Equipment - Golf Tips and Videos

The golf club is a lot like our body; they both have a head, face, heel, toe and sole, and if we understand how...

Golfers tend to take their equipment for granted, but like any precision tool, a golf club needs regular maintenance...

The grip is undoubtedly the most ignored, yet most important piece of golf equipment. It's your sole connection...

By now, every golfer is aware of the benefits provided by modern, high-COR drivers. But what many golfers don't...

You'll soon be seeing a new type of golf club on store shelves. Thus far, it's in the form of a standalone driver...

Head shape, weighting scheme and club face material contribute heavily to the feel and performance of a given...

Here at Golf Tips Magazine, we like drivers and, of course, spend hours in the office rolling balls down the hall...

In order to play your best golf, you must be fitted to your equipment. Contrary to popular belief, fitting isn't...

As football broadcasts begin to radiate from the TV, most golfers begin to put their game and their gear far out...

The importance of club-fitting in golf is now well known. Any golfer who has been fitted for a new driver using...

Changes in club, ball, and shaft technology have increased distance, but it is still the player that must deliver...

To most golfers, a shaft is just a shaft--a component that connects the grip to the clubhead. They're available...

The driver is the only full-swing club in your bag that you use 14 times a round. Thus, your driver sets up your...

One major reason for the tremendous improvement in shaft technology lately is the proliferation of oversized drivers....

Everybody should get their clubs fitted, right? Two GT editors test that theory out. Read how their experience...

During the course of a year, an avid golfer's clubs are swung anywhere between 18,000 and 20,000 times, carried...

It doesn't matter if it's a long par-3, a short par-4 or a reachable par-5, making the right shot choice first...

Wedge designers have become quite savvy in recent years, creating new designs that optimize bounce and loft for...

We've all heard the terms "custom-fit," "customization" and "club-fitting" tossed in pro shop, grill room and...

Quick--what's the shaft you're playing in your driver? The biggest difference between golfers of 20 years ago...

One of the clubs everyone needs in his bag is a utility wood, which is a hybrid between an iron and fairway wood

When poet William Cowper coined the phrase "Variety is the spice of life," he obviously had putters in mind. Unlike...

Throughout the year, we're inundated with countless "golf ball test results," indicating the performance benefits...

Irons are the bedrock of the set, the basis around which all the other clubs revolve, and selecting the right...

According to the Darrell Survey, more than 90 percent of wood shafts on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions...

What's the flex of your shafts? At one time, a golfer could safely answer that his or her shafts were stiff, regular...

The great news for golfers is that hybrids and fairway woods are available in such a wide variety of lofts that...

Great ball-striking--every golfer wants it, yet few ever attain it. Ironically, the secret to such elevated play...

"Welcome to Switzerland," a man in a white lab coat says as we near a door marked "R & D: Employees Only." Opposite...

Since persimmon and laminated maple fell out of favor, steel has dominated the fairway wood market. But this year,...

Learn how to choose the right golf clubs and balls for your level of play

Custom shaft upgrades have grown by leaps and bounds over the last year or so, more than any other technically...

Golf shoes are just as vital as any club in your bag. They stabilize you and help you leverage your body against...

As the PGA Tour vows in its ads, its guys are good. But they wouldn't be that good if they played off-the-rack...

Ask any professional club-fitter, and they'll tell you the shaft has as much, if not more, to do with total performance...

The golfer today can choose a driver with just about any shape: square, traditional, scoopback or even triangular....

Any touring professional will tell you that your wedge game is where you can make up the most strokes. Since you're...

As the '90s drew to a close, the footwear segment of the golf equipment market was fueled by the need to develop...

Golf balls are like most consumer products these days, with seemingly too many choices for a spot decision. Manufacturers...

The simple truth is that modern golf balls have reached an almost outrageous level of quality in regard to providing...

Consider the idea of expanding your wedge set for various conditions. Most golfers become used to a single wedge...

Make sure your kids have equipment that is the proper size, for the same reason you wouldn’t buy them oversized...

Today, fairway woods have become longer, bigger and more powerful than ever. Hybrids, on the other hand, have...

If you've ever been humbled after having your stroke analyzed at one of those high-tech putting studios, you know...

There's a reason why the distance from within 100 yards is called the scoring zone. It's the "make it or break...

When I started playing golf, persimmon drivers were the standard, and finding one that worked was basically a...

Finding the right gear for your game is going to require some research, just as it would if you were buying a...