Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 15 August 2008
Mizuno fans better start preparing for a sleepless weekend as one of the very best iron manufacturers on the planet reveals its reinvented iron line-up for 2009! From Monday August 18th you’ll be able to see the first pix and info on the new Mizuno line-up, which includes no less than FOUR new sets for both the better player and game improver...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 14 August 2008
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for – the first OFFICIAL images and info on the new Ping S57 irons! As soon as they landed in the office, TG’s senior equipment editor Sean Ramsdale was almost weeping with joy at the beauty of the Ping S57. “They are a work of art,” he exclaimed. And while Sean may have been going...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 14 August 2008
It’s only early days and the TG test team has only conducted limited testing but from what we’ve seen so far the new Ping Rapture V2 driver could well be the smash hit of 2009! That’s a bold statement to make but after handing the first Ping Rapture V2 driver off the production line to our equipment wizards the response has...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 14 August 2008
Ping have a lot of work to do to improve on the current Rapture hybrid but they reckon they’ve cracked it with the Ping Rapture V2 offering. The all-new Ping Rapture V2 hybrid is to be built in steel with a tungsten alloy sole when it is launched later this year. The tungsten sole positions the weight in the lower areas of...
Written by TG Equipment editor on Thursday 14 August 2008
Ping’s top-of-the-range irons are to be replaced for 2009 season with these – the Ping Rapture V2 irons. The new replacement Raptures have been positioned very much in the game improver category with enormous soles and top lines that make you feel like you just cannot miss with them. And when our equipment team that certainly proved to be the case. They were...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 13 August 2008
It’s the next offering from our mini-hybrid test and today is the turn of the MD Golf Superstrong EQL. It’s a big old boy of a club, and it looks like one for the game improver to us. The gear team are up at Elton Furze Golf Club in Cambridgeshire and to see how they got on with the EQL check out...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 11 August 2008
It’s the latest round of our fabulous mini hybrid test, filmed in front of a live golf course audience at Elton Furze Golf Club in Peterborough. Our boys have managed to get their hands on the TaylorMade Rescue TP. It’s aimed at the better player, so how did pro Sean and hacker Jon get on with the beast? Check out the TaylorMade...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 11 August 2008
Here’s the latest video review from TG’s mini hybrid test. This time, it’s the turn of the Fourteen UT-306 to showcase its skills. On first inspection, it’s a small son of a gun and doesn’t look the easiest to hit…but how did our boys get on with it? Check out the Fourteen UT-306 TP hybrid review below!...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Monday 11 August 2008
Here’s our newest, most up-to-date online mini test and this time it’s the turn of the hybrids to COME ON DOWN! Today, our esteemed equipment team of Sean Ramsdale and Jon Greathead have got their grubby little paws on an Adams Idea A30S Boxer hybrid, which retails at £129. Perhaps not the best-looking stick ever to work its way into one of our...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Friday 8 August 2008
Right, here are our guys back at sunny old Elton Furze in Cambridgeshire, testing the latest and greatest hybrids. Today, the boys are trying the Cleveland HiBore XLS. It retails at £120 and in the magazine test (issue 246) the amateurs found it sent the ball into orbit! Always a good thing, but how did our guys get on? Check out the Cleveland...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 8 August 2008
Looking for a fancy bit of golf luggage? Then check out this latest offering from PUMA Golf – the Puma Chrome Weekender bag. The newest addition comes in the form of the PUMA Golf Chrome Weekender bag, part of the Chrome Collection which also features apparel, footwear and other golfing accessories for both men and women. The Puma Chrome Weekender beast is strikingly...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Thursday 7 August 2008
The R&A has today announced revisions to golf’s equipment Rules, which are designed to enhance the benefits of accuracy by making playing from the rough a more challenging prospect in future. The new Rules, which relate to club face grooves, are the culmination of an extensive collaborative research project between The R&A and the United States Golf Association. This research shows...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 5 August 2008
Following on from the widespread success of the adidas TOUR 360 and the Adidas TOUR 360 II, adidas Golf has launched the latest addition to their family of shoes in the shape of the adidas TOUR 360 3.0 golf shoe. As you would expect from an adidas shoe, the adidas Tour 360 3.0 has got more technology than Bill Gates’ gaff…firstly it features...
Written by Carly Cummins at Sunningdale on Thursday 31 July 2008
Young English star Melissa Reid is enjoying playing in her first British Ladies Open as a professional this week. 21-year-old Reid only turned pro at the back end of last year but has already enjoyed two top 10 finishes so far this season. The former England Amateur champion has retained the same TaylorMade clubs she played as an amateur. TG took...
Written by TG equipment writer on Tuesday 29 July 2008
Wilson have thrown the covers off a sexy new limited edition bladed iron range called the Wilson Fg59. The expertly sculpted irons have been inspired by the Fg17 irons, widely recognized as one of the game’s most important -and beautiful- irons ever produced and they’ve been launched to commemorate the 59 Major Championships earned with Wilson irons, the most by any brand...
Written by TG equipment writer on Tuesday 29 July 2008
Cobra Speed LD F fairway Wood video review We all know Cobra make fantastic clubs, and the latest addition to the family – the Cobra Speed LD F fairway wood – is no different. The Cobra Speed LD F Fairway Wood is a slick-looking club, designed to give higher launch and more forgiveness to the golfer looking for the Holy Grail that is CONSISTENCY! To be honest,...
Written by Equipment Editor on Monday 28 July 2008
What a beautiful Monday it is, and it’s about to get even better. Here’s our latest wedge video with resident Equipment Team Sean Ramsdale and Jon Greathead. The guys are using a Fourteen MT28 V3 wedge so check out what they though of it! There’s also a memorable moment for Sean during the clip…it was the first time since 1997 that he’s...
Written by Equipment Editor on Friday 25 July 2008
This week we bring you the third club in our wedge test 2008: the Nike SV Tour in black satin and forged chrome. Scroll down to watch our golf equipment testers Sean Ramsdale and Jon Greathead as they test the Nike SV Tour wedge and give their views as part of the test. So how will the Nike SV Tour wedge fair? Find out...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 24 July 2008
While the wind and rain battered Royal Birkdale at last week’s Open Championship, there was at least one beneficiary of the awful conditions. ProQuip, official supplier of rain suits to the European Ryder Cup Team for 2008 and 2010, recorded a virtual sell-out at the Open with fans keen to avoid getting drenched during the penultimate Major of the year. Richard Head, managing...
Written by TG Equipment Writer on Monday 21 July 2008
At the 137th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, FootJoy continued its reign as the #1 Shoe worn by players in The Open with an impressive total of 91 players, including seven of the top ten and ties! This represents almost 60% of the entire field and was triple that of the next competitor. Not only that, but they also lead the way...