Written by TG Equipment editor on Tuesday 16 October 2007
It has the loft of a seven iron and yet it is designed by one of the world’s best putter makers to help you hole more putts. So what the hell are Odyssey playing at? Apparantly the Odyssey Marxman X-Act is a ‘putter wedge’ that has been designed to help eliminate the chipping yips by supplying the poor chipper with a weapon...
Written by TG Equipment editor on Monday 15 October 2007
Big brand irons not good enough for you? Itching to stick a set of limited edition, hand crafted clubs into your bag? Then look no further. You may not of heard of Vega Golf but for a few golf equipment connoisseurs the Japanese club craftsmen make the best irons on the planet – bar none. Apparantly their club makers honed their skills from...
Written by TG Equipment editor on Tuesday 9 October 2007
Would you pay almost £700 for a putter? Probably not unless you’re a Russion Oligarch or Arab sheik but that is exactly what golf company Kramski are now offering the more discerning golfer. The putter experts have introduced three new putters into its range for 2008 – the priciest of which comes in at over £680. Kramski HPP 340 The HPP 340 costs £681 and...
Written by TG Staffwriter on Friday 5 October 2007
Nike Golf today introduces the revolutionary new Nike iC Putters, a feat of optical engineering and club design that is set to take golf by storm. By using optical engineering to tune the colour, shape and contrast of the entire club, the visual footprint of the club head and shaft is reduced according to Nike. This dramatically emphasises the alignment aid,...
Written by Harriet Linton, TG Writer on Friday 5 October 2007
To go with the new Majesty Prestigio, Vanquish and Royal-VQ ranges of golf clubs, Maruman have launched a range of cart bags, shoes, gloves, iron covers, head covers and golf balls. Made with a mix of synthetic leather and cowskin and available in black, white, navy, silver and brown, the Majesty Cart Bags are made and finished exquisitely to the standard to...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 3 October 2007
Mizuno has announced their expansion on the Bettinardi putter line with the introduction of the Black Carbon Series. This new series is precision milled from one piece of pure carbon steel and the innovative Feel Impact Technology Face (F.I.T. Face) reduces the putter’s contact with the ball by 70%, creating a more solid feel to each putt. Robert J Bettinardi commented: ‘I like to...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 3 October 2007
If you’re fed up of pulling the same old-fashioned golf trolley around your golf course then take a look at this fancy new toy. It’s called the Scorpion and is an ingeniously-designed three-wheeled trolley, that is shaped for easy manoeuvrability and simple storage. Clever design features include a ball and tee holder, drink holder, bracket to hold your bag securely in place and a large...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 25 September 2007
King Cobra L4V driver Retail: £296 Lofts: 9°, 10°, 10.5°, 12° Contact: 01480 301114 www.cobragolf.co.uk With restrictions governing dimension, designers are scrambling to make sure their designs hit the limits in the four most important areas. Head size, COR, 5”x 5” head dimensions and the maximum allowable 5900g/cm2 moi are all vitally important to how a driver performs and King Cobra’s...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 25 September 2007
HiPPO uses radical HEX design in new fairway and rescue woods. Hippo HEX fairway woods Retail: £59.99 Hippo HEX rescue woods Retail: £49.99 HiPPO has just launched these HEX fairway and rescue woods. Following on from the HEX driver, the new clubs share the same design characteristics and features. The HEX woods feature a unique hexagonal shape that allows optimum weight...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 25 September 2007
Mizuno MP-57 irons Retail: £599 Contact: 0118 936 2100 www.mizuno.eu Mizuno’s history for producing super sexy forged irons, such as the new Mizuno MP57, is a long and rich one. If you’ve dreamt of owning a set but always had a niggling doubt in your mind that you might not be quite good enough to use them effectively, then you’ll be...
Written by Simon Daddow on Sunday 23 September 2007
These are the latest designs from legendary clubmaker Scotty Cameron – Titleist’s new Red X3 and Red X5 putters. The mallets, which replace the original Red X and Red X2 in the Titleist putter line, feature refined shapes and profiles with a new glare-resistant Charcoal Mist finish for unmatched looks and feel. Both Red X models are milled from 303 Stainless Steel...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 20 September 2007
Today’s Golfer’s golf equipment guru sent us this blog directly from Ping’s official Ping G10 launch. Here’s what he thinks of the new G10 range… What’s it like to hit… July and August are two months always rammed full of hype. Ping are the only company who launch new golf equipment mid-season, so when the new designs start to filter out to...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 10 September 2007
TaylorMade has unveiled the new Burner Draw driver. In a press release today, the company said: “Incorporating two of the most effective performance technologies that the company has ever developed – SuperFast Technology and Draw-Weighted Technology delivers more clubhead speed, more ball speed and more draw-promoting capabilities than any driver TaylorMade has ever created. “SuperFast Technology unites an extremely light 50-gram RE*AX® graphite...
Written by TG Staffwriter on Thursday 6 September 2007
TaylorMade r7 CGB Max driver RRP: £329 Shafts: RE*AX SF 45 Specs: 9.5, 10.5, HT Launch date: Later this year TaylorMade is preparing to rewrite the rules of golf club forgiveness later this year with the launch of the TaylorMade r7 CGB Max driver, Todays Golfer can exclusively reveal. The Adidas-owned golf brand has been at the forefront of golf club technology...
Written by TG staffwriter on Monday 3 September 2007
Wilson Staff Spine driver 01294 316270, www.wilsonstaff.com Lofts: 9°, 10.5°, 12° Shaft: UST V2 HMoi (65g) Wilson Staff have spent months working on their new super high moi Wilson Staff Spine driver, named after its spine like backbone. It started life as a heel scoop driver (a little like Cleveland’s HiBore) but Wilson engineers soon realised something more radical was called...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 23 August 2007
One of the most significant antique golf club collections on earth will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York this September. The Jeffery B. Ellis golf club collection, with nearly 800 golf clubs, including some dating to the 1600s, can be seen at a public exhibition Sept. 20-26. In the photo above (left to right): A prize putter with carved decoration,...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Friday 17 August 2007
Today’s Golfer is today kick-starting its massive Ping G10 launch special as Ping unveils its new G10 range of irons, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. We’ll be there first to bring you a host of behind-the-scenes detail including interviews with the designers, an exclusive first test of the clubs in action and videos getting up close and personal with the whole Ping G10...
Tuesday 14 August 2007
Sweden’s Johan Edfors will do everything but blend into his environment when he sports PUMA’s new special edition Camouflage Concorde GTX golf shoe, and a matching military cap. Along with his mean swing and Swedish good looks, Edfors continues to bring a refreshing, keen sense of street style to the course – one that he and PUMA are becoming known for. These...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 14 August 2007
The launch of the new Ping G10 is big news in golf and to ensure that you get all the information you need we flew out to Ping’s headquarters in Phoenix to follow the first Ping G10 off the production line. Check out the gallery below to see all our behind the scenes images… Today’s Golfer has the best contacts in...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 9 August 2007
As Ping launch the new Ping G10 this week Today’s Golfer has raided its archives to bring you back up to speed on what we said about its award-winning predecessor the Ping G5 range. Since launching in 2005 the Ping G5 has gone on to become one of the most popular golf club ranges in history, so the Ping G10...