Equipment
Tiger Woods testing a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White Board driver shaft ahead of The Northern Trust
Tiger Woods has spent his 2018 season using the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70TX shaft in his TaylorMade M3 driver, which he’s changed the weight settings on just about every event. But after a dismal driving performance at the 2018 PGA Championship — where he finished second place despite missing every single fairway during the front nine of his final round, and the infamous 17th hole tee shot that he blew right right of a hazard — it appears Tiger is considering switching up his driver shaft.
On Tuesday of The Northern Trust at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ, Tiger was spotted using a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White Board shaft in his driver, instead of the counter-balanced Tensei Orange he’s been accustomed to in 2018. The last time Tiger played in competition with a Diamana White Board? According to our records, it was back in 2014; that’s before the Tensei Orange, the Tensei White, the Matrix TP7HDe, and the Diamana Blue Board. Back in 2013-2014, Tiger was playing a Diamana White Board 73X.
Of course, GolfWRX members have already spotted the switch, and are speculating on why he’s switching, exactly what he’s switching to, and questioning why he isn’t switching into something else. See what they’re saying about Tiger’s shaft switch here.
According to our Tour photographer Greg Moore, Tiger has also added 1 degree of loft to his driver, in addition to sliding the M3 dual weights forward compared to their position at the 2018 PGA Championship.
He moved up 1 degree in loft too https://t.co/lD6xmn9PjV
— Greg Moore – PGA (@gdm43pga) August 21, 2018
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/13/24): Full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs.
From the seller: (@CaymanS): “During the year of recovery from leg surgery that never quite healed, I was bored. One thing led to another, and I ended up gradually building/acquiring the individual pieces to complete a set of “Tiger Slam” clubs. They are what Tiger played to win 4 consecutive majors, which nobody has ever done. This is not an exact replica of course, but something close that fit me to play a few times per year and experience what Tiger did. But my bad leg, 4 shoulder tears, and age prevents me from the ball-striking needed to enjoy these to their fullest. They may not be everyone’s cup of tea, especially since the driver and fairway shafts are regular flex and most players good enough to play these will need to change them, but it’s not a perfect world. I am not a historian on this stuff, but my research indicates these are the same models Tiger used, with slightly different specs to fit me.
Full set $1,600, or…
…a donation for a Pro Kids fundraiser, or…
Driver: $70
Fairway: $250
Irons: $1,100
Wedges: $100
Putter: $350″
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
(Photo courtesy of TaylorMade)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
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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MF
Sep 5, 2018 at 12:50 am
The shaft in the picture is the D+ Limited Edition. The shaft has a “high balance point” (counter balanced) just like the Tensei Orange.
Chuck Barkley
Aug 22, 2018 at 7:05 pm
He will continue to fly the ball left and right out of play until he or they figure out how to STOP DIPPING AND DIVING INTO THE BALL ON THE DOWNSWING. There is no dropping 6-7″ and compressing the spine on the downswing and expecting any kind of
driving accuracy. The two way “final round” miss will continue until that issue is addressed.
Jimmy Ballard has left the building!
Mark
Aug 23, 2018 at 3:41 am
He’s not dropping 6-7 inches anymore. Levels are way more under control…it was clearly body tension and lack of rhythm triggered by stress.
geohogan
Aug 24, 2018 at 7:43 pm
He will continue to fly the ball left and right out of play until he or they figure out how to stop:
Hitting with his heads. As pics show, he trys to square the clubface with his hands(forearm muscles) with impact 5/10,000 second
impossible to time consistently.
Level Left, Tiger, Level Left
geohogan
Aug 24, 2018 at 7:50 pm
typo: SB Hitting with his Hands.
HDTVMAN
Aug 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm
I’d rather see him experiment with a Ping G400LST. Much superior to the TM.
Tee-Bone
Aug 22, 2018 at 2:17 pm
To quote the legendary Johnny Shanks, “It ain’t the club.”
Jack Nash
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:53 pm
So he wants to go further right?
William Davis
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:33 pm
I don’t understand why anyone would be interested in this.
Romes
Aug 22, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Clicked story? You.
William Davis
Aug 23, 2018 at 6:17 am
Just the headline and comments out of curiosity.
jc
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:01 pm
he can get one of those teeless drivers that noah begay is hawking on golf channel…he can use it off the ground!!!! it is the longest straightest drives ever made. Then get one of the green chippers, one of those automatic sand wedges and a warrior golf ball..he can’t lose
TONEY P
Aug 22, 2018 at 11:42 am
Doesn’t matter what shaft he swings, as long as he tries to fade the ball now he is going to have problems. He is a golfer who has been injured so he needs to learn to adjust to what is easier to play with a fused back. He has to let the club head go, which means he has to play tee shots right to left now . For some strange reason injured golfers turn the ball over easy.
Skip
Aug 22, 2018 at 11:34 am
Great shaft, I still play one in one of my 917 D3’s. I also still have Tiger’s old favorite Graphite Design AD-DI in another of my 917 D3’s. Like them both.
~j~
Aug 22, 2018 at 10:01 am
Someone let Tiger know the M4 has a D-Type also. 1* of increased loft = 1-2* more closed also.
Can’t speak to the Tensei Orange, never hit it. Buit those clamoring that the shaft won’t make a difference never belted the White Boards and then swung a V2. Not sure Tiger needs the counter-balanced shaft at all, but whatever increases SW nowadays…
the loft settings will do more to change his flight than anything. Oh the trouble we get into one we start messing with those. In two weeks he’ll have a hot duck hook.
Joe
Aug 22, 2018 at 9:52 am
He should be testing a PING G400 driver. Might straighten him out a bit. 1 more fairway hit last week and he’s a major winner.
Jack Nash
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:55 pm
And lose TM sponsorship? LOL
Carlos Augusto Carvalho
Aug 22, 2018 at 1:11 pm
Tiger missed an eagle putt and ended up making par on Saturday. Also missed birdies and par putts all over the week. So, driving bad was not the cause to miss a major.
Must work harder on the putting surface.
GW
Aug 22, 2018 at 8:18 am
This is usually where the “experts” chime in and tell us that the D+ is a made for OEM shaft.
ogo
Aug 21, 2018 at 11:54 pm
“…Tiger is considering switching up his driver shaft.”… No kidding!!!
I predict he will soon be playing a Seven Dreamer autoclave cured graphite shaft because all oven cured shafts are too soggy and floppy in the tip section causing Tiger problems.
Tyler Durden
Aug 21, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Gotta get ball speed to 185. Smh.
Tom
Aug 21, 2018 at 9:55 pm
Doesn’t twist face claim to correct dispersion?
Jack Tors
Aug 22, 2018 at 2:31 am
On off center hits. He hits the center of the face, he just can’t match up the face and the path.
TONEY P
Aug 22, 2018 at 11:57 am
That because he doesn’t want the face to turn, so he tries to hold off.
Sahil Singh
Aug 22, 2018 at 9:37 am
Thats an interesting point!! if taylormade are marketing to amateurs like me, Long and stright aaaaannnddd TIGER WOODS!!!! can’t hit it straight with all the tech at his fingertips no expense spared then what now???? @taylormade – can you make a driver that even tiger woods can hit straight???
Sahil Singh
Aug 22, 2018 at 9:38 am
Thats an interesting point!! if taylormade are marketing to amateurs like me, Long and stright aaaaannnddd TIGER WOODS!!!! can’t hit it straight with all the tech at his fingertips no expense spared then what now???? @taylormade – can you make a driver that even tiger woods can hit straight???
jc
Aug 22, 2018 at 7:12 pm
go back in time and get one of those offset drives…forgot who made them
Nack Jicklaus
Aug 21, 2018 at 9:52 pm
Get him an old King Cobra 8 degree with a DG X100 shaft.
ogo
Aug 21, 2018 at 11:58 pm
Steel driver shafts are still the gold standard for ball control and accuracy. Pros use graphite in drivers for mass marketing of lighter is faster fraud. It’s all about what sells and what pays.
Geohogan
Aug 22, 2018 at 4:47 pm
Agree Tigers clubs are too light. (there are 100 gram graphite shafts out there)
He should listen to Jack N.:
“I’ve always believed that the golf club should dominate you instead of you dominating the club. In other words, you swing the club, and your body reacts to how you swing it. Doing this forces you to use your lower body to initiate the downswing. Every other sport is played from the ground up. Watch a baseball pitcher: On the windup, he moves his lower body first, then his arm; on the forward motion, he leads again with the lower body, the arm trailing. This used to be true with golf, but today I see it being taught with the upper body dominating, partly because modern equipment is so much lighter. But if kids started with clubs slightly too heavy, it would teach them to swing back and through from the ground up. They would be forced to learn the proper sequencing of motion.”
dat
Aug 21, 2018 at 9:37 pm
Classic shaft, proven in his hands before. Hopefully he can make it work, it’s 99% mental anyhow.
ab
Aug 21, 2018 at 8:58 pm
That should help him be slightly straighter. Probably won’t be able to launch it like Koepka, but it’ll work
Travis
Aug 21, 2018 at 8:57 pm
That’s why he’s missing fairways… he’s closing his eyes during the swing…
Jack Nash
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:57 pm
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