I've never done this before. I've never taken a new club straight to the course, teed up a ball, and, within two holes, decided to keep it in my bag, replacing a tried and true stick. Now, before I go any further, I will confess that I cannot yet n… more »

After ascending to 490th place overall in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Golf, I've plummeted precipitously over the past few weeks. Today, however, delivered a devastating gut-shot. Stewart Cink, my last remaining semi-big-name, was DQed yesterday from the Z… more »

Let me share a terrifying recurring dream I have: I'm on the road, golf bag on my shoulder, but I don't know where the course is. I ask the strangers walking past, but they look at me as if I were speaking Japanese. Lots of head-scratching and should… more »

As a golf equipment junky, my favorite part about covering professional golf events is being able to sidle up to the caddies waiting alongside rows of golf bags and chat about the sticks the pros are using. So what could be better than that? Actually… more »

To answer the question posed in the title, let me get my cards on the table right now. For the vast majority of golfers, it's a gimmick. Take for example, TaylorMade's Tour Van in a Box. For $999 (because companies think consumers are incapable of… more »

A couple weeks ago, I reported on a flap between OGIO, Sun Mountain, and Burton. It seems that OGIO had discovered that some of its most popular bag names were being used by the other companies. After a little digging it became apparent that Sun Mountain… more »

LPGA fans can now track future stars of that tour -- like world number one-ranked Futures alumna Lorena Ochoa -- on the shiny new Duramed Futures Tour website. The website features comprehensive player profiles, and, for true Futures Tour fans, playe… more »

When you help design a set of clubs, and put your initials on them, you'd better play them. And more importantly, you'd better win. Just ask Fuzzy Zoeller. On February 24, Fuzzy used his brand spankin' new PowerBilt FZ1 driver and irons to over… more »

From the press release of the American Society of Golf Course Architects: "Theodore (Ted) G. Robinson, a Past President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, died Sunday March 2, 2008 at his home in Laguna Beach, California after a 10 mon… more »

Last week, it wasn't just at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship where newer equipment companies were on parade. Brian Gay, winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun in Mexico played a Tour Edge Exotics fairway wood (CB2 #3) to… more »

Something just occurred to me as I tuned into the WGC Accenture World Match Play Championship quarterfinals. Where are the traditional equipment giants, like Titleist and TaylorMade? The quarterfinals feature three Nike (Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink… more »

This is my favorite time of year, which is odd, really, considering I'm a snowed-in golf fanatic who is jonesing for a round so badly that Britney Spears called me the other day to tell me she was worried about my state of mind. However, as Equipment… more »

Do you think you've come up with the next hot driver? The next infallible putter? The next GPS-guided, rolling travel bag that serves as both a swing coach and inflatable "travel companion?" Congratulations! But before you run off to open a new ban… more »

Last year, I related rather disturbing story about my first encounter with the then-new SQ SUMO2 driver. That was the big square-headed, loud-as-a-car-wreck driver just released by Nike. That blog announced the 2007 "Nike SUMO Saturday." In case y… more »

Two words: Anna Rawson.Australian model, golfer, and now conditional-status LPGA Tour player, thanks to her Q-school performance this past Sunday.But, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.So let's see about 5,000-words worth, shal… more »