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Revealing photos from the Frys.com Open

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GolfWRX was live this week from the 2015 Frys.Com Open at Silverado Country Club’s North Course in Napa, Calif — the heart of Wine Country. If you missed any of the photos, browse through the galleries below:

It’s an exciting time here at GolfWRX. The new 2015-2016 PGA Tour season is starting, players are changing clubs and shafts, and new equipment is being released. You know what that means? Let’s reveal some photos…

Blayne Barber’s Bambi wedge

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His custom wedge stamping shows the “Browning Arms Company” logo, a company that sells firearms and other weapons for fishing and hunting. The message “shoot one” isn’t comforting for all the — as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny would call them — sweet, innocent, harmless, leaf-eating, doe-eyed little deers out there.

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But Master Instructor Dennis Clark’s recent article may give the animals, and Marisa Tomei’s character peace of mind. A snippet from his article says: “… I’d hate to be at a rifle range with a bunch of golfers. That’s because they tend to have the most crooked aim of players in any sport.”

Barber would have had an easy chance to “shoot one” at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in this recent deer fight video that has gone viral, however.

He probably could have have just chipped a golf ball at one of them with his Browning-stamped wedge.

It appears Barber has a few other, more animal-friendly goals stamped on his wedges, as well.

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Like, getting better at the guitar…

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And winning a few trophies.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about Barber’s new wedges here.

Jarrod Lyle’s custom “Leuk the Duck” putter cover

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Leuk the Duck is the mascot for Challenge, an organization that supports children living with cancer, and their families. Jarrod Lyle can often be seen with Leuk the Duck head covers, pins and commonly wears a yellow bucket hat to support the cause.

A slew of new shafts at the season opener

Rory’s new Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana shaft spotted

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See what GolfWRX members are saying about Rory’s new shaft here.

UST Mamiya Elements Chrome prototype

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See what GolfWRX members are saying about Elements Chrome’s new shaft.

Matrix “Speed Rulz”
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See what GolfWRX members are saying about Matrix’s new “Speed Rulz” shafts in the forums. 

Graphite Design Tour AD-GP shafts
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See what members are saying about the new Tour AD-GP shafts here.

Danger: High Voltage 

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Russell Henley’s Nike Vapor Pro Combo 6-iron has a hole burned right through the back cavity — maybe there’s more Voltage in that Volt Swoosh than we thought.

Justin Rose is about that tinker life 

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This week’s episode of “Justin Rose: Tinker til I die,” shows him switching back to a TaylorMade blade putter from the “Jason Day mallet prototype,” which he switched to from a TaylorMade blade, just after he switched from a TaylorMade Ghost Spider mallet.

And he also put the new TaylorMade PSi Tour irons in the bag for the week.

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Tune in next week to see what Rose is tinkering with next.

WITB: Splash Brother No. 1

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We spotted “Splash* Brother” and 2015 NBA League MVP Steph Curry of the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors playing in the Frys.com Open Pro-Am with Justin Thomas and teammate Andre Igoudala.

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Curry is rumored to be a 2-handicap, and we caught a glimpse of some of the golf clubs he has in his bag — PXG 0311 irons and wedges, and a Titleist 915D4 driver with a Graphite Design Tour AD-DI shaft. He’s also reppin’ for his squads with a Davidson Wildcats head cover on one of his woods, which is where Curry played college basketball, and a wedge stamped “Go Warriors.”

*Refers to “Splash” as in swishing a basketball into a hoop, not hitting a golf ball into a pond. 

Camilo Villegas’ irons are lofted up

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Assuming the numbers written in marker on his irons are lofts, Villegas’ TaylorMade RSi 2 prototype irons have much different lofts than your typical RSi 2 irons. The RSi 2’s stock 7-iron is 31 degrees, 8 iron is 35 degrees and 9-iron is 40 degress; but Villegas’ irons are pictured as having 36, 40.5 and 45 degrees, respectively. That means Villegas’ short irons are about 5 degrees weaker!

Ollie Schneiderjans’ Georgia Tech wedges are buzzing

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His black-and-yellow wedges honor the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The “Ramblin’ Wreck” stamping refers to a 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe that serves as the school’s mascot.

As the story goes… Ramblin’ Wreck was a name given to the 1916 Ford Model T that a Georgia Tech dean and president drove in the 1900s. The name stuck, and in 1961, the 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe — painted in Georgia Tech’s colors — became the school’s mascot.

The “Ramblin Wreck from Georgia Tech,” is also Georgia Tech’s fight song.

A Mizuno T-Zoid fairway wood

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Think you need to play the newest, most expensive clubs to score well? This Mizuno T-Zoid fairway wood in Brett Stagmaier’s bag is available here for $20.99.

Please don’t show this photo to Phil Mickelson

f241cde28f39c2628661c1c72223df5eAs we’ve previously established, Mickelson has a serious problem. This photo of lead tape just wasting away on the turf and not on a golf club may be too much for him to handle. And a message to golfers everywhere, please be careful where you leave your lead-tape scraps, you don’t realize the dangers it may cause to others.

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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. jcorbran

    Oct 16, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    why bend the 9 iron 5 degrees when you could jut extend the pw?

  2. Greg Moore

    Oct 16, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    Thought you’d like that photo of the lead tape on the ground. I thought about saving it and listing it on e Bay cuz it is “Tour used” lead tape. Could have been a big seller.

    Nice job AT.

  3. Mark

    Oct 16, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    Thoughts on what was going on with Henley’s 6-iron there?

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Whats in the Bag

Chesson Hadley WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSR2+ (14.5 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist 620 CB (4, 5), Titleist 620 MB (6-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball
Grip: Odyssey

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Check out more in-hand photos Chesson Hadley’s clubs here.

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Gary Woodland WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (8 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 70 M5

  • The white circle that appears at the top of the face a removable sticker that’s used for launch monitor tracking, and Woodland removes it for competition!

3-wood: Cobra Darkspeed X (14 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

7-wood: Cobra LTDx LS prototype (20 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

Irons: Wilson Staff (18 degrees), Cobra King MB (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X

Wedges: Cobra SB (48), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-08F, 56-14F), Cobra King (60)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X (48 degrees), KBS Tour V-Ten 125

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 3.0P

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

See more in-hand photos of Gary Woodland’s WITB in the forums.

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Q&A: Martin Trainer on his Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers” putter, 6.5-degree driver, and “butter knife” 2-iron

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As unbiasedly as I can put it, Martin Trainer has one of the coolest club setups in professional golf. (At some point soon, I’ll put together a top-10 list of “coolest club setups on Tour,” but I know that Trainer will be in the top-10)

What a lineup. He plays a 6.5-degree Wilson prototype driver, a 13-degree Wilson prototype 3-wood, a true blade Wilson Staff Model 2-iron, and a Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers Commemorative” putter!

 

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I mean, look at this 2-iron from address…

To quote the great author R.L. Stine: “Goosebumps.”

On Wednesday at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, I caught up with Trainer to learn more about his bag setup.

Here’s what he had to say:

You have the Internet going crazy over your bag setup, and your putter. Where’d you pick the Bobby Grace-Greg Chalmers putter up? How long have you had it?

MT: This was from when Bobby Grace came to my course in California: Cal Club. And for whatever reason, they just started having them in the shop. So then I took my buddy’s, started using it, and made, like, a million putts in a row, which is how every putter story begins, I guess.

And then, I bought a couple of my own, used it for years, got to the Tour with it, won on Tour with it (the 2019 Puerto Rico Open). Then, about a year later, started using another putter, did that for a couple years, but now it’s back in the bag.

When did it come back in the bag?

MT: December of this past year. So a few months ago.

What year would you say was the first time you threw that in the bag, or, like, when you bought it?

MT: God…Probably, 2016, maybe? 2018?

Do you remember how much you paid for it?

MT: I don’t know, actually. Maybe $100-150 bucks or something. I think that’s the only golf club I’ve bought between high school and now. Well, two, since I bought two of them.

The driver is interesting, too. What went into the prototyping process?

MT: That was a version of the current driver, but it was the prototype that they first came out with for Tour guys to try. And for whatever reason, I just never switched out to the new one.

It’s just 6.5 degrees, right?

MT: Yeah. Very low loft, yeah.

What kind of ball speed do you have with that these days?

MT: Like high 170’s.

Yeah, that’ll work. And then a 2-iron blade? We’re seeing fewer and fewer of those out here.

MT: Yeah. The butter knife.

Very cool thing to have in the bag. Have you done any testing with driving irons? 

MT: Yeah, I used to have a thicker one, but it was a little offset, and I never hit it that well. And then finally, I started messing around with the butter knife. And I remember the first time I looked down at it, I was terrified. And then I ended up getting used to it, putting it in play, and it’s been in place since. It’s a pretty good club for me.

How far do you carry that? 

MT: Like 235.

A good little wind club, I’m sure.

MTL Yeah, exactly. I can hit it very low. It’s great.

I love it. You have people shook looking at that. Thanks for the time, man. 

MT: Absolutely.

To see more photos and discussion of Trainer’s bag, click here.

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