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[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The 2021 version of the PXG 0211 irons maintain an attractive price but borrows liberally from the company’s hallmark Gen3 line of irons, including a hollow-body design filled with a soft, super-ball-like polymer back inside the clubhead. A firmer polymer is behind the thin face to maintain structural integrity, …

PXG’s 0211 irons bring plenty of distance while costing (relatively) less | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Launching a new line at what it calls “an unexpected price,” PXG brings its top-of-the-line technology to its 0211 line. The moderately larger profiles in the driver, fairway woods and hybrids are designed with creating versatility and enhancing a player’s confidence level at address. The target is to appeal …

PXG 0211 metalwood lineup includes drivers at a price you won’t believe | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] For 15 years Bridgestone’s e6 ball has held strong appeal for average golfers seeking a straighter flight and something a little softer on the wallet than a tour-caliber ball. The original was a three-piece construction, but two years ago the company went to a two-piece model with a sifter core. It continues down that …

Bridgestone’s new e6 addresses average golfer needs at an appealing price | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] The Callaway Epic, the company’s most successful driver franchise since the introduction of the Great Big Bertha in 1995, looks to have three new models on the verge of being introduced to start the new year. On Monday, the company added the Epic Speed, Epic Max and Epic Max LS on the weekly report …

Callaway’s Epic Speed and Epic Max models added to conforming lists | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Mizuno’s M.Craft lineup of forged carbon steel putters, which debuted earlier this year, adds three new models for 2021, including two new mallets and a wide-body blade. Price: $300 (new models available Feb. 4). THE DEEP DIVE: Mizuno got back into the putter business earlier this year by concentrating …

Mizuno adds three new models to its M.Craft line of forged putters | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] TaylorMade put two new drivers on the conforming list of golf clubs published by the R&A this week, both apparently follow ups to the current SIM line of drivers. Placed on the weekly updated list are the SIM2 and SIM2 Max. The SIM and SIM Max are TaylorMade’s current flagship drivers. (It is likely …

TaylorMade debuts SIM2 drivers on conforming driver list | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cleveland’s CBX 2 wedges were designed to help golfers who, well, need help with their short game. Its latest black satin offering employs all the hallmark technologies of the original CBX 2, including a precise center-of-gravity location, face-milling pattern and numerous loft/sole grind options in a striking murdered-out look. …

Cleveland’s CBX 2 wedges add another tour-pro-cool finish to its line | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Although the use of 3D printing for the badge and carbon-fiber strips on the topline is super cool—they reduce weight and better position the center of gravity—the guts of the club are impressive as well. It’s made from a forged 17-4 stainless-steel and has a variable-thickness face with a deep …

Cobra Golf employs 3D printing in its latest iron line: Radspeed | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cobra’s Radspeed metalwood lineup includes three driver options, four fairway wood options and two hybrid versions. Each distinctly different head explores the benefits of pushing saved mass to extreme locations: Forward to optimize energy transfer and lower spin for better players; rearward to improve off-center hit forgiveness for average …

Cobra Radspeed metalwoods go to extremes for three different player types | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Srixon’s new ZX wood family, which includes the low-spin, tour-styled ZX7 driver and the larger footprint, high-launching ZX5 driver along with fairway woods and hybrids, seeks to improve the way the clubface transfers energy to the ball by recalibrating the crown and sole design. With the areas supporting the …

Srixon looks beyond the face in ZX woods to “second flexible area” for more ball speed, distance | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] Even though you should, odds are you haven’t changed your grips recently. Or ever. Odds are even worse that you’ve changed your grips by yourself recently. Or ever. Too messy, too many tools, too complicated. It’s called Concept Helix, what appears to be a traditional rubber grip with a twist. Literally. The grip uses …

Golf Pride’s Concept Helix grip just might change your mind about changing your grips | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] TaylorMade Golf was already offering personalization options in putters through its MySpider X custom putter program. Now, it is launching its MyTP program for those wishing to customize a blade putter as opposed to a mallet. The web-based program is easy to use if you’re the kind of person who can make up his …

TaylorMade’s MyTP program allows you to personalize a TP putter with thousands of possible combinations | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] Just about every new iron these days features some kind of high-tech face construction that gets shots flying faster than a race car. Distance technology is certainly desirable, but there’s another facet of club design that could improve your iron play: the sole. We know. Sole design sounds about as exciting as kale or …

An important factor in buying new irons that most golfers overlook | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] Just as Kurt Ellis, a New York City-based strength and performance coach for Golf Digest Schools, starts demonstrating moderate intensity exercises to golfers online, he stares at the camera. “If you like analytics to understand what’s going on inside your body as you go through these workouts, WHOOP keeps track of your heart rate …

How Whoop plays a role in The Golfer’s Workout Week | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] The company rolled out its 2021 lineup of Studio Stock, Queen B and Inovai putters and the headline is the face technology in front of its flagship lineup of classic Studio Stock shapes. Developed through tour input with Sam Bettinardi, executive vice president, and requiring inventive upgrades to the CNC milling operations, the new …

Bettinardi’s grooved face technology bolsters its new Studio Stock lineup | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] While it may be surprising to some that Cobra is getting into making putters, that would be focusing on the wrong thing. As it turns out, Cobra’s new King Supersport-35 isn’t just a new take on the standard plumber’s neck, heel-toe weighted putter. Rather, it’s a new way to think about designing and manufacturing …

Cobra’s new putter changes design possibilities by using 3D metal printing | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] The way the golf ball design team at Wilson looks at it, the worst thing about the best balls being made today might be the only thing you can see. That glossy, white exterior—the paint, or more precisely, the inconsistency of that paint job—might be why your golf ball is missing the target no …

Wilson looks to make a more perfect golf ball by getting rid of paint | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] Srixon has debuted a pair of forged Z-series irons designed to deliver performance attributes desirable to two distinct types of better players while maintaining a classic shape that appeals to both. The ZX5 iron provides more distance technology, while the ZX7 focuses on workability and feel. Key to both is something not seen by …

Srixon Z-series irons meet the needs of two distinct types of better players | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] The switches Scott has made include both driver and ball, and he swapped both in Houston last week as preparation for this week. Scott went from a previous generation Titleist Pro V1 to the company’s latest version of its Pro V1x ball and changed to a new Titleist TSi4 driver head with 8 degrees …

Masters 2020: This player (not named Bryson) is using a longer driver in pursuit of distance | Equipment Read More »

[ad_1] When you talk about the greatest shots in Masters history, you’re always opening yourself up for debate. There’s simply too many to claim a definitive list—and what defines the greatest is subjective. So, a disclaimer here from the start: We included only shots hit by the eventual winner (apologies to Louis Oosthuizen and his …

Masters 2020: The clubs used to hit the greatest shots in Masters history | Equipment Read More »