Equipment
Adam Scott explains his golf ball and shaft switches for the Masters
Adam Scott — who’s in the chase through two rounds at T20 in the 2023 Masters — revealed that he made a number of big changes to his gear setup prior to the event.
The 2013 Masters champion has never been afraid to test and change equipment from week-to-week, but this was more of a major overhaul, according to Scott himself. He changed his driver shaft, iron shafts, and golf ball heading into The Masters.
“I did some pretty major overhauling of my equipment, actually, that may not be a hundred percent comfortable, but certainly I saw some benefit from doing that, Scott said after his opening round 68. “I changed some shafts in my irons and my driver and my golf ball, so I’m kind of winging it a little bit out there. But it all feels pretty good. I putted very nicely today and that’s always helpful around here.”
Scott changed into a Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X driver shaft in his TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus driver head, and he switched into Project X LS (Low Spin) 6.5 shafts (125 grams) in his custom Miura AS-1 heads.
He also switched from a 2015 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball into a new 2023 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball.
Here’s why, according to Scott:
“Things change and evolve, and a couple pieces of equipment in my bag have changed over the last year or so, and it’s having some influence as well as me swinging the club maybe slightly differently on my impact conditions,” Scott said, according to Titleist on Saturday. “And with a shaft change and the (2023) Prov V1x, it’s balancing out really nicely and keeping that new ball in the window I like. Whereas before it was a little bit higher window and this is now sitting in a window that I feel much more comfortable with, which is nice. It’s very tight on the iron spin. I’m getting a really tight performance there, which is a good feeling for me. And also I get the added benefit of a higher ceiling with the driver. I’m gaining without doing anything by just using this ball off the tee. So hopefully I can make a few little gains here and there by using the Pro V1x without having to change anything else in my game, just putting it in play.”
Titleist says that Scott made the golf ball change in Austin during the WGC-Dell Match Play.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about the recent equipment switches.
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- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups 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.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Steve Stricker WITB 2024 (April)
Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here. Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4...
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Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura...
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Alejandro Tosti what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II LS (9.5 degrees...
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by GolfWRX (@golfwrx) Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)...
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Aaron
Apr 10, 2023 at 7:10 pm
Ballooning and still too much spin on the irons, Adam. That was hard to watch.
Left dash X. V unless flight is too low.
joe Baker
Apr 10, 2023 at 11:00 am
Those Px LS shafts are STOUT. And in a 125 6.5 that’s even more so. I play X100 and I can’t even get the head onto the back of the ball with the LS. And he came from KBS!
Bob
Apr 9, 2023 at 11:41 am
He has PX LZ shafts in his irons from what it showed yesterday on tv after he hit a 6 iron.
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Apr 8, 2023 at 2:19 pm
He still can’t hit his irons though lol
He’s yanking everything left
So much for that amount of offset
Alex
Apr 9, 2023 at 1:22 am
Its interesting because he dropped 5 grams in shaft weight in the irons, I wonder how they swingweight. Miura’s are heavier than most so I wonder if they increased his swingweight and what it did to the balance of his irons.