TaylorMade has announced the launch of the new Burner SuperLaunch irons. The clubs are designed for the “slower-swinging” player who produces a low ball-flight. The Mole was wondering, is this just a nice way to describe a hacker?

The Mole recently found out that Rory McIlroy had just swopped to the new Titleist MB irons. For the Mole, it doesn’t get much better than these clubs; they are the real deal muscle back iron, forged from 1025 carbon steel and finished off with superb chrome plating. If you are not hitting the ball out the middle of the club every time, then these clubs are not for you!

There is a bit of a catfight going on within the ranks of the PGA Tour regarding the sportsmanship of using the square-grooved Ping Eye2 wedges. The Mole reported last week that a couple of players were using the wedges which don’t conform to the current groove regulations but, because of an agreement between Ping and the USGA in 1990, they remain legal.

A few golfers at the Sony Open were playing Titleist’s new Pro V1 Tour-only ball. Titleist has, for the past five months, been making two extra versions of the legendary Pro V1 for use on the Tour. They are the Pro V1 Plus Spin and the Pro V1x Plus Trajectory.

The Mole has learnt over the weekend that John Daly and Dean Wilson are using classic Ping Eye2 wedges at the Sony Open, manufactured over 20 years ago. Why? They have square grooves instead of the new v-grooves. But isn’t that illegal?