Equipment

Stealth vs Stealth Plus – GolfWRXers discuss

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2 years ago

Mar 4, 2022

In our forums, our members have been discussing TaylorMade’s latest drivers. WRXer ‘Long Shot’ has put the two Stealth drivers up against each other and our members have been comparing and contrasting them in our forum.

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.

BallerNate: “I owned both and tested each one 5+ times at my indoor range locally. I don’t have a Trackman and wish I could’ve tested them both outdoors, but still Winter here in snowy Canada. What I found is that the Stealth Plus was very comparable to the OG SIM for me in terms of being low spinning and low launching, but definitely more forgiving and playable than the SIM. The STD Stealth was more comparable to the SIM2 Max in terms of forgiveness, launch, and spin and was the better fit for me overall.”
2down: “I was hitting into nets, have had the stealth for a few weeks now and am pleased with my choice.”
SollyInGA: “I hit both over a long two day fitting. I was sure I would end up with the STD, but my numbers were better with the Plus. The STD was more forgiving, but not by much. My normal high-end distance is in the 280s. I was in that vicinity much more often with the PLUS. I’m a high ball hitter anyway, but the extra spin that I was getting with the STD was killing my distance. The fitter tried a variety of different shafts and flexes to try to tame the spin numbers with the STD, but once I started hitting the Plus it gave me the extra control that I needed to hit fairway finders and going for it a little more. I had trouble controlling the STD with those kinds of shots. I’m just a mid capper, but the choice was fairly easy for me. No regrets with the Plus for about a month now.”

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Three Swing Challenge: Testing the Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks A+ grind

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2 days ago

Jul 19, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

The first wedge has made its way to the Three Swing Challenge! This week we have the WedgeWorks A+ grind that was recently released by Vokey. BK is looking for a new 60-degree wedge, and this could be a contender.

Why three swings?

Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:

“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”

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Whats in the Bag

Daniel Brown WITB 2024 (July)

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2 days ago

Jul 19, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Daniel Brown WITB accurate as of The Open Championship.

Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X

3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

(Image courtesy of SMS on Tour)

Irons: Ping i230 (3), Ping Blueprint S (4-9)

Wedges: Ping s159 (50-12S, 54-12S, 58-06T)

Putter: Ping PLD

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Info an images via SMS on Tour.

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Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

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3 days 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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