Equipment
Why pros are putting Callaway’s new Triple Diamond Max driver in play
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.
According to Nick Yontz, Callaway’s advanced R&D manager, PGA TOUR players began testing the prototype last November and found it to provide a unique combination of speed and forgiveness.
“Players would step up and we had it matched up to their gamer driver specs,” Yontz said. “They would swing, and we saw consistently good ball flights – very stable. It was the word ‘stable’ that continued to be used by players.
“They would continue to split the fairway and what that caused them to do was to start swinging faster. They had this excitement that, ‘This thing doesn’t go offline. I can keep swinging harder and harder and it maintains that straight flight.’
“We were seeing players that would have small gains in ball speed from just the driver head alone, but then the swing speed would increase the more and more swings they made. By the end of it, they really saw meaningful gains in ball speed and distance.”
From the sounds of those early testing sessions, it’s no wonder the Triple Diamond Max prototype head made its way into PGA TOUR bags, and will soon be available on retail shelves. Among 2024 RBC Canadian Open players this week, it’s been confirmed that Wesley Bryan, Kevin Yu and Carl Yuan will be using Callaway’s Triple Diamond Max head.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Club Junkie WITB league night, week 10: The hypothetical bag!
Week 9 was an absolute disaster as BK shot the worst league score in years. Two balls out of bounds off the tee and one that hit a tree and was never found, so three penalty strokes right there. Then it was just battling a slice that crept into the swing for the first time in years! Week 10 is the halfway point and the league does a scramble format where everyone throws in some money and the top teams win it. Unfortunately, BK won’t be there as he will be out in California for a work-related trip, but these are the clubs he would be playing.
Driver: PXG Black Ops (9 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD XC-6x
3-wood: Titleist TSR2 (15 degrees, D1 setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 7x
Hybrid: TaylorMade Qi10 Rescue (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue HB 7s
4-6 iron: Callaway Apex Pro
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff
7-9 iron: Callaway Apex CB
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff
10-11 iron: Callaway Apex MB
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff
Wedge: Mizuno T24 (56-12S)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold TI S400
Wedge: Cleveland RTX Full-Face (58-9, Bent 2* weak)
Shaft: Nippon Pro Modus 125 Wedge
Putter: Odyssey Ai One 7s
Shaft: Stroke Lab SL90 Steel
Ball: Titleist ProV1 Enhanced Alignment
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Miura launches new forged wedge series
Miura Golf has this week announced the release of their new forged wedge series.
Five years in the making, the new Y and C grind soles were designed to interact crisply with the turf to enhance contact and encourage consistency. The lie, loft and face progression aims to create a flawless flow from the hosel through the clubhead. The clean, classic forged wedge look was developed with design to promote short game confidence for pros and amateurs alike.
“The Forged Wedge Series enhances a golfer’s three most important senses: What a golfer sees, feels, and hears brings clarity to each shot—for the part of the game where strokes are saved, and matches are won. Our newest wedge heads were carefully engineered to put the mass in the right places so golfers can get the optimum contact and control, allowing for easier turf travel through impact and more overall consistent ball flight.” – Bill Holowaty, COO, Miura Golf
The Y Grind
Beneficial for golfers who have a neutral to steep angle of attack and tend to remove some turf through impact when playing a variety of shots around the green. This grind will offer more control and more spin for that type of player and the leading edge, high bounce and cambering of the Y Grind aims to make it equally as easy to get out of bunkers, soft conditions and long rough.
The C Grind
Optimal for players who have a neutral to shallow attack angle in order to sweep the ball and pick it off the turf around the green. The additional heel and toe relief on this wedge allows for more confident open face shots and provides versatility to handle intricate shots and tight lies around the green on any type of turf condition.
Every Y and C grind wedge is stamped with the forged “Kanji” symbol, a Japanese character which translates to “striving” or “noble effort.”
The Y Grind wedge is available in 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56-degree lofts. The C Grind wedge is available in 54, 56, 58 and 60-degree lofts.
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (6/20/24): Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter
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 Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter.
From the seller: (@bqe323): “Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 Putter, 32” 20g Weights. Headcover Included. Cameron Small/Medium Black/Green Paddle Grip. $350 OBO.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter
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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