Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show

It's all go here at KPHQ to start 2026, and our first big driver release of the season is upon us. While we feel like we've already given plenty of airtime to TaylorMade's Qi4D since we first saw it in November, we can now talk about it without the shackles of woke embargoes limiting Joe from going into full flow. And that's exactly what he does this week with his full verdict on the full family of drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, Qi Max irons and the new technologies that aim to make Qi35 a distant 12-month memory. But we're not just focusing on this major release this week. We've got a huge backlog of Ask The Pods to work through, and the three this week cover wedge issues for higher handicap golfers, the actual reason why Bryson DeChambeau uses such unique equipment and why old driver models on Tour (like Aaron Rai's M6) have yet to be caught out for creeping. Enjoy!Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolfGet in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: [email protected] up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! We hope you've all had a restful break and are as ready for 2026 as we are here at KPHQ (Kick Point Headquarters). Before we get into launch season proper, we've got one more special episode to bring you from our week in Pinehurst back in December. You've already seen his What's In The Bag, but we liked Peter Finch so much we asked him to come back on the pod for a 'normal' episode of Kick Point to answer some of your burning equipment queries. So, get the jingle ready, it's an Ask The Pod special! We've got questions about the best irons for high-speed, high-handicappers and a debate on the best way (if there is one) to retrofit second-hand clubs. We'll be back next week with the first major equipment launch of the season and, for you Tour Issue fans out there, our Monday episodes will be back on Monday, January 12th. Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolfGet in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: [email protected] up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Friday, everyone! We hope you had a great Christmas and aren't feeling as hungover as Dan or as fat as Joe does today. To cure any Boxing Day/post-Christmas fatigue, we've got some fun for you this week in the shape of the 2nd Annual Pointy Awards! For those who weren't with us this time last year, this is our annual light-hearted look at the year in equipment, loosely based around a cheap award ceremony. We've got plenty of awards to give out, including: the best golf club of the year, the best dressed of the year, the most innovative release of 2025 and the best WITB of the year. Expect some surprise visits from Adrian Meronk, out-of-sync drum rolls and Robert Rock on the way. Chapters: 00:00 Intro and introducing the awards 03:50 Best WITB of the year 11:40 Best equipment change on Tour this year14:20 Best golf club of 202518:19 Most innovative golf club release of 202526:26 In memorium - the golf clubs we lost in 2025 27:56 Most popular non-contracted club award 32:40 Most innovative use of a golf product off the golf course award35:50 Best dressed golfer of 2025 39:26 Rising golf brand of 202543:42 The Kick Point interview of the year awardWatch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolfGet in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: [email protected] up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, we think the title pretty much explains this week's episode! After we saw Rolling Stone magazine's Top 250 Albums Of The 21st Century, we thought it was time Kick Point delivered its own version. Thankfully, despite the relative length of this week's episode, we trimmed our list down to 25 rather than 250. Think TaylorMade M2 (2016), TaylorMade P790, Ping G2, Nike VR Pro Blades, Odyssey 2-ball, Vokey SM6 wedge, you get the idea. We've exhaustively analysed every golf club release of this century to offer you this definitive list of the very best. Prepare to agree (and most likely disagree) over the next 90 minutes or so. We hope you enjoy this week's episode, and all it leaves us to do is wish you a Merry Christmas (yes, it is next week). We're going nowhere over the break, though, and will be back on Boxing Day for the 2nd Annual Pointy Awards and on January 2nd for a very special guest episode. Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolfGet in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: [email protected] up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A very special episode for you this week, filmed outside The Cottage at Pinehurst No. 8! Yes, we're back from our very special week in golf heaven, and we've got loads to catch up on. From playing Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 10 to snooping around inside Golf Pride's new Performance Lab and Global Innovation Center, we've been busy boys. We'll update you on our time in North Carolina, including our time in the Golf Hall Of Fame and the USGA testing facilities, too. After the self-indulgence, there's plenty of equipment chat to get stuck into. With the 2026 releases just around the corner (most of which we've already seen), what clubs from 2025 and before and the ones to beat? We've also got some of your excellent correspondence, including one listener who has managed to caramalise his golf clubs...We then welcome Peter Finch onto the podcast for a What's In The Bag looking ahead to his 2026 season. Though now a Titleist staffer, Pete has a wealth of club knowledge, having been a club reviewer for much of his YouTube career and has had the privilege of a VIP fitting at TPI. Massive thanks to Golf Pride, the Pinehurst Resort and GMS for hosting us last week. We'll have a special pod coming from inside Golf Pride's Global Innovation Center in the New Year. Also, shout out to Jake and George from GMS for standing out in the cold and filming us so beautifully! Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolfGet in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: [email protected] up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.