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peek at the 2009 Golf Digest Hot List
if you're a fanatic golf equipment or just a casual observer of the latest offerings and trends in the golf clubs and accessories, Golf Digest 2009 Hot List is a smorgasbord of golf equipment. From drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, for irons, wedges and putters-Oh, and bags and balls, too much equipment gurus at Golf Digest to break down into its popular annual equipment credits.
process
If you are wondering how the golf equipment experts rate, for example, Callaway drivers and TaylorMade irons, I think Excel spreadsheet with thousands of data points, hundreds of pages of technical information from golf equipment manufacturers, scientists, four of the criteria of the trial, a two weeks visit to San Jose, California, location for field tests.
The process is, in short, exhaustive. Golf Digest evaluated the "universe" golf clubs-471 entries, to be exact, and they tried on four weighted criteria: 1) performance (40%), 2) innovation (30%), 3) look / sound / feel (20% ), and 4) request (10%).
After all the facts and data, the judges participated in the nine days of meetings that included 800 debates come to 116-club HotList. Along the way, they ate lots of take-out food.
As a glance at this year's list.
Drivers
breaks the category Golf Digest Golf drivers in two parts: the driver more than $ 350 and drivers under $ 350. Then divided into two categories of gold and silver winners.
won three gold medals in more than $ 350 category of the Callaway FT-9, Ping Rapture V2 and the TaylorMade R7 Limited.
No one is better than Callaway to use more materials, said the judges of the FT-9. Players such as appearance, balance and carry on the PING Rapture V2, which has a similar appearance PING G10.TaylorMade R7 Limited movable weight and the possibility Ozika shaft. Some are said to produce the best feel every club in the market.
Gold winner in the category of under $ 350 on Adams Speedline, Callaway Big Bertha Diablo, Ping G10 and the TaylorMade Burner.
cases
legs are divided into three categories corresponding playing abilities and interests: game improvement, super game improvement irons and players
.Gold winners in the game-improvement category, including Callaway X-22, Ping G10 and the TaylorMade Burner. One player said it could hit the Callaway X-22 irons blindfolded. Sign me, he said. Callaway X-22 lead in the category of demand, which is a reputation assessment, interest, intrigue and uzbuđenja.PING G10 has long been the category leader, a TaylorMade Burner irons really shined, leading in three of the four judging categories: performance, innovation and look / sound / feel
.TaylorMade also a gold winner in the super game improvement category: Burner Plus, which has a huge clubhead and the weight shift to get the golf ball in the air
.In the category of players irons, Titleist AP2 rose to the top, along with the advantage Tour, Callaway X-22 Tour Callaway X-Forged and Ping S57 models, including six gold četiriukupno winner.
Putters
Clearly, there is no more important than the golf club putter. Golf Digest have a close look at two main categories. Saw blade putters and mallet putters
Gold winners in the category of the blade putter more than $ 200 include the Odyssey Black Series I # 6, TaylorMade Daytona Kia TP-MA and Titleist Cameron Studio Select, which resulted in three of four criteria: performance, appearance / sound / feel and demand.
In the category of the blade putter under $ 200, top picks of the Odyssey White Hot Tour 1, two Ping Anser model and TaylorMade Daytona.
Gold winners in the category included mallet putter Odyssey Black Series I 2-ball, ping IWI Craze-E and the TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider. And leading mid mallet putters are Odyssey, Titleist and Cameron MacGregor model.
Bags
Hot List judges look at a lightweight carry bag and "do" shopping bags, selecting their favorite 21. Leading the list of gold and silver winners are models of Callaway, Ping, TaylorMade, Titleist, Bag Boy, Nike, Ogio, Sun Mountain, Wilson and Izzo.
The Pro Tour game
What are the top touring pros play? After just a sampling.
Callaway Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Annika Sorenstam
TaylorMade: Kenny Perry, Sergio Garcia, Paul cream
PING: Angel Cabrera, Lorena Ochoa, Hunter Mahan
Titleist: Steve Stricker, Zach Johnson, Adam Scott