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Bushnell Launch Pro review: the unit that dragged fitting-grade data into the garage

Foresight Sports measurement for roughly a third of a GCQuad, indoors or out. The hardware is close to unimpeachable — the thing you need to think hard about is which subscription tier you'll actually live on.

By Marcus Bell

Explained

The launch monitor price ladder: what each jump in price actually buys

Seven rungs, seventy-fold price range, and only two of the jumps genuinely change how much you improve. A plain map of where the money goes — including the annual fees that don't appear on any price tag.

By Dan Mercer

Opinion

The most useful data in golf doesn't come from a launch monitor

Home sims measure the shots you choose to hit, in a room with no wind, no lie and no consequences. The numbers that actually tell you where your handicap is leaking cost about $250 and screw into the end of your grips.

By Tom Whitaker

Opinion

Overhead or beside the ball? The home-sim decision nobody explains until you've already bought

Every premium launch monitor guide ranks units by accuracy. Almost none of them tell you that where the thing physically sits will change your sim room more than the spec sheet will — and that one of these choices is permanent.

By Marcus Bell

Versus

Launch Pro vs Foresight GC3: I did the subscription maths and it says the opposite of what everyone tells you

Same measurement technology, and now the same Foresight+ memberships too. The received wisdom is that the GC3 wins over time because it never bills you. Run today's numbers and the hardware gap is almost the whole story.

By Marcus Bell

Explained

Most golfers pick the wrong PING G440: stop buying the low-spin head

Three heads, three completely different owners. The tell is your spin rate and your start line, not your handicap — and the head most golfers buy aspirationally is the one that suits them least.

By Dan Mercer

Opinion

The Golf Model Year Is Broken, and Buying New Is Now the Worst Value in the Cycle

Tour seeding has run so far ahead of retail that clubs look obsolete on television months before they get discounted in a shop. Stop shopping by model year.

By Tom Whitaker

Explained

Should You Play Blades? The Honest Answer, and Why the Usual One Is Wrong

Almost certainly not — but not because you are not a good enough ball striker. The real cost of a blade is where your misses finish, and it is not sideways.

By Ross Hamilton

Explained

Six golf gadgets that quietly make the round better

No launch monitors, no swing sensors, no subscriptions. Just six small things that make a Saturday morning less annoying, one of which exists purely for the laugh.

By Dan Mercer

Explained

Is a milled putter worth it? What the milling actually buys you

Milling buys you feel, sound, tolerance and a putter that will outlive you. It does not buy you accuracy, and the 2026 data points somewhere else entirely.

By Ross Hamilton

Versus

TaylorMade R7 Quad Mini vs Callaway Ai Smoke Ti 340: which club are you actually replacing?

Mini drivers have gone from curiosity to a permanent slot in the range. These are the two most credible ways in, and they solve two completely different problems.

By Jordan Hale

Opinion

Tour Bags Are Now a Year Ahead of the Shop, and That Is the Point

Ryan Fox won the Open with a driver you cannot buy, at any price, on any date. Days later Srixon put more unreleased gear into play. The gap between the tour truck and the pro shop has stopped being an accident.

By Dan Mercer