Equipment Features

Adidas launches a women's only capsule collection in collaboration with JAY3LLE

Are these the boldest women’s golf clothes to date? Adidas collaborates with JAY3LLE for a fresh take on women’s golf fashion

Written by Sarah Pyett on Tuesday, 20 August 2024

The new women’s only collection from Adidas is designed to offer a fresh take on women’s golf attire and encourage self-expression on the golf course. Adidas makes some of the best golf clothing and best golf shoes on the market. For their first women’s only capsule collection, Adidas has partnered with fashion designer and visionary Johan Lindeberg’s JAY3LLE label that he...

Robot Golf Balls Test: Titleist Pro V1 vs Titleist Pro V1x

Pro V1 or Pro V1x? We put Titleist’s flagship golf balls head-to-head on a robot!

Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday, 23 August 2024

Wondering which Titleist Pro V1 model is best suited to your game? Here’s what the robot had to say when we pitched the tour’s most popular balls against each other. Jump To: Why do we use a robot to test golf balls? Driving Approach Short-game Final verdict In our 2024 Golf Ball Robot Test we put another 24 models through their paces, including the unequivocal No.1...

What we learned from comparing different golf ball constructions on a robot test.

Cutting to the core: The must-see data before you buy your next box of golf balls!

Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday, 5 September 2024

How important is the number of layers to golf ball performance? We robot-tested 22 models to help you decide if your money could be spent more wisely. If you are anything like me before a round, you have to ask yourself honestly if the five sad-looking, and often inherited, balls at the bottom of your bag will be sufficient to get...

What is the best premium tour-level golf ball on the market in 2024?

X-rated models uncovered: Why Titleist’s Pro V1x is no longer the hottest ball in the business

Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday, 11 September 2024

What we learned from pitching the Titleist Pro V1x against its rivals on a robot, and what it means for your game. Ok, so it might not be as raunchy as it sounded in your head, but the results from our 2024 Golf Ball Robot Test still make for a stimulating read in our opinion, offering several objective findings that continue...

We put the Toptracer and Trackman driving ranges to the test to pick the best.

Toptracer vs Trackman: Which big-name driving range is worth your time and money?

Written by Chris Jones on Monday, 16 September 2024

As new digital driving ranges open all the time, we’ve put Toptracer and Trackman to a head-to-head test to find out which is most worthy of your time and money. Like many amateur golfers, I find myself aimlessly whacking balls when I go to a normal range. I always arrive with the best intentions, to work my way through the bag,...

Stromberg launches its SS24 clothing collection

Stromberg launches SS24 clothing collection ahead of summer golf season

Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday, 26 June 2024

In need of a fresh look on the fairways this summer? Be sure to check out the new SS24 clothing collection from Stromberg – designed by golfers, for golfers. *This is an advertorial feature in association with Stromberg. Golf clothing aficionados Stromberg have launched their new Spring/Summer 24 collection, available exclusively at Europe’s largest golf retailer, American Golf. The SS24 collection is an...

Why we use a Foresight GC Quad launch monitor

Friday, 12 April 2019

More than four years ago when we pulled together plans for the original Top Gear, we had a chance meeting with Foresight Sports at their European HQ in Guildford, Surrey. At the time (2015), testing over winter in the UK was at best hit and miss. Tests were likely to be washed out by rain, blown off course by the wind...

J.Lindeberg announce clothing partnership with DP World Tour

J.Lindeberg announces multi-year clothing partnership with DP World Tour

Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday, 2 July 2024

J.Lindeberg and the DP World Tour have announced an exclusive, multi-year partnership that sees the global fashion and lifestyle brand become the Official Clothing Supplier of the DP World Tour. The partnership represents a significant expansion of J.Lindeberg’s influence in the world of golf, deepening its commitment to the sport. Founded in 1996, the renowned Swedish clothing brand bridges the...

GrooveFix’s high quality UK made golf accessories are beginning to get the recognition they deserve

Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Friday, 22 March 2024

UK manufacturer of premium golf accessories specialists This is an advertisement feature in association with GrooveFix GrooveFix use the highest grade materials and are proud of the fact that they produce all of their products here in the UK using a mix of CNC machining and hand finishing. The combination of their extensive knowledge of engineering and design with an innovative approach delivers...

Golf GameBook: Digital scorecard and social app

Golf GameBook: Experience golf like never before with the World’s No.1 social golf app

Thursday, 7 March 2024

Join the growing community of 1.5 million golfers making rounds simpler and more enjoyable with the feature-packed pocket pal. This is an advertisement feature in association with Golf GameBook. Golf GameBook recognizes how valuable your time is, which is why the social golf app has made it their mission to make your rounds more fun and more memorable than ever before. Community is...

How to choose the best type of golf irons for your game

How to choose the best golf irons for your game

Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Don’t buy new golf irons until you’ve read this guide to the key things you should be considering when choosing the right set. Many golfers take great care in selecting the perfect driver but plough on with a set of hand-me-down irons they’ve had for a decade. Considering you’re likely to hit your driver 14 times in a round, at most,...

TESTED: Which Honma forged iron suits me?

Written by Simon Daddow on Thursday, 28 November 2019

Since signing Justin Rose Honma have made big inroads into the consciousness of everyday golfers, especially those considering forged irons as their next set. But with at least six or seven choices, which forged Honma iron might suit you? And who are each of the models aimed at? Honma have a brilliant reputation for producing premium Japanese forged irons. So to help...

How to choose a new hybrid

Thursday, 25 October 2018

Never use your 4-iron? Hybrid go as far as your 5-wood? Then read this… We’ve all boomed a drive down the middle on a tough par 4, only to stroll to our ball and realise there’s 200 yards left to the flag. Fifteen years ago, we’d need to get out a 3 or 4 iron and pray the shots got airborne.

TESTED: Titleist Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP5 golf balls

Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Golf Ball Test: Titleist Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP5 When the pros teed off for the first round of The Masters, the world’s top three players – Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy – all played a TaylorMade TP5 ball – undoubtedly one of TaylorMade’s best golf balls. REVIEWED: 2021 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball It’s a position that TaylorMade has never...

Driver shafts keep getting longer - but could be making golf harder

“90% of driver shafts are too long”

Written by Rob McGarr on Monday, 22 June 2020

Is your golf driver shaft too long for you? What length is your driver shaft? For most golfers, the answer is “no idea”, “a bit longer than my 3-wood” or “not quite long enough to get me out of that bush when I’m using it to measure where I’m allowed to drop”. And why would you know or care? They’re all pretty...

Choosing the right fairway wood for your game isn't as simple as you might think.

How to choose the right fairway wood for your golf game

Written by Simon Daddow on Monday, 24 August 2020

Choosing the right fairway wood for your game is a tricky decision that most of us don’t take seriously enough. Lots of us have old fairways that have been in the bag for years. Many of us simply buy the same model fairway as our driver. But the fact Callaway, Ping and TaylorMade all have three options in their ranges tells...

Gapping: How to choose the right clubs for the top of your bag

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

There have never been more options when it comes to choosing the clubs for the top of your bag… here’s how to make sure you get it right How confident are you about how far each club goes once you get above something like a 6 or 7-iron? For lots of us, a 5-iron goes “about the same distance” as a 4-iron...

Forged irons ranked by forgiveness

Written by Simon Daddow on Monday, 15 October 2018

Forged Irons: We’ve ranked every leading model and given them a forgiveness rating Forged irons used to be the domain of decent golfers. Many players, especially those who make it to single digits, see a beautiful set of forgings as the absolute pinnacle of the game. RELATED: Tested – Best Forged Irons 2020 Why? Forged irons generally have smaller, more compact heads, while...

How to clean golf clubs – the EASY way

Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday, 6 October 2022

Knowing how to clean your golf clubs will provide optimum performance without having to spend forever scrubbing them. Dirty golf clubs don’t just look untidy, they actually have a serious impact on performance. To determine just how big a difference clean golf clubs made, we performed a thorough test on a launch monitor, pitting a clean 7-iron against the same club...

TESTED: Old vs New drivers

Written by Simon Daddow on Monday, 23 July 2018

Adam Scott rocked up to the recent Players Championship in Florida with an eight-year-old driver. That’s right, a 13-time PGA Tour winner – with over $47 million in the bank – thought his best golf driver option was a Titleist 910 D3, which launched in 2010. You could pick one up today on Golfbidder for £61. Scott hit eight of 14 fairways...