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WRX Spotted: New blades for Bryson

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If there was ever someone on tour known as a tinkerer it would be Bryson DeChambeau. Yes, there are obviously players that don’t have exclusivity to a single OEM and have very mixed bags, but as far as testing and “getting into the weeds” Bryson is our man.

Spotted this week at the Memorial, Bryson had a new set (6-PW) of Cobra King Forged MB (muscle back) irons in the bag. Thanks to some great detective work from our own Johnny Wunder, we were able to get some cool inside information on the reason for the switch and if we will see these sticking around for the rest of the year.

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When speaking to the team at Cobra Golf, Bryson was feeling recently his short irons (Cobra King One Length irons) were apexing a bit too high, which made it more difficult to control trajectory and spin into greens as much as he wanted. After working with the team at Cobra, the team built him a set of King Forged MB irons to his specs (True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts, 37.5 inches) for the five clubs. As far the the build goes, the team at Cobra confirmed that these heads worked well to build to single length thanks to the tungsten weighting found in the heads – exactly same as what is found in the retail sets.

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With two more Major Championships before the end of the season being played at what could potentially be windy layouts (Pebble Beach and Royal Portrush), this iron change could certainly provide an advantage versus his previous set when it comes to playing in the wind and helping improve trajectory control.

Considering these are already in the bag, this is a big sign DeChambeau has a lot of confidence in both his set and the team at Cobra Golf for getting his equipment built and dialed in before defending his title at Jack’s place.

 

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Ryan Barath is a club-fitter & master club builder with more than 17 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. He is the former Build Shop Manager & Social Media Coordinator for Modern Golf. He now works independently from his home shop and is a member of advisory panels to a select number of golf equipment manufacturers. You can find Ryan on Twitter and Instagram where he's always willing to chat golf, and share his passion for club building, course architecture and wedge grinding.

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  1. cody reeder

    May 30, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    such a head case. In his win earlier this year he was playing DG X7 shafts. some of the stiffest on the planet. Then he switched to something else, I do not remember what. now S400s, different irons, and a new putter.

    JUST STICK WITH WHAT YOU WERE WINNING WITH MAN!!!!! STOP TRYING TO BE THE SMARTEST IN THE ROOM!!

  2. brickhouse

    May 30, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    New putter head as well, any idea what it is? #7 style wings

  3. Ross Baker

    May 30, 2019 at 10:00 am

    So now it’s only 6 iron to PW that are single length 37.5″! His wedges are ‘obviously shorter’ his ‘long irons’ are obviously longer! looking at pics! So his ‘One Length Set’ is ‘slowly reducing’ back to what any ‘Playable Set’ is! So much for ‘one length irons’! Soon he will be back to ‘standard’ iron configuration! Then he’ll have some chance of ‘playing to his potential!’ Funny Thing That! ????

    • Thomas A

      May 30, 2019 at 10:24 am

      That’s not ‘obvious’ by looking at a 2 dimensional image at an angle. His 5&4 irons are still One Length Forged irons. 5 wins on tour is pretty freaking good. Maybe you should aim so high?

    • Baking Ross

      May 30, 2019 at 10:35 am

      Just to make sure you know so you dont sound silly in future angry rants about One Length clubs.
      His long irons, both 4 and 5 are One Length utility irons. Keep in mind though, you also dont need to get angry over people being different. Are you still upset over the switch from steel to graphite? Things change and it’s going to be ok. Funny Thing That! ????

  4. Carole

    May 30, 2019 at 12:19 am

    Still comes down to how one is playing on any given day…Bryson has proved his single plane swing can be very good on good days and very bad on bad days…the search for more good days will go on for ever.

    • Orca

      May 30, 2019 at 1:12 pm

      Isn’t that every golfer who has good and bad days?

  5. Rich Douglas

    May 29, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    This is SUCH non-news.

    Bryson has them built to a 6-iron length already. That means removing weight from the 7I – PW, weight that’s already found in the tungsten weight block to get the swing weights right. Oh, and not mess up the playing characteristics of each club because of that weight removal. I’m sure Bryson got that done, but YMMV.

    Want a better trick? Try getting a set from 4I through LW all built around a 36.5″ shaft length, each with the same weight, swing weight, MOI, length, etc. Now THAT’s engineering. This? This is tinkering.

  6. EddieBigEddie

    May 29, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    Any idea how they removed weight from the 8-pw to get SW to match up?

    • Thomas A

      May 30, 2019 at 10:25 am

      Probably built them specifically for him, so they never added it in the first place.

  7. Big Mike

    May 29, 2019 at 6:20 pm

    Oh boy! I bet these come to retail at some point

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/3/24): Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

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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 Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

From the seller: (@wwcl): “Has been gamed as pics show. 33.5 includes original h/c and grip. $575 includes shipping and PP fees.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

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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Richy Werenski WITB 2024 (May)

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  • Richy Werenski what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Houston Open.

Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSR2 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 8 X

Hybrid: Titleist TSR3 (19 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White Hybrid 90 TX

Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 105 S

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 50-12F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (54-M, 58-L @60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Onyx (46-50), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 Onyx (54-60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron prototype

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash

Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Richy Werenski’s clubs in the forums.

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Adam Scott testing green “Masters Use Only” putter + 6 interesting equipment photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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Welcome to the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson event at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, which, for your geographical reference, is about 25 minutes from Dallas.

In early-week equipment news, we saw some interesting putter testing from Adam Scott, a Maxfli golf ball signing on the PGA Tour, a 16-year-old’s WITB, a PGA Tour player using another PGA Tour player’s backup putter, and Jordan Spieth weighed in on why he recently switched out just his 7-iron (and then made a hole-in-one with it).

With so much to report and so little time to waste on the intro, let’s get right into this week’s equipment rundown from the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

See all of our photo galleries from the week here 

Adam Scott’s new L.A.B. putters

Before we get into a couple of the new prototypes Scott has been testing, above is a photo of the L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Max prototype putter that he’s been using, and will likely continue to use this week in Texas.

That being said, following the Masters, Scott was looking to try a couple putters with a slightly lighter weight to help with his feel on fast greens.

One of the new prototypes we spotted on Tuesday was a L.A.B. Golf DF3 “Proto 2.1”, custom-built with Scott’s preferred blue colorway, and an Australia-inspired Kangaroo laser engraving…

We also spotted him with a green-colored “For Masters Use Only” Mezz.1 Max prototype…

While it’s unlikely Scott will make a switch this week, it’s certainly something to keep an eye on going forward, especially on courses with faster greens.

We also got a peek into Scott’s full WITB this week, which consists of a super-mixed set of Srixon irons, including a ZX Utility 3-iron, a ZX-5 MkII 4-iron, ZX-7 MkII mid-irons (5-7) and Z Forged II short irons (8-9).

See Scott’s full WITB from the CJ Cup here

An update on Daniel Berger’s Odyssey Jailbird

Last week in New Orleans, we highlighted Daniel Berger’s Ai-One Jailbird Mini putter because of its unique sightlines.

Well, we have an update.

According to Callaway Tour Manager Joe Toulon, who spoke with GolfWRX.com this week, Berger’s Jailbird Mini is actually from fellow Tour player Tom Kim’s stash. Kim is a prolific putter tester, and the exact putter Berger is currently using was actually originally made for and tested by Kim. The putter didn’t make it into Kim’s starting lineup, however, so he gave the putter back to Odyssey, and it eventually made it’s way onto Berger’s gamer roster.

Jordan Spieth’s new 7-iron

As the story goes, Jordan Spieth changed out his Titleist T100 7-iron on Wednesday before the 2024 Valero Texas Open, and then on Thursday, he used the 7-iron to make a hole-in-one from 199 yards on the 16th hole.

Good timing on that switch, Jordan.

On Tuesday at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, GoflWRX.com caught up with Spieth to get the full story on why he switched just the 7-iron.

Our full story is over on PGATOUR.com’s Equipment Report, but here’s a snippet of what Spieth had to say:

“I hit my 7-iron a lot, especially on my own. The spin rates, relative to my 6-iron and my 8-iron, were lower, so it was going too far. I was trying to figure out why, if it was something in the makeup of the iron. I got the lies and the lofts checked, and everything was fine. So finally I was like, ‘Can I just get a new one and see if it fixes it?’

“Maybe there was one other time throughout my career where I changed just one iron, so it’s very unusual. I think it’s just because the grooves were worn down from hitting it too much.”

Ben Griffin signs with Maxfli to play the golf ball

At the beginning of the year, LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompson signed a deal with Maxfli to play the company’s golf ball, and now, Griffin has officially joined team Maxfli, as well, thus expanding the company’s Tour presence.

GolfWRX.com caught up with Griffin on Wednesday in Texas for a video interview about his new golf ball of choice, and how he marks it…

 

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A 16-year-old is playing on the PGA Tour this week, using a 2-iron!

Amateur golfer Kris Kim, at just 16 years of age, is making his PGA Tour debut this week after receiving a sponsors exemption into the event. In 2023, Kim won both the R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship and the European Boys’ International Championship.

On Tuesday in Texas, we got a look into Kim’s bag, which revealed that he’s currently playing a TaylorMade P-770 2-iron, and a bag full of TaylorMade clubs.

Check out Kim’s full WITB here

A smart golf ball stamping

I’m not going to sit here and pretend to be a big math guy, because I’m not. However, I do recognize David Nyfjall’s purple ball marking as a square root symbol.

While I don’t know the particular significance of the square root symbol for Nyfjall, I do know you have to be fairly intelligent to even consider using a marking like that. Pretty cool stuff from the Northwestern alum, and 2023 Byron Nelson Award winner.

And, with that, we say goodbye to Texas and TPC Craig Ranch. We’ll see you next week at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte for more insider equipment news and storylines.

For now, don’t forget to check out all of our photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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