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2021 Virtual PGA Show: More things we loved

Published

5 years ago

Jan 30, 2021

As promised, we’re checking out all the digital booths at the 2021 Virtual PGA Show for items of intrigue and note, and we’ve found no shortage of interesting items.

Check out a few notable items below—and you can find our first-day favorites here, and our second-day favorites here.

(More on the 2021 Virtual PGA Show here)

Colour Path Golf

Sometimes, the best ideas are the simplest.

Product description: Colour Path “provides visual training aids complimented by online coaching programs to ultimately simplify the learning process of golf. The unique learning process takes the form of following an easy to understand colour-coded system to influence the sequence of movement in the golf swing.”

“What the team at Colour Path Golf have developed is essentially a concept, which at its heart allows the coach and student to communicate through an externally focused learning environment, that has been proven in over 80 studies worldwide to outperform the more traditionally internally focused teaching methods.”

Website: www.colourpathgolf.com

Johnston & Murphy: XC4 shoes

When a major dress shoe manufacturer steps into the golf footwear space, we take notice.

Product description: “Heritage craftsmanship meets modern technology designed to perform on and off the course with our waterproof, XC4® golf shoes. Advanced cushioning and J&M Smart Degree Technology® that delivers effective temperature control (cooling when hot, warming when cold) ensures ideal comfort all day long. A hybrid lug sole provides excellent stability on the greens and comfort on the street.”

U.S. Kids: Ultralight

Something new from the leader in kids clubs.

Product description: “Ultralight is engineered to develop a proper and lifelong golf swing. It is a progressive system spanning nine height ranges. Each size has a unique length, weight, shaft flex, lie angle, and grip size.”

Altwell: CBD Gummies

If you’re taking the CBD plunge, this is a good way to go.

Product description: “Meet your new morning routine must-have. These delicious gummies deliver 25 mg of broad spectrum hemp extract to soothe stress and bring peace and calm to your body and mind.”

Percentage Play Golf

An interesting application of analytics!

Product description: “Gambling on golf is now legal and is being embraced by the PGA Tour and Television Networks that cover golf tournaments! Our proprietary PercentageGolf Prediction Model™ is able to statistically calculate the likely result of any shot and is able to run a simulation on every tournament to pick the likely winner (or players who should perform better than their odds). PercentageGolf will add excitement, drama, and suspense for all telecasts!”

Areso

60,000 custom putter combinations?

Product description:

ARESO Golf is the custom-fit putter company focusing on science fitting combined with putter engineering.

ARESO Golf putters are milled with high precision with specifications from the fitting protocol.
1. Head Type – blade, mallet, square to hyper.
2. Loft angle – 1.5d, 2.5d, 3.5d (also offers 0.5d, 5.5d for some models).
3. Lie angle – 68d, 70d, 72d (also offer 65d and 75d for some models).
4. Hosel type – center shaft, plumber,, slant neck and double bend.
5. Weighting – min 4g up to 60g of adjustability.
6. Balance (Toe-hang) – 0d to 70d
7. Length option
7. Shaft option & weighting
8. Grip option & weighting

Shinola Watches: Detrola collection

As a company from the Detroit area, we were thrilled to see Detroit-based watchmaker Shinola exhibiting at this year’s show!

Product description: “Detrola, a new watch collection from Shinola, brings to the table what the world needs a little more of these days. Fun. It’s for the ones who live freely, laugh often and eat dessert first. These watches strike the perfect balance between strength and style–engineered with durable TR90 resin, a stainless steel core and laid-back attitude. Each watch adds its own personality to the mix. Many styles are produced in extremely limited numbers and may not be around for long.”

Tour Photo Galleries

Photos from the 2026 Memorial Tournament

Published

14 hours ago

Jun 1, 2026

Ben A

GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.

In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.

Check out links to all our photos below.

General Albums

2026 The Memorial – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Tour Tech Rundown: Heroic Henley

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1 day ago

Jun 1, 2026

Ronald Montesano

Around the world, the golf wheel spun this final week in May of 2026. From New Jersey to Austria, with stops in Korea, Texas, and North Carolina (don’t let me route your next trip) the world’s finest put their golf games on display. There were three playoffs, some known commodities and some new talent. It was the sort of week that we hope to have at this point in the seasons. June and July afford double-digit major events, and perhaps, one of this week’s champions will use this success as a springboard to new heights. Time to run it all down, tech style, in this week’s Tour Tech Rundown.

Thanks to WITBHub, Today’s Golfer, GolfWRX, and Inside Tour Golf for initial research into equipment.

PGA Tour @ Charles Schwab Challenge: Heroic Henley denies Cole

Eric Cole did nearly everything that a fellow can do, to secure a first PGA Tour title. He stayed one shot clear of Ryder Cup player Ben Griffin. He kept US Open champion Gary Woodland and wunderkind Michael Brennan two shots distant. He posted 70 on day four to reach twelve under par. And then, Russell Henley revealed his Dr. Strange cloak. Henley made 47 feet of birdie putts on holes 16, 17, and 18, to jump from minus-nine to twelve-deep, and secured a spot in a playoff with Cole. The duo returned to the final tee, and put on a stripe show.

Both golfers found the fairway off the tee, and Henley improved on his regulation play with an approach to four feet. Cole did himself proud, tucking an iron to a dozen feet, but he was unable to convert the putt for three. Henley is one of the best putters on tour, and he proved it once more by draining a putt for a fourth consecutive birdie, and a sixth PGA Tour title. For Eric Cole, that first victory should come, and soon. He has done everything necessary to earn the chalice lift.

Henley’s Suitcase

Driver: Titleist TSi3 at 10 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70g 6.5 TX
Metal: Titleist TS3 at 16.5 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 at 21 degrees. Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT hybrid 100 TX
Iron: Titleist T250 4-iron. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
Irons: Titleist T100 5-6 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
Irons: Titleist T100 7-9 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 48 and 50 degrees. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 54 and 60 degrees. Shaft: rue Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue S400
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron T5 Tour Prototype

LPGA @ Shoprite LPGA: Welcome back, Celine!

Soo Bin Joo had her eyes on a maiden LPGA title. She held the lead after two rounds, then hit a red light at the intersection of can-I and how-To. Joo posted plus-two on day three in New Jersey, and dropped to a T4 finish, which was still a career-best for the young Korean golfer. Instead of a new face, a familiar face returned to the top of the podium.

Celine Boutier was the It Girl in 2023. She collected four victories, including a major title at Evian. Boutier reached world number one status, then simply faded into the background. No wins came her way over the next 30 months. On Sunday, she collected LPGA victory number seven, at the same trace as LPGA victory number two.

Day three saw Boutier manage the windswept Seaview Bay course with six birdies and a bogey. She was challenged in the end by Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who signed for a 66 of her own. Yubol came up one shot shy of the top ladder rung. Finishing in third place at -7, two back of the winner, was Ireland’s Lauren Walsh.

Celine’s Suitcase

Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 at 9 degrees. Shaft: Graphite Design AD IZ-5
Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops at 19 and 22 degrees. Shaft: KBS Hybrid Prototype
Hybrid: PXG 0311 Gen5.
Iron: PXG 0311 P Gen 4 5-9 irons
Wedge: PXG 0311 T Gen 4 PW
Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II at 50, 54, 58 degrees
Putter: Bettinardi Studio Stock 3 DASS

DP World Tour @ Austrian Alpine: KK? KK!

Kota Kaneko has a rhythmic name. It has strong vowels and a run of voiceless stops in its crunchy K sounds. On Sunday in Austria, Kaneko put a stop to a challenge from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia and everyone else, and claimed a first-ever title on the DP World Tour. Gouveia did well to reach 16-under par over four days, but Kaneko held firm, two shots in the clear.

Davis Bryant of the USA also forged a strong challenge for the win. He ended in a tie with Gouveia for second place. Kaneko began and finished his final round in a bit of a malaise, but he caught fire midway through. Birdies at 10, 12, and 13 provided the necessary cushion to cruise to the finish line without breaking a serious sweat.

Kaneko’s Suitcase

Driver: Ping Max G440
Metals: TaylorMade Qi4D at 15, 16.5, 21, and 24 degrees
Irons: TaylorMade P760 5 and 6 irons
Irons: TaylorMade P7TW 7-9 irons
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design at 46, 52, 56, and 60 degrees
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Arm Lock #7

Korn Ferry Tour @ UNC Health Championship: Improbably Alvaro

Alvaro Ortiz may have had a bit of scare on the outward nine on Sunday, but he came through in clutch fashion in the end. Ortiz began the day bogey-double, and added another double bogey at the 11th hole. He was mired in a downward trend, spiraling away from the top of the leader’s board. Ortiz found hope at the 14th, where his first birdie of the day tumbled home. Inspired, he closed with birdies and 17 and 18 to catch Ross Steelman at 10-under par, and the duo returned to the 18th deck for overtime.

The extra session concluded in brief time. Ortiz, buoyed by his newly-retrieved confidence, hit the fairway with driver, then approached to six feet and drained the putt. Gobsmacked, Steelman could do little more than smile and applaud, as his run at the top came to a close. The victory was the first for Ortiz on the KFT, and will implant him squarely in the chase for a PGA Tour promotion.

Alvaro’s Suitcase

Driver: Ping G430 MAX driver at 9 degrees loft
Metal: Ping G430 MAX 3W
Iron: Ping iDi Driving Iron
Irons: Ping Blueprint S irons
Wedges
Putter: Scottsdale TR Piper C

A party on the green!

Alvaro’s time comes in Raleigh with his first win @UNCHealthChamp ? pic.twitter.com/2dmtZdbSzk

— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) May 31, 2026

LIV @ Korea: Me llamo Joaquin

Chile’s Joaquin Niemann had been away from the LIV winner’s circle throughout all of 2026. This week in Korea, he reminded us that he is still a force to consider. Niemann chased down Taylor Gooch over the closing holes at Asiad Country Club, then claimed victory with a hole-one birdie in extra time. Bryson DeChambeau claimed solo third, one shot in arrears at minus-eleven. Dustin Johnson finished on fourth, one putt farther back.

Niemann’s Suitcase