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Garmin Approach S70 vs S44: the extra money buys Virtual Caddie and a health watch, not better yardages

Same course database, same AMOLED idea, same front-middle-back numbers. The flagship costs close to double, and almost everything it adds happens either off the course or inside a club suggestion.

By Dan Mercer

Review

ProTee VX review: overhead club data where the only yearly bill is the course software

A ceiling-mounted camera unit with a hitting zone more than three times the size of Uneekor's EYE XR and no membership to unlock its own data. Play courses on it and you still pay GSPro, but only GSPro.

By Ben Marsden

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Motocaddy M7 GPS Remote vs Stewart Vertx: same price, so it comes down to the GPS screen and the battery warranty

Two 100-metre remote trolleys at the same list price. One puts a 3.5-inch GPS in the handle and five years of cover on the battery; the other skips the screen for terrain control, a flatter fold and a month to try it.

By Tom Whitaker

Explained

17 of the 24 LPGA drivers we track are lofted 9.25 degrees or less, matching the PGA Tour at 19 mph less speed

The women's tour swings at roughly the speed of an average male club golfer, and its median driver loft is the same 9 degrees as the men's. The reason is how the club meets the ball, and it is the part amateurs rarely copy.

By Jordan Hale

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FlightScope Mevo Gen2 vs SkyTrak ST MAX: one sells you the club data, the other rents you the courses

Two units within reach of each other on price, from opposite ends of the room. The Mevo Gen2 owns its courses and charges once for club-face numbers. The ST MAX includes club path and face angle and charges every year for golf.

By Jordan Hale

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TaylorMade SpeedSoft vs Callaway Supersoft: level off the driver, split by iron height and consistency

The two softest big-brand balls in the shop, a coin apart in price. Robot testing puts them within a fraction of a mile an hour off the driver, so the decision lives in the irons, around the green and inside the box.

By Ross Hamilton

Review

Uneekor EYE XO2 review: a 28-inch hitting zone built for a busy bay, with stickers on the clubface

Three overhead cameras and the biggest hitting zone Uneekor makes, which is exactly what a bay with several players needs. The fine print is a box of 400 clubface stickers, a gaming PC and a software tier for course play.

By Ben Marsden

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Vessel Player VI Pro vs Player V Pro: a bigger top and magnetic pockets, not a reason to replace a V Pro

Vessel's new flagship stand bag went on sale on 23 September with a top about nine per cent bigger, three more pockets and a quarter of a pound more weight. The old one is still on sale beside it, at almost the same money.

By Tom Whitaker

Review

Voice Caddie SC4 PRO review: the phone-free range radar whose PRO extras need your phone

A Doppler launch monitor that reads carry, apex and spin off its own display and speaks your distance aloud, so the phone stays in the bag. The four metrics that make it the PRO are the exception: they live in the app.

By Ben Marsden

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TruGolf LaunchBox vs Full Swing KIT: one price includes the courses, the other includes the club data

Two portable launch monitors below the premium tier, sold on opposite promises. TruGolf bundles 27 courses you keep and no annual bill. Full Swing bundles all sixteen data points and a camera, then leaves the golf courses to you.

By Marcus Bell

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Skechers GO GOLF Max vs FootJoy FJ Flex for women: the waterproof Skechers is the winter shoe, the mesh Flex waits for spring

Two comfort-first women's spikeless shoes at almost the same price, built on almost the same idea. What separates them is the upper, and from October the upper is the part that decides whether your feet are dry on the fourth tee.

By Dan Mercer

Review

Fiberbuilt Studio Grass review: buy the 7x4 single-hitting mat, because the both-hands layouts cost flagship money

Fiberbuilt's grass panel is the reason serious home bays end up on this mat, and the entry layout is the best way to buy it. The centre-hitting version is priced level with the Player Preferred, and it leaves out the panel your launch monitor sits on.

By Ben Marsden