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We had never heard of Saintnine until a representative from the company contacted us. Like Bridgestone Golf, Saintnine is also an offshoot of a tire company. Nexen Tires, a long established Korean company, has applied their expertise in rubber manufacturing of tires to golf balls. Saintnine recently hired The Big Timer Charlie Rymer as a brand ambassador so you may start to hear a lot more about them. There are currently 4 different balls in the Saintnine portfolio, we review the U-PRO and the Super Soft Gold balls below. The U-PRO is the only 2-piece urethane ball on the market and...

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The 2021 PGA Merchandise Show has come and gone again, and we walked the halls to bring you the best products introduced this year. Okay, the show was virtual this year, but we still sifted through the 1,387 products on display to bring you our Top 10 Coolest Golf Products. Obviously, we did not have a chance to touch or test any of these products and cannot vouch for the marketing claims made by the manufacturers, but it's a great place to start when life gets back to normal.   10. Spoiler alert! We could not find 10 really cool...

The Titleist Pro-V1 is the most popular ball on all the professional golf tours and a top seller for amateurs; but, ladies, is it the right ball for you? Well, the answer is it depends on your swing speed. Take a look at the following graphic from Sports Sensors, Inc. that shows how swing speed affects ball distance. As you can see from the graph, there is a direct correlation between swing speed and distance. You will also notice how drastically different the swing speeds are between tour players and average amateur golfers. The table below shows a further breakdown between...

Sphera is Latin for "Ball" and is the impetus behind, yet another, direct to consumer golf ball company. By cutting out distributors, not paying for retail shelf space or sponsoring tour players, these upstart ball companies have been able to bring the consumer a pro tour ball at a fraction of the cost of the big boys.  Sphera is a company shrouded in a bit of a mystery as their website offers very little information on the company or its products. Their offerings are a 4 piece ball called the Pro Fours and a 3 piece called, you guessed it,...