Equipment
Why Wesley Bryan is playing two 4-irons this week
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.
…Flash forward to THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2024 at TPC Craig Ranch in Texas, and Bryan is still playing with a mixed Takomo set, except he’s added a new 101 U 4-iron, plus a Titleist T200 4-iron, and he’s dropping his 5-iron.
That bears repeating: Bryan is switching to an iron setup that consists of two 4-irons and no 5-iron.
On paper, that looks wrong, but when you look at yardage gapping instead of the number on the sole of the iron, things start to make more sense.
As Bryan explained to GolfWRX.com on Tuesday in Texas, his Takomo 301 CB 6-iron goes about 195-200 yards. Then, his new hollow-bodied Takomo 101U Driving Iron, which he recently started testing “a couple weeks ago” and bent about 2 degrees weak, goes about 220 yards, and the Titleist T200 4-iron goes about 235 yards.
Speaking on his new Takomo 101U Driving Iron, which sells for $119, Bryan had this to say:
“It’s super forgiving and launches high, and it has a bit longer of a profile to where it looks really good,” said Bryan. “If people are willing to play something that doesn’t have an expensive price tag on their club…[I started testing it] in the last couple weeks and it’s in the bag.
“I just made it like 2 degrees weaker. Basically that gap from 205 to 225 I was in a little bit of a dead space, so I’m going to try and fill that gap better.”
Check out Wesley Bryan’s full WITB here.
Read the rest of the article at PGATour.com.
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Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 70 TX (45.5 inches)
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (16.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX
Irons: Mizuno MP-20 HMB (3), Callaway Apex TCB ’24 (4-10) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Mid X100 (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-10)
Wedges: Callaway Opus (52-10S) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-10S @57, 60-04T) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Putter: Odyssey Toulon Design Las Vegas Prototype 7CH Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Align
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
Check out more in-hand photos of Xander Schauffele’s clubs in the forums.
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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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- 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
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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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Martin Brown
May 3, 2024 at 7:31 am
I just made a change like this, with two 6 irons (albeit at lower swing speed). I had a combo set with 5i-7i Srixon ZX5 and 8i-PW ZX7. The 5i is a little tough for me to launch consistently, but I don’t like the 5h I have. So I’m replacing the ZX5 5i with a ZX4 MkII 6i head. This is a hollow head that comes in the right loft to gap with my 6i, and I built the club to 5i length and lie. So far so good. Caution: It can be a bit difficult to match swing weight and overall club weight when you do something like this.
Question: Does anyone have a good solution for marking a club head like this (i.e. as “5i”)?