Kisner’s Great Big Bertha driver is unusual in that the production model only has one weight in the sliding track, but Kisner’s has two – one in the centre rear and one in the heel to promote a draw bias.
Si Woo Kim won the Players Championship with some timely putting this morning at TPC Sawgrass, using his Scotty Cameron by Titleist 009M to near perfection.
With the news of TaylorMade’s acquisition by private-equity firm KPS Capital Partners, it brings to mind numerous other purchases of equipment companies.
After extensive testing of virtually every major brand while exploring offers from multiple equipment companies, McIlroy has entered into a “long-term” contract with TaylorMade.
Harman used a TaylorMade’s Spider OS CB putter – a counterbalanced model similar to the putter he used while employing a belly style of putting prior to the ban starting January 1, 2016.
Interestingly, Smith uses a full set (3- through 9-iron) of Titleist’s T-MB iron (shown), a club only available in full sets to the masses via special order.
As Australia’s Curtis Luck, the 2016 US Amateur champion, plays the Valero Texas Open in his first start as a professional, he’ll be cashing a cheque this week regardless of whether he makes the cut.
For the first round of the 2017 Masters the winds are expected to continue to blow north of 30 kilometres per hour for most of the day, leading to the possibility of some high scores. History tells us that likely will end any hopes for a green jacket come Sunday.
At Bay Hill during the Arnold Palmer Invitational, we noticed a couple of interesting stampings on a pair of Cobra wedges. Unlike the names and nicknames that tend to be marked on these clubs, these clubs appeared to be more of an endorsement for car services as one wedge was marked “Lyft” and the other “Uber”.
It’s easy when discussing Dustin Johnson’s key equipment to always focus on the driver, and certainly this week at the Genesis Open that would apply as Johnson changed to a TaylorMade M1 2017 with the moveable weights set in the toe and back to help him with his power fade. But it was Johnson’s putting, however, that allowed the reigning US Open champion to run away with the title at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles.
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