What you need to know: Automotive giant McLaren enters the golf-equipment fray with a pair of irons, the better players Series 1 and players-distance Series 3 models. Both employ a metal-injection-molding process that allows the company to dial in the material to the geometry instead of forcing the geometry to fit the material. A weight-saving Read more…
Bettinardi introduces heel shafted Hexperimental #7 and #9 zero torque putters, expanding its SimplyBalanced technology into more traditional head shapes with refined stability and feel.
Hey, if you’re picking up some stuff from Costco, do you mind getting some paper towels, a new bottle of sunscreen, a few hot dogs and some forged wedges? You may have to wait a little on the wedges, but they’re on the way … and they’re USGA-approved. That’s right! Kirkland Signature has some new Read more…
The old expression was “Speed kills,” but when it comes to your driver, it might be better to think of it as “Spin kills.” It doesn’t matter who you are, if you want more distance off the tee, you’re going to have to control the amount of backspin off your driver. And almost always that Read more…
The words of Keith Mitchell, Golf Digest’s Best Dressed PGA Tour Pro of 2024, still echo two years later, even if “Cashmere Keith” isn’t the winner in our 2026 player survey. “Too scripted” was Mitchell’s take in assessing how the modern tour pro dresses on the course. This is not exactly a modern problem. The Read more…
Fabric can be organized into three categories: natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic. Natural fibers are older than golf itself and derive from plants and animals. With plants, think of fabrics like cotton, flax for linen and bamboo. Animal-based fibers include wool, cashmere and leather. Synthetic, or manmade, fibers are chemically based and derive almost always from Read more…
“What am I going to wear?” is a dilemma we all face every day. If we’re playing golf, it’s a decision that probably gets made twice before the sun sets, and that can be exhausting. We use clothes to tell stories about ourselves, so the question of what to wear becomes “What do I want Read more…
There is a difference between golf clothes with dynamic prints or catchy graphics and those that incorporate real art. The latter has traditionally been tough to pull off, but advances in printing technology are now making it possible for artists to precisely transfer their designs onto golf clothes. The new brands in this story, all Read more…
Before the first snap of Super Bowl LX in February, dozens of sewing machines at a fabric plant in Buford, Ga., were ready to go. Whether the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots emerged victorious, the stitchers would be hard at work come 7 a.m. on Monday, making driver, fairway and putter headcovers. Designs for Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Performance Golf, a direct-to-consumer brand that mixes game improvement club designs and golf tips in an effort to solve the everyday golfer’s most vexing problems, is going after the biggest one with its new slice-fighting SF2 driver. The SF2 features a host of elements designed to dull those right-to-right misses, Read more…
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