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Henrik Stenson will no longer play his trusty 3-wood; will use an Epic Flash Sub Zero at Houston Open

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Ahead of this week’s Houston Open, Henrik Stenson has revealed that he will no longer carry his trusty Callaway Diablo Octane Tour 3-wood.

As initially reported by PGA Tour’s Andrew Tursky, Stenson made the decision after the clubface on his newest Diablo Octane Tour 3-wood became damaged at last month’s BMW PGA Championship. The 43-year-old had twice previously replaced the 3-wood with newer versions due to wear and tear.

The Swede is still testing fairway woods to replace his iconic 3-wood permanently but will put Callaway’s 13.5-degree Epic Flash Sub Zero with a Project X HZRDUS Yellow prototype shaft (painted blue) in play this week in Houston.

Speaking to PGATour.com ahead of the change, Stenson stated

“I knew long before I gave up on it that the new technology was better and more efficient. When the other one broke in 2017, in February, I was out at a tournament in Dubai and I had to put (a new fairway wood) in; that thing that I put in for that week was much hotter.

“I think the efficiency of this new one will probably be better than the one I had been using. The old stuff is out and the new stuff is in.”

Photos of Stenson’s new Epic Flash  

Check out Henrik Stenson’s full WITB in our forums.

 

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Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected].

6 Comments

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  1. jgpl001

    Oct 10, 2019 at 5:29 am

    Now he should consider an iron upgrade..

  2. Arnie

    Oct 9, 2019 at 4:45 pm

    Looks like Stenson has a non-adjustable hosel which is different from the retail version. The jailbreak technology is awesome.

  3. Jim

    Oct 9, 2019 at 3:40 pm

    “New & Improved” will get them every time. If it wasn’t made in the last 3 months or so, it’s “old school” and clearly worthless.

  4. Jeff

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    Time to put your old diablo octane 3 woods on ebay with a price markup

  5. Andreas

    Oct 9, 2019 at 9:36 am

    Give it six weeks

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Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)

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  • Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.

Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX

3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX

Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX

Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130

Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.

 

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Rory McIlroy WITB 2024 (April)

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  • Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. 

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour

Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.

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Spotted: Nate Lashley’s Ping PLD “Wolverine” putter

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Ping PLD putters have been a very common site on profesional tours. Pros seem to gravitate toward the PLD line’s custom options and precision milling. We have seen the PLD line expanded over the years, but we haven’t seen too many, if any, large mallets.

This week we spotted a PLD putter in Nate Lashley’s bag that has a similar look to the old Ping Wolverine head shape. This putter is a large mallet with the famous “claws” on the outside and oval center that housed the alignment aid.

Nick’s putter has the PLD logo on the back but also looks like it might have an insert installed on the face. It is hard to tell but at the address picture, it looks like the face is a lighter material than the rest of the putters. The putter is center-shafted and should be face-balanced with a high MOI for stability and forgiveness on mishits. The sole is completely milled and has no markings of name or technologies that might be present in the head. A single white site line is on the top of the putter for alignment.

Nick’s putter is finished off with a chrome steel shaft and a Super Stroke Zenergy Flatso 2.0 grip in black and white.

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