- Your search for the game's hottest new equipment starts here. Take a look at the categories below to see the judges' choices. Golf Digest's annual equipment review — a year's worth of work, some two thousand clubs and balls hit over and over again — reveals the 130 most significant products in the game right now.
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Category leader photos: Performance | Buzz | Technology | Function | Value
Video: Watch how we made our choices at the CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite, Nev.
More Hot List video: Editors | Instructors | The Scientists | Panelists' Perspective
The Hot List: The Process | Panelists | Finalists | Rating System | Bomb & Gouge
Drivers
The Tee
- With the USGA limits on drivers, who knows what we'll see during the next decade. Why should you wait? The future is now.
Woods/Hybrids
The Fairway
Irons
The Approach
- We've broken irons into three categories geared to your game: Super Game Improvement | Players | Game Improvement
Wedges
The Bunker
- There isn't a club causing more consternation than the sharp-grooved wedge. The latest models offer something for everyone.
Putters
The Green
- Mallet or blade, tricks we haven't seen since the days of Merlin make the classics and the new play better than ever before.
Balls
The Hole
- Two piece? Three piece? A standard ball? For now, we continue towards the path of optimization for the individual golfer.
Hot List 2008
Build Your Own
- We unveiled our top picks in the February issue, now we invite you to sort those recommendations by the Hot List criteria that matter most to you. Then "drag and drop" your favorites into your own Hot List.
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