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Poulter sends tweet, receives putters
File the following under “Only in the Web 2.0 World” or “Only Ian Poulter.”
As you may have heard, Ian Poulter is banishing his Odyssey XG No. 7 putter to the garage. For the upcoming Open Championship, the two-time winner on the PGA Tour wants a new flatstick.
And rather than talking to Scotty Cameron, Poulter took to Twitter to ask for a new flatstick.
Not surprisingly, the putters have poured in for Poults. Some two days later, he tweeted the following photo.
Perhaps Poulter should go the route of his fellow Brit-turned-Floridian, Lee Westwood. Westwood reached out to his South Florida neighbor Ian Baker Finch for some putting tips ahead of the upcoming Open Championship.
Then again, maybe the proprietor of IJP Design ought to design himself a putter in plaid, as that’s the “look” he tends to favor.
What do you think GolfWRX-ers? Was Poulter’s plea a pro move? Brilliant? Deplorable? The best way to get himself the putter that’s going to win his first major?
Should he stick with the Odyssey XG No. 7, which served him so well in the Ryder Cup?
Do you care if he putts with the double-sided rubber contraption from a mini-golf course?
Let us know your thoughts below, and click here to see what members are saying about it in the forums.
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Every week we spot some really cool and custom putters out on the putting green and in tour players’ bags. This week is no slouch with some really interesting and beautiful putters being tested. Let’s take a look at some of the standouts we found.
Tyler Duncan: Scotty Cameron Phantom T-11.5
The Phantom 11 is a pretty wild putter by Scotty’s standards with a multi-material design that boosts MOI for more forgiveness. Duncan’s T-11.5. takes the stock model and moves the shaft to the center of the putter head. We don’t mean a center shafted version, but the shaft is installed in the center, behind the face as well. We don’t have any official details on this T-11.5 but it looks like that setup should create a putter where the face points towards the hole or target, similar to a L.A.B. putter.
Zac Blair: Scotty Cameron 009.M Cameron & Co. “Longneck”
Blair might be in possession of the largest Scotty collection on tour! It seems like every week he has something new, and flat-out gorgeous, that he is trying out. I have seen a lot of 009.M putters over the years, but never one with a long plumbers neck on it. This 009 is a Masterful that utilizes additional CNC machine work to reduce the amount of hand polishing needed to complete the putter. The long, or tall, neck on the putter usually is used to reduce the amount of toe hang and make the putter more face balanced. The face contains a very shallow milling while the sole features a tour truck, tour only, diamonds, and the rare Circle L stamp. The Circle L was made for Scotty’s close friends who lost matches or games and was meant to poke a little fun at their misfortune.
Paul Barjon: PXG Prototype
There are a lot of putters out there that become so widely used and popular that other manufacturers will borrow some of the design cues. The Spider is one of those putters and it looks like PXG has made a prototype putter for Barjon that has some similar features. This proto has a tapered mallet shape with twin wings that come out from either side of the rear. Twin movable weights sit in each wing on the sole and the sole features a plate that is bolted in place at the corners. The top contains a single siteline and the face uses PXG’s advanced pyramid face structure.
Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Broomstick #7
More and more long, counterbalanced, and alternative putters seem to be showing up recently. The long, or broomstick, putter is making a comeback and more than a few players have joined Adam Scott in using that style. Odyssey has thrown its hat in the broomstick arena with a new Ai-One Cruiser model. The head shape is the very familiar #7 model, but with the shaft going into the center of the club head. An Ai-One face is there to help keep ball speed consistent on off-center hits and three white lines are on top for framing ball and aligning the putter.
TaylorMade Spider Tour S Broomstick
Another option in the long putter is TaylorMade’s Spider Tour S broomstick that we saw around the putting green. The head looks to be a little larger than the standard Tour S and that makes sense with the broomstick-style putters demanding heads near or over 400g. A TPU Pure Roll insert is installed in the face and the shaft is a more traditional double-bend design, just much longer! There isn’t the True Path alignment on top, just a full darker grey finish with a single siteline. Two moveable weights are out in the wings of the putter to dial in the specific weight a player might want.
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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
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WITB Albums
- Tobias Jonsson – WITB – 3M Open
- Keith Mitchell – WITB – 2024 3M Open
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- Tom Hoge – WITB – 2024 3M Open
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- Billy Horschel – WITB – 2024 3M Open
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- Roger Sloan – WITB – 2024 3M Open
Pullout Albums
- Ping putters – #1 – 3M Open
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- 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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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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Daniel
Jul 10, 2013 at 9:04 pm
When did Bettinardi become a small putter company?!
andrew
Jul 10, 2013 at 9:31 pm
I bet they don,t even come close to taylormade and odyssey sales. you could count the players on tour using them on one hand.
andrew
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:41 pm
Dang I was hoping a small company would get some exposure from him playing their product like piretti edel or bettinardi. not taylormade and odyssey
lynxster
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Actually not a new idea…Lee Trevino did this in an newspaper interview after a poor putting performance in a US Open. He got somewhere around 50 putters including one from my former boss. He never got a response or a thanks, so at least IP had the decency to thank his benefactors.
ski_co
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:23 pm
PS – will not be greedy, I will pick one and send them on!
ski_co
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Ian, please send me the putters you do not choose to use, thanks in advance.
James Burton
Jul 10, 2013 at 11:40 am
Sent IJP a tweet about Bobby Grace. I can honestly say that there hasn’t been another putter in my bag since 2006. Weighing over 500g, the higher the Stimp, the better I putt. Helped Nick Price win The Open…maybe more magic could happen for someone else.
Rick Mangles
Jul 10, 2013 at 10:37 am
Attn: Bettinardi and Scotty Cameron-
I currently use a Snake Eyes TX1 putter and my putting is so good that people always want to know what kind of putter I use.
Send me one of each of your putter models from the past ten years and I will test them out and endorese whichever one works best.
Thank you.
Ben
Jul 10, 2013 at 10:21 am
Instead of asking others, spending time looking on sites, and generally wasting time, he went right to the heart of the matter: “I don’t have time to look, and I’m sure I’ll miss something, so if you want me to sample your goods then send em’ over”.
I wish I had that kinda pull!
jim
Jul 10, 2013 at 8:05 am
Go for the Taylormade Daddy Long Legs putter. The counterbalancing is something unbelievable, just talk to Justin Rose about his blade version.
Roger
Jul 10, 2013 at 1:30 am
A fantastic example of Todays Instant World and Over Night Delivery wwd
Poulter is a great guy! Wish him the best.
Ronald Montesano
Jul 10, 2013 at 1:08 am
Agree with Taylor…he is that “different” sort that the game needs, both in appearance, swagger and access. His reaching-out to companies and fans is truly how all professional athletes should engage their followers…it begins to break down the thick glass wall that separates them from us…the perfect end to this story would be that Poulty selects a putter from a fan and goes on to win at Muirfield.
Taylor
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 am
He is fun and a cool cat. Love this idea!
Chris
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:53 am
The guy has marginal ability but has turned it into fame and fortune. A classic overachiever.
tallPK
Jul 11, 2013 at 6:06 am
He’s the Kim Kardashian of golf
Jim Taylor
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:50 am
Hopefully he won’t be selfish and he will donate these putters to a good cause. It is a bit sickening that he needs so many putters sent to his house when he has the full compliment of the companies tour facilities at his disposal every week. Literally thousands of free putters can be found at any PGA tour stop each week…
Sean
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:52 pm
That’s who he is. Personally I might have been a bit more under the radar, but hey, that’s Ian.
Kody
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Hadn’t heard of Radius until now. They look pretty intriguing. Will read more.
mbc
Jul 9, 2013 at 10:22 pm
It’s just Poulter being Poulter, love him or hate him, he is always just himself!
Kris
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:40 pm
I think it’s brilliant and saves his manager work. He’ll get a ton of putters, and maybe some small company will get lucky and have him use their’s to success. And knowing Poults, he’ll give away those he doesn’t want! Hope he wins a lot soon, he’s my favourite guy on tour.
Paul
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Poults loves social media! I think it’s funny and an interesting way to do it. Only a titleist player or tour rep on twitter might see what scotty says but I don’t see him sending him putters to try. Poor poults is going to have a lot of angry tweeters I bet
Kody
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:24 pm
I thinks it’s pretty awesome that he can make that happen. I sure wish I could have that easy of a time getting a putter. Heck he got faster response from those club makers than I do from my wife when it comes to golf.
Matthew Smith
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:17 pm
Radius Roll Putter will be arriving soon. Check us out at radiusroll.com.
J.
Jul 9, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Love the Radius Roll putter already!! I just won it at a golf outing & I’m already practicing in my living room. Awesome concept! Also, it’s a local Chicago company with some great people!
Hunter
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:31 am
Reminds me of the old TearDrop putters. How would you compare your putters to those? BTW…the center shafted putters look great. IMHO they are a bit expensive right out of the gate but they look nice.
Chris
Jul 10, 2013 at 11:31 am
BOOO SMITH
Steve
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:14 pm
I wish it was that easy to get a new putter for me!
Adam Regula
Jul 10, 2013 at 8:20 pm
I have one too, looking to sell mine though, its a great putter but i got one already and dont want to make the switch