Golf Equipment

[ad_1] Bridgestone isn’t waiting for Tiger Woods to do something extraordinary to launch its first commemorative Tiger Woods Edition golf ball. Then again, with Woods the betting favorite heading into next week’s Masters, perhaps their timing is perfect. The company announced today the debut of a special edition Bridgestone Tiger Woods Edition ball that will […]

[ad_1] When the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company declared bankruptcy in January of 2017 and then later that year went to a direct-to-consumer model, many felt the company was merely trying to find a way to liquidate its assets and that we had seen the last from Hogan in terms of product introductions. Not so

[ad_1] The Orlimar TriMetal fairway wood, one of the iconic clubs of golf’s go-go, infomercial ’90s, is the latest club and brand to be given a new life and a new energy to boot. The TriMetal is part of component company Hireko Golf’s reset of the Orlimar lineup, which in addition to the new take

[ad_1] The Callaway Sure Out wedge was introduced last year with simplicity in mind. It’s now extended that simplicity to more lofts, an effort undoubtedly to get even more golfers to reconsider how complicated they’ve made their short games. The Sure Out, which was designed with input from noted teacher Hank Haney, who’s focused most

[ad_1] When producing clubs with the Ben Hogan name, one of the challenges is staying true to what aficionados remember about the brand while bringing the club design into today’s modern game. The company has attempted to do just that with the release of its Equalizer wedges, the first new club product from the company

[ad_1] Mallets, known for being stable and forgiving, have long been the putter of choice for golfers in need of help, while sleek blade putters have defined the best players. Then Jason Day won the 2015 PGA Championship and rose to No. 1 using a TaylorMade Spider Tour prototype. Suddenly, mallets were cool. Players using

[ad_1] Tommy Armour Golf, an equipment company with more than a century-old tradition and a somewhat frenetic last two decades, will reintroduce itself to the industry today with a new multimaterial driver featuring a unique titanium alloy face, a carbon composite crown and a commitment to fitting options all at a price point that’s $100-$200

[ad_1] Callaway Golf has launched a new program for its Rogue driver. Called Callaway Customs, the program gives the consumer the opportunity to create a personalized Rogue, Rogue Sub Zero or Rogue Draw driver by choosing one of nine custom color options for two different zones of the driver. In all, there are 81 combinations.

[ad_1] Game Golf Pro, the next generation of Game Golf’s round-tracking club sensor based game analysis tool, is better according to CEO John McGuire, because it’s smarter, more technologically robust, and sleeker than ever. That’s what two million rounds, users in 137 countries and 60 billion GPS data points can do for you, especially when

[ad_1] Titleist’s Vokey Design SM7 Raw wedges adds a new unfinished version to its line this week, and while “raw” wedges are by far the most popular among Titleist’s tour staff, the new SM7 Raw actually actually will be in the hands of average golfers before most tour players. The SM7 Raw, available through Vokey.com

[ad_1] Odds are your wedge lofts – everything from your sand wedge to your pitching wedge – are messed up. But it’s not your fault. Manufacturers have been strengthening the lofts on irons for decades and while there are merits and demerits to this practice, it does mean that golfers need to pay a little

[ad_1] The Cobra King Forged Tec Black irons may be seen as another in the growing segment of players distance irons featuring multiple pieces, thin, flexible face inserts and feel-enhancing damping cavity materials. But like the company’s recently introduced F8 irons, the King Forged Tec Black represents more than Cobra’s effort to improve golf clubs.

[ad_1] The Callaway Mack Daddy 4 wedges, introduced in January, will join the Callaway Customs program, giving consumers the opportunity to personalize their new wedge in more ways than there are wedges in the company’s line. That’s saying something because Callaway’s total stock offerings of wedges include 42 offerings in 21 loft/bounce configurations and two

[ad_1] Vertical Groove Golf’s new fairway woods feature a unique face design, but not just in the way that’s as obvious as its grooves. The company’s fairway woods are the followup product to the Vertical Groove driver, which is distinct for the 17 scoring lines that run from crown to sole instead of the traditional

[ad_1] Bridgestone Golf brand ambassador and PGA Tour star Bryson DeChambeau, right, participates in a Bridgestone ball fitting in Las Vegas using the B-FIT app. It only took a few minutes, but Gary Harvey says the ramifications have lasted a long time. After going through Bridgestone’s ball fitting program—twice over four years, mind you—his handicap

[ad_1] The Miura MC-501 irons, as is no surprise from the company that’s been making forged irons in the family factory in Hemiji, Japan for six decades, continue Miura’s long-time focus on the basic feel of old-school carbon steel than some 21st-century material or collection of substances. The MC-501 is the latest in the company’s

[ad_1] Given the variety of designs, an iron model’s distance is relative. The range of lofts on most 7-irons, for example, stretches from 26 to 34 degrees. So one brand’s 7-iron might be equivalent to another brand’s 5-iron. Our advice: Ask a qualified clubfitter to show you the dispersion on five to 10 shots with

[ad_1] As much as everyone would like to think that people are getting all jacked up about walking the course, fact is that staff and cart bags still account for 45.2 percent of all bag sales at on- and off-course shops according to industry tracking firm Golf Datatech. As such, new introductions in this category

[ad_1] Wedges can be confusing. A Golf Datatech survey found that 56 percent of serious golfers said having the right bounce angle was important, but only 42 percent understood what it was. (It’s the angle formed by the sole and the ground plane.) It’s clear that configuring your wedge set requires thought and testing. Wedges

[ad_1] TaylorMade’s Project (a) update and new Project (s) offering both make the case that to maximize performance even the average golfer needs a ball with multiple sections beneath the cover. The two new balls offer alternatives in both price and construction, but the guts of the two balls share a philosophy, namely, that the