Equipment
Report: Lydia Ko to sign equipment deal with PXG
Lydia Ko is going to be playing PXG golf clubs in 2017, according to a report by Jaime Diaz in Golf World. PXG is said to be “offering a sweeter financial deal” than Ko’s current equipment sponsor, Callaway.
PXG, an upscale golf equipment manufacturer founded in September 2014 by GoDaddy Founder and billionaire Bob Parsons, was able to quickly established a presence on the PGA Tour by signing endorsement deals with a slew of PGA Tour winners (James Hahn, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, Chris Kirk, Ryan Moore and Rocco Mediate), as well as major champions Zach Johnson and Charl Scwartzel. PXG has also signed LPGA Tour players Chritie Kerr, Alison Lee, Gerina Piller and Beatriz Recari to endorsement deals, but none of them have the resume or potential of Ko.
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Ko, 19, is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the Official Rolex Golf Rankings. She’s won two major championships and 12 other LPGA Tour events since her first LPGA Tour win at the age of 14, when she become the youngest-ever to win a professional tour event. There’s a consensus among golf experts that she could become one of the all-time great on the LPGA Tour.
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Whats in the Bag
Xander Schauffele WITB 2024 (May)
- Xander Schauffele what’s in the bag accurate as of the PGA Championship.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees @10.1)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 70 TX (45.5 inches)
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Mizuno MP-20 (3), Callaway Apex TCB ’24 (4-10)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Mid X100 (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-10)
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-10S @57), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-K @61)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Putter: Odyssey Toulon Design Las Vegas Prototype 7CH
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Align
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
Check out more in-hand photos of Xander Schauffele’s clubs in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Cam Smith WITB 2024 (May)
- Cam Smith what’s in the bag accurate as of the PGA Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X
3-wood: Ping Max G430 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 7 X
7-wood: Titleist TS2 (21 degrees, D4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Elements Proto 8F5
Irons: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi (2, 3), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X Custom Series
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 52-08F, 56-08M, 60-04T)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130X (46, 52, 56, 60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Tack
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Cam Smith’s gear here.
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Whats in the Bag
Patrick Reed WITB 2024 (May)
- Patrick Reed what’s in the bag accurate as of the PGA Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G400 (8.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 125 MSI 70 Tour X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 125MSI 80 Tour X
Hybrid: Callaway Apex Pro (18 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila RIP Phenom Hybrid 100 TX
Irons: Titleist 716 TMB (2), Grindworks PR-202 (4), Grindworks PR-101A (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (50-10 Mid), Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (56-08M @55), SM10 (60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot RX Pt Customs No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
More photos of Patrick Reed’s WITB in the forums.
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mark mckeown
Nov 24, 2016 at 8:50 pm
looks like celeb friends George Lopez and Don Cheadle got into her head about them, or maybe they let her hit their clubs and she liked ’em, but anycase, they love their clubs, and may have told her about them in some way… maybe.
Deadeye
Nov 24, 2016 at 3:28 pm
Some thoughts: Lydia can play well with any club. But not necessarily better. You can’t buy a game is true at any level.
Leadbetter bashers: his A swing is a game saver if you are like me; getting older and struggling with shots you used to hit easily.
It seems odd at first but after some practice it all comes together. It is a huge positive for golf. But then, you still have to putt.
moneypowerrespect
Nov 23, 2016 at 3:13 pm
Why do people care so much about price? I feel like golfwrx is overrun by people on a budget. where my country club peeps at? seriously – the 500k initiation fee and the +10k I probably spend on annual dues and that’s just for 1 club.
how can something be overrated if you never had it? It’s like saying a bentley is overrated.
don’t hate just cause you can’t afford
aspire
Lester Diamond
Nov 24, 2016 at 5:44 am
Good grief. At least Smizzle is amusing most of the time. The whole “I am awesome because I am rich” schtick was tiresome in the 80’s, and even more so today. Get some new material.
Chris Washington
Nov 23, 2016 at 2:50 pm
I like this move! For PXG, signing the #1 woman in the world (who happens to be Korean) will help them grow in Asia. Asian markets love LPGA/KLPGA/JLPGA. For Lydia Ko, she gets the best clubs in the game (my opinion) and signs with a smaller company that can give her more time and attention.
Alfredo Smith
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:57 pm
Here come the haters, hahaha. Is it the arrow or the Indian, that’s a debate that people who don’t game PXG will have to answer.
Bob Chepeska
Nov 23, 2016 at 6:06 am
Absolutely.
People who have dropped 3K on a set of PXG’s know for certain that it is indeed the Indian.
Clay
Nov 22, 2016 at 9:28 pm
Sorry to see her leave Callaway. If she picks up some yardage, daunting! If not, so what. It’s all about the “money.”!!
Sometimes a smizzle
Nov 22, 2016 at 8:44 pm
I hope part of the contract is that she kick leadbetter out the door so he can’t ruin her anymore.
Alfredo Smith
Nov 22, 2016 at 7:34 pm
Here comes the PXG hate club hahaha. Are they expensive, hell yeah! Do they live up to the hype, darn tuttin! Is it the arrow or the Indian (lmao) who the ‘F’ cares. Personally since I started bagging the 0311’s my GIR is up, and my handicap has gone down. So phooey to the haters and good luck to L. Ko 😉
Chris Washington
Nov 23, 2016 at 2:38 pm
The “indian or arrow” comments are strange to me. Clubs are more like the bow in that scenario. For those of us who are into archery (bow hunting), we know the bow is incredibly important.
Tom
Nov 22, 2016 at 1:18 pm
Lydia wouldn’t make the move if she felt/saw that it will benefit her career. PXG isn’t employing any new technique to woo players that haven’t already existed.
Dat
Nov 22, 2016 at 1:15 pm
Kinda surprised she didn’t go with Honma. But it is all the same when it comes to uber high end clubs. They perform no differently other than how much they lighten your wallet.
Mat
Nov 23, 2016 at 4:12 am
+1.
The Parsons / HoDaddy money must be off the charts.
moses
Nov 22, 2016 at 11:12 am
IMO PXG is the US version of Honma (Japanese super high end). There is no money to be made selling drivers and irons alongside Taylormade, Titleist, Ping etc price points.
Good for Lydia. She will be another great addition to the brand building that’s going on at PXG.
Weekend Duffer
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:59 am
Guess that means she is losing the Odyssey 2-ball too. Love seeing pros still using those things.
new stuff!!
Nov 22, 2016 at 1:02 pm
does not mean that – the majority of the pxg players don’t use pxg putters – in fact I do not think any LPGA pxg players use pxg putters. In fact many pxg players don’t even use pxg drivers –
surewin73
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:35 am
Doesn’t have the resume of Ko or go down as one of the greats on the LPGA? Christie Kerr doesn’t meet these standards. Please! Who writes this stuff?
PXG is way overpriced in my opinion. The law of diminishing returns. But if it floats your boat, go ahead and put down the money. I just think they are PING clubs with an inflated price.
Brandon
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:08 am
Who?
Chris
Nov 22, 2016 at 9:57 am
Good for her! I think it’ll do not only her but PXG a lot of good in the Pacific market. Between her popularity here in the US as well as in NZ and Asia, I think she’ll really get PXG a sweet portion of the market.
PC
Nov 22, 2016 at 4:22 am
Poor Callaway. Couldn’t figure out a way to hang on to her. Parsons got too much cash floating around
Ronald Montesano
Nov 21, 2016 at 11:05 pm
I hope that Lydia continues to play her game, continues to grow up as calmly as world fame allows, and doesn’t make drastic changes in lifestyle or golf swing. This past week, she seemed to have the CME in her grasp after 62, then closed poorly to lose the tournament and a few other baubles. Those losses are part of tour life. Perfection ain’t nothing but a noun.
Gopher
Nov 21, 2016 at 9:03 pm
Overrated!!! Not her, PXG!!!
Feel the Bern
Nov 21, 2016 at 7:52 pm
Epic!
Jake
Nov 21, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Would have loved to see her stay with Callaway. I think PXG is overrated…not many players winning with the clubs and they are way too expensive.
Don Quiote
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:51 am
I do not think PXG is overrated. I think most people know they are good golf clubs. Are they changing the game? No but people in the US pay up charges for things with a fancier name all the time. That is just how it works. They are trying out the boutique market of the golf industry. Why wouldn’t she change to PXG? They offered more money. People argue that they are inflated priced Ping clubs and they are not winning on tour…yet those same people argue its not the club its the player. People just want to argue for no reason. PXG is making good golf clubs. They are not winning a whole lot on the PGA tour because in reality they do not have the HUGE names signed. Is the price high? Yes. Do they care that you think the price is high? No. The market they are going for is not all of us that think the price is too high. Congrats to Lydia. She will be as good as ever and then all of you can come back and argue about how the clubs are still awful but she is so good the makes them look good or some garbage like that.
bogeypro
Dec 7, 2016 at 10:16 am
Nobody is saying they aren’t good clubs. We are saying that they aren’t worth the $350 per iron or $800 driver. That’s a heck of a lot more than an upgrade. That is snake oil and it is bad for golf.
Ron
Nov 21, 2016 at 3:52 pm
It isn’t the club, but the person swinging the club. I really hope this doesn’t adversely affect her game. Ledbetter has done enough of that!
Don Quiote
Nov 22, 2016 at 10:44 am
If it isn’t the club but the person swinging the club then the clubs will not hurt her game… Pick one and stick with it. Club either does or doesn’t have an affect.
Mike Honcho
Nov 21, 2016 at 3:10 pm
And we wondered who was going to take up Nike’s ‘slack’. Looks like PXG is taking up slack, market share and names!
RHowl
Nov 21, 2016 at 3:03 pm
From the Million Dollar mans entrance theme……
Money Money Money Money Moneyyyyyy.
B Hock
Nov 21, 2016 at 2:54 pm
There must be a lot of money being passed around to get a world #1 player to switch…
new stuff!!
Nov 21, 2016 at 2:54 pm
actually think this is a good move for Lydia – I hope she goes for the 0311 (not t) she’s always looking for distance and can use the jack up lofts with her slowish swing speed – As much as people hate on PXG – anyone who plays PXG knows that it is a great conversation starter.
setter02
Nov 21, 2016 at 2:50 pm
Lol, desperate for more validation. Aren’t they suppose to be the best performing clubs in the world? Now they have to throw more money at people.
Gmatt
Nov 21, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Well they sure haven’t set the world on fire winning with “superior” clubs
Michael
Nov 21, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Oh, relax, Ken.
HOP
Nov 21, 2016 at 2:34 pm
fat