Equipment
Lydia Ko explains why her PXG 58-degree wedge is so different
During the PXG 0311 Gen2 iron launch at Scottsdale National Golf Club, I caught up with 20-year-old Lydia Ko — who once became the youngest ever to reach a world No. 1 ranking at 17 years old — to discuss what’s currently in her bag. She discusses switching into the new Gen2 irons, what she likes about them, and also what’s so different about her 58-degree wedge. Joining us was PXG engineer Mike Nicolette who works with Ko on fitting and building her wedges.
Enjoy my interview with Ko and Nicolette above, and click here to hear more from Nicolette.
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- Pavon’s WITB accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Ping G430 LST (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X
Irons: Ping i230 (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X
Wedges: Ping Si59 (52-12S, 58-8B)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Ping Cadence TR Tomcat C
Grip: SuperStroke Claw 1.0P
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Check out more in-hand photos of Pavon’s gear here.
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Tommy Fleetwood has been attached to his Odyssey White Hot Pro #3 putter for years now. However, this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, we did spot him testing a new putter that is very different, yet somewhat similar, to his current gamer.
This new putter is a TaylorMade Spider Tour X head but with a brand new neck we haven’t seen on a Spider before. A flow neck is attached to the Spider head and gives the putter about a 1/2 shaft offset. This style neck will usually increase the toe hang of the putter and we can guess it gets the putter close to his White Hot Pro #3.
Another interesting design is that lack of TaylorMade’s True Path alignment on the top of the putter. Instead of the large white center stripe, Tommy’s Spider just has a very short white site line milled into it. As with his Odyssey, Tommy seems to be a fan of soft inserts and this Spider prototype looks to have the TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves for immediate topspin and less hopping and skidding.
The sole is interesting as well in that the rear weights don’t look to be interchangeable and are recessed deep into the ports. This setup could be used to push the CG forward in the putter for a more blade-like feel during the stroke, like TaylorMade did with the Spider X Proto Scottie Scheffler tested out.
Tommy’s putter is finished off with an older Super Stroke Mid Slim 2.0 grip in blue and white. The Mid Slim was designed to fit in between the Ultra Slim 1.0 and the Slim 3.0 that was a popular grip on tour.
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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!
Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S
Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S
Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge
Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X
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Mat
Mar 25, 2018 at 1:45 am
After he said “verse the”, I threw up in my mouth a little.
Ben Jones
Mar 24, 2018 at 12:46 pm
My Cleveland wedges are special. They have a custom sole grind that I made by using them so long and hitting them off pavement. My putter has a custom lie that I made by banging the head against a carpeted floor until it felt fight. Learned this from Lee Trevino. I used to customize my other clubs with lead tape until I started having memory loss and my doctor banned the tape.
Shaggy
Mar 24, 2018 at 5:58 pm
I’m sorry, what was that you were saying about lead tape? I spaced out for a minute then lol
Ben Jones
Mar 25, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Totally forgot what I wrote. Sorry.
Jim Munro
Mar 23, 2018 at 7:17 pm
Where are they made CHINA USA or somewhere else?
gunmetal
Apr 30, 2018 at 12:35 pm
PXG uses foundries in China.
abba
Mar 23, 2018 at 3:13 pm
I bet she loves the skrews… in the head…
John Horton
Mar 23, 2018 at 10:32 am
PXG clubs are way over priced and I heard Parson say his clubs should cost $1000 a club!!!!!! yea good luck with that!
JG
Mar 23, 2018 at 2:02 am
Mmmm mmmm mmmm that Coolaid tastes so good!
JG
Mar 23, 2018 at 2:01 am
It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told. It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. Yes it will, Precious, won’t it? It will get the hose!
ak
Mar 23, 2018 at 1:56 am
she actually doesnt explain anything. nothing more than a pxg promo. anyways, who besides sponsored players will really wanna pony up for these clubs? just dont see the value.
maybe if the clubs with a round with paige…
Andrew
Mar 23, 2018 at 12:42 am
Is she ever going to win using PXG’s?
Mr. Divot
Mar 22, 2018 at 11:51 pm
She’s so good it’s ridiculous. Girl just kills it out there.
Andrew
Mar 23, 2018 at 12:45 am
And it’s been all downhill for her since Fall, 2016.
Rich
Mar 22, 2018 at 8:39 pm
I’m on this website to look at photos and read articles. Difficult to sneak in a video or audio clip while in between things at work. At least transcribing these would be helpful as the density of non-printed content seems to be increasing.
Golfer69
Mar 23, 2018 at 1:45 am
You are absolutely right. During work it´s impossible to watch the videos and unfortunately there are more and more of them.
Doug
Mar 23, 2018 at 8:49 pm
Maybe you should work instead of surfing the web. Just a thought.
gunmetal
Mar 22, 2018 at 4:16 pm
I know there’s a lot to the equation, but she was winning 4 and 5 times a year before she switched to PXG and hasn’t won since. During 2015-2016 she was the best putter on the planet – Spieth included.
the dude
Mar 22, 2018 at 3:53 pm
so are they forging their own wedges??
ogo
Mar 22, 2018 at 3:20 pm
I really loved the feel of them…. they were great…. I liked the feel a lot… I’m loving it and those in my group are loving them… really good… it’s been really good… (… and I love the endorsement money…) 😀
Scott
Mar 22, 2018 at 2:49 pm
Interesting…