Equipment
Today from the Forums: “WITB – Wives’ Edition”
Today from the Forums takes us into the bags of the wives of WRXers. WRX member, Yuck, began the discussion and gave us some great insight into the clubs that his wife currently plays:
“My wife is an avid golfer. She started playing about 35 years ago when we were dating. Once the kids were grown, she got better. 5 club championships in the last 10 years at 3 different clubs. She is now in her “early 60’s” and has lost a bit of speed, so she finally replaced a very old set a couple of years ago. She plays men’s senior shafts on all except her three iron, which is a project x 6.0. ( go figure??). She does beat me gross on not so rare occasions. She still shoots upper 70’s on good days.
Here is her WITB for what it’s worth.
- 915 D2 12 degree redboard 60g ( I talked her into giving up her 10.5 degree 975 D driver a few years back) Her Driver speed is down to the high 70’s these days.
- Callaway X 3,5,7 woods, Fujikura Banzai 65g A flex
- Bridgestone Air muscle 3 iron, project X 6.0 ( stolen from my bag a dozen years ago) she calls it her “Tree iron” for hitting low bullets under branches.
- PXG 25 & 28-degree hybrids KBS TGI 60g graphite. A flex
- 7-GW PXG 0311 P, Steelfiber 70i. A flex
- 20-year-old Michela sand wedge. ( she won’t replace this one)
- Highway 101 number 7 style putter. She is a much better putter than me.”
Yuck asks fellow members if any other WRXers’ wife uses “not so generic clubs” and our members divulge the clubs their partners are using in this “WITB – Wives’ Edition.”
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
third-times-a-charm: Quite a few of the ladies at the club have neat bags and are quirky about their selection. I’ve seen PXG stuff and even CF16’s (not counting our LPGA members bags) and lots of ‘mens’ clubs with A/L shafts, but the majority is a mix of old SGI stuff and ‘made for women’ stuff from PING and Cleveland from the early 2000s. My wife is one of the most modern and interesting I’ve seen IMO, mostly from my being on here and playing ‘personal clubfitter’ for her.
She has:
- Mizuno ST190 10.5 Driver / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 43″ (We just moved to this from the JPX900 440cc driver, and she gained almost 20 yds)
- Mizuno JPX900 3-wood / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 42″ (She won’t let this go, it’s her ‘magic’ 3 wood)
- Mizuno JPX900 4H and 5H / Fujikura Pro L Flex Shafts
- Nike Vapor Speed 6-PW (She cycles the 5i in and out of the bag with her 5h depending on conditions, she used to play both of them, but I made her take one out as to focus on being good with just one of them)
- Cleveland CBX 52 and 56 Wedges with KBS Tour Wedge shafts (She will be switching these out to the Callaway MD5 JAWS wedges w/ Catalyst 6.0 Mens graphite shafts as soon as I can find a deal on them)
- PING G Le Oslo Putter
- Bridgestone E6 Lady balls
- Nike Sport Lite II bag (she walks 9 holes by herself sometimes)
….and she shot her first 95 again (gross) last weekend after our first kid earlier this year.”
player12: “My wife started playing when she retired at age 48…former college bb coach, can shoot the heck out of free throws/3 pt range; but a sport such as golf was quite foreign initially. She started with my old TM MCG 5-PW and TM woods re shafted for her length and SW. Started at 30hc index..stuck with it (never thought she would). shes now a 14.5 index and moved on to:
- Callaway Fusion 13.5 45.5 Recoil 450 F2
- Callaway X2Hot 15 43 Aldila ATX 55 SR flex
- 3,4,5 Callaway 2018 Big Bertha Hybrids Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* lie up)
- Callaway 6-AW 2018 Big Bertha Irons Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* Lie up)
- Callaway Mack 3 54 (bent to 55) and 58 (both 1/2 in long)
- Odyssey 2-ball Putter (won in a giveaway and won’t part with it)
- Callaway Supersoft, Bridgestone E6, and she also likes Kirklands
A million shirts, shorts, skirts and pants and more shoes than I can count..and most of all, a whole large box of TPC Players caps.”
ChipNRun: My wife uses Adams Idea – Petite boxed set, which she got fitted for in 2014. She’s only 4-foot-9, so the female player’s rep at Golf Galaxy made three coordination calls with the factory in Ft. Worth regarding the fitting. For one thing, Adams was able to flatten lie slightly on irons, and on long-hosel hybrids too.
Adams sent her clubs “grips in the box” to GG so the rep could do a final fitting. Good move, she needed another half-inch off each shaft for a good fit.
Club mix:
- 12°
Driver(she uses 3W off, even hits her 5W longer. She leaves driver at home. I may have to contact Maltby/GolfWorks for cure. Their L-Tech model has a 15° driver with some extra-light shafts). - 3-5-7W (45-gram Idea shafts)
- 5, 6 Hy (50-gram Idea shafts)
- 7i-SW (50-gram Idea shafts)
- Adams Yes! C-Groove putter.
- Callaway Extra Lite 4.0 carry bag | Footjoy golf shoes | Pinnacle Soft golf balls | Assorted gloves.”
wchahn: “Here’s my wife’s set up – she was fit at Club Champion
- Callaway Rogue Driver 12.5 – Grand Bassara shaft
- Callaway Rogue 4 wood – Grand Bassara shaft
- Callaway Rogue hybrids 19, 22 – Fujikura Vista Pro shafts
- Callaway Rogue Pro 5-GW – Fujikura Vista Pro
- Vega 54 wedge
- Cleveland 56 sand wedge
- PXG Brandon putter
She tried a bunch of super GI irons and hated them but loves her Rogue Pros.”
Entire Thread: “WITB – Wives’ Edition”
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Whats in the Bag
Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2024 (April)
- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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Equipment
What’s the perfect mini-driver/shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/26/24): Artisan 0521 custom putter
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for an Artisan 0521 custom putter
From the seller: (@Nobody2): “$775 -Artisan 0521 custom putter PVD (black finish) with sweep neck hosel. There are no personal stampings other than my player # in very small print on the side of the hosel (all Artisan products have this along with the date it was made). This putter looks absolutely amazing and has only been used for 3 rounds. It has a black steel shaft and has a very Cam Smith look to it. The putter looks new and has no wear marks anywhere on the putter. It comes with extra weights (one set of of 5 gram weights and one set of 15 gram weights). The head cover is a a navy blue ‘quilted blade putter cover.’ If you are wondering why I am selling…I flat out have the yips and the only thing saving me is a broomstick. New, this putter is $1085, so if the specs work for you (grip, length and lie can certainly be tweaked) it will save you some good money and 2 month wait time.
Specs:
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Artisan 0521 custom putter
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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JP
Feb 4, 2020 at 7:36 pm
What is that black and purple Taylormade putter pictured? My wife would love that. How do I get one for her?
Madeline Morgan
Feb 4, 2020 at 2:05 pm
I recognize that we’re in the minority here but there are a few of us women who read the forum, too, me being one of them. So I’ll speak for myself. Top to bottom my bag, which, by the way, is a very pretty Sun Mountain bag mounted on a Clicgear pushcart, looks like this—Srixon Z765 11 deg driver with Fubuki Z 60g reg shaft, Sonartec SS-07 16 deg 4 wood with Oban Devotion 65g firm shaft, Wilson Fybrid 19.5 deg 5 wood with Oban Devotion 65g firm shaft, Ping I20 23 deg hybrid with Project X Black 75g firm shaft, Mizuno MP-18 SC irons 5-PW with NS Pro 950 GH reg shafts, Miura 1957 Series 51, 55, 59 deg wedges with NS Pro 950GH reg shafts, Ping Anser III putter. I took up the game when I was in my late 50’s and at 70 still play off a 5-ish hcp. And though I wouldn’t call myself a gearhead, exactly, I do take the game seriously and enjoy playing it with high quality equipment.
KDP
Feb 4, 2020 at 8:20 pm
Thats a sweet set up! Im a big fan of the Ping-Mizuno-Miura combo.
Madeline Morgan
Feb 6, 2020 at 7:33 pm
Thanks. And you’re exactly right about the Mizuno/Miura thing. Both clean, simple, and elegant, both precisely forged, both impeccably finished. And as pure a strike as any clubs made.