Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 25 January 2021
Two years in the making, adidas say their new ZG21 shoe is up to 20 per cent lighter than brand’s previous spiked shoes and ‘launches a new category of golf footwear’. The ZG21 spiked shoe is the result of adidas’ tour pros and amateur golfers telling the brand they wanted a high-performance spiked shoe that was lightweight and extremely comfortable. RELATED: Best Spiked...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 25 January 2021
Mizuno’s new ST-X and ST-Z drivers are the culmination of the Japanese company’s three-year, rapid-fire development project. The follow-up to the ST190 and ST200, Mizuno’s first drivers widely played on tour, the ST-Z and ST-X use Mizuno’s second-generation SAT2041 Beta Ti face and complex carbon construction, designed to to deliver fast ball speeds and a dense, satisfying sensation at impact. RELATED: Tested – Best...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 25 January 2021
Honma target slow swing speed golfers with new ‘Gain Speed’ range of drivers, fairway woods, irons and hybrids. Japanese golf brand Honma has released a new range of game improvement clubs aimed at golfers with slower swings looking to increase ball speed and distance. The Honma T//World GS range sits alongside the Honma T//World TR (Tour Release) range, which is aimed at...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 22 January 2021
Wilson Staff D9 driver, fairway wood, hybrid and iron are designed to deliver golfers distance, performance and control… and it’s all thanks to incredible computing power. Wilson Golf CEO Tim Clarke set his team a challenge for the new D9 range… build us a driver that gets in play on Tour in 2021. TESTED: Best Drivers 2021 Wilson Golf’s D family has been built...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 21 January 2021
A new dimple pattern, a higher, more consistent flight and more short game spin… the 2021 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x balls are here. When it comes to refreshing the No.1 ball in golf, Titleist don’t take it lightly. Two years of development and months of tour seeding have taken place before revealing the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 21 January 2021
New high energy core helps make Callaway’s 2021 ERC Soft golf ball the brand’s longest soft golf ball. The 2021 Callaway ERC Soft golf ball builds on the game-changing original. Launched in 2019 was the first to feature Triple Track alignment lines, now on the Chrome Soft, and we rated it as the best ball for amateurs in our robot balls...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 19 January 2021
What happens when you take something brilliant and make it even better? The TaylorMade SIM2. The TaylorMade SIM range launched at the beginning of 2020 and went on to achieve considerable success around the golfing globe. RELATED: Best Drivers 2021 It performed superbly in our 2020 Drivers Test, was hugely popular with amateur golfers of all handicaps, and the drivers and woods made it...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 15 January 2021
The new range of Callaway Epic drivers includes Callaway’s fastest driver ever, and their most forgiving. The foundation of every Callaway driver launched since 2016 was a chance discovery. RELATED: Tested – Best Drivers Callaway engineers were looking for a way to secure a ‘Gravity Core’ weight in the Great Big Bertha Alpha they were designing, which would mean the driver’s centre of gravity could be adjusted...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 14 January 2021
Odyssey White Hot OG putters bring back one of golf’s most popular face inserts in six different head shapes for 2021. “Legendary then, iconic now,” is how Odyssey are promoting their new line of White Hot OG putters, two decades after the famous face and renowned 2-Ball putters first found fame. FULL REVIEW: Odyssey White Hot OG Putters There have been dozens of...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 12 January 2021
Five Callaway Apex 21 irons and two Apex hybrids revealed as brand makes hugely popular family accessible to all golfers for 2021. Just days after announcing the signing of golf’s World No.2 Jon Rahm, Callaway have revealed another impressive line-up with their new tech-packed Apex 21 irons and hybrids, featuring new A.I-designed faces and Jailbreak A.I. Velocity blades. RELATED: Callaway’s 2021 Epic woods revealed...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 11 January 2021
Ping G425 drivers, fairway woods, hybrid, crossover and irons revealed for 2021. Chances are you’ll already have caught sight of some of the new Ping G425 range as it enjoyed a fast start to life on the world’s professional golf tours. Long-time Ping staffer Lee Westwood captured the European Tour’s Race to Dubai in December using the new G425 LST driver, G425...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 8 January 2021
Scottsdale Golf are revolutionising the way custom-fitted clubs are purchased with the opening of a high-tech fitting centre. We might not all be able to hit it like a Tour pro, but we can now at least be treated like one. Scottsdale Golf have just opened a new Performance & Build centre on the outskirts of Warrington, bringing a level of club-fitting...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 7 January 2021
PXG unveil ‘affordable’ and versatile 0211 driver, fairway wood, hybrid and irons for 2021. There can be no doubt that PXG make incredible golf clubs but they’ve always come with a premium price tag… until now. RELATED: Our biggest ever balls test on PXG’s robot… While affordable isn’t a word used very often by billionaire PXG owner Bob Parsons, it’s exactly what he...