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Today from the Forums: “WITB – Wives’ Edition”

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4 years ago

Feb 4, 2020

Today from the Forums takes us into the bags of the wives of WRXers. WRX member, Yuck, began the discussion and gave us some great insight into the clubs that his wife currently plays:

“My wife is an avid golfer. She started playing about 35 years ago when we were dating. Once the kids were grown, she got better. 5 club championships in the last 10 years at 3 different clubs. She is now in her “early 60’s” and has lost a bit of speed, so she finally replaced a very old set a couple of years ago. She plays men’s senior shafts on all except her three iron, which is a project x 6.0. ( go figure??). She does beat me gross on not so rare occasions. She still shoots upper 70’s on good days.

Here is her WITB for what it’s worth.

915 D2 12 degree redboard 60g ( I talked her into giving up her 10.5 degree 975 D driver a few years back) Her Driver speed is down to the high 70’s these days.
Callaway X 3,5,7 woods, Fujikura Banzai 65g A flex
Bridgestone Air muscle 3 iron, project X 6.0 ( stolen from my bag a dozen years ago) she calls it her “Tree iron” for hitting low bullets under branches.
PXG 25 & 28-degree hybrids KBS TGI 60g graphite. A flex
7-GW PXG 0311 P, Steelfiber 70i. A flex
20-year-old Michela sand wedge. ( she won’t replace this one)
Highway 101 number 7 style putter. She is a much better putter than me.”

Yuck asks fellow members if any other WRXers’ wife uses “not so generic clubs” and our members divulge the clubs their partners are using in this “WITB – Wives’ Edition.”

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

third-times-a-charm: Quite a few of the ladies at the club have neat bags and are quirky about their selection. I’ve seen PXG stuff and even CF16’s (not counting our LPGA members bags) and lots of ‘mens’ clubs with A/L shafts, but the majority is a mix of old SGI stuff and ‘made for women’ stuff from PING and Cleveland from the early 2000s. My wife is one of the most modern and interesting I’ve seen IMO, mostly from my being on here and playing ‘personal clubfitter’ for her.

She has:

Mizuno ST190 10.5 Driver / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 43″ (We just moved to this from the JPX900 440cc driver, and she gained almost 20 yds)
Mizuno JPX900 3-wood / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 42″ (She won’t let this go, it’s her ‘magic’ 3 wood)
Mizuno JPX900 4H and 5H / Fujikura Pro L Flex Shafts
Nike Vapor Speed 6-PW (She cycles the 5i in and out of the bag with her 5h depending on conditions, she used to play both of them, but I made her take one out as to focus on being good with just one of them)
Cleveland CBX 52 and 56 Wedges with KBS Tour Wedge shafts (She will be switching these out to the Callaway MD5 JAWS wedges w/ Catalyst 6.0 Mens graphite shafts as soon as I can find a deal on them)
PING G Le Oslo Putter
Bridgestone E6 Lady balls
Nike Sport Lite II bag (she walks 9 holes by herself sometimes)

….and she shot her first 95 again (gross) last weekend after our first kid earlier this year.”

player12: “My wife started playing when she retired at age 48…former college bb coach, can shoot the heck out of free throws/3 pt range; but a sport such as golf was quite foreign initially. She started with my old TM MCG 5-PW and TM woods re shafted for her length and SW. Started at 30hc index..stuck with it (never thought she would). shes now a 14.5 index and moved on to:

Callaway Fusion 13.5 45.5 Recoil 450 F2
Callaway X2Hot 15 43 Aldila ATX 55 SR flex
3,4,5 Callaway 2018 Big Bertha Hybrids Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* lie up)
Callaway 6-AW 2018 Big Bertha Irons Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* Lie up)
Callaway Mack 3 54 (bent to 55) and 58 (both 1/2 in long)
Odyssey 2-ball Putter (won in a giveaway and won’t part with it)
Callaway Supersoft, Bridgestone E6, and she also likes Kirklands

A million shirts, shorts, skirts and pants and more shoes than I can count..and most of all, a whole large box of TPC Players caps.”

ChipNRun: My wife uses Adams Idea – Petite boxed set, which she got fitted for in 2014. She’s only 4-foot-9, so the female player’s rep at Golf Galaxy made three coordination calls with the factory in Ft. Worth regarding the fitting. For one thing, Adams was able to flatten lie slightly on irons, and on long-hosel hybrids too.

Adams sent her clubs “grips in the box” to GG so the rep could do a final fitting. Good move, she needed another half-inch off each shaft for a good fit.

Club mix:

12° ~~Driver~~ (she uses 3W off, even hits her 5W longer. She leaves driver at home. I may have to contact Maltby/GolfWorks for cure. Their L-Tech model has a 15° driver with some extra-light shafts).
3-5-7W (45-gram Idea shafts)
5, 6 Hy (50-gram Idea shafts)
7i-SW (50-gram Idea shafts)
Adams Yes! C-Groove putter.
Callaway Extra Lite 4.0 carry bag | Footjoy golf shoes | Pinnacle Soft golf balls | Assorted gloves.”

wchahn: “Here’s my wife’s set up – she was fit at Club Champion

Callaway Rogue Driver 12.5 – Grand Bassara shaft
Callaway Rogue 4 wood – Grand Bassara shaft
Callaway Rogue hybrids 19, 22 – Fujikura Vista Pro shafts
Callaway Rogue Pro 5-GW – Fujikura Vista Pro
Vega 54 wedge
Cleveland 56 sand wedge
PXG Brandon putter

She tried a bunch of super GI irons and hated them but loves her Rogue Pros.”

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A shocking Backstryke putter appearance + 7 interesting gear photos from the Zurich Classic

Published

5 hours ago

Apr 25, 2024

Andrew Tursky

Welcome to New Orleans, where TPC Louisiana plays host to the 2024 Zurich Classic. In between breakfast beignets and nightly Creole feasts, PGA Tour players are also competing in the unique two-man format at the Zurich this week.

Although the vibes in Nawlins are a bit lighter-fare than the recent back-to-back competitions the Masters and the RBC Heritage signature event), the gear news was no less serious this week.

We spotted some recent changes from Rory McIlroy, a very rare Odyssey Backstryke putter, dove into the bag of legendary New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and spotted Patrick Cantlay continuing to test new equipment.

Get your beads out and crack your crawfish, because it’s time for an equipment rundown from The Big Easy (meaning New Orleans, of course, not Ernie Els).

See all of our photos from the Zurich Classic here

Rory’s on-and-off lob wedge

Since the end of 2023, Rory McIlroy has had an on-again, off-again relationship with a Titleist Vokey K-Grind lob wedge. In his last start, it was on, and the wedge is back in the bag again this week. We got a great look at the complicated grind that McIlroy uses.

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A full look into McIlroy’s bag above also shows that he switched out of the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper that he used at the RBC Heritage, and he’s back into the Qi10 core 3-wood. As we discussed last week, McIlroy will likely keep the BRNR around as a course-specific club, trading it in and out for the 3-wood.

See Rory McIlroy’s full 2024 WITB from the Zurich here

Turning Back the clock

Unless Tommy Gainey is in the field, it’s unlikely you’ll ever see Odyssey’s Backstryke technology make an appearance on the PGA Tour.

But then, when you least expect it, Russ Cochran shows up.

For more than a decade – since the 2013 Sony Open in Hawai’i – Cochran has been stuck on 599 PGA Tour starts. This week will be his 600th.

Cochran is in the field at the Zurich this week playing alongside Eric Cole, whose regular caddie is Reed Cochran, Russ’s son.

The Backstryke putter was first released back in 2010, and its unique design helps shift the axis point of the putter closer to the CG of the head. And, the putter is getting a nod this week at the Zurich Classic, thanks to Cochran’s 600th career PGA Tour start.

The putter is certainly awesome, but don’t forget to check out Cochran’s full WITB from this week.

Drew Brees with a Super Bowl winning Scotty Cameron putter

Drew Brees, a legendary retired quarterback for the hometown New Orleans Saints, made an appearance at the Zurich’s Wednesday Pro-Am, playing alongside Zach Johnson, Ryan Palmer, and current Saints QB Derek Carr.

Brees’ bag included a TaylorMade Stealth2 Plus driver, a BRNR Mini 13.5-degree, a Stealth 5-wood, a mixed set of P-790 and P-760 irons, Milled Grind Hi-Toe wedges, and a custom Scotty Cameron “New Orleans Saints” putter, which Scotty made for Brees following his Super Bowl MVP-winning performance in 2010.

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It should also be noted that Brees has his Venmo QR code as a bag tag.

If you’re gambling with Brees on the course, just know that not having cash won’t work as an excuse.

Brilliant.

See Drew Brees’ full WITB from the Zurich here

Stricker’s unrecognizable putter

Steve Stricker has made numerous upgrades to his bag recently, including a new TSR3 driver and T100 irons, but his longtime Odyssey White Hot No. 2 putter is still going strong. It’s the most recognizable unrecognizable putter ever.

Here’s a better look at Stricker’s flatstick, which he started using back in 2007.

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Patrick Cantlay has opened the equipment-switching floodgates

Over on the PGA Tour’s Equipment Report this week, we covered Cantlay’s recent switch into Ping Blueprint S irons, and a Titleist TSR2 driver.

Cantlay hadn’t switched irons for about seven years, so the iron switch he made at The 2024 Masters came as a shock to the norm. He simply isn’t one to change gear very often, so anytime Cantlay makes a switch, it’s news.

It seems the floodgates of equipment testing have opened up a bit for Cantlay, who was also spotted testing a custom Scotty Cameron blade putter on Tuesday this week. By Wednesday, Cantlay was back practicing with his familiar Scotty Cameron T5 Proto mallet, but it’s certainly something to keep an eye on going forward.

Daniel Berger’s custom Jailbird site lines

Berger, who’s currently using Odyssey’s Ai-One Mini Jailbird mallet putter, has a unique 3-dot, 2-line alignment on the crown of his navy-white-navy-white mallet putter. Looking down at the putter, it’s easy to see why this alignment system would help; it just seems impossible to set up to the ball off-center, or misaligned to the target.

Also, for anyone worried, you can rest easy. Yes, he’s still playing the 2013 TaylorMade TP MC irons, which we highlighted in our recent “Modern Classics: Old vs. New” video testing series.

FitzMagic teams back up

Brothers Matthew and Alex Fitzpatrick are teaming up once again at the Zurich this year, and Bettinardi Golf hooked them up with some festive “FitzMagic” headcovers to match this week.

See what else is in Alex Fitzpatrick’s WITB here

And, with that, we say goodbye to the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. Don’t forget to check out all of our photos from this week, including 30 unique photo galleries full of equipment photos.

We’ll see you next week in Texas for the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson!

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