Equipment
Paul Lawrie leads the Qatar Masters after two rounds, but look what he’s putting with
Paul Lawrie carded a second-round 66, and at 11-under after two days, he leads Nicolas Colsaerts by a stroke in Qatar. A win would make Lawrie the event’s first three-time winner.
More to the point for WRX readers: look at his flatstick. Unless my eyes deceive me, that’s an Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Blade from 2000.
Check out these captures from a video on EuropeanTour.com.
The 16-year-old putter presently has a PGA Value Guide trade-in value of $15.13 in mid condition ($17.40 in great condition!).
We’ve discussed it before; there’s a give and take with equipment manufacturers, who want players to game the latest weaponry as soon as possible, and players’ preferences for old favorites.
A recent example, Jason Dufner won last week’s CareerBuilder Challenge with a Titleist 910D2 driver from 2010 and a Callaway X2 Hot 3-wood from 2014.
Anyway, the 2-Ball seems to be working well for Lawrie, so we’d advise keeping it in the bag.
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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Michael
Feb 7, 2016 at 6:13 am
It was interesting to see, since Lawrie was with a small niche brand for the last one or two years called Caledonia. They sell putters, that are highly customisable at a very high price point and didn’t get a lot of attention out of that deal.
Lawries first tournament after breaking up with Caledonia putting with a $15 putter and he’s leading a tournament after two rounds. That’s kind of funny – not really for his former sponsor – but kind of funny anyway.
Christestrogen
Jan 31, 2016 at 11:27 am
What’s the moi and cor for that putter….???
My new 2016 putter has a 1.52 smash factor…..
I can put it 7-10 yards further than any putter I’ve ever hit…
The shaft is a quadruple X oban kiyoshi gold tipped 14 inches cuz my putting swing is around 128…
-Christosterone
cbc
Jan 31, 2016 at 8:00 am
Adam is 100% correct. You can own a multimillion rand car but if you don’t know how to drive it, you can just as well trade it in. By the way I have been using a similar putter for the past 15 years and will not trade it in for any other putter. Why; because I know “how to drive it”
Daniel
Jan 29, 2016 at 5:43 pm
That is the same putter as the one currently in my bag. It has been in my bag for 11 years now and it will stay for next season as well. I really like this putter 🙂
Okay
Jan 29, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Huh
Unknown
Jan 29, 2016 at 8:23 am
Didn’t even need to read it to know who wrote this fascinating piece.
john
Jan 28, 2016 at 10:12 pm
not a great deal has changed on the greens in the last 20 years – maybe 100 year old putter you could argue was designed never even considering the pace and smoothness of todays tour level greens – but in the last 20 years nothing has changed so the putters should be perfect (i’d even say stuff from the 60s/70s would be no issue aside from needing a new grip)
Cares
Jan 28, 2016 at 7:48 pm
Why is this even a story?
Adam
Jan 28, 2016 at 6:58 pm
Perhaps this shows all the club ho’s and club manufacturers its more about the player than the newest equipment.
Travis
Jan 29, 2016 at 9:24 am
We heard you the first time.
KK
Jan 30, 2016 at 1:49 am
Yeah, club manufacturers are trolling Paul Lawrie’s WITB for their design decisions and product cycles. Lame Adam.