Jonathan Wall

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Jonathan Wall

We receive a lot of questions about the latest gear in the marketplace. Most of them center around one specific question: "Should I switch out my current gamer for a [fill in the blank] driver?" Understanding how the technology housed inside the head can benefit your game is important, but golfers want to see real numbers. The best way to do this is to go test them yourself. Of course, it'd be nice to have a cheatsheet that lets you know which drivers were worth testing or avoiding.

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Jonathan Wall

One of the many benefits of using the Golf Laboratories swing robot to analyze the latest equipment is its ability to sift through the marketing speak and unearth some contrarian takes. The latest example is Callaway's Elyte Triple Diamond driver. In many cases, golfers swinging the club at or below 95 mph wouldn't benefit from the forward center of gravity and lower launch and spin characteristics a low-spin driver provides.

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Jonathan Wall

Question: You mentioned on social media that Brian Harman won with a zero-torque putter. How does it differ from a regular mallet? Should I switch? Answer: I can't answer the second question for you. As much as I'd love to confirm that a particular putter will save you strokes, there's no one-size-fits-all putter. The best thing you can do is test several different options and see if one performs better than the others.

4 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Jonathan Wall

We receive a lot of questions about the latest gear in the marketplace. Most of them center around one specific question: "Should I switch out my current gamer for a [fill in the blank] driver?" Understanding how the technology housed inside the head can benefit your game is important, but golfers want to see real numbers. The best way to do this is to go test them yourself. Of course, it'd be nice if you had a cheatsheet of sorts that let you know which drivers were worth testing or avoiding.

4 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Jonathan Wall

A robot can't swing the golf club for you, but it can give you a good idea of how a driver performs against the competition. In a new equipment series from Golf Digest, we tested the latest drivers from every major manufacturer on the Golf Laboratories swing robot to determine if they were noticeably better than their predecessors. The testing process is identical for each driver: we use the same 95 mph swing speed, attack angle and shaft (Fujikura Ventus VeloCore+) for every model.