Your Favorites: The Articles You Read Most in 2023

As 2023 attracts to a detailed, we wish to categorical our honest gratitude to you, our loyal readers. It’s not misplaced on us how fortunate we’re to do what we do. And we always remember who that is all for. You.

Thanks on your continued assist on our quest to place you, the patron, first. Our mission is to give you the reality. That mission is what drives us as we navigate the each day grind and it’s on the core of all the things we do, check and write.

Whereas there’s extra cool stuff on the horizon, we felt it was solely proper to finish the yr by highlighting a few of your favorites. Listed below are the articles you resonated with in 2023.

It comes as no shock that our 2023 Golf Ball Test was our most-read article of 2023. It’s undoubtedly the article we spent essentially the most time creating, too. After spending a complete week in 110-degree climate in Phoenix, Ariz., to robot-test each golf ball below the solar, it’s solely proper that this superb piece of labor made its approach to the lots.

We hope you discovered as a lot about golf balls on this piece as we did. Man, is it insightful.

Everybody (you included) is after a bit of extra distance. That a lot holds true while you check out what readers actually resonated with. Our Most Wanted Driver article for 2023 takes the No. 2 spot so far as visitors goes and for good motive: the massive canine is the sexiest, most marketed golf membership on the market. Interval.

You wanted to know what was finest. We delivered.

Assume you might have the swing to sport participant’s irons? Apparently, loads of you do! We will discuss that later. What we do want to speak about is how massive this class is getting. The Best Player’s Irons of 2023 was the most-read iron article of 2023.

Why? They simply look darn good. You’ll be able to’t beat that participant’s look (and really feel).

Whereas it might appear unfair to incorporate an April Fool’s Day trick on this record, the recognition of this piece is a microcosm of the duality {of professional} golf at the moment. The yr 2023 will lengthy be remembered as probably the most controversial years within the skilled ranks. This piece absolutely did its half to open up discussions for the long run.

For those who’re studying this (otherwise you learn our Best Mallet Putters article), you must in all probability be gaming a mallet putter. Belief us, that Titleist Bullseye ain’t doing you any favors on the inexperienced. The mallet putter class is maybe the fastest-growing line of golf tools.

Heck, counting the quantity of L.A.B. golf putters on the PGA Tour is beginning to require the usage of two arms. Loopy! In any case, you couldn’t get sufficient of those enjoyable, forgiving putters.

All proper, I’m beginning to suppose you guys are simply actually into putters. Dave Wolfe should be attending to your head! In any case, the Best Blade Putters of 2023 was one in every of our most-read items. Perhaps you’re not into mallets. That’s OK! There’s at all times a couple of nice performers within the blade class, too.

You could even be stunned by which putter earned the highest spot this yr.

I’ve a sense this text ought to have extra readers than it does. It’s a secure assumption that the majority all of us might use a bit of assistance on the golf course. Nothing some game-improvement irons can’t repair!

The Best Game-Improvement Irons article positively deserves some extra love!

One other iron article? Critically? I assume you guys actually wished a brand new set. In any case, the Player’s Distance category is exploding with new gamers on the each day. It looks as if yr after yr, the participant’s distance winner simply will get higher and higher.

Lastly, a comfortable items purchaser’s information makes its means into the highest 10. The variety of choices within the spikeless shoe category is almost triple what’s obtainable in spiked. Why? They’re extra snug and solely getting higher by way of traction and stability.

You wished to know what the most effective spikeless golf footwear are. We put all of them to the check.

Have you ever ever puzzled if that scuffed golf ball is costing your distance? Maybe you’ve been curious how a lot influence mud actually has on the result of your shot. We put this to the check in what’s by far our hottest lab article of 2023.

The outcomes might shock you.