Virginia Golfer May / Jun 2017 | Page 40

Equipment Get Your Gear— and Game— Summer Ready YOUR GAME MAY NOT BE IN MID-SEASON form quite yet, but golf manufacturers are. And that means your choices for new gear are heating up. Whether you’re in the market for a putter, hybrid, balls, bag or outerwear, there’s something fresh worth checking out. by SCOTT KRAMER TOULON DESIGN Indianapolis putter TOUR EDGE Exotics EX10 hybrid Tour Edge’s Exotics EX10 hybrid strives for forgiveness and effortless hit-ability. The moment you line it up behind a ball, you realize it looks mighty. It’s a classic- shaped hybrid that packs a thin, high-density steel cup face, which propels shots—even your mishits—long and straight. A deep center of gravity helps get the ball airborne with ease, and a newly modified version of the channeled SlipStream sole helps ease interaction with the ground. ($180, touredge.com) 38 V I R G I N I A G O L F E R | M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 7 From the latest brand within Callaway Golf’s family, Toulon Design’s square-shaped Indianapolis high-MOI mallet sports a unique deep-diamond milled face pattern that improves the first few feet of a putt for a truer roll. It’s softer than most millings and is designed to dissipate impact sound, “much like a tire’s tread pattern,” says the brand’s namesake Sean Toulon, who is a car-racing enthusiast. Indiana native Patrick Rodgers is playing it on Tour. ($400, cmp.callawaygolf.com) vsga.org