Fairway and Greene's signature On The Green line of shirts strikes a classy balance between tradition and flash, with a careful eye for such details as under-collar striping; handy, should you feel a collar-popping urge. Double-mercerized French lisle cotton yields a breathable, comfortable feel with a lustrous sheen. Shown is the Columbus Strip Lisle, in Lawn Green, Classic Blue, Marigold and Shellfish Pink.
Price $84For more information: Fairway and Greene
If you're weary of oversized drivers that look and sound terrible, give the Malibu Woody a ride. A handsome retro persimmon-head look belies a solid feeling. Thanks to cork-filled, injection-molded ceramic construction, the sound at impact is a solid thwack, and performance is on a par with the 460-cc behemoths. A true original, the Woody figures to change the look of golf clubs in the next few years.
Price $480For more information: Caldwell Golf
Install a golf course in your house with the High Definition golf simulator. To help you get the kids away from the Playstation and into the great outdoors (sort of), the High Definition system brings together state-of-the-art launch monitor technology, high-definition projection TV and software, allowing you to play some of the world's best-known golf courses. Included are software for a dozen courses and instructional modules, with swing analysis by noted instructor Jim McLean. It also functions as a large-screen home entertainment center.
Starting at $39,500For more information: Interactive Sports Technologies
Nubrella is a hands-free umbrella designed to protect the wearer's face and upper body. Supported by straps fitting over the shoulder, this foul-weather friend won't work for full shots, but it may come in handy around the green. Will Nubrella be the next Segway? Or just another pet rock?
Price $59For more information: Nubrella
Ping's blurbs brag about using a Cray supercomputer to rework the components and structure of the club head, moving weight lower and further back. But, really, all you need to know is: If you hit the G10 hard it will go a long way—and if you don't, it'll still travel a pretty fair distance.
Price $350For more information: Ping
The designers at Ogio never miss the chance to make a pocket or gadget holder. The Exodus is Ogio's sturdy cart-bag entry this year—it comes with a sleeve for an adjustable-sized cigar case (included), cellphone holder, Velcro strip glove/putter cover, even a divot-fixer slot with matching divot tool.
Price $210.00 For more information: OGIO International
Using feedback from reigning British Open champion Padraig Harrington, Hi-Tec has tweaked almost every component and design feature of its flagship SDT Super Power Tour golf shoe. Floating cleat construction furnishes stability while preserving a comfortable walk; leather fingers on the sides of the shoe ensure a perfect fit over time. The chassis over the saddle stabilizes the overall fit—there's even an extra cleat under the heel, which Hi-Tec's biomechanics experts claim offers better balance.
Price $210For more information: HI-TEC.COM
Legendary Japanese clubmaker Katsuhiro Miura has forged clubheads for practically every manufacturer you can name. While there's some dispute whether Miura made Tiger Woods' irons while he was under contract with Titleist, Retief Goosen and Jose Maria Olazabal are two golfers who captured major championships using his sticks (which have also won 25 Japanese tour events). The small, family-owned Miura Golf Company is based in Himeji, where samurai swords were once fashioned.
Price $2100 and upFor more information: Miura Golf
In May 2008, Conte of Florence, which has outfitted European tour players like Darren Clarke and Thomas Bjorn, will dip its toe into the American market with My Golfette, a miniature leather golf handbag in four different color designs aimed at the affluent lady golfer.
Price $290For more information: Conte of Florence
Inspired by the gloves used by glasscutters, Cutters athletic gloves are already favored by dozens of NFL and college football players. This year the company makes its entry into the golf market with four designs featuring shiny black C-Tack grip material. The C-Tack Tour is constructed of breathable mesh fabric and cabretta leather, with gripping material on the fingers and palm, while the durable synthetic-leather C-Tack Dry and all-weather C-Tack Wet versions are machine-washable and dryable.
Price $24.99-$2.99For more information: Cutters Gloves
Getting snapshots or videos of you and your foursome on the golf course has always been tedious and cumbersome—and bound to annoy the group behind yours. But now, producing a highlight reel of your round for your friends to enjoy—or for your golf pro to analyze—is as easy as hitting the gas pedal of your golf cart. The PortaPro Video system puts a video recorder with a wide-angle camera on the front of your cart: Touch a button at the end of your round, and out comes a DVD with a rough cut of your feel-good movie/disaster epic/tearjerker.
Price $2995For more information: PortaPro Video