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Mike Stachura

Mike Stachura has been on the staff of Golf Digest since 1992, or before there was an Internet. His primary responsibilities center on equipment, golf technology and the business of golf. He also occasionally spends an inordinate amount of time researching a big-data prediction of the winner of each of the year’s major championships. It never comes close to coming true.

Play Your Best

Inside the next generation of irons

Odyssey Stroke Lab Black

Odyssey extends Stroke Lab lineup to add consistency to your mishits along with consistency in your putting stroke

Soft Feel Brite

Srixon Soft Feel Brite: Low compression and new colors taps into surging trends that reflect as much as 78 percent of serious golfers

Titleist EXP•01

Titleist EXP·01: You're not just buying a ball, you're participating in a consumer research project

Equipment

Report: Five players have drivers fail PGA Tour's new testing protocol at Safeway Open

Titleist TruFeel

Titleist TruFeel makes case that distance and soft feel aren't mutually exclusive in a two-piece, low-compression ball

Golf Equipment

Costco’s latest version of its budgeted golf ball flopped, but the company tried to make good

New Products

Arccos partners with gripmaker SuperStroke to release the company's latest product

Magazine

How the business of making golf balls saved four small American towns

By Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson

Majesty Royale

Majesty Royale clubs sound pricey—they are—but they're pretty techy, too

Equipment

Four new drivers and five new wedges to score lower this fall

Honma XP-1

Honma XP-1 family of woods and irons target game-improvement golfers, but already have caught the eye of former No. 1 Justin Rose

Cleveland Launcher HB Turbo

Cleveland Launcher family aims to improve all those missed greens with two new irons and a hybrid all focused on forgiveness

Bettinardi Limited Run

Bettinardi Queen B 8 Slant putter adds tour-inspired neck to company's wide-body blade, but there's only 300 available

Callaway JAWS MD5

Callaway JAWS MD5 wedge design shows 'a little bit of upsetting the apple cart' when it comes to grooves and spin

Cleveland Launcher HB Turbo

Cleveland Launcher HB Turbo woods fueled by driver's simple—but not simplistic—approach to distance and accuracy for more average golfers

Cleveland Frontline Putters

Cleveland Frontline putters change how you think forgiveness works

New Pro V1x

The new Pro V1x you won't see on store shelves this fall—but you can still buy

N.S. Pro 950GH Neo

Nippon N.S. Pro 950GH Neo marks 20th anniversary of the original with updated design

Golf Pride Pro Only

Golf Pride Pro Only offers update, expansion on classic rubber putter grips