10 MOST EXCITING New Products From The PGA SHOW 2025

all right well welcome to the PGA show welcome back to the channel we're doing it a little bit differently than last year where I recap the best things I saw at the show back home in the studio now we're doing this live from the PGA show thanks to the PGA of America and their set up here for media Studios and I have a friend of mine but also someone that I look up to a lot now that I'm in this gear Space Mr Ryan Barra another Great Canadian boy here right from scr supposed to be here getting out of the freaking cold and it's like know so cold know it's very very cold like I I drove two hours from Jacksonville and there was snow in the forecast and they canceled school yeah we brought Canadian weather with us but you're here with your family and you guys are doing Disney doing Disney we did the whole bit and uh yeah it's fun I mean I'm we're here with uh as you kind of alluded to like here with the scratch team yeah it's our first PGA show here um and you know as the as the gear are there it's like this is like kind of the mecca to see everything all in one place which is a lot of fun I know for me so if you don't know basically this is our recap of the coolest things we've seen at the show while we're here and for me new in this newer in this space I've been coming to the show since 2018 but it was always so focused on like my sponser of Taylor Made and Adidas and then over the last couple years I've been to look at so much more and it's like there's so much great and cool golf equipment so bit of our flow here we're each going to talk about when they're there could be overlap like the five kind of coolest things we've seen on the floor right behind us so as the guest take it away what's like in no particular order it's not like one thing's cooler than the other but like what are the things that are sticking out to us so in no order I think one of the biggest things that I see now and as someone who like wants to do this for myself I know you built one yourself as well follow the channel uh your own indoor hitting bed I live in a cold climate even now here like down in Florida today it's a cold day they got indoor simulator places all around here because if it's not nice outside and you want a place to hang out or you want to go someplace at night and you don't want to go to a top golf or you want to do you know just maybe lock into a little bit of practice having that like your own space they've become so much more affordable now and some of them are even becoming allinone so you've got companies here doing projectors and Turf and all these things and like one of the ones that I've had the chance to test and I saw it again and seeing people's reaction to it in real time like the Garmin R50 yeah that thing looks I haven't got my hands on it but yeah it looks like it's all in one it is it's all inone it's like I don't know the the size of like a a 12-pack of like 12 O cans like whether it be your drink of choice bles yeah and so with that in mind like you've got this big screen and it is so intuitive yeah and I think that's the thing that we see now with modern technology is like if my dad or someone else is going to go get one of these things right right like they want to be able to put it down and use it yeah inside and out it doesn't matter and so like we're seeing I think the advancements in software as well as the way these these systems integrate into each other is so much fun cuz I've even noticed on the channel over the last year and a half like videos about affordable launch monitors affordable setups do so well cuz so many people are interested in it because like the barrier of Entry is so much lower to do it like I even remember growing up like for us especially growing up in Canada like to find an indoor place was hard and no chance you're doing it yourself at home no and then it's like your net set up and then your nets don't give you the greatest readings it's it's it's amazing yeah it's one of those things and every booth that has it it's basically a Showcase of like you could build this at your house yeah it's not just our launch monitor but look you could build this at home and there's a lot of them selling obviously to like places that are building out Studios and building out bars restaurants and those kind of like facilities that are would be like kind of bigger accounts but they also have the personal side of these things where it's like look we will Design and we have contractors who are available who know how to install our our equipment we can put one in your house we put one in your garage we can put one in a separate space if you want in your house in your backyard wherever it happens to be and to me like the accessibility to the technology is the biggest part of that story and that's why I think it's like probably the number one thing cuz we we got lots of clubs to talk about yeah but this the accessibility to play the game when you want how you want to in the comfort of your own house or your garage use it as a game improvement tool yeah I think it's it's still one of the things that like every single year because it's technology focused cost comes down quality goes up and it benefits the consumer yeah okay so I'll I'll kind of my stuff was mainly clubs cuz like that's what I'm trying to pay attention to but so flight scope released a rangefinder and at first I'm like okay cool rangefinder I was not and I've used I've been like a Meo plus loyalist forever and I was like a range finder cool like and then when I got there and like got to experience it and like what it is with the gapping with the AI and the environmental optimization like it's a rangefinder that is legitimately going to caddy for you yeah I know another brand has done it I know like Bushnell and I don't know the how their stuff is all with foresight and Bushnell I don't know that but like I only put my seven iron for like the like AI gapping and the numbers it guessed that my yardages would be with my irons were like pretty damn accurate so then you get this Rangefinder that takes into account air moisture humidity wind and then whatever data you put in input from Simply da d da or from your practice sessions about how far you hit your golf clubs you now have a rang finder that's like okay it's 132 yards but it's playing like 138 8 you should hit X based on like you should probably hit a n like as opposed to like oh it's 132 maybe it's playing like I'm may like a hard pitching wedge that is really really cool I I I didn't expect much from it but it definitely made my like top top five coolest things I saw cuz that was like yeah super unexpected I think the other part of this is as well is that the integration of helping the game improvement side of things yeah that we're seeing more of that because we know as like from the equipment space and I've talked to people here because of the rules of golf because of the way that they're able to integrate really great engineering from all these oems the incremental improvements that we are seeing in equipment is better offset when people get fit right like you see the the huge Advantage when you actually get fit for Club so a lot of these companies are leaning into um more fitting technology think again the next I talking about is which I've had the chance to test already is Cobra's future fit 33 they've got more settings than anybody else in the hosle you add that into the idea of the fact that look we're going to give Fitters this chart to help golfers get fit now look I'm not saying that other companies don't have fitting tools they all do but for them to go I don't want to say go out of their comfort zone but like to really step ahead and be like look we're going to put our steak in the ground this is where we think it should be this is where we want our product to be I think it it looks great as far as Buzz is concerned coob Bruce buzzing yesterday you know they got yeah they got even demo day in the rain I was there had the biggest T they had the biggest cover but demo day was really exciting like exciting there it was really fun like that driver is got to hit it and it was impressive for sure I think so like that that that was in my top five too a bit of the DS adapt but pairing with the shaft that I got to test the DS adapt in by brand r ARA ARA never even heard of them didn't even know turns out I I knew one of the guys from back in the day when I was a club fitter he worked for matrix 12 years ago he he gave me a custom shaft with my name on it 12 years ago didn't even know about this company and I went I went between gray and and blue and it was like wow this is an impressive he gave me the whole Spiel and explain it to me and it's a bit like I gloss over a little bit I don't know the whole it's not that interesting to me exciting to me but like the performance and the feel and the stability wo and then even in that little fit experience and it was like I hit it first and it was like 4,400 RPM spin so my brain like a Sha's way too spinny all he did was change two weights in the driver head didn't change Loft into anything Chang changed two weights in the driver head 22 20 like I never hit it higher than 23 RPM then we put the other one in it was like coming off a little higher on the face so it was kind of like 17 18 it kind of opened my mind to like that dve driver's performance but there's a lot to you could you could do 33 seems overwhelming but it's like it's actually more focused and narrow but that driver that shaft experience that's like yeah that that makes my top five for sure I I I can't wait to get those shafts into my driver whatever driver I land on this year yeah oh so good I think the thing with with with shafts a lot of people think about like obviously Fields really important people talk about how how they you know spin profiles and all that stuff but what it's really doing is like it's a timing device that you as like with your golf SG and your feels helps get the club phas to the point where it's supposed to be an impact right like you talked about changing shaft CH changing face impact right are we talking about maybe one featur is a slightly softer tip or a stiffer tip we're talking about shaft troop we're talking about closure rates talking about all these different things and when you find that right one that's why it's so important so when you see new options or things that are going to feel different for again for yourself you experiencing it's like well you get that locked in it feels like it's supposed to you get the weights change the settings all thing and now obviously you're you're getting the numbers that you want right and that's that's why the shaft fitting side of things is so important is because you want to make sure that you know not only does it feel good but you're making Center contact exactly you talked about that right like once you find that contact point in the space you're locked in so I'm I'm going to jump in for number three I'm going to kind of piggy backing on fitting so I've just released all my avod custom fit videos and like people have been loving them such a different experience going through that fitting with Tom and what he focuses on but avod has there which I knew it was coming but I got to see it here their irons with curvature on the face it's so cool like I saw the the ones Bryson's like I've seen those ones when I was at their headquarters but the irons they have here with like variable curvature more in the four iron all the way down to pitch wed is like it's one of the most Innovative it's they're a small Booth here but they irons with curve in their face yeah that's not anywhere else and I'm like that's one of the most Innovative things on the show floor in my opinion and like they change the finish on the irons they look so good I'm like I cannot wait to hit these I need to check that out I haven't been over there yet it's it's very very it's very like I mean bulge and roll on F iron faces was something that a challenger that club tried like years ago like a driving iron the controller the controller but then that's that' be in my lip that's that's the third thing I'll mention it's brief because it's not a whole Deep dive but like irons with curve on the face is that going to be something that we start to see yeah people because the forgiveness and the ability like we stream with the sub 70 driver curvature on the driver face yeah creates really good good Moi throughout the whole face yeah it was pretty cool right on yeah I got to check those out yeah you do there we go for me here first there you go um the other thing I want to see like I really liked and I've been a big fan of theirs for a long time is um the true links wear shoes okay you know like going shoes nice going shoes I think people forget that and like look there's a lot of people here with like you got swing Catalyst here yeah you've got other Force plade companies here talking about how to improve your golf swing you know this is not just an equipment show there is there's a lot of like health and wellness and fitness and we got guys from TPI doing presentations like there's all kinds of things going on here and shoes are such play such an important role because one you got to be comfortable cuz you're walking I don't know how many miles when you play around a golf even if you're just in a cart you're still walking a lot they have to be comfortable but you try it's like imagine Canadian reference imagine skating without skates on ice with a pair of shoes you can't do it right like need the things to give you the right amount of traction and we're seeing this now with I saw the one of the the Adidas shoe it's got some really cool spikes on the outside I can't remember the model name the new AI zero is it yeah that's it I think it looks all so like even ekko's new shoes the new H5 has really different spikeless pattern that yeah and you see this because it creates a level of performance now look you can put Mega huge spikes on a shoe and you know it could give you a lot of performance but it's not very comtable to walk in right these companies have to find a balance and the one thing that I really thought was cool from TR inare was they've got some more of like the the chunky shoe style like Runner soft softer midsole yeah but all of their Tech in it yeah and not only that the other thing that I really like as a golfer who plays in this in the spring and definitely tries to extend the season as long as we possibly can I just saw you post the it's like a high top they got a high top waterproof shoe those guys are Pacific Northwest they're like we want this to be like you're going abandoned we want this to be the abandoned Sho you you you can wear it all week it's going to be comfortable it's going to keep your foot dry and uh I don't think it's coming out tried that a few years ago late summer thanks that one looks cool yeah and their fall um but it is coming it's something they're excited about and when I it was like the one thing that like I walked into the booth and I was like whoa whoa whoa what's this and I was like that looks sick I golf in the winter I golf in like this fall like it's rainy I'm all weather like what is this thing and it looks really cool cuz again you've seen other options sometimes they have a zipper and again like there's not good or bad but I just think for golfish we're looking for something that is a sneaker style but offers a high top it's a really cool shoot that's really really cool okay so we're three and three like all about you go get something else okay um I think you said something about irons you know what if I'm going to give one to an iron I I want to go back to CRA and say the 3D printed iron is like really cool but I think in general the one thing that we're seeing from a lot of companies now is the actual expansion of their iron line okay yeah right I like we're sitting at the Muna Booth like that's a great example we're like we're roughly the same age and you know back in the day it used to be you get the blade you get like the smaller like cavity back and then you get like the big oversized one right that was kind of the the game plan for a lot of the oems now we're seeing at Le at minimum there's four irons in the line yeah some companies they got 5 some are at 6 because it's all about fitting yep right and it kind of comes back to the the technology conversation earlier when you have something that is designed to fit more golfers it's driving and I don't think I don't think it's it's creating any confusion with consumers but I think the biggest thing is making sure that that's what I'm trying to do is like educate golfers on like what their options are CU there's a lot of tweeners right like yeah I could play a a 790 from tailor made I can play an apex from Callaway I can play a hot metal from Muno well they don't have that anymore they have the new Forge but like you could play these like oversized chunkier irons ZXI s from Stone like these things look big better players are coming them into their longer irons so how do we explain how all of these things fit together MH and what it does is at the end of the day is it gives the golfer Choice thing that I always find unusual is like you hear from like the hardcore gear nuts and they're like oh there's so many options it's like oh why are they releasing all these options there's so many golfers there's so many golfers and you have the op it's giving you the option of choice yeah they're not trying to overwhelm you like if you need more spin in your longer irons get something that's going to get the center gravity lower and get that spin up right like that is why they're there so take advantage of them and I think just from like a whole overarching perspective the fact that there are arm more options especially in the iron category where people are trying to use them as scoring clubs is a big win for everybody I think so You' mentioned strick on and I I've only ever hit their driver in Cleveland wedges like in my new era of in my testing era they were like when I went to demo day I was like that's where I wanted to go first cuz I know their their new driver looks gorgeous I liked how the the Mark I felt it's like even in the shitty rain I hit I was able to hit the the ZXI five the smaller one the five so the Seven's the the like full forg the five is the one with the fast face on it but it still the forg body but the smaller head would be seven was that was the one and I hit the utility iron okay oh my gosh and the driver like that's kind of like on my list it's like shon's lineup being able to hit more of it I was I never hit a stck on I know they have like cult fall people love them the feel of them and even in the rain and the cold like oh this felt really good like it's Turf interaction yeah so that's in my top five for sure like that lineup of Srixon and even a driver like guessing a shaft of Ventus blue 6X like it was felt but it was like man looks so good at like at a dress there's the ls head and then the two iron like not even you know shafts like stiff Dynamic gold 115s and they the the F oh the strickson lineup really really impressed me being able to dive deeper into it for the first time even if 20 minutes in the cold and the rain and then obviously aesthetically it's so nice but yeah for a bigger head it's certainly yeah didn't feel like it it felt as buttery as like a nice nice blade felt so yeah that's in my top five that's definitely in there for sure what's your last one so my last one is poweru okay ni yeah like I'm just so when Ryan actually you first posted something about poweru some months ago and I messaged him like dude what cuz I grew up at a military golf course in Ottawa in the 90s in the back shop cleaning clubs and there's a lot of power built that would it started with McGregor earlier this year I remember I messed like what I used McGregor but I remember powerbuilt heads and like just good and bad like there was all gamuts of powerbuilt stuff cuz they were one of the bigger manufacturers back in the day cleaning power bu golf clubs and then when that popped up I was like wait what not not so much the pmen the PR's cool to me but like the atlas blade like gorgeous and then you got a set so you put me in contact with them so I've been talking with them and like oh great they're going to be here so then like I just think everything about that to me is very exciting I haven't hit the irons I'm I'm thinking I'm going to get a set they we'd like to build you a set to test for everyone which is great but there's just something about that like the aesthetic The Nostalgia that kind of I mean I'm 40 now like I guess the Nostalgia is starting to kick in on certain things but there's something about poweru uh that that makes this list the top five not deep diving into like all the tech of it or whatever I didn't get to go they had an indoor thing I didn't get to make it but that's in my list like I'm I'm excited about it because the Nostalgia the aesthetic I mean the blade looks gorgeous and from what I've heard they affordable they're affable and they're like a club Builders kind of Club so there there's option they're not simply like a drop ship DTC like pre-made you have one option lots of those out there going name name and uh and what you've had to say about when you've hit them has me excited too so they're in there so hopefully we see power bill I get to test those irons for everyone because I think it's it's a little it's great it's it's the DTC model but it's more bespoke yeah which you you you don't see so much because a couple dtc's have dominated and made it seem that all DTC is this when all DTC is not insert company name here you know like there is bespoke there is none maybe some R&D maybe some not but there's like a Nuance to it and it appeals to the club Builder the fitter so I'm I'm really excited I mean about what power built is that they're back and what they're doing that's that's my in my top five for sure that that honestly that kind of plays into my last my last option here is like the idea of look talk so much about on the front end of tech I didn't mean to wrap it up on both sides of this thing great we've got the we didn't this the front side the front side was Tech but this idea of like Nostalgia yeah because for us the core I mean yes the core golfer is still probably a little bit older exuse a little older um but for us as Millennials we are the core group of golfers you know moving into country clubs moving into the area where like we have a little maybe a little bit more free time or moving into uh jobs that allow us a little bit more flexibility right and because of that we're seeing to your point the idea of like brands kind of focusing in on a lot of I walked by now I don't think it's in the same realm but just to like I saw a Northwestern I was like what is that and I was like wait entry level product that's what they're that's what they're there for they're they're they're cater to Golfers who I think their slogan on their sign was like for the imperfect golfer yeah okay it's like game improvement clubs very affordable golf clubs and like again neat option but like poweru is doing their Pimon stuff with like limited edition stuff with Trevor Larson and uh I thought they'd be really expensive I was shocked at how inexpensive they were I was like oh these are going to be $6 $700 cuz it's wood and no like under 200 bucks and so like you've got these options here from golfers who are looking who maybe want to do in the way I think about it is like alternative golf right like I like playing golf with Pimon I did it years years ago and because of uh like like Andy from the fried egg yeah he talked about it I was like I never really thought about like golf that way I've got a bunch of this stuff kicking around and it just like it kind of opens your mind to like okay look we can bash drivers all day long like that's really fun but like let's like approach the game some way times a little bit differently so you've got these guys like powerb you've got Titus has got 25 years of the prov1 they're talking about that they're talking about oil can finish on their wedges right I was like saw that last week and I was like this looks unbelievable it literally brings me back to the time like I first bought my like oil 200 Series vogi oil can wedges mauno is leaning into like they're kind all the old MPS and like for me it's MP4 you if you were like the when I was 13 14 years old like the good Juniors had MP4 cuz of tiger used that yeah too it's like they had MP4s there's an mp14 head there I'm like oh that's so cool so you've got these like companies that are willing to like look back at kind of their Heritage and we're seeing with like Taylor May did it with the the the the burner the the mini driver right they kind of leaned into that like old school Vibe and I think the idea of these companies are getting to the point now where they're a little bit older that they can rely on some of their like old cool logos callow's got some stuff Ping's got some stuff like so that's like so your number five would kind of be like the Nostalgia pop the nostalg I'm a wrestling fan so it's like when people from The Attitude Era come back the rock comes back and it's like people go bananas because we watched them when we were 17 or 16 you're like I'm yeah know your roll and shut your you love it the Nostalgia pop so and that and that's what I think it comes down to and like clothing is obviously changing up it's getting a little bit more like laidback like so there's but that to me is what I think is so cool about it because like it allows us to still get clubs if you want with technology yeah that are you know they look cool they're different right you even companies with head covers space like I follow a few like people like people are searching older clubs yeah they want to play with something like I I I used that 20 years ago I want to find it again and play with it if only we could get old balls to compare it because then it's like a true comparison but even videos comparing a driver from 10 years ago to this year so many people want the old one to be like look it still performs close enough so you don't have to get the new stuff so it's like we have this affinity for the past while still moving forward like you said your first thing is like Tech and moving forward and the accessibility but it's almost like that Nostalgia is like accessibility too yeah yeah because if you're even if you're get in a game and you're using hand me- Downs that are old you actually don't look my hand me downs were like wooden cut down like cut down blades and prons now instead of hand me- Downs is like mid 2000s adjustable drivers it's like sick like you can get a lot of good value out of this and I think that's that's where like it's cool to see that but then again if you're a golfer who's like looking for performance you can find it with the technology that's to be able today there you go those are the almost 10 and we had a bit of overlap like those are the coolest things that we found at the PGA show so let me know in the comments what are some of the cool things you're excited about in 2025 Ryan awesome thanks for hanging out follow Ryan he'll be linked down below and uh yeah we'll see you in the next video