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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- Adam Scott what’s in the bag accurate as of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 TX
Driver: TaylorMade BRNR (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X
7-wood: TaylorMade Stealth (21 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Black 9 X
Irons: Srixon ZX Mk II (3), Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (5), Srixon Z-Forged II (6-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 54-08M), SM9 (LW), WedgeWorks (LW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-54), S400 (LW)
Putter: L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Proto
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
See the rest of Adam Scott’s WITB in the forums.
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi 10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 70 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi 10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 80 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-6), and TaylorMade P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 58-08LB)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Reserve Juno
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
Check out more in-hand photos of Pierceson Coody’s WITB here.
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Ben Griffin might be a little too young to remember some of the iconic Maxfli golf balls that won on tour, but that isn’t stopping him from putting the newest Tour X ball from the brand in play. Today, Maxfli and Griffin announced an exclusive partnership that will see the PGA Tour player using the company’s four-piece golf ball.
While Griffin might be the first PGA Tour player to put a new Maxfli golf ball in play, he isn’t the first profesional golfer to do so. Lexi Thompson has been playing the Maxfli Tour golf ball on the LPGA Tour since the beginning of the 2024.
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We caught up with Ben at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas this week to ask him about the new ball switch.
“I was able to finally get my hands on some and try it and immediately I saw faster ball speed with the driver, which is always something every golfer wants to see.
“Then I had to test a lot around the greens and test irons, test spins, test everything like that. Basically, I came to the conclusion that I thought this was probably one of the best golf balls for my game.
“And so I decided to make it official and partner with them and very excited to help kind of launch this golf ball and see where it takes us.”
Griffin’s ball of choice is the Maxfli Tour X, a four-piece golf ball that is made for highly skilled players that want consistent distance off the driver and spin around the green. An updated core design helps add the ball speed that Griffin mentioned and two ionomer mantle layers separate low spin driver shots from higher spin iron and wedge shots. Maxfli uses Center Of center-of-gravity balancing to ensure each ball has consistent flight in the air and roll on the green. Like all golf balls on tour, the Tour X features a cast urethane cover for maximum performance, and it has a tetrahedron dimple pattern to enhance aerodynamics.
It is exciting to see a golf ball at a lower price point — $39.99 at Golf Galaxy — being used by a top 100 ranked player in the world like Ben Griffin, and equipment junkies will be keenly watching his performance with the new ball.
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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.