Equipment

Tiger Woods testing a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White Board driver shaft ahead of The Northern Trust

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6 years ago

Aug 21, 2018

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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34 Comments

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.

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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!

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- 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.
  
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- 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
  
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  - geohogan
    
    Aug 24, 2018 at 7:50 pm
    
    typo: SB Hitting with his Hands.
    
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HDTVMAN

Aug 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm

I’d rather see him experiment with a Ping G400LST. Much superior to the TM.

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Tee-Bone

Aug 22, 2018 at 2:17 pm

To quote the legendary Johnny Shanks, “It ain’t the club.”

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Jack Nash

Aug 22, 2018 at 12:53 pm

So he wants to go further right?

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William Davis

Aug 22, 2018 at 12:33 pm

I don’t understand why anyone would be interested in this.

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- Romes
  
  Aug 22, 2018 at 2:24 pm
  
  Clicked story? You.
  
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  - William Davis
    
    Aug 23, 2018 at 6:17 am
    
    Just the headline and comments out of curiosity.
    
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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

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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.

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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.

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~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.

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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.

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- Jack Nash
  
  Aug 22, 2018 at 12:55 pm
  
  And lose TM sponsorship? LOL
  
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- 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.
  
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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.

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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.

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Tyler Durden

Aug 21, 2018 at 10:43 pm

Gotta get ball speed to 185. Smh.

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Tom

Aug 21, 2018 at 9:55 pm

Doesn’t twist face claim to correct dispersion?

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- 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.
  
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  - 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.
    
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- 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???
  
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- 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???
  
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  - jc
    
    Aug 22, 2018 at 7:12 pm
    
    go back in time and get one of those offset drives…forgot who made them
    
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Nack Jicklaus

Aug 21, 2018 at 9:52 pm

Get him an old King Cobra 8 degree with a DG X100 shaft.

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- 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.
  
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  - 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.”
    
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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.

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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

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Travis

Aug 21, 2018 at 8:57 pm

That’s why he’s missing fairways… he’s closing his eyes during the swing…

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- Jack Nash
  
  Aug 22, 2018 at 12:57 pm
  
  ????????????????????????????????
  
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Whats in the Bag

Patrick Reed WITB 2024 (May)

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12 hours ago

May 16, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

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

Check out more in-hand photos of Patrick Reed’s clubs in the forums.

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

Check out more in-hand photos of Patrick Reed’s clubs in the forums.

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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John Daly’s $750 custom irons and 10 must-see gear photos from the 2024 PGA Championship

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12 hours ago

May 16, 2024

Andrew Tursky

Welcome to the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the last two PGA Championships held at Valhalla, Tiger Woods won in 2000 – when he famously pointed his golf ball into the hole during the historic duel with Bob May – and Rory McIlroy won the 2014 event, basically in the dark on the final hole.

The point is, history shows that Valhalla tends to produce top-tier champions and plenty of drama.

This week at the 2024 PGA Championship, GolfWRX got its first up-close look at what some of the LIV Tour players have in their bags in 2024. We also caught back up with a few PGA Championship legends, such as Rich Beem and John Daly, and we dove into the bags of PGA Sectional qualifiers, too.

In total, we captured 47 different photo galleries this week, including 32 individual What’s In The Bag (WITB) forum threads. Click here to see all of our photos from the event, or continue reading to see my 10 equipment highlights from Valhalla.

1) Brooks Koepka’s new putter

Koepka was previously using a Scotty Cameron T5.5 putter with a slant neck, which he used to win at the beginning of the month in Singapore on the LIV tour. This week, however, he tried a T5.5 with a plumbers neck instead of the slant neck, and it’s immediately going in the bag. According to Scotty Cameron Tour rep Drew Page, Koepka already loved the head, and now finds the plumbers neck a bit more familiar to the blade-style putters he’s used throughout most of his career.

See Koepka’s full WITB here

2) The lead tape king returns, with putting goggles

Phil Mickelson has always been one of the GOATs when it comes to lead tape usage, so it was no surprise to see his 64-degree custom Callaway wedge slathered with slabs of lead tape on the back.

The big surprise was that lefty was spotted using ProAim putting training goggles on Wednesday during his warm-up session.

The ProAim goggles are helpful to find center lines and ensure proper alignment to the target.

See Phil Mickelson’s full WITB from the 2024 PGA Championship

3) Dobyns’ old-school gamer setup

Speaking of lead tape, check out Matt Dobyn’s old Titleist 718 T-MB irons, which are so loaded with lead tape that the club is nearly unrecognizable.

Respect.

The head professional at Meadow Brook Club is making his sixth start in a PGA Championship, and he’s using a throwback Callaway GBB Epic driver with MOI-boosting lead tape and adjustable weight placements.

As GolfWRX Forum user “InTheBag” pointed out in our Matt Dobyns’ WITB thread, he has the type of setup that makes you want to hide your wallet: “I don’t know Mr. Dobyns, but one look at that bag tells me he can take your money,” writes InTheBag.

Spot on.

4) John Daly’s custom Sub70 irons and wedges

We first saw John Daly using $750 direct-to-consumer Sub70 659-CB irons and TAIII wedges at the 2023 PNC Championship, and he still has them in the bag, but he’s since stepped up the customization on the Sub70 clubs.

Does Daly ever NOT keep things entertaining?

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A true showman.

See Daly’s full WITB

5) DJ’s custom putter

Dustin Johnson has always been one to test multiple putters week-to-week, and he has a keen eye for different alignment lines and crowns. This week, he’s opting for a completely gray TaylorMade Spider Tour “T3.0” prototype with a short slant neck.

See the rest of DJ’s WITB from the week here

6) Patrick Reed still rocking GrindWorks irons

Patrick Reed knows his stuff when it comes to equipment, and he’s a prolific tester. Still, however, the GrindWorks PR-101A irons are squarely in the bag after his departure to the LIV tour.

The most notable new addition to Reed’s bag is this Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond 3-wood.

Click here to see Reed’s full WITB from this week

7) Beem’s Scratch set

Rich Beem, who won the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, came to the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla with a bag full of Scratch Golf irons, which are loaded with lead tape and equipped with some of the coolest custom ferrules in professional golf.

See Rich Beem’s full WITB here

8) Jon Rahm’s 10-iron

Before going to LIV, Rahm was using a Callaway Apex TCB pitching wedge.

Now, he’s using a Callaway Apex TCB “10 iron.”

He’s also since upgraded to three Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke metalwoods, and fresh stampings on his Jaws Raw wedges. Click here to see Rahm’s full WITB from the 2024 PGA Championship.

9) “Why so serious?”

Tyrrell Hatton, another LIV player in the 2024 PGA Championship field, channels his inner Joker to ask everyone, “Why so serious?”

See Hatton’s full WITB here

10) Block’s “Proto” iron, from address

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Here’s a look at the 7-iron from address:

See what GolfWRX members are saying about the Proto irons in our Forums

And, with that, we say goodbye to Louisville, and the second major championship of the 2024 season. We’ll see you next week at the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas after a champion has been crowned.

Until then, don’t forget to check out all of our photos from this week at the 2024 PGA Championship!

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Whats in the Bag

Club Junkie WITB, league night week 5: Another L.A.B. putter arises

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May 16, 2024

Brian Knudson

We will be one quarter of the way through Thursday night men’s league season after this week. BK played much better last week, so he is hoping to continue that success and post another good score.

Here are the 14 clubs that will hopefully win him some skins!

Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops (9 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X (2024)

3-wood: Cobra Dark Speed LS Titanium (14.5 degrees, set +1)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7x

Fairway: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura ATMOS Tour Spec Blue 8 X

Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops 4h (22 degrees, Flat Setting)
Shaft: KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 85 S

Irons: TaylorMade P770 Phantom Black (5-PW)
Shaft: KBS Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (50-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (56-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (60-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Putter: L.A.B. Mezz.1 Max
Shaft: Accra x L.A.B. White

Ball: Titleist ProV1 Enhanced Alignment

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