Equipment
LIVE Q&A WITH PROJECT X TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2PM ET!
True Temper’s Chad Hall, director product marketing and global tour operations and True Temper shaft rep Simon Wilson will be here live fielding all your questions on Project X. Join us!
CLICK HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE CHAT.
The history and the future.
That’s what True Temper’s Chad Hall, director product marketing and global tour operations, said keeps him excited to go to work every day.
The True Temper brand certainly has plenty of history. The company’s Dynamic Gold line of iron shaft, introduced in 1980, is still the gold standard to which all other iron shafts are compared.
On Tuesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. EDT GolfWRX members will have the chance to discuss True Temper’s legendary lines of iron and wood shafts with Hall and True Temper shaft rep Simon Wilson, as well as several new products that Hall and Wilson are excited about.
One of those new products is the Project X line of wood shafts, which debuted last year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews. That week, 72 players decided to put the shafts in play – 61 Project X Blue shafts, and 11 of the lighter weight Project X Black shafts.
Since that time, several players, including PGA Champion Y.E. Yang, 14-time major championship winner Tiger Woods and Jason Dufner have used the Project X PXi iron shaft, a lighter version of the Project X iron shaft that closer mirrors its performance and feel.
“When players try the Dynamic Gold XL [a lighter version of the original Dynamic Gold shaft], they can usually tell the difference right away,” Hall said. “But with the PXi, they don’t immediately notice the difference in feel. But they notice the difference in performance on Trackman.”
Dufner, who finished runner-up at the 2012 PGA Championship, picked up approximately 7 mph in ball speed with the PXi in his 4 iron, a claim Hall said that his company doesn’t advertise but is entirely possible with the PXi.
“In my 11 years at True Temper, I believe it’s the best shaft we’ve ever made,” Hall said. “Pros have told us that they actually hit the shafts too far … In 10 years, I believe that we’ll still be talking about the PXi.”
If the True Temper has a most valuable player on its them, it might be Wilson, who has become a popular figure in the world of golf social media (you can follow him@pgatourshaftrep).
Wilson spends his time before the Masters tournament working with PGA Tour players in the United States, and after that heads to the European Tour, where he has built a stable of players that have come to depend on the performance of Project X shafts – names that include Matteo Manassero and Luke Donald, who won the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship with the Project X Black 7.0 shaft in his driver.
The Project X line has already claimed six PGA Tour wins this season, a number that is sure to grow as the season progresses. Please, join us for the chat, where Hall will be fielding product specific questions, and Wilson will handle questions that deal directly with the tours. No question is too specific. Take dead aim, and fire away.
CLICK HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE CHAT.
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Equipment
Rickie Fowler’s new putter: Standard-length Odyssey Jailbird 380 in custom orange
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.
…The Jailbird craze hasn’t really slowed down in 2024, either. According to Odyssey rep Joe Toulon, there are about 18-20 Jailbird putter users on the PGA TOUR.
Most recently, Akshay Bhatia won the 2024 Valero Texas Open using a broomstick-style Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter and Webb Simpson is switching into a replica of that putter at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Now, Fowler, who essentially started the whole Jailbird craze, is making a significant change to his putter setup.
Fowler, who has had a couple weeks off since the 2024 RBC Heritage, started experimenting with a new, custom-orange Jailbird 380 head that’s equipped with a standard 35-inch putter build, rather than his previous 38-inch counter-balanced setup.
According to Fowler, while he still likes the look and forgiveness of his Jailbird putter head, he’s looking to re-incorporate more feel into his hands during the putting stroke.
He told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that the 38-inch counterbalanced setup “served its purpose” by helping him to neutralize his hands during the stroke, but now it’s time to try the standard-length putter with a standard-size SuperStroke Pistol Tour grip to help with his feel and speed control.
Although Fowler was also spotted testing standard-length mallets from L.A.B. Golf and Axis1 on Tuesday, he confirmed that the custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 is the putter he’ll use this week at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Whats in the Bag
Akshay Bhatia WITB 2024 (May)
- Akshay Bhatia what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. Bhatia is deciding between drivers. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Max LS (9 degrees @7.2, 2 grams lead tape heel, 4 grams toe)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X (44 7/8 inches, tipped 1 inch)
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D (9 degrees @7)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (15 degrees @13.9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X (43 inches, tipped 1.5)
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW Prototype (19 degrees @17.8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X
Irons: Callaway X Forged UT (21 degrees) Buy here, Callaway Apex TCB Raw (5-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 125 S+
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S @49, 54-10S, 60-08C @61)
Shafts: KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 135 X
Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Split
Grips: Iomic
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
More photos of Akshay Bhatia’s WITB in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Emiliano Grillo WITB 2024 (May)
- Emiliano Grillo what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
5-wood: Cobra LTDx Prototype (18.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Callaway MD3 Milled (46-08S), Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S, 54-10S, 60-08T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Flatso 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Emiliano Grillo’s clubs here.
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Cecil Adams
Mar 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm
What is the real difference in Project X black and Project X blue. Which would you reccomend for a golfer with a slower speed golf swing.
Cecil Adams
Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 pm
What is the real difference in Project X black and Project X blue. Which would you reccomend for a golfer with a 90 speed golf swing.