Equipment
Graphite Design adds TX flex to popular Tour AD-DI shaft line

For the select few golfers who thought the stiffest Graphite Design Tour AD-DI shafts weren’t stiff enough, the company has announced that it will sell its most popular wood shaft in an even stiffer TX flex for its 70-gram, 80-gram and 90-gram models in orange/white.
TX-flex shafts are approximately 0.5 flexes stiffer than the company’s X-flex shafts, making them a good choice for golfers looking for even lower-spinning performance from the AD-DI line.
Learn more about the Tour AD-DI shafts from Pro’s Choice, the company’s distributor for the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia.
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Whats in the Bag
Sam Burns WITB 2023 (January)

- Sam Burns what’s in the bag accurate as of the The American Express. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 TX
4-wood: Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB
Shafts: Project X 125 6.5
Wedges: Callaway Apex TCB (AW), Callaway Jaws MD5 (56-10S
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (AW), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (56)
Putter: Odyssey O-Works #7s Black
Grip: Odyssey
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
More Sam Burns WITBs
- Sam Burns WITB 2022 (August)
- Sam Burns WITB 2022 (June)
- Sam Burns WITB 2021 (December)
- Sam Burns WITB 2021 (May)
- Sam Burns WITB 2021 (April)
- Sam Burns WITB 2021 (February)
- Sam Burns WITB 2020
- Sam Burns WITB 2018
- Sam Burns WITB 2017 (Callaway)
- Sam Burns winning WITB: 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Sam Burns winning WITB: 2022 Valspar Championship
- Sam Burns winning WITB: 2021 Sanderson Farms Championship
- Sam Burns winning WITB 2021 Valspar Championship
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Whats in the Bag
Aaron Wise WITB 2023 (January)

- Aaron Wise what’s in the bag accurate as of the The American Express. More photos from the event here.
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (15 @ 15.75)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 TX
Hybrid: TaylorMade SIM2 MAX (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5
Irons: TaylorMade P750 (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (52-12F, 56-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Putter: TaylorMade Ghost Corza
Grip: SuperStroke Traxion
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
More Aaron Wise WITBs
- Aaron Wise WITB 2022 (February)
- Aaron Wise WITB 2020
- Aaron Wise WITB: 2020 The American Express
- Aaron Wise’s Winning WITB: 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson
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Equipment
TOUR REPORT: Jason Day’s new Scotty Cameron, celebrity Ben Baller’s WITB, and Xander’s new 3-wood

The West Coast swing continued this week on the cliffs of San Diego at Torrey Pines for the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open, and we caught up with some of the top players (and celebrities) in attendance to see what clubs are in their bag, and what changes they’re making.
As GolfWRX uncovered, Xander Schauffele, Jason Day and Justin Rose made equipment changes ahead of the event. We also caught up with famous celebrities Ben Baller and Gareth Bale to get glimpse at their equipment setups; both players competed in the Pro-Am on Wednesday. We also spotted some new equipment that players were testing, and we caught up with Gary Woodland to check out his new Cobra setup.
Let’s waste no more time and get right into this week’s Tour Report from the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
Check out all of our photos from Torrey Pines here
Day switches to a new blacked-out Scotty Cameron…and a 7-wood
Back at the 2022 Shriners Open in October, I caught up with Jason Day to learn why he switched into a Scotty Cameron putter for the first time in his career, and what he liked about his new rounded mallet putter. He said the previous putters he used in the last few years – TaylorMade’s Spider Tour, and Odyssey’s Toulon Daytona – sat a bit too square, and looked as if they were pointing left of the target. The rounder Scotty Cameron mallet looked to point a bit more to the right, helping him to start the ball on a better line.
Here’s a look at his original Scotty Cameron build:
Last week at The 2023 American Express, however, Day switched into a nearly identical head, except this time it was made with a “Tour Black” finish. He ended up finishing 2nd in Strokes Gained: Putting on the week, and we caught with him on Tuesday at the 2023 Farmers Insurance this week to get a look at the new putter for ourselves:
Could this be the putter that helps Day get his magic back on the greens?
I went into way more depth into the putter switch over on PGATOUR.com, so click the link if you’re interested. We also have more photos and discussion of the putter in our GolfWRX Forums.
For this week, due to the particularly heavy rough and firm greens at Torrey Pines, Day also put in a TaylorMade Stealth 7-wood, equipped with a Mitsubishi Kuro Kage 80X shaft. His caddie says he flies it about 245-250 yards and lands softly.
Check out more photos and discussion of Day’s switches here
Schauffele finally changes up his 3-wood
While Schauffele upgraded into a new Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond driver at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions, he kept his old Epic Speed Triple Diamond 3-wood in the bag that week. As we covered in our full story on PGATOUR.com, he struggles with 3-woods that spin too low when he hits a right-to-left shot; he doesn’t want the ball coming in too hot and not being able to hold the green.
Since then, however, he found a new Paradym Triple Diamond 3-wood setup that minimizes that concern. His new 16.5-degree HL fairway wood, which is actually bent down to 15.3 degrees, has helped Schauffele tighten spin variation due to the spin consistency across the face.
He put the new 3-wood into play on Wednesday at Torrey Pines.
Xander Schauffele’s full WITB at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open
Woodland’s new Cobra setup
Gary Woodland officially signed an equipment deal with Cobra at the beginning of 2023, and we finally got a first look at his full WITB setup as a full-time Cobra staffer at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open. Most notably, Woodland switched into a new set of Cobra King MB irons, which he said are “literally off the rack.”
Check out the rest of his 2023 WITB here
Hideki tests an all-new Graphite Design putter shaft
According to Graphite Design rep Erik Boysen, there have been only two prototypes made of a new Graphite Design putter shaft, and Matsuyama tested one of them this week at Torrey Pines. The shaft is designed to provide increased stiffness and stability throughout the stroke. While Matsuyama isn’t putting it in play just yet, we’ll certainly keep an eye on his putter shaft going forward, and keep an eye on Graphite Design to see how this product may progress.
Join the discussion about the new shaft prototype here
Ben is a Baller
Ben Baller is a famous actor/jeweler/designer/entrepreneur/avid golfer/TaylorMade staffer, and he was also on the winning Pro-Am team this week.
Ahead of his victorious round at Torrey Pines, we got a look at all the clubs in Baller’s bag.
We expected nothing less than an eye-popping custom Scotty Cameron Masterful putter, engraved with his name and paint-filled with Lakers yellow. Uniquely, though, Baller went with a driver-less setup to help avoid the rough at Torrey Pines, so he went with a top-end setup full of TaylorMade Stealth2 and Stealth fairway woods and hybrids.
He fills out his bag with TaylorMade Stealth irons, TaylorMade Hi-Toe wedges and custom TaylorMade golf balls with his logo on them.
Check out Ben Baller’s full WITB here
Kickin’ it with Gareth Bale
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Gareth Bale – a newly retired Welsh soccer player (or footballer, if you prefer) – also teed it up alongside Ben Baller on the winning Pro-Am team. While we didn’t get a chance to capture photos of every club in Bale’s bag, we managed to capture a few photos of his setup.
He doesn’t have a bad golf swing, either, especially for being a former world-class member of Real Madrid and Tottenham.
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Justin Rose switches drivers
The last time we caught up with Rose at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open, the equipment free agent had an old TaylorMade M2 2016 driver in the bag. He’s been conducting extensive driver testing recently, though.
This week, he ended up switching to a new Callaway Paradym 8.5-degree head, equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft.
Justin Rose full 2023 WITB at Torrey Pines
Ben Martin’s new EvnRoll putter
Martin was previously using an old Guerin Rife mallet putter, but he switched into a new EvnRoll EV5.2 mallet putter at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open.
James Hahn shows up with a mixed bag
Former PXG staffer James Hahn has apparently gone the free agent route in 2023, since he showed up at Torrey Pines this week with a mixed-brand setup, which includes a Titleist driver, TaylorMade fairway wood, PXG hybrid, Callaway irons, Titleist Vokey wedges, and a Scotty Cameron putter.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about Hahn’s new free agency and golf clubs
TaylorMade’s San Diego head covers
TaylorMade’s Carlsbad HQ is just down the road from Torrey Pines, so the company typically designs some San Diego-inspired headcover heat when the PGA Tour comes into town. The 2023 Farmers Insurance sunset versions certainly did not disappoint.
Unfortunately, the sun is also setting on this week’s Tour Report from Torrey Pines. We’ll see you next week as the Tour travels up the West Coast to Pebble Beach.
Check out all of our photos from Torrey Pines here
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Peter Daugberg
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:27 pm
I’m Reading mostly negative comments on GD AD- DI? Why? Are you all pros? I’m playing hcp 3,5 ish and on my way to 2. Something – my SSP is 102 and The AD DI 6 stiff is the most steady and low spinning shaft I’ve had – not! Going to rip it out of my Cobra Fly Z + in the nearest future!
Graphite Design Sales
Sep 15, 2015 at 2:56 pm
Hi guys. Bill here from Pro’s Choice/Graphite Design. I would like to clarify that this new retail offering of the Tour AD DI shafts in TX flex is by no means a new model with a DI paint job. The TX Flex shafts that we have been manufacturing for years has always been a “Tour Only” shaft offering. We have had numerous requests from customers over the years for the heavier Tour AD DI-7 and DI-8 shafts in a stiffer flex thus we have decided to now begin to offer to the retail market the Tour AD DI-7 and DI-8 weights in the stiffer TX Flex. We are also happy to now be able to now offer the DI9-X Flex shaft as well. The Tour AD DI model continues to be a very popular shaft profile for us and we enjoy being able to continue to add new weights and flexes in an effort to meet the requests of our customers.
Thank you all for your continued support of the Graphite Design brand.
oti
Sep 17, 2015 at 4:04 am
So you are milking the dead TW cow! There you are!
Mr K
Oct 9, 2016 at 1:54 pm
hey, late reply but want to know, i bought a di 6tx from my mate who said it was a tour issue tour only shaft. i dont know if this shaft even exists as i dont see anyone selling di 6tx so please help me clarify thanks
ETW
Sep 15, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Question is, should it even be called the AD-Di? Basically it’s a different shaft with the Di orange paint job, just so they can sell more of this paint job, making people think it’s the one that Eldrick used, and making money off that, because Graphite Design knows it’s getting beaten by the likes of Aldila, Fujkura, et al.
jdub
Sep 18, 2015 at 9:38 pm
Because they offered it in a stiffer flex? I don’t follow. So every shaft manufacturer should call their regular and stiff flex shafts of the same model something different?
Ever heard of the blind leading the blind?
Morgan
Sep 18, 2015 at 11:25 pm
Couldnt be better said. love when people complain about a product that wasnt meant for them.
jdub
Sep 15, 2015 at 12:37 pm
They do– its called the BB or the 9003 series will lower launch and spin. All they’re doing is offering the exact DI profile in a stiffer flex… I don’t know why people are whining about it.
The shaft is popular and already well known so offering it with a stiffer flex just simply allows even more people to fit into it without tipping the heck out of it for those that truly swing fast enough to need it.
john
Sep 14, 2015 at 11:15 pm
dont know about “select few” – I swing about 113 mph with the driver and I had a tour ad di6x – it felt like a total noodle, spinny, soft noodle!
I agree with the other poster here that you’d just choose a different shaft and stop drinking the “that orange shaft tiger used to use” kool-aid
TonyK
Sep 15, 2015 at 7:32 am
yeah,, the shaft Tiger used to use and now Lydia Ko is using 🙂
Other
Sep 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm
Why not just use a different shaft?