Equipment
Jason Day’s RocketBladez Tour 2 Iron
Two things that shouldn’t go together are 2 irons and 300-yard shots, but that’s exactly what Jason Day says he can do with his new TaylorMade RocketBladez Tour 2 iron, which he used in Round 1 of the HP Byron Nelson Championship today.
The reason we’re making such a big deal out of the club is because it technically doesn’t exist. Golfer’s can’t buy it at the store, or order it through TaylorMade (we’ll let you know if that changes).
According to PGATour.com Equipment Insider Jonathan Wall, Day’s 2 iron has 16.5 degrees of loft. In the past that loft would make the club a 1 iron, but not anymore. The standard loft of a RocketBladez Tour 4 iron is 22 degrees and the 3 iron is 19 degrees, so 16.5 makes sense for a 2 iron.
To help Day hit the club even farther, he had a UST Mamiya Recoil graphite iron shaft installed in the club, which is about the same weight (125 grams) and stiffness as Day’s Project X 6.5 steel iron shafts, but tends to launch the ball lower and with less spin.
This season, Day has been juggling between a 14.5-degree TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 three wood, an 17.5-degree RBZ Tour 4 wood and a TaylorMade MC 2 iron. According to Wall, Day plans to use the 2 iron in July at the British Open at Muirfield, where it could be a perfect wind cheater, and longer and more forgiving than his old TaylorMade MC 2 iron as well.
Click here to see Day’s full “What’s in the Bag,” and make sure to check out the additional photos of the 2 iron below.
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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)
Mini driver: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper (13.5 degrees)
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees)
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (4-8, PW), TaylorMade P760 (9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09, 56-10, 60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 Prototype
Check out more in-hand photos of Drew Brees’ clubs here.
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We always get some great photos of some phenomenal putters at tour events and love to share them. Here are a few from the 2024 Zurich Classic that caught our eye and seemed interesting. (And as a reminder, you can check out all our photos from New Orleans here)
MJ Daffue’s Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype
MJ is going with the new Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype this week. The putter is a multi-piece mallet that puts an emphasis on stability with the wings on the back. Daffue’s putter does have a design that differs from retail with a monotone finish, which eliminates the black paint on the aluminum parts that we see at retail. He also has a half siteline milled into the top and an L-neck welded on for some additional toe hang. The face features a deeper milling that should offer a softer feel and slightly quieter sound.
Scotty Cameron T-7.5 Prototype
We spotted a few different Scotty Cameron Phantom models with modified rear flanges. It looks like the straight black flange was cut into a half circle for a little softer look at address. On this T-7.5, you can still see the raw aluminum from the back view, so this might have been a last-minute job to get them out on tour. The semi-circle also has a white line on it, maybe to frame the ball differently.
Alex Fitzpatrick’s Bettinardi SS16 DASS
Alex’s SS16 is made from Bettinardi’s famous D.A.S.S., or double-aged stainless steel, for a softer and more responsive feel. The face has a unique diamond pattern milling and features a logo that I feel like I have seen before, but can’t put a name to. The putter is a classic mid-mallet style with a simple, single white siteline on the top. The sole is clean with just the SS16, DASS, and a green triangle logo on it.
Steve Stricker’s Odyssey White Hot No. 2
This putter has made some amazing putts in its long career! Stricker’s White Hot No. 2 might be in the top 10 of most famous putters in golf. When you see all the dents and lead tape, you know the heel will be up and it will be sinking putts! The soft White Hot insert looks to be in good shape and has less wear on it than the rest of the putter. We don’t know how much lead tape is on the sole, but it has to be multiple layers compacted down over the years.
Doug Ghim’s Scotty Cameron T-7 Prototype
This T-7 should win the award for “best color finish” in this list with its deep chromatic bronze. It looks like Scotty added a cherry bomb dot to the heel of the deep-milled face and filled it with a very dark blue paint. The rest of the putter looks pretty stock with its single site line on the topline and twin site lines down the “fangs” of the putter. Twin 5-gram weights are installed in the sole and the putter is finished off with a gloss black double bend shaft with a fill shaft offset.
- Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic
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Project X’s Denali wood shafts have been seen in more and more golf bags this year as we start off the season. As a refresher, Denali Blue is the mid-launch and mid-spin model while Denali Black is for players seeking lower launch and spin.
Denali combines great feel with stability and increased ball speed. Currently, Project X only offers Denali Blue and Black in wood shafts, but we spotted a hybrid shaft in Daniel Berger’s bag at the 2024 Zurich Classic.
The shaft looks to be a Denali Blue 105G – HY in TX flex. No word on details from Project X yet but we can assume that this is a mid-launching shaft that weighs around 105 grams in Tour X-Stiff flex.
Berger has this shaft in his TaylorMade P770 3-iron, likely for some added launch and spin to hold the green from longer distances.
Hopefully, this means we will see some more shafts coming under the Denali name in the future, as I think many of us would like to try one in a hybrid or utility iron!
- Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic
- Check out in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s full WITB here.
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Steve
May 17, 2013 at 6:55 pm
I got a custom rocketbladez 3 iron bent to 16′ and it it a perfect club. It’s about 15yds shorter than my 3 wood. It has a dynamic gold s300 shaft so it shoots low and yet still carries pretty long.
SV
May 17, 2013 at 10:08 am
The Rocketbladez Tour irons are for better players and the 4 iron loft is 22*. Rocketbladez irons, for the less skilled, has a 4 iron loft of 20* and a 3 iron of 18*. Looking at this logically, if you could get a Rocketbladez 2 iron for the average player it would have a 15.5* to 16* loft. No wonder people can’t hit anything longer than a 6 or 7 iron decent.
When are manufacturers going to stop jacking up lofts? Soon everyone will be carrying 6-7 “wedges”. When will the consumer wake up to reality? Irons aren’t for distance.
Ryan
May 17, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Distance sells
JChoj
May 20, 2013 at 12:26 pm
I’m currently trying to work on my iron shots. For some reason I would always try to “Hulk up” with my irons and go for distance. Now I’m mentally making myself take easier swings to work on accuracy. That said, the RocketBladez would be nice as I’d be swinging slower, but still having the same distance. Everyone’s game is different.
gbdoc
Sep 1, 2013 at 6:22 pm
At 73, with a 17hcp, was using Miura blades for years, pro suggested I try RocketBladez/senior shafts. Had them for a month now, and it’s a whole different, much better, game. Hadn’t been able to decently use a 3 or 4 iron for years, now they’re a regular, reliable part of my set – hardly a mis-hit, and much more accurate than any wood. Wish they made a 2-iron I could try. Hcp on its way back down, I believe 12 might be possible.