The Best New Drivers in 2023

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Whether you’re a straight-hitting bomber or a higher-handicapper on the hunt for more distance, the club manufacturers have some attractive new options for you. But unless you have a full day to test-drive some of these new clubs, sorting them out and finding the best choice for you may not be so easy. As has […]

New Clubs or Used Clubs?

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Each year, club companies large and small attempt to make a buzz by rolling out something new to dangle in front of consumers, club professionals, and media outlets. The manufacturers are hopeful that their innovative offerings (bolstered by marketing and advertising efforts) will prove irresistible to players who are in the market for new clubs. […]

Club Designer Terry Koehler: The Wedge Guy

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Club designer Terry Koehler says most wedges are hurting our games. He’s out to fix that. The story of the sand wedge is well known: Riding in an airplane with Howard Hughes, Gene Sarazen noticed that the flaps had to go down to help the plane get up. Inspired, he soldered metal onto the sole […]

LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 77: How Do Clubs Attract, and Keep, New Golfers?

New Golfers

Golf clubs across the country have seen a large boom in participation in the last year. KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss what the courses, clubs, and leaders across the company’s portfolio are doing to keep these new players engaged and coming back. You can […]

How Golf Clubs Are Helping Health Workers During the Crisis

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Under normal circumstances, David Bachman would be telling stories about The Gauntlet, the unique three-hole stretch of consecutive par threes at the Walter Travis-designed Spring Brook Country Club in Morristown, N.J. But these days are far from normal. Bachman, Spring Brook’s general manager, instead shared details about ClubsHELP, the now-national 501(c)7 foundation that started at […]

Testing Bridgestone’s TOUR B JGR Woods

By Graylyn Loomis A few months ago, a box of clubs arrived at the LINKS office. Not an unusual occurrence, but this package contained a driver, 3-wood, and 5-wood from Bridgestone’s new line, the TOUR B JGR Series. Right now, if you’re like most golfers, you’re thinking, “Bridgestone makes woods? I thought they only made […]

Miura Golf – Rapidly Evolving While Maintaining its Roots

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Ask most golfers about high-end golf clubs in the U.S. and you’ll get an earful about PXG, whether its complimentary or critical. But another manufacturer with a far deeper history in the game has been actively trying to make inroads in this niche of the equipment market: Miura Golf. So far, so good. In the […]

Building a Mixed Iron Set

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Ten years ago, just before heading off to college, I saved some money and purchased a set of Mizuno blades. At the time, I proudly played off a two handicap and thought, “If anyone can play these butter knives, it’s me.” When the irons arrived I played a round with my best golf buddy, a plus […]

Is a Club Champion Club Fitting Worth the Money?

Club Champion

I started playing golf at the age of seven, and as one of six sons I naturally started with an older brother’s hand-me-down clubs. Over the years, my clubs gradually lengthened and changed, but I never owned a set fit for my swing. Despite this, I hit my irons pretty well, on a good day […]