Wednesday 21 January 2015
Callaway has launched its versatile new Mack Daddy PM-Grind Wedges, designed by five-time major winner and Callaway Staff Professional, Phil Mickelson. Mickelson worked closely with the Callaway R&D team to precisely craft the new Wedges by utilising his desired specifications. A distinctive feature of the new Mack Daddy PM Grind Wedges is the High Toe, which moves the weight higher in the...
Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 21 January 2015
Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls have been the most played and best selling balls ever since they launced in the early 2000s. From their debut, they have continued to improve and maintain their dominance on ball counts across the world, so it’s exciting when a new version comes along. The 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x balls have...
Monday 19 January 2015
Callaway has introduced its 2015 footwear line. New game-enhancing technologies and innovations claim to ensure golfers can build a better game from the ground up. Headlining the key technologies, and featuring in four X Series products for 2015, is The Xfer™ Platform (pronounced Ex-Fer, meaning Transfer). Xfer is a combination of technologies focused on the three fundamentals of foot control –...
Monday 19 January 2015
FootJoy has unveiled its all-new 2015 SciFlex Tour glove which boasts ‘outstanding breathability and flexibility characteristics’. Chosen by more than 200 of the game’s leading professionals, including 64 PGA Tour pros, the SciFlex Tour delivers tour-proven feel and grip, as well as enhanced comfort through greater levels of breathability and flexibility for an unbeatable cool-dry performance. Worn by FJ Ambassadors Hunter Mahan,...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 19 January 2015
Having had huge success in the running, basketball and baseball market, adidas has applied its revolutionary Boost technology to its golf shoes in the form of the adipower Boost. An internal survey found that for golfers comfort was the most important area of performance. With your average round comprising between 12-15,000 steps, it’s important you feel energized right up to...
Written by Joel Tadman on Friday 16 January 2015
Puma Golf has announced the release of the new TITANTOUR golf footwear. Designed to be the coolest shoe in golf, the TITANTOUR features revolutionary, temperature-regulating Outlast technology along with a sleek, eye-catching silhouette for a tour performance golf shoe with industry-leading comfort and style. Outlast Certified Space Technology was originally developed for NASA to maintain a comfortable temperature in spacesuits and...
Written by Joel Tadman on Friday 16 January 2015
Nike athlete Rory McIlroy gave the golfing world a sneak peak at the latest piece of handywork from Nike’s master craftsman Mike Taylor. The World No.1 used a new 59-degree Nike Engage wedge this week at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Rory ended up second behind winner Gary Stal, after beginning the day eight behind the leader Kaymer. But the two-time...
Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 15 January 2015
FootJoy, the #1 shoe in golf, has introduced HyperFlex, the brand’s most distinctive footwear created in its history. Featuring innovative materials, like the new FlexGrid exoskeleton, HyperFlex delivers lightweight support and cushioning, enabling golfers to play at their highest level. The most striking feature of the new model is the upper. Most athletic shoes are constructed with soft, mesh upper materials...
Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 14 January 2015
Replacing the popular X2 Hot product line comes Callaway’s XR range, which comprises woods and irons in both standard and more compact Pro versions. The ‘R’ stands for race inspired and the XR driver in particular embodies this concept of speed. It features a Speed Step crown (standard driver only) that reduces the vacuum effect, and therefore the aerodynamic drag,...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 12 January 2015
Ping’s own research found that stroke tempo is a key to consistency, which is the No.1 factor in holing more putts. In response to these findings, Ping has launched the new Cadence TR models offered in traditional and heavy options. This allows golfers to be fit for their stroke tempo to improve their consistency and accuracy from any distance. The traditional...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 12 January 2015
One of the most dramatic moments of the 2014 season came at the WGC HSBC Champions event in November when Bubba Watson, having doubled-bogeyed the previous hole, canned a bunker shot on the final green for eagle to get into a play-off he went on to win. He did so with a 60° prototype version of Ping’s new Glide wedge,...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 12 January 2015
Following the standard and SF-Tec G30 drivers, Ping’s G30 is now available in a third iteration better-suited to players with fast swing speeds. The Ping G30 LS-Tec (Low Spin) shares the same drag-reducing Turbulator technology, adjustable lofts and a new face material as the standard and SF-Tech G30 models, but offers up to 400 rpm less spin. It does this...
Written by Joel Tadman on Friday 9 January 2015
A visible trench positioned on both the cavity behind the face and on the sole of the Cobra Fly-Z irons is designed to flex and recover at impact to deliver faster ball speeds. Improved feel comes from a harmonic TPU cavity insert positioned directly behind the impact zone. Deep cavity undercutting and heel and toe weighting boost performance on mishits. We...
Written by Joel Tadman on Friday 9 January 2015
The Callaway Big Bertha Alpha 815 fairway wood can be adjusted to create the ball flight you want to play, whether you tend to hit it most off the tee or the fairway. It features a two-weight system on the sole that allows the CG to be moved forwards and backwards. One weight is 30g and other is just 3g.
Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 8 January 2015
FootJoy, the no.1 shoe in golf, has redesigned its best-selling Contour Series shoe, which is now lighter, softer and more flexible to deliver outstanding new levels of comfort and fit. The Contour Series features a DuraMax Rubber Outsole to improve stability, offering nine per cent more flexibility than the previous model. A premium UltraSof Full Grain Leather Upper is more supple, thinner and...
Wednesday 7 January 2015
Odyssey has added to its impressive list of face inserts on the new line of Odyssey Works putters. The family comes in standard and Versa versions in multiple tour-inspired, familiar head shapes as well as Tank models. SuperStroke putting grips are also available as a stock option on the new O-Works line for 2015. The Odyssey Works Fusion RX insert is essentially...
Wednesday 7 January 2015
Fairway Wood: Titleist 913F It’s my favourite club. I just love the versatility and that makes me feel very confident. High, low, draw, fade, everything is possible with this. The head is quite small and compact which helps so I have a lot of fun with this club. It has about 13.5º of loft, so it’s quite strong, and the...
Written by Joel Tadman on Friday 2 January 2015
Joining the Big Bertha Alpha 815 driver complete with Gravity Core technology is the fairway wood and hybrid. Both can be adjusted to create the ball flight you want to play, whether you tend to hit them most off the tee or the fairway. The head of these new woods isn’t big enough to house a Gravity Core. Instead, the fairway...