Mizuno Europe
The British Open brings the world’s best players together once a year to see who can beat the test that links golf. This year the test is taking place at Royal Liverpool, also known as Hoylake, and with all the big players in one place, the equipment manufacturers are all on deck with some very cool and new equipment.
Let’s break it all down!
New Mizuno woods and pegs
Mizuno loves to give away new clubs around the British Open, and once again hasn’t disappointed gear junkies anticipating what’s coming to retail soon.
So far, we’ve spotted three new clubs in photos from all over Hoylake incorporating a new wood titanium STG, and hiding behind that in a Mizuno Instagram post appears to be a matching STG driver that we also found in the USGA Matching Clubs list (below).
What’s more interesting is that we originally spotted a prototype STG trail ride over a year ago at the Travelers Championship, and now it’s finally making its way to Tour and full production, which shows just how long the development process can take.
Last but not least from Mizuno, they snuck some of their new T24 wedges into an Instagram story post about their irons, then we went through the matching listing again to make sure they are actually the latest wedges from the Japanese manufacturer.
Amazing golf bags
Our OEMs and their design teams have done everything they can to take on the final men’s competition of the year by delivering some of the most beautiful and innovative golf bags to date.
With themes around water, the event, and of course the Beatles, do you have a favourite?
New old irons stinson
Look, we can’t blame a guy for knowing what he likes — well, when I walk into a pizza shop, no matter what the menu is, I already know what I want, too.
For former Open Champion Henrik Stenson, that means a fresh new set of forged Callaway Legacy Black irons that date back more than a decade when they were released in 2013. Although this is a “new” set for the main champion, it’s safe to say that these are some of the oldest irons in professional golf at the highest level.
Wedges, wedges everywhere
The conditions of links golf compared to park golf in North America mean that players often have to make some adjustments to the ends of their bags.
At the top end this means new long irons and driving irons, such as what Rory used on his clinching shot last week at the Genesis Scottish Open, and at the other end it means new wedges with new grooves, and in some cases reduced bounce angles to deal with coarse sand and tight lies.
The Vokey team on the Titleist truck has been busy this week with a whole bunch of new pegs, and they even shared a few on Instagram.
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