Golf Gear

One of the most popular names in golf equipment has been reborn, targeting those new to the game and those returning to play, Bob Weeks writes.

With endorsement from Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris and Cameron Young, it’s hard to think that the new Vokey SM9 Wedge with the T Grind will be anything but successful.

The company has released the Spider GTX and the Spider GT Max versions of its successful putter line, promising plenty of performance and lots of options in colour.

One of the most difficult tasks of proclaiming improvements to golf balls is that in almost every case, the changes are impossible to see.

Longer and straighter. It’s the combination that every golfer wants, especially when it comes to tee shots. That’s precisely what Callaway has promised with a new wave of equipment for 2023. Bob Weeks has more.

More distance, plus better feel and sound, are what golfers will find with PING’s new i525 irons. It’s the newest entry in the lineup of PING irons and are available for PING custom fittings as of Feb. 8.

What are the three keys to great wedge play? According to wedge guru and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Bob Vokey, it’s distance and trajectory control, maximum spin and shot versatility. Bob Weeks has more.

Canadian golfer joining TaylorMade in a multi-year deal that will see her playing the TP5x ball and wearing a Tour Preferred glove, Bob Weeks writes.

Canadian lefty will join the club manufacturer’s professional staff, Bob Weeks writes.

While it has yet to garner the attention and appeal of its ProV1 and ProV1x balls, Titleist’s AVX ball has been growing in acceptance and appeal. That should increase with the release of the third edition of the model.

Callaway’s new Rogue ST family of drivers, fairways, hybrids, and irons was launched on Jan. 4 with all products available in retail stores on Feb. 18. It’s a full upgrade from the Rogue line that came out in 2018 and proved to be exceptionally popular.

TaylorMade has unveiled a significant change to its line of drivers with the launch of Stealth, a family of carbon-faced drivers. The new product moves away from a clubface made of titanium, which has been used in building drivers since the 1990s and replaces is with one made of 60 layers of carbon sheets, built to optimize the energy transfer from the club.

When Odyssey introduced its Ten shape a few years ago, it proved immensely popular with tour players and aspirational golfers as well. They found the design had better alignment systems and a high moment of inertia (MOI), which made the club more stable. Those features have been dramatically improved in the newest release of the Odyssey Ten line-up for 2021.

Cobra unveiled its new family of Radspeed drivers, fairways and metalwood Wednesday, with the entire line driven by new and innovative technology, radial weighting.

Canadian companies reimagined ways to keep golfers safe while also generating revenues, Bob Weeks writes.

Company says new clubs push ‘the boundaries of speed’ through advanced engineering and material breakthroughs.

Each putter in Scotty Cameron’s new Special Select line has a new look and feel, Bob Weeks writes.

Vernier Hyper Acuity. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. If you have, you might design aircraft carriers. Either way, it’s possible that it could help your golf game this year.

Titleist has expanded the TS100 line by adding the S irons, which will deliver the qualities of the original club with greater distance, Bob Weeks writes.

Newest entry into golf footwear line is FootJoy’s Tour X and the name is intended to convey the message that this has the ultimate X factor. Tour X also delivers when it comes to comfort.

Callaway invested in a powerful new computer to provide smarter and wider-ranging performance improvements in the face and throughout the clubhead.

TaylorMade has followed up the launch of its SIM metalwoods with a series of complimentary irons.

Cobra has released its new King SpeedZone line, which is fronted by a driver that is certain to garner lots of attention.

New line billed as the lightest and easiest-to-hit collection the company has ever produced.

If you’ve never heard of graphene, you’re not alone. You don’t really need to know all that information but you should know that graphene is now inside a golf ball, specifically the new Callaway Chrome Soft, giving significant benefits.

Forgiveness is something everyone can use on the golf course. PING can’t guarantee you won’t hit it left or right into the trees or fescue, but you may soon be running out of excuses if you use the company’s new G400 Max driver.

Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth are being shown the money in multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals in this new PGA Tour season, while lower-ranked players will be earning much less as there simply isn’t enough money to go around anymore when it comes to player-manufacturer endorsements, Bob Weeks writes.