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We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

The Cobra F-Max Airspeed lineup of woods and irons build on a heritage of providing easy-to-hit, affordable designs for moderate speed golfers. Though the line’s trend of offset and draw-biased drivers matching up with oversize, wide-soled irons continues, its main move forward now is to make it easier for average golfers to generate more distance

Jason Dufner, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour including the 2013 PGA Championship, has ended his equipment free agency by signing a multi-year deal with Cobra Golf. The deal, which will see Dufner use Cobra’s driver, irons and wedges all housed in a Cobra staff bag. Dufner will make his debut as a Cobra

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked

The new Wilson Staff Model Utility Iron might not be exactly the right fit for every level of player, but it just might be the exactly right club to win you a U.S. Open. That certainly was the case early this year when Gary Woodland conquered the field and Pebble Beach Golf Links in June

The end of November is supposed to be a time to give thanks…unless you’re a golfer residing above the Mason-Dixon line. For this spot on the calendar often signals the end of the golf year, and any season that welcomes such hell is no cause for celebration. However, though it seems so far in the

Take yourself back 25 years, when personal computers were just becoming the norm in society. Clunky, confusing and bearing — gasp — dial-up modems, they were a far cry from today’s sleek models. Just like PCs, golf simulators have evolved immensely and rapidly through the years, becoming a much more integrated part of our lives.

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked them to

The new Callaway Super Hybrid is the result of a simple request that came directly from the desk of company CEO and president Chip Brewer. His challenge: Make a fully loaded fairway wood but fit it in the size and shape of a hybrid. Challenge accepted, it seems. The Super Hybrid, which checks in as

Stephen Curry continues to build his brand within golf, strengthened by a deal announced on Monday with golf equipment manufacturer Callaway. The partnership is a multi-year agreement, Callaway announced, which will include the company providing golf equipment to Howard University’s newly relaunched men’s and women’s golf teams, which were funded by Curry. Curry has played

Irons are no longer single pieces of metal. Most combine steel and high-strength alloys with heavy tungsten, shock-absorbing polymers and other elements previously found only in rocket engines and artificial hips. Instead of compromising the size, shape or feel of an iron by limiting it to one type of metal, companies are combining materials strategically

Cobra Golf has been using rails on the sole of clubs to enhance turf interaction for decades (remember the original Baffler fairway wood?). Now the company is expanding its expertise in that arena with the introduction of its T-Rail all-hollow, iron-hybrid set. The super game-improvement irons (5-iron through pitching wedge with a more traditional hybrid

Lanto Griffin has had an interesting path to the PGA Tour, including multiple stints on the Korn Ferry Tour. Last week at the Houston Open, however, Griffin became a PGA Tour winner, setting him on a path of a different kind. Golf Digest spoke with Griffin, a Titleist staff player, about the equipment he used

The Odyssey Stroke Lab putters came to the market touting a new consistency in putting strokes. The combination shaft of steel and graphite took 40 grams out of the middle of the putter and redistributed the mass to the grip and head to better balance the head, shaft and grip system. That switch, said Odyssey

Have a question about your golf equipment that you’ve always wondered about? Two of golf’s most knowledgable gearheads are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. Every week, they

When you have a proven winner, you take what you have an improve upon it instead of starting from scratch. That is the case with Cobra Golf’s new King Forged Tec irons. Building off the success of its previous Forged Tec and Forged Tec Black models, things such as a One Length option and the

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgeable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the industry better. We’ve asked them to answer

The Titleist EXP•01 is the newest ball from the No. 1 ball company in golf, but the funny thing is you might not have a chance to buy it and it might not ever see the light of day again. At least not by that name anyway. Fact is, the company really doesn’t want you

The Srixon Soft Feel Brite is an extension of the brand’s low-compression two-piece Soft Feel ball. It’s also a reflection of a growing shift in the perception of golf balls with colors other than white. The Soft Feel Brite, which will now be part of the 11th generation of the Soft Feel franchise, employs the

We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked them to

The Titleist TruFeel may not garner all the headlines that the company’s flagship Pro V1 franchise gets for all its success on the world’s professional tours, but the low-compression two-piece ball aimed at moderate swing speed golfers shares one important element with the Pro V1 franchise: Both balls are developed with extensive input from the

Q: I heard about an LPGA Tour pro who sucks on lemons when she gets stressed out while playing. Is this true? Does this actually have a calming effect on people? —Carlos Watson, Indianapolis A: Strange but true. When the going gets tough, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, a 24-year-old from Denmark, likes to chomp down on

Nothing against your neighborhood golf store, but our experts are the most knowledgable golf gearheads around. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know this space better. We’ve asked them to answer your questions in a weekly equipment round-up.

The Majesty Royale line of woods and irons may not be on your equipment watch list. Thousand-dollar drivers and $500 irons (per club) might not be aimed at the meat of the U.S. golfing market, it’s true. But it’s also clear the Tokyo-based company believes there’s an opportunity. Consider this: Founded in 1971 under the

Tour pros are better than average golfers in just about every way, but they really separate themselves with the driver and wedge. Tour pros are about a football field longer off the tee than average golfers, according to stat-tracking data from the Arccos GPS app. They also hit the fairway 62 percent of the time

The Honma XP-1 lineup of woods and irons may live in the world of game-improvement with their draw-biased woods and multi-material irons and lightweight graphite shafts. But apparently Justin Rose, the former world No. 1 who is the company’s leading tour player, thought they looked good enough for him. According to Chris McGinley, Honma’s vice

Professional golfers are a pampered bunch. Between equipment manufacturers and tour trailers, players have access to every club imaginable—often before equipment is even available at retail. Some players, however, are perfectly content to stay away from the latest and greatest, opting instead for familiarity over technological superiority. Here are seven players who might that philosophy

The Cleveland Launcher family of irons and hybrids drew their inspiration from desperation, specifically the desperation of average golfers with their relative lack of success hitting shots toward the green. According to data Cleveland’s engineers have studied, from 150-200 yards, average golfers are only hitting the green 15 percent of the time from the rough,

We all have those shots. Your contact is as good as any shot you’ve hit all round, but the result might not be as good as impact felt. Somewhere internally, you make a mental note about achievement, but you likely forget about it by the time of your next round. Now there’s an app for

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