Equipment

Golf Digest names Yes! C-Groove putters Abbie and Hanna to its 2008 Hot List. The Abbie is a traditional blade forged carbon steel putter with patented C-Groove technology and the Hanna is a center-shafted mallet putter with a high MOI.

TaylorMade started the 2008 PGA Tour season strong by ranking No. 1 in drivers, fairway woods and irons at the Mercedes-Benz Championship, and was used by champion Daniel Chopra.

Adams Golf reports that, according to Darrell Survey, its hybrids were played by more pros than any other at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

C-Thru Grips reports that the winner of the Mercedes-Benz Championship used a custom India and Sweden grip on his putter.

United Sports Technologies introduces the next evolution of Proforce Series, the Proforce V2 95 Constant Weight iron shafts.

Tiger Shark will unveils its Optix Tour and Blade putters, along with its Fatso grip at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Fla.

United Sports Technologies introduces the next evolution of Proforce Series, the Proforce V2 95 Constant Weight iron shafts.

Tiger Shark will unveils its Optix Tour and Blade putters, along with its Fatso grip at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Fla.

Buster Grips, a reverse taper golf grip, receives approval by PGA Partners Club testers. More than 77 percent of the testers gave the grip a positive rating.

TaylorMade Golf reports that on being the No. 1 driver in all 47 PGA Tour and 30 Champions Tour events, and the most-played driver in 51 European, 31 Nationwide and 27 LPGA events in 2007.

Yes! Golf will debut six new C-Groove models at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. The models include two new blades, two mallets, a new 2-piece hybrid, and a putter with a high MOI and a totally new, patented alignment system called GrooveTube.

C-Thru Grips will exhibit at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Fla. C-Thru Grips exhibit its new Ladies Line and other new art designs for 2008 in the new products showcase.

As Cobra Golf approaches its 35th anniversary, the company reports on 2007, a year that included record-setting market shares and worldwide sales growth.

KZG introduces its new HB 516 irons. The new line features a hollow-back design camouflaging deep internal perimeter weighting.

National Golf Products will exhibit The Golf Mat, which offers the same sensation of give at impact as taking a divot off natural grass, at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla.

Boccieri Golf will showcase its new Heavy Putter Deep Face Series at the PGA Merchandise Show and during Demo Day, Jan. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. The Heavy Putter DF Series features five models — three mallets and two blades — each with raised centers of gravity on the clubface for better distance control and improved skid-roll characteristics.

Daiwa Seiko Japan announces the relaunching of its ONOFF and GIII brands in the United States for 2008. The Daiwa golf brands will be distributed by Daiwa Golf Co. (USA) and will begin in late February.

HotRod Putter will make its national debut at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Fla. The HotRod Putter features a unique asymmetrical mallet head design that offers a perfectly balanced putter while incorporating a huge sweet spot and high modulus of inertia.

Japanese golf-club manufacturer Miura Golf will be represented at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 17 by Yoshitaka and Shinei Miura, sons of Katsuhiro Miura, the company’s 66-year-old founder.

C-Thru Grips will exhibit at the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Fla. C-Thru Grips exhibit its new Ladies Line and other new art designs for 2008 in the new products showcase.