Equipment
Paul Lawrie leads the Qatar Masters after two rounds, but look what he’s putting with
Paul Lawrie carded a second-round 66, and at 11-under after two days, he leads Nicolas Colsaerts by a stroke in Qatar. A win would make Lawrie the event’s first three-time winner.
More to the point for WRX readers: look at his flatstick. Unless my eyes deceive me, that’s an Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Blade from 2000.
Check out these captures from a video on EuropeanTour.com.
The 16-year-old putter presently has a PGA Value Guide trade-in value of $15.13 in mid condition ($17.40 in great condition!).
We’ve discussed it before; there’s a give and take with equipment manufacturers, who want players to game the latest weaponry as soon as possible, and players’ preferences for old favorites.
A recent example, Jason Dufner won last week’s CareerBuilder Challenge with a Titleist 910D2 driver from 2010 and a Callaway X2 Hot 3-wood from 2014.
Anyway, the 2-Ball seems to be working well for Lawrie, so we’d advise keeping it in the bag.
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Whats in the Bag
Russell Henley WITB 2024 (March)
- Russell Henley WITB accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron T5 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Whats in the Bag
Vince Carter WITB 2024 (March)
- The NBA legend was teeing it up in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am.
Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (9 degrees)
3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Irons: Ping i230 (4-PW)
Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50, 54, 58)
Putter: Ping
Ball: Renegade Mbu
Check out more photos of Vince Carter’s WITB here.
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Equipment
From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations
In our forums, our members have been discussing the most forgiving irons currently on the market. WRXer ‘TheShark1’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons, saying:
“Currently gaming the Mizuno Pro 225’s but think I need more forgiveness in my irons. My well struck shots are real nice, but my mishits are not performing as good as I had hoped anymore. I really like hollow body irons so if I could find something more forgiving in a hollow body iron that would be great.
Open to any and all recommendations other than Ping. Can’t hit Ping irons at all.”
And our members have been sharing their best suggestions in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- AvidSwampThing66: “Another vote for the super forgiving and fast Paradym irons. They look really good for being a GI iron.”
- bobfoster: “I just went from MP20 MMCs to the new 245s in my scoring irons (just played my first round with them today). If you have a chance to try them, you might find them worth a serious look.”
- vman: “Shoot me down, but spend the money on lessons.”
- J_Tizzle: “i525s are great off the heel in my opinion.”
Entire Thread: “From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations”
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Michael
Feb 7, 2016 at 6:13 am
It was interesting to see, since Lawrie was with a small niche brand for the last one or two years called Caledonia. They sell putters, that are highly customisable at a very high price point and didn’t get a lot of attention out of that deal.
Lawries first tournament after breaking up with Caledonia putting with a $15 putter and he’s leading a tournament after two rounds. That’s kind of funny – not really for his former sponsor – but kind of funny anyway.
Christestrogen
Jan 31, 2016 at 11:27 am
What’s the moi and cor for that putter….???
My new 2016 putter has a 1.52 smash factor…..
I can put it 7-10 yards further than any putter I’ve ever hit…
The shaft is a quadruple X oban kiyoshi gold tipped 14 inches cuz my putting swing is around 128…
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cbc
Jan 31, 2016 at 8:00 am
Adam is 100% correct. You can own a multimillion rand car but if you don’t know how to drive it, you can just as well trade it in. By the way I have been using a similar putter for the past 15 years and will not trade it in for any other putter. Why; because I know “how to drive it”
Daniel
Jan 29, 2016 at 5:43 pm
That is the same putter as the one currently in my bag. It has been in my bag for 11 years now and it will stay for next season as well. I really like this putter 🙂
Okay
Jan 29, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Huh
Unknown
Jan 29, 2016 at 8:23 am
Didn’t even need to read it to know who wrote this fascinating piece.
john
Jan 28, 2016 at 10:12 pm
not a great deal has changed on the greens in the last 20 years – maybe 100 year old putter you could argue was designed never even considering the pace and smoothness of todays tour level greens – but in the last 20 years nothing has changed so the putters should be perfect (i’d even say stuff from the 60s/70s would be no issue aside from needing a new grip)
Cares
Jan 28, 2016 at 7:48 pm
Why is this even a story?
Adam
Jan 28, 2016 at 6:58 pm
Perhaps this shows all the club ho’s and club manufacturers its more about the player than the newest equipment.
Travis
Jan 29, 2016 at 9:24 am
We heard you the first time.
KK
Jan 30, 2016 at 1:49 am
Yeah, club manufacturers are trolling Paul Lawrie’s WITB for their design decisions and product cycles. Lame Adam.