Author: bangaveragegolf
The Memorial Tournament 2025: Scheffler Dominates, Griffin Surprises, Rest Don’t
Ah, Muirfield Village. The place where Nicklaus built a shrine to golf, invited the best players in the world… and then made them suffer for…
Ping A-Blade Putter Review: The Straight-Talking Slice of Flatstick History
by Bang Average Golf’s Archivist of Oddball Flatsticks and Historical Curiosities. Before Karsten Solheim gave us the Anser – arguably the most influential putter ever…
Original Ping Zing Putter Review: The Outsider That Outperformed Everyone
by Bang Average Golf’s Head of Cult Classics and Clutch Finishes. In the pantheon of flatsticks, some putters are loved for their looks, some for…
Ping AYD Putter Review: The Weird Uncle of the Family Who Actually Made Every Putt
by Bang Average Golf’s Curator of Forgotten Flatsticks and Surprise Brilliance Before Ping were shaping legends like the Anser or dishing out buttery bronze Zings,…
Original Ping Anser 5K Putter Review: The Blade That Wanted to Be a Mallet
by Bang Average Golf’s Archivist of Misunderstood Flatsticks. Long before “MOI” became golf’s favourite buzzword and everyone started swinging putters the size of air traffic…
TaylorMade TP5x Ball Review: For When You Want Tour Speed Without Tour Spin (or Tour Talent)
by Bang Average Golf’s Head of Overconfidence and Underdelivered Drives. Ah, the TP5x. TaylorMade’s “faster, firmer, flyer” alternative to the TP5. This is the ball…
Original RAM Zebra Putter Review: The Striped Sledgehammer That Shouldn’t Have Worked (But Did)
by Bang Average Golf’s Chief Curator of Retro Chaos Before milled faces and tour-pro-approved toe-hangs, there was the Zebra. Not just a putter. A statement….
TaylorMade Tour Response Stripe Review: The Ball for Those of Us Who Can’t Putt Straight
by Bang Average Golf’s Director of “Just Inside the Left Lip” Misreads. TaylorMade claim the Tour Response Stripe is here to “redefine alignment.” Which is…
TaylorMade TP5 Ball Review: Played by the Elite, Lost by the Rest of Us
by Bang Average Golf’s Director of Premium Ball Regret. The TaylorMade TP5 is the ball of choice for guys like Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Collin…
TaylorMade Stealth HD Driver Review: The Carbon Con That Actually Delivers
If the Stealth is TaylorMade’s Ferrari, and the Stealth Plus is their F1 car, then the Stealth HD is the comfy, draw-biased people carrier with…