Lake balls brand by brand in the UK: club ponds, Pearl grades and what a dozen costs
A Pearl dozen of recovered Pro V1s cost £32.95 at a UK retailer in October 2026, against £52 RRP for a new box. A…
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Drivers, irons, wedges, balls and waterproofs, judged on what changes your score rather than on the marketing. Fittings, prices and where to buy, second-hand included.
Seven clubs and a pencil bag: twilight nines in Britain before the clocks go back on 25 October
Sunset slides from twenty to seven to before five this October. How to pick seven clubs from the scorecard, what an autumn evening asks…
Hybrid or long iron in Britain: links wind, winter turf and heathland rough settle the 4-iron slot
The club you dread from 185 yards is usually the four-iron. Whether a hybrid should replace it depends on your strike, the gap in…
Buying used irons in Britain: shop, pro or private sale, the 14-day rule and six traps to spot
A clean set of used irons can still send every good seven-iron left of the flag. Most of the reasons are visible before you…
Garmin R10 this winter: the four numbers to trust, and where in the UK to try a launch monitor
Clocks back, practice under a roof, and a radar that shows fourteen figures after every swing. Only four of them come with a published…
Adjusting your driver for a UK winter: loft, weight and lie, and where to get a setting checked
Winter fairways give nothing back, so the driver wrench comes out. Change one thing at a time, know what else it moves, and keep…
Slick grips after a wet winter: when to regrip in the UK, and where to have it done before spring
British grips rarely die in the sun. They die in the wet, the cold garage and the towel. Here is how to tell a…
159 wet days a year: the three golf gloves a British golfer needs, from £10.99 to £24.99
The Met Office's UK series averages 159 days of rain a year. One glove cannot handle all of them, but a small kit of…
Hire at £15 a round or buy for £949? When an electric trolley pays off at a British club
Cambridge Country Club hires an electric trolley for £15 a round; a 2026 Motocaddy M5 GPS costs £949. The gap between those two numbers,…