We have big plans for covering golf equipment, with Johnny Wunder (left) leading the charge.
Johnny Wunder
Hello!
My name is Johnny Wunder (yes, this is my real name), and I’m the new director of golf equipment. If you are in Golf Gear – or just love golf, the period – you will hear and see a lot of me on many amazing golf platforms, so I thought I would present.
First and most importantly, I am a higher order golf club jungle. When I got the game at 16, the equipment immediately intrigued me. Clubs, shafts, grooves, balls, bags, tees, all of them. It started with a trip I made with my father to the Ernst Championship (received by Fred Couple), in Seattle, in 1994. This is where I got acquainted with the main bar, staff agreements, custom clubs and, most importantly , a new lit pro -called pro Phil Mickelson.
Everything about Phil’s Yonex bag caught my eye: its counterfeit tournament cuffs, golden graphite shafts, Arnold Palmer “The Original” Putter with tan leather and, of course, the main event … Ping Eye 2 lobes Wedge that Phil turned into a surgeon’s tool around the greens.
I was all inside.
Very soon, my Christmas gifts were not video game games were bright and golden cases of Tour Balatas title. Cleveland 588 became my obsession, and the contents of my favorite player bags was LIFE information to me to know.
Johnny Wunder
In the years that after that, my appetite for Intel devices has not faded. But how do I find that information THERE changed dramatically.
When I started, revealing what Tiger Woods Had in his bag he had ever been led to obscure Japanese websites in search of coveted photos in hand. The only way to enlightenment was to participate in a PGA Tour event to see Tiger’s clubs for myself.
Over time, golf magazines and websites became sources in breaking the news. Then came social media. Today, many gears find their spoons on Instagram, X and YouTube, which is where you will find a lot of my work.
Without this change, I would probably be hacking my way through the film business, begging for the other miracle to happen. Instead, I found my way to the Golf industry, first in Golfwrx and most recently at the Callaway Golf, where I served as a tournament manager.
And now I am here in what in my humble opinion is pinnacle: golf.com.
I didn’t get here by traditional methods – no journalist school, or decorated rank or literary prices. I’m just a boy from Seattle who lives and breathes golf and the tools required to play it.
We have big plans for covering golf equipment, which, for the most part, means meeting you and your wardrobe for your needs wherever you consume your content. Think about covering the tour in a deeper form. Road videos with players’ players or beloved golf athletes. A new podcast, weekly video updates and a new way to see the club test that I wanted to do for years. I will also make it a point to give the creators of new equipment a very necessary megaphone to show their talent.
