�debut;golfers are used to titleist’s unmistakable script
and either black or red numbers. but if you see balls with
orange, double-digit numbers they are indeed true titleists—the titleist velocity. the two-piece ball is designed
for those seeking distance and is made from a new core,
that the company says is the fastest of any titleist ball. a
new cover blend boasts a 332-dimple pattern designed to
produce a consistent ball flight. price: $27.
equipment// e.;michael;johnson
stanley’s;driver,;mcdowell’s;tweet,;fowler’s;transition
�out;foR;a;spin kyle stanley
worked on an alignment issue with
his driver (he was setting up open
and needed to get back to square) at
titleist’s test center in oceanside,
calif., prior to the farmers insurance
open. however after that change, his
spin rate dropped under 2,000 rpms.
as such, stanley upped the loft on his
titleist 910d3 driver from 7. 5 degrees
to 8. 5 degrees. the result was a spin
rate in the 2,400-rpm range. stanley
finished second in the farmers field in
driving distance at 314.4 yards.
�all;cRacked;up some players
provide equipment news via twitter,
and last week graeme mcdowell
waxed about a broken club. mcdowell noted he cracked his callaway ft- 3
driver on the 17th hole during the first
round in abu dhabi (“hit it 200y out
of middle on 17,” was part of mcdowell’s tweet. another tweet noted,
“never happened to me before, cracking my driver like that. the head just
came apart. cleveland classic is in the
bag tomorrow. #thefuture.” mcdowell finished t- 3 in abu dhabi.
�fowleR’s;new;sticks rickie
fowler made his pga tour debut
using cobra irons, and the man in
orange said he doesn’t expect the
adjustment to take long. “the process of being able to make [clubs]
basically exact replicas of what you
were playing has made switching
easier,” fowler said. “they’re able to
nail that down almost identical to
clubs that i was using earlier.” fowler
also put cobra’s new amp driver
and 3-wood in the bag at torrey
pines where he finished t- 13.
�big;putt while brandt snedeker
and robert rock were making putts
en route to wins, chris hodge, the director of golf at river falls plantation
in duncan, s.c., made one (worth
$5,000) at the pga merchandise
show. ping conducted a putting contest in which 213 pga pros attempted to qualify based on a “consistency
score” using the iping putting app.
the finals, however, were pure putting among four contestants, and
hodge—the last player to go—holed
the game-winner for the check.
farmers insurance open// winner’s bag
�in;the;bag
(Brandt Snedeker’s lineup)
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B330
DRIVER: TaylorMade Burner
SuperFast (Fujikura Motore F1 8.0),
10. 5 degrees
3-WOOD: TaylorMade Burner
SuperFast, 15 degrees
HyBRID: Adams Idea Pro a12, 20
degrees
IROns (4-PW): Bridgestone J40 CB
WEDgEs: Bridgestone J40 (52, 56
degrees); Titleist Vokey Spin Milled
C-C (60 degrees)
PuttER: Odyssey White Hot XG
Rossie
titleist; donald miralle/getty images
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