Equipment
Adam Scott switches to MRC Kuro Kage Dual Core shaft in Australia
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Adam Scott has a new driver shaft. The No. 7-ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings switched to Mitsubishi Rayon’s new Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi shaft in his Titleist 917D2 driver at the Australian Open.
Twenty-five hours away (by plane), Webb Simpson and Bill Haas have also switched to the new shaft at the RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort in their Titleist drivers. Scott, Haas and Simpson are each using the 70TX flex.
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Bill Haas with the MRC Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi shaft in his Titleist 917D2 driver.
The Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi is the next generation of MRC’s Kuro Kage Silver TiNi shaft, which uses a 13-inch strip of elastic titanium-and-nickel (TiNi) wire to stabilize the tip section of the shaft for greater consistency. The wire “springs back to its original shape when stretched” according to MRC, which provides a unique feel while enhancing ball speed.
The Dual-Core TiNi, as the name implies, doubles up on the TiNi wire, adding a second strip that makes the tip section of the shaft even more stable, according to MRC Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mark Gunther. He called the bend profiles two shafts “similar,” adding that the addition of a second TiNi wire helps “tighten up” the shaft.
Related: Our head-to-head test of MRC’s Kuro Kage XT, Tensei CK Pro White and Diamana BF-Series shafts
Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi shafts ($300) use MRC’s Low-Resin Content (LRC) prepreg, which has 15 percent more carbon fiber and less resin than traditional prepregs to increase consistency. They’ll be available from authorized MRC retailers and dealers in January 2017.
Weights and Flexes
- Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi 50 Series (R, S, X, TX)
- Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi 60 Series (R, S, X, TX)
- Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi 70 Series (S, X, TX)
- Kuro Kage Silver Dual-Core TiNi 80 Series (X, TX)
Related: See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the Dual-Core TiNi shafts in our forum.
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Whats in the Bag
Sam Burns WITB 2024 (July)
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- Sam Burns’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the 3M Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond S (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond T (15 degrees @16)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black 75 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB ’24 (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (4-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-14F @55, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Tour Issue (56, 60)
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One #7SB
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X
Check out more in-hand photos of Sam Burns’ WITB in the forums.
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Equipment
Wesley Bryan on using 2 drivers last week and his “oopsie” hybrid
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from an article our Andrew Tursky filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over to PGATour.com to read the full piece.
It’s been well-documented that Bryan uses two 4-irons in his golf bag – including a Takomo 101U Driving Iron, and a Titleist T200 – but that’s not the only notable oddity throughout his bag.
As Bryan revealed on Wednesday, he actually played in last week’s Barracuda Championship with two drivers: a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max, which has been his gamer throughout 2024, and a new Titleist GT2 driver. According to Bryan, the dual-driver setup allowed him to work the ball both ways off the tee more easily.
“One was a little more friendly to draw, and one was a little more friendly to fade,” Bryan said.
This week at the 3M Open, however, Bryan says he’s sticking with just one driver: the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max, which he enjoys for its forgiveness, especially on shots that he misses on the toe of the face.
“The reason I like this driver so much is… a lot of guys hit the ball in the middle of the club face; and, yes, that’s probably the way you’re supposed to hit driver. I try to utilize a lot of the face,” Bryan said jokingly. “You see…my tee marks go anywhere from (the center of the face) all the way to over here (on the toe of the face). So I like to utilize about an inch and a half of the club face here. The forgiveness on the toe of this driver is second to none, and again, I hit it pretty poor, as you guys know, off the tee most of the time, although it’s getting a lot better. This driver offers a lot of forgiveness.”
In addition to the driver movement at the top end of his setup, Bryan has also introduced a new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 3-wood into his lineup to match up with his driver.
“I had a (TaylorMade) Stealth 3-wood in there for a while, but I enjoyed the Ai Smoke driver so much that I got Johnny Thompson (a Callaway Tour rep) out here to build up a 3-wood as similar as possible,” Bryan explained. “This club was used just yesterday in a round to take some money off of Tom Whitney and Zach Johnson on the final hole. I drove it in the hazard, which is obviously not uncommon. Dropped it on a side hill in the rough from 265 yards, hit it to 10 feet… and made birdie the hard way. So this club, I’ve really been enjoying it; it’s been in the bag for about three weeks now.”
Bryan also uses a TaylorMade Stealth 2 hybrid, which interestingly ended up in his bag by accident last year.
“[My hybrid] was built just as a backup while I was waiting for my clubs to arrive [at the John Deere Classic last year], and I needed stuff I could go play the pro-am with, so this was just kind of an ‘oopsie’ hybrid… it turns out I love it. It’s been in the bag ever since.”
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Head over to PGATour.com to read the full piece.
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Equipment
Three Swing Challenge: Testing the Graphite Design Tour AD VF shaft
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One of our Instagram followers requested that we take a look at the Graphite Design Tour AD VF golf shaft. Just a few weeks later, it has made its way onto the Three Swing Challenge to see where it stacks up.
Why three swings?
Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:
“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”
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