I’m a big fan of Tour Edge Golf’s Exotics line of drivers and metal woods. The Exotics XCG6 driver is no exception. The club looks good at address, sounds good and the ball flies off the club face with good …
Review: Tour Edge Exotics XCG6 driver is hot and long
I’m a big fan of Tour Edge Golf’s Exotics line of drivers and metal woods. The Exotics XCG6 driver is no exception. The club looks good at address, sounds good and the ball flies off the club face with good …
Review: Callaway’s X Hot fairway wood is the real deal
When Chip Brewer became Callaway Golf president and chief executive officer one year ago, he took a look at the company’s 2013 line of metal woods and basically told his club designers to start over. The result was the Callaway …
Review: Adams Super S hybrid
Because TaylorMade-adidas Golf owns Adams Golf, it’s not a surprise that the two companies’ clubs look alike. The new Adams line of hybrids (as well as drivers and metal woods) each now feature a white crown just as the TMaG …
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Review: Volvik’s Vista ball a pleasantly surprising performer
It’s not often that a golf ball from outside the mainstream has a chance to make a name for itself. It’s usually non-conforming to USGA rules or a non-performer. Not so with Volvik’s Vista golf ball. Understand that Volvik balls …
Review: Ping Scottsdale TR putter
With the golf industry full of clubs unique colors, adjustability, and lighter and stronger materials, Ping Golf has managed to design and develop another superior product. In an industry where putters have become the most over-talked issues in regards to …
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Review: TaylorMade R1 driver
TaylorMade Golf is one of the most visible equipment manufactures in the industry in large part because of its high-profile white drivers and fairway woods. The company was one of the first to introduce moveable weight technology in the R7 …
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Review: Nike 20XI-x golf ball
Let’s cut to the chase: Nike Golf’s new 20XI-x is the best golf ball Nike has released to date. I was astonished at how well the ball performed. The ball’s RZN core, which was introduced in the previous model, now …
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Review: Nike Covert Tour driver
Color is “in” these days for drivers – from the white of TaylorMade and Adams to the rainbow of colors of Cobra. Nike Golf is going with red this year in its new Covert and Covert Tour drivers, which measure …
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Review: Ping Anser fairway wood
Ping Golf is one of the more consistent golf club manufactures in blending highly technical advances with traditional look and feel. The new line of Anser fairway woods is no different
Ping’s first attempt at the adjustable loft/clubface craze that has …
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Adams Golf’s Super LS hybrid delivers distance and forgiveness
Adams Golf continues to create some of the more playable hybrids on the market. Case in point is the new Super LS hybrid that has a titanium face and crown, stainless steel sole and VST (Velocity Slot Technology) incorporated in …
Mizuno Golf’s Swing DNA
Although it’s more visible than ever before, custom fitting is not a new service being provided by club manufacturers, Back in the 1980s, Ping was one of the first major club manufacturers to offer custom fitting for the average golfer …
ECCO is on top of the world with World Class shoe line
ECCO is on top of the world with its world class line of shoes
When most golfers search for new technology to improve their games, rarely do they consider golf shoes as a part of their equipment. However, a good golf …
Fourteen Golf’s RM-11 wedge finding success on LPGA Tour
I love it when small equipment companies succeed. Heck, I remember the days when Callaway was a small company, with founder Ely Callaway and his right-hand man, Bruce Parker, operating out of a non-descript office park in Carlsbad, Calif.
I’m not …
Adams Golf’s Speedline Tech driver is accurate and forgiving
Tim Reed is a known in the golf industry as a straight shooter. So when Reed, the vice president of research and development at Adams Golf, says the new Speedline Tech driver is the best driver the company has created …
Carnahan Golf continues to sink birdies with their its putters
Like most golfers, I am always in search of a new (or old) piece of equipment that will help me perform better. Because the putter is perhaps the most critical club in the bag, golfers are always looking for the …
Tour Edge delivers with Xrails fairway wood
Tour Edge delivers again with its Tour Exotics Xrails line of fairway woods and hybrids. I’ve been hitting the Xrails 5 wood (18 degrees) the past couple of weeks and it’s just as a good as I’ve come to expect …
HIRZL glove deserves a big hand
Golf ball companies love to talk about feel. Feel is important because feedback is important. The more of both, the better. But between the ball and the player’s hands there are a few other factors that come into play. The …
Palm Bird grip design helps eliminate putting yips
Sometimes the best ideas come from the most unexpected places. Phil Jaffe’s Palm Bird golf grip is a good example. A long-time PGA professional in Orlando, Fl., Jaffe one day was cutting back the Bird of Paradise after a hard winter …
Best Drivers for “Better” Players
Every year, golf club manufacturers trot out new equipment for their adoring public to drool over, test out, and sometimes buy. Drivers are at the top of that list because they have good profit margins and everyone – and I …
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FLIX divot tool from Champ is sturdy and stylish
If you like golf toys – functional ones – try the new FLIX Divot Repair Instrument from Champ/MacNeill Engineering.
It’s “switchblade” design is fun to use and it’s sturdy and easily collapsible with the push of a button so you don’t …
