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14 Revealing Photos from the PGA Championship

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GolfWRX was live this week from the season’s final major — a.k.a Glory’s Last Shot, a.k.a the PGA Championship. This year it’s at Whistling Straits, which means one thing — a long week of questions about bunkers and Dustin Johnson.

If you missed any of the photos from this week, browse the galleries here:

Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam conquest ended at The Open, but there’s still some captivating storylines heading into the week such as:

  • Can Tiger Woods not finish at the bottom of the field at a major?
  • Can Rory McIlroy hold onto his No. 1 spot despite his recent ankle injury?
  • Will anyone ground their club again despite urinal reminders?

So many questions, so much excitement. But for now, let’s reveal some photos.

Cheesy PGA Championship gear

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Wisconsin is known for its cheese, plus it’s home to Green Bay Packer fans, otherwise called “Cheeseheads.” So Callaway and its putter brand Odyssey honored the state’s long history of cheese.

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John Daly bringing boomerangs back into style

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Honestly, I’m not sure boomerangs were ever actually IN style, but don’t be behind the curve without the LoudMouth Boomerang Black-A pants in your wardrobe.

There’s always that one guy…

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No one else needs an umbrella, man. It’s clearly not raining that hard, and you’re blocking everyone’s view of Rory. This is such a spectating foul. Wear a rain jacket and a hat and leave your umbrella in the car.

Fourteen Golf’s new UT511 HyWoods

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Always read the fine print

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“$25,000 to the charity of your choice” actually means $12,500 to the charity of your choice. Of course the money goes to a charity regardless, so it’s a win-win.

The real charitable donation, however, was the one made from Bubba Watson. He graciously donated his time and energy to the fans and PGA of America by hitting one drive, with his driver, at the 2015 PGA Championship Long Drive Competition.

  • The world: “Thanks, Bubba!”
  • Bubba: “#urwelcome”

Say what you want about Bubba, but he does have a unique WITB.

  • Gear heads: “Awesome pink driver, sick 7 wood, sweet custom shafts, and beautiful putter finish!”
  • Bubba: “#urwelcome”

David Howell’s yardage reminders

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Not sure whether these golf club cheat sheets are for himself or his caddy, but cool to see regardless.

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My best guess is that those are Howell’s full-swing, three-quarter-swing, half-swing and quarter-swing yardages, but don’t hold me to it.

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Based on the cheat sheet, Howell’s 4-iron flies 205 yards. Nothing to write home about.

Matt Kuchar’s Bettinardi Armlock training band

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For any golfer looking to switch over to an arm lock putter and grip, this Bettinardi armband could be useful. Or you can surely accomplish the same thing with a wrist band and some duct tape.

9d69241980a2bdcc8b09558c243c5778Also, it looks as though Kuchar is testing out the new Matrix prototype shaft — possibly the same model being used by Rickie Fowler — against a Fujikura Speeder Evolution.

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Keep an eye on which shaft he decides to use in his Bridgestone J815 driver this week.

Adam Scott giving Glory’s Last Shot new meaning

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This is the last major championship that anchored putters will be legal to use — the ban takes effect Jan. 1, 2016 — so this will be the last we see of Adam Scott’s anchored putting style in a major.

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But will he give up the long putter itself? Our insider says no:

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Scott and short putters just don’t get along, do they? We’ll find out in 2016.

What hole is this at Whistling Straits?

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The don’t-go-left hole.

Weekly sneaker heat

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If you’re looking to step up your shoe game, just stick with me, I’ll show you the way. Buy these Jordan Flight Flex Trainer 2’s (Wolf Grey, Black/White) here.

Two 7-irons for Kevin Chappell? What’s the deal?

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And one has a SuperStroke Flatso 1.0 grip on it, the same model used by Jordan Spieth… on his putter.

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Either he uses that the club a chipping option around the green, or it’s a training aid of sorts.

Chambers Bay looks beautiful this week for the PGA Championship

Err… I mean Whistling Straits. Same thing, right?

What happens if Cameron Smith plays with Zach Johnson?

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The whole “somebody’s closer” thing kind of backfires when ZJ sticks every wedge to 2 feet right in your face.

Since I’m a man of the people, here’s a gallery of some awesome Scotty Cameron’s.

Enjoy the year’s last major!

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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  1. Juan

    Aug 19, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    NIKE on the move.
    While at the Straits range on Tuesday, ZJ was approached by a nike guy to try an iron. So ZJ did gave the Nike rep his opinion and not sooner, about not less than 4 Titleist reps swarm in to talk and clean his clubs. If you think this was the end of it you are wrong, later ZJ went to the putting area and the same nike rep had a putter for ZJ to use. I don’t know how common this is but seemed like Nike was very persistent. ZJ equipment change in the near future??

    Just to clarify on point #3 above. Whistling Straits was established in 1998 and Chambers Bay not until 2007. So the resemblance (if any) is the other way around CB wants to be a WS. Just saying.

  2. Benny

    Aug 16, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Awesome pics, wow, what a win for Day and of course WRX had us hanging around with the Pros!

  3. Tim Crider

    Aug 14, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    Are old Ping Putters being used by any tour pro’s? I try to keep an eye out for what players are using what clubs but I don’t see any. Are the newer putters that much better, I also don’t see any old 8802 and 8813 by Wilson. Those putters are not that common style or the old Spalding Cash In putters or the old Acushnet Bulls Eye. But the old Ping putters are still around and from what I see price is not an issue. Just curious.

  4. Aiden

    Aug 14, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    Kevin Chappells’ 7 iron has to be a training aid otherwise its illegal unfortunately.

    http://www.randa.org/en/Rules-and-Amateur-Status/Rules-of-Golf.aspx#/equipment/?ruleNum=3.%20Grip%20(See%20Fig.%20VII)

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Whats in the Bag

Daniel Berger WITB 2024 (April)

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  • Daniel Berger what’s in the bag accurate as of the Farmers Insurance Open. More photos from the event here.

Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X

6-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC 2011 (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X Denali Blue 105 TX (3), Project X 6.5 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50-12F), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-14F), Callaway Jaws Raw (60-08C)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (50), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (56, 60)

Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Mini DB
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy PistolLock 1.0

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Wrap

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Check out more in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s clubs in the forums.

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Heavy Artillery: A look at drivers in play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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What are the driver and shaft combinations of the best golfers in the world? For gearheads, it’s an endlessly interesting question — even if we can only ever aspire to play LS heads and 7 TX shafts.

At this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, GolfWRX got in-hand looks at the driver setups of a wealth of players.

Check out some of the most interesting combos below, then head to the GolfWRX forums for the rest, as well as the rest of our galleries from New Orleans.

Rory McIlroy

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC

Alex Fitzpatrick

Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC

Daniel Berger

Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees @9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Wrap

Rasmus Hojgaard

Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
Grip: Golf Pride MCC

Alejandro Tosti

Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II LS (9.5 degrees @10.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 75 6.5
Grip: Golf Pride MCC Plus4

James Nicholas

Driver: Titleist TSR3 (8 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Kevin Streelman

Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Sang-moon Bae

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9+ @8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Russ Cochran

Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD TP 6 X
Grip: Golf pride MCC Align 

MJ Daffue

Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (10.5 degrees @9.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green RDX 65 TX
Grip: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord Align

Check our more photos from the Zurich Classic here.

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Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)

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  • Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.

Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX

3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX

Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX

Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130

Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.

 

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