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MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the quality and consistency of the golf balls on the market to help you find the best ball for your money. Today, we’re taking a look at the 2022 Titleist AVX. To learn more about our test process, how we define “bad” balls, check out our About MyGolfSpy Ball Lab page.

About the Titleist AVX

The Titleist AVX is a three-piece ball with a cast urethane cover. The bulk of AVX balls that find their way to the U.S. market are manufactured alongside the Pro V1 franchise at Titleist’s Ball Plant 3 in New Bedford, Mass. It’s the softest ball in Titleist’s premium lineup and has the distinction of being the only non-Pro V1 ball in Titleist’s ball-fitting matrix.

On the performance side, the AVX is a bit of an anomaly. It’s a bit firmer than the majority of balls designed for moderate swing speed golfers. It also flies a bit lower. While that can be problematic for some, it also makes AVX viable for higher swing speed golfers who generate excessive spin.

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Tiger Woods closed with a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 39th on Tuesday at the JP McManus Pro-Am, a star-studded event won by Xander Schauffele.

VERDICT – PXG BATTLE READY BAT ATTACK

The PXG’s Battle Ready Bat Attack lives up to the name. Throughout the 2022 Most Wanted Mallet Putter Test, Bat Attack performed well from all three testing distances. It displayed tremendous consistency from five, 10 and 20 feet, finishing in the top three from each distance, including placing as the best mallet from five feet. With two to three hosel types, Bat Attack can fit multiple different putting strokes. If you’re in the market for a new putter, this PXG putter ranks high on my list of recommendations.

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TaylorMade has launched Stealth UDI and Stealth DHY utility irons.The new models provide additional options to fill gaps at the long end of your bag.Retail price is $249.Pre-sale starts now. Available July 15.

If you were expecting TaylorMade would be launching a new P-Series iron right about now, then, yeah, well, me too. But that ain’t gonna happen. To hold you over and hopefully fill a spot in your bag where options are plentiful but answers are sometimes hard to come by, TaylorMade is launching the Stealth UDI and Stealth DHY in the utility/driving iron space.

And while there are some red accents to reinforce the Stealth branding, you won’t find any carbon fiber here. That only works with big faces.

Stealth UDI/DHY – Where They Fit

Both the Stealth UDI and Stealth DHY provide options to fill what I call the transitional space in your bag. Philosophies and specifics vary but Matt Bovee, TaylorMade’s Director of Product Creation for the iron category, sees it as the gap between the shortest fairway wood you’re not willing to part with and the longest iron you’re comfortable hitting. Typically, that’s the chasm between your 3-wood and a 4- or even 5-iron.

Incidentally, if the longest iron in your bag isn’t something you’re comfortable hitting, it’s time for a change. The Stealth UDI or DHY could be just the thing to make you feel comfortable in the long game.

UNIQUE. INNOVATIVE. COOL.

Some of the most imaginative golf products come from garages, studios and workshops.

We are shining the spotlight on some of these and the people behind them in our Best of Golf 2022 awards, our new annual index of the year’s unique golf products around the globe.

GOLDEN TEE

Who doesn’t want one of these? I can still remember almost breaking both my thumbs on the massive track wheel trying to rip 300-yard drives in the corner of some dark-lit bar in college. When it comes to the king of golf arcade games, Golden Tee rules. You know it, I know it. Now you can own it.

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Ian Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding, who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, won a stay Monday from a British court that allows them to play in the Scottish Open.

Tiger Woods carded a 5-over 77 and sits tied for 43rd at the star-studded JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland, where Xander Schauffele leads by 3.

OUR JOB IS YOUR GAME

In golf, there are many key accessories, perhaps none greater than the glove. It’s not only a fashion statement. It’s a key performance ingredient.

Or so we’ve always believed.

At our headquarters, Most Wanted Testing takes precedence. However, throughout the year, impactful ideas come to life via our testing facility.

Today, we dive into the unknown: Are there any performance differentials when wearing a golf glove?

HOW WE TEST

Per usual, every test we conduct utilizes two key components: Foresight GCQuad and Titleist Pro V1 golf balls. Data is collected using the GCQuad. By using Pro V1 golf balls, we are able to eliminate variables.

J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and a spot in The Open Championship.

Adrian Meronk held off a final-round charge from New Zealander Ryan Fox to win the Irish Open at Mount Juliet Estate in Co Kilkenny on Sunday.