Equipment

Spotted: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 mini driver, DUW fairway wood

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3 months ago

Apr 16, 2024

We have seen a few new mini drivers from the likes of Titleist and TaylorMade being tested out on tour recently. Now, Callaway looks to be jumping into the mix at the RBC Heritage. We spotted Christian Bezuidenhout testing out a new Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 mini driver on the range. We don’t have any details yet but the club clearly states “mini driver” on it, and the “340” could easily refer to how many CCs the head is.

What we do know is that this mini driver has a very similar design to the current Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond 3-wood. The sole looks to be made from steel or titanium, not forged carbon like the Paradym Ai Smoke drivers. It has weights up near the face and at the back of the club. Callaway’s OptiFit hosel is also present on this driver to allow loft and lie adjustments, and if you look closely on the face, you can make out the “Ai Smart Face” text at bottom center. The crown looks to have the familiar carbon fiber weave and Ai Smoke logos we have seen on the current clubs.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke DUW

The other Callaway prototype that was spotted looked to be a little more of a traditional fairway wood — but with non-traditional weight placements on it. Callaway’s Paradym Ai Smoke DUW looks to have four adjustable weights on it — two on the sole, one on the hosel, and one on the toe. This hosel isn’t adjustable, and I would assume that is to save some weight from creating spots for the movable weights.

It is hard to tell from the photos, but the face looks to be a touch deeper than the traditional Triple Diamond fairways. This deeper face could be where the “DUW” name comes from. With three weights all pushed forward near the face this DUW has to be a very low spinning and launching head. The sole is made from metal and similar in design to the current Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond fairway woods as is the carbon crown.

Check out more of our photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage here.

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Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

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4 mins 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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Whats in the Bag

C.T. Pan WITB 2024 (July)

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2 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

C.T. Pan what’s in the bag accurate as of the John Deere Classic. More photos from the event here.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GT3 (16.5 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7 X

5-wood: Titleist TSR2 (21 degrees, C1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Red 80 TX

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist U505 (1), Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T150 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 80 6.5 (1), KBS PGI 90 (4-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 52-08F, 64), Vokey WedgeWorks (59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Purple S400

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Putter: Scotty Cameron Tourtype SSS TG-6.5

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

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Whats in the Bag

Justin Thomas WITB 2024 (July)

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3 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Justin Thomas’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the Scottish Open. We will make any updates if JT has many any changes for The Open Championship when we have those details.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX

5-wood: Titleist 915 Fd (18 degrees @19.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X

See more in-hand photos of Justin Thomas’ WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 621.JT (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F @47.5, 52-12F, 56-14F @57), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-06K @60.5)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (52-60)