Equipment
Spotted: Callaway X Series drivers hit the USGA conforming clubs list
As of Monday, Feb. 19, new Callaway X Series drivers (9.5 and 10.5 degrees) appear on the USGA Conforming Clubs list. Here is the full photo and description as they appear on the USGA website:
There’s not much to go on here based on the photo or description. All we know is that the drivers are called “X Series” and that there’s a Chevron alignment mark. Not very helpful.
What we can guess, however, is that these X Series drivers will be a follow-up to the company’s X Series 416 drivers, which were lower-end releases that focused on distance and forgiveness at a lower price point. The X Series 416 drivers had an adjustable hosel, while it appears the new X Series drivers do not.
What do you think about these new X Series drivers?
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Equipment
Rickie Fowler’s new putter: Standard-length Odyssey Jailbird 380 in custom orange
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
…The Jailbird craze hasn’t really slowed down in 2024, either. According to Odyssey rep Joe Toulon, there are about 18-20 Jailbird putter users on the PGA TOUR.
Most recently, Akshay Bhatia won the 2024 Valero Texas Open using a broomstick-style Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter and Webb Simpson is switching into a replica of that putter at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Now, Fowler, who essentially started the whole Jailbird craze, is making a significant change to his putter setup.
Fowler, who has had a couple weeks off since the 2024 RBC Heritage, started experimenting with a new, custom-orange Jailbird 380 head that’s equipped with a standard 35-inch putter build, rather than his previous 38-inch counter-balanced setup.
According to Fowler, while he still likes the look and forgiveness of his Jailbird putter head, he’s looking to re-incorporate more feel into his hands during the putting stroke.
He told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that the 38-inch counterbalanced setup “served its purpose” by helping him to neutralize his hands during the stroke, but now it’s time to try the standard-length putter with a standard-size SuperStroke Pistol Tour grip to help with his feel and speed control.
Although Fowler was also spotted testing standard-length mallets from L.A.B. Golf and Axis1 on Tuesday, he confirmed that the custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 is the putter he’ll use this week at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Whats in the Bag
Akshay Bhatia WITB 2024 (May)
- Akshay Bhatia what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. Bhatia is deciding between drivers. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Max LS (9 degrees @7.2, 2 grams lead tape heel, 4 grams toe)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X (44 7/8 inches, tipped 1 inch)
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D (9 degrees @7)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (15 degrees @13.9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X (43 inches, tipped 1.5)
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW Prototype (19 degrees @17.8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X
Irons: Callaway X Forged UT (21 degrees) Buy here, Callaway Apex TCB Raw (5-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 125 S+
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S @49, 54-10S, 60-08C @61)
Shafts: KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 135 X
Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Split
Grips: Iomic
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
More photos of Akshay Bhatia’s WITB in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Emiliano Grillo WITB 2024 (May)
- Emiliano Grillo what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
5-wood: Cobra LTDx Prototype (18.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Callaway MD3 Milled (46-08S), Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S, 54-10S, 60-08T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Flatso 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Emiliano Grillo’s clubs here.
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steve
Feb 21, 2018 at 6:59 pm
I’ll wait for the XXX Series Cally driver…. more potent than the X-out model.
Robert Parsons
Feb 21, 2018 at 12:48 pm
It’s going to be 2-3 degrees closed.
Jooma
Feb 20, 2018 at 10:08 pm
Who is going to buy something that is inferior to everything on the golf market now?
The idea is just ridiculous! Saving $100 and having that feeling all season? What about your playing friends looking at what you are playing with? It will be a total flop!
mlb
Feb 20, 2018 at 8:42 pm
Well it’s on their website?
http://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-clubs/additional/drivers-2016-x-series-n416.html
Robert Parsons
Feb 21, 2018 at 12:50 pm
How is that the same? One is adjustable, one is not. Different drivers. Read the story again.
Speedy
Feb 20, 2018 at 3:25 pm
Back to the future with non-adjustable drivers.
Bananana
Feb 20, 2018 at 5:30 pm
I need to dial out my slice…. really badly …. 😮
Confukus
Feb 19, 2018 at 11:14 pm
Lead tape will do wonders on the Cally X Series driver …. on the heel for draw and on the toe for fade… or is it the other way around … 😮
G
Feb 19, 2018 at 8:01 pm
I would think it’s for Dick’s Sporting Goods? Taylormade has a similar model at Dick’s. Low price point and it says Taylormade on it.
Charlie
Feb 22, 2018 at 3:19 pm
This is absolutely what this is. Either Dick’s or Costco or some complete box set driver they needed to clear the conforming list.
SV
Feb 19, 2018 at 6:42 pm
Not much to go on. But nonadjustable drivers are making more sense to me. Let fitters use them to dial in what is needed and then provide the club that corresponds. This keeps people from changing things when they don’t know what the are doing (me) and screwing things up.
steve
Feb 21, 2018 at 7:02 pm
Do you see the subliminal message? X Series… Series X… SX… 😮