Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Friday 1 February 2013
Nike’s launch of the VR_S Covert driver was one of the big events in the golf industry in 2012, and now we’ve teamed up with the iconic sports brand to offer three lucky golfers the opportunity to get their hands on one, and get a short lesson from Ryder Cup hero Francesco Molinari. Ahead of the official launch of the driver on...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 4 February 2013
Stephen Gallacher sealed his first European Tour win in 201 starts with a three shot victory at the Dubai Desert Classic. The Scot, who last won in 2004 at the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, made an eagle at the 16th during his one-under-par final round of 71 to move clear of his closest challenger, South African Richard Sterne. Chile’s Felipe Aguilar and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 4 February 2013
In this video TG’s Features Writer Kit Alexander tests the new Wilson Staff FG Tour irons on the range at the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. Kit – who plays off eight – has been using Wilson Staff’s Ci11s for the past year and feels he may now be ready to move up to a better player set of irons. See...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 4 February 2013
In this video TG’s Features Writer Kit Alexander interviews the inventor of the Totem Tees, Lon Klein, about the world’s best biodegradable golf tees. The tees, which are essentially specially designed cardboard tubes, are put into the ground using a tool and biodegrade if lost during your round. At around £5 for a pack of 36, they also offer good value for money for eco...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 4 February 2013
In this video TG’s Feature Writer Kit Alexander interviews Carl Petterson from Lamkin about their new grip range for 2013, including the Crossline Ace and Perma-Wrap. Kit also asks the grip expert about how to clean your grips and how often you should change them. To find out more, watch the video below:...
Monday 4 February 2013
In this video TG’s Features Writer Kit Alexander talks to Alex Berger of Adams Golf about their better players Speedline Super LS hybrid. It features their slot technology and looks stunning. The Velocity Slot Technology is combined with the multi-material construction to create the ultimate hybrid with a hotter face for greater ball speed and distance, while the slot on the crown increases...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 5 February 2013
John Letters have announced that Phillip Archer has re-signed for the 2013 season. The Englishman, who has a career best finish of second at the Omega European Masters in 2007 for €222,220, pledged his future to Letters shortly before heading out to India for the Gujarat Kensville Challenge where he recorded a top-three finish at his first event of the 2013 Season. Entering his fifth...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
In this video TG’s Features Writer Kit Alexander tests the new Adams Golf Speedline Super S woods on the range at the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. Kit particularly liked the white crown and black face contrast on the woods, while he found the Velocity Slot Technology really helped him maintain a penertrating ball flight in windy conditions. Watch the video...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 5 February 2013
Nike Golf have welcomed back their first athlete to win a major wearing the Swoosh, David Duval. The American will make his 2013 Nike debut at this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Duval will be teeing up the Nike VR_S Covert driver, the VR Pro Limited Edition fairway wood, VR Pro Blade irons, VR Pro wedges and a Nike Method Prototype putter. The 2001 Open Champion will...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 6 February 2013
In this video TG’s Kit Alexander talks to Adams Golf Senior Product Engineer Justin Gerrard about their new Speedline Super S hybrid and irons combo sets for 2013. The set will feature the Super S rescue with its Cut-Thru sole slot to increase ball speeds for greater distance. The refined crown slot is thinner, deeper and longer that provides a new level of performance...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 6 February 2013
In this video TG’s Kit Alexander talks to Adams Golf about their new drivers for 2013, the long and forgiving Speedline Super S and the Tour ready Speedline Super LS. The Adams Golf Speedline Super S driver features a revolutionary new design in adjustability that means it is changeable from 9.5 degrees to 11.5 degrees of loft. It is also Adam’s...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 6 February 2013
SkyCaddie has unveiled its ‘Sport Series’ of rangefinders for the 2013 season. The Sport Series includes the new SkyCaddie Aire, Voice, Gimme and Watch, meaning the brand now covers the GPS market from entry-level up to the ultimate golf GPS rangefinder, the wireless SkyCaddie SGXw. The Sport Series will all be ready-to-play out of the box, being pre-loaded with SkyCaddie’s ‘Par’ Membership – at no extra charge...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 7 February 2013
Craftsmanship, performance and validation by the game’s best players provide the foundation for Master Craftsman Scotty Cameron’s newest creations, the Select GoLo 5 and GoLo S5 putters. The new mallet-style Select GoLo 5 and GoLo S5 are the newest additions to the Scotty Cameron by Titleist Select line of putters and have a compact, elegantly rounded profile with a racy soleplate and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 7 February 2013
John Letters have continued their recent rise by joining the British Golf Industry Association. BGIA is the lead trade body representing UK manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of golf products and services and operates under the umbrella of the Federation of Sport and Play Associations (FSPA); the national trade body responsible for representing 18 associations within the UK’s sport and play...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 8 February 2013
ClubstoHire.com has expanded the range of clubs on offer to travelling golfers across Europe this season with the addition of brand new sets of Mizuno JPX-825 clubs from two of its busiest shops in Faro and Malaga airports. The new deal with Mizuno involves more than 400 sets of clubs for rental and brings the total number of playing options to five...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 8 February 2013
Oakley have launched two new shoes for 2013 with the technically advanced Carbon Pro and the lightweight Cipher 2. The Carbon Pro is designed to withstand the rigors that elite level players place on their equipment. It features a Dynamic Motion Control System that creates a stable environment for you to minimise your loss of power and transfer all of your energy...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 11 February 2013
Brandt Snedeker has continued his meteroic start to 2013 by winning the AT&T National Pro-Am to move to world number four. The American won by two from Chris Kirk, to take his current hot streak to six finishes in the top-three, including back-to-back weeks as runner-up and now a win in his last nine tournaments. Snedeker said: ” It’s just hard to put into words,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 11 February 2013
Golf Pride have unveiled their new Whiteout grip, an extension of the company’s popular New Decade MultiCompound family of grips. The new grip celebrate golf’s annual rite of spring and comes in a vibrant green, yellow and white colour combination. The Whiteout grip is constructed with high performance rubber that is designed to provide comfort and responsiveness to the lower hand and brushed cotton...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 11 February 2013
Softspikes, the world’s leading cleat brand, have revealed two innovative cleat designs for 2013. As featured in FootJoy’s new M:PROJECT model, the Stealth cleat is available in Black/Silver and has been specifically engineered to allow golfers to benefit from superior traction, stability and overall performance. The number-one cleat brand on Tour has also announced the release of the cleat debuted in FootJoy’s XPS-1...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 11 February 2013
TaylorMade Golf have kicked off their ‘One Bucket’ campaign for the RocketBladez irons with a sea of yellow on the European Tour at the at the Joburg Open and also on PGA Tour at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am. Tour players, caddies and celebrities showed their support for the One bucket Challenge by wearing a yellow bucket hat embroidered with ‘#onebucket’. The challenge, which is...