There is a specific moment on a hilly course that turns a good round into a bad one. You reach the top of a climb, tap the brake, and the cart keeps sliding — slowly at first, then fast — and the only thing between it and the creek is you leaning on the handle … Read more
Most golf shoes marked wide are not wide. The label describes a fit intention, not a measurement, and the difference between a genuine 2E or 4E width SKU and a model that is merely roomy by shape is the difference between comfortable rounds and blisters by hole nine. The best golf shoes for wide feet … Read more
Sweat does not ruin a golf swing on its own. It ruins the interface between your hand and the grip, and once that layer turns slick, your body compensates by squeezing harder, your forearms tense up, and you lose the wrist hinge that generates clubhead speed. The best golf gloves for sweaty hands are not … Read more
If your driver clubhead speed sits at 105 mph or above, the ball matters more than it does for almost anyone else. A soft, low-compression ball gets crushed at impact and gives back less ball speed than you paid for, and the two outright winners in this class are the Titleist Pro V1x and the … Read more
Most garage golf setups fail for the same boring reason. Somebody bought a screen, threw it against the back wall, and then spent a winter wondering why the picture looked washed out and why their car had a ball mark in the door trim. The fix is not a better projector. It is a proper … Read more
The best golf chipping nets for backyards are the GoSports Chipster Pop-Up Net for all-round practice, the JEF World of Golf Collapsible Chipping Net for a frame that will not fold, and the Callaway Chip-Shot Net for the tightest storage footprint. A chipping net is a small pop-up basket with scoring pockets that catches short … Read more
A slice is the most expensive miss in golf, and most golfers treat it like a mystery instead of a mechanic. The ball starts right of the target for a right-handed player, curves further right, and lands in the rough. Meanwhile the reason sits somewhere in the 30 milliseconds before impact, and it is nearly … Read more
A bass baitcasting rod is a 6-foot-6-inch to 8-foot rod with a trigger handle and a graphite or carbon blank, built in medium-heavy to heavy power with fast or moderate-fast action so it can throw lures a spinning outfit cannot handle. That means crankbaits, spinnerbaits, swim jigs, flipping plastics, buzzbaits and swimbait. It is also … Read more
Most trout anglers do not need an expensive rod. They need a rod whose power, length and lure rating match the water in front of them, and the wrong choice shows up as bent hooks, snapped light line and a tip you cannot fish past. After spending weeks comparing the ten ultralight and light spinning … Read more
The best surf fishing rods for beach anglers are the ones that put a weighted rig past the shore break and still keep the tip alive when a striped bass turns. Our top pick for is the Fiblink 10-foot medium-heavy two-piece casting rod, and it earned that spot because it is the only rod in … Read more