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Gunn Yang’s Winning U.S. Amateur WITB
Equipment is accurate as of the U.S. Amateur (8/17/14).
Driver: TaylorMade R11 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana Kai’li 70X
3 Wood: Titleist 910F (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana ‘ahina 72X
Irons: TaylorMade TourPreferred MC (2 iron), Titleist 714 AP2 Forged (3-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper 130X
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM4 (54 and 60 degrees)
Shafts: KBS Hi-Rev
Putter: TaylorMade Daddy Long Legs
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Did Rory McIlroy inspire Shane Lowry’s putter switch?
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.
The timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?
Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.
When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.
To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.
Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.
“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.
“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”
Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.
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Spotted: Tommy Fleetwood’s TaylorMade Spider Tour X Prototype putter
Tommy Fleetwood has been attached to his Odyssey White Hot Pro #3 putter for years now. However, this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, we did spot him testing a new putter that is very different, yet somewhat similar, to his current gamer.
This new putter is a TaylorMade Spider Tour X head but with a brand new neck we haven’t seen on a Spider before. A flow neck is attached to the Spider head and gives the putter about a 1/2 shaft offset. This style neck will usually increase the toe hang of the putter and we can guess it gets the putter close to his White Hot Pro #3.
Another interesting design is that lack of TaylorMade’s True Path alignment on the top of the putter. Instead of the large white center stripe, Tommy’s Spider just has a very short white site line milled into it. As with his Odyssey, Tommy seems to be a fan of soft inserts and this Spider prototype looks to have the TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves for immediate topspin and less hopping and skidding.
The sole is interesting as well in that the rear weights don’t look to be interchangeable and are recessed deep into the ports. This setup could be used to push the CG forward in the putter for a more blade-like feel during the stroke, like TaylorMade did with the Spider X Proto Scottie Scheffler tested out.
Tommy’s putter is finished off with an older Super Stroke Mid Slim 2.0 grip in blue and white. The Mid Slim was designed to fit in between the Ultra Slim 1.0 and the Slim 3.0 that was a popular grip on tour.
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Rickie Fowler’s new putter: Standard-length Odyssey Jailbird 380 in custom orange
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.
…The Jailbird craze hasn’t really slowed down in 2024, either. According to Odyssey rep Joe Toulon, there are about 18-20 Jailbird putter users on the PGA TOUR.
Most recently, Akshay Bhatia won the 2024 Valero Texas Open using a broomstick-style Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter and Webb Simpson is switching into a replica of that putter at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Now, Fowler, who essentially started the whole Jailbird craze, is making a significant change to his putter setup.
Fowler, who has had a couple weeks off since the 2024 RBC Heritage, started experimenting with a new, custom-orange Jailbird 380 head that’s equipped with a standard 35-inch putter build, rather than his previous 38-inch counter-balanced setup.
According to Fowler, while he still likes the look and forgiveness of his Jailbird putter head, he’s looking to re-incorporate more feel into his hands during the putting stroke.
He told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that the 38-inch counterbalanced setup “served its purpose” by helping him to neutralize his hands during the stroke, but now it’s time to try the standard-length putter with a standard-size SuperStroke Pistol Tour grip to help with his feel and speed control.
Although Fowler was also spotted testing standard-length mallets from L.A.B. Golf and Axis1 on Tuesday, he confirmed that the custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 is the putter he’ll use this week at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Mccance79
Aug 22, 2014 at 9:26 am
Congratulation Yang… And by the way great hat!!! http://www.beyondthelinks.com GO TEAM BTL!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy B
Aug 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Not sure where the discrepancy lies, but KBS announced he used C Taper shafts to win the US Am. They sent out an email stating three of the last four winners of the US Am. have used C-Taper shafts. I wonder if he switched last minute?
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OOOOHHHH
Aug 21, 2014 at 11:35 am
Not everyone is a ho.
Matt
Aug 21, 2014 at 9:49 am
Im guessing he is saying that because as the U.S. Amateur champion this guy has access to all the equipment he wants. I think it’s awesome that he isn’t tied down and plays what he wants, some great clubs in that bag…
Carl truitt
Aug 21, 2014 at 4:43 am
Clubs released three years ago or less are now considered “vintage”?
Craig
Aug 21, 2014 at 9:56 am
Only on GolfWRX, not in the real world.
Swang'nThemClubs
Aug 21, 2014 at 10:08 pm
I was referring to the fact that the young man plays at a level where “tour van” equipment is the norm. For him to be playing with clubs that are 3+ years old says something (especially on the WRX). Check out the members witb section… Still think I’m foolin’ then probe through the pro tournament witb and find one of college tournaments and look at the equipment those guys/gals are playing. A lot of them (not all) are playing what’s current. The R11 and the 910 are closer to 5 years than 3 but whatever.
Jack A.
Aug 21, 2014 at 2:53 am
Way to go! Go SDSU!
Swang'nThemClubs
Aug 20, 2014 at 11:27 pm
Congrats to Yang!!! What a way to cap off the summer season. Nice bag too… An R11 driver, a 910 fwy wood, a 2 iron, and SM4 wedges… He’s toting a bag full of vintage non-sponsored character. Great victory!!!
MHendon
Aug 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm
Damn if his clubs are vintage then mine are prehistoric, lol! Wow what a mindset the equipment industry has created. I guess that’s proof in advertising.