Equipment
10 Revealing photos from the 2016 Memorial Tournament
GolfWRX was live this week from the 2016 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. If you missed any of the photos this week, make sure to browse the galleries below.
The Memorial Tournament is special for two reasons:
- It attracts a heavy-hitting field.
- It’s “Jack’s Place.”
The course itself is beautiful, but it makes it that much more remarkable for a golf fan that Muirfield Village is dreamed up and designed by Jack Nicklaus — either the best or second-best golfer of all-time, depending on who you ask.
We’ll reveal some photos below, but first, a video that honors the Golden Bear, and what he has done for and in the game of golf.
The longest yard
Next time you head to the practice green to work on your stroke, bring a yardstick. This is one of the simplest, effective and frustrating putting drills around. And if you get too angry, remember to snap the yardstick over your knee, not your putter.
New Srixons on the horizon?
Based on the irons in Hideki Matsuyama’s bag, showing Z765s, and the photo snapped below, showing Z965s, it appears that Srixon will be unveiling a new line of irons some time in the near future.
Refreshing simplicity
Much of Muirfield Village takes after Augusta National, so it’s only right that the course utilizes log-looking stakes as tee markers. Sure, it’s not as entertaining as FedEx trucks or John Deere tractors, but golf isn’t always about extravagance.
Camilo’s customs
In recent years, Camilo Villegas has had his irons bent to his liking, with a drawn-on reminder of the lofts. But his new PSi irons are unique in the fact that the soles have been ground, and stamped with new numbers, creating an awesome one-of-a-kind look.
A 40.5-degree 8 iron? That’s got to be one of the weakest 8 irons on the PGA Tour. The reason why? Camilo is a very low spin player, and needs the added loft to create optimal launch conditions.
Wedge stampings refuse to die
So, I proclaimed a stricter criteria for wedge stampings in a recent rendition of revealing photos, saying I had to be blown away to include a stamping due to overabundance on Tour. And I’m already eating my words over this super-creative Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde stamping. Brilliant.
Spieth’s decision
We’ve seen Jordan Spieth bounce back-and-forth between a Titleist 716 T-MB 3-iron and a 712U 3-iron for most of the 2016 season. After winning with the T-MB at last week’s Dean & DeLuca Invitational, it appears he’s made a long-term decision. He’s not even carrying the 712U during his practice round this week.
See Spieth’s Winning WITB from the Dean & DeLuca Invitational here.
A photograph-off
This is a photo taken by our photographer Greg Moore of GolfWRX Founder and President Richard Audi. So they’re taking a picture of each other taking a picture of each other. Did GolfWRX just explode in on itself? The guy on the right is mind blown, too.
Taking dead aim
Fun fact: Jonas Blixt once had dreams of being a hockey star rather than a professional golfer, but said he “never really got big enough or good enough.”
He seems to have some prowess with the wrist shot, but struggled to keep this shot on goal. Juuuust a bit outside.
Bryson is serious about his shaft testing
We spotted Bryson DeChambeau testing a few different fairway wood shafts on the practice range — and by a few I mean nearly every Oban, Graphite Design and Mitsubishi Rayon Tensei shaft in existence. It will be interesting what shaft the most-interesting-equipment-geek-in-golf decides on this week, and whether he sticks with it going forward.
Hole No. 1, 470 yards
Must be nice to pull a fairway wood with no worries, huh Rory?
Bubba went with a driver, but he was probably going for the green. And who could pull off a pink driver, pink shaft, and non-matching yellow glove like Bubba can? Answer: No one.
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Whats in the Bag
Steve Stricker WITB 2024 (April)
- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2024 (April)
- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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Equipment
What’s the perfect mini-driver/shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Brandon
Jun 4, 2016 at 10:30 pm
Those Srixon Z9s look incredible!
OH
Jun 6, 2016 at 7:51 am
I cannot wait for more on those. Absolutely beautiful.
greg Moore
Jun 4, 2016 at 3:01 pm
I can’t believe the guy in the camo shirt and shorts didn’t make the top photos.
Andrew Tursky
Jun 4, 2016 at 6:08 pm
He must have blended in so well that I missed him!