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How Justin Thomas is driving the ball 15 yards farther

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As Andrew Tursky detailed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report, Justin Thomas is adding a new driver build to his arsenal. JT is complementing his 10-degree Titleist TSR3 and 44.875-inch Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX shaft with some heavy artillery: a TSR3 with a 45.625-inch Graphite Design VF 5 X shaft.

Why the additional option? In a word: bombs.

According to Thomas, the new shaft helps him pick up big distance compared to his usual gamer driver.

“I wanted a longer driver option to have,” Thomas said in his Wednesday press conference in Napa. “I wanted something to where maybe I travel with it every week and it’s like maybe I use it five times a year, maybe I use it once, whatever. It’s just three-fourths of an inch longer, but it’s an instant 2 or 3 mph club speed [increase], and it goes quite a bit further.

“It was just something I wanted to have…we kind of screwed around and [Titleist Tour rep J.J. Van Wezenbeeck] sent me some stuff in the mail, but hadn’t done like a proper fitting for one, because I know my driver’s great. It works how I want it to…I’ve driven it really, really well with the longer driver actually the last two weeks using it,” he continued. “So I don’t know. I mean, I’m going to go hit some balls and make a decision. It will be most likely just end up using my gamer, but it’s just something that I’ve — I just wanted to have more than anything, and I was hitting it really good the last couple weeks and I’m like, well, maybe we’ll end up playing this more than we thought, but we’ll see.

“It’s an instant 3 to 5 [mph ball speed increase]. You know, when I hit it hard, hit that hard high one, it’s a 15-yarder, which is a nice thing obviously to have.”

More about Thomas’ driver and a custom Titleist T100 4-iron he’s testing over at the Equipment Report.

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  1. Bob

    Sep 15, 2023 at 10:07 am

    In his own words, another boneheaded mistake. Spec’ing his shafts in 1/8 inch increments and half degree lofts is an easy sign of OCD. Start with that. JT is a severe head case.

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  4. N

    Sep 14, 2023 at 12:52 pm

    So it’s almost an inch longer lmao

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Webb Simpson WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 70 TX

5-wood: Titleist 913 Fd (18 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya VTS Proforce 8 TX

Hybrids: Titleist TSR2 (24 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD D1 Hybrid 105 X

Irons: Titleist T150 (5, 6), Titleist 680 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 54-14F, 60-04L)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Webb Simpson’s clubs here.

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

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (16.5 degrees)
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Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
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Irons: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (3-5) Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW)
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Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (52-10 Mid, 58-6 Low)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy WristLock

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4

Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

Check out more in-hand photos of Bradley’s clubs here.

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

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From the seller: (@JB_007): “1. Mizuno Pro 245 – $1000 –> 950/obo

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