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Finding Balance: Bold new weighting properties add stability to today’s putters

Bold new weighting properties add stability to today's putters that didn't exist in the past that could be a viable alternative for players transitioning away from the soon-to-be-illegal anchored putting stroke. GOLF.com Equipment RSS Feed Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on netvibes Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it

USGA Image Gallery: Prohibited & Permitted Strokes

Hope this helps:   The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA), golf’s governing bodies, have announced changes to the Rules of Golf that prohibit anchoring the club in making a stroke.   Prohibited Strokes     Permitted Strokes Golf Stuff Review Blog – Golf News – Golf Equipment Reviews Bookmark on Delicious Digg [...]

TaylorMade releases new Spider Blade putters

The club is 80 grams heavier than conventional blades because of a 130-gram grip. The multi-material, 355-gram head — stainless steel body and screws, tungsten weights, a polycarbonate sole plate, a Surlyn "Pure Roll" face, aluminum cavity badge, 3M foam dampener and TPU gaskets — shifts more mass to the heel and toe. It comes [...]

Nike offers three new sole grinds for VR Forged Wedges

From left: VR Forged Standard Grin; VR Forged Dual Narrow Grind; VR Forged Dual Wide Grind (Nike) Nike Golf has extended the VR Forged Wedge line to include three new sole grinds: Standard Grind, Dual Narrow Grind, and Dual Wide Grind (9.99).  Based on the needs of Nike Tour staffers, the three grinds are designed [...]

TaylorMade-adidas Golf responds to Sergio Garcia’s ‘fried chicken’ comment

In light of the growing controversy over Sergio Garcia's racially insensitive comments about Tiger Woods at an awards ceremony at the European tour's BMW PGA Championship, Garcia's primary equipment and apparel sponsor, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, released a statement regarding the incident: Sergio Garcia's recent comment was offensive and in no way aligns with TaylorMade-adidas Golf's values [...]

Equipment manufacturers react to USGA’s anchored putting ban

Peter Dawson of the R&A at the BMW PGA Championship on Tuesday (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Glen Nager, USGA President, took to the podium at USGA Golf House at 8am EST to announce that anchored putting strokes will be prohibited, according to the Rules of Golf, beginning January 1, 2016. Peter Dawson of the R&A reiterated [...]

PUMA announces light (and bright) new golf shoe

We learned three things about Puma's new Faas Lite line of golf shoes from the above video. They are: 1) Fashionable; 2) Flexible; and, 3) Flammable. It also looks like Rickie Fowler wears them, and they work as well riding jeweled low-rider bicycles as they do for playing golf. Luckily, the good people at PUMA [...]

Winner’s Bag: Sang-Moon Bae’s equipment at the HP Byron Nelson Championship

DRIVER: Callaway RAZR Fit (8.5°) with Graphite Design Tour AD DI6 shaft   FAIRWAY WOOD: Callaway RAZR Fit 3-wood (15°)  HYBRID: Callaway X Hot Pro (18°) UTILITY IRON: Callaway X Utility Prototype (21°) IRONS: Callaway RAZR X Muscleback (4-9) WEDGES: Callaway X Forged (48°, 52°, 60°) PUTTER: Odyssey Tour Milled #1 BALL: Callaway HEX Chrome+  (Photos: Tom Pennington/Getty [...]

Day puts TaylorMade 1-iron in his bag at the Byron Nelson

Jason Day is coming off a T9 finish at the Players Championship, but to tailor his equipment perfectly for TPC Four Seasons, host of this week's HP Byron Nelson Championship, Day is adding a new weapon to his bag — a 1-iron. Day explained the unusual decision in his pre-tournament interview on Wednesday: JASON DAY: [...]

Nike’s 2nd Generation Tiger Shoe

Following Tiger’s win at The Players Championship, Nike have launched the new TW’14 shoe.