Dozens of great golf products and product lines were introduced at the 2019 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando last January. But in the weeks since, after extensive and serious consideration, the following seven earned Editor’s Golf Equipment Favorites honors as we head into prime golf season. Why? Not necessarily due to deep one-on-one testing, but Read more…
Irons are so good these days across the board that it’s tough to name what’s truly “best” in any given year, but these five seemed to get the most buzz at the PGA Merchandise show in January, and now that they’re hitting the retail market, it’s a great time to give them the nod for Read more…
Scotty Cameron has added two new mid-mallet models to his flagship line of Select putters – the Select Fastback 2 and Select Squareback 1.5 – developed through feedback from the game’s best players. Available in golf shops worldwide beginning Feb. 15, the new Select models provide additional mid-mallet options for players seeking Scotty’s popular Fastback and Squareback head styles with Read more…
Never thought I’d utter these words, but here goes: It’s time to give your golf game over to the little silver dot. You heard that right: It’s time to embrace the tiny, reflective, circular sticker at the heart of the FlightScope mevo personal launch monitor, because when applied to a golf ball, placed on the Read more…
Green reading can be a frightful beast. A lot of amateur golfers dispense with it altogether, just taking general aim in the neighborhood of the hole and hoping for the best. An ingeniously simple new product at the center of the confidently named SmartLine Putting System has the potential to turn that fright to delight. Read more…
Sometimes it’s a long and tough leap into the golf business for a mainstream athletic gear company, but the Athalonz EnVe golf shoe proves that the gap can be breached, and breached well. Known mostly for its baseball and softball footwear and other items such as practice pitching mounts, Athalonz brings a lot of design Read more…
When a training aid inventor believes in his product enough to quit his high-paying gig, sell his home and move above a family member’s garage, it’s time to take notice. That’s exactly what Randy Bowman did to get his laser-powered golf alignment device, SQRDUP, into production and, finally, to market. A gregarious former Marine with Read more…
So, this Bridgestone outfit, they’re the golf ball folks, right? The new ones Tiger put into play last year? Well, yeah, and darned fine golf balls they are, especially the Tour B RX. But this venerable company is no slouch in the golf club department, either. In fact, the next generation of Bridgestone Tour B Read more…
For avid golfers who struggle to make time for down-and-dirty practice on the range, the Swing Caddie is a fun and easy-to-use godsend and a true bargain when you consider its capabilities. Rather than attach a variety of widgets to your club and depend on a smartphone app to capture and display the numbers we Read more…
Who doesn’t love Christmas in July? OK, don’t answer that, but when a new pair of Ecco golf shoes show up on my doorstep in the heart of golf season, I’m like a kid on a certain late December morn. The Ecco Biom Hybrid 3 is my third pair from this European company, and it’s Read more…
