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[zakkozuchowski]

GolfWRX Staff

Photos by Greg Moore

GolfWRX is on the range at the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual at Sherwood Oaks Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The 18 man field includes some of the best players in the world -- Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson, just to name a few.

Check out the hundreds of photo we snapped on the range and on the course below. There's tons of new gear to see.

Wednesday's Snaps: Rickie Fowler's new Cobra AMP Cell Pro Irons and AMP Cell Hybrid, Ian Poulter's new Cobra AMP Cell Fairway in Silver and Hunter Mahan's new Ping Anser Forged Irons. Check out the Special Galleries section below for even more equipment photos.

2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 3

Thursday's Snaps: Matt Kuchar's new TourStage X-Blade Irons and Yes! Putter, Brandt Snedeker's old school TMag Burner SuperFast driver, Dustin Johnson's beard, Keegan Bradley's Nike Shoes, A Sean Foley sighting, Tiger Woods doing drills with Joe LaCava, Rickie Fowler's white rain suit and more from Round 1!

2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 3
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 4
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 5
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 6

Friday's Snaps: Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods doing drills with Sean Foley, Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Steve Stricker with his new Odyssey Sabertooth mallet-style face-balanced putter, Ian Poulter and on course action shots!

2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Friday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Friday Part 2

Saturday and Sunday's Snaps: More from the best in the world at Sherwood Country Club

2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 3
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Sunday Part 1

Special Galleries:

Mahan and Bubba Watson on the range with the new Ping G25 Driver and Fairway Woods
Hunter Mahan's new Ping Scottsdale TR (True Roll) NB S Putter with a grooved face.
Rickie Fowler has 11 new Cobra clubs in the bag!
Steve Stricker using a new Odyssey putter

[option720]

Is Tiger using the Covert?..We need pictures!!!

[FutureScratchGolfer]

I suspect no Covert yet for Tiger right? That would be all over the place. Really love the new Cobra stuff and how everything (from all OEMs) is so custom to each player now-a-days. I love that Poulter can use white and Fowler can use Orange. Really cool.

[seak05]

correct, no covert for Tiger

[tommyrobson]

kuchars bagging another new putter it looks like eh?

[Colby327]

Great pics as usual Greg!!

Love Bubba's headcover, and surprised to see Hunter going spikeless!

[Fish-N-Chips]

I thought the tournament was an 18 man field?

Why were Freddie and Charley Hoffman there? at least I'm assuming that's who it was.

[TheMoneyShot]

Great pics once again Greg!!!

[pga43]

Fish-N-Chips, on 28 November 2012 - 08:21 PM, said:

I thought the tournament was an 18 man field?

Why were Freddie and Charley Hoffman there? at least I'm assuming that's who it was.

The Pro-Am field included Hoffman, John Cook, Freddie & O'Meara cuz they had 22 Pro-Am teams.


Greg

[Fish-N-Chips]

Awesome! Thanks Greg. As a guy who loves Bridgestone, I like seeing Freddie out there!

[ladahl]

This is why I spend WAY too much time on this site.  Just the coolest insight.

[Moss Boss/Turf Smurf]

Did rickie give that kid his putter???

[kekoa]

Nice pics greg.

I was ready to shoot also but security said that professional  zoom lenses arent allowed. Dissapointing to say the least

[pga43]

Moss Boss/Turf Smurf, on 28 November 2012 - 08:46 PM, said:

Did rickie give that kid his putter???

No, he was walking inside the ropes with Rickie's Pro-Am group.  I think the kids dad was playing with RF.  The kid had been putting with Rickie's putter on the 9th green and was giving it back to RF on the 10th tee.


Greg

[golfdummy]

The kids name is Danny. He is a huge Rickie Fowler fan.  Rickie was great about inviting him in and letting him walk with him inside the ropes here the last few days. He's a member here at the club so its been great for him to walk with his idol.

[scratchswinger]

I heard Stricker has the 712U in the bag.

[cocolamb22]

tiger's gonna wear white pants??? THAT'S HUGE NEWS! Not like Tigre to do something that extreme outside of the ryder cup...

[Ben Layton]

are there any pics of jason day?

[Moss Boss/Turf Smurf]

Thanks!

[seany bo]

pga43, on 28 November 2012 - 09:15 PM, said:

Moss Boss/Turf Smurf, on 28 November 2012 - 08:46 PM, said:

Did rickie give that kid his putter???

No, he was walking inside the ropes with Rickie's Pro-Am group.  I think the kids dad was playing with RF.  The kid had been putting with Rickie's putter on the 9th green and was giving it back to RF on the 10th tee.


Greg

Is Rickie back with the golo??  I know last he was playing he was using his old style putter again..

[scratchswinger]

Does anyone know what the buildup on Bubba's grips are? They look huge- like +3 or something.

[pga43]

cocolamb22, on 29 November 2012 - 01:37 AM, said:

tiger's gonna wear white pants??? THAT'S HUGE NEWS! Not like Tigre to do something that extreme outside of the ryder cup...

I think they are more of a cream/very light beige.


Greg

[RonSwanson]

scratchswinger, on 29 November 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Does anyone know what the buildup on Bubba's grips are? They look huge- like +3 or something.

If I remember right it's something crazy like 10 wraps.

[youngwaldo]

RonSwanson, on 29 November 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

scratchswinger, on 29 November 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Does anyone know what the buildup on Bubba's grips are? They look huge- like +3 or something.

If I remember right it's something crazy like 10 wraps.







With that may wraps it must feel alittle spongey.

Wk

Edited by youngwaldo, 29 November 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[scratchswinger]

RonSwanson, on 29 November 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

scratchswinger, on 29 November 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Does anyone know what the buildup on Bubba's grips are? They look huge- like +3 or something.

If I remember right it's something crazy like 10 wraps.

What is the point of so many wraps? Just personal preference?

[toomanydimples]

Great pics. thanks for sharing!

[RonSwanson]

scratchswinger, on 29 November 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

RonSwanson, on 29 November 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

scratchswinger, on 29 November 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Does anyone know what the buildup on Bubba's grips are? They look huge- like +3 or something.

If I remember right it's something crazy like 10 wraps.

What is the point of so many wraps? Just personal preference?

From this golfweek article: http://golfweek.com/...e-club-fitting/


Bubba’s unusual grips: He plays Ping’s 703 Gold grip, which is a rubber grip made by Golf Pride. It is oversized by one-32nd of an inch. After that, his grip setup gets pretty weird.
On the top half of the shaft, Rollins installs 10 layers of tape. On the bottom half, he installs 12 layers. One complete layer of tape goes around all that.
How big is this grip? Huge. Many touring pros and most amateurs use just one wrap of tape underneath the grip; Watson has double-digit wraps.
To install the grip over the top of that mountain of tape, Rollins explained, “You have to make sure it’s good and wet (with grip solvent). Bubba used to play a full-cord grip, and they would split quite a bit when we tried to put them on. These rubber grips have some stretch to them, so usually there’s no problem.”
Furthermore, Watson uses a ribbed Reminder grip, which is designed to be placed at the bottom of the grip, in the 6 o’clock position.
Watson’s Reminder is set in the 8 o’clock position. He does this so that his clubhead will be open at address, because, according to Rollins, “the last thing in the world he wants to do is hook the ball on a regular shot.”

[scratchswinger]

Bubba is a diva

Thanks for the article, that is interesting.

[Skaffa77]

Nice pics!   Thanks for sharing!

[tbowles411]

Sweet pics!