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...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Saturday 27 December 2008
Nike SQ Dymo 2 fairway woods You may have noticed that lots and lots of manufacturers are making their fairways a good bit bigger than in previous years. It’s fairly obvious to see why – bigger head should, in theory, mean a bigger sweetspot and higher MOI which leads to more forgiveness on badly-struck shots! But the latest offering from Nike somewhat...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 19 December 2008
The new Nike SQ Dymo 2 fairway wood features an innovative rounded bottom designed to help you nip the ball off the fairway easier. The new golf club has and thus far it has impressed our testers and Nike’s pros too. But how will the Nike SQ Dymo 2 squared fairway wood fair in our exclusive first hit video review? Our test team took it...
Written by TG Equipment Writer on Monday 22 December 2008
Ever wondered how TaylorMade, one of the new millennium’s most successful golf companies, actually designs it’s award-winning golf clubs? What would you say if we said they don’t, someone else does?! While that might not be strictly true TaylorMade has revealed how it has trebled in size by working with a top product design company called Priority Designs to create it’s...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Sunday 21 December 2008
Wilson are set to capitalise on the success of their top player Padraig Harrington in 2009, starting with the excellent Wilson TW9 wedge. The new golf wedge, which will come in a whole host of lofts, has already started to win favour with many of their tour players and Today’s Golfer are the first to video test the new Wilson TW9 wedge. Watch...