Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less ...

Adding swing speed should make golf easier. More ball speed, more carry, more distance. But driver performance does not scale ...

Ping’s G440 LST is arguably the most fascinating offering in the 2025 driver lineup. Why? Because it does something rarely seen by low-spin drivers — it blends distance, speed and a level of ...

We try not to play favorites when it comes to the newest gear, but it’s human nature to want to know which clubs exceeded expectations during our latest round of robotic driver testing with Golf ...

As more and more golfers are working with custom fitters to find the club that best fits their swing and game, equipment manufacturers are making a wider selection of drivers so they can offer clubs ...

One of the benefits of independent robotic testing is its ability to validate insights that might initially seem implausible. For example, the most forgiving driver in this year's crop (at 95 mph) was ...

Rory McIlroy had his driver fail testing in the 2025 PGA tournament. News leaked that his driver was labeled “nonconforming” by the testing officials. This has happened very few times. It was at least ...