Serious golf. Zero clubhouse attitude.
A premium 2026 driver or iron fitting can produce brilliant numbers in a bay and an expensive mistake on a wet Saturday medal. The useful question is not how far you hit it indoors, but whether the gain survives wind, rough and a fairway that is narrower than the screen.
We spent three months playing dawn rounds in wind, sleet and proper frost to find out whether a modest winter kit can hold its own against premium gear. It can. Here are the seven buys that made the biggest difference, what we deliberately left on the shelf, and how to layer it all so you stop losing feeling in your fingers by the fourth hole.
We ranked ten accessible UK venues on shot-making challenge, how welcome you actually feel walking in, and what the green fee buys you. No blazers, no committee-room formalities, no £90 visitor rate for a course with three interesting holes. Just proper golf at sensible money.