EQUIPMENT
Ping’s new Sigma G putter models, which the company introduced at the PGA Merchandise Show, have a face inspired by the soles of athletic shoes.
Titleist has introduced the 2017 versions of the Pro V1 and Pro V1x balls, calling them “the most advanced, best performing golf balls ever stamped with the Titleist script.”
With the PGA Merchandise Show underway in Orlando, Fla., we identify 10 of the game’s greatest innovations of the past 50 years.
Karsten Solheim’s development of heel-and-toe weighting for putters was the ‘Anser’ to many a desperate golfer’s prayers.
Frank Thomas knew little about graphite beyond its use in pencils. But the material would rewrite the rules about golf shafts.
Adding a high-lofted wedge to your bag can lead to lower scores. For Tom Kite, one of the first to do it, it led to a U.S. Open title.
Golfers used to have to choose between distance and control. When multilayer golf balls came around, that all changed.
Was the most famous shot in golf history struck with a hybrid? A reconsideration of the ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World.’
There were no holes in Karsten Solheim’s theory that redistributing weight to the outside of a golf club improved performance.
The clickety-clack of metal spikes on a concrete cartpath has been mostly silenced, but the future of metal’s replacement is unclear.
Advancements in the upkeep of golf courses have made for better conditions, cheaper maintenance costs and fewer time constraints.
The late Gary Adams took an old concept - using metal to make woods - and tweaked it enough to bring about a revolution in clubmaking.