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Golf Equipment / Hot List 365

TaylorMade officially unveiled its new R11 irons today, a cast, progressive-sized iron that looks to combine the distance-enhancing technology of the Burner 2.0 iron (introduced last fall) with some of the player-focused looks and feel...

Monday, 8/1/2011 at 12:27PM

Posted by Mike Stachura

keywords:: Bret Wahl,; Golf,; Golf Digest,; R11 irons,; grooves

Golf Equipment / Hot List 365

Max Adler, accomplished competitive player and Golf Digest Staff Writer is embarking on his first year of golf with the new grooves. Periodically, we'll let you in on what he's learning and how the change...

Monday, 7/25/2011 at 3:00PM

Posted by Mike Stachura

keywords:: Connecticut Amateur,; Golf,; Golf Digest,; Hot List 365,; Matt Smith

Golf Tours & News / Equipment

USGA Senior Technical Director Dick Rugge has said it'll take three years to fully know the impact of modified grooves, but thus far the numbers suggest very little change

June 20, 2011

By E. Michael Johnson

keywords:: e. michael johnson,; golf,; golf digest,; golf world,; golf equipment

Golf Equipment / Hot List 365

Max Adler, accomplished competitive player and Golf Digest Staff Writer is embarking on his first year of golf with the new grooves. Periodically, we'll let you in on what he's learning and how the...

Friday, 5/20/2011 at 11:40AM

Posted by Mike Stachura

keywords:: Connecticut State Golf Association,; Golf,; Shorehaven,; U.S. Open,; golf digest

Golf Equipment / Hot List 365

It appears Taylor Fontaine thought he was doing the right thing. Instead, it ended up causing him to be disqualified from U.S. Open Local Qualifying for using a club with a nonconforming groove.Getting ready to...

Wednesday, 5/11/2011 at 12:02PM

Posted by Mike Stachura

keywords:: Rhode Island Golf Association,; Titleist,; USGA,; grooves,; local qualifying

Golf Equipment / Hot List 365

There was much consternation last year over the ability of non-elite tour players to acquire wedges and irons that conformed to the new groove rule stipulations in time to compete in certain professional events. So...

Thursday, 2/17/2011 at 4:30PM

Posted by Mike Stachura

keywords:: Golf,; Golf Digest,; Hot List,; Mike Davis,; USGA

Tours & News

Taking stock of the year with 25 noteworthy headliners of 2010

keywords:: golf,; Tiger Woods,; Ryder Cup,; grooves,; Lorena Ochoa

Golf Tours & News / Equipment

The USGA and R&A sought feedback from equipment manufacturers at a recent meeting. How they act on it is still to be determined

December 01, 2010

By E. Michael Johnson

keywords:: e. michael johnson,; golf,; golf world,; golf equipment,; PGA Tour

Golf Tours & News / Equipment

A season in, the rule demanding less-aggressive grooves for elite players has had little noticeable effect on statistics, strategy or even course setup.

November 22, 2010

By E. Michael Johnson

keywords:: e. michael johnson,; golf,; golf world,; golf equipment,; PGA Tour

Golf Equipment / Bomb & Gouge

BOMB: Although the rules fiasco that resulted in Futures Tour player Sarah Brown being DQ’d for having a wedge with a nonconforming groove (when it turns out the club was perfectly legal) was highly unfortunate,...

Friday, 7/30/2010 at 11:10AM

Posted by Mike Stachura