Gear, swing, mind, courses and the game — for golfers who practice at home and play to win. We research the gear down to the subscription fine print, build the practice plans, and cover the mental game and the courses — one publication for the whole golfer.
Former professional golfer · State amateur champion · 20+ years of competitive tournament golf
Every guide is judged the way tournament players judge gear: dispersion and gapping over brochure specs, and what still works on the 72nd hole.
From a $500 radar to tour-grade cameras: what each tier actually measures, what it costs to own (not just to buy), and the pick that makes sense at every price.
Read the guideEquipment, launch monitors and home simulator gear — researched down to the fine print and ranked on specs, measured-data claims and total cost of ownership. This is where the expensive mistakes get made, so this is where we are most careful.
Instruction and practice design for golfers who train mostly at home: what to work on, in what order, and how to make range and garage reps transfer to the course.
Golf psychology and competitive performance: routines, pressure, confidence and the mental habits that hold a swing together on the 72nd hole.
Course strategy and great-course coverage: how to read a hole before you play it, where the shots actually are, and the architecture worth travelling for.
Tournament prep and competitive golf: qualifying, member-guests, club championships and state ams — planning the week so Saturday is just execution.
The cheapest way to get trustworthy ball and club numbers at home. Spin is calculated rather than measured, but for gapping, speed work and sim play on a budget, nothing else is close.
Radar plus two cameras means genuinely measured spin and spin axis with RPT balls, plus slow-motion impact video. The catch is the ongoing Premium membership — budget for it.
Camera accuracy and full club data at the lowest price that gets you both. It is wired, stationary and PC-only — perfect for a permanent bay, wrong for the range.
The net we recommend first: it pops up in seconds, rolls balls back to your feet, and the target sheet keeps garage sessions quiet enough to be sustainable.
The mat most golfers actually keep using: a true roll at a realistic speed, made putts return to your feet, and a reduced-size cup that makes 6-footers at home feel harder than 6-footers on the course.
The data-driven option: an app that programs every session from your actual numbers and adjusts as you get faster. Pricier, and you need a radar to feed it — your launch monitor counts.
From a $500 radar to tour-grade cameras: what each tier actually measures, what it costs to own (not just to buy), and the pick that makes sense at every price.
Complete, priced-out builds at the three budgets golfers actually have — every line item, the room each one needs, and the upgrade path that keeps you from buying everything twice.
The two least glamorous purchases in your setup decide whether you practice daily or quietly stop. How to choose a net that contains real golf balls and a mat that does not wreck your elbows.
Putting is the cheapest skill in golf to practice and the easiest to practice wrong. What stimp, surface and ball return actually do to your stroke — and the two mats worth your floor space.
Overspeed training works — the physiology is not in dispute. The real questions are which system you will still be using in week six, and what it truly costs. Both leading systems, compared on protocol, measurement and true cost.
Most home practice makes you better at home practice. This session structure — block, random, pressure — is built backwards from how skills actually transfer to the golf course.
Routines do not calm you down. They give your brain a job so anxiety has nowhere to sit. How to build one that is short, physical and identical on the practice tee and the first tee of your club championship.
The shots that save your tournament are chosen at a desk on Tuesday. Aerials, yardage books and the three questions that turn an unfamiliar course into a plan.
Peak on Saturday, not on Wednesday. A day-by-day plan for the competitive amateur — practice taper, course plan, gear check and the night-before rules that protect the whole week.
Same shelf, opposite philosophies: one estimates spin and asks for nothing, the other measures it and charges rent. Club data, subscriptions, indoor accuracy and the two-year math, compared properly.
Measured spin, course play, a ball-return net and a mat that protects your elbows — $1,828.97 all-in, every line item priced, plus the upgrade order for when the next $500 shows up.
Launched at $2,995, replaced by the ST MAX, and now $1,195 at PlayBetter while stock lasts. What the + measures, what its plan ladder really costs, and who should move fast.
Nine feet is workable for most golfers and wrong for some. The clearance table by height and club, the monitor types a low lid rules in and out, and the projector placement that keeps it out of your follow-through.
Every measurement, clearance and line item to settle before you spend a dollar — the checklist behind every build guide in The Lab. One page — tell us where to send it.