Who Is Arnie McNair? How an Anonymous Golfer Built a Cult Brand
Who is Arnie McNair? The anonymous Minnesota golfer behind the cult American-made apparel brand, what the $95 McNair Polo is, and what the DORMIED data shows.
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Sun Day Red's Open Championship Capsule Is a Bet That Tiger's Brand Can Sell Links Nostalgia
Sun Day Red's Royal Collection drops July 9 with a Vessel bag collab and Open-inspired apparel. The real test: can the brand sell without the Tiger halo?
Kirkland's $40 Two-Dozen Golf Ball Just Got a B From Ball Lab. That's the Whole Story.
Kirkland's Performance + v3.0 Yellow scored 84/100 in MyGolfSpy Ball Lab testing with zero defects. At $1.67 a ball, the premium category has a problem.
The Quiet Business Under Every MyGolfSpy Hybrid Test: Foresight's GCQuad
Foresight's GCQuad sits behind every MyGolfSpy hybrid test, and that placement matters more than the used-club rankings it produces.
Sunday Golf Puts Bob Marley on a Cart Bag. The Collab Math Actually Works.
Sunday Golf's new Bob Marley licensed bag collab reads less like a cash grab and more like a brand that has figured out its lifestyle playbook.
L.A.B. Golf Just Put Cartoon PB&Js on a $2,000 Putter. It's Already Sold Out.
L.A.B. Golf's $2,000 Uncrustables putter collab sold out in hours. Inside the L Catterton-era marketing strategy turning a putting technology into a lifestyle brand.
Bridgestone's Quiet Tour Win: How a Wind Test in Ohio Built a Scottish Open Champion
Chris Gotterup's four PGA Tour wins in 12 months ties Scheffler. His Bridgestone Tour B X fitting story is the tour validation Bridgestone has waited a decade for.
PXG's GEN8 XP Wins the Distance War Nobody Else Is Fighting
PXG's 0311 XP GEN8 won Today's Golfer's 2026 iron test by 10 yards. The bigger story is what the win says about PXG's repositioning strategy.
Padraig Harrington's 28-Year Wilson Deal Is the Longest Active Player Contract in Golf. Sunday's Win Explains Why.
Padraig Harrington's second straight US Senior Open win extends the longest active player-OEM contract in golf. What Wilson's 28-year bet actually delivers.
Sun Mountain Puts a $435 Ballistic Bag Into a Market That Keeps Chasing Vessel
Sun Mountain's new Matchplay Ballistic Stand Bag pushes past $400 with military-grade 1680D nylon, taking direct aim at Vessel's premium territory.
Blue Tees Buys the Party at PGA Buying Summit. That's the Whole Strategy.
Blue Tees Golf sponsors the PGA Buying Summit Summer Jam and pitches the Rainmaker launch monitor to buyers. A green grass shelf-space play, decoded.
TRUE Linkswear Bets $225 That Walkers Will Pay Nike Money for a Pacific Northwest Sneaker
TRUE linkswear expands its Antigravity collection with a $225 tour-caliber Pro model, pushing the Tacoma walking-shoe brand into premium territory.
Vokey Engraves Setup Cues Into the Hosel. It's the Most Interesting Wedge Idea in Years.
Titleist Vokey's new SM11 Black Vapor wedges add engraved hosel alignment lines for three shot types. The most interesting wedge idea in years.
Titleist Puts a Vapor-Deposited Black Coat on the T-Series. Cameron Smith Has Been Asking For This Since 2010.
Titleist's new T-Series Black Vapor irons use vapor-deposition finishing across T100, T150, T250, and T350. A margin play from the category leader.
Sun Day Red Keeps Showing Up In Women's Golf Coverage. The Customer Base Is Another Question.
Sun Day Red's women's line keeps appearing in summer golf coverage. The product is landing. Building a real women's customer base is the harder story.
Tour Edge Enters Zero-Torque at $199. The Category Just Got a Floor.
Tour Edge launches the Zero T putter lineup at $199, undercutting L.A.B. and PXG in the fastest-growing putter category. What the move signals.
The Dangler Is a $40 Cupholder. Vessel Should Be Paying Attention.
A $40 viral cupholder from ParWalker is exposing a product gap Vessel and the premium carry bag category left wide open. Here is what it signals.
Nike's Golf Shoe Comeback Is Real, and the Pegasus 1 Is the Evidence
Nike's Pegasus 1 golf shoe is drawing top-tier reviews at $170. Three straight hits signal Nike Golf's footwear division is finally back on track.
Original Penguin Just Got Its First LET Win. The Brand Needed It More Than Chacarra Did.
Carolina Chacarra's maiden LET win gives Original Penguin a story it desperately needs. Whether Perry Ellis can convert momentum is a different question.
Gotterup's Third Win Is Bridgestone's Best Marketing in a Decade
Chris Gotterup's third 2026 win puts Bridgestone's new TOUR B X and 220 MB irons in the tour conversation for the first time since Tiger's 2017 switch.
KBS Takes Another John Deere. The Real Story Is What's Missing From the Winner's Bag.
KBS wins another PGA Tour event at the John Deere Classic. The real story is how close the brand is to full iron shaft dominance on tour.
Golf Pride's Fitting Logic Quietly Undercuts Every 'Bigger Grip Fixes Your Slice' Take Online
Golf Pride's fitting protocol quietly contradicts the internet's grip-size-causes-slice logic, and reveals how the brand is defending its category lead.
The Anser That Almost Wasn't: PING Nearly Sold to Dunlop Before 1966
PING nearly sold to Dunlop before the Anser putter existed. The Solheim family's decision to stay independent shaped six decades of golf equipment history.
The July 4th Gear Roundup Reveals What the Premium Golf Ball Market Actually Looks Like in 2026
Titleist's Pro V1 AIM Stars and Stripes edition anchors a July 4th gear roundup that reveals how much the premium golf ball market has stratified in 2026.
Blades Brown Calls His Odyssey Ai-ONE 'The Wand.' The Putter Detail Buried in His WITB Matters More Than the Driver.
Blades Brown's 2026 WITB features an Odyssey Ai-ONE Double Wide he calls 'the wand.' The alignment detail says more about the putter market than the driver.
