Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show

A very special episode for you this week, filmed outside The Cottage at Pinehurst No. 8! Yes, we're back from our very special week in golf heaven, and we've got loads to catch up on. From playing Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 10 to snooping around inside Golf Pride's new Performance Lab and Global Innovation Center, we've been busy boys. We'll update you on our time in North Carolina, including our time in the Golf Hall Of Fame and the USGA testing facilities, too.

After the self-indulgence, there's plenty of equipment chat to get stuck into. With the 2026 releases...

What a weekend of golf that was! With high profile tournaments in Australia, South Africa and The Bahamas, we've got loads to talk about. While not a winner this week, Scottie Scheffler took his appearance at the Hero World Challenge to debut his new TaylorMade Qi4D driver. We've spotted some unqiue features already on what looks to be a model with plenty of Tour-only offerings built in. We also dive into tournament winner Hideki Matsuyama's winning bag as the Japanese star romped home to victory after a stunning final day display. Also this week, Callaway's Quantum and Cobra's...

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Happy Monday, thanks for downloading! Another busy weekend of golf to reflect on this week. Joe met up with David Puig in Singapore earlier this year and, for reasons we disclose in the podcast, we never used the interview in a show. Though we've never aired it, it does mean Joe has a good insight into the Spaniard's bag that features four different brands and some old equipment too. Elsewhere, Ping has teased some new putters (and Viktor Hovland is testing them), and Marco Penge has switched putters again. We also reflect on golf in general in Australia and...

Happy Friday, folks, and happy Thanksgiving weekend to our American friends. Another jam-packed episode this week, one that gets very techy in places, so strap in. Firstly, Joe has a Big Question. Why are club fittings all working in such small parameters? Lie angles never go more than two degrees upright or flat, swing weights are rarely altered outside of standard, grips are normally standard size - why don't we think bigger when it comes to fittings?

Speaking of swing weight, Joe's got a new digital swing weight machine to show off, and we do a...

Happy Monday - hope you had a good weekend, thanks for downloading this week's Tour Issue! Plenty for us to cover as the 'Free Agent Finn' Sami Valimaki wins on Tour with a massively mixed bag of equipment featuring four brands and, our favourite, a mini driver. On the LPGA Tour, Jeeno Thitihul broke records with her full bag of Callaway equipment, including a first win for the brand's newest range of putters. Will this start a new trend in the zero-torque putter space? Also, Titleist's 24/25 DP World Tour report was released this week, revealing a truly dominant share...

Happy Friday, everyone! This week, we welcome our biggest guests to date: George and Wesley Bryan, also known as the Bryan Bros. Two of the biggest content creators on YouTube stopped to chat with our very own Sam De'Ath at the International Series in the Philippines last month. Expect insight on their experiences with Takomo irons, driver tinkering stories and why they've decided to switch to L.A.B. putters.

But before you listen to any of that, we've got much more in this week's episode to get stuck into. Firstly, Joe runs us through his...

Happy Monday, everyone. The start of a new working week means a new episode of Tour Issue, and we're here to recap Fitzpatrick's win in Dubai, Rory's 7th Order of Merit win, Adam Schenk's one-handed putting chaos, and Nelly Korda's under-the-radar iron switch. Why can't Fitzpatrick quit his old Ping irons? Has Rory found a new best friend in Qi4D? And has Rory's 2025 been the best year of golf in the modern era since the Tiger Slam? All of that and more answered this week!

Thanks for your positive feedback on our first episode of...

Happy Friday, folks, thanks for downloading. This week, there's an update on Joe's vobesman set, we call out wedge manufacturers and plead with them to stop over-designing their wedges, Joe pines for Robert Rock (again), and we go through some of the best-looking irons of the '80s and '90s after a listener wanted to know what set he should be for his own vibesman set.

We also welcome Adrian Retiveld back onto the show to chat all things equipment from one of the best fitters in the professional game. We unearthed this interview from...

Welcome to the first episode of Kick Point: Tour Issue, your weekly roundup of the weekend's Tour golf and equipment breaking news stories. We couldn't have asked for a more exciting week to bring you our first episode, with new equipment from TaylorMade, Ping and Cobra being seeded on Tour far earlier than we expected. We have our first impressions of all these new clubs and react to Aaron Rai's stunning playoff win in Abu Dhabi. How fitting that, on a week with so much new equipment, a man with a six-year-old model goes and wins big - we...

Welcome to Kick Point: Tour Issue, our brand new weekly show! Every Monday (well, providing one of us isn't away), we'll be sitting down to react to the weekend's golf and all the equipment news we can't react to as quickly as we'd like to on our Friday shows. We've got a a humdinger of a first episode for you. Episode one will arrive later this afternoon with our reaction to Aaron Rai's win in Abu Dhabi, TaylorMade's Qi4D hitting the USGA conforming list, Ping G440 K driver being spotted, S259 wedges and a Cobra mini driver too...

Happy Friday, and thanks for joining us this week! Another bumper episode for you this week, and we're starting with a rant about driving ranges. Since the introduction of Trackman ranges, it's safe to say the demographics and sheer volume of people going to driving ranges are changing. Is this newfound love for ranges making it tougher for the less casual golfers to get practice in? Or are we too busy looking down our noses at new people joining the game?

On Tested This Week, Joe has a new toy - a Foresight GC3 launch monitor...

Happy Friday and happy Halloween! Nothing spooky for you in this episode, unless you find an hour of rambling about golf equipment scary. One thing some people do find scary is the shaft lean in zero torque putters. Odyssey's new line of Tri-Hot Square 2 Square putters has been designed to get rid of this nearly entirely, and we have our immediate reaction to the new launch and what it might mean for zero torque putters going forward.

Also, this week, we chatted about how Jason Day added Avoda irons to his bag, and Joe gained insight...

Happy Friday, and thanks for downloading this week's episode! There's loads to cover in this jam-packed episode, including the breaking news that TaylorMade's Kingdom fitting centre is finally coming to the UK! But, what does this mean for the average golfer in the UK, and what are the pros and cons of being fitted in a 'single brand' fitting centre? We've also got the viral Sausage putter in the studio with us this week. We alluded to it a few weeks ago, and it's finally arrived. Joe's tested it, and Dan gets to see it in person for the...

Happy Friday, folks, thanks for joining us for another week of equipment deep dives. After our direct-to-consumer chat a few weeks ago, we've received some comments asking for more data comparing the drivers and irons of these brands versus the OEMs. So, Joe's brought some receipts from his testing. How close, from a data perspective, are the DTC brands getting to the big dogs? Also, this week, Joe's been out and purchased a golf club with his own money. As a man who gets every club he wants for free (for testing purposes, FYI), why has he gone and...

Another jam-packed episode for you this week, thanks for joining us! Joe's been given a 4.5° long driv head from Callaway - and has decided to put it in the bag! He tells all about his time with the incredibly low lofted beast, and why it could work for more golfers than you think. Since his dalliance with the long driver head, Joe's been busy measuring driver heads in his garage (what a cool bloke), and he's uncovered some shocking results of the actual driver lofts versus what is stated on the loft sleeve. Should we just get rid of d...

Happy Friday, folks! Hope you enjoyed last week's Ryder Cup action. We're back this week with a jam-packed episode and something of a putter special. Firstly, Joe's been doing some more digging in the bags of Ryder Cup players, and has been wondering: is the blade (Anser-style) putter dying out completely? After that, we take a look at one of the hottest pieces of equipment doing the rounds on social media right now, the Sausage Golf Boudin Noir putter. Amusing though the name may be (perfect for our innuendo-laden podcast), this putter has rightly generated a lot of excitement...

Happy Friday, hope you're enjoying the Ryder Cup, and thanks for taking some time to download this week's episode! We're back in the studio for a deep dive into the bag of Justin Rose. Declared an equipment 'loon' by Joe, we discuss the seven driver switches, four lob wedges and four golf balls Justin has had in the bag over the last 18 months. Also this week, Joe's been in a world of his own (literally) with a new VR headset - is this the future of indoor golf? We also have your recent correspondence and some of your excellent...

Coming to you from the extremely impressive Justin Rose room at North Hants Golf Club, in this episode, Joe is moaning about how many tour players don't know anything about their equipment, Dan has a show and tell of some retro Ping irons he's purchased as a gift for his Dad, before the boys get into some Ask The Pod action.

Finally, Joe takes a deep dive into the golf bags of arguably the best Ryder Cup pairing of all time, Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood, AKA Moliwood! Enjoy...

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and...

This week, we're getting stuck into the min-driver market, comparing and ranking those currently on the market, including the TaylorMade R7 Quad, PXG Secret Weapon, Callaway Elyte, and the Titleist GT280, to see which is Joe's favorite and which might be right for your game. Some top drawer Ask The Pod's this week, before diving into a WITB of one of the coolest customers on the PGA Tour (with an even cooler bag), Jake Knapp. Enjoy!

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and waffling

00:03:55 Titleist double left dot ball chat

00:07:49 Intro...

It's a Kick Point first this week, a head to head to head to head to head to head! We've taken what we think are the six best low-handicap irons of the bunch and pitted them against one another in six different categories. Which of the Ping Blueprint S, Srixon ZXi7, Mizuno Pro S3, Callaway Apex CB, TaylorMade P7MC and Titleist T100 will come out on top? We also have a brilliant Ask The Pod on how to 'custom fit' yourself to second-hand clubs, and Matt Wolff joins us for an in-person What's In The Bag. 

Happy Friday!! We're back in the studio this week for more equipment fun. The bulk of this week's episode is dedicated to direct-to-consumer brands. These golf brands - like Takomo, Ben Hogan, New Level and Tour Edge - are becoming increasingly more popular and prevalent, but what are they and how do they differ from the original equipment manufacturers like Callaway and TaylorMade? Is the gap between these brands and the OEMs closing? Which categories, if any, do these brands still struggle to compete in? Joe picks his favourite brands for each equipment sub cateogry to let you know...

We've been let out of the studio again, and this week's episode comes live from the range at the British Masters. We spent Tuesday interviewing some of the best and biggest names on the DP World Tour, and thought we might as well cobble together a podcast episode while we were there! Alongside our reactions to what we'd seen in players' bags up and down the range, we've also got a couple of excellent Ask The Pods and a superb WITB interview with last week's winner (and outsider for a late Ryder Cup pick), Marco Penge. A Mizuno staffer...

We're back in the studio! After a month or so on the road, we're back with a Tested This Week on the new Maxfli Tour and Tour X balls and your correspondence and questions on Ask The Pod. Our guest this week is Trottie Golf, or just Chris Trott to his friends and family. Now a YouTube star in his own right, you'll likely have seen Trottie on TaylorMade's YouTube channel creating content with some of the best players in the world, but, before all of that, he was Tour Director at Taylormade. Sitting down with us in the...

Our final special of the summer sees us back at JCB Golf & Country Club to give all of the major equipment manufacturers a summer school report after a very busy year of releases. Those who have been listening since the very early days will remember we did this last year, and it was relatively successful, so we're wheeling it out again. Every brand, graded. It's as simple as that. Any disagreements with us, make sure to get in touch, and we'll be sure to debrief on your reactions when we're back in the studio next week. Hang around until...

It's the final episode of our US Tour! This week, we're in Phoenix, Arizona, taking a peek behind the curtain at Ping's HQ. We've got insights into the brand's new proprietary shaft lab, its unique production line, and its state-of-the-art putter fitting centre. Joe was also fitted on the Proving Grounds for the new i240 and iDi driving iron - we've got our first impressions of both. Finally, we're joined by Ping PGA Tour Rep Kenton Oates as we dive into the equipment of Viktor Hovland. Kenton has been working with Viktor since he left college in 2019, and gave...

We've got another very special episode lined up for you this week, filmed live at TaylorMade's 'Kingdom' in California. We've pulled back the curtain to bring you an in-depth chat with the man personally responsible for crafting Scottie Scheffler's golf clubs: Adrian Reitveld, TaylorMade's Senior Tour Manager. Having worked with Scottie since he turned pro in 2018, Adrian reveals the hidden quirks of the world's #1 golfer's setup and breaks down the story behind Scottie's now infamous Spider X putter switch.

But that's not all. Before Adrian joins us, we've got insights from our behind-the-scenes tour of TaylorMade...

Happy Friday, folks. I hope you're enjoying The Open! We've got a very, very special episode lined up for you this week, the first of three from our trip to the USA in late June. Our first stop was with our friends at Titleist, which was recorded from a state-of-the-art podcast studio at the Titleist Performance Institute in Carlsbad, California.

We had a jam-packed day at Titleist's US HQ, so expect to hear about our time behind the scenes at the Titleist factory and everything we saw behind the scenes at the stunning Titleist Performance Institute...

Happy Friday, KPers. It's another hot one in the studio this week, so please forgive our clammy faces and flustered nature. For those who enjoyed watching the shaft wall collapse two weeks ago, we've got another treat for you this week, too...

Onto the content, and we're starting with what should be a very helpful segment on our favourite training aids. What are the best and most practical ways of using alignment sticks to help you practice better? We've also got something of an Ask The Pod special this week, with three brilliant questions on fairway...

Happy Friday, folks! Another busy episode for you this week. To start, we've got a brief chat about Bryson's new LA Golf irons and why he hasn't been quite able to settle into them just yet, as well as a Tested This Week on the return of Maxfli and the new XC2 irons - are they the real deal in the player's distance category?

Ask The Pod is back this week with some of your brilliant correspondence and a question asking us to debunk whether taller (or shorter) golfers really need longer or shorter shafts, respectively...

This week, Dan's been hit by two golf balls and tells us about his rich vein of golfing form, Joe's been on a diet, and the lads catch up about why Rory has struggled to find his driving game again after his driving was deemed non-confirming ahead of the Canadian Open. The Cool Board is back with wedge stamping, bag rain covers and big letter hats under the microscope. And finally, we dive into the bag of Collin Morikawa. What exactly is it that makes his grips 'like putting your hands in a NutriBullet, according to Joe? 

It's our birthday! Who'd have thought we'd have made it this far?! To celebrate, we're bringing to you what we have considered our most enjoyable interview to date with former Premier League and England footballer turned golf YouTuber Jimmy Bullard. Jimmy has never hidden the fact that he's a huge equipment geek, so we were very excited to have him on the show. Sat in the gardens of the Manor House is Castle Coombe, Joe and Jimmy cover everything from tapering on grips, swing weight vs total weight, Jimmy's club building cave and their theories behind why the Qi10...

Happy Friday, folks. Hope you're enjoying the US Open! To accompany your weekend of watching professional golfers hack it out of thick rough, we've put together 82 minutes of two 'professional' journalists trying to hack their way through an interview with former Tour pro and now broadcaster Nick Dougherty. Joe has some history with Nick from their junior days, and it's safe to say Joe was and is a big fan...perhaps too big. Once Joe stops fanboying at the start of our interview, Nick offers us some brilliant insights into the equipment he loved during his playing days, as w...

Happy Friday Kick Pointers (Joe's newly appointed name for our viewers and listeners). In this week's episode, Joe revisits one of the most notable and hotly anticipated driver releases of 2025 - Bryson Dechambeau's LA Golf Driver. A fascinating concept that involved different bulge and roll profiles depending on swing speed, Joe talks us through his thoughts on the product as well as the less-than-optimal online fitting service currently offered by LA Golf. 

Speaking of Bryson, our friends at Golf Clubs 4 Cash have kindly sponsored this week's WITB segment, where we dive deep into the bag for DeChambeau's d...

We've got loads to get stuck into this week, so thanks for joining us! Joe is in something of a golf purgatory. Should he resign his PGA membership to become a full-time vibesman on the golf course? And, should he start playing clubs he thinks look cool, rather than have any function? After that, we take a brief look at the Tour's take-up of zero torque putters. What has been the reaction from Tour players to this growing trend, and is the argument for zero torque putters starting to win more people over? 

Ask The Pod wants t...

Happy Friday, thanks for downloading another bumper episode! We start this week with the Cool Board. Where will golf speakers, groove cleaners and Sunday bags find their way onto the board? The Explainer this week sees us dive into aftermarket shafts. What exactly is different about an
aftermarket shaft versus a stock shaft? And, is the investment in an aftermarket shaft really worth it? Joe explains all. 

Ask The Pod this week wants to know if anyone really needs a 60° wedge. If someone like Dan Grieve only uses his for emergencies, are we wasting a slot in...

Happy Friday, Happy Kick Point Day. With the leaderboard at the PGA Championship looking more like a Sunday at the 3M Open than one of professional golf's premier weekends, hopefully, we can act as an area of respite from the less-than-exciting leaderboard in Charlotte. 

First up this week, Joe's got something he needs to get off his chest- why is there such little consensus in golf equipment? Where one fitter might tell you swing weight is the most important aspect of a club fitting, another might tell you it's swing weight. Why is there no standardisation in m...

Happy Friday! We've got another bumper episode for you this week, so thanks for downloading. 

Ask The Pod this week wants to know what the best and worst club builds and purchases we've made are, and The Cool Board is back for a second week, too. Heading somewhere on the board this week are black irons, 14-way dividers on stand bags and bag tags. Finally, with the PGA Championship starting next Thursday, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane to 2015 to take a look at what Jason Day had in the bag for his first (an...

It's Friday, it's Kick Point, you know the drill. Thanks for downloading this week's episode. We really do appreciate you supporting and enjoying the show! As always, there's plenty of waffle to start this week, including Joe's Easter adventures in a renovated bus, Dan's trip to HobbyCraft and some of your correspondence on which golf equipment best suits which brand of car. 

Onto the actual equipment chat, we've got a review of the latest mini driver to hit shelves, the TaylorMade R7 Quad mini. Does it do much to move the category on from last year's Brnr Cop...

Happy Friday, and thanks for downloading the show! Settle in for a bumper episode. After Joe's #banthebutler campaign was picked up by No Laying Up last month, we thought it would be fun to think of more special, one-off events that could be run on the PGA Tour. What would happen if players had to play an event using a persimmon driver, 3-SW blade irons and a ballata ball? Who would fare best, and who would fare worst? Joe also answers whether shaft weight or shaft flex is more important in a club fitting. While the answer is (spoiler a...

Little did we know when we recorded this episode at the end of March that we'd be sitting here right now with Rory McIlroy as a Grand Slam winner. Yes, we filmed this many weeks before the Masters, so we are clueless to Rory's triumph, hence the complete lack of reference to one of the biggest moments in our sport's history! 

Back to matters of equipment. This week, Dan has a rant about driving range etiquette and people's obsession with how far they're hitting the ball, Joe has an explainer all about torque in shafts, and this w...

Happy Masters Friday! We hope you're enjoying the tournament, and thank you for spending some time with us when there are plenty of other exciting things happening in the world of golf. After a suspiciously L.A.B Golf DF3-shaped Odyssey putter appeared on Tour last month, we ask if copying in the golf equipment industry is a problem or just fair game. Elsewhere, Joe's been playing around with his putter (again) and has changed the shaft in his trusty blade for the first time. Should we all be thinking about our putter shafts in as much detail a...

Sit back, relax, and get a drink in your hand; it's nearly Masters week! To celebrate, we're heading back to 2019 to take a deep dive into the winning bag of Tiger Woods. Can you call 2019 retro? Either way our popular retro WITB series is back. Thanks to this week's partner GolfClubs4Cash, we have examples of Tiger's clubs with us on set this week. We must stress these aren't Tiger's actual clubs (that would've been some coup), but it's a wonderful addition to Joe's detailed What's In The Bag. 

Also this week, Joe catches us all up with...

Joe's got something he wants to get off his chest this week. He thinks the new PXG Wildcat driver has been criminally under-spoken about and wants to give what he thinks is an emerging new driver sub-category the time of day. How can this shortened, lighter, loftier 460cc head driver benefit slower swing speed golfers?

The explainer this week focuses on whether the shafts we can also use the shafts Tour pros use. Of course, you can, in theory, but the real question is, should you? Ask The Pod wants to know about Joe's wildest 3D printing d...

Joe's in storytelling mode this week with two belters about the time he met Rory McIlroy at Celtic Manor and a little-known piece of insight into Tiger Woods' rudimentary equipment secret. We're also bringing back the explainer this week to talk about (get your giggles out of the way now) shaft length. It is a vital and often misunderstood part of the fitting process that has an impact on pretty much everything from distance to consistency - Joe is here to explain exactly how to get it right for your game. 

Finally, this week's What's In The B...

It was a hell of a performance from our relief pitcher (and equipment expert) Sam De'Ath, but he exits stage left to a rapturous reception as Joe retakes his throne on the Kick Point set this week. Not only is he back, but he's also providing a hot take about caddies - 'Why do we have them?'. Given that a few members of the Golf Monthly team are former caddies, his answer certainly ruffled some feathers within the office...

As for the rest of the show, we have a Kick Point first - we talk about...

If you're a bit of a putter nerd or a total putter newbie, then you're in luck this week as our guru Sam De'Ath returns to give us the full lowdown on the latest craze in flatstick technology - zero torque putters! Unfortunately, that means no Joe this week. Eagle-eyed viewers will notice he had a bit of tape on the sole of his shoe all last week, and I would like to say he's sitting out this week out of embarrassment, but that would be lying...
Instead, this episode was supposed to air last week, but one...

Drumroll please…….… Joe is back! As we say here in England, super sub Sam De’Ath had great innings (Google it, Americans), but it’s time for the star of the show to return and talk golf gear. His back is better, his beard is trimmed, and his makeup is done - we couldn’t be happier to have ‘The Pro’ back. 

And it's a bumper episode to return to. Joe will give us insight into two of his favorite things - Taylormade irons and golf grips. Yes, we’re diving deep into his review of the latest P790 irons w...

Thanks for all your well wishes to the injured Joe The Pro last week! He'll be back (no pun intended) better than ever next week. So, given his stunning debut performance last week, Sam De’Ath returns to spread knowledge and wisdom about hybrids for the new golf season. We ask whether the club is falling out of fashion on Tour; why we think the average golfer should be using more of them and Sam runs through which of the latest releases are the best for you. We also get technical with wedges and answer the question - 'should pe...

We have an injured soldier this week. Despite looking like he's in his late 20s, Joe is decaying at the standard rate for someone in their early 40s, and as such suffered a back injury in the lead-up to this week's show. Luckily, we have a super sub waiting in the wings. 

So, for the first time, we welcome fellow Golf Monthly equipment tester Sam De'Ath onto the show. We've mentioned Sam in passing on many episodes as our chief fairway wood and hybrids tester amongst other things. So, with Sam on this week, we thought it m...

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We're back in the studio this week with special guest Ludvig Aberg who talks us through the ins and outs of his equipment choices. The world number six joined us back in October last year to chat about his relationship with relatively new sponsor Titleist and his close relationship with Adidas golf. Before a...

It's our first every 'emergency' episode! Of course, there's no such thing as a real emergency when you're running a golf equipment podcast, but a busy week for Dan in Florida meant we had to sit down for a catch-up. Because of that, we're on our laptops today and no in the studio - so we apologise in advance for the less-than-perfect sound quality we usually pride ourselves on. 

So, coming up this week, we've got all of the down low on what it's like to be inside the TGL arena and a behind-the-scenes look at all o...

0:00 Intro waffle 
2:55 Srixon ZXi drivers: What are they all about? 
7:04 ZXi driver technology
10:22 ZXi looks
16:30 ZXi drivers summary 
17:22 Srixon ZXi drivers review
23:47 Sirxon ZXi fairways & hybrids review
26:11 Srixon ZXi utility iron review
33:26 Srixon ZXi7 iron review
38:39 Srixon ZXi5 iron review
45:06 Srixon ZXi4 iron review
49:30 Ask The Pod - Best driver set up for slower swing speed golfer...

While the Big Five have announced their driver range for 2025, there is still a big and largely underrated brand we have yet to discuss: Srixon. Its new ZXi range is...

Another big dog has entered the chat. Ping has arrived with its new G440 family of golf clubs. After a two-year wait since G430, has the brand been able to elevate what was one of the most successful and popular club families in its history? We've got our in-depth verdicts on the whole driver family, fairway woods, hybrid and new game improvement irons too. 

In a bid to include some non-new-release content, Ask The Pod is also back this week with a question from a very mysterious listener with two different aliases. They ask, why doesn't every g...

Back in the autumn, you may remember Joe saying, ' I've seen a new club coming out that I like looks of so much, it is going in my bag no matter what the performance is like.' Well, that club is here, and it's called TaylorMade Qi35. In this episode, we're bringing you our in-depth review and verdict of all five (yes, five) new driver heads, three fairways & the lone new hybrid. We'll go over all the new tech and Joe will give his thoughts on each model as it sits in the new range. Let us know...

Happy New Year! As is customary at the start of a new calendar year, new drivers are launching. The first to go in 2025 is Callaway and in this episode, we take a deep dive into the new Elyte range. You've likely already seen images of them online, and it's fair to say the new range has been taking a bit of heat for the design. But, can Elyte battle back by being one of the best-performing drivers of the year? Joe has been busy testing all three drivers and the new game improvement irons and will give his full...

We're on the road this week, bringing you a special episode from inside the Precision Golf Fitting Centre in Surrey. Joe has mentioned the studio several times in previous episodes (he used to work at Precision Golf too!) so we thought it was time we took a deep dive into what an independent fitting centre is and why Precision Golf is so revered in the fitting industry. We'll chat about how the studio works, what advantages you might get from being fitted at an independent studio, and just what makes them so different from any other fitting centres. 

It's the last Friday before Christmas and we were feeling the perfect mixture of festive and silly to bring you the first annual Pointy Awards (see what we did there?) to commemorate the year in equipment. Awards handed out include: Most Innovative/Disruptive Release, Best Equipment Change, Most Innovative Use Of A Golf-Specific Product Off The Golf Course, Best Costume Design & The Rising Star. Enjoy the episode and Merry Christmas from Dan, Joe and the whole Kick Point team! 

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Cobra's newest family of drivers, fairways, hybrids and irons are here, and we're here to break down everything you need to know about DS-Adapt! From all the new tech to the results of Joe's extensive testing, it's all here this week. We've dedicated the whole episode to the new range as Dan and Joe dive into all of the technical details and their opinions on the performance of the new clubs as we herald the start of driver launch season. 

We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf  
We're also now on...

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We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en 

Brace yourselves for the biggest (and best?) episode of Kick Point to date. It's a bumper episode, so settle in for the ride. Building on last week's head-to-head versus old and new driver generations, we've put three different brands head-to-head in the ultra-competitive compact distance iron category. It's an epic three-way pitting the TaylorMade P770, Callaway Apex Pro and Mizuno Pro 245 against each other. Joe has tested all of them and giv...

With the Titleist GT range being the newest driver family currently on the market (more to come on this in January...) we thought it would be a good time to compare it to its older sibling, the TSR. How much, if any, gains were made in Titleist's newest driver offering and what changes were made in the new design? 

The Ask The Pod wanted to know what our favourite clubs we've ever used are. While Dan only has one club he's got much affinity for, Joe has used so many in his long career that he runs u...

While we remain in the equipment Twilight Zone, Joe has decided once again to get all philosophical about golf equipment. He's questioning everything about how the golf bag is set up. Why don't we carry two drivers? Why do we use so many irons?  This week, he gives some out-of-the-box suggestions for how we should think about making the most of all 14 clubs in the bag. 

This week's Ask The Pod is seeking buying advice. As a 10 handicapper looking to get down into single figures, what are the best irons on the market right now? Joe offers up...

We’ve got something a little different for you on this week’s episode - our first retro WITB. As we’re entering a period with new equipment being seeded into players' bags (which we can't talk about until embargoes lift), we thought we’d pause the modern WITBs and dive into some retro ones - and where better to start than with Tiger Woods? Joe focuses specifically on the clubs he used to win the 1997 Masters, a tournament he won by 12 shots with no less than four different manufacturers in the bag. 

We're also popping Tested This Week...

We’ve got something a little different for you on this week’s episode, a retro WITB. As we’re entering a period with new equipment being seeded into players' bags (which we can't talk about until embargoes lift), we thought we’d pause the modern WITBs and dive into some retro ones - and where better to start than with Tiger Woods? Joe focuses specifically on the clubs he used to win the 1997 Masters, a tournament he won by 12 shots with no less than four different manufacturers in the bag. 

We're also popping Tested This Week on the ba...

It's a mega episode for you this week as we dive into Adam Scott's bag. Though he's now known for being one of the biggest tinkerers in the game, there was a time when he didn't change a single club in the bag for years at a time. Joe examines each club in the Australian's bag (at the time of recording) and the story of when and why he finally started to change clubs. 

Before all of that, we've got an explainer on compression in golf balls while the Tested This Week looks at PXG's latest Xtreme r...

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After seeing the Cobra Limit3d irons secure their first win on Tour in the bag of Angel Hidalgo, we start this week's episode with a slightly unplanned chat about innovation in golf club manufacturing. With the emergence of the PXG Allan zero torque putter and multiple manufacturers launching 10k MOI drivers at the start of 2024 we ask, is it okay that golf club manufacturers e...

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Another busy episode this week, thanks for joining us! To start, Dan has a James Bond-themed show-and-tell from a recent trip to Stoke Park. The name's Pride, Golf Pride...

Meanwhile, Joe's been testing a viral training aid called 'The Butter Blade' and explains how using something that makes practice harder could be the key to better golf out on the course. This week's exp...

You thought our run of interviews was over. We thought our run of interviews was over. That was until Matt Fitzpatrick invited us for an in-depth chat about his golf clubs at a recent Skechers event in London. While Joe covered his clubs extensively in an episode a few months ago, his in-person chat with Matt allowed him to ask some of the questions left unanswered by his research while also diving into the equipment changes he's made over the late summer. 

Also this week, Joe explains exactly what CG is in a golf club and how i...

You thought our run of interviews was over. We thought our run of interviews was over. That was until Matt Fitzpatrick invited us for an in-depth chat about his golf clubs at a recent Skechers event in London. While Joe covered his clubs extensively in an episode a few months ago, his in-person chat with Matt allowed him to ask some of the questions left unanswered by his research while also diving into the equipment changes he's made over the late summer. 

Also this week, Joe explains exactly what CG is in a golf club and how i...

Did you really think our series of What's In The Bag interviews was over? In what can only be described as a scheduling error on Dan's part, we (Dan) forgot to publish this episode we recorded in late August featuring our interview with Martin Kaymer - so here it is! 

Not only do you have a deep dive into the two-time Major winner's bag to enjoy, but Joe also explains why he thinks the new PuttOut AirBreak putting mat is a revolutionary new product for at-home putting practice. Finally, in an explainer that should've probably come a l...

This week, Joe gives us his insight into how to build your very own club workshop, we explain what the data you see on a launch monitor actually means, Dan tests the new Adidas Codechaos shoes AND Louis Oosthuizen joins us for a what's in the bag special. It's another jam-packed episode, hope you enjoy it! 

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This week, Joe has yet another iron family to review, this time from PXG. As well as the game improvement PXG Black Ops irons (the first ever true game improvement iron from PXG), he's also recently tested the 0311 P & XP Gen 7 irons. Despite the complex naming system that PXG continues to employ with some of its franchises, Joe gives his full verdict on these fresh offerings in the iron market to see if they can compete alongside the more established brands. 

The explainer this week may sound a little simple, but stick with us. The tee is a...

This week, Joe gives his verdict on the latest Mizuno JPX925 Hot Metal irons. One of the most popular iron franchises for the discerning golfer who still requires some of added forgiveness, Joe reviews all three new models that were launched last month. After that, the Explainer this week focusses on loft & lie on golf clubs. We all likely know what loft is and what lie angle is, but Joe divea into what they effect when it comes to hitting the ball and why both are such important aspects of club fittings to get right. 

We're also v...

Another jam packed episode for you this week, thanks for downloading! Tested this week features TaylorMade's 2024 P Series irons. With the well-loved P770 receiving a face lift and the all-new P7CB being introduced a few weeks ago, Joe gives his full verdict on how well TaylorMade has refined and improved on its flagship iron series. 

This week's explainer is something of a back to basics on grips. It's the only part of the golf club golfers actually touch, so it's an important facet of the game to get right. Joe dives into different grip types, tapers, c...

Another jam packed episode for you this week, including a brand new segment 'Ask The Pod'. The lads start this week with a review of Titleist's new GT drivers. Joe was lucky enough to enjoy the full fitting experience at the Titleist Performance Centre in Woburn and shares his thoughts both on that experience and the performance of the new drivers. After that, this week's explainer is on gear effect. We all benefit from the changes manufacturers make to golf clubs to alleviate gear effect, but what exactly is it? 

Also this week is the launch of...

This week Dan and Joe are 'Live From LIV' with a bit of a different, but nonetheless jam-packed, episode of Kick Point. The lads were on site at JCB Golf & Country Club for the LIV UK event back in July and have lined up six WITB specials with some of the game's biggest names. This week, they're joined by Henrik Stenson who talks through his eclectic and somewhat aging bag of equipment. Yes, that iconic 3-wood is still in the bag but there's also some new nuggets and equipment tweaks the Ice Man is still making. 

Before t...

On this episode, Dan's in charge of Tested This Week with a new watermelon pattern bag from Ping and G/FORE's new G/18 shoes to show off in the studio. Meanwhile, Joe's been busy doing some investigative journalism and has been chatting to the founder of Avoda Golf, Tom Bailey. Avoda irons have been in the bag of one Bryson DeChambeau since this year's Masters, and Joe tells the story of how Avoda Golf came to be and how its relationship opened up with Bryson. 

Finally, the WITB this week dives into the golf bag of Akshay B...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Kick Point! First, our Tested This Week comes in the shape of Seed golf balls, a direct-to-consumer golf ball brand now available in the UK and US that claims to offer balls that perform as well as the big brands best balls for half the price. Joe has been out on the golf course and with his Trackman to put these claims to the test... 

Joe's explainer this week is something of a back to basics, but with a Kick Point twist, all about bounce. Joe talks through what b...

We're back in the studio this week after our recent trip to The Wisley. Joe has been out testing Cobra's new LIMIT3D iron, the first fully 3D printed iron to be available at retail. Cobra launched the irons with bold claims of 'blade looks' with 'game improvement forgiveness' and Joe's testing reveled some incredible findings. 

It felt fitting after chatting about the LIMIT3D iron to delve into the wider relationship between golf club manufacturing and 3D printing.  What exactly is it? What are the benefits of 3D printing when it comes to club manufacturing and pro...

This week, we welcome our first ever guest onto Kick Point - Richard Bland. We spoke to Richard at his home club The Wisley the week after he won the Senior PGA Championship in Michigan. With very mixed bag, this episode is a really interesting dive into a fellow equipment nerd's bag. 

After we spoke to him, Cleeks GC went on to win its first team event at LIV Houston and Richard went on to win the US Senior Open, so we'll consider this appearance Kick Point's first podcast bump! Hope you enjoy this special (we've got pl...

This week's episodes comes from The Wisley in Surrey - our first podcast outside of the studio! To commemorate the feat, Joe and Dan dive deep into the world of putters, first looking at the takeover of L.A.B putters before Joe talks through the benefits of getting a putter fitting and the kinds of questions you should be asking a fitter when getting your next flatstick. 

After a quick foray into the halfway house, the What's In The Bag this week is that of one Rory McIlroy. A long-time TaylorMade ambassador, there's still plenty of t...

Joe has been busy testing launch monitors over the last few months, so we thought we'd start this episode by getting him to talk through the key differences camera and radar based systems, while also giving his verdict on launch monitors from right across the price spectrum - what would Joe recommend going for if we was building his very own home simulator? After that, he gets stuck into what Dan thinks is the most interesting explainer to date - shaft puring (stick with it!)

After a quick stop at the JCB Golf & Country Club halfway hut...

Joe has been testing some stunning clubs from Japan, specifically the Bose Iron Factory, owned and founded by Falcon Matsubura. After a chat about these rather intimidating blades, the lads chat about Japanese forging practices more broadly - is it still the gold standard? 

After that, Joe has another piece of 'gear that changed the game' in the shape of the TaylorMade R7 Quad driver before the pair dive into the bag of recently crowned PGA Champion Xander Schauffele. 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe by dropping an email to: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com. We wo...

This week Dan and Joe take a deep dive into the bag of women's world number one Nelly Korda, discuss some of the best 'budget' irons and drivers on the market right now and take a dive into the Halfway Hut at The Belfry. 

Also this week, Joe also kicks off a new franchise he's coined 'Gear That Changed The Game' with the Ping Eye2 Copper Beryllium wedge - a wedge he describes the 'most iconic wedge of all time'. 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe by dropping an email to: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com. We...

In this week's episode, some new Malbon clothing arriving on Joe's doorstep leads to a debate about the direction of modern golf fashion - is it truly promoting more inclusivity into the game? Joe's explainer this week revolves around tipping the golf club, then he wraps up the episode with a very deep dive into the bag of Bryson DeChambeau. Probably the most complex WITB that Joe will have to report on, it includes Bryson's new and very unique Avoda irons. 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe by dropping an email to: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com. We w...

In episode one, Dan and Joe kick things off by looking at the growing trend of players using two drivers and the emergence of even more mini drivers to the market. Dan provides his view on Nike's work in the golf shoe market, Joe reveals how the Tour fitters use 'hot melt' to improve the performance of drivers and the two discuss the interesting club line up of the men's world number one, Scottie Scheffler. 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe by dropping an email to: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com. We would love to hear your suggestions f...