I’m joined by Dan Murphy, Steve Carroll and Alex Perry to talk all things gear. In particular, I’d like to know what they think is the best golf equipment of all time – but first…
What’s your favourite piece of new equipment from 2021?
Hannah: Can I cheat and pick two? In the first half of the season, it had to be the TaylorMade SIM2 Max driver which combined with the new KBS TD shaft gave me a serious increase in distance and accuracy off the tee.
Then in the autumn came the Titleist T100S irons which are a standout. They just tick all the boxes. I love the compact, tour-inspired design, but these are packed full of technology to give me that extra distance I need.
Dan: I thought that, liked ripped jeans, I had reached the end of the road with rescue clubs. Then I hit the Ping G425 hybrids and compared the numbers with various long irons and fairway woods. Two things became apparent: one was that this hybrid was far more consistent in terms of both dispersion and distance; the other was that it didn’t, contrary to my preconception, go left on me any more often than with the other clubs I was trying. It’s been in the bag ever since.
Alex: For my entire life I have battled what my friends so lovingly call a “power fade” with my driver. So when I got my hands on the Ping G425 LST and TaylorMade SIM2 Max D, my game was changed forever.
Suddenly I’m finding fairways and setting up putts for birdies instead of bogeys. I feel like I’m reborn. But which is in my bag? Well, I’m more consistent with the G425, so that. But the SIM2 is several yards longer, so that goes in if I’m playing a wide-open course with a few more grip-it-and-rip-it opportunities.
