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  • Odyssey Eleven putters: Blade benefits in a forgiving mallet

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 4 January 2022

    New Odyssey Eleven putters deliver all the forgiveness of a mallet and benefits of a blade in the brand’s most exciting shape ever. RRP £329 Models Eleven, Eleven Tour Lined, Eleven Triple Track Lengths 33″-35″ Stock Shaft Red Stroke Lab 3 Stock Grip Odyssey Pistol or OS On Sale February 18 Building on the success of the Ten, Odyssey say the Eleven is their first...

  • FIRST LOOK: Mizuno ST-Z 220 and ST-X 220 drivers and metal woods

    Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 14 January 2022

    Mizuno reveal ‘the next generation of stability’ with new ST-Z 220 and ST-X 220 drivers designed for exceptional consistency. This time last year Mizuno revealed the ST-Z and ST-X drivers, the result of a three-year project to put the brand back at the top of the golf driver speed, distance and forgiveness tree. It was a project that proved hugely successful, with...

  • FootJoy Fuel: Athletic golf shoe targets the modern player

    Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 14 January 2022

    Is this FootJoy’s boldest ever shoe? Golf’s leading shoe brand reveal athletically-styled Fuel models, targeting the modern player. When you think of FootJoy, chances are that you picture the more traditional footwear the brand is most renowned for. While FJ have produced athletic golf shoes before, they have always been more synonymous with models such as 2021’s Premiere Series and Traditions...

  • Cleveland reveal Launcher XL family, including their most-forgiving driver

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 18 January 2022

    Cleveland Golf reveal Launcher XL family, including most-forgiving driver and an all-new ‘Hy-Wood’ that brings fairway performance in a hybrid’s body. Cleveland’s new uber-forgiving Launcher XL driver more than lives up to its name. The three models –  XL, Lite and Lite Draw – are 6.7% longer front to back and feature an 11% increase in MOI compared to the previous...

  • Cleveland Golf unveil forgiving and fun XL and XL Halo irons

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 18 January 2022

    Cleveland Golf’s new Launcher XL and Halo game-improvement irons are designed for a reliable flight, consistent control and to make the game more fun. Completing Cleveland’s new 2022 family, the Launcher XL and Launcher XL Halo irons feature the brand’s highest MOI ever, targeting golfers who want forgiveness and accuracy. RELATED: Best Mid-Handicap Irons The Launcher XL irons feature hollow-body long irons for distance...

  • New TaylorMade MG3 Milled Grind wedges push boundaries of spin and versatility

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 10 August 2021

    New TaylorMade Milled Grind MG3 wedges look to improve on a winning formula with clever design tweaks that promise significant performance gains.  TaylorMade’s focus on wedges has won them many fans in recent years, from tour pros to amateur golfers. When adidas owned TaylorMade, wedges were never a pillar of the company, and the category didn’t get the love (or investment) it...

  • Srixon reveal Z-Star Diamond golf ball

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 18 January 2022

    Srixon reveal Z-Star Diamond Golf ball, which blends their best-selling premium models and is played by four-time Major champion Brooks Koepka. Working with their tour stars, including Koepka, Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and 2019 Open Champion Shane Lowry, Srixon have expanded their superb Z-Star golf ball family to three models with the introduction of the new Diamond (read our full review, here). RELATED: What’s in Brooks Koepka’s...

  • Cobra King LTDx iron inspired by real-world golfer’s feedback

    Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 19 January 2022

    Cobra King LTDx irons are better feeling, better sounding and more precise thanks to real-world golfer’s feedback. Cobra like to see themselves as innovators like no other, taking risks while other brands play it safe. RELATED: Tested – Best Irons In the last five years Cobra have brought golf the first one length iron, the first CNC Milled driver face, the first smart set...

  • Callaway’s new Jaws Full Toe wedge is their most advanced and versatile ever

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 10 August 2021

    Callaway launch Jaws Full Toe wedge, designed for versatility to give golfers of all levels control on all types of shot. The Jaws Full Toe is Callaway’s most techincally advanced and versatile wedge ever. It replaces Callaway’s Phil Mickelson-inspired PM Grind, a wedge that was launched in 2019 with Tour players in mind, and is designed to appeal to a much wider range of...

  • Cobra Golf King LTDx: New driver achieves a world first

    Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 19 January 2022

    Cobra Golf reveal King LTDx family, including drivers with variable face thickness for exceptional ball speed. JUMP TO: LTDx Drivers | LTDx Fairways | LTDx Hybrids | LTDx Irons Cobra’s new family of golf clubs saw the brand ask real-world golfers what they wanted from the models. Unsurprisingly, the top three consumer desires from the drivers were more distance, more accuracy and better forgiveness. So Cobra’s designers...

  • New Titleist AVX golf ball is longer, softer and better around the greens

    Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 19 January 2022

    Titleist’s AVX golf ball gets a new core, cover and dimple pattern for improved short game spin and control, more driver distance and an even softer feel. Originally launched in 2018 as their lowest flying, lowest spinning and softest feeling premium golf ball, this is the third iteration of Titleist’s low-compression AVX and sees the core, cover and aerodynamics re-engineered. RELATED: Srixon new...

  • Wilson Triad: The golf ball that will help you break 80

    Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 21 January 2022

    Wilson Triad is the brand’s most technologically advanced golf ball with the three-piece urethane model designed to help you break 80. Wilson’s have set a bold goal for their new Triad golf ball – to become the go-to model for club golfers who are striving to break 80. No, it’s not a magic ball and it doesn’t come with a remote control…...

  • New Srixon AD333 golf ball is longer and straighter than ever

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 10 August 2021

    Tenth generation of popular-two piece Srixon AD333 golf ball flies longer and straighter than ever thanks to a new core also found in premium Z-Star range. The Srixon AD333 golf ball is one of the most popular with amateur golfers and has dominated the UK’s two-piece market since it first hit the market in 2006. RELATED: Which Srixon ball is right for you? ...

  • Titleist unveil versatile, accurate and forgiving Vokey Design SM9 wedges

    Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 24 January 2022

    Titleist reveal Vokey Design SM9 wedges – the most versatile, accurate and forgiving wedges that Vokey has ever created. Vokey wedges are the most played on the PGA Tour and that trend looks set to continue into 2022 with the new SM9. Titleist say the new model offers the “Ultimate in Optionality” thanks to its six grinds across 23 different models, ranging...

  • The best-selling iron of 2021? TaylorMade reveal new P790

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 10 August 2021

    TaylorMade have improved on their hugely popular P790 iron for its third generation, creating what will undoubtedly be one of the best-selling golf irons of 2021.  The original TaylorMade P790 changed the golf irons market in a way no other release has done for some time. It offered impressive distance and lots of forgiveness, in a design that appealed to discerning...

  • TaylorMade Spider GT putters are the most stable ever

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 25 January 2022

    TaylorMade expands high MOI Spider putters family with all-new GT range using a new face for better roll and consistency. TaylorMade have revealed four new Spider putters for 2022 with the introduction of the GT, GT Notchback, GT Rollback and GT Splitback, which the brand say are the most stable Spiders ever. The Spider has done more than any other flatstick to...

  • Mizuno T22 wedges combine classic looks and modern forged performance

    Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 13 September 2021

    Mizuno’s new forged T22 wedges have a refined teardrop shape to balance ultra-classic looks with modern wedge performance.  If you play forged irons to ensure feel and feedback consistency it’s very likely you’ll want to play forged wedges too. But while Vokey, Cleveland, Callaway and TaylorMade don’t offer forged wedges, Mizuno do. In any normal year Mizuno T series wedges would be...

  • Srixon Q-Star Tour golf ball: Tour-level performance for amateur swing speeds

    Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 26 January 2022

    Srixon Q-Star Tour golf ball gets a 2022 upgrade as it promises tour-level performance at a compression and price to suit amateur golfers’ swing speeds and budget. Now into its fourth generation, the three-piece Q-Star Tour is the brand’s softest golf ball that delivers tour-level performance. It is specifically calibrated to fit moderate swing speed players that want the distance and...

  • Ultimate adjustability and ball speed from new Mizuno ST-G 220 driver

    Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 13 September 2021

    New Mizuno ST-G 220 driver is designed to deliver the ultimate in adjustability and maximum ball speed. Mizuno drivers have come on leaps and bounds in the last few years with the Japanese brand producing some of the fastest, longest and best-sounding drivers on the market. However, when they revealed the fast and forgiving ST-Z and draw-biased ST-X drivers at the start of the year there...

  • First look: Ping i525 iron combines distance, feel and forgiveness

    Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 8 February 2022

    Ping reveal i525 irons players’ distance iron, combining improved sound, feel and forgiveness with four more grooves to eliminate ‘fliers’ and preserve spin. Not many irons survive more than two years in any brand’s line-up. But, thanks to the pandemic, Ping’s steady, 18-month product cycles have taken a hammering. It means their first ever hollow body player’s distance iron, the i500, launched in...

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