"Player’s Choice" Awards / Best Clubs of 2005
Pub Links Golfer Magazine, a national and local magazine in one dedicated to the daily fee, public and resort course player published it "Players Choice" awards for 2005. Clubs were rated on Appearance, Feel, Consistency, Forgiveness and Value and from these ratings we come up with an Overall Performance Rating
2005 Player Choice Awards – Best Clubs of 2005
Irons
Best Overall
Callaway Fusion
Ping G2
Honorable Mention
Wilson PI-5
Taylormade rac TP forged
Nike ProCombo OS
Best Appearance
Wilson PI-5
Honorable Mention
Taylormade rac TP forged
Mizuno MP 32
SMT 303mb
Best Feel
Taylormade rac TP forged
Honorable Mention
Mizuno MP 32
Element 21
Callaway Fusion
Most Forgiving
Callaway Fusion
Ping G2
Honorable Mention
Nike ProCombo OS
Nickent Genex 3DX Hybrid
Most Consistent
Ping G2
Honorable Mention
Wilson PI-5
Best Distance
Callaway Fusion
Ping G2
Honorable Mention
Nike ProCombo OS
Taylor Made rac OS2
Best Value
Nickent Genex 3DX Hybrid
Honorable Mention
Nike NDS
Drivers
Best Overall
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
Cleveland Launcher Comp
Honorable Mention
SMT Spectrum
Ping G2
MacGregor MACTEC
Best Appearance
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
MacGregor MACTEC
Best Feel
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
Honorable Mention
SMT Spectrum
Most Forgiving
Ping G2
Honorable Mention
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
MacGregor MACTEC
Most Consistent
Cleveland Launcher Comp
Mizuno MP-001
Honorable Mention
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
Best Distance
SMT Spectrum
Advanced Golf Aurora
Cleveland Launcher Comp
MacGregor MACTEC
Honorable Mention
Taylormade r7 Quad HT
Callaway Big Bertha 454
Best Value
SMT Spectrum
Cleveland Launcher Comp
Putters
Best Overall
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Honorable Mention
Odyssey 2-Ball
Best Appearance
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Honorable Mention
Taylormade Rossa Monza Corsa
Best Impact Feel
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Heavy Putter
Honorable Mention
Odyssey 2-Ball
Best Balance / Swing Feel
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Honorable Mention
MacGregor V-Foil
Best Alignment / Accuracy
Nickent Pipe, Odyssey 2-Ball
Honorable Mention
MacGregor V-Foil
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Best Distance Control
Taylormade Rossa Monza Corsa
Q-Roll Wave
STX Envision
Best Value
Dunlop LoCo
Nickent Pipe
Best Overall
Scotty Cameron Futura Phantom
Honorable Mention
Odyssey 2-Ball
Balls
Best Overall
Performance Ball
Titleist ProV1
Recreational Ball
Pinnacle Exception
Maxfli Noodle
Best Distance – Performance Ball
Callaway HX Tour 56
Nike One Platinum
Best Control – Performance Ball
Titleist Pro V1
Best Feel – Performance Ball
Titleist Pro V1
Nike One Platinum
Best Short Game Feel – Performance Ball
Maxfli Black Max
Best Value – Performance Ball
Dunlop LoCo Dart
Wedges
Best Overall
Taylormade rac Black
Cleveland CG 11
Best Appearance
Taylormade rac Black
Bridgestone J33 Forged Wedges
Mizuno MP T Black Nickel
Best Feel
Cleveland CG 11
Most Forgiving
Taylormade rac Black
Cleveland CG 11
Best Value
SMT Durometer
Nickent Genex Arc
Vulcan Tour Professioinal Grind
Hybrids
Best Overall
Sonartec MD Transistion
Nickent 3DX
Taylormade Rescue Dual
Best Appearance
Bridgestone J33
Nickent 3DX
Best Feel
Sonartec MD Transistion
Taylormade Rescue Dual
Most Forgiving
Sonartec MD Transistion
Taylormade Rescue Dual
Best Distance
Sonartec MD Transistion
Cleveland Halo
Best Accuracy
Sonartec MD Transistion
Nickent 3DX
Best Value
Nickent 3DX
SMT Avocet
Tour Edge JMAX
To participate in our Play Testing, please contact our offices at 860-563-1633
Pub Links Golfer Magazine utilizes PGA professionals to supervise amateurs to test the latest clubs both on a range and over at least one round of golf. All play testers are volunteers. They are asked to rate clubs on Appearance, Feel, Forgiveness, Accuracy, Distance and Value using a scale of 1-10. Value is not based on cost alone, however what are testers believe provides the most value for the money. From these ratings we come up with an Overall Performance Rating. We DO NOT rate clubs against each other, rather we ask our play-testers to rate the club for what it is, to them. This is a subjective exercise. We make no pretense to being scientific. We simply offer our readers the same kind of informal feedback they might get, say, from a friend.
Pub Links Golfer Magazine is the only national golf magazine containing a regional section that speaks to avid golfers in more than twelve of the country’s most active "hot beds" of golf. Pub Links Golfer Magazine is distributed nationally by way of controlled and audited distribution with a guaranteed minimum circulation of 225,000 copies each edition. Pub Links Golfer Magazine finds its audience of Active Golfers through our unique and innovative network of Associate Publishers. We reach our readership on a national and regional level through public, daily-fee, resort and municipal golf facilities within our Associate Publisher’s region. We also reach our audience through newsstands, subscriptions, off-course golf shops and a network of hotels & resorts, airlines & airports, packages & tours, specials & promotions, and trade shows & charity events within our Associate Publisher’s region.
Pub Links Golfer Magazine is available at your local golf shop or by subscription. For subscription information, call PLGM at 860-563-1633, or visit the website at www.publinksgolfer.com.
Contact:
Tom Landers
Pub Links Golfer Magazine
205 Broad St
Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-563-1633
tlanders@publinksgolfer.com
