Equipment

In August 2018, the USGA and R&A announced an investigation into distance called the Distance Insights Project. In February 2020, the governing bodies will, at long last, relay the findings The goal of the report was to understand the global picture of distance in golf, or, as the announcement said, “How distance in golf has

The Wilson Launch Pad family of woods and irons make a concerted effort to deal with a problem many golfers face and few like to talk about. It’s not a topic manufacturers like to discuss either. But Wilson’s engineering team has studied the issue extensively and come to a pretty clear conclusion: Golf is embarrassing.

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

If you’re going to charge $58,500 for a set of golf clubs, you better do a little bit more than toss in some precious metals for flair. Well, while the Honma Beres line of ultra-premium woods and irons draws headlines for its use of 24-karat gold, there are other elements that are actually more valuable

If you think buying a set of new irons is only about, well, the irons, you’re probably coming up short. Literally. Today’s irons certainly pack more distance and forgiveness features, but the fact remains that a hybrid is going to give you the best chance at launching the ball high with explosive distance. Hybrids are

Patrick Reed has been an equipment free agent since Nike stopped producing golf clubs. That has allowed Reed the freedom of using equipment from a variety of manufacturers, and apparently, it’s also allowed him to work on some equipment of his own. PGATour.com reported on some custom irons that Reed appears to have in his

Anytime Scotty Cameron brings out a new creation golfers tend to get a little excited. That typically holds true even when it’s a one-putter line extension, such as the just introduced Scotty Cameron by Titleist Phantom X 12.5. “For years we have done mallets—such as the Red X of more than a decade ago—with shaft

Callaway Golf has a pair of new drivers on today’s USGA List of Conforming driver heads, presumably because some of its staff might put the clubs in play at either the Hero World Challenge or the Australian Open. The driver’s name: Mavrik. The moniker is somewhat intriguing as this is likely the follow up to

Tyler Duncan won the RSM Classic for his first win of any kind as a professional golfer. During the final round and playoff, Duncan displayed the ball striking of a veteran player in downing Webb Simpson for the title. Golf Digest spoke with Duncan about his Titleist golf equipment, including the Scotty Cameron 009 putter

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

Cobra Golf, like most companies that produce irons, deal with golfers who want their irons to do, well, pretty much everything. Golfers want more distance, more height, a great feel and all with a look that appears great at address and in the bag. That’s a tough mission statement. Cobra, however, set about designing its

Titleist’s Vokey wedges are the leading wedges at retail, and according to the company, have been the most played wedges on the PGA Tour since 2004. Tomorrow at the RSM Classic the company is unveiling the latest iteration of its Spin Milled wedges to its tour staff: the SM8. Although the company is providing no

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

The Cobra F-Max Airspeed lineup of woods and irons build on a heritage of providing easy-to-hit, affordable designs for moderate speed golfers. Though the line’s trend of offset and draw-biased drivers matching up with oversize, wide-soled irons continues, its main move forward now is to make it easier for average golfers to generate more distance

Jason Dufner, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour including the 2013 PGA Championship, has ended his equipment free agency by signing a multi-year deal with Cobra Golf. The deal, which will see Dufner use Cobra’s driver, irons and wedges all housed in a Cobra staff bag. Dufner will make his debut as a Cobra

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

The new Wilson Staff Model Utility Iron might not be exactly the right fit for every level of player, but it just might be the exactly right club to win you a U.S. Open. That certainly was the case early this year when Gary Woodland conquered the field and Pebble Beach Golf Links in June

The end of November is supposed to be a time to give thanks…unless you’re a golfer residing above the Mason-Dixon line. For this spot on the calendar often signals the end of the golf year, and any season that welcomes such hell is no cause for celebration. However, though it seems so far in the

Take yourself back 25 years, when personal computers were just becoming the norm in society. Clunky, confusing and bearing — gasp — dial-up modems, they were a far cry from today’s sleek models. Just like PCs, golf simulators have evolved immensely and rapidly through the years, becoming a much more integrated part of our lives.

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked them to

The new Callaway Super Hybrid is the result of a simple request that came directly from the desk of company CEO and president Chip Brewer. His challenge: Make a fully loaded fairway wood but fit it in the size and shape of a hybrid. Challenge accepted, it seems. The Super Hybrid, which checks in as

Data is everywhere in golf. In fact, golf was an early adapter. If you watch baseball and have been hearing references to “exit velocity” and “launch angle” when a player hits a home run, know that golf has been using terms like that for more than a decade and has moved on to more cutting-edge

Stephen Curry continues to build his brand within golf, strengthened by a deal announced on Monday with golf equipment manufacturer Callaway. The partnership is a multi-year agreement, Callaway announced, which will include the company providing golf equipment to Howard University’s newly relaunched men’s and women’s golf teams, which were funded by Curry. Curry has played

Irons are no longer single pieces of metal. Most combine steel and high-strength alloys with heavy tungsten, shock-absorbing polymers and other elements previously found only in rocket engines and artificial hips. Instead of compromising the size, shape or feel of an iron by limiting it to one type of metal, companies are combining materials strategically

The Odyssey Stroke Lab putters came to the market touting a new consistency in putting strokes. The combination shaft of steel and graphite took 40 grams out of the middle of the putter and redistributed the mass to the grip and head to better balance the head, shaft and grip system. That switch, said Odyssey

Lanto Griffin has had an interesting path to the PGA Tour, including multiple stints on the Korn Ferry Tour. Last week at the Houston Open, however, Griffin became a PGA Tour winner, setting him on a path of a different kind. Golf Digest spoke with Griffin, a Titleist staff player, about the equipment he used

Cobra Golf has been using rails on the sole of clubs to enhance turf interaction for decades (remember the original Baffler fairway wood?). Now the company is expanding its expertise in that arena with the introduction of its T-Rail all-hollow, iron-hybrid set. The super game-improvement irons (5-iron through pitching wedge with a more traditional hybrid

Have a question about your golf equipment that you’ve always wondered about? Two of golf’s most knowledgable gearheads are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. Every week, they

When you have a proven winner, you take what you have an improve upon it instead of starting from scratch. That is the case with Cobra Golf’s new King Forged Tec irons. Building off the success of its previous Forged Tec and Forged Tec Black models, things such as a One Length option and the

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgeable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the industry better. We’ve asked them to answer