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Has Dustin Johnson Got A New Putter?

When you think of Dustin Johnson, you immediately think Taylormade and for many years now he has been strolling the greens with a Spider putter in his hands but it appears there is a change in the bag, Has Dustin Johnson got a new putter?

On July 8th AFGolfStore visited the Centurion Golf Club for the 2023 LIV London event. With some of the world’s best golfers in action we were keen to familairise ourselves with some of the fan favourites including 2 time Major Champion, Dustin Johnson who appeared to have replaced the Spider putter he’s become known for using to a new Taylormade model. 

TAYLORMADE RESERVE

With Taylormade recently announcing the launch of their new premium putter range to rival the likes of Scotty Cameron, it would appear DJ is now playing the M21 edition.

An elevated Tour-proven design that delivers high MOI performance and elegant aesthetics. Sharp geometric lines reflect the technical precision of this classic mallet.

P SERIES SOHO FROM LA GOLF

As one of the lead ambassadors for LA Golf it is no surprise to see Dustin rocking a P Series shaft along with his own DJ series driver shaft.

Breaking Boundaries –LA Golf’s engineers developed a shaft-over-hosel putter offering. The first of its kind, the SoHo provides the same level of stability as the traditional P-Series and accentuates feel, removes undesirable vibration, and reduces putter head oscillation.

Putting analysis software has proven that torsional deflection occurs on longer putts. The P-Series reduces unwanted deflection, keeping your putt from deviating from its intended line.

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WATCH HERE: Check out the putter in action as DJ holes out for birdie in round 2 on his way to a round of six under par.

7 birdies on a storm threatened Saturday puts DJ 6 shots back on Cameron Smith going into the final round. 

The Taylormade TP Reserve series of putters are coming to store soon and can be customised the way you want as we have putter shafts of your choice including the P-Series from LA Golf available. 

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Taylormade TP Reserve Putters Coming To Milton Keynes

TaylorMade TP Reserve putters are coming to Milton Keynes. Offered in a FREE AFGolfStore custom fitting, these putters are precision milled from a single block of 303 stainless steel, and they feature a variety of innovative technologies that are designed to improve your putting performance.

Offering an advanced premium look and feel to its predecessor the new collection of putters offers 3 blade and 3 mallet styles with a range of neck types to suit your stroke. L Neck, Slant Neck, Single Bend Neck and Flow Neck. 

In a custom fitting at AFGolfStore Milton Keynes, you can expect an indoor putting experience on our SAM Putt Lab green. 

The SAM PuttLab is a motion analysis system that tracks the kinematics of the putting stroke. It can be used to measure a variety of factors, including the clubface angle at impact, the putter path, and the stroke tempo. Our expert fitting team, assisted by SAM will be able to not only offer improvements to your current putter and techniques but also recommend the right putter for you.

From neck type which will affect the weighting of your putter, increasing or decreasing toe-hang to the putter head shape. With the new Taylormade TP Reserve range of putters, you have plenty of choice to find a putter than suits you. 

THE MODELS

B11 & B13

Clean, geometric shaping to fit the calculated putting mind. Precise edges and sharp lines help frame the ball while inspiring confidence.

Offered in the L Neck (Plumbers) with 38º of toe hang or Small Slant with 57º toe hang.

B29

Smooth, flowing lines as if nature shaped this steel purely for the purpose of putting. Expect exceptional feel and consistent roll time after time.

Offered in a Flow Neck with 52º of toe hang

B31

Art requires imagination. We have reinvented this classic TaylorMade shape by shaving away material behind center face to create perfectly balanced wings on the heel and toe – dispersing weight to the perimeter for enhanced MOI. It is the only TP Reserve blade to feature the premium sole plate for enhanced sound and feel.

Offered in L Neck with 34º toe hang

 

M21 & M27

An elevated Tour-proven design that delivers high MOI performance and elegant aesthetics. Sharp geometric lines reflect the technical precision of this classic mallet.

Offered in L Neck with 21º of toe hang or single bend with 10º of toes hang.

M33 & M37

This shape is new to the TaylorMade family, offering a circular design that appeals to the golfer’s inner creativity. Its premium sole badge offers artisanship and function, helping to optimize sound and feel.

Offered in Small Slant Neck with 33º toe hang or Single Bend with 12º of toe hang.

M47

A flawless piece of steel crafted into a performance mallet that inspires the putting purist. Its premium sole badge offers artisanship and function, helping to optimize sound and feel.

Offered in single bend with 15º of toe hang.

Every TP Reserve putter is precision balanced to optimise swing weight and feel based on the length of the putter. They are all made to meet the demands of golfers who expect best-in-class sound and feel. Machined face grooves deliver the finest performance for the most discerning players.

The new putters will be available for custom fitting this August and will first arrive at AFGolfStore Milton Keynes, followed by our Peterborough and Cambridge stores. 

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The Best Irons In 2023

It’s a question all of our club fitters get asked. What is your favourite golf club? In this blog, AFGolfStore Cambridge Master club fitter and Taylormade ambassador, Mark Sturgess discusses the best irons in 2023… or correctly put, his favourite 3 irons to custom fit.

TAYLORMADE P790

An iron is more than metal. It’s the result of countless hours of research, testing and player feedback. From concept to delivery, every step is taken with one goal in mind. Delivering results when you need them the most. The new P•790, where our metal meets your mettle. Experience them yourself and discover the player they’ll push you to become.

PING G430

Your shot making and your confidence will be sky high with the G430, which combines a lower CG with stronger lofts and a thinner face that deliver faster ball speed and significant distance gains without compromising PING’s famous forgiveness. The PurFlex cavity badge contributes to our longest iron ever.

MIZUNO JPX 923 HOT METAL HL

Introducing Mizuno JPX 923 Hot Metal HL Iron, For golfers who want to want to hit gently and who have a slow head speed and cannot lift the ball. 

Packed with ultimate forgiveness and incredible power.

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Rory Mcilroy’s Taylormade Stealth 2 Driver

As we enter another week of PGA Tour golf, Rory Mcilroy prepares to win his 3rd successive RBC Canadian Open.

With some noise this year about his form with the long stick and how he preferred the former Stealth driver, we will take a look at Rory Mcilroy’s Taylormade Stealth 2 Driver. 

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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (15 degrees @13)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 X

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (18 degrees @16)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: TaylorMade P760 (3, 4) TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-PW)
Shaft: Project X 7.0

Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 Raw (54), WedgeWorks Proto (58 @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5

Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M prototype

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Earlier in the season following a poor spell with the driver, Rory was questioned about why he couldn’t ‘crack’ the new driver.

Rory: “Yeah, obviously I went to that new driver in Riviera, and it’s just not…Look, I wish I could use my driver from last year, but I can’t just because of — you use a driver for so long, and it starts to get a little too…basically, it just wouldn’t pass the test.”

Since then he has made some changes after vigorous testing and a change to his shaft. Learn more about his driver in our video below. 

Ensure your clubs are right for you, as at AFGolfStore we offer a FREE custom fitting service to ensure you’re maximising performance. 

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Get Custom Fit At AFGolfStore Peterborough

Get custom fit at AFGolfStore Peterborough where we not only fit you for the best clubs from a huge selection of possibilities, but we also build them!

The Process

Our fittings are 60-90 minutes where we will test your current equipment with Trackman4 in our state-of-the-art studio and then begin to make recommendations based on the resulting data.  Our fitting service can be for any area of the game. 

What Brands Do We Fit

We will narrow your perfect clubs down from the widest range of options. In fact we have well over 20,000 possible combination of head, shaft and grip combinations which will be built to your specification.

Our brand partners include:

Taylormade, Titleist, Cobra, Ping, Callaway, Mizuno and Wilson, LA Golf, Fujikura, KBS, Dynamic Gold, Graphite Design, UST, Nippon, Gold Pride, Superstroke, Lamkin and many more. 

Our Team

Our team includes, store manager, Jason Boast and his team of David Botley and Lewis Daff. Together they create a fantastic team with a huge wealth of knowledge ready to help any golfer. 

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We Build

Our build team consists of Lewis and David who together ensure we meet our premium build service promise of clubs fit, built and ready to deliver in just 72 hours! With component accounts with 4 major leading brands we can ensure a premium service that only a small handful of retailers can provide nationwide. 

We also love to personalise your clubs to you, whether it be a touch of paint, unique grips or premium shafts, funky ferrules or wedge stamping. Whatever you want to do, we can help deliver your vision.

What Our Customers Say

This was the first time ever I've been custom fitted for golf clubs. So I felt a bit nervous and under pressure. But once I got there everyone I came across was very really friendly and professional putting me at ease. The experience was amazing and very helpful putting me in the right direction to reducing my handicap to which I purchased some beautiful clubs irons/hybrid/woods and driver for what I believe to be a very reasonable price. No pressure selling or over selling with clubs you don't need. Only selling you what you need. When my son advances from junior golf clubs to adults I will be taking him straight to AFgolf Yaxley to get custom fitted and if I ever need any other clubs that's the only place I will now go from now on. I would highly highly recommend them to anyone at any level of playing golf
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From Custom Fitting To The Golf Course

From Custom Fitting To The Golf Course. This blog will give you an insight into what to expect from a fitting and how long it will take to get your new clubs out on the course. 

If you’re thinking about getting new golf clubs for the season ahead, then you may want to consider a custom fitting at AFGolfStore.

Our mission is to encourage every golfer to try a custom fitting session so we can identify the best clubs to match your game. 

This is done by offering thousands of possible club combinations made up from golfs leading club, shaft and grip brands as well as additional support in data from Trackman. Not to mention expert support from our team of custom fitters. 

To ensure you are sold by this experience, we don’t charge, so all golfers have the chance to find the perfect solution for them and their game. 

HOW LONG WILL MY NEW CLUBS TAKE?

We want to offer advice around a frequently asked question. How long will my new clubs take to be delivered and when can I get out on the course with them.

We have three potential routes to take, however, the routes will be determined on your specification and the clubs you require. 

  1. STRAIGHT FROM THE RACK – All of our stores offer a wide range of what we fit in our studios on the displayed racks in store. All golf clubs displayed are standard specification i.e, the lie and length and standard to the manufacturers specifications. With adjustable sleeves, many woods will however be readily available on the day as we can adjust the setting to your specification. However, unless you are of standard spec, you generally won’t be taking this option. 
  2. ORDERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER – If the product you were fit for  isn’t readily available to us then we will order direct with the brand manufacturer.
  3. BUILT BY US, FOR YOU – Located at our Peterborough store, our build centre offers an in-house build service operated by us, for you. We build many of golf’s leading brands.

All three of these options will vary in delivery times. Off the rack, will allow you to take the clubs away on the same day whereas manufacturers lead times constantly vary throughout the year and can range from inside a week to as long as a month. 

However, should your spec fall within the components available at our build centre, then we can offer a 72 hour build service that has you ready for the course with your new clubs in a speedy time.

 

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Get Custom Fitted By Team Taylormade

A busy start to 2023 for Taylormade as they updated almost all of there clubs for the season ahead. With the latest range now in store it is time to get fitted by Team Taylormade! 

This month we have had the NEW Stealth2 range land in store with the driver, fairways and hybrids given a make over. 

The Carbon clubs have now been improved with increased forgiveness on last years model. 

3 models of Plus+, Standard and HD offer options for all golfers. 

In the Irons, the popular Stealth iron stays current, however, they have now added an additional iron to compliment the range, Stealth HD offers a great solution to higher handicappers seeking a more forgiving irons with easy turf interaction in the Taylormade range. 

Previous to the Stealth2 launch go to see 3 of the 4 P-Series irons take an upgrade with the introduction of a new and improved P770, P7MB & P7MC. 

Taylormade offer a great variety of clubs to suit every level of golfer. This is a dream for our build team as we get to enjoy building these golf clubs to your specification on a daily basis! 

In February Team Taylormade are coming to each store to offer a FREE fitting service. Book a 30 minute appointment to try the new clubs and see which one works best for your game. 

17.02.23 - CAMBRIDGE
21.02.23 - MILTON KEYNES
22.02.23 - PETERBOROUGH

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Get Your Irons Custom Fitted At AFGolfStore

As I write this we are now a matter of weeks away from the new season and with lots of new clubs being launched, if there was ever a time to change your irons, now is as good as any. BUT, did you know you can get your irons custom fitted at AFGolfStore, for FREE!

WHAT’S NEW?

As of January 2023 we have now seen the new irons releases from Callaway, who offer 2 new irons in the name of Paradym with a standard and X model for differing levels of golfer. 

Ping have released the NEW G430, Mizuno have added two new heads to their JPX923 range 

with the Forged and Tour models. Taylormade welcomed 3 NEW heads to their P-Series range with the P770, P7MB & P7MC irons and in their Stealth2 launch they have introduced the Stealth HD iron.

Cobra have introduced the King Tour range as well as the AeroJet and finally Wilson is our latest addition to our fitting kit with the Dynapower range. 

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The Taylormade Stealth HD adds to the Stealth range for 2023

WHAT TO EXPECT IN AN IRON FITTING?

With so many new irons on the market, on the face of it, it can be quite daunting to find the right clubs for you. However, not all models will suit each golfer, with clubs made to suit different levels of player. Whether it be more ball speed, a more favoured ball flight or trajectory, there will be a set to suit you.

What our expert fitting team do is to take you through a FREE, 60-Minute process of identifying your current data and understand what your desired outcomes are. From there we test suitable models whilst altering the shafts to find the perfect set for you. 

At AFGolfStore we are proud to find the best set from a HUGE selection of choice, from every head choice from 7 brands, a vast shaft selection from stock to premium as well as a full selection of shafts from leading brands. We leave no stone unturned to finding the combination that will have great impacts on your game. 

TRACKMAN4

Each of our sessions is supported with immediate feedback from Trackman4. You will be able to see the data from EVERY shot, so you are fully behind every decision that’s made. 

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET MY IRONS?

At AFGolfStore, we not only custom fit golf clubs for FREE, but we also offer a build service which allows us to make your clubs to your exact specification in our Peterborough store. 

We build 5 brands of golf clubs which can be personalised to your needs, including funky ferrules, paint, stamping and so on. 

Or we can order direct through the manufactures. Whichever route you choose you will enjoy playing with your clubs in as little as 3 days. Rest assured, your fitter will let you know  during your fitting. 

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Taylormade Stealth2 – Same Speed but more forgiveness!

The newest range of Stealth 2 product from Taylormade launches on January 10th 2023. This second generation product builds on the success that the original technology gained in 2022. With more increased carbon in the head and more head options. The ability to be fit into the correct driver is endless with this fantastic product. 

With the new Stealth2 Driver the sole, ring and crown are  all made from Carbon with only the sleeve and collar being the only metal elements. In 2023 there will be 3 driver heads. Plus, Standard and HD. Plus is the most adjustable giving the better player more options to dial in, the stealth2 standard head will be the most played driver and the stealth HD will be the most forgiving and draw biased driver of the 3. 

Each product will have some different shaft options although the ability to customise and fit to the player is second to none. The plus head will have the Kaili and Hazardus Smoke as standard, the Stealth2 will have the Ventus TR as standard and the more forgiving Stealth 2 HD will have the Speeder NX shaft, a shaft with a little more torgue to help the average golfer.

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Taylormade’s NEW 2023 P7 Series Irons Are Here

With only 3 weeks until Christmas, the idea of new golf club launches are usually put on hold until the New Year. However, this year we’ve been treated early! Introducing the NEW P7 Series irons from Taylormade! 

Including the upgraded P770, P7MB and P7MC. All three irons are now available for a FREE custom fitting before Christmas, with the release to store in January. 

Let’s learn about the new irons below.

Let’s begin with the anticipated P770 iron. The former model was designed to pack more ball speed and forgiveness in a slimmer, more attractive looking iron than the P790. 

This years model has been improved further to increase launch with the longer irons. 

With a switch in centre of gravity placement for long and short irons we will now see the longer irons launch a lot easier. 

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2023 P770

FORGED HOLLOW BODY CONSTRUCTION

The forged hollow body construction gives golfers the best of both worlds; beauty
and performance. A soft 8620 carbon steel body is paired with an incredibly thin
forged 4140 steel face and Thru-Slot Speed Pocket™ for a design that is fast,
flexible and forgiving even in a compact head shape.

 

FLTD CG

FLTD CG strategically positions the centre of gravity (CG) the lowest in the long irons and progressively shifts higher throughout the set. Using up to 46g of tungsten, FLTD CG is designed to provide players with improved launch and playability in long irons and increase spin in the scoring irons.

SPEEDFOAM AIR

All new SpeedFoam Air is 69% less dense than its predecessor, creating mass savings that is redistributed to improve performance. SpeedFoam Air dampens vibrations for exquisite sound and feel while delivering a fast, flexible face.

TOUR-INSPIRED SHAPING

Featuring elegant refinements, including less offset in the long irons, the new P•770
is designed to fit the eye of a more discerning player with visual cues including a thin
topline, less offset, and shorter blade length when compared to the P•790.

THRU-SLOT SPEED POCKET

The Thru-Slot Speed Pocket™ provides increased face flexibility while preserving ball speed and distance on low face strikes.

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2023 P7MB

TOUR-INSPIRED SHAPING

Direct input from Tour inspired the new shape of P•7MB, crafted for ultimate workability. The new design uses a shorter blade length, narrower sole width, and progressive offset design.

FACETED MUSCLE BACK GEOMETRY

A seamless blend of traditional muscle back iron performance with a contemporary look and design.

The updated back bar now uses symmetrical geometry to create a timeless look both in the playing position and in the bag.

COMPACT GRAIN FORGING

1025 carbon steel is 5X forged using a 2,000-ton press engineered to produce a tighter, more compact grain structure with fewer defects. It is designed to provide the most solid, consistent feel possible.

MACHINED FACE & GROOVES

Precision is paramount. Machining the face ensures precision and quality with our most
aggressive MX9 score line geometry for exacting shot making.

2023 P7MC

With precision playability and a hint of forgiveness, P·7MC caters to the game’s best ball strikers. These irons will celebrate all the work you’ve put in to get to this point and be the perfect tool for the continued grind.

FORGING TOWARDS PERFECTION

TaylorMade’s Compact Grain Forging™ process uses 2,000 tons of pressure, more than double the industry standard.

The additional force gives us precision control at a micro level and produces a tighter grain structure, creating the best possible feel.

INSPIRED BY TOUR

The tour-inspired P·7MC™ fits the eye of discerning players. With minimal offset and perimeter weighting, this classically shaped iron delivers the ultimate in control and precision with a hint of forgiveness.

REFINED CRAFTSMANSHIP 

Compact Grain Forging delivers a refined composition inside and out. The sophisticated craftsmanship comes to life with a satin finish and forged “Metal-T” within the cavity back, creating the unmistakable aesthetic of a premium TaylorMade iron.

The range of irons are now available in all of our fitting studios at AFGolfStore. We are located in Cambridge, Peterborough and Milton Keynes. 

They will be available in stores for sale from January 20th, but you can be fitted from TODAY! 

From January our build centre will also be able to build them in house to give you the complete AFGolfStore fit to build experience. 

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