Equipment

The OnCore Vero X1 ball, the company’s first four-piece urethane cover design, might be aimed at better players with its firmer feel. But its distance and consistent spin technologies make it work “for a broad spectrum of players,” says OnCore’s senior technical advisor and golf ball industry veteran John Calabria. The Vero X1 builds on

Bettinardi putters have a well-established tradition for bold aesthetics within the framework of meticulously classic shapes, especially in their limited run offerings. But the latest entry, the new BB-1 Wide “Totally 80s” model that’s set to land next week might say a little something more to think about from a putter technology standpoint that goes

The Shot Scope V3 GPS watch accomplishes all the things you want in a technology sequel. The enhancements include better shot tracking capability, improved accuracy and a streamlined, yet more vivid display. In short, it does more with less. A primary goal in the GPS watch environment is accuracy combined with unobtrusiveness. The Shot Scope

Golf’s return to walking, at least in the motorized cart-centric U.S. market, might be an isolated moment dictated by the necessity of the times. But it’s also a chance to appreciate anew the game on foot and maybe embrace walking as an aspect at least as central to the golf experience as, well, what carts

The simple nature of a wedge might lead one to believe that improving the design is like reengineering the spoon. Any enhancements would seem to be at best subtle, microscopic and borderline cosmetic, and generally reserved for those looking for the proper implement with which to consume their daily caviar intake. More importantly when it

Dustin Johnson is anything but relatable to the everyday golfer, his 300-plus-yard drives out of reach for mere mortals. Equipment-wise, however, D.J. is very much the everyman in some areas. Prior to play at the Travelers Championship, Johnson tested no less than six different putters, eventually settling on the TaylorMade’s blade-style Truss TB1 and also

It’s shaping up to be a nice week for Sahith Theegala. The winner of the 2020 Haskins Award as the best player in men’s college golf, as well as the Ben Hogan Award, Theegala not only is making his first PGA Tour start as a professional this week at the Traveler’s Championship, but he has

Golf Pride is not only the leading maker of grips, but it has a proclivity for debuting special editions of its grips, such as a return of the original Green Victory or the colorful MCC Teams grips introduced this year. Now the company has announced another option—its red, white and blue version of its MCC

The U.S. Open was scheduled to be played this week and the ramifications of its postponement extended beyond the event as companies often plan promotions surrounding the event. One such campaign, however, is going off as scheduled as Cobra Golf is introducing its red, white and blue limited edition Pars & Stripes Speedzone and Speedzone

Fitters across the country have employed detailed methods that involve social distancing, hand sanitizers and almost constant club wipedowns. But it’s the latter aspect that got one of golf’s most innovative clubfitters thinking about a better way. Wondering if wiping down grips is the most efficient—and least damaging—method for keeping clubs free of any possible

Frustration has been the inspiration for golf inventions for all the centuries the game has been played, from the rut iron of the 1830s to Gene Sarazaen’s extended flange that created the sand wedge in the 1930s to Karsten Solheim’s more forgiving putters of half a century ago to the oversized drivers still being perfected

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 the

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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 under

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 first-hand

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 on

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 non-glare

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. Feverishly

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 of

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 appointment

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 Distance

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 Epon,

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 Ben

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), the

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 to

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 built

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 specific

Women’s Shoe Guide The range of shoe options for female golfers is as good as it has ever been, with styles that look like running shoes to work flats and many options in between. There’s something to be excited about, from the trendiest golfer in your group to the most traditional. If you’re considering buying

Shoe Guide You want your golf shoes to be comfortable, have traction and withstand the elements. Golf shoes of the past have done these things, but the shoes featured here—in our annual Shoe Guide—also come with a high level of customization. For instance, traction patterns are being developed by looking at the data of thousands

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, Wilson’s