Equipment
Spy Pics: New equipment spotted at the Northern Trust Open
GolfWRX is live from the 2015 Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club, where we’ve spotted some especially interesting new gear on the range.
Here are six of our favorites from Monday and Tuesday.
Bettinardi’s Mardi Gras putter cover
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Golf Pride TalkBack putter grips
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Iomic “Volt” colored grips
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Ishikawa’s crazy coat-hanger practice drill
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Ryan Moore’s new putter from Parsons Golf
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True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT shafts
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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.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105
Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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Chris
Feb 19, 2015 at 10:23 am
i’m still trying to figure out what that coat hanger drill is for
Jeff Smith
Feb 19, 2015 at 9:39 am
So tired of crap that says tour only. ….fn dumb
golfandgamble
Feb 22, 2015 at 10:39 pm
That doesn’t say Tour Only, rather Tour Issue as that is a series of shafts True Temper has offered for quite a while now
Swang'nThemClubs
Feb 18, 2015 at 8:46 pm
Ryo appears to be channeling his inner shank-ridden Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy with that hangar apparatus.
Chuck
Feb 17, 2015 at 8:11 pm
Wow! What’s the deal with True Temper AMT shafts?
I really like the look of that particular Parsons putter!
Has anyone tried a Golf Pride Talkback grip? What did you think?
I am going to spend the rest of the evening getting the image of Ryo Ishikawa’s coat hanger out of my mind.
Roosterredneck
Feb 17, 2015 at 7:37 pm
lOVE THE GRIPS ARE THEY AVAILABLE?
Gubment Cheez
Feb 17, 2015 at 4:50 pm
Ryo probably played pebble beach pro am just to meet Clint Eastwood and get a picture with him
Ian
Feb 17, 2015 at 10:29 pm
I think it was Letters from Iwo Jima, not letters from Ishikawa…
Cha Ching
Feb 17, 2015 at 11:47 pm
That’s the funniest thing I have ever heard.