by Steve Pike | Aug 28, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Opinion
Part III of Brian Sommer’s three-part series on Moneyball, golf’s numbers gane, and what statistics truly show Golf has already embraced the visible part of Moneyball. We have the numbers. We have the models. We have the analysts. We have databases larger than...
by Steve Pike | Aug 25, 2026 | Equipment, Fitness, golf business, Golf News, Instruction, Opinion, PGA Tour
Part II of Brian Sommer’s three-part series on Moneyball, golf’s numbers gane, and what statistics truly show Take the “mental game.” A golfer gets angry. Then hits another poor shot. Observation. Now: “He carried the anger into the next shot.” Explanation. Then:...
by Steve Pike | Aug 24, 2026 | Equipment, Fitness, golf balls, golf business, Golf Courses, golf entertainment, Golf News, Instruction, Opinion, PGA Tour
Part I of Brian Sommer’s three-part series on Moneyball, golf’s numbers gane, and what statistics truly show Data Can Describe Greatness. That Does Not Mean It Explains It Baseball had statistics long before Bill James. That is worth remembering, because...
by Steve Pike | Aug 20, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Technology
As zero-torque putters continue to influence the premium putter category, Evnroll is introducing a new alternative – one designed to control torque rather than eliminate it. The company says its new EZPZ Reverse Torque Putter, featuring patent-pending Reverse...
by Steve Pike | Aug 17, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Opinion, Technology
By Brian Sommer Every few years, golf discovers a putter that has finally solved putting. This is one of the game’s more durable comic traditions. The metallurgy changes. The milling changes. The inserts change. The alignment systems acquire more lines than a...
by Steve Pike | Aug 6, 2026 | Equipment, golf balls, golf business, Golf News
Strong second quarter 2026 sales and earnings from Titleist parent Acushnet Co., (GOLF: NYSE) has prompted the company to raise its full-year sales to be in the range of $2.65 billion to $2.675 billion – up 4.1 percent at the midpoint. “This outlook...
