Equipment

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.

Ping: Unveils its i20 driver, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. “In the i20 series, we’ve combined workability, distance and forgiveness with the goal to make any golfer a more versatile and complete player,” said John A. Solheim, Ping chairman and CEO.

Adams Golf: Introduces the Speedline Fast 12 LS (low spin) driver, which is the company’s lowest spinning aerodynamic driver ever and features length adjustability.

Adams Golf: Introduces its new Speedline Fast 12 driver, which incorporates a new Airfoil Design to produce a 460cc driver with 14 percent less drag for an increase of up to 3 mph in club head speed and a nearly 10 percent increase in forgiveness.

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.

Callaway Golf: Tour staffer Alvaro Quiros won the Dubai World Championship playing the new Razr Fit driver, which will be available in stores on Feb. 17.

SeeMore Putter Co.: Reports on the emerging popularity of belly putters.