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 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...
by Steve Pike | Aug 5, 2026 | Fashion, golf balls, golf business, golf entertainment, Golf News
Encouraged by strong first half results this year, Callaway Golf (CALY: NYSE) is increasing its full-year guidance to between 2.045 to $2.070B from $2.015 to $2.070B. Callaway on Aug. 4 reported Q2 revenue of $612.2 million, a two percent increase over the same period...
by Steve Pike | Jun 25, 2026 | Equipment, golf balls, golf business, Golf News, Opinion
By Brian Sommer There is a peculiar modern superstition in golf – one that passes for science simply because it is accompanied by numbers. Launch monitors hum, TrackMan units blink with authority, and fitting sessions proceed with the solemnity of laboratory...
by Steve Pike | Jun 11, 2026 | Equipment, Events, golf balls, Golf News
Bridgestone Golf, is introducing its USA 250 Capsule to celebrate 250 years of American heritage through the lens of championship golf and Tour-level performance. Arriving just in time for the U.S. Open Championship, the patriotic capsule blends collector-level design...
by Steve Pike | May 18, 2026 | golf balls, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Opinion, PGA Tour
By Brian Sommer There is a peculiar modern superstition that has crept into sport with the quiet confidence of something that believes it is merely “helping” the world become more governable by the more numerically it is described. It is the familiar, slightly smug...
