Equipment
14-year-old hybrid in play at Q-School
Australian Steve Allan finished first at the PGA Tour Q-School 12 years ago. He’s back at the Q-School Finals this year at PGA West in La Quinta. Calif., armed with a club that predates his Q-School win — a TaylorMade Firesole “Rescue” Hybrid with a “Bubble” shaft that was introduced in 1999.
Take a look at the almost 15-year-old technology Allan brought with him to the PGA Tour Q-School Finals this week at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., as well as the photos below of what a Firesole Rescue looks like when it still has its paint and its stampings intact.
Click here to see more photos from Q-School, and Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/pre-release equipment” forum.
Click here to see more photos from Q-School, and Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/pre-release equipment” forum.
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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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- 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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- 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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Dennis Clark
Jul 8, 2014 at 2:07 pm
If you’ve made it to the final stage of Q school good chance your equipment is working pretty well.
Straightdriver235
Jul 2, 2014 at 10:13 pm
I don’t get it. What is the deal? There’s many old clubs superior to the newer ones. These pros are generally paid to play stuff, but many serious players use old equipment quite effectively. You are pretty much a fool if you are buying clubs not two or three years old at the least. My Sonartec 18* hybrid is older than this, well used… and looks much better. It has always striped the ball, so why would I want to change it? I was using a Tommy Armour Ironmaster from the late 1930s until recently. I simply found it better than any other putter I ever tried.
hawkeye3743
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:42 pm
HMMM, so newer is always better. And that old Bubble Shaft was a great shaft, too bad they quit it. I have a few new heads. Probably worth Millions if he is a success. LOL
West
May 2, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Wow, I’m just amazed at the fact he still uses the same shaft after all these years, in a stiff-flex no less. Also, that club face looks way closed? Anyways, to each their own, no “right” way to play the game…
Max
May 1, 2014 at 12:58 pm
I still have on of those, in brand new condition. Never played it but will give it a try the next time.
Walter
Apr 22, 2014 at 1:37 pm
I’ve been playing mine for years and when it started to look like this one I sanded the head. Looks awesome.
grexa
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:20 pm
It shows the confidence in the equipment a player is comfortable with. It also shows how it’s the indian, not always the arrow.
Tom McCarthy
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:10 am
Still playing my Taylormade Rescue club I bought on an American Express points promotion about 12 years ago. What a great club!
3putt18
Nov 28, 2012 at 5:59 pm
I had 2 of these clubs. I sold them both last year. They were/ are great clubs.
northhighlandway12
Nov 28, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but, weren’t the majority of clubs, way back in the birth days of golf,
wooden shaped heads with lofts that resembled todays 7-irons, 6,5, etc. Why are people calling hybrids, new technology?
Shallowface
Dec 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm
You’re right, and we’re certainly headed back in that direction.
I don’t think we’re too far from the day where the only iron in an average player’s bag will be a sand wedge. Everything else will be a hybrid of some sort.
The long iron just wasn’t a good idea for most. I enjoy shopping thrift stores, and every now and then I’ll see a ladies forged blade two iron from the 1960s.
What were they thinking?
Dalton
Nov 28, 2012 at 11:46 am
I wish today’s hybrid’s were all as small profile as this original. I’ve still got one of these in my attic. May be time to break it back out!
Omar R.
Nov 27, 2012 at 10:04 pm
needs to go to continental golf
Greg M.
Nov 27, 2012 at 6:19 pm
maybe this hybrid is to Steve as the 7 iron is to Tin Cup! …old reliable
Mike D.
Nov 27, 2012 at 5:43 pm
The groove rule doesn’t apply to clubs with less than 24 degrees of loft.
Jake03331
Nov 27, 2012 at 4:51 pm
@Rick, the grooves back in 1999 were not of the same design as more recent years and those no banned under the “conforming groove” debate. Most irons still rocked V grooves, so this club would be good to go.
Rick
Nov 27, 2012 at 4:46 pm
What about the recent rule on the grooves shape?
Is this “Rescue” still conforming?
Rus
Nov 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm
It looks like he lost the H/C in 2000… Put an old sock or somethin on it!
CA
Nov 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm
+100000000000
John
Nov 27, 2012 at 10:36 am
Says a lot about my addiction of buying into new equipment frenzy…My wife is absolutely right, I’m an idiot.
purkjason
Apr 21, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Haha … it’s the opposite in my house. My wife will always buy the new crap. Whereas I’m cool with my reliable Maltby Equipment.
Shallowface
Dec 16, 2014 at 7:46 pm
That Maltby gear is some of the best you’ll find anywhere. Great design through sound engineering principles.