Clear editor. Ranked just 128th in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour so far in 2022-23, Burns was looking for greater forgiveness from his driver, and he finally made a switch this week at Bay Hill. If you dont mention Tom Watsons former wife Linda Watsons 3-wood Freddie used for years, the article is not complete! And the heavy change was really difficult for me to have similar feels. 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. Always has an interesting bag equipment wise. Driver: Charles Kelley whats in the bag accurate as of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. For at least one week, McIlroy is switching things up and going with a logo. Thank you Blake. Check out the special logo his @TaylorMadeGolf balls. He ended his five-year-long dry run to secure a thundering win at the SAS Championship. Its a lob wedge. Upload or insert images from URL. The putter is a heavy-headed counterbalanced beauty. Betti putter". But, what do you think about the design itself? Right now, all we have are photos of a Callaway prototype wedge with a bunch of lead tape covering any back stampings or logos. 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. PUTTER: Bettinardi FC Proto (37 Inches, 71 Lie, 3 degrees of loft with 17 Lamkin Grip). Never find enough info on Couples clubs. Pingback: Morning 9: Sneds ahead in Houston | Why fans now? Sometimes, players who love old gear can keep it current with a serious golf ball. And one other thing, if you arent in the inner circle (coach, caddie, or close confidant) dont touch his clubsthats a serious no-no. And I didnt hit one drive out of the middle of the face the first day at Riv. Fred Couples First reached World No 1: March 22, 1992 As a Lynx ambassador Couples carried the brands driver and irons along with equipment from four other brands. GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, Tuesday at 04:47 PM, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 20, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 13, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 6, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, January 31, By But Im so particular about face angle when it comes to drivers that when I went up a click in loft, obviously I can see a little more face, it looks a little further left to me. 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. Here was Cantlays answer (gearheads will especially enjoy this): Yeah, Ive done a little testing. Perhaps most iconic was his Ping Anser putter. On the LIV Golf-PGA Tour divide, Fred Couples is siding with Tiger, with Jay Monahan, with Rory. Couples is proof that age is just a number. pic.twitter.com/i19DQ9zkVe. Sorry to offend. Dylan Frittelli added two Callaway X-Forged UT utility irons (18 and 21 degrees). 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. I experimented with some stuff in the off-season and then at the beginning of this year. I could see that. Scores. On that front, GolfWRX got quite the treat, getting the opportunity to explore an exhibit full of Palmers old artifacts, trophies, photos, memorabilia, and game-used golf clubs. I needed to go and try something else. In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. More photos from the event here. Same here, would like to see what Fred won with yesterday. GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, Tuesday at 04:47 PM, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 20, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 13, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 6, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, January 31, By One of the main reasons I switched was just the downrange dispersion is tighter, Burns said Wednesday at Bay Hill. Shaft: Aldila RIP Phenom, 3-wood: Titleist 906F4 (13.5 degrees) jarediogolf Driver- stealth plus with tensei pro blue, 3 wood- cally squareway with Harrison shaft (cool vid on champions tour insta of him testing what looked like a speeder Nx shaft with the same head), 4/5 wood- stealth (non plus) with kaili blue, hybrid- stealth rescue (non plus) with steelfiber, wedges- not sure but looked like taylormade. Didnt see the rest of the bag from the tv coverage. Trust me, its no small feat. Muirfield 20th irons 2-PW;/TT DGHL S-300, Clay Long Personal Edition SW 54* TTDyn Gold X100 8i shaft 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. Your link has been automatically embedded. Its a fact LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. Over the moon Biden did it. Here in Utah we golf a lot during the season and he is a no glove, Ping golfer! I mean that is consistent. Its more compact, which I like the look of. @McIlroyRory definitely has Augusta on his mind. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi, Wedges: Cobra Trusty Rusty (50, 55), Tour Trusty (60) Calf and back injuries have limited Couples to only two rounds this season. Perhaps most iconic was his Ping Anser putter. With the help of the people who get clubs in his bag and the man himself, here is the what and the why of Fred Couples WITB. But Im not.. Standard lie with lofts at 2 degrees strong. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! Can't seem to find any more recent Fred Couples WITB on here or elsewhere. In his long career, Fred Couples has won 64 tournaments. Welcome to Wall-to-Wall Equipment, the Monday morning gear wrap-up in which GOLF equipment editorJonathan Walltakes you through the latest trends, rumors and breaking news. Posted October 19, 2022. And the heavy change was really difficult for me to have similar feels. Anybody know what Fred had in the bag this past weekend? Theyre posted you dummy! Never would have thought he would play that ball over the Tour B series. to not reference it is a discredit to the whole process. People who fade the ball need it to start left. It's just since he's been playing the Champions Tour and then goes back to play out on the PGA Tour every now and then. cheers! Greg, He's never said but most likely doesn't like people touching his clubs. IF IT WORKS KEEP IT. Learn how your comment data is processed. My post from earlier in the thread was accurate as of his last tournament in 2022. Fred Couples still moves the needle. Hes always an interesting WITB. Many thanks. Titleist TSR3 9.5 - Ventus Velocore Black 6X, Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond Strong Three - Ventus Velocore Blue TR 7X, Taylor Made UDI 2 - Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5, Taylor Made P790 3 and 4 - KBS C-Taper 120S, Callaway MD5 Jaws 52.12 W and 58.12 X - DG S200 Wedge, Have Fun - Ready Golf - Repair Divots/Marks - FORE. Odds. As a reminder, Pings i210s are designed for golfers who want feel, control and minimal offset, but with the added forgiveness of a cavity-back design. Wilson Staff ProModels are designed to elevate your game while make the misses a little more forgiving. LOL! We should all be that picky. All rights reserved. The part of his bag that I believe has made the biggest impact on his stellar play over the past decade was the switch to the Bridgestone golf ball (currently the Tour B RXS). Shaft: Aldila RIP Phenom, 3-wood: Titleist 906F4 (13.5 degrees) 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. For the most part, he doesnt pay much attention to the makeup of his clubs, just how they look and what they do. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. Thats all were really looking for out here. What you see is a player committed to feel and trust more than anything. One was a 47-inch G425 LST (8.3 degrees); the other was a 48-inch G425 LST (7.8 degrees). Fred Couples and his new wife, Suzanne, said I do, on 2-22-22. Ive had mine for two years, Your email address will not be published. I like your comment! Fred Couples and his new wife, Suzanne, said I do, on 2-22-22. Are they right? Fred likes a little offset in his irons and his lofts have gotten a little stronger over the years. In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. 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. We sent him the [Ping i210 irons] ahead of time so he messed around with them for about a week when he showed up in Phoenix, he didnt even have his Bridgetones with him, so that shows you how much he liked the new irons.. Watch. Its just the simplest, fastest way to get a little better. Callaway Epic GBB Driver 9* Project X Even Flow Blue 65G 6.0 shaft Still had the same old bridgestone irons in the bag and had the new stealth 2+ driver with the tensei pro blue shaft. His first ended in a 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. I love this guy. Most of the time that club is in his hands the face is open, which moves the impact location towards the toe. 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 The Honda Classic - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Genesis Invitational - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - Discussion and Links to all photos, Arnold Palmer Invitational 2023 (*** NO LIV DISCUSSIONS/REFERENCES ***), 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship (Mar 02 - 05), OG Nike TW13 PING i59 irons Vessel Stand bag (trade), BGT Stability tour black with Scotty Cameron pistolini grip, Srixon ZX5 Iron Set Modus 120X; ZX 3 Wood KBS-70 Cat 4 X, My idiocy is your gain, Ventus TR Red 6x Driver $old. APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! If there were GolfWRX Gearhead points to award, Cantlay just won them all for this week. 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. Fred Couples and the SAS Championship By olkev, October 17, 2022 in PGA WITB and Tournament Pics Share Followers 1 Reply to this topic Start new topic olkev Advanced Members 116 Feedback 0 0 0 Total Rating 0% Posted October 17, 2022 Anybody know what Fred had in the bag this past weekend? Started middling that and started to get way more consistent spin numbers, sort of in the range that I like. 120 million Dollar. Whats in the bag? If there were GolfWRX Gearhead points to award, Cantlay just won them all for this week. Shafts: Aerotech Steel Fiber 110cw X The i210 are legendary. From the tv coverage this weekend his bag looked to be set up the same. Check out ourfull report over on PGATOUR.com. Tiger Woods weighs in, Augusta National officially announces new tee, yardage for par-5 13th, Take our Masters survey for a chance to win a 2023 Odyssey White Hot putter, This former Masters champion says 2023 will be his last, 'Mood killer': Adam Scott recalls Masters Champions Dinner awkwardness. Its just the simplest, fastest way to get a little better. Please PM with any questions and no trades!!!!! Im only curious because I love that same wedge (but bent to 55) and havent been able to find one that I like better for my sand wedge. I heard that Cantlay had been fiddling around with his shaft weights recently, and hes an equipment free agent now. But, what do you think about the design itself? The now-61-year-old has been married twice. On further thought, Freddie finds clubs that work for his swing. All wedges with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. 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. Your email address will not be published. Irons: Ping I210 (3-PW) Shafts: Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW X. Std Lofts, +.25 inches, and 1 degree up. Thats how we landed on this. Didnt he play a set off the rack once? *So how in Gods name did that 3-wood get into his bag and stay there for going on 12 years? His new Odyssey Toulon Design Las Vegas prototype has a #7 CH shape, a red-painted crown, 3 white alignment lines, a dual-colored and diamond-milled face, and a custom sole plate with custom red screws. ", "Bridgestones were back in the bag. Not because hes difficult, hes just Fred Couples, and if hes making a switch its gotta do more than just impress on TrackMan. Posted October 19, 2022. I would have expected it more from a Tiger Woods type. Odds. Earlier this summer, I wrote an article about the makeup of Couples bag. Remember its 2008 and shaft reps usually had test clubs built up to speed the process up. Its a fact Fred Couples bag has been instrumental in his success as a golfer. You can see in the instagram video that he still has the Bridgestone dual pocket irons with Steelfiber shafts (i95 stiff I think) same irons for many years now. And, with that, we say goodbye to the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. The now-61-year-old has been married twice. I would like that setup. Morning 9: Sneds ahead in Houston | Why fans now? Fred is also testing Ping Glide 3.0 wedges 54-WS and 58 and 60-SS. 38 VIEW ANALYSIS AND HIGHLIGHTS > 35 Home. Fred Couples new iron setup. During his Wednesday press conference, I asked Cantlay how the equipment testing is going and if hes made any changes. Still dont understand the shift to ping irons though , obvious choice from Bridgestone would be hand made irons by whomever he wants to make them because hes Fred couples after akt. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). I am a bit of a jerk. God is capitalized. More photos from the event here. You stand out for you overwhelming jerkishness. For the most part, he doesnt pay much attention to the makeup of his clubs, just how they look and what they do. But Im so particular about face angle when it comes to drivers that when I went up a click in loft, obviously I can see a little more face, it looks a little further left to me. I really have only done some shaft changes this year. Shaft: AeroTech SteelFiber I95 X (40.5 inches) Have a nice day. His 3-wood is 12-years-old and his irons (at least a version of the same head) for over 10. Had a stealth+ like someone else said, squareway 3 wood, stealth 4 or 5 wood and a stealth hybrid. Theres one in every crowd. I assume part of his sensitivity on this is due to not wearing a glove. Ive never felt the need to call someone a jerk on an online forum, because it would take an overwhelming jerk for me to make such a statement. Have a nice day, Blake. Its the date I got married, which is a really important date to me, he told GOLF.com. If I was 40 years old, I would be using the ball Tiger is using, theres no doubt in my mind, Couples said in the Bridgestone video. Dont forget an extra sleeve of balls for the 17th hole. From the seller (@llewol007): Up for sale is a beautiful set of irons with Bigfoot status shafts. Check out all of our photos from Bay Hill here. 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. Started Thursday at 04:13 AM, By Anyone struggling with their game should seriously consider Ping for everything. 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. Ping BeNi Anser 4 34.5" or Ping BeNi Scottsdale Anser. WebCouples, 62, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013 after winning more than $30 million in prize money during a professional career that began in 1980. Boom boom is the man. WebFred Couples is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $120 million. 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. I have the 2015 version of those Bridgestone irons and Ive been waiting for something to come along and replace themmight go back to Mizuno. March 4, 2022 12:15 pm ET. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi. Superstition or just doesn't like people touching his clubs? Couples is proof that age is just a number. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi, Wedges: Cobra Trusty Rusty (50, 55), Tour Trusty (60) Check out all of our photos of Burns driver here, or head over to PGATOUR.com for our full report. The original shaft was an Aldila RIP 105 TX, but Fred has since switched into the SteelFiber. Looks like he uses CP2 Wrap grips (Blue cap) , not CP2 Pros (Red Cap) Do WRX editors even play golf. Yes we play golf. Beautiful set that needs no introduction. The S is just a smaller head. Search So, the other thread isn't talking about WITB. APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! PGA Tour Champions released a good couple of minutes video of him testing a three wood last week. Here was Cantlays answer (gearheads will especially enjoy this): Yeah, Ive done a little testing. To be honest its a turf interaction thing. Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set ofWilson Staff Recoil Staff Model 95 F4 Matte finish irons. Why does Couples use the slightly softer Tour B RXS ball rather than the Tour B XS that Woods uses? They will go down as an all time great for PING. Shafts alone are worth the price of admission. Grab this whole set up today for $645 shipped via Fedex. That is right folks. 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. Any info on how that ATV 54 got into the bag? Estimated Net Worth. In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) The couple tied the knots on February 22, 2022. It made golf news because FC was a diehard steel DG X-flex user. ( 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 then I went to L.A. and I put my driver up a click in loft. I do have some issues about that. Can we confirm what he bagged? That putter is delicious.I find it odd so many touring pros have a 46 or 47 degree pw and then the next wedge is 54 or 55 degrees? Shaft: Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (+1/8 from STD, 65 degrees lie) ( 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. I really have only done some shaft changes this year. After hitting a few Fred turned to the guy and said I love it, the rep said, great so what head do want it in? Fred replied, nope, I love the whole thing, thanks. Here we are today. Unfortunately, we dont yet have an answer for that question. Ahead of the 2020 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, however, the 1992 Masters Champion made big changes with the Masters looming. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjyHDwBP94E/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=. A week later the week of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship Couples paid a visit to Pings headquarters in Phoenix for a testing session to make sure his new i210s were dialed in before putting them in play. check out the wear mark on that lob wedge.. 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So if you saw Freddie with a BH stamped on his Vokey, its because it wasnt his. Driver: Cobra Amp Cell Pro (8.5 degrees) WebFred Couples Scorecards Round By Round - 2023 - SAS Championship - Golf. Here's some quotes from the other thread.. LOL! Watch. Fred Couples First reached World No 1: March 22, 1992 As a Lynx ambassador Couples carried the brands driver and irons along with equipment from four other brands. 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. Then I just went with it from there. Its been nine days now so were still on the honeymoon.. Last month at Pebble Beach, we got the pleasure of checking out Arnold Palmers 1960-61 Wilson irons that he used to win three majors, which are selling for $250K. After testing a few different Ping G425 heads at different lofts, Millard says Couples found optimal launch with a Ping G425 LST 9-degree head with a Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue 65TX shaft. They knew the flight/feel/look/sound they wanted and couldn't care less about the rest of it. So I noticed that the club, or the shaft, started to feel a little weak. Check out all of our photos of Burns driver here, or head over to PGATOUR.com for our full report. Tiger famously closes the face a little at address when hes hitting a cut, and opens it a little when hes hitting a draw.
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