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One of the most overlooked items on a golf club is the grip. Yet it is our single connection point to the golf club and shaft. Star Grips is not as well-known as some of the big names but they have a long history and provide grips purpose-built for the air-compressor installation method.

About Star Grips

If you haven’t heard of Star Grips, this is what they have to say about their brand, history and product:

“Founded in 2001, Star Grip has been manufacturing golf grips in the USA for over 20 years. Made from our proprietary StarTack EPDM compound, our grips are produced using a seamless injection molding process which results in unmatched quality, performance, and consistency with a weight tolerance of +/-1 gram. They are also unquestionably some of the longest-lasting grips in the industry. As such, we are proud to offer an unprecedented 3-year durability guarantee on every grip we make – whether purchased directly from us or from any of our dealers located around the world. If they become hard, slick, or crack within 3 years, just contact us, and we’ll send you a free replacement!”

Star Grips offers four different grips for full-swing clubs: The Sidewinder 350*, which is offered in eight different colors; the Classic Wrap and Tour Star+ 360* in four different colors, and the Smoother Wrap in black. As a bonus, Star Grips also offers a free installation gun when orders exceed $100.

What Is Being Tested

With bold claims about having the longest-lasting grips in the industry and an exceptionally long warranty, Star Grips is providing four testers with a full set of grips (13) of their choosing.

Complete 2024 Cognizant Classic Saturday tee times for Round 3 at PGA National Resort, featuring Rory McIlroy, Jake Knapp and more.

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PGA National Resort, host of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, has 99 holes of golf and, thanks to a major renovation, so much more.

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After watching The Match in-person earlier this week, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Kellie Stenzel shares 10 key takeaways.

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Japan's Ayaka Furue took a 2-stroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA Tour's HSBC Women's World Championship with a 4-under 68 on Saturday.

Bud Cauley shot a 6-under 65 on Friday at PGA National to take a one-shot lead after 36 holes of the Cognizant Classic. Thomas Detry wasn't as fortunate, missing the cut after an 80 that included six putts on the sixth hole.

Anthony Kim, who last played on the PGA Tour at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship before he walked away from golf after a series of injuries, was last in the 54-man field at LIV Golf Jeddah after carding a 6-over 76.

Celine Boutier had a bogey-free, 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the HSBC Women's World Championship.

There is a lot of cool gear in the golf world that doesn’t always fit into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.

What We Tried

L.A.B. Golf DF3 Custom Designer

Your Putter Designer

Dave Wolfe– Lover of putters. Seriously, like all of the putters. It’s a thing.

We Tried It: L.A.B. Golf DF3 Custom Designer

L.A.B. Golf continues to be one of the hottest putter companies.

No other small putter shop has a growing professional tour presence like L.A.B. Golf. New professionals are putting L.A.B Golf putters in the bag every week. Just a few weeks ago, we saw Will Zalatoris return to the first page of the leaderboard at Riviera with a L.A.B. Golf putter in his bag. If you check his WITB from 2023, you’d find a Cameron in his putter well.

In case you haven’t heard, driving distance has been a major discussion topic within golf over the past few years. 

We have our own opinions for what increased hitting distances mean for the game of golf, but we thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at driving distance numbers in golf’s modern era. 

It’s clear that a mix of better technology, better athletes and more pristine agronomy have paved the way for where we stand now—but how exactly did it evolve to reach this point? 

The Early Years of Recorded Distances

The PGA Tour has kept driving distance stats dating back to 1980 when Dan Pohl led with a 274-yard average. 

While methods for tracking distance have grown more advanced over the years because of ShotLink, the PGA Tour has continued to use only two holes per round to measure driving distance. They are both holes where players are basically guaranteed to be using a driver off the tee. 

Titleist’s parent company sales show a five-percent increase over 2022Net profit for the year is down slightly to $198.4 millionGrowth paced by double-digit growth in golf ball salesTitleist golf club sales are up eight percent

The Acushnet 2023 Sales and Financial report tells us some fascinating things about how golf’s No. 2 company stacks up against the runaway sales leader, Topgolf Callaway.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway is that, depending on how you keep score, Acushnet may not be golf’s No. 2 company.

Because, depending on how you keep score, Acushnet could be considered No. 1.

It all depends on which set of top-line numbers you look at and which set of bottom-line numbers you look at. Bigger may not always be better, but it’s always bigger.

If that sounds squirrelly to you, you’re not alone. But before we dig into this all, let’s pause one moment for our traditional sales report disclaimer:

Feel is a difficult word to define for golfers.

Unlike many aspects of golf equipment, feel is subjective and emotional. There is a distinct challenge to pin down what feel means to each person, even for the best players in the world.

That was the impetus for this three-part “Finding Feel” docuseries from Titleist, a short trio of videos that explores the concept of feel and what that means to golfers.

As a golf nerd who lives for these kinds of 19th hole discussions, I was quickly hooked watching these clips. It’s a topic golfers are passionate about, regardless of how gear-crazy we are.

Titleist puts out surveys every year asking golfers what they want from their irons. Every year, the top response is feel.

Chad Ramey shot a bogey-free round of 7-under 64 on Thursday in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches, tying S.H. Kim for the 18-hole lead.

Angela Stanford will tee it up in her 98th consecutive major at the Chevron Championship after receiving an exemption to play in the LPGA Tour event.

Jason Day's mental coach, Jason Goldsmith, shares tactics for golfers perform your best and block out any self-doubt.

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In today's edition of Play Smart, we hear from Phil Mickelson on how to stop blading your chip shots for good.

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Complete 2024 Cognizant Classic Friday tee times for Round 2 at PGA National Resort, featuring Rory McIlroy, Jake Knapp and more.

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We've put together five of the easiest ways to make sure your golf clubs are tuned up and ready for your first round of golf in 2024.

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Leap day only comes around once every four years. To celebrate, adidas is giving golfers an extra 40% off some of their top products, including the super comfortable adidas Solarmotion golf shoes.

The adidas Solarmotion spikeless shoe was the Most Wanted Women’s Golf Shoe for 2023, and it performed admirably in Men’s spikeless shoe testing as well.

adidas Solarmotion $39 ($130) w/ code LEAPDAY

This sale ends tonight. Shop now as use code LEAPDAY at checkout to claim your extra 40% off.

*White and green color only

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Anthony Kim hasn't played competitive golf since 2012. That all changes when he tees off at LIV Golf Jeddah on Friday.

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