Tuesday 13 March 2018
TaylorMade ball finder: Four different balls, at three different price points, for different types of player Picking the right ball is important, says TG Top 50 coach Steve Astle. You won’t Get Down In 2 very often without one that suits your game and gives you control. What the Pro says about picking a new ball: ➤ One hundred per cent of Tour...
Friday 9 March 2018
So does Twist Face actually work? Three testers put the new TaylorMade driver tech through its paces Now that we know what Twist Face is, we decided to see if it actually lives up to its claim. It’s the million dollar question, because TaylorMade reckon it can make the fairway up to 11 yards wider, so we set ourselves the goal...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Battle of the 2018 driver faces: We asked leading manufacturers Ping, Cobra, TaylorMade and Callaway all about the faces on their latest drivers. The Ping G400 Max, Cobra F8, TaylorMade M3/M4 and Callaway Rogue/ Rogue Sub Zero drivers have already made a big stir this year, but what are the main differences between them? We sent each manufacturer similar questions about...
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Advice from our TG Equipment expert: How to choose your perfect driver, fairways and irons. It’s important that you have the right clubs in your bag to get the best out of your game, but how do you go about choosing the best driver, fairway woods or irons? Should you be playing with a draw driver? How important is the shaft? And...
Monday 19 February 2018
Five products which are especially good for lower swing-speed golfers Golfers are an ageing breed, and brands are starting to wise up to how lighter head, shaft and grip combinations can help maximise club speed and carry distance. Here’s five products which are especially good for lower swing-speed golfers. COBRA F-MAX CLUBS www.cobragolf.co.uk Driver £229; Fairway £169; Hybrid £149; Irons £449-£699 A whole range...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
‘My old watch has already been binned’: Four TG Readers put Bushnell’s new £199 app-enabled Excel GPS watches to the test There’s serious competition in the golf GPS watch category, as free apps have popped up all over the place. But they all need you to have a phone on the golf course. Bushnell say their new Excel GPS watches and app...
Friday 9 February 2018
Does your driver look like the one in our picture? It’s telling you that you cut across the ball.. Wooden tee-pegs are of course painted, and impact can see that paint leave a mark on the sole of your club. With narrower- soled irons, that mark can be a useful indicator of toe or heel strikes; but with the wide-soled driver...
Friday 9 February 2018
Head to head: They are set to be three of the most popular drivers of 2018, but which one should you put in your bag? TG top 50 coach Kevin Hale puts the new TaylorMade M4, the Callaway Rogue and the Ping G400 driver through their paces to see how they perform against each other. Watch the video to find out what...
Friday 19 January 2018
We put the Ping G700 Irons up against the Ping G400 Irons: Which should you choose? Ping launched their G400 irons last year, and they was hugely popular thanks to great performance and excellent numbers produced from the club. But now, Ping have launched their latest G700 iron, which they say is their highest launching, longest iron to date. The...
Friday 19 January 2018
We put the Ping G400 Driver up against the Ping G400 Max Driver: Which should you choose? Ping launched their G400 Driver last year, and it was hugely popular thanks to great performance and excellent numbers produced from the club. The newest edition to the G400 line-up is the G400 Max, which has a slightly bigger head in order to increase the MOI...
Thursday 18 January 2018
Cleveland CBX vs Ping G400 irons: One can only be bought off the shelf. The other can only be bought fitted. So which one should you buy? Choosing the right game improvement irons for you can be a minefield. There are more golfers in the game improver category than any other, but because those players can be anything from 10 to...
Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday 10 January 2018
They’re all waterproof. They’re all breathable. So which Gore-Tex jacket should you buy? Galvin Green are clear market leaders when it comes to waterproofs. They don’t make shoes, or gloves or balls – just clothing that’s been designed to perform on the course. And as clothing is their No.1 priority – and waterproofs in particular – Galvin’s design team spend every...
Written by Simon Daddow on Friday 5 January 2018
Crossover Irons Review: With models that now blur the lines between better player and game improvers, we thought it was time to see if crossover irons deliver. What is a Crossover iron? Irons usually fall into one of three neatly pigeon-holed categories – better player, game improvement and super game improvement. But times are changing, and there’s a new “crossover iron”...
Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday 3 January 2018
Mizuno reckon due to two-piece golf ball tech now being so good, the majority of golfers can’t tell the difference between the new JPX and a premium tour ball. Four TG readers put Mizuno’s new low-compression JPX ball (two-piece), which has a soft polymer cover and aerodynamic micro-dimples, to the test. Q: How did the JPX compare to your usual ball in...
Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday 3 January 2018
Blade vs Cavity irons reviewed: We put the latest forged blade and cavity irons to the test. Blades or cavity-backs? It’s a debate that’s raged over a pint in golf club bars ever since Ping invented the first Ping Eye cavity iron in the 1960s. Forged blades, with their smaller, sleeker heads often catch the eye of golfers prone to buying with...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 2 January 2018
Tomo Bystedt, Senior Director of Product Creation – irons, and the man behind TaylorMade’s latest irons, gives us a guided tour of his office Everywhere you look, there’s a Tour bag over flowing with TaylorMade clubs. The latest range is within arm’s reach of Tomo Bystedt’s desk, which on any other day would be scattered with sketches and 3D prints.
Written by Simon Daddow on Monday 1 January 2018
How do Cleveland’s new CBX cavity back wedges perform on the course? Four TG readers found out… Cleveland reckon 84 per cent of golfers play cavity-back irons. Yet most of those golfers use tour-style bladed wedges, which are heavier and less forgiving than their irons. It makes no sense, so Cleveland recently launched a brand-new cavity-back CBX wedge which is said to...
Monday 4 December 2017
Do you know how to pick the right clubs for your game when you’re looking for a change? Here’s how… From understanding what to consider when you’re buying new clubs, we break down the things you need to think about; from driver and woods to irons, wedges and putters. How to pick the right woods for your game Smaller doesn’t have to mean less forgiving Ping’s...
Monday 20 November 2017
TG Top 10 Electric Golf Trolleys: If you’re looking for a new golf trolley, why not take a look below to find out which electric golf trolleys made it on to our top 10 for 2017. From Motocaddy and Powakaddy to Big Max, Hill Billy, GoKart and Stewart Golf, there’s plenty on the market to suit your needs on the course...
Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday 25 October 2017
Super-forgiving irons have a reputation for being ugly ducklings, with big heads that look more like oars than clubs. Admittedly uber forgiveness in the past has come with trade-offs, usually in the form of wide soles, huge cavity backs and top edges thicker than a sumo wrestler’s loincloth. But trust us, looks and cosmetics are now a serious consideration for the...