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Jason Dufner gives away his putter, putts with a 3 wood
If you check out Jason Dufner’s WITB you’ll see a putter, but he didn’t end the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with one in the bag.
According to reports, Dufner gave away his Scotty Cameron Futura X5r putter to a young fan on hole No. 10 on Sunday, meaning he had to play nearly the entire back nine without a putter. He finished T66 for the week, so it didn’t exactly cost him his fourth PGA Tour win. Tournament statistics show that he finished 69th in putting average for the week out of the 72 players that finished the event.
Shane Ryan from Grantland.com spoke with Dufner following the round to confirm:
“Jason,” Ryan said, “I heard a story that you gave your putter away to a kid yesterday. I wanted to make sure it was true.”
“Yup.” Dufner said.
“Was that on No. 12?” Ryan asked.
“Ten.” Dufner answered.
“What did you putt with?” Ryan asked.
“3 wood.” Dufner answered.
Not a ravishing conversational exchange, but we get the point. He was frustrated on the greens, was putting terrible and instead of snapping the putter he decided to make one of his fans very happy. Actually, not a bad move on Dufner’s part.
He shot a final-round 77 after starting with a 4-over par 39. Not too bad considering his “putter” for the last eight holes had about 15 degrees of loft.
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/29/24): Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
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Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Krank Formula fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft.
From the seller: (@well01): “Krank formula fire 10.5 degree with AUtoflex SF505. $560 shipped.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
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Rory McIlroy WITB
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X (45 inches)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Shane Lowry WITB
- Shane Lowry what’s in the bag accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.
Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (8.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White 70 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X
Irons: Srixon ZX Utility (3, 20 degrees) Buy here, Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4, 5) Buy here, Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW) Buy here.
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (3), KBS Tour 130 X (4-PW)
Wedges: Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore Tour Rack (50-10 MID, 54-10 MID) Buy here, Cleveland RTX Full Face (58-8) Buy here.
Shafts: KBS Tour Wedge X Black
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Z Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV Buy here.
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- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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KCCO
Aug 18, 2015 at 9:49 pm
Classy dude….rather then literally voice frustration, just handing a putter over to a lucky kid, made someone’s day, didn’t make a poor example and WD/Quit.
Enrique
Aug 4, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Love the guy. Just a plain dude telling it like it is.
nikkyd
Aug 4, 2014 at 9:40 pm
Thats classy. I alsways though he was arrogant and cocky until his interview with david feherty. It just turns out that hes really awkward and shy
Greg
Aug 4, 2014 at 9:08 pm
Man thats awesome, Dufner can’t even imagine what he did for that kid. I’ve thought about snapping mine over my knee many times.
Rich
Aug 4, 2014 at 8:41 pm
The only option for him to not see it again I’d say. Don’t think he could snap a club across his knee like Stenson did at the open – actually, doesn’t look like he could snap a club at all. Don’t think Duf is much of a gym junky. Must be doing something right with a wife as pretty as Amanda. Good luck to him.
MHendon
Aug 5, 2014 at 1:02 am
Doesn’t take much to snap a shaft.
Rich
Aug 5, 2014 at 1:25 am
Still don’t think he could. Actually he probably couldn’t be bothered even if he actually could.
Jack F
Aug 6, 2014 at 5:41 pm
If Woody Austin can break one with his head, I think Dufner would have no problem
ams165
Aug 4, 2014 at 8:08 pm
I wonder what Mr. Cameron thinks about him giving away a Hand Made.
Hopefully the kids father isn’t a Club Cameron Member.
But very cool nonetheless…..
EJ
Aug 4, 2014 at 6:52 pm
Time for Dufner to hit an Odyssey. Come over to the dark side.
Mike
Aug 4, 2014 at 5:23 pm
What’s this cut thing you referred to during a WGC event?
MHendon
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Due to the positive reaction this is getting we’ll start seeing other players do it, guaranteed.
tom frogley
Aug 4, 2014 at 3:35 pm
What a top bloke! I’m sure all he wanted to do was snap that thing over his knee…. But giving it to a kid in the crowd .. thats classy. He may have had a rough day, but for that kid it probably made his summer!
golfing
Aug 4, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Great to see they are not machines, they have feelings to, and some
deal with it like a Sir, I´m a new Dufner fan to.
Dakota
Aug 4, 2014 at 2:50 pm
That kid needs to put with that thing the rest of his life, the story alone is awesome probably the only time a professional golfer will give a putter away in the middle of a round.
C web
Aug 4, 2014 at 3:02 pm
If Tiger gave away his driver it would be an even bigger story:
1. He would score better
2. There’s a chance a happy Golfwrx ‘er finally gets his hands on one of those ellusive nike prototype drivers
Robeli
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Maybe it’s the Nike driver that’s crap.
MHendon
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Another Nike hater.
Eric
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Rory seems to be doing pretty well with his Nike driver.
bradford
Aug 6, 2014 at 8:02 am
…or maybe his driver stats were never really that good to begin with?
Bacon
Aug 4, 2014 at 2:42 pm
Awesome!
C web
Aug 4, 2014 at 2:19 pm
Did he belly it ? Or Kuchar’d it ? He is not that tall, guess he could have even broomsticked it
MHendon
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Broomsticked it, come on man he’d have to be like 4’11”. He’s not that short.
C web
Aug 4, 2014 at 11:14 pm
He could have broomsticked it table top style
Nick
Aug 4, 2014 at 2:03 pm
Dufner is one cool dude.