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Well folks, another week, another avalanche of golf gear hitting the shelves faster than your tee shot finds the adjacent fairway. Let’s dive into what’s new, what’s noteworthy and what’s making me roll my eyes while my credit card weeps in the corner.

Tech and loosely related accessories

Foresight × Vessel dropped a Premium Sling Bag designed specifically for GC Quad and Quad Max (also works with GC3). Now you can carry your $20,000 launch monitor in something that screams “I spent all my money on golf tech but still had enough for this fancy-boy bag.” It’s the golf equivalent of putting gold rims on a Ferrari – unnecessary but damn if it doesn’t make you feel special.

Arccos released their annual distance insights report, providing further evidence that the only thing average golfers need less than a rollback is a few more three-putts. “Sure, let’s make the ball go shorter!” The USGA: Proudly solving non-existent problems since 1894.

“Game-changing” footwear

True Linkswear just dropped their LUX² collection which they claim was “shaped by Tour insight, refined over years, tested, tweaked, and torn apart until perfect.” Funny, that’s exactly how I’d describe my marriage after I explained how much these shoes cost. I suppose the cost is justified because, hey, they “didn’t rush it”.

PAYNTR released their Trainer X 001 LE with a “full-grain leather upper.” Apparently, normal synthetic materials weren’t cutting it for those high-intensity wrist exercises needed to text your buddy that you’ll be late for your tee time. Finally! Cow-based technology for your half-hearted pre-round stretching routine.

Have you ever completed an online clubfitting tool and wondered, What is your golf shot trajectory? What is it with a driver, and what is it with an iron? Are you low, medium, or high? What exactly defines low, medium, and high trajectories? I think many of us can determine when we might be low and when we might be high, but when does low become medium and medium become high? I have done a few online fittings, and my recent experience with PING’s webfit made me want to figure this out, once and for all.

The Basics

So let’s start by defining what trajectory means:

At its most basic concept, trajectory refers to the height and flight path of the ball after impact. The distance the ball flies, the accuracy of the shot, and how the ball lands. It’s a critical element that influences distance, accuracy, and how the ball behaves when it lands. Either bombing your drive, hitting, or getting the precision shot with your iron, knowing your shot’s trajectory can take you from good to great.

What Is Golf Shot Trajectory?

Trajectory is the path the ball takes and the vertical height it reaches. The trajectory the golf ball reaches is influenced by several  factors:

Club loftLaunch angleSwing speedSpin rateAngle of attackWeather conditions (wind, temperature, humidity)

Understanding how these factors impact your trajectory will aid you in determining the right club to use.

You’ve heard the basics: stand shoulder-width apart, knees flexed, stay balanced. What if your swing still feels off? Golf stance width affects your rotation, balance, and contact more than most golfers realize. Sometimes, the difference between flushing it and chunking it is just a couple of inches. Here are three setup rules to help you find the right stance width for your swing.

Your stance width needs to fit you

Wouldn’t it be great if there were an exact measurement for how wide your golf stance should be? There isn’t. Since there is no one-size-fits-all stance width, you have to do some experimenting to come up with what you consider your stock stance.

A drill for this, seen in the video from Titleist below, is called the Thigh Kiss Drill.

The drill:

Start in a wide, athletic stance (like you’re playing defense in basketball).Place a golf club across your thighs.Make a mock turn toward the target.If your thighs can’t “kiss” during the turn, you’re too wide; narrow your stance slightly and start to establish your baseline.

Use the shoulder rule to build a repeatable setup

Take some of that feedback you learned in the drill above, and now work on setting up a guide for yourself to narrow down these positions. As a general rule, your stance width should change as follows:

How much time should you spend on the range when you're practicing? A panel of GOLF Top 100 Teachers explain.

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Sahith Theegala seems to pick up new fans by the week. But his mother, Karuna, has been there since the beginning.

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How to watch the 2025 Truist Championship on Saturday, including full Truist Championship TV coverage and streaming info for Round 3.

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2025 Truist Championship tee times for Saturday's third round at Philadelphia Cricket Club, featuring Keith Mitchell, Rory McIlroy and more.

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Want to find the fairway more often this season, and even pick up a few yards? These five driving tips can help.

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Mackenzie Hughes of Canada shot a 2-under 69 in windy conditions Friday for a share of the second-round lead with Cristobal Del Solar of Chile in the Myrtle Beach Classic.

Nelly Korda, Somi Lee and Andrea Lee share the second-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Mizuho Americas Open.

Keith Mitchell followed a career-best round with a 3-under 67 to maintain a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Truist Championship.

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Woods, son of Tiger Woods, failed in his second attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Odyssey has added two new models to their Square 2 Square line of Stroke Balanced putters, and they are going to get people talking.

As a refresher, Odyssey unveiled the first three Square 2 Square models last fall. These new Stroke Balanced putters were zero-torque versions of three classic Odyssey designs: the Jailbird, Seven, and Double Wide.

In addition to being Stroke Balanced, the new S2S Max 1 and Max Stripe models incorporate other proprietary Odyssey putter technologies such as the Ai-One insert and Stroke Lab shaft. Those assistive technologies are value-adding inclusions, and give these new models a distinctive Odyssey feel.

In fact, nearly all aspects of the S2S Max 1 and Max Stripe are characteristically Odyssey.

All except one.

Hey, who doesn’t love a good surprise? 

I’m a lucky guy because it’s my job to hit golf clubs. Every year, we know the big OEMs are going to deliver quality stuff because, well, they’re good at what they do. We’re rarely disappointed.

The surprises usually come from the fringes. I may only be a sample of one, but of all the irons I’ve tried this year, the new forged sticks from Maxfli are the surprise club of 2025.

We first saw these new Maxfli irons back in March. We’ve since had the opportunity to learn how and why DICK’S went about creating them, and to get them on the course for some real world experience. After a few rounds, maybe they shouldn’t be that much of a surprise.

Forged goodness from the folks at DICK’S

Maxfli has been a DICK’s Sporting Goods store brand since 2008, but its history goes back at least a century to England and The Dunlop Rubber Company. In the late 19th century, Dunlop was a leading tire manufacturer and, like so many tire manufacturers have over the years, it branched into golf and tennis.

Golfers frequently ask us how often they should replace the clubs in their bags. As with anything in the golf equipment world – especially topics around fitting and improvement – the answer is a less than definitive: “it depends.”

But since “it depends” doesn’t make for compelling reading (and would make this the shortest article in MyGolfSpy history), let’s dig into the key questions you should ask yourself before shelling out another $600 for that shiny new driver that promises an extra 2.7 yards… which is coincidentally the distance from your wallet to the PGA Tour Superstore cash register.

How much has technology actually evolved?

We’re living in an era where technology moves slower than a foursome of retired dentists with low-budget rangefinders. This is the unfortunate consequence of those pesky governing bodies putting limits on everything fun. There will always be new materials, manufacturing techniques, and, of course, marketing buzzwords, but the days of 10 MORE YARDS!!! are behind us.

That’s not to say that band aids aren’t available. That slice you can’t shake? Sure, there might be a driver that helps tame it. Clubs like the PING G440 SFT and the Callaway Elyte X exist for exactly this reason. But the performance jumps in speed, distance, and forgiveness from generation to generation are increasingly marginal.

Evolution happens in phases. We had the introduction of adjustable weights, then movable weights, then carbon crowns, then AI-designed faces, and now we’re talking about aerodynamics and “closure rates” like we’re all aerospace engineers who just stumbled into the pro shop. The question isn’t whether equipment is improving – it is (albeit slowly) – but whether those improvements matter to your game specifically.

Golf gear either evolves or it dies.
That’s the game.

Titanium gave way to carbon. Adjustable weights turned your fittings into a science project, and that trusty iPod you swore by? A paperweight in the drawer you promised your wife you’d clean out last year.

Right now, all eyes are on mini drivers.
The big question? Should you be playing one?

Let’s get one thing straight: golf has no shortage of tech that promised to change the game and ended up collecting dust. So, are mini drivers the next big thing or just another trend destined for the bargain bin?

Before I break it down, you need to understand what a mini driver actually is.

Mini drivers have been around in various forms over the years, but they’ve recently grown in popularity. They typically feature a head size between 200cc and 300cc (compared to the 460cc limit for drivers and around 150-190cc for typical fairway woods

Smaller than a driver, bigger than a fairway wood…confused? You’re not alone! But could this “tweener” club be the secret weapon you’ve been missing?

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