Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 28 October 2008
As you’re probably aware, it’s new product time for many of the manufacturers and equipment giants Nike have revealed the Nike VR irons. Our esteemed gear team of Sean Ramsdale and Jon Greathead have got their grubby little mits on the new Nike Victory Red irons range, so click below to see the bad boys in the hands of our good...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Monday 20 October 2008
If you’ve been a golf fan for a few years now, you may well remember a time when American Freddie Couples used to use Lynx Black Cat Tour golf clubs. And after a few seasons in the relative wilderness, Lynx are making some pretty cool, hip-happening sticks again, including the Lynx Black Cat Tour Hybrid. Check out what our guys thought of the Lynx...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 29 July 2009
We put an incredible 59 iron sets up for review in a recent issue of Today’s Golfer magazine, splitting these into four categories. So, if you want to know what the greatest sticks are on the market right now, we’ve got some great iron reviews to keep you going… Over the next week we’ll have all 59 sets reviewed in our...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 9 December 2013
Winner of the 2013 Golf Europe award for best GPS, the Caddietech X1 is the ultra-compact GPS about to hit the UK golf market. Weighing in at 24g and measuring just 4.1cm2 the Caddietech X1 is one of the most compact golf GPS systems in the world that also hosts an abundance of features. Providing distances to front, centre and back of...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 9 December 2013
Lamkin grips has announced that US Open Champion Justin Rose will become a brand ambassador for 2014. The company has enjoyed a long relationship with Justin beginning more than 15 years ago when he and his father visited Lamkin’s U.K. offices for custom grip fitting. “In every possible way, Justin Rose personifies the core values of the Lamkin...
Monday 2 December 2013
Big Bertha is back. And she’s meaner than ever. This is Callaway’s newest driver – one of two Big Berthas launched today. The other is the Big Bertha Alpha, which an adjustable centre of gravity – read all about that here. The Big Bertha is being called a “Total Performance Driver”, which debuts Callaway’s Adjustable Perimeter Weighting – an innovative sliding...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 2 December 2013
TaylorMade Golf has today announced that it will launch an unprecedented 14° SLDR driver. Launched in August, the SLDR is engineered with a remarkable low and forward centre of gravity (CG) placement, making it the lowest spinning driver in company history. Because of this construction, TaylorMade is leading golfers – including PGA & European Tour players – to “loft up,” to...
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Callaway has given us a sneak preview of its new 2014 driver – an imminent announcement it’s calling “big, exciting and revolutionary”. This video teaser has been leaked in the USA – we won’t know more until Monday afternoon. A statement released this afternoon said: “You may recall we mentioned recently that there is still some BIG, EXCITING AND REVOLUTIONARY news to...
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Ping has introduced its Rapture driving iron, which the club maker says offers innovation and performance that are unmatched in the category. Significant tungsten weighting in the heel and toe creates a high MOI for a head its size, making the Rapture easier to hit than a long iron. At the same time, its wider sole gives the Rapture the...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Sunday 28 December 2008
Bridgestone Treo Soft golf balls Bridgestone have long been producers of great balls and are rightly regarded by many as some of the finest in the industry. The latest offering is the Bridgestone Treo Soft ball – a distance ball but with a softer feel with the famous Core Technology even further advanced. The Bridgestone Treo golf ball also features a Seamless...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 25 December 2008
The new Callaway Diablo Driver has been designed with the game improver in mind and sitting it behind the ball it is easy to see how easy it should be to hit. The head of the new Callaway Big Bertha Diablo is big, which inspires confidence at address. But how does it perform off the tee? We sent our golf equipment team out to...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Saturday 27 December 2008
The Callaway FT9 driver is the updated, all new replacement for the hugely successful Callaway FT5 – and by all accounts it has picked up where it left off. For those better players that like to shape the golf ball the Callaway FT9 driver is bound to create some excitement and our golf equipment test team took it out for an...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
Cleveland Golf have thrown the covers off their 2009 iron range today – the Cleveland CG7 Tour and CG7 Irons – and they reckon they’re the best irons they’ve ever made. The Cleveland CG7 iron range will consist of two models when they hit the stores this Februray – the Cleveland CG7 for improving players and the Cleveland CG7 Tour for...
Friday 12 December 2008
The Cleveland HiBore Monster XLS Monster is exactly what it says on the tin – a monster off the tee! Our golf equipment test team were first to test the new Cleveland HiBore Monster XLS Driver and below you can see how it fared on a cold December test day. Scroll down to see what the Gear Team thought of the new...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 8 December 2008
With less than three weeks until Christmas day the clock is ticking and the pressure is building to get those last few presents. TG Compare is here to help by taking the stress out of Christmas shopping and making sure you get your favourite golf lover the perfect gift. We’ll be picking out an amazing present each day in the lead up to...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 2 December 2008
Have you ever wondered why kids or childrens’ golf club sets seem to be lacking in quality? The club manufacturers obviously have as they’ve really stepped up their game for 2009. The likes of Nike, Cobra, Mizuno and others have all produced stunning new childrens’ golf club sets for the new year, complete with mini-standbags, irons, drivers and putters. The new issue of...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 26 December 2008
The new MD Golf Seve Icon Continuous Bounce wedge is one weird looking golf club on first inspection. With a huge, bulbous sole the MD Golf Seve Icon Continuous Bounce wedge is not the most traditional looking golf club in the bag but what it loses in looks it makes up for in performance and if you struggle to get it...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 26 December 2008
2009 MD Golf Superstrong Fairway woods MD Golf has been one of the brands of 2008, and the new 2009 gear looks set to impress too. The boys from Northern Ireland shipped us over a couple of their MD Golf Superstrong Fairway woods and we were instantly taken with them. Made in a traditional round head shape, as well as a square and...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 23 December 2008
The MD Golf brand has been pulling up trees in 2008 and its MD Golf Superstrong driver has been one of the revelations of 2009. It’s so good several Today’s Golfer team members have bagged the Superstrong driver, but what is the MD Golf Superstrong Hybrid like to hit? Can it live up to it’s bigger brother? We sent our golf equipment...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 24 December 2008
The Nicklaus Polarity MTR irons have been designed as ‘the most forgiving golf irons on the market’ and after testing them we can see what they have tried to achieve. With a large head the Nicklaus Polarity MTR irons have attempted to inspire confidence behind the ball and they do. The issue is the game improver iron market is a very...