The White Putter Wins
Lately on tour, there has been a rather obvious new tint out there with respect to putters. Justin Rose has been to the victory circle not just once but twice with TaylorMade’s newest putter – the Corza Ghost. And now Paula Creamer wins her first US Open using this seemingly colour coordinated (sorry pink) mullet style white flatstick. Made us sort of curious, so we’ve pulled together the press release … TaylorMade Golf,... [Read More...]
Testing the New X-24 Hot Irons from Callaway
Spent an hour or so on the range the other day with Callaway’s new X-24 ‘Hot’ Irons. The marketing states that these are are designed to produce faster ball speeds across the clubface – translation – increased distance from each club. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing chairs over on this day so any real attempt to gauge distance was futile at best. I did bring along an 8 iron of my own for a general comparison... [Read More...]
Srixon Tees Up New TRISPEED Balls for 2010
The new TRISPEED golf ball is a premium three-piece distance ball designed for all types of golfers. The construction combines a soft mid-layer with a large and highly resilient Energetic Gradient Growth core to produce a high launch angle with low spin that results in extreme distance and great feel with any club. The larger core coupled with the 324 dimple design promotes a more penetrating ball trajectory ideal for windy conditions. The TRISPEED... [Read More...]
TaylorMade Introduces SuperFast Burner Series
New Driver Weighs in at an amazingly light 284 Grams making the newest series of Burner TaylorMade’s Lightest Driver and Fairway Woods Ever Burner - SUPERFAST Three years after unveiling Burner 07, the most successful driver in the company’s history, TaylorMade is now unveiling the next generation of the franchise, named simply Burner SuperFast. Weighing just 284 grams (14 grams less than the Burner 07 and Burner 09 drivers), Burner SuperFast... [Read More...]
TaylorMade Introduces R9 SuperTri
The folks in Carlsbad, California are following up on the success of it’s R9 technologies by introducing the R9 SuperTri driver, which finally unifies FCT (Flight Control Technology) and MWT (Movable Weight Technology) with a 460cc head, marking the ultimate unification of TaylorMade’s major driver technologies with maximum head size. Previously, the 460cc model did not incorporate MWT. The newest R9 combines Size & Techno The R9 SuperTri... [Read More...]
Callaway’s Looking for an Edge
In 2010, the Diablo family will welcome a few new additions in the form of Edge & Edge Tour. The Series will include drivers, fairway woods, irons and hybrids. Both irons are already on a few hot-lists (if you still believe in that sort of stuff) and Callaway does ‘know‘ iron techno so we’d say this is probably a product worth checking out. Availability is scheduled for mid-February. Callaway Diablo Edge Irons Callaway... [Read More...]
More Carry, Courtesy of Ping
Ping is getting the 2010 season started with 4 new carry options. Latitude, Hoofer, 4under (pictured L-R), and the Moon-Lite (image below) offer an option for every player in a multitude of colours. Latitude V2 Carry Bag A full-featured carry bag, the Latitude V2 provides golfers innovation inside and out. The internal bag frame combines with six individual dividers to improve club organization by tightening the bag body to ensure separation for... [Read More...]
TaylorMade introduces Exchangeable Face Technology (xFT)
TaylorMade Golf has introduced the TP wedge with xFT (Exchangeable Face Technology), which allows players to easily remove a worn clubface and replace it with a new one to maintain peak performance in terms of spin and control. Taylormade introduces exchangeable face technology “Though the face of a typical iron is sturdy, it isn’t impervious to wear,” said Bret Wahl, senior director of iron, wedge and putter development. “A... [Read More...]
