Author: Sean Ogle

For many people, the thought of buying your first set of clubs is super daunting. All the brands pretty much look the same… All the price tags are weirdly high… And something just doesn’t feel right about picking up a box set of clubs from Costco that may or may not actually be any good. Trying to find the best golf clubs for beginners used to be really difficult, but these days, it’s gotten much easier for me to make recommendations. Why? Because Stix Golf exists. 10 Reasons Why Stix Makes the Best Golf Clubs for Beginners In my opinion,…

There have been a lot of people waiting for the release of the Shotscope X5 GPS watch and shot sensors – and it’s finally here. Shot Scope has positioned itself as one of the leaders when it comes to swing tracking in golf. Their extremely popular V3 system represented one of the best values on the market for people who wanted to start tracking their rounds. It was very affordable, came with a GPS watch, and there were no subscription fees – which proved to be a great combination. However the GPS watch was pretty barebones, and the app itself…

Over the past year, I’ve now reviewed a number of Payntr golf shoes. I’m not sure there’s a new brand that has impressed me so much in the early stages of their business. While Payntr has been around for a while, primarily making cricket shoes, they’ve been in the golf world for less than 5 years. Usually, it takes at least that long for a new company to find their stride. This is especially true when it comes to something as finicky as footwear. Design, materials, fit – so much goes into it. Anyone can make a polo shirt these…

Let’s get this out of the way: If you’re choosing between the FlightScope Mevo+ and the SkyTrak+, you literally cannot make a bad decision. There are no wrong choices when considering the two products that are definitely among the best golf launch monitors in the $2-3k price range. But just because there’s no wrong choice, doesn’t mean there isn’t a best choice. And that’s where things get personal. Because for as awesome as these two products are — and they are — one of them is at least fractionally better than the other for you personally. So, how do you…

I get asked all the time what my favorite cheap rangefinder is. Cheap is a relative term. In the golf rangefinder world, I consider $200 cheap. And there are a number of products I recommend around that price, like the TecTecTec KLYR and Callaway 300 Pro. But generally speaking, once you get much cheaper than that? Quality goes down with it. Usually to the point where I just can’t in food faith recommend the product. And this is what’s so interesting about the Shot Scope Pro L2 rangefinder. It’s the first rangefinder under $150 that I can give a recommendation for. To…

These days there are countless ways to get distances on a golf course. You can use a rangefinder… You can use a golf watch… You can use an app. You can use an app in tandem with sensors… And you can use a good old-fashioned, standalone golf GPS. And that is what we’re talking about today with our review of the Garmin Approach G12 GPS device. There are a handful of brands out there that have built a strong reputation over decades of product creation, that you just kind of know something is going to be good when you buy…

I’ve been a fan of Ecco golf shoes for years now. I’ve got more rounds in the last 5 years in Eccos than any other brand, and it’s not even close. But they aren’t cheap. In fact, there are very few models with a retail price under $200, which makes them a little out of reach for a lot of people. There’s also the fact that their bread and butter are spikeless shoes. So if you wanted spiked Eccos, you’d have to go for the Biom G5, which at a retail price of $270 is a tough pill to swallow.…

I never thought I’d be that guy. You know the one. The guy who wears golf shoes, off the golf course on a regular basis. There’s been a huge rise in the popularity of spikeless golf shoes over the last decade. And during the first 5-7 years of this, wearing those shoes off the golf course would elicit about the same response as you’d get for having iron covers on your clubs. You simply didn’t do it, lest you risk getting laughed at mercilessly. However, over the last few years, we’ve seen a rise in the “golf cross trainer.” Shoes that could both perform on the…

First I have to make a confession, this review may be slightly biased. You see, I’ve been going to Sunriver, Oregon for as long as I can remember. We used to have a house there growing up, so it has a special place in my heart. This past weekend I got the opportunity to play the newest course in the Sunriver arsenal for the first time: Caldera Links. Caldera Springs is a separate sub-division across the way from Sunriver that is more exclusive and more pricey. It’s also home to the par 3 Caldera Links and Golf Park that I…

Updated October 2023 to reflect updated pricing and an updated on-course review. I originally wrote this Noodle golf balls review in July of 2018, about 5 years ago. After 5 years, I found myself curious: are Noodle golf balls still worth buying? They’re among the cheapest golf balls on the market, so obviously they’re not going to compare to say, Pro V1s. But for the a beginner to high handicap, do they still represent a good value and a ball worth picking up? Good news, yes, years later, I’m still impressed with the trust ol’ Noodle. Obviously, a ball at…