by Steve Pike | Feb 3, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
SuperStroke, is best known as the No. 1 putter grip in golf and a leader in innovative Tour-proven golf grip technology, but Justin Rose has proven SuperStroke is equally effective on drivers. Rose, a 45-year-old Englishman and 2013 U.S. Open winner this past weekend...
by Steve Pike | Feb 2, 2026 | golf business, Golf News, golf shoes, Opinion, shoes
By Brian Sommer Golf, like any civilized pursuit, thrives on a delicate balance between performance and presentation. It demands footwear that is both serviceable and, ideally, unobtrusive. Enter the OluKai Mākena WP, a men’s performance golf shoe retailing at $200 a...
by Steve Pike | Feb 2, 2026 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts, Travel News
One of my favorite Irish destinations – KIlleen Castle in Dunsany, County Meath – this Spring is expected to begin renovation work, with a full reopening planned for 2028. Dating back more than 800 years, Killeen Castle has long been regarded as a landmark...
by Steve Pike | Jan 24, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts
River Ranch Golf Resort, a new destination set atop the bluffs of the Snake River near Pasco, Wash., has plans for its first golf course designed by world-renowned architect and Pacific Northwest resident David McLay Kidd. River Ranch Golf Resort brings together golf,...
by Steve Pike | Jan 24, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Opinion, Technology
By Brian Sommer Every year, without fail, the golf industry assembles to announce once again that it has conquered physics. “Faster.” “Hotter.” “More speed.” This ritual is now accompanied by an ever-growing menagerie of technical marvels: carbon faces, carbon crowns,...
by Steve Pike | Jan 24, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, PGA Show, Technology
Cobra Golf’s new family of OPTM metalwoods was among the highlights of this week’s PGA Show in Orlando. Each member of the new OPTM family includes POI (Product of Inertia) Shaping, Adaptive POI Weighting, H.O.T. Face and FUTUREFIT33. The four models available are...
