Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show

A very special episode for you this week sees us head to the great city of Chicago for a behind-the-scenes look at everything at Wilson Golf. How does the golf division work alongside the larger legacy sports like tennis, football and baseball? Are any significant new Tour signings on the horizon? And, can the brand get back to the very top of the game by attracting the latest generation of golfers into the equipment?
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Thanks to Callaway for sponsoring this week's episode. To check out the full Quantum range of drivers, fairways, hybrids and irons for yourself, visit https://eu.callaway.com

Happy Open Friday! Thanks for including us in your golf #content consumption for the weekend. This week, Joe's got a variety of equipment-based rants to get stuck into. What happened to signature lines of golf clubs? Why does every pro feel the urge to get a 2-iron in their bag as soon as they set foot on UK soil? Why can't more brands get retro designs right? Also, we're introducing a new section this week: Joe's Weekly WITB. Now he's given up trying really hard to win tournaments, he's now - what are his thoughts on the latest equipment from Titleist, TaylorMade, Ben Hogan and Callaway that he's got in the bag? All of that, plus some of your brilliant recent comments and questions in Ask The Pod - enjoy!

Chapters:
0:00:00 Joe's new haircut...
0:06:04 Joe's club championship roster
0:11:39 Teasing Kick Point Golf Club (again)
0:12:48 Joe's A.I. golf club creations
0:17:10 What happened to 'signature' iron sets?
0:25:20 The UK's 2-iron urge
0:30:26 What happened to sock headcovers?
0:33:36 Joe's 2026 WITB
0:50:44 Ask The Pod
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Who said we were short of ideas? Not us! We've done old drivers, and we've done old fairways, so it's time for Joe to dig back into the archive of irons to find five examples of irons that haven't aged a day. We've got some classic blades and some more 'game improvement' options on the table. As well as that, Joe's conjured up a game of fantasy golf equipment - what bag of tricks would we like to play, selecting from all of the men's and women's Major winners so far? We've got that, Ask The Pod and plenty more nonsense in between - enjoy!

Thanks to this week's sponsor, PXG. PXG has fitting locations across the country, so if you’re ready to take a more serious approach to your game, head to PXG.com, check out their latest deals and book a fitting near you.Thanks to this week's sponsor, PXG. PXG has fitting locations across the country, so if you’re ready to take a more serious approach to your game, head to PXG.com, check out their latest deals and book a fitting near you.

Chapters:
0:00:00 Coming up this week...
0:05:53 The Ore Golf iron & TaylorMade's Tag Heuer collab
0:09:42 Picking our fantasy lineup of equipment from the 2026 Major winners
0:33:03 Kick Point Golf Club...
0:37:52 5 older irons that modern tech can't beat
0:52:05 Ask The Pod - your reactions to TaylorMade's two-year release cycle
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Big thanks to our friends at GolfClubs4Cash for sponsoring this week's episode. You can visit them in store now at its locations in Edinburgh, Warrington, Milton Keynes and Southampton or head to www.golfclubs4cash.co.uk to browse the more than 50,000 items in stock.

Joe's been doing some real-life actual journalism this week. It's often quiet down in North Devon, so a few weeks ago spent an afternoon measuring the true loft, lie angle and face angle of every driver he's been sent to test this year. Which brands' measurements are closest to what they claim? And are we seeing a new trend in driver face angles? Joe reveals all from his exhausting display of measuring in his workshop.

Also this week, we've had loads of questions about the best ways to add weight to your golf club, and to help, Joe has put together a cheat sheet of the pros and cons of each method. Whether it's lead tape, hot melt or screws, we've got you covered for your next tinkering job. All of that, plus some analysis on Wyndham Clark's new putter, Bryson's prototype TaylorMade driver and, of course, some time for your comments and questions in Ask The Pod - enjoy!

Chapters:
0:00:00 Coming up this week...
0:03:43 The story behind Bryson's new proto TaylorMade driver
0:07:51 What's so special about Wyndham Clark's new putter?
0:11:36 The pros and cons of each method of adding weight to a club
0:12:28 Using manufacturer's weights
0:15:35 Lead tape
0:18:26 Tip weights
0:21:27 Hot melt
0:26:12 We measured every 2026 driver! Here are the results...
0:27:24 Face angle...
0:36:08 Lofts...
0:40:19 Lie angles...
0:48:48 Ask The Pod!
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Big thanks to our friends at GolfClubs4Cash for sponsoring this week's episode. You can visit them in store now at its locations in Edinburgh, Warrington, Milton Keynes and Southampton or head to www.golfclubs4cash.co.uk to browse the more than 50,000 items in stock.

Happy midsummer! It's that time of year again, when we take stock of all of the main equipment manufacturers' years so far, and send them home with a summer report for 2026. Which brand is going home with an A to happy parents, and which brand has plenty to work on going into the next phase of equipment releases? Before all of that, Joe finds his favourite driver on the GolfClubs4Cash website for under £200, we discuss the rollback on the golf ball rollback, and Joe tells us the good, the bad, and the ugly from his experience at regional qualifying for the Open Championship. Enjoy!

Chapters:
0:00:00 Coming up this week...
0:02:26 How would Joe spend £200 on a second-hand driver?
0:06:14 Joe tells all about his Open Qualifying experience
0:22:22 The golf ball rollback, rollback - our opinions!
0:32:34 Grading every equipment brand's year so far!
0:34:32 Titleist
0:41:55 TaylorMade
0:51:23 Callaway
1:00:08 Ping
1:04:29 Cobra
1:06:53 PXG
1:13:02 Mizuno
1:17:00 Srixon
1:21:05 Wilson
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Get in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com
Sign up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter
Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint
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