Equipment

Golf Pride: Unveils its new swing grips for 2012, including the New Decade MultiCompound Whiteout, which provides responsiveness to the lower hand and moisture management and traction to the upper hand.

STX Golf: Introduces the Sync 7 Belly and Sync 8 Blade Putter to the 2012 Sync Series putter line.

Ping: Leads Golf Digest’s 2012 Hot List with 11 gold medals and receives an Editor’s Choice award for its i20 iron.

Elmer Golf: Introduces the Power Cone hybrid, which features a proprietary Power Flex hybrid-specific shaft.

Nike Golf: To introduce its new Nike VR_S family on Feb. 3. The line, an extension of the VR franchise, places an emphasis on speed and features the company’s NexCOR club face technology.

Ping: Leads Golf Digest’s 2012 Hot List with 11 gold medals and receives an Editor’s Choice award for its i20 iron.

Callaway Golf Co.: Callaway and Odyssey brands combined to win an industry-leading 16 Golf Digest Hot List medals, including receiving an Editor’s Choice for the RAZR Fit driver.

Adams Golf: Idea a12 OS hybrid irons have won a Gold Medal and been named the Super Game Improvement Category Leader for Innovation in Golf Digest’s Hot List.

STX Golf: Presents its 2012 putter line, which will be on display at the PGA Merchandise Show’s Demo Day on Jan. 25. The collection includes its new X-Form putters and expansion of the Sync Series putters.

Callaway Golf Co.: Callaway and Odyssey brands combined to win an industry-leading 16 Golf Digest Hot List medals, including receiving an Editor’s Choice for the RAZR Fit driver.

STX Golf: Presents its 2012 putter line, which will be on display at the PGA Merchandise Show’s Demo Day on Jan. 25. The collection includes its new X-Form putters and expansion of the Sync Series putters.

Wilson Golf: Tour staffer Paul Lawrie topped Euro $1 million won on the European Tour for the first time since 2002 after his second-place finish at the Dubai World Championship. Lawrie reverted to using Wilson Staff FG Tour irons in 2010 and recently added the brand’s FG Tour wedges to his bag.

Adams Golf: Introduces the Speedline Fast 12 fairway wood featuring the second generation of Velocity Slot Technology. The second generation includes a slot within a slot on both the crown and sole of the club to create more ball speed, forgiveness and better launch conditions.

Ping: Chairman and CEO John Solheim proposes that golf’s rule-making bodies consider a ball distance rating system that would replace the current single golf ball limit with three different ball distance limits. Solheim’s “A Long Term Response to Distance” explains how including a rating system with a new Condition of Competition would give professional events and golf courses an efficient way to address future concerns about distance.