Started Thursday at 04:13 AM, By More on that below. McIlroy posted a photo on his social media feed of a bevy of balls with a peach logo centrally located just below the TaylorMade stamp. So then I went to L.A. and I put my driver up a click in loft. Shaft: Harrison Mugen Prototype 75 X (43-inches, D3) All rights reserved. Whats with the weird Bridgestone golf ball ad thrown into the middle of the article? Below is a collection of some of the photos from the experience, but theres also a 190-photo tour in our GolfWRX Forums for you to enjoy. It even allows us to share another thing we all love buying and selling equipment. Wall-to-Wall Equipment: Why this Masters champ finally switched out decade-old irons, What is Jim Nantzs career lowlight? Let him tell you about adult film, Its f hard: Jon Rahm comes back to Earth at brutal Bay Hill. Tommy Fleetwood tested a custom Kia Ma-designed TaylorMade putter. Couples cruises in around 108 MPH swing speed and 160-165 MPH ball speeddepending on how his back is feeling. He ended his five-year-long dry run to secure a thundering win at the SAS Championship. GolfWRX did have some WITB for a Champions Tour event,but Freddie was not one of them. Learn how your comment data is processed. Whats in the bag? Brian Cooper was 17 shots better Friday than his last outing on the PGA Tour Champions. But, obviously, Im no Fred Couples, or other staffers who have had success with them. With the rise in longer driver shafts on Tour in recent weeks, it wouldve been easy to assume the former Masters champion was chasing distance in an effort to keep up with Bryson and crew. I hit balls on Thursday night at Riv. I played the (WM Phoenix Open) and noticed that my spin numbers on my driver were a little low. July 11, 2022 Richard Heathcote Fred has been making news lately. Actually felt like I drove it pretty good for the final three days at Riv, and its been pretty good in practice over the past week.. WebFred Couples, right, talks with Butch Harmon before practice for the 2007 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, April 4, 2007. This is great!!!!! WebFred Couples Scorecards Round By Round - 2023 - SAS Championship - Golf. Fred Couples and his new wife, Suzanne, said I do, on 2-22-22. Fred Couples and his new wife, Suzanne, said I do, on 2-22-22. Beautiful set that needs no introduction. Shafts: Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW X. Fred is also testing Ping Glide 3.0 wedges 54-WS and 58 and 60-SS. The ball tells him whats going on. The Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond S 9+ degree head that Burns is using is a 420cc construction, and he puts a 12-gram weight in the front port, and a 14-gram weight in the back port. Scores. Fred Couples has earned his net worth through his many professional wins in the PGA tours and Champions tours, and sponsorship. Its actually a hybrid design that combines his former Odyssey O-Works #7 CH Red putter, and his most recent Odyssey Toulon Design XS Proto silver putter. This season, through the first round at the 2023 Genesis Invitational, McIlroy was still using the older TaylorMade Stealth Plus driver. ( PGA Twitter) Suzanne wore a beautiful wedding gown, but the 62-year-old pro golfer was on a different level and was seen clad in golf attire on his special day. So what I ended up doing was going back to the old weights, same shaft, and then tipping the wood shafts and hard stepping the iron shafts. Will try to find some photos. He ultimately felt that he needed it, and Bill was happy to give it up. The general consensus among tour players so far has been that the Paradym models offer tighter downrange dispersion than the previous Rogue ST lineup, and thats exactly why Burns says he switched, too. Fred Couples new iron setup. Super Bowl LVII. I thought I had read that Freddie had gone 4 and even 5 hybrids in recent years to save the back ???? One of my favorites! Are they right? I see they are high bounce. Thank god that lunatic is out of the house. I feel like this Stealth 2 head for me has just got a little more spin on it, but at a more neutral or what I perceive to be a more neutral face angle. More photos from the event here. If there were GolfWRX Gearhead points to award, Cantlay just won them all for this week. Photo courtesy of @fullyequippedgolf on IG. Whats in the bag? Still had the same old bridgestone irons in the bag and had the new stealth 2+ driver with the tensei pro blue shaft. Its a fact Just outstanding equipment! PUTTER: Bettinardi FC Proto (37 Inches, 71 Lie, 3 degrees of loft with 17 Lamkin Grip). Face angle determines starting line, path determines curve. More photos from the event here. In general, Im not a big tester. Watch. Plus, Im a big Bettinardi fan. Why does Couples use the slightly softer Tour B RXS ball rather than the Tour B XS that Woods uses? More photos from the event here. Biden is President now so its time to get along. This week at Bay Hill, we got a fully immersive experience into the legacy of Arnold Palmer, which included a look at even more of his old personal golf clubs. Couples seems to have an idyllic life. I would have expected it more from a Tiger Woods type. Couples seems to have an idyllic life. Check out the special logo his @TaylorMadeGolf balls. WebFred Couples Scorecards Round By Round - 2023 - SAS Championship - Golf. Driver - TaylorMade Sim Max 9*, 45", Fujikura Speeder 661 Evolution VI, Mini-Driver - TaylorMade Sim Max (12* @ 13.5*), 43.75", Project X Hzrdus Black 75 6.0, Fairway Wood - Ping G410, (17.5*), 42.5", Project X Hzrdus Black 75 6.0, Hybrid - Ping Anser 17* / 20*, Ping TFC800h, Wedges - Cleveland RTX ZipCore, 52*-58*, DG Tour Issue Spinner, Putter Ping Vault Oslo Stealth H, UST All-In Putter shaft. This week at Bay Hill, we also spoke to Xander Schauffele about his sneaky putter switch, Patrick Cantlay about his major shaft experiments, Sam Burns about his unique driver switch, and Rory McIlroy about his recent driver change, which involves Tiger Woods. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi. I would be shocked if we ever see a true WITB from him. @ John Wunder does Freddie Pure his shafts? In general, Im not a big tester. Its more compact, which I like the look of. For a Seattle-born gear junkie (me), pretty much anything the guy does is a big deal. WebBorn on October 3, 1959, in Seattle, Washington, United States, Frederick Couples popularly known as Fred Couples is a professional American golfer. In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. I based what I play on feel more than anything but I think I should throw that out the window and do some testing and just look at spin numbers. His first ended in a Your email address will not be published. To be honest its a turf interaction thing. Since the toe is moving at a slightly faster speed than the heel/neck, the face impacts the ball with more speed causing the ball to compress a bit more than the heel, but at the same time due to the very low MOI of the wedge head that speed decreases almost instantly after the strike causing it to lose ball speed and the ball to come off the face more dead. RXS ball? One was a 47-inch G425 LST (8.3 degrees); the other was a 48-inch G425 LST (7.8 degrees). Shaft: AeroTech SteelFiber I95 X (40.5 inches) I dont think a lot of us are chasing distance, were just trying to get it tighter. I would like that setup. To me it was all about face angle. I think its important to try and hit it farther these days. Driver: Charles Kelley whats in the bag accurate as of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Standard lie with lofts at 2 degrees strong. So what I ended up doing was going back to the old weights, same shaft, and then tipping the wood shafts and hard stepping the iron shafts. Its not a weird ad, if you wanna know why a player can maintain older equipment for a longer period of time, the golf ball is the lynchpin of the whole thing. To me it was all about face angle. The new ball-driver combination resulted in near-immediate gains for Scott, who led the field in driving distance (326.4 yards) while recording the longest drive of the tournament at 369 yards. Im sure their ability to play a 3/4 shot is a bit better as well. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi, Wedges: Cobra Trusty Rusty (50, 55), Tour Trusty (60) Set make up is 3-Pw, 5 iron measures in at 38 1/4 and come with Multicompound Black/Black in standard with 3 wraps. I would love to know the answer. Titleist Vokey SM8 RAW - 46*, 52*, 56*, 60*, DG Tour Issue X-100 & S-400 Guys that confident with opening up with the pw? The 62-year-old is in the field for the Hoag Classic this week and is grouped with last weeks champion Miguel Angel Jimnez and Jim Furyk to start the week. 1 Shaft: Aldila NV, 7-wood: Callaway Big Bertha I have been swinging the golf club just a little bit faster lately, and thats by design. sadclevelandsports You can post now and register later. At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways. I tried to go heavier with everything from DG 120s to X100s and then just 10 grams heavier in the same wood shafts. Dont forget an extra sleeve of balls for the 17th hole. I actually find it hard to understand how a player of his calibre can do that. Your previous content has been restored. Greg, When he played the PGA Tour and Joe was his caddied I was able to shoot the WITB. Unfortunately, we dont yet have an answer for that question. Fred Couples is a household name in golf, spending 30 years on the PGA Tour before joining the PGAs Champions Tour once he turned 50. The couple tied the knots on February 22, 2022. All rights reserved. I believe he put a Tmade 4 driving iron, with a KBS shaft during the Masters. jarediogolf Love this post. Regarding the switch into the new Ping G425 LST driver, Millard said this, Fred loved the look and feel of the G425, his launch and spin were perfect (12.5 launch spin around 2300-2400) and we dialed in the flight he wanted., Driver: Ping G425 9 LST (Dot Setting) Critics say new PGA Tour events copy LIV. The good ones are really good, but its just getting those bad ones to be closer. The couple tied the knots on February 22, 2022. Its a fact If it works dont fix it! Shaft: Aldila NV, Irons: Cobra Amp Forged (4-PW) Can anyone clarify which set is actually his right now? They will join a 78-player field competing in the first full-field event of the 2022 PGA Tour Champions season, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 18-20, for a share of a $1.6 million purse. March 4, 2022 12:15 pm ET. According to Ping Tour rep Kenton Oates, the 47-inch driver was roughly 3-5 mph faster than his gamer, while the 48-inch generated an additional 4-6 mph. For clarity, the PW has dimple on the bottom edge of the face from a hidden pebble but does not affect play. Unfortunately, we dont yet have an answer for that question. Driver: Lynx Boom Boom9 Fairway wood: Ram Laser Irons: Lynx Parallax Wedges: Cleveland