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Tiger puts a Covert 3 Wood in play at Augusta

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Our boots on the ground at Augusta National have confirmed that Tiger Woods is using a Nike VR_S Covert 3 Wood in Round 1 of the Masters, which he used to hit his first tee shot of the tournament.

According to Nike’s website, Woods is playing a 15-degree Covert (the non-Tour model), the same version as Woods’ VR_S Covert 19-degree 5 wood that he put in the bag at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral.

Nike Golf’s twitter account tweeted a picture of the club this morning, saying, “The high draw demands Covert. The 3-wood that joins @TigerWoods bag.”

The non-Tour versions of Nike’s Covert fairway woods do not feature an adjustable hosel, which Woods has never used in competition. Click here to see a full photo gallery and spec list of Tiger’s equipment. 

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The photo indicates that Woods is using the same shaft, his trusty Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Board 103X, which he’s been using in his Nike VR Pro Limited Edition 3 wood and previous fairway woods for several years.

Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/Pre-release equipment” forum.

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  1. lance

    Apr 12, 2013 at 8:19 am

    I don’t see tiger switching his current driver out of the bag anytime soon!!

    • Shiga78

      Apr 13, 2013 at 10:18 pm

      I have the same driver head and shaft that Tiger is using. VR Tour with 420 cc head with a GD Tour AD DI 6 X, and I see why he still hits this driver. The head and shaft combo is amazing. Shaping the ball is so much easier. Nike clubs are so underrated…..TM, Callaway and Ping are way OVER rated….Rocketballs-ier? You gotta be kidding me.

  2. Jack

    Apr 11, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Interesting, so if he switches to the driver he would play the non tour version as well? Less adjustability but more spin too?

    • Brian

      Apr 12, 2013 at 7:19 am

      More likely, he would test an adjustable version, figure out how he likes it, and then they’d build several non adjustable versions at that setting and he’d choose from those.

  3. Callaway X Hot

    Apr 11, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    When is he going to put the Covert driver in the bag???

    • phase3golf

      Apr 11, 2013 at 5:21 pm

      Adjustable in Tigers bag? Not likely…

  4. Billy

    Apr 11, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    @Craig Vogt – I believe the performance version has slightly higher launch/spin characteristics than the tour version.

  5. craig vogt

    Apr 11, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    Other than the adjustability what differences are there in the non tour vs tour FW coverts?

    • Blanco

      Apr 11, 2013 at 3:38 pm

      Smaller head, different paint, probably more fwd CG. Lower launching version of the Kuro Kage I believe.

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Spotted: Tommy Fleetwood’s TaylorMade Spider Tour X Prototype putter

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Tommy Fleetwood has been attached to his Odyssey White Hot Pro #3 putter for years now. However, this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, we did spot him testing a new putter that is very different, yet somewhat similar, to his current gamer.

This new putter is a TaylorMade Spider Tour X head but with a brand new neck we haven’t seen on a Spider before. A flow neck is attached to the Spider head and gives the putter about a 1/2 shaft offset. This style neck will usually increase the toe hang of the putter and we can guess it gets the putter close to his White Hot Pro #3.

Another interesting design is that lack of TaylorMade’s True Path alignment on the top of the putter. Instead of the large white center stripe, Tommy’s Spider just has a very short white site line milled into it. As with his Odyssey, Tommy seems to be a fan of soft inserts and this Spider prototype looks to have the TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves for immediate topspin and less hopping and skidding.

The sole is interesting as well in that the rear weights don’t look to be interchangeable and are recessed deep into the ports. This setup could be used to push the CG forward in the putter for a more blade-like feel during the stroke, like TaylorMade did with the Spider X Proto Scottie Scheffler tested out.

Tommy’s putter is finished off with an older Super Stroke Mid Slim 2.0 grip in blue and white. The Mid Slim was designed to fit in between the Ultra Slim 1.0 and the Slim 3.0 that was a popular grip on tour.

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Club Junkie WITB, league night week 4: Some old, some new

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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!

Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S

Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S

Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge

Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One

Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X

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WITB Time Machine: Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB, 2015 Wells Fargo Championship

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Then-No. 1 player in the world Rory McIlroy began the week at the Wells Fargo Championship at 3-1 odds, if that gives you any indication of how well the Ulsterman was playing at the time. All he did at Quail Hollow was set the course record during his third round (61) and win the tournament by seven strokes.

Check out the gear Rory had in play nine years ago below.

Driver: Nike Vapor Pro (8.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 70 X

3-wood: Nike Vapor Speed (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X

5-wood: Nike Vapor Speed (19 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X

Irons: Nike VR Pro Blades (4-9) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 7.0

Wedges: Nike VR Forged (46, 52, 56) Buy here, Nike Engage (58 degrees @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5

Putter: Nike Method 006 Buy here.

Ball: Nike RZN Black

WITB Time Machine is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.

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