Robot testing

May 12th, 2026

What happens to your driver when you swing 10mph harder? We put 13 of them on a robot to find out

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May 8th, 2026

Ping’s G440 LST is doing something a low-spin driver isn’t supposed to do

Robot testing reveals Ping’s G440 LST driver delivers unexpected forgiveness for a low-spin model, matching or beating max forgiveness heads in key dispersion and carry metrics.

April 23rd, 2026

What 3 years of Callaway driver testing reveals about face forgiveness

Callaway’s Quantum driver is put through Golf Digest robot testing against Paradym Ai Smoke and Elyte models, revealing how face technology has evolved and whether the newest release is worth the upgrade.

April 1st, 2026

The robot test that redraws the rules on fairway woods, hybrids and irons

We ran Ping’s most recent fairway woods, hybrids, utility iron and long iron on a swing robot at two different swing speeds and attack angles to determine how much head delivery at impact affects launch, spin and carry.

March 7th, 2026

This is the best spot to miss on the driver face for minimal distance loss

Today’s drivers are more forgiving than ever, if you don’t stray too far off the sweet spot. When contact does drift from the centre, you want it drifting towards the toe, not the heel.

December 19th, 2025

Tiger At 50: Testing Woods’ iconic Titleist 975D driver against his modern gamer

June 25th, 2025

Analysing the past three versions of Srixon drivers with a swing robot

Srixon isn’t like most of its competitors. Instead of churning out fresh drivers each year, the brand runs on an every-other-year cadence, meaning there’s additional time for the R&D department to breathe in between releases.

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Biltmore Championship Asheville - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Neal Shipley	-14	16	2
2	Ricky Castillo	-11	F	2
3	Eric Cole	-10	F	2
T4	Seamus Power	-9	F	2
T4	Jackson Suber	-9	F	2
T4	Jacob Bridgeman	-9	F	2
T4	Pontus Nyholm	-9	14*	2
T8	Steven Fisk	-8	F	2
T8	J.T. Poston	-8	18*	2
T8	Ben James	-8	18*	2
T8	Kevin Roy	-8	F	2
T8	Rico Hoey	-8	17*	2
T8	Austin Smotherman	-8	17	2
T14	Brice Garnett	-7	F	2
T14	Austin Eckroat	-7	F	2
T14	Jackson Koivun	-7	F	2
T14	Ben Silverman	-7	17*	2
T14	John VanDerLaan	-7	16	2
T14	Gordon Sargent	-7	14*	2
T14	Ben Kohles	-7	2	2
T14	Max Greyserman	-7	-	2
T22	Adam Schenk	-6	F	2
T22	Peter Malnati	-6	17*	2
T22	Harry Higgs	-6	17	2
T22	Zecheng Dou	-6	15*	2
T22	Marco Penge	-6	14	2
T22	Paul Peterson	-6	13*	2
T22	Chris Kirk	-6	1*	2
T22	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	-	2
T30	Webb Simpson	-5	F	2
T30	Zach Bauchou	-5	3	2
T30	Nick Taylor	-5	1	2
T30	Billy Horschel	-5	1	2
T30	Cam Davis	-5	1*	2
T35	Adam Svensson	-4	F	2
T35	Pi Coody	-4	F	2
T35	Zac Blair	-4	F	2
T35	Jonathan Byrd	-4	F	2
T35	Kevin Yu	-4	F	2
T35	Doug Ghim	-4	16*	2
T35	John Parry	-4	3*	2
T35	Johnny Keefer	-4	2	2
T35	Ben Martin	-4	-	2
T35	Marcelo Rozo	-4	-	2
T35	Lucas Glover	-4	-	2
T46	David Skinns	-3	F	2
T46	Vince Whaley	-3	17	2
T46	Cameron Champ	-3	16*	2
T46	Michael Thompson	-3	15	2
T46	Tyler Watts	-3	15	2
T46	Troy Merritt	-3	3	2
T46	Nick Dunlap	-3	3	2
T46	Chad Ramey	-3	3*	2
T46	Karl Vilips	-3	1*	2
T46	Taylor Pendrith	-3	1*	2
T46	Tyler Duncan	-3	-	2
T46	Taylor Moore	-3	-	2
T46	Adam Hadwin	-3	-	2
T46	Trace Crowe	-3	-	2
T46	Isaiah Salinda	-3	-	2
T46	Kensei Hirata	-3	-	2
T46	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-3	-	2
T46	Andrew Novak	-3	-	2
T64	Beau Hossler	-2	F	2
T64	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	F	2
T64	Kevin Streelman	-2	F	2
T64	Aaron Wise	-2	F	2
T64	Patton Kizzire	-2	16*	2
T64	Hayden Springer	-2	15*	2
T64	Davis Chatfield	-2	15*	2
T64	Haotong Li	-2	14	2
T64	David Ford	-2	14*	2
T64	Emiliano Grillo	-2	3*	2
T64	Hank Lebioda	-2	2*	2
T64	Corey Conners	-2	1	2
T64	Ryo Hisatsune	-2	1	2
T64	Keita Nakajima	-2	-	2
T64	Chandler Blanchet	-2	-	2
T64	Christo Lamprecht	-2	-	2
T64	Luke Clanton	-2	-	2
T64	Austin Duncan	-2	-	2
T64	Jeremy Paul	-2	-	2
T64	Davis Riley	-2	-	2
T64	Dylan Wu	-2	-	2
T85	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	2
T85	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
T85	Tom Hoge	-1	16*	2
T85	Takumi Kanaya	-1	16*	2
T85	Patrick Fishburn	-1	15	2
T85	Will Gordon	-1	2*	2
T85	Stephan Jaeger	-1	2*	2
T85	Brendon Todd	-1	-	2
T85	Matthieu Pavon	-1	-	2
T85	Jeffrey Kang	-1	-	2
T85	Michael Kim	-1	-	2
T96	Fabián Gómez	E	18	2
T96	Nick Hardy	E	3*	2
T96	Chandler Phillips	E	2*	2
T96	Blades Brown	E	1	2
T96	Jimmy Stanger	E	-	2
T96	Spencer Oxendine	E	-	2
T96	Tyler Jones	E	-	2
T96	Andrew Putnam	E	-	2
T104	Luke List	+1	F	2
T104	Justin Lower	+1	3	2
T104	Danny Walker	+1	2	2
T104	William Mouw	+1	2*	2
T104	Kristoffer Ventura	+1	-	2
T104	Rafael Campos	+1	-	2
T104	Carson Bertagnole	+1	-	2
T104	Alejandro Tosti	+1	-	2
T112	Max McGreevy	+2	F	2
T112	Denny McCarthy	+2	F	2
T112	Jesper Svensson	+2	14*	2
T112	A.J. Ewart	+2	-	2
T116	Davis Thompson	+3	F	2
T116	Mac Meissner	+3	18	2
T116	Henrik Norlander	+3	3	2
T116	Keller Harper	+3	-	2
T120	Camilo Villegas	+4	F	2
T120	Kevin Kisner	+4	18	2
T120	Ryan Brehm	+4	3	2
T120	Mark Hubbard	+4	4*	2
T120	Nico Echavarria	+4	1	2
T125	Erik van Rooyen	+5	F	2
T125	Robert Streb	+5	3*	2
127	Tony Finau	+7	F	2
T128	Phillip Yribarren	+9	16	2
T128	Brendan Valdes	+9	14	2
130	Morgan Deneen	+12	14*	2
WD	Rasmus Højgaard	-	-
WD	Lanto Griffin	-	-

Robot testing

What happens to your driver when you swing 10mph harder? We put 13 of them on a robot to find out

Ping’s G440 LST is doing something a low-spin driver isn’t supposed to do

What 3 years of Callaway driver testing reveals about face forgiveness

The robot test that redraws the rules on fairway woods, hybrids and irons

This is the best spot to miss on the driver face for minimal distance loss

Tiger At 50: Testing Woods’ iconic Titleist 975D driver against his modern gamer

Analysing the past three versions of Srixon drivers with a swing robot

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