Awesome Golf

PXG Black Ops Irons are a game improvement breakthrough, thanks to a thicker top rail, larger face profile, and increased offset. Black Ops Irons perform exceptionally well for a wide variety of players including LPGA and PGA Tour pros who find the clubs set up well at address, and facilitate solid strikes.

This slimline cooler bag lets you carry a six-pack of beer with you when you hit the links. It’s skinny enough to fit inside the outer pouch of many golf bags or can be carried solo by its handle or shoulder strap. Its interior is insulated, and it includes two ice packs to ensure drinks stay cool for all 18 holes.

Swing on the greens with Bushnell’s Wingman 2 music speaker. With audible GPS, it’s your ride-along caddy, attaching to a golf cart with a magnetic mount and giving audible pin distance and first tee intros for more than 38,000 courses via the included Bushnell Golf Mobile App. A built-in microphone lets you take calls, too.

Because it’s always summer in Barbados, Mount Gay Rum and Peter Millar teamed up for a limited-edition polo for golfers and imbibers. The short-sleeve shirt combines Peter Millar’s Summer Comfort fabrication with four-way stretch and moisture-wicking properties and Mount Gay’s playful motifs, including rum barrels, bottles, and cocktails.

When it’s chilly on the links, add a lightweight hoodie layer with PXG’s Hooded Fairway Camo Raglan Pullover. The competition won’t see you coming with the black and gray camouflage print on the upper chest, arms, and back. It also has an athletic tri-color chest stripe and snap-down hood and is quick-drying and moisture-wicking with UV protection.

Don’t play golf like Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus? At least look like a pro in Knockaround, the Official Eyewear of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. The San Diego company’s golf sunglasses line blends durability and design for practical and affordable eyewear that don’t compromise on performance.

This week’s Saturday Night Live featured some hilariously warped sketches, including this one featuring guest host Nate Bargatze as a golfer who just can’t seem to get a break during a charity tournament. Hungry for more inappropriate laughs? May we suggest a Mile-high burger or some sushi?

Radmor Golf’s low-profile RAD-Shorty athletic socks are made with care in Portugal from Pima cotton, recycled nylon, and a touch of elastane to make these comfy socks stay putt on the greens. (See what we did there?) Available in three two-pack color combinations: Black + Black, White + Black, or White + White.

The better the shirt, the better your golf game. At least our game looks better when we wear Radmor stuff with their rad “BRad” golf ball logo peeking up from a hole. He’s appliquéd on the front of the Union Recycled Rib Knit Polo, made from 14-gauge cotton and CoolMax Ecomade recycled polyester.

The How Ridiculous guys returned to the Utah Olympic Park to see what else they could roll down the snow-free ski jump. After an attempt to score some basketball hoops and a bottom-of-the-hill round of dodgeball, they played a little mini golf – first with individual putts, then with a cascade of 2000 balls.

Discommon’s elegantly sculptural take on the classic golf divot tool and ball marker combo is as solid and aesthetically pleasing as their bottle opener. The magnetic ball marker detaches with a smile-inducing “No Gimmes” reminder, while the smooth back of the single-prong divot tool encourages players to “drain it,” i.e., sink the putt.

A round of golf can be pretty challenging depending on your skill and the course’s difficulty, aka slope rating. How Ridiculous went for the maximum slope rating by building a painfully difficult golf hole that requires a hike to the top of a rocky mesa in Utah in order to tee off. They tried their luck with exercise balls, basketballs, and golf balls.

Reef makes some awesome golf flip-flops with spikes for 18-hole play, but Reef’s Mulligan II thongs are made for laughs and post-game beers at the 19th hole. The footbed’s lined with faux turf, the heel sports a cushy “golf ball” pad, and the sole hides a built-in bottle opener.

Rain or shine, the game must go on. Weatherman Umbrella makes cloudy golf days less soggy with the Arnold Palmer Collection, paying tribute to one of golf’s greatest stars with two designs in 40” and 57” widths. Both styles have fiberglass shafts and water-repellant vented canopies that can withstand winds up to 55 mph.

The TPC Louisiana golf course is home to numerous alligators. Among them is a three-legged beast nicknamed “Tripod.” Blake McFarland was commissioned by Zurich to immortalize the big guy. Like some of his other sculptures, he carved Tripod’s body from foam, cast a fiberglass shell, and covered it with recycled tires.

Process X takes us inside Japan’s Miura Golf Co. to see how the factory produces heads for golf clubs. They start by chopping up steel rods, then heating, shaping, stamping, fine-tuning, polishing, and sandblasting them until a club head emerges. The process for making wood golf clubs is quite different.