Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 25 September 2007
King Cobra L4V driver Retail: £296 Lofts: 9°, 10°, 10.5°, 12° Contact: 01480 301114 www.cobragolf.co.uk With restrictions governing dimension, designers are scrambling to make sure their designs hit the limits in the four most important areas. Head size, COR, 5”x 5” head dimensions and the maximum allowable 5900g/cm2 moi are all vitally important to how a driver performs and King Cobra’s...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 25 September 2007
HiPPO uses radical HEX design in new fairway and rescue woods. Hippo HEX fairway woods Retail: £59.99 Hippo HEX rescue woods Retail: £49.99 HiPPO has just launched these HEX fairway and rescue woods. Following on from the HEX driver, the new clubs share the same design characteristics and features. The HEX woods feature a unique hexagonal shape that allows optimum weight...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 25 September 2007
Mizuno MP-57 irons Retail: £599 Contact: 0118 936 2100 www.mizuno.eu Mizuno’s history for producing super sexy forged irons, such as the new Mizuno MP57, is a long and rich one. If you’ve dreamt of owning a set but always had a niggling doubt in your mind that you might not be quite good enough to use them effectively, then you’ll be...
Written by Simon Daddow on Sunday 23 September 2007
These are the latest designs from legendary clubmaker Scotty Cameron – Titleist’s new Red X3 and Red X5 putters. The mallets, which replace the original Red X and Red X2 in the Titleist putter line, feature refined shapes and profiles with a new glare-resistant Charcoal Mist finish for unmatched looks and feel. Both Red X models are milled from 303 Stainless Steel...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 20 September 2007
Today’s Golfer’s golf equipment guru sent us this blog directly from Ping’s official Ping G10 launch. Here’s what he thinks of the new G10 range… What’s it like to hit… July and August are two months always rammed full of hype. Ping are the only company who launch new golf equipment mid-season, so when the new designs start to filter out to...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 10 September 2007
TaylorMade has unveiled the new Burner Draw driver. In a press release today, the company said: “Incorporating two of the most effective performance technologies that the company has ever developed – SuperFast Technology and Draw-Weighted Technology delivers more clubhead speed, more ball speed and more draw-promoting capabilities than any driver TaylorMade has ever created. “SuperFast Technology unites an extremely light 50-gram RE*AX® graphite...
Written by TG Staffwriter on Thursday 6 September 2007
TaylorMade r7 CGB Max driver RRP: £329 Shafts: RE*AX SF 45 Specs: 9.5, 10.5, HT Launch date: Later this year TaylorMade is preparing to rewrite the rules of golf club forgiveness later this year with the launch of the TaylorMade r7 CGB Max driver, Todays Golfer can exclusively reveal. The Adidas-owned golf brand has been at the forefront of golf club technology...
Written by TG staffwriter on Monday 3 September 2007
Wilson Staff Spine driver 01294 316270, www.wilsonstaff.com Lofts: 9°, 10.5°, 12° Shaft: UST V2 HMoi (65g) Wilson Staff have spent months working on their new super high moi Wilson Staff Spine driver, named after its spine like backbone. It started life as a heel scoop driver (a little like Cleveland’s HiBore) but Wilson engineers soon realised something more radical was called...