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  • Ecco unveil new women’s 2012 Golf Street Collection

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Monday 2 July 2012

    Ecco have released their new range of women’s Golf Street shoes for 2012 featuring a host of new designs and colours. Based on Ecco’s idea that golf shoes don’t have to look like golf shoes, the Golf Street range incorporates a hybrid sport-casual shoe designed for either the course or the city. The uppers feature high-fashion leathers and finishes alongside subtle patterning, bright...

  • Ping Collection launch new women’s clothing range

    Written by TG staff writer on Monday 2 July 2012

    Ping Collection will be hoping for a break in the rain-soaked UK summertime after launching a new range of women’s trousers, shorts and skorts. The trouser range includes the slim-fitting Divine model influenced by a more European cut while a 3/4 length Seraphina is also available for women who don’t want to go down the skort route. Alongside these models are the Gabriel...

  • Miura unveil limited edition K.J Choi irons

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 13 July 2012

    Luxury Japanese golf brand Miura have released a stunning limited edition set of K.J Choi irons to commemorate his victory in the Players Championship last year. Only 300 sets of the irons have been made, with each one individually numbered from 1-300. The irons are an exact replica of the CB-501 irons he used to win the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass...

  • Golf Locker launch new Qwikfold Quad trolley

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 13 July 2012

    Golf Locker have unveiled their latest push cart design in the form of the Qwikfold Quad. It is designed to build on the success of the previous Qwikfold trolley, which was popular thanks to the fast one-button unfolding mechanism. The new version has the added stability of a fourth wheel as well as other features including deluxe scorecard holder with built-in hidden...

  • Ryder Cup 2012 official clothing released

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 13 July 2012

    Ryder Cup Europe have released its official merchandise clothing collections ahead of the 2012 event at Medinah in September. The range features two collections – the official collection and the exclusive collection. The official collection contains a wide choice of apparel, gifts and merchandise, from licensees Abacus, adidas, Baxter Golf Art, Druh Belts, Footjoy, and Titleist, along with Glenmuir, Level 4 and...

  • Bushnell’s new Tour Z6 laser rangefinder launched

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 13 July 2012

    The long-awaited new addition to the Bushnell range of laser rangefinders has arrived – the Tour Z6. It is designed to be their smallest, most technologically-advance laser rangefinder to date in order to offer amateurs the same luxury of added yardages that the pros enjoy. The Tour Z6 features what Bushnell call Vivid Display Technology for clearer views while the new red...

  • Nike update putter range with Method Midnight models

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Saturday 14 July 2012

    You’d struggle to find a more successful putter range in terms of victory ratios than the Nike Method models with two Major wins and a host of PGA and European Tour victories in its short career to date. Now Nike have updated the range with three new models in a stunning Method Midnight finish. The original range consisted of five putters –...

  • MD Golf Superstrong ST2 irons: video review

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 19 July 2012

    MD Golf have a reputation for producing irons that outperform their price point and this year they have brought the new Superstrong ST2 range to market. To see if they would continue previous form and perform better than their £199.99 price point TG’s equipment team Jonathan Greathead and David Connor took a closer look. To hear what they thought take a look...

  • Nike VR_S Forged irons: video review

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 19 July 2012

    Often the acid test of a golf club is the reaction it extracts from Tour pros – and the Nike VR_S Forged irons have won praise from none other than Tiger Woods. Despite being designed for mid-low handicap golfers looking for a touch of forgiveness, the 14-time Major winner has included a Nike VR_S Forged 3-iron in his bag on numerous occasions this...

  • R&A investigating long putter issue

    Written by TG staff writer on Monday 23 July 2012

    The controversial topic of belly and broomhandle putters rumbles on and in fact has gained momentum with the top two players (Ernie Els and Adam Scott) in yesterday’s Open using them. In fact three of the last four major champions have triumphed with long handle putters which many golfing traditionalists feel should be outlawed. Using the longer putters is becoming a...

  • Garcia and Johnson give their backing to new Adidas Red Shoe campaign ahead of the Olympics

    Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Tuesday 24 July 2012

    Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson played their part in a sensational stunt on the River Thames to celebrate golf’s inclusion into the Olympic Games in 2016 and the new adidas Red Shoe campaign. Just a few days before the start of this year’s iconic sporting event, PGA Tour stars Garcia and Johnson attempted a nearest the pin challenge to a floating...

  • Aiken credits Bioflow with rise to glory

    Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 25 July 2012

    Whatever your thoughts are on magnotherapy products are, European Tour star Thomas Aiken insists the Bioflow wristband played a significant role in his return to fitness and rise to thew upper echelons of the game. In December 2004 South African golf star, Thomas Aiken, was faced with surgery on a troublesome wrist injury and lengthy lay-off from the game. However, a...

  • TG DEMO DAY AT THE BELFRY TO RETURN IN AUGUST

    Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Monday 30 July 2012

    After a highly-successful inaugural TG Demo Day at The Belfry last year, we’re getting ready to do it all over again at Europe’s foremost golfing facility this August Bank Holiday – but this time it’s going to be even bigger and better! Not only are many of the game’s leading equipment manufacturers offering amazing individual custom fit sessions and the...

  • Brian Davis sings with Sunice

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 2 August 2012

    British born PGA Tour Professional Brian Davis has signed a deal to wear Sunice golf apparel. Mark Fletcher, President of Sunice, said: “We are excited to partner with Brian. He has had a very good year finishing 4 times in the top 10 on Tour so far this year and he brings a very good game and technical insight to our product...

  • Video review: Ping S56 better player irons

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 2 August 2012

    The S56’s offer Ping’s most compact head for the better player. Having said that, they do offer some forgiveness, with a tungsten weight in the toe. The clubs shot to prominence when South African Louis Oosthuizen won the 2010 Open at St Andrews, weeks before they appeared in pro shops up and down the country. The tungsten toe weights optimise...

  • Video review: Nike VR_S Game Improver Irons

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 2 August 2012

    The Nike VR_S game improver irons are the lastest edition of excellent clubs aimed at the higher handicapper from the American manufacturing giants. These clubs have been designed with the Nike’s innovative NexCor face technology which gives golfers more distance on a wider area of the face. Our test team loved them so much that they awarded them gold during our June 2012 irons test. Here’s...

  • Video review: Taylormade RBZ game improver irons

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 3 August 2012

    There was a huge amount of buzz around TaylorMade’s RocketBallz range when it launched at the start of the year and it’s fair to say the RBZ irons (which effectively replaced the Burner irons) stand up to the impressive woods very well. So well infact that they claimed silver in our June irons test. The first thing to note is the...

  • Video review: Taylormade R11 game improver irons

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Saturday 4 August 2012

    The R11 irons clinched gold in our June irons test, making it a one-two alongside the TaylorMade RBZ irons. Often a club will perform highly in one, two or three categories and be let down by their performance in a couple of others – but the R11 ticks the boxes across the board. In terms of looks, it is absolutely stunning – clean...

  • Video review: Mizuno MP-59 better player irons

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Sunday 5 August 2012

    The choice of iron for Luke Donald – a man regarded as one of the finest iron players on the planet. He recently told TG he loves the way they move through the turf thanks to the slightly curved sole and blunted leading edge. But if that’s not endorsement enough, our testers also loved them, awarding them the silver award...

  • ProQuip set to continue Ryder Cup tradition at Gleneagles in 2014

    Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Friday 3 August 2012

    ProQuip will continue to be the preferred weatherwear supplier to the European Ryder Cup when the tournament returns to the continent in two years time. When the two teams line up at Gleneagles in 2014, it will be the 20th time ProQuip has supplied the Europeans with protection against the elements. “ProQuip is synonymous with the Ryder Cup, beoming famous for ultra-lightweight...

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