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  • Garmin golf expands with Approach G7 and G8 handhelds

    Tuesday 21 January 2014

    Garmin Ltd has announced the Approach G7 and G8 golf handhelds. These sleek, colour touchscreen handhelds boast more than 30,000 preloaded international courses, a rechargeable battery capable of multiple rounds, and new measurement features such as PlaysLike Distance, which shows adjusted range for uphill and downhill shots. The new Approach handhelds offer Smart Notification technology, which lets the user receive...

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    FootJoy reveals D.N.A. shoe

    Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 15 January 2014

    FootJoy has launched a brand new shoe offering a sporty look and feature-packed with industry-leading performance. D.N.A (Dryjoys Next Advancement) is a more athletic extension of the traditional DryJoys line, offering a variety of unique technologies designed to enhance comfort, traction, stability and flexibility. The low-profile design of the outsole brings golfers closer the ground. A newly-positioned cleat at the toe end...

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    Srixon launch AD333 Tour ball

    Wednesday 15 January 2014

    Srixon is hoping to build on the success of its AD333 golf ball by launching the AD333 Tour, a three-piece model aimed at golfers that want a long, softer-feeling mid-price offering. It boasts many of the features found in Srixon’s premium Tour ball, the Z-STAR, including an EGG core, Speed Dimple and Spin Skin coating. Srixon believe this ball opens up...

  • Graeme McDowell stays with ECCO

    Written by Joel Tadman on Tuesday 14 January 2014

    Danish brand ECCO has extended its endorsement deal with Graeme McDowell. He will continue to showcase the company logo on his headwear and compete in its award-winning golf shoes on the PGA and European Tours. As part of this multi-year agreement, G-Mac will also be featured in global marketing and advertising initiatives supporting the ECCO Golf Collection and appear at company functions. Currently...

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    Cleveland Golf launches new 588 driver and woods

    Written by Joel Tadman on Tuesday 14 January 2014

    Cleveland Golf has revealed a new range of 588 drivers, fairway woods and hybrids for the 2014 season. 588 Custom Driver – £279 Features a 460cc titanium head, offering the greatest combination of distance, forgiveness and accuracy in any driver Cleveland Golf has ever made. An adjustable hosel offers 12 different settings to precisely tune loft, lie and face angle – loft and...

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    Inside ECCO

    Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 13 January 2014

    The land of ECCO’s creation, Scandinavia, is famed for its innovation, style, simplicity and function. Less is certainly more, with all excesses taken away creating the perfect product. These principles have been followed by ECCO since it made its first shoe just over 50 years ago. To mark this event, ECCO opened its doors to select media at its HQ in...

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    Keep clubs dry with new golf bags from Sun Mountain

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 9 January 2014

    Sun Mountain, the market leader in premium golf bags, is launching a new range of its popular H2NO waterproof stand and cart bags with five feature-packed models designed to cope with rainy conditions throughout the 2014 season. Constructed from a super-lightweight nylon fabric with a 2000mm coating to protect golf clubs and accessories from the elements, all five bags come with an accompanying...

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    Marcel Siem signs with Wilson Staff

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 9 January 2014

    Marcel Siem has signed a multi-year agreement with Wilson Staff, the iron brand with more Major wins than any other. The charismatic German, who won his third European Tour title last March, will be playing the latest Wilson Staff FG Tour M3 irons (4-PW) and FG Tour TC wedges, as well as carrying the Wilson Staff Pro Tour bag and featuring...

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    New adidas golf shoe even lighter

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 9 January 2014

    adidas golf has revealed the visually-striking adizero one, an evolution of the original that tips the scales at only 272 grams, 10% lighter than the adizero Tour. With adizero one, adidas Golf has taken adizero footwear to a new level of light, delivering more stability than ever before in the lightest cleated performance golf shoe the company has ever created.  The...

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    Odyssey unveils new high-MOI putters

    Written by Joel Tadman on Tuesday 7 January 2014

    Odyssey, the No.1 putter on Tour, has announced the release of two larger-headed, high MOI putters.  Part of the revolutionary Versa family, the Jailbird represents the next step in high contrast visionary alignment by using Double Versa Technology to give golfers the opportunity to highlight a proper face angle at address, through the stroke and at impact. In tests, Double Versa Technology allowed over...

  • TaylorMade resurrects TP irons

    Written by Joel Tadman on Tuesday 7 January 2014

    TaylorMade has resurrected its Tour Preferred line with three new iron models – MB (£899), Tour Preferred MC (£849) and Tour Preferred CB (£749). The Tour Preferred MB (muscleback), which was played by Dustin Johnson at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, is a traditional forged iron with a compact shape, thin topline and very little offset. Minimal sole camber allows better players...

  • Matteo Manassero signs for Callaway

    Monday 6 January 2014

    European star Matteo Manassero is the latest big-name to sign for Callaway Golf. Just days after the firm revealed it has recruited Henrik Stenson, Manassero has been confirmed as playing a full bag of Callaway and Odyssey gear in 2014.   The 20-year-old from Como, Italy, has been a global golf superstar since he burst onto the scene as...

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    PING expands TR putter range

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 2 January 2014

    Following the success of the Scottsdale TR putter range on tour, the new Karsten putter line up also benefits from PING’s True Roll technology, which features variable depth grooves milled directly into the face for more consistent ball speeds on a variety of strike points.  An elastomer back-cavity insert enhances feel and sound and each putter comes in a unique, copper...

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    PING unveils Karsten hybrid/iron set

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 2 January 2014

    The largest and most forgiving irons in Ping’s range for 2014 are made of 17-4 stainless steel.  The Karsten irons are a mammoth 8.5 per cent more forgiving than the G25, down to the larger head size and perimeter weighting, making them a serious option for beginners and those with low swing speeds. The irons feature progressive length and lofts for seamless...

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    PING i25 woods and irons hit shops today

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 2 January 2014

    PING has unveiled its new i25 line up of woods and irons designed to offer distance and forgiveness consistently for all abilities of golfer – and they’re on sale today! A distinguishing characteristic of the i25 driver and fairway woods are patented racing stripes on the crown. The same width as a golf ball, the stripes offer a visual cue (consciously...

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    Ernie Els signs with Adams Golf

    Written by Joel Tadman on Thursday 2 January 2014

    Four-time major champion Ernie Els has signed a multi-year agreement with Adams Golf, the maker of the No.1 hybrid on the European and PGA Tour.  Els will use a range of the company’s products and showcase the brand’s logo on his bag and headwear. “As a player, there are many factors in something as fundamentally important as your equipment. Everything about Adams...

  • Callaway launches new balls

    Monday 23 December 2013

    Callaway has launched three new balls that match the swing speeds of different types of golfer to maximise distance and spin. Three “Speed Regime” balls – SR1, SR2 and SR3 – are designed to create optimum spin separation for longer drives without compromising on feel around the greens. Each has an rrp of £39.99 per dozen. To maximise the benefit of Speed...

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    Footjoy’s Contour Casual shoe gets an upgrade

    Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 18 December 2013

    Another big upgrade from Footjoy sees the DryJoys Casual benefit from a number of new technologies and style tweaks.  In the upper section of the shoe, Supersoft ECL (Extreme Comfort Leather) leather by Pittards is soft and breathable, offering more comfort without the use of a membrane.  The shape of the shoe sees a full rounded toe character, standard fit across the...

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    TaylorMade reveal SLDR 430

    Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 18 December 2013

    TaylorMade has revealed a 430cc version of its SLDR driver. It features a tour-inspired head that is shorter from front to back, but with the same charcoal-grey colour and details on the crown. The smaller clubhead will enhance the golfer’s ability to shape the ball off the tee.  It boasts the same technology that made SLDR the No.1 driver on Tour...

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    Odyssey’s new milled Metal-X putters

    Written by Joel Tadman on Tuesday 17 December 2013

    Odyssey’s new Metal-X putter line-up for 2014 benefits from a host of technological advancements, including a chemically milled face, stabilising bar and adjustable head weights to customise feel.  The previous Metal-X range featured a dual-layer face insert, but now oval depressions chemically milled straight into the face are said to offer a more controlled and consistent roll.  A “stabilising crossbar”, which is...

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