Equipment
Former employee at “The Oven” confirms Nike made Tiger’s TGR blade irons
The only equipment story that has mattered over the past few days is Tiger Woods’ new “TGR” blade prototype irons. Tiger showed up to his clinic in California with irons we had never seen before, and we asked our GolfWRX Members which manufacturer they thought made the irons.
As it turns out, GolfWRX Members may be even more knowledgeable than we thought. Based on the back cavity, the finish, and the font of the numbers stamped on the soles, 40 percent of GolfWRX members said the TGR irons were made by Nike.
Our inside source, who worked in Nike’s “The Oven” in Fort Worth, Texas, confirmed that the TGR prototype blades were in fact made by Nike.
“Those TGR blades are sweet,” our source told us. “Yes, I do know what they are. We made them for him before we were done at Nike. They are special and it was a tough project emotionally to give them the focus and passion that we always had while wondering if these would be the last we might make for him ever.”
Since Nike Golf got out of the hard goods business, it is likely those were the last irons ever made for Tiger by Nike.
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Whats in the Bag
Drew Brees WITB 2024 (April)
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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)
Mini driver: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper (13.5 degrees)
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees)
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (4-8, PW), TaylorMade P760 (9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09, 56-10, 60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 Prototype
Check out more in-hand photos of Drew Brees’ clubs here.
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Equipment
Putter Roundup: 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
We always get some great photos of some phenomenal putters at tour events and love to share them. Here are a few from the 2024 Zurich Classic that caught our eye and seemed interesting. (And as a reminder, you can check out all our photos from New Orleans here)
MJ Daffue’s Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype
MJ is going with the new Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype this week. The putter is a multi-piece mallet that puts an emphasis on stability with the wings on the back. Daffue’s putter does have a design that differs from retail with a monotone finish, which eliminates the black paint on the aluminum parts that we see at retail. He also has a half siteline milled into the top and an L-neck welded on for some additional toe hang. The face features a deeper milling that should offer a softer feel and slightly quieter sound.
Scotty Cameron T-7.5 Prototype
We spotted a few different Scotty Cameron Phantom models with modified rear flanges. It looks like the straight black flange was cut into a half circle for a little softer look at address. On this T-7.5, you can still see the raw aluminum from the back view, so this might have been a last-minute job to get them out on tour. The semi-circle also has a white line on it, maybe to frame the ball differently.
Alex Fitzpatrick’s Bettinardi SS16 DASS
Alex’s SS16 is made from Bettinardi’s famous D.A.S.S., or double-aged stainless steel, for a softer and more responsive feel. The face has a unique diamond pattern milling and features a logo that I feel like I have seen before, but can’t put a name to. The putter is a classic mid-mallet style with a simple, single white siteline on the top. The sole is clean with just the SS16, DASS, and a green triangle logo on it.
Steve Stricker’s Odyssey White Hot No. 2
This putter has made some amazing putts in its long career! Stricker’s White Hot No. 2 might be in the top 10 of most famous putters in golf. When you see all the dents and lead tape, you know the heel will be up and it will be sinking putts! The soft White Hot insert looks to be in good shape and has less wear on it than the rest of the putter. We don’t know how much lead tape is on the sole, but it has to be multiple layers compacted down over the years.
Doug Ghim’s Scotty Cameron T-7 Prototype
This T-7 should win the award for “best color finish” in this list with its deep chromatic bronze. It looks like Scotty added a cherry bomb dot to the heel of the deep-milled face and filled it with a very dark blue paint. The rest of the putter looks pretty stock with its single site line on the topline and twin site lines down the “fangs” of the putter. Twin 5-gram weights are installed in the sole and the putter is finished off with a gloss black double bend shaft with a fill shaft offset.
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Equipment
Spotted: Project X Denali hybrid shaft
Project X’s Denali wood shafts have been seen in more and more golf bags this year as we start off the season. As a refresher, Denali Blue is the mid-launch and mid-spin model while Denali Black is for players seeking lower launch and spin.
Denali combines great feel with stability and increased ball speed. Currently, Project X only offers Denali Blue and Black in wood shafts, but we spotted a hybrid shaft in Daniel Berger’s bag at the 2024 Zurich Classic.
The shaft looks to be a Denali Blue 105G – HY in TX flex. No word on details from Project X yet but we can assume that this is a mid-launching shaft that weighs around 105 grams in Tour X-Stiff flex.
Berger has this shaft in his TaylorMade P770 3-iron, likely for some added launch and spin to hold the green from longer distances.
Hopefully, this means we will see some more shafts coming under the Denali name in the future, as I think many of us would like to try one in a hybrid or utility iron!
- Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic
- Check out in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s full WITB here.
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joe
Mar 26, 2018 at 12:11 pm
I love that Tiger is back. But Tiger will never win a major ever again. Too many great players and he can’t keep a driver in play. Today’s professional venues require long drives for the most part, it’s sad but a major for Tiger not ever going to happen.
judi cepat kaya
Jan 8, 2018 at 11:34 pm
Get a life guys. No importance who ever did these clubs for Tiger.
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Oct 31, 2017 at 6:12 am
It’s genuinely very difficult in this full of activity life to listen news on TV, thus I only
use internet for that reason, and take the latest news.
baba booey
Oct 16, 2017 at 9:27 am
He needs GI Pings (7-pw) with soft graphite senior shaft, not those old skool, will bust his back. Rest of the bag sb hybrids.
Scott
Oct 15, 2017 at 3:07 pm
Yawn
Doug
Oct 16, 2017 at 12:57 pm
I would advise you to avoid clicking on articles in the future that are boring to you or make you yawn. You’re a bad person.
Mr. Replier Guy
Oct 16, 2017 at 9:44 pm
lol
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:32 pm
“If this is it, he (Woods) doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone,” McIlroy said, via golfchannel.com . “He can walk away from this game with his head held extremely high and he’s done wonders for this game. I don’t think there’s a single figure in golf who did more for the game in terms of bringing different age groups of people into the game, different ethnicities, different age groups and made golf cool in the ’90s, when it really needed an injection of something.
Jack
Oct 27, 2017 at 4:25 am
Successful people like Tiger never did it for others. His drive is only for himself and thus he just wants to show himself that he can still do it. It’s the confidence and self belief that drove him to the mount rushmore of golf. He fell off track becoming the greatest ever but he’s close.
Of course I’m just guessing, but this is a common trait for success.
Harvey Weinsten
Oct 15, 2017 at 10:15 am
When are you going to make me a set, Eldrick?
The dude
Oct 15, 2017 at 9:28 am
Please take down this article……..please 🙂
Doug
Oct 16, 2017 at 12:54 pm
You’re an awful person. Don’t click on articles you don’t want to read.
Mr Muira
Oct 15, 2017 at 2:44 am
Will they fix his knee?…no….thanks for the memories.
JT
Oct 14, 2017 at 2:29 pm
I agree that there has been no other equipment news that mattered. I’m thrilled to hear they were made by Nike but I wonder: why didn’t/hasn’t TM made any clubs specifically for Tiger? Were these clubs made before/during/after the announcement?
Absolutely beautiful clubs.
UnclePhil
Oct 14, 2017 at 6:27 am
And this is relevant why?! Eldrick’s new irons will not see the light of a cut day! GO AWAY!
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:21 pm
Tiger will be back! Acceptance is power ????
Doug
Oct 16, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Don’t click on the article then. You go away. You’re a bad person.
Mike B
Mar 18, 2018 at 2:07 pm
Don’t reply, if you are saying the same thing, over and over………
TigersArmy
Oct 14, 2017 at 5:32 am
Get a life guys. No importance who ever did these clubs for Tiger.
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Amen!????
Doug
Oct 16, 2017 at 12:52 pm
Don’t click on the article then. You’re a bad person.
Mike B
Mar 18, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Hey Dougie, get off your knees.
Jer
Oct 14, 2017 at 3:26 am
No wonder they’re so fugly
Sims
Oct 14, 2017 at 12:53 am
I thought the better one was the golfer that gave his endorsement money back to Callaway and went back to his Taylormades. Was missing to many cuts with his Callaways and lost his card, Callaway should be toasting with champagne after “Loosing” that guy…..with his attitude he will be an also ran on the Dot. Com tour…
rymail00
Oct 13, 2017 at 9:28 pm
I’m not saying they are not the same clubs, that’s for sure. But it seems the muscle on the toe is much higher than the 6 iron pic. I suppose maybe the higher muscle on the PW is higher to promote lower launch…? Like I said I’m not saying it’s not the same, but the lines do look a little different…
Regardless interested to hear some official details eventually.
rymail00
Oct 13, 2017 at 9:30 pm
Looking again maybe it’s the angle the pic of PW and 6 iron, that makes the toe muscle look higher?
Dj
Oct 13, 2017 at 11:15 pm
That’s how the vr pros are—the muscle progressively gets higher in the shorter irons
rymail00
Oct 14, 2017 at 6:25 pm
Cool thanks for clarifying it for me. I was never really up on all of Nike’s clubs, especially their blades.
Andrew
Oct 13, 2017 at 7:27 pm
And exactly why do we/I care……? To me the “only equipment story that mattered over the past few days” was Sergio leaving TM.
Maruman
Oct 14, 2017 at 5:11 am
if you don’t care…don’t post…idiotic to do so
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Wow!???? That’s absolutely what I was thinking when I read his post!
If he doesn’t care… why post or even comment?
MB
Oct 13, 2017 at 5:25 pm
So they’re Endo forged
The dude
Oct 13, 2017 at 8:25 pm
Exxxxxactly……
tom1
Oct 14, 2017 at 9:22 am
with Surin ore, mined by Bangladesh man, smelted in Guangzhou, by a Manila refugee and then off to Endo.
OB
Oct 13, 2017 at 4:49 pm
I weep for Tiger and Nike …. boohoo boohoo …. 🙁
tom1
Oct 14, 2017 at 9:05 am
Tiger is heavily invested in Nike. Stands to reason that the equipment partnership still stands
Jack
Oct 15, 2017 at 1:44 am
It make sense only cuz he’s not back yet. Why make clubs when he’s not playing? And it’s unlikely he will get his signature line if he won’t be playing as he never established himself playing TM on tour.
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Please don’t boohoo, right now.
Tiger’s return will command all of your applause & boohoos
4under68
Mar 19, 2018 at 10:24 pm
Bam. You called it. Where’s the haters at now!? Back is good to go. Tiger in contention the last couple weeks. Vegas has him to win the Masters. Life could only get better if he does in fact win the Masters! He’s hunting. And hungry. Tiger on the prowl.
Vvictoria Washington
Oct 15, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Wow!???? That’s absolutely what I was thinking when I read his post!
If he doesn’t care… why post or even comment?
M. Vegas
Oct 13, 2017 at 3:29 pm
Bud light usually makes my ball marker