Articles by E. Michael Johnson

August 23rd, 2022

Hotlist 2022: Duly noted

Our editors, player-testers and more than 100,000 words of comments

August 23rd, 2022

Hotlist 2022: How our testers roll

The exacting nature of evaluating putters

March 23rd, 2022

What’s in my bag : Collin Morikawa

AGE 25  LIVES Las Vegas, Nevada STORY Winner of five PGA Tour events, including the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship.  FREE ADVICE Although there are different levels of amateur players, I see too many playing smaller clubheads or less-forgiving clubs than they should. Most amateurs would benefit from more loft, weaker shafts and Read more…

February 23rd, 2022

What’s in my bag: Nelly Korda

“I like that I can see the face of the 7-wood at address. I feel like I can hit it high.”

November 22nd, 2021

Clubs Talor Gooch used to win PGA Tour’s RSM Classic

Check out the clubs Talor Gooch used to win PGA Tour’s RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia.

October 26th, 2021

A peek inside Tiger’s golf bag – then and now

Tiger Woods’ approach to equipment has evolved gradually during his 25-year professional career.

July 27th, 2021

Mallets gain acceptance on Tour

Blade use has decreased among the top 25 in the world

May 17th, 2021

What’s in my bag: Stewart Cink

We take a look inside winner of seven PGA Tour events, Stewart Cink’s bag.

May 11th, 2021

What’s in my bag: Viktor Hovland

We take a look inside the bag of the winner of two PGA Tour events, including the 2020 Mayakoba Golf Classic.

April 20th, 2021

What’s in my bag: Xander Schauffele

Winner of four PGA Tour events, including the 2017 Tour Championship.

February 11th, 2021

The muscle-back mystique

Golfers are drawn to muscle-back blade irons even though they’re too difficult for most players to use effectively.

November 4th, 2020

What’s in my bag: Tiger Woods

Woods has a workshop at his Florida home where he can make adjustments to his equipment, like altering the bounce and grinds on his wedges.

July 8th, 2020

Shoot For The Sky

Higher-lofted fairway woods are an effective weapon

July 8th, 2020

Test Your Clubs Like A Tour Pro

Why Charles Howell III tries all the settings on his adjustable driver.

March 19th, 2020

The most popular golf swing on YouTube doesn’t belong to Tiger Woods

You would think of all the golf swings you can find on YouTube that one from Tiger Woods would have the most popular. But according to one research project, you would be wrong.

March 5th, 2020

Testing Balls With Tiger

The 15-time Major-championship winner is as meticulous as you might think.

October 1st, 2019

Swing Sequence: Kevin Kisner

A swing built for dependability, not distance.

September 11th, 2018

The clubs Keegan Bradley used to win the BMW Championship

Keegan Bradley’s putter was the club that won him the BMW Championship.

September 4th, 2018

The clubs Bryson DeChambeau used to win the Dell Technologies Championship

With each victory DeChambeau posts, it furthers the case that single-length clubs are a legitimate way to play.

July 16th, 2018

The clubs Michael Kim used to win the John Deere Classic

Perhaps the most stunning stat in his 27-under-par performance is that Kim actually made three bogeys.

July 12th, 2018

The 13 dumbest things in golf

With a nod to Friday the 13th tomorrow, we attempt to discard 13 things from the game.

July 2nd, 2018

Will Tiger Woods continue with his new mallet putter? History says the answer is likely yes

Although some 20 percent of the US PGA Tour might change putters on any given week, Woods has not been particularly fickle with his flat stick, save for a little back and forth between his Cameron and a Nike Method 003 mid-mallet in 2011 before settling on a Nike Method 001 blade that was similar to his Cameron.