Equipment

15 Revealing photos from the 2015 U.S. Open

Published

9 years ago

Jun 18, 2015

The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is finally here. There’s been a lot of hype — and complaining from the players — about Chambers Bay, which will reportedly measure between 7,200 and 7,900 yards this week. And the conditions are firm, to say the least.

Some fans want to see players struggle during the U.S. Open, while others just want to see the best players in the world play their best golf.

I say kick their butts Chambers Bay, but that’s just one man’s opinion.

Let’s see what the photos showed us in this week’s Revealing Photos from 2015’s second major.

Spotted: A tree

See, Chambers Bay is just like a traditional, tree-lined U.S. Open set-up. What’s everyone complaining about?

Actually, maybe the players have a point…

Is this even legal? 546 yards sounds like a mid-length par 5 to me.

Easy two-putt from here

If you’re adept at 140-foot quintuple-breakers.

Sam Saunders had a Callaway ERC Fusion 3-wood in the bag

The carbon-fiber crown will live on for eternity.

A Tiger spotted out of his natural habitat

What’s he doing in the fairway?

Callaway’s U.S. Open-themed putter covers

With a bald-eagle that looks like he’s had one too many.

The Where’s Waldo crew

Not the best hiding spot.

No. 18 looks like an easy driving hole

Aside from all the bunkers and fescue.

Chambers Bay has a sink hole in the fairway

Oh, that’s a bunker? At least they provided steps for easy access to the sandy grave.

Woodland’s ankle-breaking driver swing

Gary Woodland, who averages more than 120 mph of club speed off the tee in 2015, has so much torque through the ball it looks like he crosses himself over.

The greens at Chambers Bay look quite small

Compared to a football field.

The look when you stand on the first tee at Chambers Bay

“What did I get myself into.”

If it’s as hard as the players are making it sound, this venue should make for an entertaining U.S. Open.

Graphite Design launched a new Tour AD M9003 shaft

Which will undoubtedly be referred to as “the red one.”

Patrick Reed’s Callaway X Forged swiss army knife

Play golf with the 16-degree 1-iron in the morning, slice and butter his bread during afternoon lunch. A great investment.

Just remember

At all times, the Most Interesting Man in Golf is somewhere puffing a cigar without a care.

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Whats in the Bag

Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB: 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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3 hours ago

May 12, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.

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)

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.

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

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.

Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.

(Photo courtesy of TaylorMade)

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.

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The winning WITB is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.

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Whats in the Bag

Kevin Tway WITB 2024 (May)

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2 days ago

May 10, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.

Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Tway’s clubs here.

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX

Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)

Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Tway’s clubs here.

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4

More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.

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Equipment

Did Rory McIlroy inspire Shane Lowry’s putter switch?

Published

2 days ago

May 10, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

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 timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?

Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.

When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.

To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.

Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.

“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.

“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”

Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.

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