Articles by E. Michael Johnson

The clubs Corey Conners used to win the 2023 Valero Texas Open

When you rank first in strokes gained/approach, strokes gained/tee to green and first in greens in regulation, third in driving accuracy, have the fewest bogeys and are T-1 in birdies, it doesn’t take a maths major to understand you have a good chance to win.

XXIO Prime irons: What you need to know

The technology behind the Prime model includes lightweight, counter-balanced shafts and a clubhead design intended to maximise rebound on shots hit low on the face.

The clubs Kurt Kitayama used to win the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Kurt Kitayama had suffered one-shot defeats in the past year to stars such as Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, so it was fitting that Kitayama flipped the script for his first PGA Tour win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hold off a star-studded leaderboard to win a wild one at Bay Hill.

The clubs Chris Kirk used to win the 2023 Honda Classic

Despite the trouble guarding so many of the greens at PGA National’s Champion course, Kirk managed to hit 54 of 72 greens to rank T-7 for the week, while posting a strokes gained/approach mark of 7.643 strokes gained on the field to rank second.