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Fresh on the heels of the introduction of the adidas Samba Golf line, the Brand with Three Stripes is paying homage to its roots with the release of a new limited-edition Samba OG golf shoe.

The iconic white-and-black colorway was first featured in 1950 on the OG adidas Samba, a shoe which has been a streetwear staple and soccer stalwart ever since. That same nostalgic look has been carried over to adidas’s newest golf shoe with a modern twist and updated materials.

Let’s take a closer look at what makes the limited-edition Samba OG Golf shoe ready for your next round.

From the Pitch to the Fairway

The OG Samba was designed as a soccer shoe for icy and firm conditions. More recently, however, the Samba has been seen a fashion piece, “function” being very much thrown to the wayside. With the introduction of the Samba OG Golf, adidas revived and retooled Samba in a way that brought performance to the forefront while maintaining its legendary roots.

At first glance, the Samba OG Golf shoe looks eerily similar to its casual counterpart. Upon closer inspection, it’s clear that adidas put a good amount of thought and effort into making the shoe suitable for the golf course. Take, for example, the upper. Where the OG Samba featured leather and suede, the Samba OG Golf is laden with recycled materials and synthetic leather. This small change provides better waterproofing and is better for the environment.

Alphard Club Booster V2 introduces the CB SidekickFollows you from behind or the sideAvailable for pre-order

If you don’t know anything about Alphard Club Booster V2 , you need to read this article. Trust me!

Back in 2018, we discovered the Alphard’s Club Booster V2 and it made us stop in our tracks and listen. I can assure you we get a lot of product coming through MyGolfSpy’s doors and this was one which stood out.

Electric trolleys weren’t as common in the U.S. then as they are now but, due in large part to COVID-19, people walk the course a lot more while playing golf. So you could say Alphard was ahead of the time within the golf industry.

But what is it and why do you need to pay attention? Well, it might save you money.

Alphard Club Booster V2

The Alphard Club Booster hit the market in 2018 with their 18 hole golf caddy. It was designed to attach to different makes of pushcarts to transform a manual push cart into an electric trolley. The Club Booster was upgraded to the Club Booster V2 in 2018, providing six-axis gyroscope technology, an electronic parking brake, wheelie bars to prevent tipping and a lithium-ion battery good for 27 holes.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy said the feud between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Series is "out of control" and that it could leave the game fractured for a long time.

 

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Rory McIlroy reclaims the world No. 1 ranking for a ninth time, John Daly is back, the LPGA has a brief hiatus, and $50 million is on the line in the LIV Golf season finale.

The Great Big Bertha is a new ultra-premium offering from Callaway.It’s a technology-packed, lightweight design intended for moderate swing speed golfers.Retail price is $699.Available beginning Nov. 11

The fall release cycle is when Callaway typically launches products that fall outside of the mainstream. Some of my recent Callaway favorites have been fall releases: the Epic Super Hybrid, Big Bertha B21 and the grossly underappreciated Big Bertha Fusion driver come to mind.

While the mainstream stuff is designed to appeal to the masses (thanks, Captain Obvious), Callaway’s fall releases tend to target a narrower segment of golfers. That’s certainly the case with the latest incarnation of the Great Big Bertha family.

Billed as “ultra-premium,” the Great Big Bertha driver is packed with nearly every bit of technology Callaway has. The paint scheme is technically “sage” but, with a price tag of $699, it should probably be called “money green.”

Callaway Great Big Bertha Irons

Key Takeaways

Driver technology in an iron with titanium face and bodyUp to 145 grams of tungsten for low CG, easy launchLightweight construction, targeted at lower swing speed golfersUltra-premium priced at $449,99 each

The Great Big Bertha irons story may, for many of you, begin and end right here.

They’re $449.99 per stick.

But before you jump right to the Comments section and proclaim OEMs are pricing the average golfer out of the game, please note that we have checked the internet this morning. The golf industry did not force Sub 70 to close down. PXG’s 0211 line has not been pulled from the market and Tour Edge hasn’t locked its doors.

In fact, all of the game-improvement and super game-improvement irons listed online yesterday for less than $1,000 are still available today. You can still buy complete iron sets from Wilson, Cleveland, COBRA, PING, TaylorMade, Mizuno and Callaway anywhere from $599 to $999.

So before we dive into the new Callaway Great Big Bertha irons, let’s say it all together so the folks in the back can hear:

The Great Big Bertha is a new ultra-premium offering from Callaway.It’s a technology-packed, lightweight design intended for moderate swing speed golfers.Retail price is $499 (fairway), $449 (hybrid)Available beginning Nov. 11

Do we really have an equipment off-season any longer? Sort of, but not entirely.

Generally, Callaway targets the back half of the calendar year for releases dedicated to golfers who, for one reason or another, live outside the mainstream.

In this case, the Great Big Bertha family is an “ultra-premium” line where the list of materials is exceeded only by the price tag. Callaway bills the Great Big Bertha family as born from the Epic Star franchise, yet something entirely new.

The first hint is a subtle sage green colorway but it’s much more than an updated aesthetic with a familiar name.

Step on the Scale

It’s been so long since PING released an i2-something iron that I had to go back and check to make sure I hadn’t missed a release. Astonishing as it may be, the i210 iron has been current in the PING lineup since late summer of 2018.

That’s a hell of a run.

Score another for COVID, I suppose, but it’s crazy to think that PING’s update schedule for what is arguably the most versatile iron in its lineup isn’t too far out of whack with how often golfers typically replace their irons.

Seriously, if you bought the i210 when they released, enough time has passed that you can probably get approval for a new set.

“Honey, it’s been four years.”

 

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Steven Alker birdied three straight holes to break out of a late four-way tie for the lead on Sunday and won the opening event in the Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions.

It's the ninth time Rory McIlroy has reached No. 1 in the world, behind only Tiger Woods and Greg Norman (both 11) for most ever.

Yannik Paul made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win his first European tour title by one stroke at the Mallorca Open on Sunday.

Lydia Ko won her 18th career title in the country of her birth after completing a 7-under 65 final round at the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy eagled the fourth and 12th holes and finished at 4-under 67 to take a 1-shot lead in the CJ Cup.

Yannick Paul powered up the leaderboard at the Mallorca Golf Open on Saturday to move to 16-under-par and a share of the lead with Ryan Fox.

Atthaya Thitikul hit five birdies on the back nine Saturday and will take a one-stroke lead into the final day of the BMW Ladies Championship.

Dale Whitnell took a one-stroke lead halfway through the Mallorca Open after shooting 8-under 63 on Friday to equal the course record set the previous day by fellow Englishman Marcus Armitage.