Already in the bags of PGA Tour players such as Marc Leishman and Si Woo Kim, the Jaws MD5 Raw boasts a non-glare finish preferred by many tour players as well as several new grind options developed from tour feedback.
What better way to bring some joy to your quarantine than watching one of golf's biggest gear heads take you inside his man cave and wax lyrical about the evolution of technology in the game.
Tiger Woods’ five Masters victories have spanned more than two decades and coincided with what many consider to be the Golden Age of golf equipment technology.
Long before the Alien or C3i sand wedges were hawked on infomercials, promising an automatic out from the bunker, Gene Sarazen was on the case, seeking a better method of escape from such hazards.
The golf business largely (mostly?) is on hold, but it is business as usual for one entity, and it does not require hand sanitiser or social distancing, and might even have something for the bargain hunters, though “bargain” is relative.
Who among us hasn’t dreamed of ripping one of Tiger Woods’ low-slung “stingers” on command? Well, modern technology might be bringing this shot to more players.
Counterfeit clubs are the biggest drain on the game, and the best defence might not be as much about what the equipment companies should be doing as it is how golf consumers should be shopping.
