Equipment
Tiger testing a prototype Nike Covert driver at the British Open
Finally, there is photo evidence that Tiger Woods is testing a Nike Covert driver.
AP Photo/Scott Heppell.
The photo, from AP, comes from Tiger Woods’ Sunday practice round at the British Open, where the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer was testing a glued version of a Nike VR_S Covert driver with a Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana White Board shaft.
Many people originally thought the photo showed Tiger hitting his similar looking Nike VR_S Covert 3 wood, which also has a glued, or non-adjustable hosel. But Tiger plays a Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana Blue Board 103X shaft in his 3 wood, which lacks the white flower graphics that are evident in the photo just below the grip.
Additional photos have also been taken since the original photo was published, confirming that Woods is in fact playing a Covert Version 5 driver.
While it is often unusual for a golfer to change clubs before a major championship, the British Open may be the perfect time for Woods to make such a change. He will likely hit driver sparingly if at all at Muirfield, making it a low-pressure switch.
It also wouldn’t be the first time Woods has made an equipment change before a major this year. While he has been notoriously slow to change equipment in his career, he debuted his Covert 3 wood at this year’s Masters, where he hit the club extremely well off the tee.
Click here to see what members are saying about Tiger’s potential driver change at the British Open.
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.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. 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.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Jerred
Aug 8, 2013 at 10:23 am
I think Tiger has it in him to pull through once again!! Go Tiger!
Im nobody:(
Jul 23, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Wow it really did jom a ton of good in the OPEN…..
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pablo
Jul 17, 2013 at 7:53 pm
i hit a rental covert in maui last week and i CRUSHED it with a slight fade. the 3w also. didn’t like the sound so much at first (very light) but i got used to it after putting drives way down there!
Bart carter
Jul 17, 2013 at 3:58 pm
Hope his new “Convert”, converts and gets him through for his next major.
Tim
Jul 17, 2013 at 3:01 pm
I use the R1 but my buddy hits the covert and crushes it. It’s a great driver.
Lloyd
Jul 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm
IF THE COVERT AIN’T SELLING WELL ITS BECAUSE NIKE SEEM TO PROMOTE THE ATHLETE NOT THE CLUBS WHICH IS NOT THE WAY TO GO
Scott
Jul 18, 2013 at 9:42 pm
they have to since rory isn’t doing well with nike.
Mark Burke
Jul 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm
I am going to buy this driver as soon as I get out of the tubes and clear my name. Visit my website where I will be collecting donations for my next run at q-school my caddie New York is helping me train by hitting rocks with sticks and such
Spitty
Jul 17, 2013 at 11:56 am
The covert driver isn’t selling very well at retail in my area, there are a dozen or so in in the trade in rack, perhaps Cindy Davis has called in a desperate favor for tiger to get some free press out of it????
Big G
Jul 17, 2013 at 9:19 pm
I work for a golf retailer and nike is no where close to hitting the panic button for pushing units or press. Nike is up close to 90% so far this year where Taylor Made is way down from last year.
Matt
Jul 18, 2013 at 2:23 am
I too work for a retailer, and Taylormade is going to be down no matter what… they had 52% of the market last year. More then every other company combined. Nike woods aren’t moving any better then the VRS did from last year. There is more interest, but less consumers pulling the trigger as of now. If they drop their prices like Tmag and Callaway have already, I think they will see bigger gains.