Equipment
SPOTTED: Titleist TS2 and TS3 fairway woods
Two weeks ago at the 2018 U.S. Open, Titleist started its “tour validation” process with the new TS2 and TS3 drivers — here’s a list of players who made the switch that week. Today, at the 2018 Quicken Loans National, Titleist is starting the same process with new TS2 and TS3 fairway woods.
According to Titleist, the validation process will take weeks or months, but that it will keep us updated on its social channels.
“This process will continue over the coming weeks and months across the worldwide professional tours. We will provide additional updates throughout the process at titleist.com and on Titleist’s social channels using the hashtag #TSproject.” You can check out updates here, as well.
Check out more photos of the new Titleist fairway woods and join the discussion in our forums.
Titleist TS2 fairway woods
Titleist TS3 fairway woods
Check out more photos of the new Titleist fairway woods and join the discussion in our forums.
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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.
- Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic
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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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Travis
Sep 12, 2018 at 9:12 pm
What’s the CC on the 5-woods? If it’s still 175cc that’s awfully huge for a 5W…
dmarabella13
Jun 26, 2018 at 12:45 pm
I’m not a fan of the TS3 design, and it’s a shame because i do enjoy the SureFit CG
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Jun 26, 2018 at 12:01 pm
Those shiny black heads makes me feel like a big stud pounding that pretty lil’ white ball.
Chris Pierson
Jun 26, 2018 at 9:15 am
looks like a Tour Edge Exotics offering IMO
bogeypro
Jun 25, 2018 at 11:35 pm
I was really hoping they would drop that recoil channel. It just feels horrible to me.
Brian_B
Jun 25, 2018 at 9:03 pm
They look great. It’s nice Titleist hasn’t changed the adapter like so many other companies have done at some point (well at least since the 910 anyway).
Brian
BigBoy
Jun 25, 2018 at 5:19 pm
40 yards longer?
ogo
Jun 25, 2018 at 2:53 pm
Tour players will quickly switch brands after they see bigger beef $$$$$$ … 😛
Matt
Jun 25, 2018 at 11:50 am
You just can’t beat a Titleist fairway wood’s look at address.
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Jun 25, 2018 at 4:54 pm
I’ll wait for TS4 and TS5… after they work out the kinks from these old models and issue new and improved tour-tested models.
ogo
Jun 25, 2018 at 11:08 am
Those sole fangs will grab and devour the innocent helpless ball and fling it far far down the fairway…. believe it, gearheadbaters…. 😮