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Patrick Reed signs with PXG

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One of the highest profile equipment free agents remaining on the PGA Tour is a free agent no longer.

Prior to the opening event of 2022, former Masters Champion Patrick Reed has signed an equipment deal with PXG. Reed will instantly become the headline player for PXG, where he will join Zach Johnson, Joel Dahmen, and Jason Kokrak on the staff.

Signing an equipment deal is something new for the 31-year-old, as he has been a free agent for the majority of his career.

Previously, his bag has been comprised of a Titleist driver, TaylorMade 3-wood and Callaway hybrid. And his Grindworks irons.

Speaking on the signing, Reed said

“PXG is such a natural fit for me. I love the message they send and the brand they have built, and that takes a great team. I’m so excited to be a part of the PXG Troops and for what is to come.”

The terms of the deal are not yet reported, but at the very least, Reed will be wearing a PXG hat and using the Gen 4 driver; which he has been using for the past few months.

Reed added:

“The new GEN4 drivers are in a class of their own. I love the launch, workability and spin. The sound is pure and you feel like you can just unleash it. Safe to say, I’m very excited about this year.”

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  3. Girardi

    Jan 10, 2022 at 10:06 am

    This website is full of a bunch of perfect people spewing judgment and hate on everything posted. I’m so thankful you aren’t members at my club, and I don’t have to associate with any of you.

  4. Bret

    Jan 9, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    Douchiest club company signs the douchiest player. Bravo.

  5. MrHogan

    Jan 9, 2022 at 9:43 am

    The brand everyone loves to hate meets Phatrick, the person everyone loves to hate. Perfect match.

    Does PXG make a shovel?

  6. Matt

    Jan 7, 2022 at 10:34 am

    A driver and a hat lol

  7. geohogan

    Jan 7, 2022 at 9:56 am

    IMO PXG drivers will be in the bags of those sucking hind tit
    behind consistency of TM Stealth players.

    • JT

      Jan 10, 2022 at 12:27 pm

      It’s definitely not more than an opinion. Team tmag had 1 guy in the field this week. They also lost their best player to Callaway.

  8. Jack Nance

    Jan 7, 2022 at 8:26 am

    He’s signed just to play the driver and wear the hat.

    • Unbranded

      Jan 7, 2022 at 2:35 pm

      Reading interpretation is not your strong suit eh? It says at the very least that’s what he’s playing. They only have a picture of him playing a driver and wearing hat. Terms of deal have not been disclosed.

      • Jack Nance

        Jan 7, 2022 at 3:57 pm

        Thanks for the reply Oppenheimer. His deal is for only the driver and hat. And yes, I do know that as fact.

        Enjoy the rest of your day.

      • Thomas A

        Jan 10, 2022 at 12:50 pm

        He has a Grindworks logo on said hat. It’s minor club deal. It’s mostly the hat and cash.

  9. Jamie foster

    Jan 7, 2022 at 2:36 am

    I can’t believe brand snobbery still exists, I’ve used Drivers from all the big brands,but and my current £205 PXG driver is the most forgiving and longest. Try these ?

  10. Jay Arr

    Jan 6, 2022 at 10:01 pm

    I love all the hate pxg gets… Because of this i will continue to support just to piss off all the losers.

  11. Thomas

    Jan 6, 2022 at 9:49 pm

    This is just another reason for me to NOT use PXG clubs.

  12. Chuck

    Jan 6, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    This is a perfect match.

    And I mean that in the least-complimentary way imaginable.

  13. Barry

    Jan 6, 2022 at 11:47 am

    This IS a marketing match made in heaven. I can’t wait for the ads with Parsons yelling “MY BOY PATRICK IS A WINNER! IF YOU AINT CHEATIN YOU AINT TRYIN!!! PXG IS FOR WINNERS!!!!!”

    • Benny

      Jan 6, 2022 at 4:50 pm

      hahahahahahahaha!!!

    • Patrick

      Jan 7, 2022 at 10:41 am

      OK Everyone – it is time to move on now. Jesus – it is pathetic how long people hold on to things. I bet you are a joy to be around 24/7.

    • I am Groot

      Jan 8, 2022 at 8:48 am

      Hell yeah.. damn right. That will be the response of everyone playing PXG.

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Kevin Tway WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX

Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4

More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.

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Did Rory McIlroy inspire Shane Lowry’s putter switch?

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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.

The timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?

Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.

When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.

To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.

Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.

“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.

“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”

Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.

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Webb Simpson equipment Q&A: Titleist’s new 2-wood, 680 blade irons, and switching to a broomstick Jailbird

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With seven career wins on the PGA Tour, including a U.S. Open victory, Webb Simpson is a certified veteran on the course. But he’s also a certified veteran in the equipment world, too. He’s a gearhead who truly knows his stuff, and he’s even worked closely with Titleist on making his own custom 682.WS irons.

On Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship, I caught up with Simpson to hear about his experience with Titleist’s new prototype 2-wood, how Titleist’s 680 Forged irons from 2003 ended up back in his bag, and why he’s switching into an Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser broomstick putter this week for the first time.

Click here to read our full story about Simpson’s putter switch on PGATOUR.com’s Equipment Report, or continue reading below for my full Q&A with Simpson at Quail Hollow Club on Wednesday.

See Webb Simpson’s full WITB from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship here

GolfWRX: It seems like you’ve been a little all over the place with your irons in the past six months or so, and now going back to the 680’s. Is that just a comfort thing? What’s been going on with the irons?

Webb Simpson: Titleist has been so great at working with me, and R&D, on trying to get an iron that kind of modernizes the 680. And so the 682.WS took the T100 grooves, but kinda took the look and the bulk and the build of the 680’s into one club. They’re beautiful, and awesome looking. I just never hit them that well for a consistent period of time. It was probably me, but then I went to T100’s and loved them. I loved the spin, the trajectory, the yardage, but again, I never went on good runs. Going through the ground, I couldn’t feel the club as well as with the blade. So last week, I’m like, ‘Alright. I’m gonna go back more for…comfort, and see if I can get on a nice little run of ball striking.’

So that’s why I went back.

 

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OK, that makes sense. I know you had done some 2-wood testing recently. Is that in the bag right now?

It’s like day-by-day. I used it at Hilton Head every day. Valero, I used it one round. And this week, me and my caddie will do the book every morning, and if it’s a day where we think we need it, we’ll just put it in and take the 3-wood out. I love it because it’s a super simple swap. Like, it doesn’t really change much.

Yeah, can you tell me about that club? I mean, we don’t really know anything about it yet. You know? I haven’t hit it or anything, obviously.

It has grooves like a 3-wood. Spin is perfect. And it’s honestly, like, everything is in the middle of a 3-wood and driver number. Trajectory, spin, carry, all of it. So, a Hilton Head golf course is almost too easy to talk about because, you know, there, so many holes are driver 3-wood.

Valero, our thinking was we had two par-5’s into the wind, and we knew that it would take two great shots to get there in two. So instead of hitting driver-driver, we just put it in. And I used it on those holes.

Hilton was a little easier because it was off-the-tee kind of questions. But Colonial will be a golf course where, you know, there’s a lot of driver or 3-woods. It’s kind of like a backup putter or driver for me now. I’ll bring it to every tournament.

So it’s, like, in your locker right now, probably?

Well, it would be. It’s in my house [because Webb lives near by Quail Hollow Club, and is a member at the course.] It’s in the garage.

Oh, yeah, that’s right. Do you know what holes you might use it out here if it goes in play? 

Potentially 15, depending on the wind. Second shot on 10. Could be 14 off the tee. The chances here are pretty low (that he’ll use the 2-wood). But, like, Greensboro would be an awesome club all day. I’m trying to think of any other golf courses.

There’s plenty that it’ll be a nice weapon to have.

It’s interesting, the wave of 2-woods and mini drivers. Like, it’s just really taken off on Tour, and all the companies have seemed to embrace it.

Yeah. The thing I had to learn, it took me, like, at least a week to learn about it is you gotta tee it up lower than you think. I kept teeing it up too high. You need it low, like barely higher than a 3-wood. And that was where I got optimal spin and carry. If you tee it up too high, you just don’t get as much spin and lose distance, I don’t know if that’s just a mini driver thing.

And you obviously have a Jailbird putter this week. What spurred that on?

Inconsistent putting. I’m stubborn in a lot of ways when it comes to my equipment, but I have to be open minded – I just hadn’t putted consistently well in a while. And I’m like, ‘Man, I feel my ball-striking coming along. Like I feel better; for real, better.’

If I can just get something in my hands that I’m consistent with. Being on Tour, you see it every year, guys get on little runs. I can put together four to five tournaments where I’m all the sudden back in the majors, or in the FedExCup Playoffs. You can turn things around quick out here. I’m like, ‘Man, whatever’s going to get me there, great.’

My caddie, David Cook, caddied for Akshay at the Houston Open and he putted beautifully. Then, I watched Akshay on TV at Valero, and he putted beautifully. And, I’m like, ‘I’m just going to try it.’

I’ve never tried it for more than a putt or two, and I just ordered what Akshay uses. It was pretty awkward at first, but the more I used it, the more I’m like, ‘Man, it’s pretty easy.’ And a buddy of mine who’s a rep out here, John Tyler Griffin, he helped me with some setup stuff. And he said at Hilton Head, he wasn’t putting well, then tried it, and now he makes everything. He was very confident. So I’m like, ‘Alright, I’ll try it.’”

And you’re going with it this week?

Hundred percent.

Alright, I love it. Thank you, I always love talking gear with you. Play well this week. 

Thanks, man.

See Webb Simpson’s full WITB from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship here

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