The new King Cobra wedges feature a new groove design that pushes the USGA’s limitations on geometry, volume and sharpness thanks to more aggressive manufacturing tolerance.
At the Farmers Insurance Open Adam Scott used a new driver shaft, a lightweight model (approximately 55 grams) from AutoFlex that Scott hoped would boost his swing speed for more yards.
The role of the sole tends to be a little under appreciated when it comes to forgiveness, and especially in the realm of super game-improvement irons, clubs whose users tend to hit the big ball (the earth) before the little ball a little too often.
Four new TaylorMade Spider models: EX, X Hydro Blast, S and SR each utilise the company’s “True Path” alignment system and 45-degree angled grooves with a variety of head designs, weights and shaft options in a high moment-of-inertia mallet head.
Branden Grace won his second PGA Tour title and first in nearly five years with a remarkable eagle-birdie finish courtesy of a pair of bunker shots the South African will long remember to capture the 2021 Puerto Rico Open.
TaylorMade’s Hi-Toe and Big Foot wedge offerings receive an update with a new raw finish that rusts over time to produce additional surface roughness to maintain spin over the life of the wedge.
The three-piece Z-Star and the four-piece, dual-core XV both feature core designs that start soft but get decidedly firmer towards the perimeter to give higher swing speed players more potential for longer driving distance.
At the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour, that meant a new driver shaft and wedge grind for Adam Scott, a putter switch for Jon Rahm and Lefty doing Lefty things. On the European Tour, Paul Casey had a new driver in the bag for his win in Dubai.
According to Ping, the process for Watson’s new G425 LST started more than a year ago with some concepts developed in-house by the company’s designers.
Two-time Farmers Insurance champion Jason Day will make his 2021 debut at Torrey Pines with a Frankenstein bag set up and a new swing as he looks to return to the top of the PGA Tour.