Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 25 August 2011
Cleveland Golf make some of the very best wedges out there, and the CG15 is another great example of a sensational product. The laser-milled face offers more precise and consistent surface roughness, and this maximises spin from a wide variety of lies. We tested it for a recent issue of TG and it performed well, finishing in one of the bronze award...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Friday 26 August 2011
Golfers have long been aware of the quality of FootJoy’s shoes and gloves, and now they will get the opportunity to test out their new range of Thermal Base Layers. The product has been added to FootJoy’s Performance Apparel collection, and has been designed to provide golfers with the highest-level of on-course protection against inclement weather. The new Thermal Base Layer range incorporates...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Sunday 28 August 2011
Electric trolley giant PowaKaddy has announced that it will again sponsor this year’s English Champion Club tournament, as it continues to support the growth of the game. Scarcroft Golf Club will play host to the event on September 3-4, which sees the Team Champions from each county in England compete to become the National Club champions, with PowaKaddy agreeing to supply...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Tuesday 30 August 2011
Thomas Bjorn won for the second time in 2011 after clinching victory at the Johnnie Walker Championship, following a dramatic five-way play-off at Gleneagles. The Dane, who won earlier in the season in Qatar, used a plethora of Callaway equipment as well as ECCO’s World Class GTX golf shoes on his way to a 12th European Tour title. Bjorn was using Callaway’s...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Tuesday 30 August 2011
Dustin Johnson got off to the perfect start in this year’s FedEx Cup play-off series with victory at The Barclays in New Jersey. As you’d expect, the TaylorMade staff star was using some of the latest equipment, including the sensational R11 driver that has proven to be hugely successful with the world’s best players as well as amateur golfers all over the...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
Mizuno are widely-regarded as one of the best when it comes to irons, and their new MP-69 blades will certainly appeal to the better player. Following on from the highly-successful MP-68 irons, the new blades have been designed to offer workability and high levels of feel to the more accomplished golfer. Mizuno engineers designed a 4D Muscle innovation that means golfers can...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
Nike’s range of equipment hardware is getting better and better, but perhaps the most impressive area of their gear is the putter division. The Method series, which launched back in 2009, has been a big hit on Tour and already accounted for two Major wins in the hands of Stewart Cink (Open Championship 2009) and Lucas Glover (US Open 2009). There are five...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
Mizuno are masters in the forged irons market but the new JPX-800 HD irons, which have been designed to suit the needs of game-improvers, offer a touch of class for those of us looking for a more forgiving iron. As we’ve hinted, the JPX-800 HD irons are cast rather than forged, but they are packed full of technology and innovation. From 4-7 iron, the...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
Mizuno’s new MP-69 blades are certainly designed for the accomplished golfer, but if you’re a steady ball striker who wants a traditional-looking iron with some forgiveness, the new Mizuno MP-59 irons might be just for you. The 59s feature many of the same features of their harder-to-hit sister product, but a titanium insert allows for more discretionary weight to increase the...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
TaylorMade continue to push back the technology boundaries, and their white-headed putters have gone down well on Tour and with the many weekend hackers who are looking for an edge in their weekly fourball. The Corza model is a sizeable mallet offering that has been designed to make alignment considerably easier. During the development process, TaylorMade engineers discovered that 65% of golfers...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 1 September 2011
Odyssey’s 2-ball putter shot to prominence back in 2001, when Scotsman Paul Lawrie won the Dunhill Links in his homeland, after canning a monster with it on the 72nd hole to take the title – the first Tour victory for the iconic 2-ball. Since then, the product has won more than $80m on the PGA Tour, with more than 3.7m units...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Monday 5 September 2011
Titleist’s AP2 irons have been widely-used on both the European and PGA Tour by some of the best golfers in the world, and now Titleist have improved on them with the launch of the new 712 AP2 irons. The irons have been designed to be more playable than before, with the MOI being increased by 7% but with no loss of...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Monday 5 September 2011
Titleist have launched the follow up to their hugely-successful AP1 game-improver clubs in the form of the new 712 AP1 irons. The new irons offer increased forgiveness and higher ball speeds on off-centre strikes, while those who struggle with their long irons will be pleased to hear that the MOI in these clubs has been increased by 4%. The short irons have a more...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Monday 5 September 2011
Thomas Bjorn made it back-to-back wins on the European Tour after he followed up his Johnnie Walker Championship success with victory at the Omega European Masters. The Dane shot a final-round 62 for a four-shot victory in Switzerland and was using a wide range of Callaway equipment. One of the key contributing factors to Bjorn’s success was his driving accuracy – using his RAZR Hawk driver,...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 8 September 2011
Clubstohire.com has opened two new outlets in Alicante and Murcia airports bringing the total number to seven across the continent. The business is a new off-course venture for former Ryder Cup star and current Vivendi Seve Trophy captain Paul McGinley and offers golf travellers access to top-quality hire clubs without the hassle or expense of lugging their own clubs to the...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 9 September 2011
When we pit clubs against each other in our regular tests we ask for honest feedback regardless of brand or how much a club costs and one thing that keeps coming back is that MD Golf’s offerings perform very well against more expensive counterparts. The NV Drew wedge is the latest example of that, grabbing a bronze award and a rating of...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 9 September 2011
Every month we hold our comprehensive equipment tests at the PGA National Fitting Academy at The Belfry because the facilities and level of expertise at hand is second to none. So where better to hold a Today’s Golfer demo day with eight of the world’s leading manufacturers for readers to come along and see the new state-of-the-art equipment from the likes...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Wednesday 14 September 2011
MD Golf’s Superstrong franchise has been around for several years now, with each update improving on the previous offering and the latest ST2 incarnation promises to do it yet again. The new driver will certainly appeal to the traditionalist who likes a classic headshape that also looks forgiving at address. The PVD finish makes the club aesthetically-superb, but enhancements in technology mean the centre of gravity is lower which offers...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 14 September 2011
Callaway have just announced the launch of their new Razr XF iron – their first forged iron aimed at higher handicappers. The company say that for years game improvers have had to compromise feel in their quest for more forgiveness in the irons but they believe that by forging the body and frame from 1025 carbon steel and attaching a steel...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Wednesday 14 September 2011
MD golf has always produced excellent equipment at cost-effective prices, and the new Superstrong ST2 irons are no exception. In fact, the new set of irons will retail at less than £200 in a steel shaft, making them a superb option for those wanting forgiving clubs at a highly-competitive price. In terms of technology, they have been designed with the game-improver in mind...