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Louis Oosthuizen switches to Ping iBlades at The Players

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When the best golfers in the world change equipment at high-profile tournaments like The Players Championship, they’re generally adding a course-specific club they’ve tested extensively before the event, as Jason Day did with his 2 iron. That wasn’t the case for Louis Oosthuzien, who decided to replace eight clubs in his bag this week. He added Ping’s new iBlade irons (3-9, PW), becoming the first PGA Tour player to use the clubs in competition.

Oosthuzien kept the shafts (True Temper Dynamic Gold X100, standard length) and grips (Golf Pride Tour Velvet Ribbed 58) the same, as well as the swing weight (D1), meaning the only new variables were the eight new iron heads.

Related: See in-hand photos of Ping’s new iBlade irons

It’s not clear how much time Louis Oosthuizen spent testing Ping’s new iBlade irons before he arrived at TPC Sawgrass, where the clubs were officially debuted to Tour players, but he obviously liked what he saw on the range. The No. 13-ranked golfer in the world didn’t challenge for the tournament, but he did finish T8 in Greens in Regulation at The Players. A more important stat: his T28 finish in the event earned him a little more than $68,325.

Ping isn’t saying anything about the new irons right now, but the iBlades appear quite similar to the company’s S55 irons, which Oosthuizen was previously using. He’s not one to change equipment as quickly as some other players on the PGA Tour, so it has to be assumed that he liked something better about the new irons.

Related: See photos of all of Oosthuizen’s clubs. 

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  1. TheCityGame

    May 17, 2016 at 9:40 am

    No, it doesn’t have to be assumed he liked something better about the new irons.

    It’s can be assumed he didn’t think they were worse than his old ones because he’s a Ping shill and is in the business of selling golfers new clubs. As are you.

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    • S

      May 21, 2016 at 11:44 am

      Ping Shill? Dude is using Callaway Wedges and was using an I25 driver more than a year into the G30 series. Check your facts.

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  2. Nick

    May 17, 2016 at 8:17 am

    I saw Bubba made/was about to make the change too cmyktaylor. Don’t know what happened there?
    These do look great, don’t they? Really nice and clean, like s55 but better! Can’t wait to give them a hit when they become available.

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  3. cmyktaylor

    May 16, 2016 at 10:10 am

    PGATour ran an article six days ago stating that Bubba was making the change at The Players. Did he end up not putting them into play?

    http://www.pgatour.com/equipmentreport/2016/05/09/golf-equipment-bubba-watson-ping-iblade-irons-players-championship-tpc-sawgrass.html

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