The ifrothgolf review
A 60 inch single-canopy golf umbrella from TaylorMade with a 100 percent nylon canopy, a rubber-coated ergonomic sport-grip handle and a manual open action. It is the entry-level brolly in the range, sitting below the bigger double-canopy models, and is sized to shelter you and a stand or cart bag rather than two people.
What's great
It nails the fundamentals at a sensible price. The 60 inch span is genuinely useful, comfortably covering one golfer plus the bag, and the rubber grip stays secure when your hands are wet. The nylon canopy sheds rain well and dries quickly, the manual open is one less thing to break, and the understated black branding looks the part clipped to a trolley. For the money it is hard to fault as a do-the-job umbrella.
Worth knowing
This is a single, non-vented canopy, so it has no wind-release vents. In the kind of gusts you get on an exposed links it can catch the wind and try to invert, which is exactly where the pricier double-canopy umbrellas earn their keep. The frame is built to a budget rather than to survive a storm, the manual open means no one-handed deploy, and stock is patchy because it is an older model that several UK retailers have run dry. Treat it as a fair-weather-shower umbrella, not a foul-weather one.
The verdict
Buy it if you want an honest, affordable branded umbrella for normal rain and light wind, and you play mostly sheltered courses. If your home track is exposed and gusty, spend a bit more on a vented double-canopy model instead. Worth checking stock before you set your heart on it.
