Equipment
Video: Tiger spotted testing TaylorMade fairway wood, MRC Tensei White shaft
Tiger Woods was spotted testing a TaylorMade M-Series fairway wood with a Mitsubishi Rayon Tensei CK White Pro shaft in a video that sufaced on Twitter.
????MAJOR VIDEO???? Tiger Woods seen hitting TaylorMade M1 3 wood this morning at Medalist. Via Will Wilcox Snapchat (@yuell365) pic.twitter.com/oNDDGqFGAQ
— TWfans (@TwSpot) November 17, 2016
According to the @TWfans Twitter account, the video was obtained from PGA Tour player Will Wilcox through Snapchat (@yuell365), and was taken Nov. 16 at the Medalist Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., Woods’ home club. Although not discernible in the video, Woods was said to be hitting a TaylorMade M1 fairway wood.
Related: Our review of Mitsubishi Rayon’s Tensei CK Pro White shaft
And yesterday on Instagram, @twspot posted a photo of Tiger’s bag, allegedly at Medalist, which shows a TaylorMade M-Series driver headcover, along with the golfer’s usual tiger (animal) headcover.
Both TaylorMade’s M1 fairway woods and M1/M2 drivers use adjustable hosels, allowing golfers to change the loft and lie of the clubs for custom-fitting purposes. Woods has never used adjustable drivers or fairway woods in competition, as he’s said not to like their bulkier appearance at address. For that reason, Nike has produced custom bonded-hosel drivers for him in recent years.
That begs the question: has TaylorMade created a custom driver for Woods? Also, is he really testing a TaylorMade M1 fairway wood in the video, or is it a TaylorMade M2 fairway wood, which uses a bonded hosel.
Woods is set to tee it up at the Hero World Challenge, which takes place from Dec. 1-4 at Albany in the Bahamas.
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At the WGC-HSBC Champions in October, fellow Nike staffer Rory McIlroy made headlines when he put a TaylorMade M2 driver in his bag for the tournament, as well as a pair of M2 fairway woods. McIlroy has since switched to an M1 fairway wood at this week’s European Tour DP World Tour Championship.
Another high-profile Nike Golf staffer, Brooks Koepka, also made the switch to an M2 driver after Nike’s announcement this August that it would stop producing golf equipment.
Related: See what GolfWRXers are saying about Woods’ potential equipment changes in our forum.
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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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
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LAbillyboy
Nov 20, 2016 at 7:38 pm
He will definitely switch to a brand that will pay him… TM and Titleist are the only two with money… it’ll be one of them.
Dave R
Nov 18, 2016 at 9:38 pm
Yo jj I still wear a watch so I can tell the time. And let’s hope Tiger does come back and he plays well.
robin
Nov 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Here is Tiger running from his wife with a 3 wood . Here is Tiger driving after being hit in face with 3 wood. Now here is Tiger Woods getting his orbital socket fix in Arizona another secret shh.
Who cares about his clubs . I won’t to here about his ped abuse with the famous Canadian dr, you now the story that the commissioner swept under the rug.
Woods is always playing with his wood he never learns.
Michael Thomas
Nov 18, 2016 at 7:18 pm
This website is loaded with IDIOTS & TROLLS….who will probably respond to this comment to prove my point…LMAO
Golfr42 PA
Nov 18, 2016 at 8:41 am
Tiger, even at his worst now, can still play better than most internet tough guys. Likewise, he can play any clubs he wants with similar results. It’s no secret though, that Nike tries to keep the top players with. “Swoosh” on their bag, so I’m sure they would cut him loose rather cheaply now, as his future isn’t looking as good. He’s not completely irrelevant so as to being more relevant to entry level/house brand clubs, but top manufacturers are still taking a gamble that he could make a big comeback for a bit.
Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of his, but I can respect what he has done, and acknowledge the fact that he did spark a new interest in the game through the 1990s and early 2000s.
gary moore
Nov 18, 2016 at 8:12 am
tiger testing clubs ….who cares, really.
Philip
Nov 17, 2016 at 6:52 pm
Maybe Tiger, maybe not – the person taking the video choose not to show the individual via the close up – this is right up there with UFO videos.
Dj
Nov 17, 2016 at 5:40 pm
Love this. Always giggle when someone says they’re testi clubs. No, you bought them to try out. No one is having you test them.
Rex
Nov 17, 2016 at 12:25 pm
everyone in here needs to hit the M2 3 wood. I don’t hot driver anymore. It’s the real deal.
JJ
Nov 17, 2016 at 1:51 pm
Nah. It’s useless because it doesn’t adjust to 13 degrees, at 15 degrees it’s way too shut
Dj
Nov 17, 2016 at 5:41 pm
I’m sorry that you can’t hit driver well.
Tyler Haines
Nov 17, 2016 at 11:56 am
Honestly he can play with any set of clubs he just needs to find the right company that will make him perform better and more adaptive to his swing and play style. Tiger is capable of winning more tournaments and possibly more majors to come so don’t sleep on him. He is going to have all the attention when he returns to competitive tournaments also a new brand of sticks in his bag
ooffa
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:31 am
Golfwrx should start a WITT feature. “Whats In The Trunk”. so we can have an accurate description of the clubs Tiger withdraws with.
Dat
Nov 17, 2016 at 12:53 pm
“What’s in the banker’s box” for when you get fired.
ooffa
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:26 am
The clubs will look good as his caddie loads them into the back of his SUV after he withdraws from whatever tournament he decides to kinda-sorta play in.
Boobsy McKiss
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:42 am
Dude, that joke has been played out for about a decade now. Get over it. He made a mistake and life moves on.
cgasucks
Nov 17, 2016 at 4:53 pm
More like 7 years…but yea…get over it…he’s still paying for his mistakes till this day…other than Nike, he doesn’t have any big corporate sponsors now…
tonylynam
Nov 17, 2016 at 5:44 pm
The Rolex on his wrist says you are mistaken.
ACGolfwrx
Nov 17, 2016 at 6:35 pm
It’s a Bali knock off $5.50 usd
Jokes of course lol
JJ
Nov 17, 2016 at 9:22 pm
The idiot still wears a watch? Who wears a watch these days? What a waste of time (that’s meant to be a joke, get it? )
Boobsy McKiss
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:24 am
Quite the bandwagon jump to Taylormade. With everything all the experts in the forums claim, I’m surprised there are no videos of all the former Nike guys in Japan testing Miura gear.
Tom
Nov 17, 2016 at 12:17 pm
are they?
LaBraeGolfer
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:22 am
According to secret tour pro, he also had the M1 driver in the bag, blades without markings, vokey wedges and of course his 13 major scotty
mhendon
Nov 17, 2016 at 4:07 pm
I would be surprised if they where the M1 instead of M2 since Tiger has traditionally stayed with non adjustable clubs.
Cris
Nov 18, 2016 at 12:48 am
M2 is also adjustable
Tal
Nov 19, 2016 at 7:26 am
An M2 with a bonded hozzle wouldn’t be adjustable.