
E. Michael Johnson
Senior Equipment Editor at Golf Digest
Senior Editor, Equipment, Golf World & Golf Digest. If you want to talk golf equipment, lets go. But I’ll talk anything golf. Heck, I’ll talk anything at all.
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golfdigest.com | E. Michael Johnson
What you need to know: In 2004, TaylorMade debuted the R7 driver, a club that captured more than 30 wins worldwide, including that year’s U.S. Open by Retief Goosen. Now, to pay homage to that club as well as the follow-up R7 Quad, the company has introduced its R7 Quad Mini driver. Price/Availability: The R7 Quad Mini Driver costs $480 and is available immediately for pre-order at taylormadegolf.com. Sales at retail begin May 1. 3 Cool Things 1.
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golfdigest.com | E. Michael Johnson
Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters was a lot of things. His first green jacket. His first major in more than a decade. The completion of the career Grand Slam. One of the most popular wins in the history of the tournament. But was it the most popular?
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1 week ago |
golfdigest.com | E. Michael Johnson
Unlike many competitors this week at Augusta National, Rory McIlroy’s equipment setup didn’t change for the 2025 Masters—with one appropriate exception. McIlroy ditched the No. 1 play number on his TaylorMade TP5 ball for a stamping on RORS instead. And man, did he produced roars in winning his first green jacket and finally completing the completing the career Grand Slam with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff with Justin Rose.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | E. Michael Johnson
The old saw is that you can’t win the Masters on Thursday but you can lose it. Unlike most pithy sayings that tend to ring a little bit hollow, this one holds remarkably true. If you’re looking to place some cold, hard cash on the outright winner this week, maybe wait until after the first 18 holes. That’s because the options likely will have narrowed considerably if history holds.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | E. Michael Johnson
Holding the lead after playing the third round of the Valero Texas Open in difficult conditions, Brian Harman was asked about the prospect of things being more challenging come Sunday, “Well, I doubt it's going to be worse than today,” he said.
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the clubs Brian Harman used to win the @valerotxopen. All @Titleist save for a new @TaylorMadeGolf putter. https://t.co/llm1l9xywm

Bernhard Langer has a commemorative @TourEdgeGolf bag and some other surprises for his @TheMasters finale. https://t.co/vkCAGZHWa8

Min Woo Lee's winning @CallawayGolf gear, including a pretty cool logo on his golf ball: https://t.co/phbwqASNXO