Check out the best golf gear to help you beat the cold this winter.
The cold weather is here and it’s here to stay.
Of course, for those lucky enough to live in the southern part of the country this time of year, you’re still able to make it out on the course or to the range. As for the folks looking out the window and seeing snow or dreary conditions, it’s simulator and putting practice season.
To make sure you have everything you need to get through this time of year, we’ve compiled a list of 16 must-own apparel and equipment items for winter golf from brands like Nike, Garmin, Adidas, FootJoy, lululemon, TRUE linkswear and more.
Check out the new addition to the already popular G/FORE golf shoe.
G/FORE makes some of the best golf shoes on the market, and their Gallivanter collection is one of the brand’s best sellers. Well, they’ve upgraded their extremely popular shoe with Softspike Stability.
These shoes are designed for players looking for more balance and stability on the golf course and are crafted to the highest level.
“Designed with 10 points of contact with the ground for increased dispersion of weight, G/LOCK Gallivanter’s spikes feature center stingers and flexible expanding legs to fully grip the course,” G/FORE said in a release.
“The ball fits my game extremely well, increasing my ball speed without sacrificing control.”
Lexi Thompson is the new face of Maxfli. The 11-time LPGA winner has signed an endorsement agreement with Maxfli for the 2024 season and will play the Maxfli Tour ball. She will also take part in a series of marketing campaigns for the brand.
The Maxfli Tour Series is sold exclusively at Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy for $39.99 per dozen.
“I’ve been testing the Maxfli Tour Series for a few months now, and the Maxfli Tour ball exceeded my expectations,” Thompson said in a release. “The ball fits my game extremely well, increasing my ball speed without sacrificing control. I’m excited to be joining forces with a brand that has such a longstanding, proven reputation for high-quality and performance.
Thompson begins her 13th season on the LPGA at this week’s Drive On LPGA Championship at Bradenton Country Club in her native Florida. Last season, Thompson’s game took a nosedive as she struggled with her ball-striking.
A new swing thought from new instructor Tony Ruggiero, however, turned things around in time for the Solheim Cup in Spain. After a 3-1-0 performance for Team USA, Thompson went on to tee it up on the PGA Tour for the first time at the Shriners Children’s Open, where she carded a second-round 69. Thompson averaged 301 yards off the tee over two rounds in Las Vegas and tied for 13th in driving accuracy against the men, hitting 20 of 28 fairways.
She was back.
“Lexi is a remarkable golfer, and I can’t think of a better player to have join the Maxfli family as an exclusive partner for the Maxfli golf balls,” said Aimee Watters, VP Vertical Brand Marketing, DICK’S Sporting Goods.
“Becoming only the seventh woman to compete in a PGA event is so impressive, and we know there is more to come! We feel honored to have Maxfli be a part of her journey and are confident that she will continue to break records, while using our Tour series ball on the course.”
Lexi Thompson will wear the Maxfli logo on her visor this season on the LPGA. (Photo: Courtesy Maxfli)
Thompson told Golfweek in Bradenton that she took one week off after the Grant Thornton Invitational and then got back to work.
“It’s definitely a big year with the Olympics and Solheim Cup,” said Thompson, who has a tattoo of the Olympic rings on her left wrist. “Anytime I can represent my country I want to be on those teams.”
Thompson also hired a new full-time caddie in Colton Heisey, who worked for her four times last season. Heisey, a six-year caddie veteran of the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, had previously worked for Thompson’s brother Curtis.
“We just make a great team,” said Thompson. “I just want somebody out here, obviously I depend on him a lot with numbers, don’t carry a yardage book, but big personality for me. To just keep me relaxed in between shots and have a good time.”
Heisey first caddied for Thompson at the Kroger Queen City Championship where she tied for 19th, her best finish of the season after eight missed cuts.
“She stripes it,” said Heisey. “It’s nice too because we’re the same age so we get along great. It’s refreshing for sure.”
Check out the new collab between Bad Birdie and Four Peaks Brewing including golf apparel, golf equipment and yes…beer!
Now this is a good-looking collection.
Bad Birdie and Four Peaks Brewing have released a collaboration that includes polos, t-shirts, hoodies, hats, accessories and yes, beer!
The Juice Golden Ale is described as “a totally crushable, day drinker infused with the refreshing essences of passion fruit, orange and guava” on Bad Birdies website.
Sounds pretty delicious to us.
“We’ve teamed up with Four Peaks Brewery to craft a beer that is perfect for golf, on and off the course,” said CEO and founder of Bad Birdie, Jason Richardson, in a statement. “It’s easy to drink and I’m not gonna lie, you’re probably going to want to have more than one of these during your round. This collaboration is a continuation of Bad Birdie’s mission to disrupt golf and push the sport toward being more innovative, inclusive and creative.”
To celebrate the drop of this great collaboration, we’ve put together a list of our favorite items from the collection.
With all the new clubs being released, there are some GREAT deals on recent models of irons including Callaway, Ping, Cobra, Srixon and more.
At the start of every year, major equipment companies release their new gear. Last week, we published a list of some of the best older-generation drivers to take advantage of great sales from sites like World Wide Golf Shops and PGA TOUR Superstore.
This time around, we’ve scoured the internet for the best deals on older-generation iron sets from brands like TaylorMade, Callaway, Cobra, Srixon, Mizuno and more.
Even though technology in golf equipment gets better every year, if the piece of gear is a year or two old, it still makes a great option for amateur golfers.
“(Carl) had incredible instincts, took calculated risks and hired the best people he could find.”
AUSTIN, Texas — Before cell phones became an essential part of daily life, folks trying to track down Carl Paul on a Sunday knew exactly how to do it.
“It was easy — you just had to call his work phone,” said Barry Rinke, Paul’s son-in-law. “He was always at his desk, even on Sunday. He loved what he did. It was never about money for him. It was about loving what he did.”
What Paul did was take an avocation — a knack for custom-producing golf clubs — and create one of the biggest forces in the world of golf, Golfsmith. Co-founded with his wife, Barbara, Golfsmith started in the family’s two-bedroom apartment, forcing the couple’s daughters to move in with them. But by the time it was sold in 2002, Golfsmith grew from that bedroom to 35 brick-and-mortar retail stores across the country, employing 1,200 people and boasting a catalog distribution of 30 million per year, making it the biggest golf retail and component catalog in the world.
But to know Paul, who died on January 12 at the age of 83, was to understand that his passion was always around building a community. Family was essential to Paul, and so was his extended family of clubmakers that stretched out over the globe. When Carl and Barbara started the Golfsmith clubmaker’s school in Austin, Texas, they often invited those taking the weeklong seminar into their home.
“Years later, we started hosting a conference, and we’d have 500 customers from all over the world in Austin,” said Rinke, who worked for the family business for 17 years. “A huge percentage would say, ‘Yeah, I remember staying with Carl and Barbara in their house.’ It truly was a family. He touched so many lives.”
Incredibly, Paul used S&H green stamps — a rewards program from a bygone era — to purchase the drill that got the process started in the couple’s New York City-area home. At the time, Paul worked for the Federal Power Commission and was moonlighting in the club-making business.
Carl Paul moved to Austin in 1973. The co-founder of Golfsmith died at the age of 83 on Jan. 12. (Photo: contributed by Paul family)
Paul offered his brother Frank a one-third stake in the business, and soon after, he decided to quit his job, move the family to Austin and turn his hobby into a career. The move paid massive dividends.
“Carl was an advocate of taking calculated risks. That’s what he did with the move,” Rinke said. “And as things started to grow, he kept this a family business. He had incredible instincts, took calculated risks and hired the best people he could find.
“He was just a guy who lived by his gut feelings. And when he started fixing and building clubs, he would see how other people had the same desire to fix and build their clubs, and how it could become a small business for many of these people.”
Rinke became part of the family by marrying Beth Paul, a golfer who starred at Westwood High School in Austin before playing for the University of Texas. In 1985, Rinke recalls talking with Carl Paul about the company’s 108 employees and then booming $8 million in sales.
“We thought, ‘Oh gosh, this just can’t get any bigger’,” Rinke said.
But when the family sold the business in 2002, sales were closing in on $300 million per year.
Paul is survived by Barbara, with whom he was married for 58 years, and daughters Beth, Kelly and Marnie.
Lee, the 34th-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking, has yet to win on the PGA Tour but collected two international victories in 2023 at the SJM Macao Open and Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
“I’m excited to partner with lululemon to bring my sense of fun and freshness to the game and lead the way for a new generation of golfers,” said Min Woo Lee said in a statement. “The quality of lululemon’s golf collection speaks for itself – it’s smart, clean, and stylish, which is exactly how I want to feel on the course.”
“It’s official, very excited to be part of #teammalbon.”
Jason Day made headlines last week at the PGA Tour’s The Sentry in Hawaii when he showed up with a new apparel sponsor, Malbon Golf. The Aussie had been with Nike since 2016, but will wear clothes from the modern and stylish brand in 2024. On Wednesday, Malbon Golf announced another signing to its team — LPGA star and world No. 8 Charley Hull.
During the 2023 season, Hull grabbed eight top-10 finishes in 19 starts. The Englishwoman represented Team Europe at the Solheim Cup in Spain, going 1-2-0 in three matches.
“It’s official, very excited to be part of #teammalbon. Proud to represent this stylish and creative lifestyle brand,” Hull said on social media Wednesday.
Say aloha to your new golf vibe with Golfweek’s list of best apparel featuring tropical/floral patterns.
The PGA Tour is back in action this week in Hawaii at The Sentry, the first of eight signature events this season. Kapalua’s Plantation Course is once again playing host, however, defending champion Jon Rahm is not in the field due to his recent move to LIV Golf.
Many apparel and equipment companies celebrate this two-week Hawaiian stretch — The Sentry and Sony Open — with floral patterns on their players’ clothes.
So, we thought we’d put together a list of some of our favorite tropical-themed apparel and equipment from brands like B. Draddy, TravisMathew, Peter Millar, Rhoback and more.
