Johnson: Buyer's Market

Thanks to favorable pricing and greater options, there has never been a better time to buy golf equipment

By Mike Stachura

Published Apr. 24, 2009

Keywords mike stachura | golf | golfworld | PGA Tour | bargains | equipment | callaway | taylor made | nike

Johnson: Long And Wrong

Alarmists will tell you driving distances on the PGA Tour continue to spiral out of control. Mike Stachura says the reality is distances have flattened

By Mike Stachura

Published Mar. 27, 2009

Keywords mike stachura | golf | golfworld | PGA Tour | driving distance | callaway | titleist | taylor made | alvaro quiros | tiger woods | wally uihlein

Johnson/Stachura: Taking a Stand

USGA, R&A announce groove rule, the game's first equipment rollback in 80 years. Will more moves follow?

By E. Michael Johnson By E. Michael Johnson

Published Aug. 12, 2008

Keywords pga | pga tour | golf | golf world | wedges | grooves | rules | usga | r&a | rollback | equipment

Johnson/Stachura: Taking a Stand

USGA, R&A announce groove rule, the game's first equipment rollback in 80 years. Will more moves follow?

By E. Michael Johnson By E. Michael Johnson

Published Aug. 12, 2008

Keywords pga | pga tour | golf | golf world | wedges | grooves | rules | usga | r&a | rollback | equipment

Equipment: Johnson: Groove Rollback Could Be Placed On Hold

The latest indications from PGA Tour players is that the groove rollback slated for 2010 could be delayed

By E. Michael Johnson and Mike Stachura

Published Jun. 24, 2009

Keywords e. michael johnson | golf | golfworld | PGA Tour | Mike Stachura | grooves

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Ames win with new grooves puzzling, no?

BOMB: Well, well, well, pardsy. Finally something to give me a 10-minute respite from writing copy for the Hot List issue. Stephen Ames won the Children's Miracle Classic at Walt Disney World Resort using irons...

By Mike Stachura

Published Nov. 18, 2009

Keywords Bomb & Gouge | Golf DIgest | Rosaforte | Rugge | Stephen Ames | USGA | grooves

Equipment

Equipment: Fire Away

Want to know more about what goes into the construction of our annual Hot List? Here's your chance to find out

By Mike Stachura

Published Nov. 12, 2009

Keywords golf | equipment | gear | hot list | stachura

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Hot List Summit Day 7: Friendship and fatigue

MESQUITE, Nev. -- It isn’t a buddies trip, nor is it even a golf trip in the traditional sense. When the equipment testers arrive for Golf Digest’s annual Hot List Summit, not much actual golf...

By Mike Johnson

Published Oct. 24, 2009

Keywords Hot List Summit

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Hot List Summit Day 6: Drivers and long drivers

MESQUITE, Nev. -- A half dozen or more of those competing in the ReMax World Long Drive Championship here next week were practicing on the driving range at CasaBlanca Golf Club, a timely reminder that...

By Mike Johnson

Published Oct. 23, 2009

Keywords Hot List Summit

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Hot List Summit Day 5: By the numbers

MESQUITE, Nev. -- This was a day that can best be described using numbers, starting with this one: 2,500 pounds. That is the weight of the equipment (clubs and range balls) that was shipped from...

By Mike Johnson

Published Oct. 22, 2009

Keywords Hot List Summit

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Revelation of the day

MESQUITE, Nev. -- If you haven’t been fit for your current driver or set of irons, as of now, you are in the minority. The good news? A fitting that makes a tangible performance difference...

By Mike Johnson

Published Oct. 22, 2009

Blog: Bomb & Gouge

Editor's Essay: Boxed sets?

MESQUITE, Nev. — At first glance, it was the most disturbing thing said in two days of discussions with retailers here at the Hot List Summit. In fact, it may have been the most disturbing...

By Mike Johnson

Published Oct. 22, 2009

Keywords Hot List Summit