Gear we bought and played. Courses we paid to walk. What's actually worth the money — and what isn't — from people who are out there most weekends.
Three rules, and we'll tell you when we break one.
Clubs bought at retail. Green fees paid in full. Nothing here arrives free in a press box or as a comped tee time — and on the rare occasion something is a loaner or an invite, that review says so in the first paragraph.
Not twenty minutes on a launch monitor, and not a cart lap round a course. Full rounds, in wind and wet and off bad lies — which is where gear gets judged and where a course shows you what it really is.
Carry, dispersion and the shots that went sideways. Conditions, pace and what the round actually cost. If two things are close enough that it's noise, we say that instead of inventing a winner.
Golf, broadly. Gear is the biggest slice of it, but it isn't the whole thing.
Head-to-heads, buyer's guides and long-term reports on the stuff you actually carry — drivers, irons, wedges, putters, balls, shoes, rangefinders, bags. Written and on video.
Honest write-ups of places worth the drive, and the ones that aren't. Conditions, pace, what it costs, and whether we'd book it again.
New releases, rule changes, and what's going on in golf that's actually worth knowing — without the press-release voice.
When something we've played drops to a price that makes it a genuine buy. Not a feed of every sale — only the ones we'd act on.
The first reviews and course write-ups are being played, filmed and written now. They'll land here as they're finished — no filler in the meantime.
“If the cheaper one wins, we'll say the cheaper one wins.” The whole editorial policy
Parley Golf Co. is a small operation run by golfers who got tired of coverage that reads like catalogue copy — where every club is long, every course is a hidden gem, and nothing is ever a bad buy.
Mid-handicap golf, real rounds, real money on the line. If a club only works for a tour swing, or a course only holds up in perfect weather, that's the write-up.
Where links pay us, that will be disclosed on the page. What gets recommended is decided before anyone looks at a commission.
We build a scorecard app for the games we play — Nassau, skins, Hollywood and the rest, scored off everyone's handicap. Free, and it lives at its own address.