Mike Stachura is a Senior Editor at Equipment. He covers a diverse range of themes including sports, sports business, manufacturing, and engineering, with a particular focus on automotive and motorcycles. His work has been featured in Golf Digest ME, Golf Digest, MSN, and Yahoo Sports.
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Mike Stachura's articles predominantly focus on golf equipment, particularly new releases and technological advancements. His coverage heavily features press releases and private sector announcements, indicating that he may be most responsive to pitches offering exclusive insights or early access to information about upcoming golf products.
Given his focus on citing data, providing statistical evidence related to the performance of golf equipment could make for a compelling pitch. Additionally, industry experts with deep knowledge of the development process behind golf technology might capture Mike's attention.
While no specific geographic focus is mentioned, it's important to note that Mike’s primary audience is in the United States due to his lack of regional specifications.
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By: Mike Stachura
A look at the irons that produced the best data package of above-average ball speed and optimal landing angles for our best players
A century ago, Bobby Jones was making a backup for his legendary Jeanie Deans driver. He sorted through “5,000 pieces of first-grade hickory to find four shafts” that were close. The process was an elaborate exercise of “guess and check.”
This lineup of clubs is Hot List tester approved
By: Mike Stachura
On the surface, it seems like wedges are all variations on the same theme, that the differences aren’t necessarily immediately obvious. But if you’re looking for differences in such a precise and microscopically nuanced category, it seems a good place to start would be looking at what players who have a good short game have to say.
By: Mike Stachura
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: L.A.B. Golf's putters have made inroads in simplifying the putting stroke through its specially weighted and lie-angle balanced designs. The aim is to reduce the need for the hands to manipulate the face back to square at impact. Now, the company's new VZN.1i mallets take aim at, well, aim. With a series of alignment lines and a more parallel wing shape, the VZN.1i boosts target awareness, while adding the feel of a 303 stainless-steel insert.
By: Mike Stachura
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: L.A.B. Golf’s putters have made inroads in simplifying the putting stroke through its specially weighted and lie-angle balanced designs. The aim is to reduce the need for the hands to manipulate the face back to square at impact. Now, the company’s new VZN.1i mallets take aim at, well, aim. With a series of alignment lines and a more parallel wing shape, the VZN.1i boosts target awareness, while adding the feel of a 303 stainless-steel insert.
By: Mike Stachura
As the longest and lowest-lofted club in your bag that you still need to be able to hit off the turf, the fairway wood is the most difficult for most average golfers to launch effectively. That’s why when we pore over the data from our Hot List testing to see the fairway woods with the best launch numbers, we think there’s an eager audience of struggling average golfers looking for help. Launching the ball properly with a longer club can help you avoid a lot of potential disasters.
Shinnecock Hills is where typical U.S. Open challenge can border on unfair. The balance is elusive there for a reason
By: Mike Stachura
John Bodenhamer, the USGA’s chief championships officer, is the man who is largely tasked with setting up the course for a U.S. Open. He has been at the USGA since 2011 and before that has been setting up golf courses for various championships for four decades. He finds Shinnecock Hills to be as special a challenge to play as it is to set up. He feels both a sense of concern and excitement about the complexity of this year’s national championship, but an overriding desire to get it right, to get to the end of the week with a U.S. Open worthy of a venue he finds “perfect.” We spoke with Bodenhamer on the eve of the U.S. Open while he was on site at Riviera for the U.S. Women’s Open. Here are some of his thoughts (comments were edited and shortened selectively for clarity):
By: Mike Stachura
John Bodenhamer recognizes why the golf course presents a unique test for the USGA in its efforts to test the world's best players without humiliating them.
