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Tiger Woods Speaks out about Belly Putters
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Reported on the Golf Channel today Tiger spoke out about the belly Putter.
Click here to read the discussion in the forums… http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/588153-video-tiger-speaks-out-about-the-belly-putter/
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Photos from the 2024 3M Open
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GolfWRX is on site this week at TPC Twin Cities for the 2024 3M Open for the penultimate event of the PGA Tour’s regular season.
The photos are flying in from Blaine, Minnesota. We’ve already assembled general galleries and a fresh Tony Finau WITB.
Check back throughout the week for more photos!
General Albums
- 2024 3M Open – Monday #1
- 2024 3M Open – Monday #2
- 2024 3M Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 3M Open – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Tobias Jonsson – WITB – 3M Open
- Keith Mitchell – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Tony Finau – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Maverick McNealy – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Tom Hoge – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Mac Meissner – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Robert Streb – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Sahith Theegala – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Santiago de la Fuente – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Billy Horschel – WITB – 2024 3M Open
Pullout Albums
- Ping putters – #1 – 3M Open
- Ping Putters – #2 – 3M Open
- TaylorMade Spider Tour S broomstick putter – 3M Open
- Odyssey Broomstick #7 putter – 3M Open
- Bettinardi putters – 2024 3M Open
- New EyeLine training aid – 2024 3M Open
- Sam Ryder’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Odyssey putters – 2024 3M Open
- L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 3M Open
- Tyler Duncan’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Zac Blair’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Paul Barjon – PXG putter – 2024 3M Open
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Equipment
Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.
Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.
However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.
According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.
Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.
Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.
TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Barracuda Championship
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GolfWRX is on site this week for the PGA Tour’s only Modified Stableford event, the Barracuda Championship.
We have plenty of galleries from Truckee, California, assembled for your viewing pleasure, so let’s get to it.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Barclay Brown – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ryan Brehm – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Marcel Schneider – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Pat Steffes – NorCal PGA Section Match Play Champ – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mitchell Schow – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ricardo Gouveia – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Todd Clements – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Gunner Wiebe – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Oliver Wilson – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Louis De Jager – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mats Ege – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Andrew “Beef” Johnston – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Jeong Weon Ko – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Manuel Elivra – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ian Gilligan – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Fabrizio Zanotti – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
Pullout Albums
- TaylorMade putter covers – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Camilo Villegas’ custom Cameron putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Cameron putters – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Oliver Wilson’s 1 off Odyssey putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
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rik cramer
Feb 12, 2012 at 7:11 pm
When there is a strap to hold the putter in place then its anchored and non conforming..until then its still being held in place by two hands. Whether its swung or stroked, its being done with two hands not by the putter itself. Doesn’t matter whether we like the look of it or not, nothing non conforming here.
Golf tattoo
Feb 12, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Regardless of length, whether it’s beneficial or not to a player on any level, I believe the belly putter (not speaking of broomstick) should be banned. Reason being, I don’t believe any club should be hinged or anchored to any part of the body other than the two hands/arms that are attached to every other club in your bag when making a swing or put. Nick Faldo said it best, it’s a “golf swing”, not a “golf hinge”. I personally can’t look at someone using a belly putter, and say the same thing I would when using a traditional putter….”nice stroke”.
rik cramer
Feb 10, 2012 at 5:12 pm
It does create a different way to swing the putter. It has been shown not neccessarily to be any easier way to putt. Long putters came out at least 25 years ago much longer than 460cc drivers have been around. Practically everyone on tour uses a driver that size or close and only but a handful of the best players in the world use the long putter. If it were a better and an easier way to make putts wouldn’t everyone be foolish not to use it?
kyle
Feb 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Drastically changing the putting stroke is what bugs me. Not technology and how it improves the game.
rik cramer
Feb 10, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Mallet head putters were also created for the purpose to have more mass thru impact to improve yippy strokes. Plumber neck blades were designed to aid in alignment and to keep your hands leading into the ball to battle decelerating strokes. In fact all putters with perimeter weighting or an insert are to improve offcenter hits and increased MOI so its more difficult to miss those shorties. You are kidding yourself if you think swinging a long or belly putter improves your putting results that much. Good luck with your 8802/Bullseye! If my golfers come out and play more because they think the belly/long putter helps them a bit then we are growing the game. As for the drop from the hazard, I never said it should be the longest club in the bag, put the parameter to be no longer than the longest club in your bag. If your concern is to get an extra 2 inches on a drop, and you choose to use your 8802, check the bags of the competitors in your group. If they have that super long putter you can use theirs, its within the rules!
kyle
Feb 10, 2012 at 2:05 pm
The only reason for a long putter is to make up for bad strokes and yips. The more mass a pendulum has the easier it is to swing. You can’t say it isnt a benenfit. Also how can you say it doesnt matter if it is the longest club in your bag? Drop locations from hazards maybe. Comparing to a firm left side. Come on. Swinging 110 mph onto a solid foundation is nowhere near just swinging a slow long pendulum.
rik cramer
Feb 10, 2012 at 8:23 am
Anchor to you arm like Langer?! He suggests you can still anchor it to your body! What’s the difference between the putter being as long or less than the longest club in your bag? This is talk to try and make yourself sound relavent.
The club is not affixed to your body, it is held in place by “your hands”. The belly or long putter does not exhonerate a player from having to have touch and feel. It does not provide auto alignment. It doesn’t provide any more assistance in the stroke than hitting against a firm left side in the golf swing. At best this type of putting provides a better sight of the line that would be all.
Let’s not ask the folks who are the best at playing at the game. Ask your local PGA professional who is trying to get anyone excited about playing this difficult game his opinion and whats best for the game.