Equipment
McIlroy still rolling with his Cameron putter
Last week at the BMW Championship at Wentworth, Rory McIlroy switched from his Nike Method prototype putter back to his old Scotty Cameron gamer.
Based on the photos we shot yesterday, it appears that the current No. 2-ranked golfer in the world will continue to roll with the Scotty Cameron putter that took him to the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings at this week at the Memorial Tournament.
Click here to see more inside the ropes photos from the Memorial.
The curious thing is that McIlroy is only putting slightly worse than he did in 2012. He’s currently ranked 100th in the PGA Tour’s Strokes-Gained Putting stat, just 18 slots worse than his ranking in 2012, a year in which he won three PGA Tour events and his second major championship, the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course.
McIlroy’s Nike putter and Scotty Cameron putter are nearly identical, with the exception of Nike’s polymetal grooves in the putter face that Nike says gets the ball rolling sooner off the putter face with less skid.
Like McIlroy, fellow Nike Golf Staff Member Tiger Woods teetered back and forth between his Scotty Cameron putter and a Nike putter until the 2010 British Open. Since that time, he has used a Nike Method 001 almost exclusively, and is currently ranked 1st in the Strokes-Gained Putting stat.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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neil
Jun 9, 2013 at 6:58 am
interesting about the ball
guess Rorys played the Pro V/x since school.
big change.I wonder if the change to his own management company will Buy out his Nike Contract?
t120
Jun 8, 2013 at 12:32 am
that ball is the culprit, plain and simple. No one on here can tell me that they couldn’t tell the difference between the V1x and the 20xi – blindfolded. He bought in to the whole bag too soon. It’s not the gear, NIKE makes top quality stuff (minus the putters, so far), but the ball is SO far behind the V1/(x) that it’s just not fair to compare.
Scott
Jun 3, 2013 at 7:12 pm
I bet if he went back to Titleist for the Open he’d win it….
Swooshmeup
May 30, 2013 at 11:03 pm
Easy CJB…. 20xi is much better.
cjb
May 30, 2013 at 5:27 pm
It’s not the putter, it’s the ball he should switch.
Ry
May 30, 2013 at 4:10 pm
…rolling right to a 78 opening at Memorial. Didnt he miss the cut at the BMW as well???
Don
May 29, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Yep, blacked out ping.
jb
May 29, 2013 at 8:17 pm
Tiger did the same thing. It took him awhile and a lot of back and forth between the new Nike and old Scotty before he finally did it full time. Heck he still uses a non-filled Scotty grip on his Nike.
Leslie
May 29, 2013 at 8:45 pm
He uses a ping putter grip, not a Scotty. Look it up
Jesse
May 29, 2013 at 9:22 pm
+1 ^^^
Tool Status
May 29, 2013 at 10:19 pm
+2
David Klein
May 29, 2013 at 11:48 pm
+3
Bert B
May 29, 2013 at 3:47 pm
I think you can have any good putters’ specs rigged so they are mechanically the same: The one you put best with will be the one you believe in.