Equipment
15 Revealing Photos from the FedEx St. Jude Classic
GolfWRX was live this week from the FedEx St. Jude Classic, a.k.a the tournament before the U.S. Open.
If you missed this week’s photo galleries, see them here.
Golf fans and players (and just about everyone else) may be looking past this week and onto America’s national Open, but for now we have some Memphis photos to reveal.
These Cleveland wedges are dripping in National Pride.
‘Merica!
On that note, I may be pulling an Ed Snowden here…
But underneath this top secret and completely confidential headcover is a Scotty Cameron armlock putter.
You didn’t hear it from me.
Should someone tell Davis Love III his nickname isn’t DL4?
I feel like someone should tell him.
Two-time World Series champ Johnny Damon using a Krank Formula driver
And there’s just no excuse for an outfit like that.
Luke Donald has a new Mizuno S5 wedge in the bag
Which we don’t know much about, but we do know it’s blue. It’s definitely blue.
Soon you’ll know
How much longer do we have to wait, Seung?
I’ll give you one guess where Harrison Frazar was born
Answer: Dallas, Texas.
You said Ireland, didn’t you?
Michael Breed’s Golf Pride Lifeline training grip
Do we really need the numbers to tell us which finger should go where? Don’t talk down to me, Breed.
Will Wilcox has a dirty golf bag.
Will Wilcox clean it?
Author note: Homonym game on point
This autograph exchange is all business.
No happy faces, just a John Hancock.
These two FedEx delivery truck driver playing chicken are the worst
Don’t they know people are waiting on packages?
There’s only two rules to driving a FedEx delivery truck: Don’t play chicken with other FedEx trucks, and don’t leave my cardboard package out in the rain if I’m not home.
It’s really not that difficult.
Wanna know how good PGA Tour pros are at golf?
They can tell the difference between 54 degrees and 53.5 degrees.
“Hush Y’all”
Is this more polite or more offensive than “Quiet, please.”
4-Time NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway looks to have a good golf swing
Maybe he can finally beat Michael Jordan at something.
A weekly reminder how difficult golf is
Billy Horschel won $10 million last year in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and now he’s trying to improve his putting stroke using tees, lasers, rulers and putting coaches.
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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Streelman WITB 2024 (April)
- Kevin Streelman what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
5-wood: Ping G (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 10 X
Irons: Wilson Staff Model CB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Wilson Staff Model (48-08, 54-08), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (48), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (54, 58)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType SSS TG6
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Streelman’s clubs here.
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Equipment
Choose Your Driver: Which 2012 driver was your favorite?
The year was 2012. Gangnam Style ruled supreme, its infectious beats and ludicrous horse-riding dance moves hypnotizing us with their stupidity. Everyone was talking about the Mayan calendar, convinced that the end of days was near. Superheroes soared on the silver screen, with the Avengers assembling in epic fashion. Katniss Everdeen survived The Hunger Games. And the memes! The memes abounded. Grumpy Cat triumphed. We kept calm and carried on.
In much the same way that automotive enthusiasts love classic cars, we at GolfWRX love taking a backward glance at some of the iconic designs of years past. Heck, we love taking iconic designs to the tee box in the present!
In that spirit, GolfWRX has been running a series inspired by arguably the greatest fighting game franchise of all time: Mortal Kombat. It’s not “choose your fighter” but rather “choose your driver.”
Check out some of the standout combatants of 2012 below.
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Nike VRS
Often harshly critiqued during its years releasing golf equipment (right, Phil Mickelson?), Nike’s tenure in the club-and-ball business gets a gloss of nostalgic varnish, with many of its iron and putter designs continuing to attract admirers. Among the company’s driver offerings, the 2012 VRS — or VR_S, if you will — drew high marks for its shaping and toned-down appearance. The multi-thickness, NexCOR face was no joke either.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Callaway RAZR Fit
Callaway’s first foray into moveable weight technology (married with its OptiFit hosel) did not disappoint. With a carbon fiber crown, aerodynamic attention to detail, and variable and hyperbolic face technologies, this club foreshadowed the tech-loaded, “story in every surface” Callaway drivers of the present, AI-informed design age.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Cleveland Classic 310
Truly a design that came out of left field. Cleveland said, “Give me a persimmon driver, but make it titanium…in 460cc.” Our 2012 reviewer, JokerUsn wrote, “I don’t need to elaborate on all the aesthetics of this club. You’ve seen tons of pics. You’ve all probably seen a bunch in the store and held them up close and gotten drool on them. From a playing perspective, the color is not distracting. It’s dark enough to stay unobtrusive in bright sunlight…Even my playing partners, who aren’t into clubs at all…commented on it saying it looks cool.” Long live!
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Titleist 910
While there’s no disputing Titleist’s “Titleist Speed” era of drivers perform better than its 2010s offerings, sentimentality abounds, and there was something classically Titleist about these clubs, right down to the alignment aid, and the look is somewhere between 983 times and the present TS age. Representing a resurgence after a disappointing stretch of offerings (907, 909), The 910D2 was a fairly broadly appealing driver with its classic look at address and classic Titleist face shape.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
TaylorMade RocketBallz
The white crown. The name. You either loved ‘em or you hated ‘em. TaylorMade’s 2012 offering from its RocketBallz Period boasted speed-enhancing aerodynamics and an Inverted Cone Technology in the club’s titanium face. Technology aside, it’s impossible to overstate what a departure from the norm a white-headed driver was in the world of golf equipment.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Ping i20
Long a quietly assertive player in the driver space, Ping’s i20 was more broadly appealing than the G20, despite being a lower-launch, lower-spin club. Ping drivers didn’t always have looks that golfer’s considered traditional or classic, but the i20 driver bucked that trend. Combining the classic look with Ping’s engineering created a driver that better players really gravitated toward. The i20 offered players lower launch and lower spin for more penetrating ball flight while the rear 20g tungsten weights kept the head stable. Sound and feel were great also, being one of the more muted driver sounds Ping had created up to that time.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
GolfWRXers, let us know in the comments who “your fighter” is and why!
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/29/24): Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
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 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
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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Benny
Jun 13, 2015 at 7:52 am
Love this section. Those shoes are fugly mang…
Ryan
Jun 13, 2015 at 5:20 am
DL4 is his son I believe.
KCCO
Jun 12, 2015 at 9:29 pm
Good, but not the best of your revealing photos….
Greg
Jun 12, 2015 at 6:13 pm
I’m liken that Mizuno wedge!
sgniwder99
Jun 14, 2015 at 9:52 am
I love Mizuno wedges myself, but this one basically looks to me just like a Callaway Jaws from a few years ago (which were really good wedges, themselves).
Sean
Jun 12, 2015 at 4:53 pm
I really like that head cover, but please don’t tell anyone. It’s a secret. 🙂
RG
Jun 12, 2015 at 3:58 pm
Uhmm, big fan AT, but Penny Hardaway and my Orlando Magic beat Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the ’95 Eastern Conference Finals. So “finally beat Michael Jordan at something” is incorrect and as a die hard Magic fan I demand a retraction:) I’m just sayin’……..
Nick
Jun 12, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Damon batted left handed but appears to golf right handed. Interesting combination.
Alex T
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:56 pm
It’s actually pretty common to see something like that. Jamie Sadlowski has said in many an interview that when he used to play hockey he played lefty but when he picked up a golf club he started to play righty. And of course Phil Mickelson is the obvious example, he’s right handed but plays golf lefty because apparently he used to stand opposite his father and mirror his swing. Whatever gets the job done, I guess.
Steve P
Jun 12, 2015 at 9:50 pm
Also interesting….
Jamie Sadlowski played hockey left handed and play golf right handed
greg
Jun 12, 2015 at 10:34 am
I thought Johnny Damon’s Croc golf shoes were worthy of a comment. At least I think they’re Croc’s!
BL
Jun 12, 2015 at 12:40 pm
Greg – They’re Biion.
http://biionfootwear.com/index.php
Golfraven
Jun 12, 2015 at 4:45 pm
those are some funky shoes
greg
Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 am
Great job! You nailed it again, AT
Christosterone
Jun 12, 2015 at 10:12 am
Wilson has a better looking gun blued wedge…at least in my opinion.
I haven’t hit either but love Wilson’s traditional bladed paired with gun blueing…must be the Texan gun owner in me…