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PGA Show 2019: Demo Day recap
The GolfWRX crew are on deck at this week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando primed to deliver bundles of content to our members from the annual gearhead junkie extravaganza all week long.
On Tuesday, it was the show’s Demo Day, and our guys were on-hand to showcase the best of what was on display through all of our platforms. Whether it be our front page, forums, Twitter or Instagram, our crew had you covered, and here’s a recap of what our team checked out on-site yesterday.
Front Page
Kicking it off with our front page, GolfWRX’s Johnny Wunder spoke to Mizuno Golf Engineer, Chris Voshall, and got the lowdown on just what the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer is and how it’s able to select your optimum shaft by analyzing just three swings. Check out the interview here.
On the shaft front, our boys were on-hand to take a look at the new Fujikura Ventus shafts. All you need to know about these shafts from Fujikura can be found right here.
“How about some Fling Golf?” A question you may hear more often in the future. We checked out the game that incorporates a lot of traditional golf rules while adding its own funky twist. Find all the details on the quirky game here.
And here is a combined GPS, launch monitor, and skill-building unit that one GolfWRX staffer described as the “Best tech I saw today.” The Garmin Approach G80 is something you don’t want to miss. Find out all about it right here.
Forums
Our forums are jam-packed with photographs of all the best that yesterday’s Demo Day had to offer. Here’s what our crew snapped on Tuesday.
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 1 – Mizuno and more Mizuno
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 2 – Cobra, Flightscope & Misc
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 3 – Range Finders, Misc.
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 4 – Jamie Sadlowski WITB
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 5 – Cobra, Epon
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 6 – Wilson Golf
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 7 – Yonex, Nippon Graphite, and misc.
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 8 – Fourteen, PRGR Gold Faced Woods
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 9 – Putter Grips, Training Aids, Putters
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 10 – Flat Cat, Oxygen Putters, Pitchfix, Maui Jim, MISIG
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 11 –Skate Caddy, Club Car, Ernest Sports, Aldila, Mitsubishi
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 12 – Cobra, Flightscope & Misc
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 13 – FlightScope, Boditrak, Garmin, Golf Board, etc.
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 14 – Fujikura, Tour Edge & Titleist
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 15 – Bridgestone Trailer Back Ups Kuchar/Couples
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 16 – Cleveland Srixon Fujikura Graphite Design Aerotech
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 17 – Super Stroke, Lynx, Miura, Switch Grips, PRGR
2019 PGA Show Demo Day Pt. 18 – Cobra
Twitter & Instagram
In the Twittersphere, our team hopped on board Bridgestone Golf’s trailer…
On the @bridgestonegolf Tour trailer! pic.twitter.com/rrxJXGAzRi
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…before getting up close and personal (not in a weird way) with Callaway’s new Epic Flash and Epic Flash Sub-Zero…
You going to game the @CallawayGolf Epic Flash or Epic Flash Sub-Zero? pic.twitter.com/V1AXOLv7xh
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…our crew then got a close-up of Daiwa’s new GIII Driver, which features a COR of 0.88…
The GIII’s laser milling on the face os based on Japanese Glass etching. pic.twitter.com/mL8zfQqHTE
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…before delving deep into the latest shafts. Here is Aldila’s Rogue 130 MSI…
@AldilaGolf Rogue 130 MSI pic.twitter.com/7VJWzRxMUG
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…Mitsubishi Chemical’s Diamana X, Diamana DF, and Bassara CD 53…
@mcagolfshafts Diamana X, Diamana DF, and Bassara CD 53 pic.twitter.com/VHIPYzEUJ1
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…Nippon Shaft’s new Regio series Wood shafts..
@NipponShaft Regio series Wood shafts. B+ similar profile to Modus Tour 120 and M+ similar profile to Modus Tour 130. pic.twitter.com/6dIxw3WwKa
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…and Graphite Design Tour’s AD VR series shafts…
Graphite Design Tour AD VR series shafts. pic.twitter.com/KbMDErPwtx
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…the crew also snapped SuperStrokes new Traxion grips…
@SuperStrokeGolf’s new Traxion grips. New texture and tackier material. pic.twitter.com/alttrvItGk
— GolfWRX (@GolfWRX) January 22, 2019
…while over on Instagram, our guys took a look at Patrick Reed’s new Honma 4-iron…
..before checking out the sounds of professional long driver, Jamie Sadlowski…
…and snapping this sweet shot of the new Mizuno 919 Hot Metal Pro Irons.
GolfWRX had all the bases covered on Demo Day at the PGA Merchandise Show, and the team will be live for the rest of the week’s action, so stay tuned for more great content from the Major of the Golf Business.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who 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, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.
From the listing:
(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.
Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5
5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
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UEejit
Jan 24, 2019 at 3:07 am
You wrote “PRGR gold faced woods” when it should have been DAIWA GIII
2putttom
Jan 23, 2019 at 10:57 am
those Srixon irons look sexy