Equipment
That’s an interesting putter, Bo Van Pelt
Bo Van Pelt is using an interesting flatstick at this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open — a BioMech AccuLock Ace.
Here’s some more information from the company’s website about the putter, which goes on sale at the beginning of April.
[quote_box_center]”The AccuLock putter’s anatomically optimal design permits the grip to rest against the leading forearm’s inner surface, stabilizing the hands, arms, and shoulders. Using the core muscles and a stance that facilitates the simultaneous viewing of the target line and golf ball, this method reduces and/or eliminates hand, arm, and shoulder movements, resulting in more accurate putts.”[/quote_box_center]
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- Maximal forearm contact stabilizes hands, wrists, arms and shoulders.
- Shaft placement permits unobstructed view of the golf ball and putter face.
- Shaft angles allow the putter to perform as an orthotic facilitating consistent set up.
- Anatomically correct forward angle results in maximal forearm contact.
- Upright lie angle minimizes the arc inherent in pendulum putting.
- Lie angle positions the ball closer to the toe facilitating a near straight putting stroke.
- Optimal face angle at impact results in proper ball launch and roll.
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Give me a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond driver but make it Max. Callaway engineers have taken the tour staple triple diamond head and boosted its size from 450 to 460cc’s. “By doing that we’ve created a more forgiving head while still keeping the same great shape that’s beloved on tour,” said Callaway’s advanced R&D manager Nick Yontz. The driver offers more spin than Triple Diamond standard — and thus more workability and forgiveness.
In contrast to the standard Triple Diamond, which features 14 and two-gram weights. The Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max is equipped with 10-gram and four-gram interchangeable weights, which contributes to greater overall stability. According to Callaway, the driver plays more neutral than the neutral-to-fade-bias Triple Diamond.
Comparison of the Triple Diamond and Triple Diamond Max faces.
Discussing testing on tour, Nick Yontz, advanced R&D manager, said:
“We first brought this head out for Tour testing in November last year. Players would step up and we had it matched up to their gamer driver specs. They would swing, and we saw consistently good ball flights – very stable. It was the word ‘stable’ that continued to be used by players.”
“They would continue to split the fairway and what that caused them to do was to start swinging faster. They had this excitement that, ‘This thing doesn’t go offline. I can keep swinging harder and harder and it maintains that straight flight’”
“We were seeing players. that would have small gains in ball speed from just the driver head alone, but then the swing speed would increase the more and more swings they made. By the end of it, they really saw meaningful gains in ball speed and distance.”
As a refresher on the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke driver family — which now includes Paradym Ai Smoke Max, Paradym Ai Smoke Max D, Paradym Smoke Max Fast, Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond, and Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max — check out our launch piece.
Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max: Pricing, specs, availability
Price: $599.99
Loft options: 9, 10.5 degrees
Stock shaft: Project X Denali Blue
At retail: June 7
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GolfWRX is live this week at Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Custom Camerons and some “super” new grips from SuperStroke are filling our galleries early in the week as well as WITBs — including the always interesting “Cashmere Keith” Mitchell.
Check out links to our photos below, which we’ll continue to update throughout the week.
And while you’re making your way through our photos, be sure to check out last year’s incredible gallery of prototype and personal Ben Hogan golf clubs.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Keith Mitchell – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Rafa Campos – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- R Squared – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Martin Laird – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Paul Haley – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Tyler Duncan – WITB – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
Pullout Albums
- Eric Cole’s newest custom Cameron putter – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- New Super Stroke Marvel comic themed grips – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Ben Taylor’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Tyler Duncan’s Axis 1 putter – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Cameron putters – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Chris Kirk’s new Callaway Opus wedges – 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge
See what GolfWRXers are saying in the forums.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of New Ping I210 4-UW irons.
From the seller: (@jblough99): “New Ping I210 4-UW with AWT 2.0 stiff shafts. Standard length, standard loft, black dot lie. Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips standard size. All matching serial numbers. There is a rub in the finish on the back of the 6 iron and a few spots in the hydropearl finish on the other iron faces (see pics) unfortunately the shop I got them from didn’t wrap each head individually for shipping. These clubs are new unhit, most still have the protective stickers on the numbers on the soles. $1025 OBRO full clubs. $975 OBRO heads only.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: New Ping I210 4-UW irons
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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alan
Jul 17, 2018 at 3:34 pm
A contorted putter requiring a contorted body posture and putting action… 😮
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slashdot.org
Jun 13, 2015 at 1:19 am
I have read so many articles on the topic of the blogger lovers however
this piece of writing is in fact a pleasant article, keep
it up.
Coon
Feb 1, 2015 at 9:54 am
This was the best new product I found at the PGA show. They fitted me for one and the results were instant and easy to see. Looks different but works very well.
ABOMB
Jan 30, 2015 at 12:22 pm
SMH…. I wonder what would happen if they decided to limit MOI on putters????
Chris
Jan 30, 2015 at 11:07 am
I bet I could 3 putt every green with that baby!
Connor
Jan 31, 2015 at 4:01 am
Lolol
Scott
Jan 30, 2015 at 10:03 am
Seems like another variation of the Odyssey Backstryke putter – – better looks though – – hope it helps Bo
josh
Jan 29, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Id say that Bo may be having some putting trouble… normally when a player goes to such drastic grotesque lengths theres a problem.
frendy
Jan 29, 2015 at 9:13 pm
The concept makes sense. Looks nice and I’m sure it works well.
MM
Jan 29, 2015 at 9:11 pm
Definitely want to look this up and maybe try it somewhere.
christian
Jan 29, 2015 at 9:03 pm
I was more interested in the head design than some belly putter replacement shaft
snowman0157
Jan 29, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Although I prefer a more “normal” looking large mallet; this thing probably works well. With the upcoming ban on anchoring (and Kuchers success) I am shocked more putter companies are not offering the arm lock style. I’d like to try it.
slider
Jan 29, 2015 at 8:11 pm
looks kinda crazy I prefer the Newport look