It’s been a heavyweight battle the past few seasons to see who wears the crown of golf’s best driver. The big dogs Callaway and Taylormade are at it again with their 2022 offerings. SIM and MAVRIK were good. SIM2 and Epic Speed were great. How much better are the new sticks; or better yet, how...
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Holiday Gift Guide On a Budget
Besides the perfect, sunny, 75° day in May, the holidays are my favorite time of year. I’m a big kid at heart, and contrary to popular belief, I really do enjoy giving more than receiving. A few weeks ago I compiled a group of some of the best golf gifts that should be on your...
Hot Off the Press: Callaway Apex UW
The discussion of proper gapping when it comes to wedges in a fitting is a popular one, especially with the emergence of stronger lofts in iron sets. Pitching wedges at 44° of loft has become the norm, so you’re seeing gap wedges approach 48° and 50° territory. The same needs to be addressed on the...
Drive For Show…And For Dough
Strokes Gained Off The Tee is one of the most important statistics kept on the PGA Tour as it combines both distance and accuracy. If you want to compete and contend week in and week out, you better be long and in play. Here are the top-10 players in that category and the drivers they...
Flashback or Comeback?
Last week was only the 3rd installment of the Women’s Senior U.S. Open, but it felt just like old times. Annika Sorenstam returned to the game she dominated for so many years, and dominated yet again. She cleared the field by 8 strokes at Brooklawn Country Club and won her first major in 15 years,...
Callaway Kickin’ It Old School For ’21
Ladies bust out your hip-hugger jeans and fellas throw on your oversize Tommy Hilfiger polos and douse yourself in Curve cologne. Allow Britney Spears or N*Sync to serenade you as you read. Callaway Golf is taking us all back to the early 2000’s with their 2021 equipment line. Instead of Ross and Rachel, it’s Bertha...
A Thankful Holiday for Callaway
Callaway Golf was indeed thankful this past Thanksgiving week as they were a dominant presence in the bags of all 4 superstar participants in The Match III and in the winner’s bag on the European Tour. Steph Curry and Phil Mickelson wheel a full bag of Callaway gear, except for one interesting choice for Lefty....
Restore Your Speed
Speed is king and distance is the great equalizer in golf. The always analytical Bryson DeChambeau thought he needed to get longer off the tee to better compete on tour. Even though he was already in the top-20 in driving distance and has 5 wins on the PGA Tour. So in the offseason he gained...
Take a Walk
Due to the pandemic and the cancellation of much travel and people’s other favorite activities, golf was deemed one of the safest things you could do. So this spring and early summer the public have been heading to the courses and golf shops in droves. We have seen an incredible influx in sales, lessons, fittings,...
The Wedge Gurus
When you think of the innovation of wedges in the game of golf, you think of two names, the Ali and Frasier of club design if you will……….you think of Bob Vokey and Roger Cleveland. Both men are an institution in golf equipment, and both men have perfected the craft of creating some of the...