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WITB Time Machine: This week in 1998, Top 5 in the OWGR

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No. 1: Ernie Els

DRIVER: TaylorMade Titanium Tour 8.5 w/ Bubble Shaft XMKP Tour Prototype X 44.5 Inches

3-WOOD: TaylorMade Ti Bubble 2  2-wood 13 degrees w/ Dynamic Gold X100 42.5 Inches

IRONS: TaylorMade Burner Tour 2-PW w/Royal Precision Rifle 7.0

WEDGES: Cleveland 588 (56,60) with Dynamic Gold S400

PUTTER: Ping Anser w/ Neumann Leather Grip

BALL: Titleist Professional 100

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

No. 2: Tiger Woods

AUGUSTA, : Masters’ defending champion Tiger Woods of the US points to his caddie on the 14th hole during the final practice round for the 1998 Masters golf tournament 08 April at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, GA. The tournament starts 09 April. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

DRIVER: Titleist 975D 6.5 w/ Dynamic Gold X100 (tipped to length) @43.5 inches long

3-WOOD: Titleist PT15 bore thru w/ Dynamic Gold X100 (tipped to length) @42.5 inches long

IRONS: Mizuno MP-29 (2), 3-P Titleist T Grind Prototypes (HoffmanfForged) with Dynamic Gold X100

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Prototype 56,60 with Dynamic Gold X100

PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Teryilium

BALL:  Titleist Professional 90

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

No. 3: Greg Norman

DRIVER: King Cobra TI 8.5 with G. Loomis Prototype

3-WOOD: Maruman Conductor 13 degrees with Dynamic Gold X100 42.5 inches

IRONS: Cobra Norman Tour Blades (2-PW) with Dynamic Gold X100

WEDGES: Cleveland 588 (56), Titleist Vokey Proto (60)

PUTTER: Wilson 8802

BALL: Maxfli XS

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

No. 4: Davis Love III

DRIVER: Titleist 975D 6.5 with True Temper EI-70 X 45 Inches

3-WOOD: Titleist 970 13 degrees with True Temper EI-70 X 43 Inches

IRONS: Titleist Love/Bobka Proto CB with Dynamic Gold Sensicore X100

WEDGES: Titleist Bobka Prototype (54,60) with Dynamic Gold Sensicore X100

PUTTER: Ping Anser

BALL: Titleist Professional 100

GRIPS: Golf Pride Victory Green

No. 5: Phil Mickelson

DRIVER: Yonex Super ADX Titanium Prototype 7 degrees with Yonex Prototype Shaft XX 45 Inches

3-WOOD: Taylor Made Tour Spoon 13 degrees with Flex Twist X flex 42.5 Inches

IRONS: Yonex Super ADX Tour Forged with Yonex Tour Prototype Shaft X

WEDGES: Yonex Forged PM Grind (56,60) Yonex Tour Prototype Shaft X

PUTTER: Yonex ADX Forged Blade

BALL: Titleist Professional 100

GRIPS: Griptec

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  1. Matt

    May 2, 2020 at 9:30 am

    crazy how much putters have changed, not much variety back… an 8802, an 8802 copy (Mickelson), two Ping Ansers and an Anser knockoff (Woods).

  2. Benny

    May 1, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    Awesome! Thanks Johnny.

  3. Martin

    May 1, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Crazy to see how they were hitting drivers with 6.5 deg of loft on them.

  4. jgpl001

    May 1, 2020 at 4:41 am

    Wow I’d love to see some picture of any of these…..PLEASE

    • ewfnick

      May 1, 2020 at 8:02 am

      Got to agree, pictures of all the bags would have made this the best forum post ever!

  5. Gunter Eisenberg

    Apr 30, 2020 at 11:26 pm

    It is amazing how low the driver lofts were back in those days because of the wound ball spinning so high back in those days. Thanks to the Pro V1 and its competitors, lofts of 10.5 are pretty much the norm now.

  6. James

    Apr 30, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    Well done.

    Next research assignment please: WITB for Nicklaus, Trevino, Watson, Weiskopf, and Miller in 1975.

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Whats in the Bag

Matthieu Pavon WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: Ping G430 Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X

3-wood: Ping G430 LST (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X

Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X

Irons: Ping i230 (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X

Wedges: Ping Si59 (52-12S, 58-8B)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X

Putter: Ping Cadence TR Tomcat C
Grip: SuperStroke Claw 1.0P

Grips: Golf Pride MCC Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Check out more in-hand photos of Pavon’s gear here.

 

 

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Spotted: Tommy Fleetwood’s TaylorMade Spider Tour X Prototype putter

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Tommy Fleetwood has been attached to his Odyssey White Hot Pro #3 putter for years now. However, this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, we did spot him testing a new putter that is very different, yet somewhat similar, to his current gamer.

This new putter is a TaylorMade Spider Tour X head but with a brand new neck we haven’t seen on a Spider before. A flow neck is attached to the Spider head and gives the putter about a 1/2 shaft offset. This style neck will usually increase the toe hang of the putter and we can guess it gets the putter close to his White Hot Pro #3.

Another interesting design is that lack of TaylorMade’s True Path alignment on the top of the putter. Instead of the large white center stripe, Tommy’s Spider just has a very short white site line milled into it. As with his Odyssey, Tommy seems to be a fan of soft inserts and this Spider prototype looks to have the TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves for immediate topspin and less hopping and skidding.

The sole is interesting as well in that the rear weights don’t look to be interchangeable and are recessed deep into the ports. This setup could be used to push the CG forward in the putter for a more blade-like feel during the stroke, like TaylorMade did with the Spider X Proto Scottie Scheffler tested out.

Tommy’s putter is finished off with an older Super Stroke Mid Slim 2.0 grip in blue and white. The Mid Slim was designed to fit in between the Ultra Slim 1.0 and the Slim 3.0 that was a popular grip on tour.

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Club Junkie WITB, league night week 4: Some old, some new

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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!

Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S

Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S

Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge

Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One

Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X

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