Jack Hirsh

1 week ago | golf.com | Jack Hirsh

Maxfli made waves last year when it signed Lexi Thompson to play its golf ball and even saw action on the PGA Tour, when Ben Griffin put it in play. But it’s likely no one saw the new Maxfli forged irons coming. Starting today, Maxfli is back making clubs again with the XC2 and XC3 forged irons. Back in February, Maxfli offered a sneak peek to several gear scribes, including me, of their first new forged irons since the 1990s at PGA National during the Cognizant Classic.

1 week ago | golf.com | Jack Hirsh

On Monday, a friend of mine became the source of every golfer’s envy. His name is Noah Crast. We went to Penn State together, from where we both landed reporting jobs at the same Oregon TV station. Last week, Noah, who now works for ABC 25 in Columbia, S.C., covered his first Masters.

1 week ago | golf.com | Jack Hirsh

TaylorMade is continuing a nostalgia theme with its latest mini driver release. The company’s BRNR Mini and subsequent BRNR Mini copper launched the golf world’s current mini driver obsession to the stratosphere and came on the heels of the Original One Mini and 300 Mini, each paying homage to legendary drivers of TaylorMade’s past. For the latest entry into mini driver category, TaylorMade is harkening back on what many consider the company’s greatest driver of all time with the R7 Quad Mini.

1 week ago | golf.com | Jack Hirsh

While he was a little shaky at points during Sunday’s final round, Rory McIlroy put on an insane driving display at in winning the Masters and completing the career Grand Slam. You can get the very same driver McIlroy used at the Masters on a tremendous discount right now. After a brief switch at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Rory McIlroy has kept his trusty Qi10 (DOT) driver in the bag from 2024. The Qi10 (DOT) is the Tour-only version of TaylorMade’s popular Qi10 Core driver.

1 week ago | golf.com | Jack Hirsh

In his 17th try, Rory McIlroy has finally won the Masters, completing the career Grand Slam. In what was his 11th attempt at completing the slam, becoming the sixth of all time and first to do so since Tiger Woods in 2000, McIlroy survived a subsequent one-hole playoff against Justin Rose to win his first green jacket. It’s McIlroy’s third win of the year and all have come during what’s been somewhat of a wild gear year for the now five-time major champion.