If you’re about to stow your bag for the winter months, getting fit for a new set of clubs is probably the last thing on your mind. “I’ll do that in the Spring, when I have the whole season ahead of me” you might be thinking. Wrong! Now can be a great time to get Read more…
Why should everyday players care about how tour players are blending their sets? More than the actual clubs, the takeaway is that every single club in your bag should serve a purpose.
Collin Morikawa ended a 27-month winless streak at the Zozo Championship, using a final-round 63 to grab his sixth PGA Tour title at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan. A front-nine 30 gave him a three-shot cushion and Morikawa cruised from there. Controlling his ball into the greens has long been Morikawa’s calling card Read more…
What you need to know: Mizuno updates its Mizuno Pro iron lineup with three new models— Mizuno Pro 241, Mizuno Pro 243, Mizuno Pro 245—plus a Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi utility iron. The clubs are designed to not only showcase Mizuno’s strength in forging irons, but to do so in a manner that expands the audience Read more…
Unlike last year when Kim didn’t make a single bogey in his 72 holes, he made seven bogeys and a double this time around but offset it with a tournament-high 27 birdies along with one eagle.
The portion of the tour’s schedule spanning the American autumn has habitually been used as a testing ground for players to break-in new equipment and a proving ground for companies wanting to make sure its clubs are ready to come to market.
Match play brings out a sentimentality of sportsmanship. Handshakes and hats off at the conclusion of the match and putts generously conceded during it. Yet if the last Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in 2021 set a tone, it’s that you might not see much of the latter. Ironically, in a year when the Nicklaus-Jacklin Read more…
It’s amazing in the equipment world how a “sky is falling” moment can sometimes become not so big a deal as time moves on. One such instance is the rainsuit debacle that befell the U.S. Ryder Cup team during the 2010 matches at Celtic Manor in Wales. You remember that, don’t you? Those black Sun Read more…
What you need to know: Better players have different demands than the rest of us when it comes to irons. Although no one wants to hit it short, they’ll sacrifice a couple yards for better distance control and a tighter dispersion. And while most everyday players benefit from less spin to reduce wayward shots, those Read more…
Although Theegala never let up in the final round, there was no denying his short game and work with the putter kept things from going awry during the week.
Perhaps one of the most curious equipment switches right before a Ryder Cup occurred in 2004 when nine days before the matches at Oakland Hills C.C., Phil Mickelson left Titleist for Callaway. Although the split wasn’t unexpected (Titleist had a history of not digging deep for star players and had let players such as Tiger Read more…
Bettinardi introduced its HLX 5.0 Forged wedges last November and the company has extended that line with a new limited-run oil-rubbed bronze finish. This PVD finish, gives this line a distinctive appearance to go along with the current chrome and graphite PVD finishes. The new offering will be available in lofts ranging from 48 to Read more…
Liam Mucklow, a Canadian-based instructor and founder of The Golf Lab, has discovered through testing something that might be worthy of an episode of “MythBusters”: a lighter driver shaft doesn’t always lead to a faster swing.
The hottest initial public offering of 2023 was a golf company you’ve never heard of that was significantly in debt, had almost no sales, was short on supply of its most important component and claims to be manufacturing shafts at a facility that local officials have never seen or heard of.
The high majority of golfers pay little attention to the bounce or grind of their wedges, in part because they simply lack the knowledge of what these two things are, how they are different and why they are a vital aspect of the wedge-selection process.
The Norwegian star ranked first in driving accuracy, hitting 43 of 56 fairways (76.8 percent) and second in strokes gained/off the tee, gaining more than four shots on the field.
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
