DRYJOYS Select LS Jacket
FootJoy just introduced its DryJoys Select LS jacket that it
describes as the brand’s lightest, most breathable and most
waterproof garment ever. Specially engineered from a top-in-
technology Japanese fabrication, the jacket has a 2.5-layer
construction that lessens weight to less than a typical golf shirt,
while its thin, lightweight stretch is quiet and offers complete range
of motion during a golf swing—it’s full mobility. Says PJ Skurla, the
senior apparel designer at FootJoy, “It is the ultimate waterproof
layering shell that is so light, it doesn’t feel like you’re wearing
anything at all.” Tour pro Webb Simpson braved the cold rain with it
at The Open Championship this summer. $385, footjoy.com.
RAPSODO Mobile Launch Monitor
If you’ve ever had your swing measured on a launch monitor, you know the process
can be costly and time-consuming. But now portable versions are hitting the
market. Rapsodo’s Mobile Launch Monitor perfectly exemplifies how technology has
improved by great strides, becoming deadly accurate and completely portable. Once
synched to its phone app, place it eight feet behind you with the phone propped up
into the provided slot, and swing away. The app displays total shot distance, carry
distance, smash factor, ball velocity, launch angle, clubhead speed, launch direction,
shot shaping and more with perfect accuracy. The best part: It takes swing video
and overlays the active flight tracer instantly after every swing—just like on televised
PGA Tour events. $499, rapsodo.com.
SUN MOUNTAIN
Kube Golf Travel Bag
The worst part of good golf travel bags
is that there’s nowhere to store them,
which is why we’re loving Sun Mountain’s
new Kube golf travel bag. It innocently
looks like an ordinary, small, hard-shell
plastic suitcase. But when you unbuckle
it, the bag spreads opens into a full-sized
travel bag for clubs—and it weighs just
6.8 pounds. Folded up, it’s merely 9" x
13" x 14.5". When open, it offers internal
dimensions of 52" x 14" x 14"—plenty of
room for a golf stand or cart bag and lots
of golf gear. $230, sunmountain.com.
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