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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Equipment
Why Rory McIlroy will likely use the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper at the RBC Heritage
Although we spotted Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper last week during practice rounds at the Masters, he ultimately didn’t decide to use the club in competition.
It seems that will change this week at the 2024 RBC Heritage, played at the short-and-tight Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head.
When asked on Wednesday following his morning Pro-Am if he’d be using the new, nostalgic BRNR Copper this week, McIlroy said, “I think so.”
“I like it,” McIlroy told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday regarding the BRNR. “This would be a good week for it.”
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According to Adrian Rietveld, the Senior Manager of Tour at TaylorMade, the BRNR Mini Driver can help McIlroy position himself properly off the tee at the tight layout.
Here’s what Rietveld told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday:
“For someone like Rory, who’s that long at the top end of the bag, and then you put him on a course like Harbour Town, it’s tough off the tee. It’s tight into the greens, and you have to put yourself in position off the tee to have a shot into the green. It kind of reminds me of Valderrama in Spain, where you can be in the fairway and have no shot into the green.
“I’m caddying for Tommy [Fleetwood] this week, so I was walking the course last night and looking at a few things. There’s just such a small margin for error. You can be standing in the fairway at 300 yards and have a shot, but at 320 you don’t. So if you don’t hit a perfect shot, you could be stuck behind a tree. And then if you’re back at 280, it might be a really tough shot into the small greens.
“So for Rory [with the BRNR], it’s a nice course-specific golf club for him. He’s got both shots with it; he can move it right-to-left or left-to-right. And the main thing about this club has been the accuracy and the dispersion with it. I mean, it’s been amazing for Tommy.
“This was the first event Tommy used a BRNR last year, and I remember talking to him about it, and he said he couldn’t wait to play it at Augusta next year. And he just never took it out of the bag because he’s so comfortable with it, and hitting it off the deck.
“So you look at Rory, and you want to have the tools working to your advantage out here, and the driver could hand-cuff him a bit with all of the shots you’d have to manufacture.”
So, although McIlroy might not be making a permanent switch into the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper, he’s likely to switch into it this week.
His version is lofted at 13.5 degrees, and equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7X shaft.
See more photos of Rory testing the BRNR Mini here
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Spotted: TaylorMade P-UDI driving iron
It seems like the RBC Heritage is full of new gear to be spotted, and you can add TaylorMade’s P-UDI utility irons to that list.
We spotted a 17-degree P-UDI 2-iron in Nick Dunlap’s bag yesterday, and now have some photos of both the 3- and 4-irons. Nick has his P-UDI 2-iron setup with a Project X HZRDUS Black 4th Gen 105g TX shaft.
From what we can tell, this new P-UDI utility iron looks to have some of the usual TaylorMade technology as we can see the Speed Slot on the sole of the club for additional face flexibility. A toe screw is usually used to close off the hollow body design that will probably be filled with a version of TaylorMade’s Speed Foam that is present in the current iron lineup. This hollow body, foam-filled design should offer additional ball speed, soft feel, and sound, as well as an optimized CG for ball flight.
“Forged” is etched into the hosel, so we can assume that either the face, body, or both are forged for a soft and responsive feel. The club looks good from behind and at address, where we can see just a little offset and a topline that I would consider medium thickness. We don’t have the full details on what is under the hood or how many loft options will be available yet.
TaylorMade P-UDI 3-iron – 20°
TaylorMade P-UDI 4-iron – 22°
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Whats in the Bag
Collin Morikawa WITB 2024 (April)
- Collin Morikawa what’s in the bag accurate as of the RBC Heritage. More photos from the event here.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 60 TX (45 inches)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (4), P7MC (5-6), P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Mid 115 X100 (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (7-PW)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-SB09, 56-LB08), TaylorMade MG4 TW (60-TW11)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Soto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
Grips: Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
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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…. 😮