The 2019 Wyndham Championship: Inside the Course (Sedgefield Country Club Review)

The Wyndham Championship is the final tournament of the PGA Tour regular-season, and the last chance for players still scrambling for points to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs that begin next week at The Northern Trust. 

 

The tournament is played at Sedgefield Country Club, a classic Donald Ross course, which means this 7,127 yard, par-70 track is an excellent test of a player's full range of shot making skills. 

5 Things go Know about the 2019 Wyndham Championship

The chase is on for the final FedExCup Playoff berths this week as the PGA Tour wraps up its regular season in Greensboro, North Carolina for the Wyndham Championship. Sedgefield Country Club hosts the event for its 13th consecutive time and 34th time overall. 

 

In recent years Wyndham has taken on the feel of a wildcard playoff tournament with a sense of urgency because players know they don't any tournaments left to punch their playoff tickets.  Here are five things you need to know about the 80th edition of the Wyndham Championship. 

JumboMax JMX UltraLite Grips Preview: Lighter Weight for Enhanced Feel

JumboMax is releasing a new grip that offers the same stability and control of JumboMax's oversized grips at less than half the weight. 

 

The new JMX UltraLite grips are a breakthrough in grip technology for the player who wants all the benefits of JumboMax's oversized grip technology, while retaining the feeling of more weight in the club head. 

Titleist TS2 and TS3 Hybrid Preview: Scoring Clubs with Playable Distance

Born from the Titleist Speed Project, the new Titleist TS hybrids represent a new standard in hybrid performance, combining the explosive speed and distance of TS metalwoods with the advanced technology that has made Titleist the most played hybrids on the PGA Tour. 

 

For dedicated golfers and Titleist Golf Club R&D engineers, hybrids are considered scoring clubs, not rescue clubs.  And the new TS2 and TS3 hybrids, benefiting from the innovations of the Titleist Speed Chassis, allow players to replace their long irons with even more speed, launch and precision. 

Cleveland Golf CBX 2 Wedge Preview: Forgivness for Your Short Game

Built for the vast number of golfers playing cavity back irons, Cleveland Golf is releasing their second generation CBX 2 wedge, offering enhanced spin, control, and all the forgiveness you could ever need. 

 

The CBX 2 is a new perspective on wedge design.  For too long, wedges have been stuck in a top down approach of designing for the world's best players at the expense of the many everyday golfers who define the sport. 

SteelFiber Shafts Win Their Second LPGA Major of the Year

Aerotech Golf  SteelFiber shafts grabbed their second LPGA major win of the year at The Evian Championship last week and have won three of the last four majors on the LPGA Tour. 

 

Jin Young Ko captured her second major of the year playing SteelFiber H-Tour 90 graphite shafts in her irons and J-Series shafts in her hybrids. The 24-year old South Korean champion fired a final round 67 in a rainy final round to clinch a 15-under-par win by two strokes. 

Titleist AVX Balls Review: The Best Ball Some of You Will Ever Play

There's been a lot of buzz about the new Titleist AVX golf balls since their release, and I've been telling you about them since last summer when I first put them in play. 

 

And now that I've played them for awhile, I can also tell you there should be even more buzz.  These will be the best golf balls some of you have ever played. 

Brooks Koepka WITB What's In The Bag: The Golf Equipment Koepka Used to Win the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

The final round of the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was billed as a heavyweight bought between World No. 1 Brooks Koepka and World No. 3 Rory McIlroy.  McIlroy had a one stroke lead to start the day, but Koepka birdied three of four holes on the front nine and cruised to career victory number seven, and his first World Golf Championship. 

 

Koepka's win put him in the driver's seat for Player of the Year, and his 5-under par, bogey-free round gave him a three-shot victory, finishing 16-under for the tournament over runner-up Webb Simpson. 

Golf Pride Adds New Model to Tour Wrap Family with MicroSuede Technology for Added Traction

Golf Pride has announced it will be expanding its popular Tour Wrap family with the new high-performance Tour Wrap MicroSuede. 

 

This new line extension to the Tour Wrap series, is engineered with an additive finishing process that produces a brushed surface finish, delivering both a uniquely soft feel and added traction. 

Tour Edge Introduces Three New HL4 Iron Sets: HL4 Irons, HL4 Iron-Woods, and HL4 Triple Combo

Tour Edge, Golf is releasing three new Hot Launch 4 iron sets: the  HL4 Iron set, the HL4 Iron-Wood set, and the HL4 Triple Combo set. 

 

HL4 is the fourth release in the award-winning Hot Launch series from Tour Edge founder and master club designer, David Glod, and features a complete lineup from driver to irons, all designed to fill a niche as the best technology and performance at a mid-tier price point. 

Srixon Cleveland Golf XXIO Announces Exclusive Partnership with ASICS North America

Srixon Cleveland Golf XXIO has announced an exclusive partnership with ASICS North America to distribute ASICS golf shoes in the United States and Canada. 

 

The partnership generates two brand new footwear models, which will be introduced later this year. 

The 2019 FedEx St. Jude Invitational: Inside the Course (TPC Southwind Review)

The PGA Tour heads to Memphis, Tennessee this week for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational after moving from Firestone Country Club for the last 19 years. 

 

TPC Southwind is a par-70, 7,237 hosts the event, and is a great test of golf from tee to green.  Hitting fairways and par-4 scoring will be instrumental in determining a winner.  Distance off the tee will help some, but there are only two par-5s on the course and both are reachable by almost every player in the field. 

5 Things to Know about the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

This week marks the start of new era for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.  For the first time in the St. Jude Classic 62-year history, it will be a World Golf Championships, replacing the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, which hosted this event for 19 years. 

 

TPC Southwind, a 7,237-yard, par-70 track designed by Ron Prichard and Fuzzy Zoeller hosts this event for the 31st time, and this year takes place following The Open Championship instead of its usual spot preceding the U.S. Open. 

Datrek Golf Transit Cart Bag Makes the Trek from the Car to the Course as Effortless as Possible

Providing products with functionality and convenience, Datrek Golf offers innovative and contemporary golf gear to enhance the on-course experience. 

 

The Datrek Transit Cart Bag is a wheeled cart bag with retractable handle and rolling 2-wheel base making it the most portable golf bag on the market. 

Aerotech Golf SteelFiber Shafts Win on European Senior Tour and Grab Top Money on the LPGA

Aerotech Golf SteelFiber graphite iron shafts delivered another winning weekend on the pro tours. SteelFiber won the WINSTONgolf Senior Open in dramatic style and captured a share of the top money at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. 

 

Playing the new SteelFiber fc115 Flight Control graphite iron shafts, Clark Dennis authored an amazing come-from-behind win to claim his fifth European Senior Tour victory.  Clark finished strong with a stunning final round of 63 to overcome a six-stroke deficit in the final round. 

Srixon Golf Adds Another Major Championship as Shane Lowry Wins the 2019 Open Championship

Srixon staffer Shane Lowry handled everything links golf can throw at you to capture the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland for his first major championship. 

 

Lowry trusted a bag full of Srixon and Cleveland equipment in playing some of the best golf of his career, including the Z-STAR XV and Z 585 driver. 

Golf Pride Wins Grip Count at The Open Championship and the 2019 Grand Slam

Golf Pride was the leading swing and putter grip choice at the 148th Open Championship last week at Royal Portrush.  And 81-percent of the players in the field, including the newly crowned Champion Golfer of the Year, Shane Lowry trusted their games to Golf Pride swing grips. 

 

Lowry relied on Golf Pride's Tour Velvet grips en route to earning his first Major Championship, giving the Tour Velvet family a clean sweep of all 4 Majors in 2019.

Mitsubishi Golf Shafts Continue Major Dominance: Winners of Six of the Last Seven Major Championships

Streaks are one of the biggest stories in all sports, and right now Mitsubishi Golf shafts are grabbing headlines in historic fashion. 

 

With Shane Lowry's win at The Open Championship last week at Royal Portrush, Mitsubishi claimed its sixth win in the last seven majors.  And if there was a Hall of Fame for golf shafts, Mitsubishi would already be immortalized. 

2019 Galvin Green Lancelot INTERFACE-1 Jacket Review: Superior Performance in Every Condition

I've been testing the new 2019 Galvin Green Lancelot INTERFACE-1 jacket now for almost the entire year.  Played in steady rain, driving winds, cool and warm temps.  Wore it at Pebble Beach, The Olympic Club, and many of my favorite local courses. And this is a jacket that delivers superior performance in every condition. 

 

The Lancelot is Galvin Green's newest half-zip jacket in INTERFACE-1 fabric, and is totally windproof, water repellent, and highly breathable.  It's a jacket that's pretty much going to protect you from all the elements, and with a smooth, soft interior feel it's also the ultimate in comfort. 

Mizuno MP-20 Irons Preview: I am Legend

Mizuno is doing Mizuno things again.  And their latest MP line of players irons, the MP-20, are already looking like instant classics. 

 

Three MP-20 models, the MP-20, MP-20 MMC, and MP-20 HMB evolved from the DNA of Mizuno irons that shaped the modern game, launched major winning careers, and inspired generations of "tour edition" muscle backs.  And mark my words, some 10 years or more down the road, when people are asked on social media what their favorite irons of all-time are?  MP-20 is going to come up a lot.