Equipment
Donald bags new Mizuno T7 wedges at Open Championship
Sure, he finished T43, but there was still plenty of excitement around Luke Donald’s play at the 145th Open Championship. The former No. 1-ranked golfer in the world was using Mizuno’s new T7 wedges at Royal Troon.
Photo from Mizuno’s Facebook Page.
Mizuno hasn’t released other details about the wedges, but it’s clear from the engraving on their hosels that they’re forged from the company’s 1025E Boron material, which Mizuno says is 30 percent stronger than the 1025E carbon steel used in its current S5 wedges.
In recent launches, Mizuno has been incorporating its boron material into its cavity-back iron designs, and boron-forged T7 wedges would mark the first time the company used boron in one of its wedge models.
Photo from Mizuno’s Facebook Page.
In the past, Mizuno’s T-line of wedges such as the MP-T5 (released in 2014) have used the company’s “teardrop” head shape, whereas S models such as the S5 (released in 2015) have used the company’s “silhouette,” or rounded shape. Expect the tradition to continue with the T7.
In other Mizuno-related news, the company had its new JPX-900 driver added to the USGA Conforming Club List last week.
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- Kevin Doughtery what’s in the bag accurate as of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. More photos from the event in the forums.
Driver: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (8 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 70 6.5
Mini driver: TaylorMade 300 Mini Driver (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 80 6.5
Irons: PXG 0311 X Gen2 (3), PXG 0311 ST Gen4 (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X LZ
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (52-12F, 56-14F, 60-04L, 60-12D)
Shafts: Project X LZ 6.5 (52), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (56, 60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
More photos of Kevin Dougherty’s WITB in the forums.
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The year was 2007. The famous/infamous Nike Sasquatch Sumo2 was released the year prior, ditto the Callaway FT-i. It was a (brief) time when, if you were a driver, it was hip to be square.
Fast forward 16 years. Tour Edge revealed on social media this week that it had plans to add right angles to its Exotics line with an epic #TBT post, writing:
“For this #throwbackthursday we’re going to prove that sometimes a product just wasn’t destined to come out…
“That’s the case with this one-of-a-kind Exotics XSi square driver.
“The XSi stood for XTREME SUPER INERTIA, and we were following the design trend of the day back in good ol’ 2007…
“But [in] the end cooler heads prevailed and this one was left on the shelf.
“Literally, we just found it on a shelf in our “museum” and almost every single person who was here at the time had forgotten about it, or just plain never knew it existed.”
Check out photos of the Tour Edge Exotics XSi, below!
Photo credit: Tour Edge
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- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Fortinet Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: Titleist Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus HB 10 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto, Scotty Cameron T7
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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kev
Jul 22, 2016 at 5:15 pm
dang. that blue one has got to be the bestest looking wedge ever
Christian
Jul 21, 2016 at 9:44 am
“but there was still plenty of excitement around Luke Donald’s play at the 145th Open Championship.”
No, there wasn’t. I didn’t hear about anybody getting excited about Donald using new wedges.
Philip
Jul 18, 2016 at 6:52 pm
Then where does one go for soft wedges that can be easily bent at home – I suspect these may be as hard as anyones else’s wedges. Great for the grooves though.
Jack
Jul 19, 2016 at 4:33 am
Good point on the grooves. Hopefully it’s not just marketing speak. But then are the savings on wedges offset by balls that need replacing every hole?
Uno
Jul 19, 2016 at 12:29 pm
Just get the Bridgestone with that self-repairing cover
sumsum
Jul 20, 2016 at 9:06 am
all mizuno clubs especially forged are crazy soft and easy to bend… why would this be different?
Brian
Jul 20, 2016 at 11:06 am
Yeah. My JPX850 Forged irons didn’t seem to be any problem for my fitter to bend. Should be the same story here. And as someone with the blue ion S5…these are my upgrades when I wear mine out. Pretty clubs.
BD57
Jul 24, 2016 at 6:17 pm
Question about the 850’s . . . . “how easy”?
Where I live, I get stuck with mats for practicing on too many occasions. Past history, mats knock forged irons out of whack in a hurry – – – do the 850’s bend as easy as regular forged or are they more likely to hold loft / lie?
JustTrying2BAwesome
Jul 18, 2016 at 6:51 pm
That’s the McSexy right there.