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The sim room gets built in September: a made-to-order enclosure can take a calendar month
The room that gets used all winter is the one where the screen is hanging before the clocks change. The one ordered in December is a box in a hallway in February, and the reason is not money.
By Ben Marsden
PuttOut vs Perfect Practice: one of these mats has no hole in it, the other has two and a ball return
Both are sold as putting mats and they are not the same product. One has no hole in it. The other has two, and neither of them is the size of a golf hole.
By Ross Hamilton
10 of the 15 Presidents Cup bags we track blend two or three iron models. Only five play a matching set
Medinah No. 3 is 7,564 yards and par 72, which asks a lot of the top of the bag. That is exactly where the sets of the players arriving to play it stop matching.
By Dan Mercer
FootJoy Pro/SLX review: the chassis is what you are paying for, not the waterproofing
It looks like the wet-weather version of the shoe more tour pros wear than any other. It is not, because that shoe is already warrantied waterproof. What the extra money buys is structure, and the trade is weight.
By Ben Marsden
Autumn dew kills a cabretta glove by the fourth tee: swap to a synthetic at the turn
The rotation everyone recommends has a glove for hot, a glove for wet and a glove for freezing. It has no glove for a September eight o'clock tee time where the grass is soaked and the sky is clear, which is most of the next two months.
By Ross Hamilton
TheStack vs SuperSpeed: only one of these needs a launch monitor to work at all
Two speed systems that disagree about method. One hands you a fixed ladder of three sticks and gets out of the way. The other builds you a personal prescription and cannot run a single session until something is measuring your swing.
By Jordan Hale
Blue Tees Captain Pro vs SkyCaddie LX5: the subscription brand is the one with nothing to pay for three years
A challenger laser that also does GPS against the watch from the brand everyone associates with annual fees. Run both bills to year three and the labels swap over.
By Jordan Hale
Golf bag waterproofing splits two ways: rain hoods keep the clubs dry, welded seams keep the bag dry
Every bag in the shop claims some version of weather protection, and the claims describe two completely different products. One protects your grips for four hours. The other stops the bag itself turning into a sponge until March.
By Tom Whitaker
Bridgestone Tour B RX vs Callaway Chrome Soft: one is fitted to your swing speed, the other to your taste
Two premium urethane balls sold on softness, from two brands that decide what soft means in completely different ways. One asks how fast you swing. The other asks what you like.
By Ross Hamilton
Stewart Q Follow vs MGI Zip Navigator AT: follow mode is a fair-weather feature, and the drive decides autumn
One trolley walks behind you with the handset in your pocket. The other goes exactly where your thumb sends it. On dry, open ground that is a preference. From October it becomes a question about traction, weight and how often you were reaching for the handset anyway.
By Tom Whitaker
Tour Edge won MyGolfSpy's 2026 Most Wanted iron test. Our 400-plus product catalogue had zero Tour Edge in it
The Hot Launch Max D took the accuracy crown in super game-improvement irons and finished top three for distance and forgiveness. Tour Edge buys no tour staff bags, gets almost no rack space and does not run the ad pages, which is why it took an independent test for anyone to look at it. Us included.
By Ben Marsden
SportScreen Vanish vs Carl's Place Pro: the retractable one is cheaper, and the room's other job decides it
One rolls up into a ceiling housing so the garage goes back to being a garage. The other is a fixed, framed room you can order to the exact size of your wall. As we list them, the retractable is the cheaper of the two, and the pipes are not in the Carl's box.
By Marcus Bell