Equipment
Bryson DeChambeau’s Winning WITB: 2018 Dell Technologies Championship
Driver: Cobra King F8+(8 degrees)
Shaft: TPT Golf 14 MKP LT prototype
3-wood: Cobra King LTD Black (14.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 85 grams 6.5-flex
Length: 43 inches (tipped 2 inches)
5-wood: Cobra King F8+ Baffler (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 85 grams 6.5-flex
Length: 41 inches (tipped 1 inch)
Irons: Cobra King One Length Utility (4 and 5 iron), Cobra King One Length (6-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X7
Wedges: Cobra King V Grind (50 degrees), Cobra King WideLow Grind (55, 60 degrees)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X7
Putter: SIK tour prototype
Golf Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X
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Equipment
Michael Block spotted with full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons at Valhalla
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.
On Monday at the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, Block had a full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons in the bag.
Block is the first player of many on the PGA TOUR to bag a set of the mysterious “Proto” irons. Rory McIlroy first switched into a “Proto” 4-iron at the Valero Texas Open, and Collin Morikawa followed suit at the 2024 RBC Heritage. Block isn’t using just the 4-iron, though, he’s using a full set to go along with a TaylorMade Stealth UDI driving iron.
Speaking with GolfWRX.com on Monday at the PGA Championship, Block revealed the full backstory.
“I hit a couple super “Proto” irons when I was at the Kingdom (TaylorMade’s fitting facility in Southern California) a couple months ago, and it was a 9-iron that didn’t have any badges or anything on it,” Block said. “I had no idea what it was … It was very similar to what I was using back then, you know, my old MCs, and very similar from the top. I hit it and absolutely loved it. For me to even think about switching irons from the last 11-12 years is crazy.
“I got this set about two weeks ago, and I’m working my way into them. I hit them more solid; it comes off the face more solid. Much higher. I think they’re still slightly too upright for me, so they’re being bent a degree flatter, because they’re going a little too high for me and drawing a little too much. When that starts to happen, I start to drop the club under and compensate too much, so I’m getting them flattened slightly, and I’m going to test them on the range again, and hopefully have them in play on Thursday…
“They go further, and they go higher … that combination is kind of a no-brainer. If I can take a 5-iron from 204 rather than a 4-iron, it’s good on me. It’s going to help me out for sure, especially at a major with the pin locations. Having that height coming in, that descent angle is going to be huge.”
With such new irons in the bag, after using the same irons for over a decade, surely you’d think there will be a bit of a learning curve. Block, however, is finding immediate comfort with the new “Proto” irons.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Whats in the Bag
WITB Time Machine: Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB, 2014 PGA Championship
It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Rory McIlroy outlasted Phil Mickelson at the 2014 PGA Championship. It’s even harder to believe McIlroy hasn’t hoisted a major trophy since his 2014 victory at Valhalla.
After a slow start to his final round, McIlroy tallied an eagle and two birdies on the back nine and his fourth major championship. Take a look at the clubs he played a decade ago in Kentucky.
Driver: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (8.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage XTS 70X
3-wood: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X
5-wood: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (19 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X
Irons: Nike VR Pro Blade (4-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0
Wedges: Nike VR Forged (46, 52, 56, 60 degrees) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Putter: Nike Method 006 Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Ball: Nike RZN Black
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s clubs from 2014 here.
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Whats in the Bag
Tiger Woods WITB 2024 (May)
- Tiger Woods WITB accurate as of the PGA Championship. In-hand photos from 2024 Genesis Open. Check out more photos of Tiger at Valhalla here.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS (10.5 degrees @9.75)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees @13.5)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 X
5-wood: TaylorMade M3 (19 degrees @18.25)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
- Check out more in-hand photos of Tiger Woods’ WITB in the forums.
- Check out more photos of Tiger at Valhalla here.
Irons: 2023 TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7TW (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 Raw (56-12TW, 60-TW11)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Check out more in-hand photos of Tiger Woods’ WITB in the forums.
- Check out more photos of Tiger at Valhalla here.
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS prototype
Grip: Ping PP58 Blackout
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X (2024)
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord 58R
- Check out more in-hand photos of Tiger Woods’ WITB in the forums.
- Check out more photos of Tiger at Valhalla here.
More Tiger Woods WITBs
- Tiger Woods WITB 2024 (February)
- Tiger Woods WITB 2023 (November)
- Tiger Woods WITB 2023 (February)
- Tiger Woods WITB 2022 (December) (new in-hand photos)
- Tiger Woods WITB 2022 (July)
- Tiger Woods WITB at the 2022 PGA Championship (with a new 2-iron!)
- Tiger Woods WITB: 2022 Masters
- Tiger Woods WITB 2021 PNC Championship (new in-hand photos)
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Travis
Sep 9, 2018 at 9:39 pm
Guy has won 3 times and earned his way onto the Ryder Cup team and this is the BEST What’s in the Bag you can do? This site is just getting plain lazy with this stuff…
Nihonsei
Sep 6, 2018 at 8:29 am
3-wood: Cobra King LTD Black (14.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 85 grams 6.5-flex
Length: 43 inches (tipped 2 inches)
5-wood: Cobra King F8+ Baffler (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 85 grams 6.5-flex
Length: 41 inches (tipped 1 inch)
How does the same shaft get tipped 1 inch more and become 2 inches longer?
Capt. Obvious
Sep 19, 2018 at 11:12 am
Butt cut?
Jake DeJong
Sep 6, 2018 at 12:30 am
These aren’t specs. Is this a joke?
golfhiss1212
Sep 23, 2018 at 3:46 am
This article has inspired me to golf and also some minor deficiencies. See more at golf to be more complete
Bobtrumpet
Sep 4, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Are his wedges the same length as the rest of his irons? I don’t recall reading one way or the other.
Douglas Warner
Sep 4, 2018 at 11:46 am
Can anyone please publish Bryson DeChambeau’s putter specs. eg. head, length, lie, grip, etc.
Tim
Sep 4, 2018 at 12:37 pm
Bryson DeChambeau’s SIK Putter: – Pro C-Series (Plumber’s Neck | Line on Top), Matrix LPZ180 Shaft, Super Stroke Flatso 17 XL Grip.
Wiger Toods
Sep 4, 2018 at 7:19 am
All the likes… it wasn’t long ago that he was catching nothing but flak around here for is SLI.
Hypocrites.
2putttom
Sep 4, 2018 at 10:59 am
fickle crowd
TRUMPvsHILLARY
Sep 3, 2018 at 9:29 pm
BAD has 3 wins, Fed Ex Cup Leader and 9 top 10s.
Doober
Sep 3, 2018 at 9:35 pm
Majors mean more than top 10s and analytics. Credit to him going back to back though
~j~
Sep 3, 2018 at 8:07 pm
Player of the tear?
Tom
Sep 3, 2018 at 8:48 pm
Koepka won 2 majors
Doober
Sep 3, 2018 at 9:31 pm
Get out of here if you genuinely think DeChambeau should get the player of the year over Koepka
~j~
Sep 4, 2018 at 12:37 pm
2 majors and a 2nd place finish for Keopka. 6 top-10’s.
3 wins and 9 Top-10 finishes for Bryson.
Majors should not be the de-facto independant factors into winning the PoY. And even if, the US Open this year is a damned wash in my book. I’ve never seen players penalized so much for hitting quality shots into the greens. Could have easily been someone else’s tournament to win than Brooks all based on how lucky one could get at holding the greens. ‘Someone’ had to win.
And at the PGA Championship he had ample oppertunities to put away the field over the weekend yet missed more short putts than I can care to remember. An unspectacular win that was overshadowed on Sunday by the better play of others.
Does Bryson deserve PoY? He’s certainly should be part of the conversation. Should Brooks win PoY defacto based on play of 2 tournaments only? Absolutely NOT.
Cat
Sep 4, 2018 at 12:38 pm
If he wins the FedEx Cup, slam dunk for BAD.
Richard Douglas
Sep 3, 2018 at 10:46 pm
I’m a big fan of BD, but it’s hard to imagine that even winning the FedEx Cup tops two majors.