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Golf Magazine is the number one source for golf instruction, equipment and travel, including: exclusive instruction from our Top 100 Teachers in America, introspective interviews with the game’s rising stars and old masters, and short-game tips from guru David Pelz. Plus, you’ll get the latest in gear, including ClubTest equipment reviews, and private lessons, tips personalized for your game.

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Buying Time

Need a Fix? Here's Stix! • A partnership between Nicklaus and a new player in the gear space highlights how 8AM Golf is making the game better for everyone

Ground Control

The Ocean Rors • The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am January 30 to February 2, 2025 Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach, Calif.

Up Close with Dylan Dethier Xander Schauffele • How do you follow a 2024 season that included wins at the PGA and Open championships? If you're X, you keep your expectations in check. And get even better.

ON THE NUMBERS • There's data behind every swing. We crunch it so you don't have to.

Access Napa Time • The Wine Cave at Mayacama is as good as it gets for vino connoisseurs. The golf is intoxicating too.

Worth a Shot Get a Little Bit Wider • Here's an easy check to make sure your feet are in the right position to deliver a solid strike time and again

Accessories A New Legacy • Boxto is an upwardtrending golf shoe brand that—with the help of Nicklaus Companies—is poised to break through

Rounds Toast of the Town • To create the Stone Toasted 21-year-old whisky, Dewar's employed a process that has never been used by a whisky brand

Watch & Learn Akshay Bhatia • The gifted lefty with two Tour wins (before his 23rd birthday) can do it all. All we can say is “Watch out!”

Stuff Golfers Should Know should I Buy New Golf Gear? • Of course! But please allow us to help you decide.

Eats Flower Power • A once humble side dish gets a showstopping upgrade certain to make any carnivore jealous

Short Game Chef The Right Wedge

YOUR BURNING SHORT-GAME QUESTIONS-ANSWERED

Peter and Gary go way back to the Persimmon Age, so they know a thing or two about equipment evolution and the need for speed

GET INTO HIGH GEAR • Golf is fun. It's also challenging. It requires patience, to say nothing of finding a way to hit that little white ball as far and straight as you can on every swing. Practice is a must but so, too, is owning gear that makes distance and accuracy possible depending on your needs. Fear not—to help you fill your bag with equipment that can do it all for you, we put the latest crop of new clubs through their paces in GOLF's most advanced ClubTest ever. We've said it before and we'll say it again: You can buy lower scores. Welcome to the game changers.

DRIVERS • GOLF's ClubTest swingers and clubfitters looked at 30 new driver models while keeping an eye on which products best delivered the goods for the things you value most: ball speed, forgiveness, greater shot correction and, in some cases, lighter weight and lower spin rates (that's for you, fast swingers). Here's the best of the best!

HOW WE DID IT

FAIRWAY WOODS • As with drivers, we focused on testing fairway woods for ball speed, forgiveness, spin control and weight considerations. Here, the 2025 class of game-changing woods, with more to check out on GOLF.com.

HYBRIDS • We tested for speed, weight and shot consideration like other product categories, but, with hybrids, our testers and fitters kept a keen eye on playability. Hybrids, after all, can be the most versatile clubs in your bag.

IRONS • The 2025 crop of new irons, as ever, remains as diverse as the range of players they're meant for. Whether you're looking for classic performance, a little assistance or as much help as...