Mulligan Memo

FILED JUL 17, 2026

How to organize a golf bag: club order, pocket map, no more digging

The exact club order (it flips on a riding cart), every zipper's job, and the 5-minute purge — with two diagrams you'll want to screenshot.

FILED JUL 12, 2026

Golf simulator sheds: sizes, ceiling height, real costs

The spare room was never going to fit a driver swing. What a dedicated backyard build actually takes — and honestly costs.

FILED JUL 12, 2026

Used launch monitors: what to check before you buy

CPO programs, the subscription-transfer trap, and which models hold up secondhand. The guide the forums keep asking for.

Best beginner golf sets under $500

The complete sets actually worth your money — ranked, with sizing for tall, senior, and women golfers.

How many clubs does a beginner need?

Forget all 14. The ideal 7–10 club starter bag, which clubs to skip at first, and a budget pick for every slot.

Complete set vs individual clubs

Convenience vs customization, new vs used, and the smart-money path for your very first bag.

Junior club sizes by height

How to measure your kid at home, an age cross-check, and which US Kids, Callaway XJ or Cobra set their height actually fits.

Shaft flex charts, honestly

Every chart maps swing speed to a letter. Here is where those numbers come from, and why 1,100 measured shafts show the categories overlap.

Golf club length chart

Standard lengths for every club, steel and graphite — plus a calculator that turns your height and wrist-to-floor into a real number.

Golf club loft chart

Iron lofts from nine current Titleist and PING sets, read off their own spec tables — and a checker that finds the holes in your bag.

What "34 inches" actually means

Five makers publish putter standards. Two of them measure the same club differently — here is the rule, and where they part company.

Golf simulator room dimensions

Every site quotes a different room size. Here's what each launch monitor maker actually publishes — plus a check against the room you have.

Best rangefinders under $100

Are cheap lasers really as accurate as a Bushnell? See which budget models deliver the distance without the premium price.

Rangefinder vs GPS

Laser precision or GPS overview? Which distance tool fits your game — or whether to carry both.

Best launch monitors under $500

At-home swing data without the $2,000 price tag — what's accurate enough, and what's invented.

Best golf grips for arthritic hands

Oversized, tacky, shock-absorbing grips that let you hold the club with less squeezing — and less pain.

Golf grip size chart

Undersize, standard, midsize, or jumbo? Measure your hands and pick the size that fixes your miss.

Golf glove size chart

Four brands' sizing tables side by side — because an 8.25-inch hand comes out a Large at one and a Medium at another.

Spikeless vs spiked golf shoes

Grip vs comfort vs versatility — which shoe type fits how and where you actually play.

Golf ball compression, honestly

Every chart quotes confident numbers. We checked five manufacturers' own pages to see who actually publishes them - and found none.

Best balls for slow swing speeds

Low-compression balls that add distance and feel soft — ranked for slower swings and seniors.

Best golf balls under $25 a dozen

The cheap balls that actually perform — plus one budget urethane wildcard worth knowing about.

Soft vs distance golf balls

Mostly labels stuck on similar balls — what most golfers believe about them is backwards.