Davis Riley is one of the bright young players on the PGA Tour, having claimed his first individual title at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge. Golf Digest equipment editor E. Michael Johnson caught up with Riley after his victory at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth to talk about his Titleist equipment, the need to Read more…
The first entry in the entrepreneur’s handbook would probably say to find a popular, painful problem to solve. That’s how simple it was for Stephen Lease, who grew up around golf. His father was a greenskeeper at a Colorado public course. About 10 years ago, as a newly addicted distance runner, Lease was looking for Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Vice Golf, the direct-to-consumer ball brand that’s made a name with its edgy approach to mixing aesthetics with big-idea technology, takes a broader step into the golf-equipment arena with a new line of irons, wedges and putters. The clubs include two multiple-material, hollow-body iron designs, forged wedges and blade and Read more…
Walk through a sporting goods store or a pro shop and you’ll likely find an array of “women’s” golf balls. Do these golf balls actually help women perform better on the golf course than balls not branded for women? Not necessarily. The gendering of golf balls is mostly marketing. “Women’s” golf balls are generally lower Read more…
Looking to learn what you need to know about the latest new products from Bettinardi? These handy thumbnails will keep you up to date on the company’s new releases across all club catetgories. Studio B Reserve Collection putter: Bettinardi Golf has launched a new Studio B Reserve collection. Known for its penchant for producing high-end, Read more…
With the best tour players throwing a game-improvement iron in their bags, it got us thinking: Should everybody start opting for more forgiving irons, and specifically, is there any real reason for a regular golfer to game players irons? First, let’s remember what players irons are for our purposes. In terms of how we produce Read more…
The latest drop from the creative minds at FootJoy and Todd Snyder, the American menswear designer whose golf capsules have become staples for the elevated dresser, features two limited edition golf shoes in a fresh, bright icy aqua colourway.
The new Cobra LIMIT3D irons will break new ground as the first commercially available clubs made completely through additive manufacturing, or what’s known as three-dimensional (3D) printing.
Bob Parsons, the 73-year-old billionaire behind PXG, the golf upstart brand that has become an industry stalwart in its decade of existence, likes to say that luck and a guardian angel have been integral parts to his success. The biggest hits in his career include selling his microcomputer software company Parsons Technology to Intuit for Read more…