Mizuno Golf Releases ES21 Wedges with Perfectly Centered Sweet Spot

Mizuno, founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, has long held an enviable industry and tour-wide reputation for crafting the very finest wedges in the game, offering golfers the ultimate blend of looks, feel, control and consistency around the green and on shorter approach shots. 

For 2020, Mizuno has unveiled the ES21 range of wedges, engineered to help players generate the consistent spin rates needed for a more effective short game. 

Mizuno Golf Unveils New JPX 921 Iron Series

Mizuno, founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, has long held an enviable industry and tour-wide reputation for crafting the very finest irons in the game, offering golfers the ultimate blend of looks, feel and workability. 

 

The JPX Series irons led a resurgence for Mizuno, starting with the JPX 900 Tour and more recently the JPX 919 Tour, residing in the bag of the back-to-back 2017/2018 US Open and 2018/2019 PGA champion. Now Mizuno has unveiled the next evolution of JPX – the JPX 921 Series, a highly engineered family of irons that has been developed alongside Mizuno's comprehensive custom-fitting program to deliver exceptional performance and help all golfers get the very most from their games. 

Titleist Introduces the New Tour Speed Golf Ball

Following years of rigorous product development, the introduction of the new Titleist Tour Speed – a high performance, multilayer golf ball with a proprietary thermoplastic urethane cover – provides golfers with the fastest, best performing golf ball in its category. Proven through extensive testing with amateur players, the breakthrough performance of Tour Speed is further enhanced by the superior quality and consistency of Titleist’s precision manufacturing process. 

 

Available in U.S. golf shops beginning Aug. 7 at a retail price of $39.99. Tour Speed offers a distinct and compelling performance option in the Titleist golf ball family through its innovative three-piece design, delivering a unique combination of exceptional distance in the long game and precise short game scoring control. 

Duca del Cosma Signs Swedish Tour Player to Wear Latest Shoes

Leading Italian golf fashion brand Duca del Cosma has added Swedish Symetra Tour rookie Michaela Finn to the growing portfolio of professional players wearing its distinctive shoes. Working hard to fulfill her ambition of playing on the LPGA Tour, Michaela is set to compete in the Symetra Tour’s return event in Michigan later this month wearing her favorite Duca del Cosma shoes. 

 

“I'm looking forward to being back out on the Symetra Tour turning heads with my footwear and my game," said Michaela. "Duca del Cosma shoes are very comfortable and I love how the design is so thought through - every detail is there for a reason and just completes the look. 

Srixon Introduces the Second-Generation Soft Feel BRITE Golf Balls

SRIXON®, a global leader in golf ball technology and innovation, has announced the launch of the second-generation Soft Feel BRITE. The Srixon Soft Feel BRITE golf balls are available in BRITE Orange™, BRITE Red™, and BRITE Green™ and are now available in North America. 

 

“Soft Feel BRITE delivers all the benefits of the Soft Feel golf ball with additional matte color offerings,” said Brian Schielke, Marketing Director at Srixon. “With the addition of the FastLayer Core, Soft Feel BRITE provides the total package of enhanced distance, feel and visibility.” 

PUMA Unveils Player Scripts for the 2020 PGA Championship

Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau and Gary Woodland will be rocking pieces from PUMA Golf’s newest collection of apparel, footwear and accessories as they tee it up at San Francisco’s TPC Harding Park, for the first major of the year thanks to the revised schedule, the PGA Championship. 

 

Fittingly, throughout the week, each of them will wear pieces from the Love/Haight Collection that PUMA recently launched. The colorful assortment celebrates the nostalgia of Tie Dye, inspired by the iconic Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, the heart of free-spirited bohemian culture, and the unofficial birthplace of tie dye. The Collection features unique, hand-tie-dyed polos, sweater, shoes and caps. 

Tour Edge Sets New Record for Clubs on PGA Tour with Over 40 Exotics in Play

Tour Edge set a new personal best for the number of clubs in play in a PGA Tour event last week at the Ally Challenge on the PGA Tour Champions with 41 total Exotics clubs in play. 

 

The previous mark of 29 clubs in play was set at the 2020 Hoag Classic, the last event played before the PGA Tour Champions had to pause their season. 

Peter Millar to Showcase New Fall 2020 Line-up at PGA Championship

Peter Millar is excited to kick off the 2020 major championship season and will showcase their new fall 2020 product at the PGA Championship this week. 

 

In total, eight of the competitors will wear Peter Millar on the course for the 2020 PGA Championship: Kevin Kisner, Chez Reavie, Brandt Snedeker, Branden Grace, Robert MacIntyre, Michael Thompson, Harris English and Ken Tanigawa. Below are a few highlights of new products and features that Team PM will wear next week. 

2020 Play With Pete Invitational at Inverness Club

Play with Pete Invitational has become one of my favorite things of the entire year.  Two years ago I invited strangers from social media to join me for the inaugural Play with Pete at Oakland Hills Country Club, South.  Last year I received more than 1,000 messages on twitter, Instagram, and emails to join me for Play with Pete at Kiawah Island, The Ocean Course. 

 

And next month Play with Pete is staying right here in my own state, at the historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.  Host of four U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships, Inverness Club is the only course to ever host the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Senior Open, and U.S. Junior Amateur. 

FootJoy Tour X Golf Shoes Review

The new FootJoy Tour X deliver astounding stability with the greatest comfort I’ve ever felt in any FJ spiked shoes. 

 

‪The Tour X outsole is wider than the Tour S, so you have more contact with a wider ground surface area (particularly in the heel).  These give you a very strong sense of your feet being stabilized, even on monster swings.‬ 

Vokey WedgeWorks Adds Tour-Proven T Grind – A Favorite of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas

Master Craftsman Bob Vokey’s long-trusted T Grind – an original Vokey grind still in the bags of many tour players including Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas – is now available through WedgeWorks. 

 

Inspired by Vokey’s work with one of the game’s all-time best wedge players, the T Grind was designed for great hands and a vivid short-game imagination. Available in 58º and 60º lofts, it is ideal for a shallow angle of attack in firm conditions, with low bounce and a narrow crescent surface. Compared to Vokey’s L grind, it has a wider back flange which allows for lower measured bounce. 

Limited Edition Adidas CODECHAOS Unites Golfers with All Athletes Preparing for Tokyo in 2021

One year from now, thousands of the world’s best athletes – including 120 golfers – will finally be in Tokyo to get their chance at competing for a coveted spot on the podium. That means they have one more year to stay ready with the mindset to keep putting in one more workout, one more lap, one more rep, or even one more bucket of balls. 

 

Adidas is commemorating this moment by uniting athletes and fans everywhere through a special capsule –the TOKYO Collection – made up of 41 footwear silhouettes across 19 sports, all purposefully designed in a signal pink colorway meant to connect athletes without words. 

USGA Receives World’s Largest Collection of Golf-Themed Comic Books

The USGA Golf Museum has expanded its world-leading golf library and artifact collection thanks to a recent donation of more than 560 golf-themed comic books. The continued effort to preserve the stories and images of how golf has been played and portrayed through time is part of the association’s mission to champion and advance the game. 

 

The collection, which is the most significant of its kind in the world, contains comics dating to the 1930s that feature golf on the cover. A selection of the covers has been digitized and can be found on usga.org.dennis.png. 

Steph Curry and Under Armour Pre-Release Styles From Upcoming Range Unlimited Golf Collection

Stephen’s love for the sport of golf is no secret. You might have caught him chipping balls in the backyard over the past few weeks, or when he partnered with Howard University to launch their first Division I Golf Program last summer, or last fall when he released the first UA Range Unlimited Collection with Under Armour. 

 

One event that has become a tradition for Stephen is the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Calif. While the tournament will be closed to spectators this year, Stephen is still bringing his signature style to the course with a pre-release of his newest pieces from the UA Range Unlimited Collection. 

NGF Update: Golf Trips Could be Down 40 Percent in 2020 Because of Covid

The latest consumer research from the National Golf Foundation indicates that overall volume of golf trips could be down 35% to 40% in 2020 due to the coronavirus. 

 

The golf travel market overall in the U.S. exceeds $20 billion annually, a robust market that ranges from playing fees and accommodations to travel costs, meals and entertainment expenses. It’s estimated that more than eight million golfers played golf while traveling for business or leisure last year. 

Jack Nicklaus and Miura Golf Introduce Commemorative Irons

The idea was simple: unite Jack Nicklaus, legendary golfer, with Katsuhiro Miura, legendary club-maker. 

 

The result? A limited series of hand-forged iron sets for serious collectors drawn to both beauty and function. 

Jim Furyk Puts His Name to Sportmanship Award at 3 Hammers Golf Complex

14 year old English amateur golfer Jensen Berridge got the surprise of his life today when he was given a letter personally written to him by one of the best golfers in the world; Jim Furyk.  And, to top it all, he was also presented with a new award created in the Ryder Cup Captain’s honor. 

 

‘The Jim Furyk Award for Sportsmanship’ will be an annual award presented to a young golfer at The 3 Hammers Golf Complex in Wolverhampton, England.  This all came about thanks to Staffordshire golfer Malcolm Read.  Malcolm was in the States when the US Team lost the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National.  He was so impressed by the way in which US Ryder Cup Captain, Jim Furyk, handled a crushing defeat that he decided to write to the Major winner to ask him a favor. 

Nicklaus Design Announced Exclusive Partnership with Full Swing Simulators

Nicklaus Design, the design company of golf icon Jack Nicklaus, today announced a multi-year relationship with Full Swing Simulators, golf’s most innovative simulator company. Nicklaus Design’s relationship with Full Swing will start with the unveiling of the PGA National Champion Course, the host site of the Honda Classic, as well as Muirfield Village Golf Club, the host site of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. The Muirfield Village course became available to Full Swing subscribers starting just as the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide got underway in Dublin, Ohio. 

 

The partnership with Full Swing takes advantage of its recently launched proprietary golf course software, Full Swing GOLF, which brings golfers a new way to experience iconic courses with the highest quality graphics on the market. Full Swing uses patented dual-tracking technology, combining high-speed cameras and infrared light wave technology to provide real-time ball feedback with flawless detail. 

OnCore Debuts Vero X1: High Performance Four Piece Tour Ball

 OnCore Golf, the Buffalo, New York-based golf ball company, unveils their second Tour ball after three years of research and development.  OnCore’s first four-piece ball, the VERO X1 upholds OnCore’s commitment to innovation and technology while diversifying the company’s portfolio of golf balls to meet the needs of all player performance levels. 

 

Building off of their award-winning three-piece tour ball, the ELIXRTM, OnCore undertook an effort to further increase spin off the irons and distance off the tee while maintaining the highly desirable feel and control offered by the ELIXRTM. The VERO X1 features a thinner cast urethane cover, a nano-thick transition layer between cover and mantle, a high modulus, perimeter-weighted mantle, and an oversized-core. These elements are combined to release a turbocharged performance delivering enhanced speed and distance, noticeably higher stability in flight, and more control and responsiveness to irons and wedges for high skill shots. 

USGA Makes Landmark Acquisition of Howard Schickler Photography Collection

As the primary steward for preserving and celebrating the history of the game, the USGA has expanded its extensive golf photography holdings with the recent acquisition of the Howard Schickler Photography Collection, the world’s most significant private collection of original early golf photography. 

 

The collection contains more than 1,000 high-quality, historically and artistically important golf images from the 19th and early 20th century. Many photographs feature top American and British golfers, both men and women, from the mid-1800s to the 1970s. The collection was amassed over decades by collector Howard Schickler, sourced from the collections of some of the game’s most influential figures, including the personal collections of Old Tom Morris and F.G. Tait, the Auchterlonie and the Foulis families, the estate of Billy Burke and the collections of Ed Dudley and Bernard Darwin.