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Garmin Approach G82 vs Shot Scope H50: the built-in launch monitor only earns its price if you practise on a range
Two big-screen handhelds, more than twice apart on price. The difference is a radar launch monitor in the Garmin, and whether you need one comes down to how often you hit balls away from the course.
By Tom Whitaker
14 of the 42 PGA Tour putters we track are Scotty Camerons. On the LPGA it is 6 of 26, behind TaylorMade and Odyssey
Scotty Cameron leads the men's bags we maintain by three. In the women's bags it drops to third, and the putters there are far less likely to be named prototypes. The rows, the caveats, and what to take from it.
By Ross Hamilton
Trackman 4 review: the 2015 radar is still the reference, and it pays for coaches, putting and the range
Trackman's dual-radar unit is more than ten years old and every other launch monitor is still checked against it. That age is part of the case for it. The room it needs, the putting data it has and the iO doesn't, and who should spend the money.
By Ben Marsden
MGI E-Boost vs Motocaddy M7 GPS Remote: for hills alone, the motorised push trolley does the job at a third of the price
One is a push trolley with a 240W motor you switch on for the climbs. The other drives itself on a remote, brakes on the way down and puts a GPS map in the handle. They solve different problems, and most golfers only have one of them.
By Tom Whitaker
BenQ AK700ST vs LK936ST: the extra 1,100 lumens only pay where daylight reaches the screen
BenQ's two golf-sim lasers share a resolution, a light source and a golf picture mode. The dearer one buys brightness and lens shift. The cheaper one throws shorter and weighs half as much, and for most sim rooms that matters more.
By Marcus Bell
18 of the 26 LPGA bags we track carry a hybrid, against 5 of the 42 on the PGA Tour
The women's tour has turned the hybrid into its default long-game club, often two or three of them to a bag. The men have mostly gone the other way, into utility irons and lofted woods.
By Jordan Hale
McLaren Golf Series 1 review: a metal-injection-moulded blade for the player who was buying a blade anyway
The supercar company's first golf club is a muscle-back made by metal injection moulding, sold by the head and backed by Justin Rose. Take the badge off and there is a serious iron underneath. It is still a blade.
By Ben Marsden
Ping G440 hybrid vs TaylorMade Qi4D Rescue: Ping's runs down to a 7H, TaylorMade's is a compact head for stronger hitters
Same category, near-identical money, opposite ends of the bag. The tour players who carry each one use them in different slots, and the spec sheets explain why.
By Jordan Hale
Foresight QuadMAX review: a coach's instrument for the range as much as the bay, and a GC3 covers the home sim
Four cameras, 18 parameters, a touchscreen and a battery that outlasts a range day. The QuadMAX is the machine fitting bays are built around, and the people who should own one are the people who use its data for a living.
By Ben Marsden
FootJoy HyperFlex vs adidas Tour360 24: two spiked waterproofs, and the choice is knit that walks or leather that braces
Both have replaceable cleats, both are waterproof, and both carry a one-year waterproof warranty. So the waterproofing does not decide it. What decides it is whether your winter problem is tired legs on the walk or a back foot that will not stay put.
By Dan Mercer
Krank Formula Fire Pro review: Bryson's driver is a 105mph head, and Krank sells slower swingers a different face
A handmade long-drive driver from a brand with long-drive titles to its name and a US Open in its marketing. The interesting part is what Krank's own fitting chart says: this head is for 250-yard hitters, and nearly everyone else gets steered to a thinner face.
By Ben Marsden
Uneekor EYE XR vs Foresight Falcon: the Falcon buys a far bigger hitting zone, the EYE XR keeps stickers off your clubs
Both hang from the ceiling and both leave the floor empty. One costs nearly three times the other, and the money buys space to miss the spot, four cameras and no software fee. It does not buy sticker-free club data. The cheaper unit has that.
By Marcus Bell
