Thursday 9 May 2019
Best Player Irons 2019: We bring you the best irons of 2019 – tried and tested as part of our biggest ever golf club equipment guide, Top Gear. In our biggest ever equipment test we reviewed hundreds of golf clubs, and for us there were five stand out performers, Mizuno MP-18 SC, Srixon Z 785, Callaway Apex Pro 19, Ping i210 and the...
Thursday 25 April 2019
The longest irons of 2019 If it’s distance you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place. Callaway’s Rogue X, Ping’s G700 and Wilson’s D7 came out on top for distance when we tested every 2019 iron (see our verdicts below), with the Rogue X besting second place by an impressive 12 yards. After the top three, we’ve listed the rest of the...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Golf Ball Test: Titleist Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP5 When the pros teed off for the first round of The Masters, the world’s top three players – Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy – all played a TaylorMade TP5 ball – undoubtedly one of TaylorMade’s best golf balls. REVIEWED: 2021 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball It’s a position that TaylorMade has never...
Friday 12 April 2019
More than four years ago when we pulled together plans for the original Top Gear, we had a chance meeting with Foresight Sports at their European HQ in Guildford, Surrey. At the time (2015), testing over winter in the UK was at best hit and miss. Tests were likely to be washed out by rain, blown off course by the wind...
Thursday 28 March 2019
Which Cobra irons should I buy? Your guide to each iron in Cobra’s line-up, and who they are aimed at Most major brands have five, six or even seven irons in their 2019 line-ups, which shows the importance of having solutions for all golfers, irrespective of ability or personal preference. Choices range from slimline musclebacks to hollow heads...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
The 2018/19 season is well underway, so we decided to see which golf ball brand has picked up the most victories and pocketed the most money on the PGA Tour so far this year. In our first table, find out how many wins and how much money each brand has totalled this season. In the second table, find out who used which...
Thursday 14 March 2019
We’ve proven how well mail order balls perform. Now four regular golfers test Pearl’s two premium models Last year we put the best tour-level mail order golf balls up against the game’s top-selling ball. At the time we had no idea how good internet-only balls could be. Not only in terms of data, but feel, feedback and spin, too. With the Pearl...
Monday 4 March 2019
For the 2018/19 find out which putter model picked up the most victories and pocketed the most money on the PGA Tour. In our first table, find out how many wins and how much money each putter has totalled this season. In the second table, find out who used which putter to win. TaylorMade’s Spider X Putter led the way with 5...
Monday 4 March 2019
For the 2018/19 season find out which iron models picked up the most victories and pocketed the most money on the PGA Tour. In our first table, find out how many wins and how much money each set of irons have totalled this season. In the second table, find out who used which irons to win. TaylorMade’s P730’s led the way with...
Monday 4 March 2019
For the 2018/19 season, find out which driver model had the most victories and pocketed the most money on the PGA Tour. In our first table, find out how many wins and how much money each driver has totalled this season. In the second table, find out who used which driver to win. TaylorMade’s M5 driver led the way with 10 victories...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
From Golf Pride to Lamkin and Superstroke, the top 10 golf grips on the market Golf pride Tour Velvet 360 – from £6 www.golfpride.com | Weight: 50g (Tour Velvet standard is 45g) | Colours: Black | Sizes: Standard (Tour Velvet is available in Standard, Midsize, Jumbo and Junior) Our verdict: The most popular grip in golf and favoured by more tour players than any...
Monday 21 January 2019
Driver Test: We put four of the latest drivers up against each other Ping just launched their brand new G410 Plus driver on Monday, so we decided to put it up against the other two big releases from Callaway and TaylorMade in 2019 and the Cobra F9. Find out which performs the best in the video below!...
Written by Simon Daddow on Thursday 10 January 2019
Speed is the most heavily researched area of driver design right now. The idea is simple – by improving aerodynamics, you swing at the same speed but the clubhead travels quicker, equalling more yards. Some brands claim aerodynamics and drag reduction can improve clubhead speed by 2.5mph, whereas others say gains are closer to 1.5mph. But what you have to realise...
Friday 7 December 2018
When we put the best mail order tour level balls up against the game’s top-selling ball (the Titleist Pro V1) in the summer, we had no idea how good they were going to be. Not only in terms of data, but feel, too. With the Snell MTB Black and Red models performing so well in our test – and because they’re available...
Written by Simon Daddow on Saturday 1 December 2018
TWIN TEST: TaylorMade HI-TOE vs Ping Glide Forged wedges More than ever, the one-off clubs and prototypes afforded to the world’s best players now make it onto the shelf of your local pro shop. Callaway and Phil Mickelson started the trend when they introduced the highly specialised PM Grind wedges and “Phrankenwood” (remember the fairway driver?). TaylorMade then knocked a home run...
Friday 30 November 2018
Is a 7-iron still a 7-iron when it has the loft of a 5-iron? Before launch monitors appeared on the scene, iron lofts barely got a look-in when it came to designing, making and marketing the best golf irons. It was pretty much a given that a 7-iron was… well, just a 7-iron. But since launch monitors gave golfers and club...
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Aiming at the hole and setting up correctly ultimately leads to more holed putts. PGA Tour star Danny Lee would agree. His sponsors Odyssey say that if he holed just one more putt a week, he’d have earned an extra $500,000! To address the issue, and help you set up and align correctly more often, Odyssey designed the new Red Ball...
Written by Simon Daddow on Friday 9 November 2018
Tiger Woods’ Driver Test: 2004 Nike Ignite Driver vs 2018 TaylorMade M3 Tiger Woods’ comeback win at the Tour Championship capped many firsts. His first win since 2013; first win since back-fusion surgery; first win with a Bridgestone ball; and it was his first win with a TaylorMade driver. His last victory (in fact, all his wins since 2002) came with Nike...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Head to head: Callaway Chrome Soft vs Titleist AVX golf balls Soft, low-compression golf balls are trending up. Fact. And since Callaway introduced the original Chrome Soft in 2014, they’ve bagged a decent-sized chunk of the premium golf ball market – and ignited a completely new sector in low-compression balls. To counter this, Titleist launched the AVX earlier this year. It’s...
Thursday 25 October 2018
Never use your 4-iron? Hybrid go as far as your 5-wood? Then read this… We’ve all boomed a drive down the middle on a tough par 4, only to stroll to our ball and realise there’s 200 yards left to the flag. Fifteen years ago, we’d need to get out a 3 or 4 iron and pray the shots got airborne.