On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf to reveal what they learned from breaking down the grip builds of top Tour players and talk the incredible run TaylorMade is on to kick off the 2024 season. The episode then concludes with an exclusive interview featuring Scotty Cameron's Senior Director of Putter Research and Development, Austie Rollinson. -- Thanks to our official s...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 28 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf to talk the biggest gear stories coming out of the Masters and new releases spotted in Harbour Town. The guys then check in on the Hotline to answer another batch of our audience submitted voicemails. -- Thanks to our official sponsor Golf Pride and their new Reverse Taper putter grip. It’s the most crucial split-second in golf. You c...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 17 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf to dive in to the 2024 Masters. -- Thanks to our official sponsor Golf Pride and their new Reverse Taper putter grip. It’s the most crucial split-second in golf. You can’t worry about if the ball is going in the hole or not – if you haven’t worried about what’s happening at impact. That’s what led Golf Pride to design a grip to ensure...
Apr 11, 2024•58 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf to break down all of our 2024 robot testing insights for fairway woods and irons. -- Thanks to our official sponsor Golf Pride and their new Reverse Taper putter grip. It’s the most crucial split-second in golf. You can’t worry about if the ball is going in the hole or not – if you haven’t worried about what’s happening at impact. Tha...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories to break down the rumors that Callaway has been put up for sale, the growing popularity of blended iron sets and the future of TaylorMade putters.
Mar 28, 2024•56 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories to talk what amateur golfers can learn from the latest gear trends on tour and the rise of player's distance irons. The episode then concludes with an exclusive, in-studio, interview featuring Miura Golf's COO Bill Holowaty discussing the release of their new 602 irons. -- Watch/Subscribe to full episodes on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FullyEquippedGolf...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to talk the key to Scottie Scheffler's putting resurgence, Titleist's new TSR 2-wood and gear updates from The Players Championship. We then dive into another edition of the Hotline before the episode concludes with an exclusive interview featuring PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Eric Cole and his mother Laura Baugh.
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 26 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to give a live report from Bay Hill, talk a massive change potentially coming for equipment manufacturers' on tour and take a closer look at Scottie Scheffler's rumored switch to a mallet putter.
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to breakdown all of our robot testing data and reveal which drivers impressed us the most. -- The Inside GOLF team is NOW putting on a bucket-list Golf experience. It’s a 3 day / 2 night event at Pinehurst, just 2 weeks before they play the US Open there next year. For more info visit: https://golf.com/insidegolf-2024-pinehurst-experie...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 31 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to talk Hideki Matsuyama's winning bag set up at Riviera, Kirkland's newest golf release and Scottie Scheffler's putter dilemma. The guys then hit the Fully Equipped Hotline to answer a couple of listener submitted questions before the episode concludes with an exclusive interview featuring Vokey's Aaron Dill.
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 29 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to break down what gear changes are in the works at The Genesis Invitational, what it's like getting an upclose look at Tiger's Scotty Cameron gamer and the potential impact of Sun Day Red. -- Together with Tour Validated, Fully Equipped is now the home for all GOLF’s gear insights and new releases. 🎯 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel:...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to discuss the ongoing legal battle between TaylorMade and Costco, learnings from Scottie Scheffler's putter testing and gear updates from the WM Phoenix Open. Our Hotline segment then makes a return before the episode concludes with three exclusive interviews featuring Cobra's Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland and Justin Suh.
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 21 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories to talk their live reactions to the gear changes at Pebble, why Lexi Thompson's Maxfli deal is so fascinating and what went down at this past week's PGA Show.
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Fully Equipped's Jonathan Wall is joined by one of the most revered master craftsmen in the game today, Scotty Cameron, to discuss everything from his new line of Phantom mallet putters to never before heard stories from his time working with Tiger Woods. This exclusive 90-plus minute interview is one you truly do not want to miss!
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 34 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to break down why 2024 is "The Year of the Driver," how Costco's driver faired in our robot-testing and the biggest gear updates on Tour. The episode then concludes with an exclusive interview featuring Cobra's Vice President of R&D Tom Olsavsky talking their new Darkspeed driver.
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 38 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories to take a deep dive into the 10k driver releases from TaylorMade and Ping, the next clothing company to partner with Tiger Woods and Collin Morikawa's shocking gear switch. The episode then concludes with an exclusive interview featuring TaylorMade's Tomo Bystedt.
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 34 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to break down Callaway's new Ai Smoke line, the biggest gear surprises from Hawaii and what our robot testing taught us about Costco's Kirkland irons.
Jan 04, 2024•50 min
On special Hotline only edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to answer your burning questions on everything from the ball rollback to Tiger's relationship with Nike. If you want your shot at being featured on the Fully Equipped Hotline leave us a voicemail at (602) 935-4974 and stay tuned to future episodes!
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 24 min
On an emergency edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories and True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to break down the USGA and R&A's announcement of plans for a ball rollback.
Dec 06, 2023•56 min
On a special Monday edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories to discuss the impending announcement of a universal golf ball rollback.
Dec 04, 2023•56 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath fire off some hot takes regarding if Tiger Woods is mad at Nike over Jordan's foray into golf, indicators of an impending golf ball rollback and what pro motivated TaylorMade to add the Qi10 to the USGA conforming list.
Nov 29, 2023•55 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories for a special Thanksgiving episode. The guys debate if Tiger (or Charlie) Woods will be using the new TaylorMade driver at their upcoming events and dive into other speculation on what players have been locked into equipment deals for this season.
Nov 22, 2023•49 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Gene Parente of Golf Laboratories get together in San Diego to discuss the surprise reveal of new drivers on the PGA Tour. The episode then concludes with an exclusive interview featuring Tour winner Sam Burns revealing why he finally switched putters.
Nov 17, 2023•54 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to talk the hype behind Kirkland's new driver, TaylorMade's Spider Tour X Proto and Tiger Woods' "Secret Gamer" being put up for sale. The episode then concludes with another edition of the Fully Equipped Hotline, this time featuring a question addressing the signs that you need to find a new club fitter.
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 71
On this week's edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by True Spec Golf's Kris McCormack to talk the launch of Odyssey's new AI-One putter line, RB's advice for building your own clubs and what old school ClubTest gems we have uncovered from the Golf Magazine archives. The episode then concludes with an exclusive interview featuring 7-time Tour Winner Xander Schauffele.
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min
On this week's edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Golf Laboratories' Gene Parente to talk Collin Morikawa's gear changes ahead of his victory, consistency with iron testing and what OEM needs a big year for their new products in 2024. -- This week's episode of Fully Equipped is brought to you by our official sponsor Golf Pride. Go to golfpride.com and use promo code "fullyequipped" to get free shipping on your next order! Available for all US orders, wi...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 70
On this week's edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath are joined by Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf and Golf Laboratories' Gene Parente to break down RB's week in Vegas, what we know about Callaway's new wedges and TaylorMade unveiling their biggest collaboration yet. The episode then concludes with our Fully Equipped Hotline segment, including a question on why Nike has not gone out of their way to accommodate Tiger Woods' golf shoe needs. -- This week's episode of Ful...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 1 min
On this week's edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall is joined by Kris McCormack of True Spec Golf and Golf Laboratories' Gene Parente to talk what gear changes are being made in Vegas, Gene's recent trip to the R&A and what Luke List's winning bag tells us about his deal with PXG. The episode then concludes with the return of the Fully Equipped Hotline where the guys get a reality check from a loyal listener. -- This week's episode of Fully Equipped is brought to you by our offici...
Oct 12, 2023•55 min
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall and Ryan Barath take a look back at the gear changes that caught their eye during this year's Ryder Cup. They then are joined by Arccos co-founder and CEO, Sal Syed, who reveals the company's origin story and how the data they are gathering is changing the game of golf. -- This week's episode of Fully Equipped is brought to you by our official sponsor Golf Pride. Go to golfpride.com and use promo code "fullyequipped" to get free ship...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 15 min
On this special edition of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Jonathan Wall is joined in-studio by PGA Tour winner and instructor Parker McLachlin for an exclusive interview. The 'Short Game Chef' talks working with other PGA Tour pros while continuing to compete in events, developing Flight Lines on Vokey wedges and his best short game advice for amateur golfers. -- This week's episode of Fully Equipped is brought to you by our official sponsor Golf Pride. Go to golfpride.com and use promo code "fullyequip...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min
