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Titleist Pro V1x review: the tour ball more of them actually play
Everyone calls the Pro V1 the tour ball. In the 53 bags we track, the V1x outnumbers it more than two to one. Here's who that flight actually suits.
By Jordan Hale
37 of the 51 tour bags we track play the firmer ball. Scheffler and McIlroy don't.
Almost every tour ball ships as a pair, and the model name tells you which half you are holding. Across the bags we maintain the split runs close to three to one — and the exceptions are the two best players in the world.
By Ross Hamilton
BenQ publishes a zero-degree floor for its sim projector. No launch monitor maker publishes one at all
Most home sims live in an unheated garage, shed or loft, and winter is the entire point of owning one. Cold does not throw an error message. It quietly changes the room, the kit and every number you are given.
By Marcus Bell
PXG Lightning fairway wood review: six lofts, eight hosel settings, and an un-PXG price
Six lofts, an eight-way hosel and three movable weights, from the brand that used to price itself out of the conversation. It went on sale in December, and the price is still the most interesting thing about it.
By Ben Marsden
PING S259 review: the wedge that finally stopped being a Ping-owner's default
PING's 2026 wedge builds on the tour-winning S159 with a groove strategy that changes by loft and six sole grinds across 46 to 62 degrees. The question is whether that is enough to move anyone off a Vokey.
By Ben Marsden
BenQ LK936ST vs Optoma GT2100HDR: the projector decision is about your room, not your budget
Two short-throw laser projectors for a golf simulator, separated by roughly threefold on price. The right answer is set by the light in your room and the distance you actually have, not by the lumen number.
By Marcus Bell
Graphite iron shafts aren't a concession. 6 of the 8 LPGA bags we track run them, against 2 of 45 men's
Graphite in irons is still sold to club golfers as a concession — the thing you move to when you slow down. Our own bag data says that framing is simply wrong. Eight bags is a small sample and we say so, but the split is not close.
By Jordan Hale
Three devices, one yardage: pick the one that answers your question and commit to it
A watch, a laser and an app answer three different questions, which is why their numbers never quite agree. Cross-checking the disagreement turns a decision into an audit.
By Ben Marsden
Players' distance irons won on feel, not distance: the hollow head stopped clicking
The category nobody would admit to owning is now the one the whole iron market bends toward. Not because the clubs got longer. Because they stopped sounding like a letterbox.
By Ben Marsden
PAYNTR Eighty Seven SC vs FootJoy Pro/SL: the cricket outsider against the tour default
One is the shoe more tour pros wear than any other, rebuilt from the ground up for 2026. The other came out of cricket and is out-scoring companies fifty times its size. They are not solving the same problem.
By Tom Whitaker
FlightScope i4 review: the smartest yardage in golf, and you'll be switching it off
A launch monitor company built a rangefinder that tells you what the shot plays as, not what it measures. The adjusted number is also not tournament legal, which decides who should buy it.
By Ben Marsden
Tour players don't buy wedges as a set. In 32 of the 53 bags we track, they end up with one model anyway
TaylorMade has just relaunched Hi-Toe with five sole grinds, a bet that golfers want one brand for every slot. Our own bag data suggests the tour got there first.
By Ross Hamilton
