Note we said “mid-priced.” The new Takomo Ignis D2 fairways sell for $269, putting it above fairways from other DTC brands such as Sub 70, Hogan, MacGregor and Maltby. That’s a little different from what we’ve come to expect from Takomo, but it may be an indication that the brand is starting to evolve.

Let’s take a closer look, shall we?

Takomo Ignis D2 fairway woods

The new Takomo fairway wood line is being offered in three adjustable lofts: a 15-degree 3-wood, an 18-degree 5-wood and a 21-degree 7-wood. The adjustable hosel allows you to loft up or down by two degrees and adjust the lie up by one degree.

The Ignis D2 fairways feature a carbon crown for weight savings to move the center of gravity lower. The lower the CG, as any good GolfSpy knows, the easier it is to get the ball airborne. Additionally, the Ignis D2 has swappable sole weights. The 3-wood has two sole weights: an eight-gram and a three-gram. The ports are front and back and you can swap them based on desired performance. In general, a heavier weight in the front offers higher potential ball speed; in the back, it moves the CG farther back for higher launch and a little more forgiveness.

The 5- and 7-woods feature a single weight port with the eight-gram weight installed. The three-gram weight is included if you want to change it.

The heads themselves are made from Hyper 17-4 stainless steel. Hyper 17-4 is a marketing term but it reflects the level of heat treatment the material receives to optimize its combination of strength, flexibility and durability.

Depending on the level of heat treatment, Hyper 17-4 is more durable than maraging steel, commonly used in fairways. Also, depending on the heat treatment, it’s not quite as flexible and can’t be made quite as thin as maraging steel. Whether that translates into ball speed and performance differences is an open question.

The Ignis D2 fairways also feature variable-thickness face technology to maintain consistent distance on off-center strikes.

You’ll also notice an interesting sole rail design, reminiscent of COBRA’s Baffler rails, that are designed to help the club skim over the turf.

A word about “conforming” lists

Many of you might be ready to ask, based on recent news regarding the Takomo Ignis D2 driver, whether the new Takomo fairways are USGA/R&A conforming.

You won’t find this new Takomo fairway wood on the USGA and R&A conforming list. In fact, you won’t find fairway woods from any OEM on any USGA and R&A conforming lists. Turns out, there’s a good reason.

There isn’t a fairway woods list.

Nor is there a hybrid list, a full club irons list or a putter list. The only official conforming lists are for driver heads and golf balls. There’s also a database of groove rules for irons and wedges. That said, each of those clubs must conform to standard equipment rules for CT/COR, head size and grooves. However, there is no formal, published list.

In other words, a fairway wood is assumed to be conforming unless it’s tested and found not to be.

Takomo ran afoul of the R&A last month when it learned its Ignis D2 driver, with sole weights installed in a specific toe-heavy arrangement, would be non-conforming. Takomo stopped selling that driver and is developing a new one. It’s offering anyone who purchased an Ignis D2 driver a free replacement when one becomes available later this spring.

Takomo Ignis D2 fairway woods: Specs, price and availability

As mentioned, the Takomo Ignis D2 fairway woods sell for $269 each. They’re available in 15-, 18- and 21-degree adjustable models.

They’re available in left- and right-handed models. Takomo says the left-handed versions won’t ship until the end of May.

You can order any shaft you want as long as it’s a Ventus Red or Blue (non-VeloCore edition). The Ventus Red is mid to high launch and spin. It’s available in A-flex (50 grams) as well as regular and stiff (60 grams each). The Ventus Blue is lower launching and lower spinning. It’s available in R-flex (60 grams), stiff and X-stiff (70 grams each).

The Lamkin Crossline grip is standard.

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Well, I actually have a few words.

These shoes are freakin’ sexy!

FootJoy just dropped the first of three Legend Series capsules, and I’m in awe at what they’ve created.

Seriously, the FootJoy Premiere Series Marquis 1776 may be the sexiest golf shoe I’ve ever seen. And that’s coming from someone who owns close to 100 pairs.

Inspired by Philadelphia and the structures that shaped American history (i.e., the Liberty Bell), the first Legend Series drop is draped in supple grey and white leather and features a custom heel tab complete with a nod to that iconic bell. Yes, there’s a matching Premiere Series Packard if the wing-tipped Marquis isn’t quite your flavor.

Of course, the shoes still feature all of the FootJoy performance benefits you’ve come to expect. The result is a fully functioning piece of American art. Yeah, I said it. This pair deserves about every superlative you could throw at them.

And I’m not alone in that sentiment. So if you’re looking to snag a pair on May 12, you’d better come with a wallet in hand and your right hand over your heart.

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We tested 42 drivers across three swing speed categories in our 2026 Most Wanted Driver Test. One thing worth knowing before you read on: directional misses (how far left or right a driver sends the ball) are not directly associated with MOI which is contrary to what most golfers expect.

Here is what the data says about the most forgiving option at every speed.

How we measure forgiveness

Forgiveness is a measurement built from three specific metrics collected from every shot hit during testing.

• Carry distance deltas measure the difference between the longest and shortest carry distance for a given driver. A more forgiving driver produces similar carry distances regardless of where you catch the face.

• Ball speed deltas measure the difference between the fastest and slowest ball speed. A forgiving driver maintains ball speed on mishits rather than punishing you for missing the center of the face.

• Dispersion/shot area measures the spread of all shots hit with a given driver. Think of it as drawing an ellipse around your entire shot pattern and calculating the area inside it. The smaller that ellipse, the more consistent the driver. A tighter shot area means your misses are clustering in a smaller window regardless of direction.

It is also worth noting that, for many golfers, forgiveness comes down to something simpler than any of these metrics: which club they hit closest to the center of the face most often. Our data captures the outcome of mishits but the best driver for forgiveness is ultimately the one that produces the fewest mishits for your specific swing.

Slow Swing Speeds (Under 90 mph)

Most forgiving driver: Titleist GT1 (9.8 forgiveness score)

The Titleist GT1 leads the entire slow speed test on forgiveness. Its carry distance deltas and ball speed deltas are the tightest in the slow speed category.

What is interesting about the GT1’s forgiveness is where it comes from. It launches the ball at 16.02 degrees, the highest launch angle of any club in this group, which keeps mishits in the air longer and contributes to more consistent carry distances. Its playable rate of 95.2 percent is solid but its YFC (yards from center) of 12.15 yards is the widest of the four forgiveness leaders at slow speeds.

The GT1 keeps your mishits consistent in terms of distance. It does not necessarily keep them tight left to right.

If you need maximum distance or accuracy alongside your forgiveness, there are more complete options.

Other forgiving options at slow swing speeds

The LA GOLF driver is worth highlighting specifically. It posts a 9.5 forgiveness score alongside the tightest YFC of the group at 10.22 yards and the best playable rate at 97.6 percent. It also won the overall slow speed test with a 9.4 MGS score. If you are a slow swing speed golfer looking for forgiveness without sacrificing overall performance, the LA GOLF driver is the most complete option in the category.

Mid swing speeds (90–105 mph)

Most forgiving driver: Tour Edge Exotics Max (9.8 forgiveness score)

The Tour Edge Exotics Max leads mid speed forgiveness with a 9.8. It combines that score with a 9.3 overall MGS score and a 9.8 accuracy score.

The Exotics Max posts the tightest YFC of any forgiveness leader at mid speeds at 13.84 yards and a 92.6 percent playable rate. For a mid speed golfer who needs forgiveness but does not want to sacrifice overall performance, this is the most complete option in the category.

Other forgiving options at mid swing speeds

The PXG Lightning Max Lite and Srixon ZXi Max both score very well on forgiveness but their YFC figures are significantly wider — 15.47 and 17.00 yards respectively. Their forgiveness scores are driven by consistent ball speed and carry distance rather than keeping shots in a tight window. If dispersion matters as much as consistency to you the PING G440 MAX is the more balanced option.

High swing speeds (Over 105 mph)

Most forgiving driver: Callaway Quantum Max (9.8 forgiveness score)

The Callaway Quantum Max does something no other driver manages in our entire 2026 test. It leads its speed category in overall performance AND leads in forgiveness simultaneously. At high swing speeds, it scores 9.7 overall and 9.8 for forgiveness.

Forgiving high speed drivers are genuinely hard to build. At high swing speeds, mishits are more severe and maintaining consistent ball speed and carry across the face is a significant engineering challenge. The Quantum Max does it better than anything else we tested at this speed, averaging 295.7 yards of total distance with a 79.7 percent playable rate.

Its YFC of 18.53 yards is the widest of the forgiveness leaders at high speeds which tells the same story we saw at slow speeds. Its forgiveness comes from consistency of ball speed and carry rather than tight dispersion.

Other forgiving options at high swing speeds

The COBRA OPTM Max-K stands out here. It posts the tightest YFC of the group at 17.37 yards and the best playable rate at 81.1 percent while scoring 9.4 overall. If you are a high swing speed golfer whose priority is keeping mishits in play rather than purely maximizing distance, the Max-K makes a strong case.

Final thoughts

There is one more thing worth taking into your next driver fitting: forgiveness and dispersion tell different stories. The clubs with the highest forgiveness scores in our test are not always the ones with the tightest shot spread. Understanding which one matters more to your game will help you find the right driver faster. The full results from our 2026 driver test are available here.

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For the eighth consecutive year, Arccos is offering up a different kind of evidence—actual on-course shots from real golfers playing real rounds. And for the eighth consecutive year, the data tells the same story.

The average amateur isn’t hitting it any farther than he did in 2018. Women are actually hitting it shorter.

About the 2026 Arccos driving distance report

The 2026 edition (download the full report here) draws on more than five million rounds and nearly 10 million driver tee shots recorded during the 2025 calendar year. Total yardage (carry plus rollout) on par 4s and par 5s, sliced by age, handicap and gender. If you want a clear-eyed look at how amateurs actually hit it off the tee, this is about as robust a dataset as you’re going to find anywhere.

With that, here are the six insights I found most interesting.

The average amateur isn’t getting any longer

In 2018, the average male Arccos user hit driver 224.0 yards. In 2025, that number is 224.1.

#BOMBS

If you’re scoring at home, that’s a tenth of a yard of “progress” over eight calendar years. Twist faces, AI heads, faster balls, better shafts. None of it has moved the needle for the average weekend hacker. Not by a yard. Not by a half. Arguably, not at all.

Remind me again why we’re rolling back the golf ball?

Women are actually losing distance

Here’s the part that’s often overlooked. Over the same eight-year window (see above), the women’s average has dropped from 179.2 yards to 175.7. A loss of three and a half yards.

The report doesn’t unpack why, but given how steeply distance falls with age (more on that in a second), it’s reasonable to wonder whether the women’s user base has gradually shifted older. Whatever the explanation, it’s hard to look at the trend line and conclude that anything resembling a distance crisis exists in amateur women’s golf.

The knife cuts both ways

Men 15 to 19 average 240 yards off the tee. Men in their 70s average 190.

Fifty yards. Roughly a club and a half. It’s like the Bandon wind, except it never changes direction.

The flip side is more interesting. Over those same five-plus decades, fairways-hit climbs from 38 percent for men in their 20s to 56 percent for men in their 70s. Old guys lose distance. They also stop hitting it sideways.

Whether that’s because they’ve finally figured something out or because they physically can’t swing hard enough to spray it, I’ll let you decide.

Either way, at least we have something to look forward to.

Skill, not age, is the bigger driver of distance

Sort the men’s data by handicap and the gap is brutal. A scratch-to-4.9 averages 244 yards off the tee. A 30-plus handicapper averages 181.

Sixty-three yards. Across every age bracket. No asterisks.

For context, the entire age spectrum—from teenagers all the way through men in their 70s—accounts for a 50-yard distance gap. The handicap spectrum, at any given age, accounts for 63. Said differently: a 30-handicap in his 20s hits it shorter than a scratch in his 60s. Skill, not age, is the single biggest variable in how far an amateur hits a driver.

For women, the handicap spread is wider still: 75 yards between the lowest- and highest-handicap groups.

“Drive for show, putt for dough” remains one of the great lies in golf. Better players don’t just chip and putt better. They hit it materially farther off the tee.

And no, your one good drive last Sunday doesn’t count.

Accuracy isn’t the equalizer (the wayward shot is)

The high-handicap “yeah, but I’m always in play” defense doesn’t hold up either.

Scratch-to-4.9 men hit the fairway 50 percent of the time. The 30-plus group hits it 40 percent. A 10-point gap, but not catastrophic.

The catastrophic number is what happens on the misses.

According to Arccos, 12 percent of drives by scratch-to-4.9 players result in either a penalty or a forced recovery—punch-outs, lay-ups, lost balls, no realistic shot at the green. For the 30-plus crowd, that number is 45 percent.

Read it again. Nearly half of every drive a 30-handicap hits ends with either a stroke on the card or a sideways pitch back into the fairway. The lost ball gets the headlines. The recovery shot is what’s quietly running up the score. At 33 percent of all 30-plus drives, it’s nearly three times the penalty rate.

The data is what the data is, but nevertheless, I feel bullied on a deeply personal level right now.

Women’s accuracy doesn’t track handicap

I saved this curious one for last.

For men, fairway accuracy improves with handicap. Modestly, but it improves.

For women, it basically doesn’t. The most accurate handicap group (scratch-to-4.9) hits 55 percent of fairways. The least accurate (25-to-29.9) hits 51 percent. Four points across the entire skill spectrum, and Arccos itself notes there’s no meaningful correlation between women’s handicap and women’s driving accuracy.

Where the men’s better players are longer and straighter, the women’s better players are mostly just longer. The skill divide off the tee, for whatever reason, shows up almost entirely in yards.

If you’ve got a theory, I’m all ears.

The takeaway

Eight years in, the Arccos data continues to make a hard-to-argue case that the recreational distance “crisis” is essentially a fiction. Men haven’t gained a yard. Women have lost a few. Skill moves the needle more than age. And what separates the best amateurs from everyone else isn’t the fairways they hit—it’s the trouble they manage to avoid.

You can dig into the full 2026 Arccos Driving Distance Report (including year-over-year breakdowns by age and handicap going back to 2018) here.

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Here’s everything a beginner needs to know about wedge lofts.

The four wedge types

Most golfers carry two and four wedges. Each covers a specific loft window and a set of situations on the course:

Distances are approximate for a male golfer with a moderate swing speed. Slower-swing players will carry wedges less distance.

Pitching wedge loft and gapping: The most important part

Before buying any wedge, check the loft of your iron set’s pitching wedge.

Over the past 20 years, iron manufacturers have steadily strengthened lofts to help golfers with distance. A game-improvement iron set today may have a pitching wedge lofted at 41-43 degrees whereas a traditional player’s iron sits at 45–46. That difference creates a gaping hole in your distances if you just grab a standard sand wedge off the shelf without checking.

The goal is to have even distance gaps of roughly 10–15 yards between each wedge. Think of it as a ladder—each rung should be the same distance apart. If, for example, there’s a 14-degree jump from your pitching wedge to your sand wedge with nothing in between, you’re missing a rung entirely. That’s where the gap wedge comes in and why the loft of your pitching wedge dictates which gap wedge you need.

Here’s how some popular current iron sets break down and what to add first.

Recommended first wedge explanation

The “recommended first wedge” is the gap wedge that bridges the distance between your pitching wedge and your sand wedge. For most players with traditional iron lofts, a 50-degree gap wedge followed by a 56-degree sand wedge is a clean, simple setup. Players with stronger-lofted distance irons may need to start at 48 or even 46 degrees to keep those gaps even.

It’s worth saying that none of these recommendations are exact and there’s no such thing as a perfect wedge setup. Even tour professionals carry setups that don’t follow a strict loft progression. What separates good wedge setups from bad ones is awareness. Know what loft your pitching wedge is, understand where the distance holes in your bag are and build from there. The table above is a starting point, not a rulebook.

How many wedges do you need?

The answer depends on where you are in your game.

Your pitching wedge is already in your bag so the real question is how many additional wedges to carry. For most beginners, the answer is two: a gap wedge and a sand wedge. Together with your pitching wedge, those three clubs will cover most situations you’ll face around the greens.

Once your ball-striking becomes more consistent and you start to identify specific gaps in your yardages, a fourth wedge, typically a 58- or 60-degree lob wedge, is worth considering.

A simple progression for beginners:

• Stage 1: PW + sand wedge (two clubs, covers the basics)
• Stage 2: Add a gap wedge once you notice the distance hole between PW and SW
• Stage 3: Add a lob wedge when your short game is reliable and you need that high, stopping shot

A note on loft bending

If a specific loft isn’t available off the shelf, most forged wedges can be bent ±2° by a club fitter. Cast and stainless steel wedges are more brittle and should only be adjusted ±1°. One thing to keep in mind: bending loft also changes the bounce angle by roughly the same amount. If you bend 2° stronger and you lose ~2° of bounce which affects how the club performs from sand and soft turf. Before adjusting loft on your wedges, talk to a reputable club fitter.

Final thoughts

Wedge lofts aren’t the most glamorous part of golf but getting them right is one of the most practical things a novice golfer can do. A well-gapped set of wedges removes some of the guesswork from inside 100 yards.

When you’re ready to start looking at specific wedge models, our 2025 wedge testing breaks down the best options on the market across every category.

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Say the word and most players picture Sergio Garcia, wrists loaded forever, shaft leaning like crazy and the clubhead trailing beautifully behind the hands. Then they try to manufacture that look, get too steep, leave the face open or hit a weak wipey shot that feels nothing like the pro image they had in mind.

That is the problem.

Lag is real but the myths around it have wrecked a lot of iron swings.

If you chase the wrong version of lag, you can ruin sequence, contact and face control all at once. Here are four myths that cause the most damage.

Myth 1: More lag is always better

Nope.

Lag is not a contest. More lag does not automatically equate to more powerful or more efficient.

Good players create lag because of sequence and pressure shift, not because they are trying to hold angles for dear life. When recreational golfers try to create extra lag on purpose, they often do it with tension. The wrists get tight, the transition gets jerky and the club arrives too late.

That is when blocks, fats and weak contact start showing up.

The goal is functional lag, not maximum lag. You need enough of it to deliver the club well but not so much that you are constantly playing catch-up.

Myth 2: You should hold the wrist angle as long as possible

This one gets golfers in trouble fast.

Trying to “hold the angle” usually turns into a stalled body with trapped arms. The hands get dragged down, the club gets stuck behind and then some kind of flip or save has to happen near impact.

Real lag is not a freeze-frame move. It is something that appears in a well-sequenced downswing.

The lower body begins to shift and rotate, the arms shallow and the club retains its angle naturally for a while. Then it releases.

That last part matters. Lag is supposed to go away.

If you spend the whole downswing trying to preserve it, you are trying to stop a chain from doing what it was built to do.

Myth 3: Shaft lean means you have great lag

Sometimes, it does. Sometimes, it means something else entirely.

A golfer can create a lot of shaft lean at impact by dragging the handle forward and shutting loft down without actually having a healthy sequence. That can produce low bullets and the occasional flush strike but it can also produce chunks, toe strikes and shots that come out with the wrong flight.

Shaft lean is a result. It is not the objective.

This is where golfers get fooled by still images. A cool impact position on video does not tell the whole story. How the club got there matters. If the sequence was poor and the player had to save it late, the look may be misleading.

Myth 4: Lag comes from the hands

This is the big one.

Golfers are told to create lag with the wrists so they start snatching the club down with the hands and arms. That usually steepens the shaft and makes the downswing harder to time.

Better lag tends to come from the body moving well.

When pressure shifts, the pelvis begins to open, the torso keeps unwinding and the arms do not throw the club from the top; lag often shows up as a byproduct. That is why so many great ball strikers look athletic more than manipulative.

They are not manufacturing lag. They are moving in a way that allows it.

What you should focus on instead

If lag has been messing with your iron play, stop chasing positions.

Focus on sequence.

Feel the transition start from the ground up. Let the arms fall instead of firing the club from the top. Keep turning through the strike so the club can release in the right window.

A simple half-swing drill works wonders here. Make a backswing to lead-arm parallel, pause for a split second and then start down by shifting pressure and turning. Let the club swing through without trying to “hold” anything. You will often see cleaner contact almost immediately.

The ball flight test

Good lag usually comes with compressed contact, better start lines and more predictable distance.

Bad lag-chasing often comes with blocks, chunks, low screamers and the feeling that you have to time everything perfectly.

That is a useful test.

If your pursuit of lag has made your iron play feel more fragile, it is probably not helping.

The simple truth

Lag is one of those things golfers should understand but not obsess over.

It is real. It matters. But it is not something you force with your hands or try to preserve forever. It is something good movement tends to create.

So stop chasing the photo.

Start chasing better sequence, better contact and a ball flight you can trust.

That is a much smarter way to play golf.

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Then your palms must be sweaty on the golf course too. Eminem knew—he just didn’t specify that “Lose Yourself” was about golf gloves.

The easy fix to sweaty hands is a golf glove, but you have to pick the right one. Some premium leather gloves don’t offer enough breathability to help your clammy hands and will ultimately make things worse.

I’ve tested 5 gloves that you should consider if you commonly deal with sweaty, clammy hands. Like the Eminem song says, you only get “one shot” if you’re trying to go low. And trust me, you won’t if your hands are dripping in sweat.

We’ll start with a couple leather gloves, then we’ll look at a few synthetic options, and lastly- one glove to avoid all together.

Here are the top 5 golf gloves for sweaty hands.

PING Tour

PING does anti-sweat right with the PING Tour.

As you can see with the image above, vents are featured not only on the top of the hand, but on the inside of the fingers above the palm. This design maximizes how much air makes it in and how much heat is pushed out.

After testing nearly 60 golf gloves this year, I’ll make a bold claim that the PING Tour is the most breathable Cabretta golf glove that your money can buy.

PXG Players

The PXG Players is a step down from the PING Tour, but still deserves a spot in our top-5 most breathable golf gloves.

Vents are featured on top of the hand, and the bottom of the fingers for top-notch ventilation. Some people prefer the feeling of natural leather when they play golf (I’m one of those people).

You shouldn’t have to sacrifice breathability when opting for leather and PXG makes sure you don’t with the PXG Players golf glove.

Red Rooster Range Rooster

The first synthetic golf glove is the Range Rooster from Red Rooster.

This might be one of the thinnest golf gloves that I’ve ever worn, with vents on both sides of the fingers and at the bottom of each finger. When you mix an ultra-thin design and three areas for heat to be released, you get a glove fit for those prone to sweat.

The Range Rooster is positioned as a practice-glove focused on range reps and training. Keep this in mind before purchasing the Range Rooster.

FootJoy SciFlex

The FootJoy SciFlex was built for moments like this.

The SciFlex isn’t purely synthetic due to its leather palm, but you’ll notice a unique design that offers extensive breathability on the top of the hand. Upon further examination, I estimate that roughly 70% of the entire glove has some type of venting technology.

This is by far the most extensive design for maximum breathability and might just be the most breathable golf glove on the market.

Palm All Weather Golf Glove

Palm Golf has focused on lifestyle gloves for a while now and their All Weather Golf Glove is perfectly suited for sweaty hands.

On top of being built for breathability and moisture, it’s also got the most flare out of this group of featured gloves. If you’re searching for breathability, performance, and a touch of style, this one’s for you.

The hexagon-shaped honeycomb design optimizes grip while the tops of the fingers have vents to release heat. The sides of the fingers are stylized and more thin to produce additional airflow.

One To Avoid: Bruce Bolt Original Series Golf Glove

To provide some contrast, I wanted to highlight one glove I would avoid at all costs if you have sweaty hands.

The Original Series Golf Glove from Bruce Bolt gets an A+ in terms of grip and feel, but as you can see, there’s very little breathability. Leather with no breathability is a poor combination. There are small vents at the bottom of the fingers, but the lack of venting around the fingers is concerning for golfers with sweaty hands.

Closing Thoughts

When it comes to choosing a breathable golf glove, look for these 2 things –

1. Synthetic Design.
   A synthetic golf glove will almost always outperform in terms of breathability but there are trade-offs. While you might solve your initial issue of having sweaty hands, you’ll almost certainly lose some key features such as grip, feel, and comfort.
   
2. If you go with Cabretta leather, make sure there’s proper venting.
   Having sweaty hands on the golf course doesn’t mean you can never buy a Cabretta leather glove again. It just means that you have to be more intentional with the specific glove you choose. Look for gloves with venting in multiple places, and focus on storing your glove in a cool, dry place.

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But in addition to collecting that data, we ask every tester what they think of the driver they hit. We require scores for things like sound, feel and looks.

The data tells you what performed. The feedback tells you what golfers trusted. Here’s where those two things lined up and where they didn’t.

When the scores and feedback matched

At the top of the leaderboard, scores and tester confidence moved together. These drivers performed well and golfers felt it immediately.

The common thread across all of them was consistency. Not one tester in this group got excited because a driver was occasionally long. They got excited because it did the same thing over and over.

High scores at the top of the leaderboard produced high confidence in the feedback. Distance, accuracy and feel all moved together and golfers noticed right away.

When the scores and feedback didn’t match

This is where it gets more interesting. A number of drivers posted competitive MGS scores but generated feedback that was far more negative than those numbers suggest. In a few cases, the gap was significant.

This isn’t about bad drivers. An 8.4 or 8.6 MGS score is competitive. But golfers were reacting to things the score doesn’t measure like sound, look at address, feel on off-center strikes and, in most cases, those things won.

The LA Golf driver is the most striking example here. A 9.3 accuracy score is strong but tester after tester brought up the sound.

Tour Edge is a different kind of disconnect. Fourth overall is a great result for a brand that doesn’t get the same shelf space as Callaway or TaylorMade. But testers weren’t excited. “Didn’t motivate me” showed up more than once. The driver performed but it didn’t create any feeling of confidence or connection that made golfers want to buy it.

Sound and feel at address created immediate hard-to-overcome reactions. In most cases, performance alone wasn’t enough to change a golfer’s mind once those first impressions landed.

The “I wanted to like it” category

These are drivers that had real strengths, good feel on center strikes, interesting technology, competitive distance numbers, but couldn’t get all the way there for most testers.

The language in this category is distinct. You hear things like “with the right shaft,” “needs a fitting,” and “I’d tinker with it,” which tells you the driver has something worth pursuing but isn’t ready out of the box for most golfers.

The COBRA OPTM LS comment is worth reading twice: “33 ways to mess it up or make it great.” That’s a golfer who sees the ceiling on the driver but is honest about the fact that the adjustability cuts both ways. The Mizuno JPX One generated some of the most enthusiastic aesthetic reactions in the entire test: “wicked design,” “beautiful club.”

These drivers aren’t failures. But they require something from the golfer that the top performers don’t: more fitting time, more patience or a different shaft.

The bottom line

The best drivers in the 2026 test weren’t just long. They were predictable, easy to align and forgiving enough that golfers stopped worrying about the bad swings. The feedback on those clubs wasn’t complicated. Testers just kept saying the same positive things over and over.

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To find out, we asked PGA TOUR Superstore for a look at their top-selling men’s and women’s golf shoe styles so far in 2026.

Here’s what we found.

Men’s golf shoes: Almost right down the middle

When you look at the top men’s golf shoe styles at PGA TOUR Superstore in 2026, the split is essentially even between spiked and spikeless models.

The spiked side

The FootJoy HyperFlex is one of the more notable spiked sellers. FootJoy’s flagship performance shoe features Pulsar LP cleats and a PowerPlate outsole, built for golfers who want a locked-in, stable base through the swing. The FootJoy Premiere Series – Field is another one of the top sellers from PGA TOUR Superstore. The Premiere family was also one of the stronger performers in our own 2026 spiked shoe testing.

The Sun Day Red Pioneer Cypress is another top seller. It’s a spiked shoe that looks almost understated enough to pass for spikeless, which may be part of its broader appeal.

The spikeless side

The FootJoy Pro S/L ’26 is the standout. The shoe got a significant overhaul for 2026. It has new last, new ZTEC upper, redesigned ARCTrax/SL outsole and earned the top spot in our Most Wanted spikeless testing this year, finishing with the highest overall score in the category. It’s also one of the best sellers are PGATSS.

The G/FORE MG4+ O2 and Sun Day Red Presidio are among the spikeless top sellers, which tracks with our own 2026 testing. The Presidio took the top spot in the low-profile spikeless category.

The Jordan AJ1 Low Spikeless is another one that has been popular in 2026. The AJ1 notably appeared on both the spiked and spikeless top sellers lists.

Women’s Golf Shoes: Spikeless in a landslide

If the men’s list tells a story of balance between spiked and spikeless shoes in 2026, the women’s list tells a completely different one. Among the top women’s footwear styles at PGA TOUR Superstore, the overwhelming majority are spikeless.

The Callaway Coronado v4 is one of the few spiked models that made the list of top sellers.

The FootJoy Pro S/L ’26 appears here, too, making it a top seller for both men and women. Many of the shoes on the women’s list lean into lifestyle and sneaker-inspired designs.

The New Balance 327, adidas Gazelle and Skechers Go Golf Flight offer spikeless traction in packages that transition easily on and off the course. The G/FORE Gallivan2r and G/FORE G.112 Kiltie Hybrid represent the fashion-forward end of the market G/FORE has made its signature.

The spikeless dominance in women’s footwear is hard to ignore whether it reflects a preference for comfort and versatility, a shift toward off-course wearability or simply the direction women’s golf footwear has moved as a category.

Final thoughts

The spiked-versus-spikeless debate doesn’t have a definitive winner but in 2026 golfers are still buying them both. Take a look at our complete testing results to see which spiked or spikeless shoe is best for your golf game:

• Best spikeless shoes of 2026
• Best spiked shoes of 2026

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Called the Your Golf Tour, the four-event circuit is being organized by Grant Horvat and the Bryan Bros.

The concept here is pretty simple. These are the best YouTube golfers. Whereas, typically, YouTube golf is a blend of skill and personality—often the top influencers are more personality-based than skill-based—this tour is all about getting the most skilled guys together.

Your Golf Tour will open at Pursell Farms in Alabama this year and close at Wynn Las Vegas with a three-day, $1-million stroke-play championship. In between, we’ll get Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo in the Dominican and then Cutalong at Tributer Resort in Virginia.

Today, we found out who is actually going to be competing for this money. We knew about Horvat and the Bryan Bros. but there were 13 other names to be found on the board.

There was a video yesterday (below) releasing the names and providing additional details of the tour.

The format for Pursell Farms is that each captain will select three players for their team. They will also bring in a random wildcard player for each event. The wildcard can be absolutely anyone but that player can’t be chosen again (by any team) for the remainder of the year.

That means there will be five-man teams each tournament.

Round 1: Nine holes of a scramble on the Horvat channel where each team has a pair of two-man attacks.

Round 2: Nine holes of alternate shot on the Bryan Bros. channel where the wildcard must be inserted into the lineup no matter what—so the captains will be forced to make a decision of whom to bench from their team.

After those 18 holes, the bottom two teams based on cumulative team scores will be cut.

Then the final round of the event will be on the YGT channel with 5 v. 5 singles among the top two teams. That means everyone, including the wildcard, will be playing.

Horvat and co. said the individual tournament formats could change as the season progresses but the drafted players will still belong to each team throughout the year.

Prize money for the first three events is $250,000 for first place, $175,000 for second place, $50,000 for third place and $25,000 for fourth place. That will be split among the team members.

Heading into the second year, all four teams will have to drop one player. There will be qualifiers and expansion for the second season.

Here are the 16 players competing.

• Grant Horvat (captain)

• George Bryan (captain)

• Wesley Bryan (captain)

• Brad Dalke (captain)

• Garrett Clark

• Peter Finch

• Roger Steele

• Luke Kwon

• Ryan Ruffels

• Josh Kelley

• Chance Taylor

• Sam Heung Min

• Tooms

• Sean Walsh

• Taco Golf

• Micah Morris

Sean’s take

I’ll reiterate what I’ve been saying for much of this year.

These guys have built YouTube channels based on their comedy and approachability—not necessarily on their pure golf skill. Their golf skill is a big factor but their channels would go nowhere if they weren’t entertaining as characters.

How do they maintain those traits while still competing for a lot of money? How do the videos feel? 

The second this starts feeling like a cash grab without the same layers of entertainment, the bubble could burst and there could be some resistance from the audience.

I do think we’re getting a little over the top with YouTube golf in general. It’s a positive thing overall but I’m not sure there is enough juice for an entire tour of influencers, especially since some of these guys are much better players than entertainers.

Not for nothing, there are some unlikable characters on this list (Kwon, Morris, etc.). I think that kind of helps, honestly. It’s nice to root against players.

Ultimately, I’ll reserve judgement until seeing the finished product.

What do you think? Is this a good idea?

Let me know below in the comments.

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