Equipment
LIVE Q&A WITH PROJECT X TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2PM ET!
True Temper’s Chad Hall, director product marketing and global tour operations and True Temper shaft rep Simon Wilson will be here live fielding all your questions on Project X. Join us!
CLICK HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE CHAT.
The history and the future.
That’s what True Temper’s Chad Hall, director product marketing and global tour operations, said keeps him excited to go to work every day.
The True Temper brand certainly has plenty of history. The company’s Dynamic Gold line of iron shaft, introduced in 1980, is still the gold standard to which all other iron shafts are compared.
On Tuesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. EDT GolfWRX members will have the chance to discuss True Temper’s legendary lines of iron and wood shafts with Hall and True Temper shaft rep Simon Wilson, as well as several new products that Hall and Wilson are excited about.
One of those new products is the Project X line of wood shafts, which debuted last year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews. That week, 72 players decided to put the shafts in play – 61 Project X Blue shafts, and 11 of the lighter weight Project X Black shafts.
Since that time, several players, including PGA Champion Y.E. Yang, 14-time major championship winner Tiger Woods and Jason Dufner have used the Project X PXi iron shaft, a lighter version of the Project X iron shaft that closer mirrors its performance and feel.
“When players try the Dynamic Gold XL [a lighter version of the original Dynamic Gold shaft], they can usually tell the difference right away,” Hall said. “But with the PXi, they don’t immediately notice the difference in feel. But they notice the difference in performance on Trackman.”
Dufner, who finished runner-up at the 2012 PGA Championship, picked up approximately 7 mph in ball speed with the PXi in his 4 iron, a claim Hall said that his company doesn’t advertise but is entirely possible with the PXi.
“In my 11 years at True Temper, I believe it’s the best shaft we’ve ever made,” Hall said. “Pros have told us that they actually hit the shafts too far … In 10 years, I believe that we’ll still be talking about the PXi.”
If the True Temper has a most valuable player on its them, it might be Wilson, who has become a popular figure in the world of golf social media (you can follow him@pgatourshaftrep).
Wilson spends his time before the Masters tournament working with PGA Tour players in the United States, and after that heads to the European Tour, where he has built a stable of players that have come to depend on the performance of Project X shafts – names that include Matteo Manassero and Luke Donald, who won the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship with the Project X Black 7.0 shaft in his driver.
The Project X line has already claimed six PGA Tour wins this season, a number that is sure to grow as the season progresses. Please, join us for the chat, where Hall will be fielding product specific questions, and Wilson will handle questions that deal directly with the tours. No question is too specific. Take dead aim, and fire away.
CLICK HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE CHAT.
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Whats in the Bag
Webb Simpson WITB 2024 (May)
- Webb Simpson what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
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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Whats in the Bag
Keegan Bradley WITB 2024 (May)
- Keegan Bradley’s WITB accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. >14 clubs pictured. Obviously, Bradley will reduce that number to 14 for competition. Check out more photos from the tournament here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Rogue White 130 MSI 70 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
Irons: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (3-5) Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
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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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/7/24): Mizuno 245 irons
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.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Mizuno 245 irons.
From the seller: (@JB_007): “1. Mizuno Pro 245 – $1000 –> 950/obo
- Purchased brand new – they have 36 holes on them, with probably 10 premium range balls. Great set of irons, I just am looking to go another way right now.
- 5-PW –> stock L/L/L
- Project X LS 6.5
- Stock MCC Mizuno Grips.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Mizuno 245 irons
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Cecil Adams
Mar 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm
What is the real difference in Project X black and Project X blue. Which would you reccomend for a golfer with a slower speed golf swing.
Cecil Adams
Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 pm
What is the real difference in Project X black and Project X blue. Which would you reccomend for a golfer with a 90 speed golf swing.