Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Friday, 12 September 2008
The new Cleveland Niblick hybrid could be the secret weapon to sort your short game out! With so many similar types of clubs to choose from, it makes a real change to see something so new and radical on the market. Cleveland's new short iron hybrid combines the features of a wedge, putter, iron and hybrid to create a revolutionary hybrid scoring club. The name Niblick takes...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Friday, 12 September 2008
The New Cleveland Launcher Fairway woods Complimenting the new driver, Cleveland also have some smart new Launcher Fairway woods to help you get the ball in play and sneak closer to those long par fives. Again, as in the driver, the new models have a larger face (11% larger than the old models) which provide more forgiveness on strikes off the...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Friday, 12 September 2008
Not so long ago, Cleveland's Launcher range was a big hit with golfers and we’re thrilled to see it make a welcome return in a bigger and better way and packed with the latest available technology. The new model combines tradition and technology to create a conventional looking head that pushes the boundaries of performance. With a super-high MOI, very low spin and...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday, 12 September 2008
Titleist are ripping up the rule book in 2009 by extending their range of golf equipment to attract more players with the launch of the Titleist 909 driver and Titleist 909 fairway woods and hybrids. Although more skilled golfers are still the main target of the new Titleist range lashings of technology and a focus on making the Titleist...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday, 12 September 2008
Callaway are readying what it describes as its 'straightest ever driver' for the 2009 golf season in the form of the Callaway FT-iQ driver. The sleak loking new Callaway FT-iQ driver has been designed using influences from Lamborghini supercars and stealth jet fighters and the sample obtained by the Today's Golfer golf equipment team certainly echoes this. And...
Written by Tg equipment editor on Friday, 12 September 2008
TaylorMade is to build on its award-winning iron line-up with these two models for 2009 - the TaylorMade Tour Preferred and TaylorMade Burner Plus irons. The TaylorMade Burner Plus has been designed with the higher handicapper in mind, while the TaylorMade Tour Preferred iron will be finding its way into the company's tour pros' bags this year as a better player...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The Today's Golfer Ryder Cup Fantasy League golf game is now in full swing and you can sign up right now. GREAT PRIZES UP FOR GRABS! While the Ryder Cup provides some of golf’s most sensational matchplay battles, the European and America teams inevitably fight out a fashion war on the fairways too. Elsewhere in our in depth Ryder Cup preview we ...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Friday, 29 August 2008
Aldila’s shafts have been massively popular in recent years since a big range revamp with the funky green or orange NV, the blue VS Proto and more recently the red DVS models. But 2008 has seen the development of a revolutionary new shaft called the VooDoo which has been tried and tested by some of the best players in the world. Darren Clarke...
Written by Tg Equipment Editor on Thursday, 28 August 2008
Fans of forgiving putters had better start saving their pennies as TaylorMade launches the TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider putter. the cleverly titled putter is a more compact version of the acclaimed TaylorMade Spider Putter, which has won so many fans on Tour. As its name suggests, the TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider is smaller than the original Monza Spider and...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Thursday, 28 August 2008
It would be fair to say that Wilson have had a pretty good summer. Its not often that your top staff player goes and bags two consecutive majors! Unless you're Nike.. Well, they are striking while the iron is hot and launching their brand new weapons, the new Di9 irons. The Wilson Di9 irons are a definite improvement on the previous Di7 model and Wilson reckon...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Thursday, 28 August 2008
Stuburt couldn't have timed it any better! Hot on the heels of a cracking KLM Open win by their staff player Darren Clarke, they've announced news of an expanded range of their top of the range Stubert DCC Classics golf shoes. Remember, back in Issue 242 of Today's Golfer we showed you a very funky white and pink model of the...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
TG Exclusive! TaylorMade's 2007 Burner driver was a massive hit with golfers across the world and that looks set to continue in the very latest 2009 model. We've not seen or tried these just yet, but here's a special sneak preview of the 2009 TaylorMade Burner driver to keep you going! The 2007 Burner driver introduced TaylorMade's SuperFast technology, allowing golfers to swing the...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The incredible new 2009 gear is coming thick and fast and TG are first on the case yet again! TaylorMade, the No. 1 driver brand on Tour have just revealed a sexy new tweak on their Movable Weight Technology drivers. Four years after the first r7 drivers hit the scene, TaylorMade have now come up with the r7 Limited. Not to be confused with the adjustable shaft r7...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Ryder Cup cup stalwart and TaylorMade player Darren Clarke received a huge boost to his chances of getting selected for Valhalla as he cruised to victory in the KLM Open in Holland, with a cracking four shot win over fellow TaylorMade pro Paul McGinley. Darren couldn't have timed his 12th career European Tour victory (and second in 2008) any better and now poses captain Faldo with...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Golf bag manufacturing giants Sun Mountain have launched their latest innovation in the form of the ZERO-G bag. The Sun Mountain ZERO-G bag transfers weight of the clubs from golfers' shoulders to their waists, although it is carried like a traditional dual strap bag but with the addition of a belt that is naturally positioned at the hip. The wizards at Sun Montain...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Think of Titleist fairway woods and you conjure up images of high performance better player clubs that are harder to hit than some game improvers - well you can think again with the launch of the Titleist 909 F2 and Titleist 909 F3 fairway woods. The all-new fairway woods for the 2009 season have been developed to produce mid-to-high...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The much sought after Titleist Vokey SM wedges are to undergo a revamp for 2009 and Todaysgolfer.co.uk has all the official details. Following the same principles as the rest of the Titleist 2009 range the new Titleist Vokey wedges offer a wholehost of different options to suit different swing styles, different preferred shot types and different course, turf and sand...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday, 26 August 2008
As well as a new range of drivers, woods and rescue clubs Titleist is also reengineering its short game products for 2009 with a keenly awaited new line of Titleist Vokey SM wedges and some further additions to Scotty Cameron's Studio Select putter range. The new models follow hot on the heels of the stunning 2008 Newport range which won Best...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday, 25 August 2008
TaylorMade have revealed they are to launch four new putters for the 2009 season in the form of the TaylorMade Rossa Core Classics. Putting purists are the target for the new TaylorMade Rossa Core Classics putter line and from what we've seen they won't be disappointed from the Taylormade suzuka, lambeau, daytona and Fontana putters. Each of the...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday, 25 August 2008
Average golfers start salivating because TaylorMade reckon they've created the answer to your game issues - the TaylorMade Burner Plus irons! The 2009 iron range has been launched to help make the game as easy as possible for the nation's golfers and having received one of the very first finished Taylormade Burner Plus our test team can testify to...