Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 30 January 2009
Eco-friendly is a global buzz word right now so it was only right that a golf company started marketing golf buggies as environmentally friendly ‘utliity vehicles’ – as C-Zone Golf Buggies have. The PGA Merchandise Show was fully loaded with the newest four-wheelers designed to get you, your mates and your golf gear around the course in record time – and...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 30 January 2009
New Cleat Skins Golf Shoe Sole Covers As amateur golfers, we generally aren’t very good with the maintenance of our gear. When was the last time you had your clubs re-gripped? When was the last-time you had your wedges re-grooved? When was the last time you changed the spikes or cleats in your shoes? And while many of us are better when...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 29 January 2009
The Tour Edge XCGV Driver is a big launch for the American golf company and Today’s Golfer is first to put the new golf driver through its paces. In the golf club review video below you can see our golf equipment editor Jon Greathead testing the new Tour Edge XCGV Driver in Orlando, Florida at the PGA Merchandise Show – the...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 29 January 2009
One of the first new golf clubs to be unveiled at the Orlando golf equipment show is the Nickent 5DX Iron Wood. TG golf equipment editor Jon Greathead took the new Nickent 5DX Iron Wood out on the range over at the show in Florida and sent us this exclusive first hit golf equipment review video. In it he tests the new...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 29 January 2009
TG’s Golf Equipment Editor is on sitte at the world’s biggest golf equipment show in Orlando Florida. He is there to bring you all the new golf equipment exclusives from the show and below is his golf blog of his experiences… ——————————————————— Sunday, February 1st… Well, after a week in glorious Orlando, I am on a plane back to the less-glorious...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 27 January 2009
The Titleist Pro V1 – the world’s most popular premium golf ball – has been reinvented as the all new Titleist Pro V1 2009 and Pro V1X . A brand new cover and a host of clever new touches have been added to the Titleist Pro V1 2009 and Titleist Pro V1X 2009 to optimise golf ball flight Both of the new 2009 golf...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 27 January 2009
The biggest golf equipment show on earth is happening right now in Orlando Florida and the TG golf equipment team is out there to bring you world exclusives on the most exciting new gear of 2009. We have already shared with you such gems as Taylormade’s R9 driver, Mizuno’s MX700 range, Nike’s Str8 Fit Driver and Titleist’s 909 driver and wood...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 23 January 2009
The world’s golf equipment companies are converging on Orlando this week for the world’s biggest golf equipment show. Everyone from Nike and Taylormade to Ping, Titleist, Mizuno and MD Golf will be there to throw the covers off all of their new 2009 golf clubs and equipment and we’ll be there to bring you all the new kit first. We’ve already seen new golf...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 23 January 2009
Callaway Golf’s new FT-9 driver is already hitting the headlines, even before it goes on sale! 18 of the world’s best players are using it during this week’s Commercialbank Qatar Masters, including stellar names such as Ernie Els, Thomas Bjorn, Michael Campbell and Niclas Fasth. This soon-to-be launched technology-packed club is the most used driver model in play this week at the...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 21 January 2009
It’s rare that top Tour pros fall straight in love with new golf equipment but Sergio Garcia has already bagged the new TaylorMade R9 Driver! The new adjustable R9 was revealed on this site laste last week and by all accounts it is the best driver taylormade have ever made. Sergio, their top player, agrees it seems as he was spotted using...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 21 January 2009
The Taylormade R9 driver, is to replace the Taylormade R7, one of golf’s most iconic drivers in 2009 we can reveal. The new TaylorMade R9 will be fully adjustable, for the first time ever, and will combine three moveable weights with a new Taylormade technology, called Flight Control Technology. That may sound like marketing mumbo jumbo, but what it means to you and I...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 21 January 2009
J Lindeberg has teamed up with top end golf iron maker Vega to launch an exclusive limited edition set of ultra-cool J Lindeberg irons for 2009. Each club in the new J Lindeberg golf club range is hand crafted from soft carbon steel for ultimate feel and will really stand out from the crowd, thanks to its carbon-black look. The J Lindeberg clubs,...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 20 January 2009
Last week we brought you the new Taylormade R9 driver from TaylorMade for the 2009 season, and now we’ve got the latest on the new TaylorMade R9 fairway wood and TaylorMade Rescue TP hybrid ranges. The TaylorMade R9 driver looks set to impress and the R9 fairway woods look similarly business-like – the Taylormade R9 fairway also comes in a TP version and both feature...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 20 January 2009
Golf equipment giants TaylorMade have unveiled their latest iron range for the new season, the TaylorMade Burner 09 Irons! According to TaylorMade, the new Taylormade Burner 09 model is the best performing iron they’ve ever produced, with every club doing the business in the distance, accuracy and forgiveness stakes. The TaylorMade Burner 09 long-irons, the mid-irons and the short-irons were all designed...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 19 January 2009
NEW RANGE OF GLASSES ARE UP TO SCRATCH… Specialist sunglasses manufacturers Rapid Eyewear have added an exciting new range specifically for golf to their portfolio of products. Featuring interchangeable lenses for different light conditions, the range – sub-branded as ‘Scratch’ – offer great value for money, look very stylish and come with no less than three sets of interchangeable lenses for...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 16 January 2009
Ping have launched their new Spring/Summer 2009 collection, including the Seren polo-shirt and Remus trousers. The enhanced men’s range boasts a great selection of polo-shirts, sweaters, trousers, wind-shirts and accessories in a diverse selection of styles, colours, technical fabrics and fits. The vibrant Seren polo-shirt is lightweight, quick drying and crease resistant and features an original hexagonal, textured jacquard design and contrasting side...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 16 January 2009
Cobra or King Cobra have been mighty busy designing a host of new golf clubs for the 2009 season and we have the lowdown on everything from the innovative Cobra L5V to the sexy Cobra S9 irons and back again. Below you will find links to the latest Cobra golf equipment including the Cobra S9-1 driver range, Cobra S9 irons, Cobra...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 16 January 2009
The Mizuno MX700 golf club range is the company’s major launch for 2009 as well as a driver and woods range they have also launched a Mizuno MX700 Hybrid. And what a hybrid the new Mizuno MX700 is. Mizuno say the club features a Drop Down Crown which creates a low and deep CG for easy launch. And we say it...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 16 January 2009
Mizuno have thrown the covers off a sensational new mid-range driver for 2009 – the Mizuno MX700. The new Mizuno MX700 has been created to build on, and better the Mizuno MX560, launched for 2008 and by all accounts it looks like it has done just that. The piercing sound that vexed our equipment testers when using the MX560 has been replaced by a...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 16 January 2009
Cobra fans be prepared to empty your bank accounts because the company has just thrown the covers off the cool-as-you-like Cobra S9-1 driver range. The new Tour version of the Cobra S9 driver has already shown the best of the best the way in the hands of new Mercedes Benz Championship winner Geoff Ogilvy and in just a few weeks time it...