Jonathan Wall

There is an assumed trade-off with players irons that golfers sacrifice distance for workability, but robot testing shows the results are more nuanced

What you need to know about a new crop of TaylorMade putters

Once considered a niche product, players-distance irons have exploded in popularity in the last decade. The selling point? Get more yardage out of, say, a 7-iron by sneaking technology into a head profile that resembles something a better player would carry.

TaylorMade just extended the alignment graphics on its TP5 and TP5x balls. from GolfDigest

How important is driver descent angle? From Golf Digest's robot testing, the answer is that the floor becomes a cliff at 30 degrees

The Golf Laboratories swing robot tested three generations of drivers for mishits, and depending on your game, there are clear favorites to help you get better results

On a quiet afternoon at the Houston Open, three pros in the field posted ball-speed numbers on the range with a Titleist prototype driver that almost sounded too good to be true. Positioned behind Jeff Kang, Charley Hoffman, and Michael Brennan, I listened intently as they reported ball-speed gains of 1-3 mph with GTS. Kang even confirmed the increases were closer to 4-5 mph when he started warming up.

For decades, the game-improvement iron category has offered golfers the equivalent of a bowling lane with bumpers. Whether you're new to the game or simply don't have enough time to groove your swing, it's always nice to know the mishit protection is generous and you'll see plenty of distance, regardless of impact location.

The super-game-improvement is the purest expression of what the game-improvement category was built to be. Oversized heads, generous soles, deep low centers of gravity and faces engineered to keep the ball on target. This recipe is for golfers who are learning the game and/or need help achieving playable impact.

Titleist built the GT280 mini driver to split the difference between a driver and 3-wood—and it worked well enough that Justin Thomas and Cameron Young started asking for more. Not more performance off the turf, but more forgiveness without sacrificing what made the mini useful in the first place.