market game-improvement model along with an easier-to-hit, higher-launching HL version.
In a collaboration that includes TaylorMade, FedEx, the PGA Tour and Ceeze Creative Studios, Morikawa’s clubs for the three events will be housed in a bag that was created utilising soon-to-be-recycled FedEx package and upcycled material.
Some people can absolutely smoke a 3-wood, so we are in no way saying no one should be using them. But if you fall into that camp, you are a statistical anomaly.
Like several other manufacturers, Cleveland Golf provides some useful guidance via its wedge selector tool, which has received some meaningful updates.
What makes today’s game-improvement wedges different is that we’re no longer talking about a one-trick pony club used primarily to escape the sand, but rather wedges that have a lot of the same grooves and soles as some of the tour-like wedges, but with a bit more forgiveness.
What you need to know: PXG brings the next installment of its fully milled wedge to the market, the 0311 Sugar Daddy III. This update expands the line to three sole grinds with 12 loft/bounce options. The heads are fully milled down to the final shape for more precise sole grinds, bounce angles and shape Read more…
What you need to know: When PXG introduced its original 0311 iron line it took more than three years before its next introduction. Since that time, the cadence for new irons has been almost annual. For 2024 that means the introduction not only of its 0311 GEN7 irons, but a new Black Ops iron as Read more…
Alejandra Bedoya is a 26-year-old 5-handicapper and a four-year Hot List panelist. A native of Colombia, Bedoya played collegiate golf at Loyola University New Orleans and now competes only sparingly. With a driver swing speed of 93 miles per hour, she plays a stiff shaft in her driver but regular flex in her irons. Here Read more…
Schauffele certainly got the job done with his irons. He ranked second in strokes gained/approach the green, picking up more than 10 shots on the field average. He also ranked second in greens in regulation.
After a less-than-satisfying opening-round 76, Bryson DeChambeau was asked if he could turn it around for round two of the British Open at Royal Troon. His answer came with some interesting comments. “I’m going to go figure it out,” he said. “It’s something equipment related. The golf ball is … look, I’m not at 190 ball Read more…
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