Equipment

WRX Spotted: Matthew Fitzpatrick’s custom Bettinardi

Published

4 years ago

Mar 4, 2020

For many professionals, the putter is the one club they keep through thick and thin, whether it be the same model putter or general design, some players can go entire careers without switching.

In what appears to be a very unique case this week, Matthew Fitzpatrick looks to have put into play a brand new putter from Bettinardi Golf that is almost an exact match down to the face grooves to his previous Yes! Golf Tracy II.

To give you some history on the now-defunct Yes! brand, Yes! Golf and its patents/IP were included in the deal when TaylorMade purchased Adams in 2012. It was after that point no new Yes! products were ever sent to retail and the company has sat idle to this day.

We reached out to Sam Bettinardi, EVP of Bettinardi Golf, to get the inside scoop on the origin and the process of making this putter for the Englishman.

Here’s what Bettinari said

“When we work with PGA Tour players, who are the most discriminate minds in the game of golf, they have extremely specific requests. Due to our ability to craft everything in house with exacting tolerances/specifications, we honored Matt Fitzpatrick’s request by duplicating his current gamer.”

“Matt was struggling to find backups for his putter he has been using since high school because his old company is not in business anymore. He wanted to work with us, because he knew we could make this request happen. To have a player like Matt, 24th in the world and a very solid putter overall, feel comfortable to switch from a putter he’s used since he’s been 16, is a testament to our craft and we feel privileged to have his trust to get it done.”

For more pictures and see what others are saying about this unique Bettinardi Putter, head to the GolfWRX Forums to join the conversation: Matthew Fitzpatrick’s custom Bettinardi putter – 2020 API

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Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

Published

7 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.

Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.

Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.

However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.

According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.

Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.

Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.

TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”

Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.

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Whats in the Bag

C.T. Pan WITB 2024 (July)

Published

9 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

C.T. Pan what’s in the bag accurate as of the John Deere Classic. More photos from the event here.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GT3 (16.5 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7 X

5-wood: Titleist TSR2 (21 degrees, C1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Red 80 TX

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist U505 (1), Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T150 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 80 6.5 (1), KBS PGI 90 (4-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 52-08F, 64), Vokey WedgeWorks (59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Purple S400

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Putter: Scotty Cameron Tourtype SSS TG-6.5

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

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Whats in the Bag

Justin Thomas WITB 2024 (July)

Published

9 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Justin Thomas’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the Scottish Open. We will make any updates if JT has many any changes for The Open Championship when we have those details.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX

5-wood: Titleist 915 Fd (18 degrees @19.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X

See more in-hand photos of Justin Thomas’ WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 621.JT (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F @47.5, 52-12F, 56-14F @57), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-06K @60.5)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (52-60)