Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 25 June 2008
Fashion icons J Lindeberg are one of the new kids on the golfing block and have launched its first range of J Lindeberg golf bags. And if you like a simple-looking bit of club luggage, this J Lindeberg golf bag could be the one for you. And luckily, the J Lindeberg golf bags don’t just come in white…there’s also a black offering which will no...
Written by Equipment Editor on Friday 30 May 2008
It’s Friday afternoon…you’re bored out of your mind at work…there’s only one thing to do…check out the next installment of our funky mini-driver test! Today, the King Cobra Speed LD Driver will be the star of the show and our regular amateur testers took great delight in smashing the big dog down the middle at Swingers driving range in Peterborough. To see what the guys...
Written by TG Equipment editor on Thursday 14 August 2008
Ping’s top-of-the-range irons are to be replaced for 2009 season with these – the Ping Rapture V2 irons. The new replacement Raptures have been positioned very much in the game improver category with enormous soles and top lines that make you feel like you just cannot miss with them. And when our equipment team that certainly proved to be the case. They were...
Written by TG Equipment editor on Friday 25 January 2008
The TaylorMade r7 CGB MAX Limited driver has stirred up loads of interest since we first unveiled it earlier this month and to help fuel our anticipation TaylorMade have revealed the first image of the adjustable driver’s head. As you can see from our exclusive story on the new TaylorMade r7 CGB Max LTD driver (which you can read by clicking the link) the golf...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 9 August 2007
As Ping launch the new Ping G10 this week Today’s Golfer has raided its archives to bring you back up to speed on what we said about its award-winning predecessor the Ping G5 range. Since launching in 2005 the Ping G5 has gone on to become one of the most popular golf club ranges in history, so the Ping G10...
Written by Tg Equipment Editor on Thursday 28 August 2008
Fans of forgiving putters had better start saving their pennies as TaylorMade launches the TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider putter. the cleverly titled putter is a more compact version of the acclaimed TaylorMade Spider Putter, which has won so many fans on Tour. As its name suggests, the TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider is smaller than the original Monza Spider and was made...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 9 September 2008
The Today’s Golfer Ryder Cup Fantasy League golf game is now in full swing and you can sign up right now. GREAT PRIZES UP FOR GRABS! While the Ryder Cup provides some of golf’s most sensational matchplay battles, the European and America teams inevitably fight out a fashion war on the fairways too. Elsewhere in our in depth Ryder Cup preview we ...
Written by Equipment Editor on Thursday 24 April 2008
Thinking of changing your golf driver this year? If so you can’t afford to miss our annual Driver test. Our team of golf equipment experts and testers have been busy testing every 2008 driver over the past two weeks and to whet your appetite for the full Today’s Golfer magazine test, out April 30th in the UK, we’ve compiled this golf...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 3 March 2008
The new Cobra Pro CB and Cobra MB irons have been crafted for the advanced player to deliver superior feel and workability combined with some forgiveness. With a forged cavity back, shorter hosel and lower centre of gravity, these Cobra Pro CB and Cobra MB irons have been engineered for a high golf ball flight, while the rounded sole camber improves turf...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Monday 22 September 2008
Next up and with a design to suit a bigger number of golfers are Nike’s Victory Red Forged Split Cavity irons. These are suitable for good players right up to solid game impovers and have a moderately wider sole and slightly thicker topline than the Nike Victory Red TW Blades. Although the Nike Victory Red Forged Split Cavity irons are also forged and have...
Written by Staff Writer on Monday 10 March 2008
Footjoy, the number one brand in golf shoes, is launching a new ad campaign based around the golf shoe brand’s biggest name golfers. Ian Poulter, Zack Johnson, Angel Cabrera and Vijay Singh all star in the new golf shoe web and TV ads showing off the golf shoe company’s latest designs and new golf shoe technology. Ian Poulter is seen sneaking in...
Written by Equipment Editor on Wednesday 12 March 2008
Following their success with last year’s M2 Driver, Ben Sayers has introduced a complete family of M2 Drivers for the new season. They now feel there’s an M2 driver to suit all types of golfers and swing styles with options including the new M2 Square, M2 Draw, M2 Ladies and M2 Senior drivers. The Ben Sayers M2 Square incorporates powerful square...
Written by Equipment Editor on Wednesday 11 June 2008
Right, here’s the next part of our mini-driver test! Today, the Callaway FT-i gets an outing…this is Callaway’s square offering and it retails at £399. In reality, you can get it a lot cheaper and if you like a noisy son of a gun at impact, this will be right up your street! So get off Facebook, or the BBC Transfer Gossip...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 20 November 2008
Nike has an incredible line up of new golf equipment ready for the 2009 season and the first to be unveiled is the Nike Victory Red Iron range. And it doesn’t matter what standard of golfer you are either as the Nike Victory Red Iron range includes a club for everyone: The Nike Victory Red Forged TW Blades for the good...
Written by TG Senior Equipment Editor, Sean Ramsdale on Wednesday 4 June 2008
Putters get curvy now Spherical Blade have revealed their brand new updated range of S-Blade putters for 2008 – all featuring innovative ‘curved face’ technology. With gentle top to bottom convex curves on the face, Spherical Blade S-Blade putters deliver a great roll by imparting increased top-spin and an impact always above the ball’s centre, negating skid. Also, a gentle heel to toe convex curve across...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 29 November 2007
Callaway Golf – a name synonymous with making ultra-forgiving irons – has taken a giant break from tradition by unveiling their first-ever set of blades. The prototype X-Muscle irons have already won on Tour in the hands of World Number Two Phil Mickelson. “It was a great opportunity to test the new Callaway golf equipment,” Mickelson said. “I’m going to put the new golf irons into play in 2008 and...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 9 October 2008
Constant improvement seems to be a key philosophy at Callaway Golf as the new X Forged Irons are to prove in 2009. The premium players’ irons were designed for use on Tour and for better players last year but after feedback from the likes of Phil Mickleson and Ernie Els Callaway have decided to further enhance the Callaway X Forged irons ...
Written by Tg equipment editor on Friday 12 September 2008
TaylorMade is to build on its award-winning iron line-up with these two models for 2009 – the TaylorMade Tour Preferred and TaylorMade Burner Plus irons. The TaylorMade Burner Plus has been designed with the higher handicapper in mind, while the TaylorMade Tour Preferred iron will be finding its way into the company’s tour pros’ bags this year as a better player...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 26 August 2008
Golf bag manufacturing giants Sun Mountain have launched their latest innovation in the form of the ZERO-G bag. The Sun Mountain ZERO-G bag transfers weight of the clubs from golfers’ shoulders to their waists, although it is carried like a traditional dual strap bag but with the addition of a belt that is naturally positioned at the hip. The wizards at Sun Montain...
Written by TG Equipment Writer on Wednesday 25 June 2008
TaylorMade will shortly be introducing a new limited addition to its range of irons in the form of these TaylorMade MB TP iron with a special smoky finish. The muscle-back blade iron, the TaylorMade MB TP, is already being played on tour by numerous players including Retief Goosen and TaylorMade has responded to demand for the iron by bringing out this new...