Golf Equipment

[ad_1] Cobra’s latest new clubs, a black finish on its genre-altering King MIM wedge line and a utility iron styled and powered on the chassis of its hollow-body King Forged Tec irons, continue to show the brand’s mission to not merely think outside golf equipment’s traditional box but create its own kind of box. Both […]

[ad_1] If you’ve finally started playing golf, then you almost surely have started to feel those familiar pangs golfers know just as surely as they know the way to their course. No, we’re not talking about back pain or golfer’s elbow, we’re talking about the natural yearning for new clubs that hits at the start

[ad_1] Golf club technology is constantly progressing. So much so, it’s sometimes difficult to keep up with the latest equipment. We compiled a quick rundown of equipment on the market right now that can help you improve your game. Whether you’re looking at buying your first set of clubs, or you have a standing monthly

[ad_1] To say golf is more entwined with its equipment innovations than other sports isn’t opinion. It’s numbers. During the past 40 years, of the tens of thousands of patents granted in sports, golf ideas have numbered twice as many as those for football, baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, swimming, bowling, soccer, lacrosse and skiing combined.

[ad_1] Callaway’s Jaws MD5 wedge lineup, introduced last September, was already its most ambitious wedge line to date. Now the line has grown even larger with the introduction of the Jaws MD5 Raw. Already in the bags of PGA Tour players such as Marc Leishman and Si Woo Kim, the Jaws MD5 Raw boasts a

[ad_1] The Tour Edge Exotics EXS Pro collection is what company founder and chief designer David Glod likes to call “small batch.” Just like with last week’s metalwood introduction, that terminology applies to the exclusive nature of the EXS Pro iron and wedge lines, too, which got their inspiration from the company’s list of endorsers

[ad_1] While many parents have had to figure out just how hard it is to teach their children history and algebra at home these last few months, one area they probably couldn’t even begin to guess at is club fitting. Not to worry. Ping’s new Tele-Fitting program gives the aspiring youngsters and their parents a

[ad_1] The Titleist Vokey Design SM8 wedges gained almost instant acceptance on tour when they debuted last fall, but that doesn’t mean master designer Bob Vokey and tour rep Aaron Dill aren’t continuing to find ways to expand the line based directly on tour input. Case in point: The low-bounce K grind options just released

[ad_1] NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS PROMOTION. A purchase will not improve chances of winning. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE You have not yet won. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AS OF THE

[ad_1] The Tour Edge Exotics EXS Pro lineup of metalwoods may not be the club for most golfers. It might not even be the club for most elite golfers. But that just means this limited run of drivers, fairway woods and hybrids designed specifically for players on the PGA Tour Champions is exactly emblematic of

[ad_1] NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS PROMOTION. A purchase will not improve chances of winning. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE You have not yet won. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AS OF THE

[ad_1] Rickie Fowler likes to be involved when it comes to his equipment. He assisted TaylorMade on the pattern used on its new TP5 Pix 2.0 ball and with his equipment company, Cobra, has been instrumental in helping bring back railed soles on fairway woods and heavily involved in the design of his irons. The

[ad_1] The Epon AF-706 may be the latest iron to come from a manufacturer known for its expertise in precise forged irons that appeal to the most discerning players, but don’t think that precision in manufacturing doesn’t also work in the game-improvement category, too. That’s what the new entry in the “7” series does for

[ad_1] Can you get custom fit for some new clubs without leaving your couch, especially since when it comes to getting custom fit these days, the couch is about the only place you’re going? Callaway is attempting to make the best of a less-than-ideal custom fitting environment with its new Distance Fitting program. The Callaway

[ad_1] Ben Hogan the golfer may have been legendary for hitting long irons, but Ben Hogan the golf equipment company knows everyday golfers need help getting lower-lofted clubs in the air. That’s why the company is offering two options for players looking to make the hardest part of their games a little easier. While the

[ad_1] The new PXG 0811X and 0811X+ drivers still may be only prototypes, but that doesn’t mean they’re reserved for tour players. The company is offering the still-in-development models in limited quantities for purchase to get a sense of what average golfers think, too. Offered at a discount from the usual $650 price point ($495),

[ad_1] As golf begins to ramp up in many part of the country, gearheads still have a hankering for new product to come out. TaylorMade gave those looking for a little equipment news something to consider with its debut of its MyMG2 personalized wedge program. As many other companies have done previously, TaylorMade is seeking

[ad_1] The new TPT Red Range shaft is the next graphite shaft from a company that thinks it’s found the best way—in its eyes, the only way, and admittedly not an inexpensive way—to make a graphite shaft. TPT, a Swiss manufacturer of carbon composite applications that range from Formula 1 cars to six-figure wristwatches, has

[ad_1] One way our team at Golf Digest has tried to understand and illustrate the differences in golf balls is a specific short game test we’ve been running for many years. Using good players and a Foresight Sports GCHawk launch monitor, we evaluated each ball’s spin and launch angle on 50-yard wedge shots (above). The

[ad_1] The Wilson Staff Model ball, built with tour-player input, is not surprisingly a multilayer urethane cover design, the preferred construction for balls played by professional golfers. But its construction is built on a firmer foundation, a departure from Wilson’s lineup of largely lower compression, softer models. The reason is simple, said said Frank Simonutti,