Golf World Monday - July 18, 2011

7.18.2011

�gaMechangeR British open champion darren clarke’s shotmaking was much-heralded, and the irons he used to pull off those shots were taylormade’s tour Preferred mB musclebacks. the clubs feature minimal offset and a non-adjustable weight port that ensures the center of gravity position is optimal for each clubhead. the carbon-steel irons are made from a six-step forging process and feature grooves that conform to the current usGa groove statute.

British Open// winner’s Bag

equIpMen T// e. MIchaeL johnson

Driver changes at Rsg, Mitsubishi’s shaft, Wilson’s quirk

(9.5 degrees) he won the 2009 u.s.
open with. … miguel angel Jimé-
nez made over his entire wood set,
using Ping’s new G20 model for his
driver, 3-wood and 5-wood at royal
st. George’s. Particularly interest-
ing was his decision to change his

�changes driving the ball well is key in a British open, which may explain the number of players changing drivers last week. among those opting for a new big stick were mark calcavecchia (Ping

G20, 8.5 degrees); chad campbell

(adams f11, 8.5 degrees); anthony

�In The bag
(Darren Clarke’s lineup)
ball: TaylorMade Penta TP
driver: TaylorMade R11 (True Tem-
per Project X X8A4), 9 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade R9, 13
degrees
hybrid: TaylorMade Rescue TP
FCT, 19 degrees
irons (4-Pw): TaylorMade Tour
Preferred MB
wedges: TaylorMade TP xFT (50,
54, 58 degrees)
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist
Studio Select Concept 1

Kim (nike vr Pro, 8.5 degrees) and ryan moore (adams 9015d, 8.5 degrees). in addition lucas Glover went back to the nike sumo² tour

3-wood as Jiménez has long favored a 12-degree Ping tisi tec. … Phil mickelson returned his prototype callaway 18-degree hybrid to service at the British open. the club, which mickelson helped design, originally was developed to combat the heavy rough at Bethpage Black during the ’09 u.s. open.

�Ma TeRIaL Ma TTeRs there was a sneak peek at mitsubishi’s next generation fubuki shaft at royal st. George’s. the shaft features a torque, weight and bend profile similar to the current fubuki, but it also features a very thin metal band in a 6-inch area of the shaft’s butt section. this adds strength and stability to the shaft and stabilizes the butt end. expect the shaft to make its PGa tour debut in two weeks at the WGc-

Bridgestone invitational.

�equIpMen T quIRK mark Wilson takes a ball out of play whenever he has hit a 7-iron or less. the slight abrasion from the grooves on the higher lofted clubs, he says, is enough to warrant putting a new ball in play. “my caddie loves it because he gets a lot of balls to take home,” said Wilson, who began the practice about four years ago, or just before he won his first tour title at the 2007 Honda classic. “it’s just something i thought could help me. Plus, why not? they’re free.”