The week the desk opened its doors properly
One memo, Sunday morning: what changed on the desk this week, what's newly worth your money, and what isn't.
If you signed up this week: welcome, and fair warning — this is the entire product. One email, once a week, about golf gear, written by people who would rather tell you not to buy something than pretend everything is great. No countdowns. No "last chance." If we wouldn't spend our own money on it, it doesn't get a kind word here.
The WeekWhat happened on the desk
A lot, honestly. The Memo moved to its own address at mulliganmemo.com at the start of the week. Then Thursday the desk filed eight new guides in one day — our biggest single filing since opening — and rebuilt every category page into a proper buying guide instead of a list of links. Every guide on the site also got a shortlist table up top, so you can see the picks and prices before you commit to two thousand words of our opinions. You're welcome, skimmers. We see you and we respect you.
Worth Your TimeThree from the new batch
- When do golf clubs go on sale? — Golf pricing runs on a calendar, not a mystery. Learn the release cycle once and save 20–40% on every club you ever buy. If you read one thing this week, read this.
- Best putters for the yips — Radically honest by necessity: no putter cures the yips. But weight, grip size, and head style genuinely quiet the hands, and the first fix costs $30, not $400.
- Are refurbished golf balls worth it? — "Refurbished" and "recycled" sound the same and are not remotely the same. One is a bargain; the other can hide real damage under fresh paint.
The Honest TakeAbout this weekend's "deals"
It's July 4th weekend, which means every golf retailer in America is currently yelling about savings. Here's the desk's honest read: holiday-weekend golf sales are mostly noise. The discounts that matter run on the equipment release cycle — prior-generation clubs get quietly, deeply cheap when new flagships launch, not when the calendar says fireworks. A handful of this weekend's markdowns are real; most are theater. The buying calendar shows you which windows actually pay. Patience is the cheapest club in the bag.
Filed EarlyTwo more, ahead of schedule
We told the schedule these were next week's guides; the desk disagreed. Both went live Saturday: backyard chipping nets (completing our home-practice trio with the putting mat and training aids), and handheld golf GPS vs the free app on your phone — which includes the answer most gear sites won't print: for a lot of golfers, keep your money. Same time next Sunday.
— FILED BY THE DESK ✶ SUNDAY, 7:00 AM ✶ NO SILENT EDITS