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Ping G5 Hybrid Ping, too, is introducing its first woodlike hybrid, the G5. With the same attractive blue accents as the other clubs in Ping’s new G5 line, the hybrid has a whimsical-seeming rearward slope to the crown, but its purpose is no-nonsense: to push the weight back, for higher launch and forgiveness, and to [...]

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Game-improvement technology finds a home in forged irons. Spice up forged irons with a bit of technology, and what do you have? A new breed of irons made for traditionalists preferring the classic look of blades but no longer owning the game to match. In the past, manufacturers relied on the casting process to manufacture [...]

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The latest gear to help you play better Photo: Jim Herity The U.S. Golf Association is considering relaxing the rules on adjustable clubs. That could lead to more clubs that allow you to tweak center-of-gravity locations to combat a right or left miss. For now, try these legal models (clockwise from top): MALTBY KE4 Irons. [...]

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Woods went to a big-headed driver and enjoyed a large year. Photo: Darren Carroll Equipment of 2005 Big was big on tours 460 cc drivers commonplace even among elite professionals The past year was kind of a slow one when it came to equipment news. Although only a few equipment- related topics (Nike’s black-colored ball [...]

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The Only Shaft Story You Need to Read Six big questions about shafts and the answers to help you fly it farther Photo: Davies & Starr Four swings. Ask any player on the PGA Tour, and he’ll tell you it takes about that to tell if he has the right shaft. In fact, taking more [...]

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Equipment scoop from the tours It was not happenstance John Daly was wearing a TaylorMade hat and changed to the company’s rac TP irons at the Buick Invitational. Long John, who has been with Dunlop, is expected to sign an endorsement deal with the company. … Lofty doings: Brandt Jobe, who finished T-10 at Torrey [...]

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Woods opens his season by making equipment changes Woods had plenty of chances to use his 5-wood at Torrey Pines. Photo: J.D. Cuban ALTHOUGH it’s not unusual for players to start the year with new equipment, Tiger Woods usually wasn’t one to do so — until last week, that is. Woods didn’t exactly overhaul his [...]

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Scattered pictures of this year’s major winners include their equipment. If they had the chance to do it again, would they? Only if they were carrying these bats and balls. Clockwise from top left: TAYLORMADE r7 TP fairway wood. Phil Mickelson tapped the Jack Nicklaus plate in the 18th fairway at Baltusrol and then hit [...]

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It is the most important club in golf. At a time when courses keep getting longer and greens keep getting firmer and pins keep getting closer to the edges, here’s a tool that hits it far from fairway lies, launches it high and replaces those useless long irons in your bag. The hybrid club is [...]

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Hybrids: Tour Advice Even the best players use hybrids The days of the 1- and 2-irons are coming to an end, even for the best ball-strikers in the world. Only 18 of these butter knives were in play at the 2006 PGA Championship compared with 57 in 2004. Although tour pros appreciate forgiveness on off-center [...]

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