Equipment
Don’t get AMP’d up. Rickie is just testing shafts, y’all
As you may have seen in our tour photos this week, Rickie Fowler has a new/old set of irons in the bag. Specifically, Fowler is gaming a set from 2013: the Cobra AMP Cell Pro.
But WHY?! Didn’t we just hear all the buzz about his self-designed Rev33? Well yes, we did.
Although the rumors and conspiracy theories may run wild, in this case, it’s a nothing burger.
He’s testing shafts folks, Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100, specifically, to get ready for major season.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JULY 02: A detail of the bag and clubs of Rickie Fowler of the United States during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on July 02, 2020 at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
But why didn’t he put them in the Rev33?
That’s a simple one as well: time and economics. Rather than pull apart his gamers or have a set chauffeured in from Carlsbad, Fowler, who was messing around with the AMP’s at home and who doesn’t have Rev33’s with X1oo’s hanging on his wall, brought them to Detroit this week to test.
If all goes well, we can count on a set of Rev33’s with X100’s to be built at HQ. If not, no harm, no foul, and we go back to the Rev33 with his normal KBS C-Taper 125 S+ shafts.
If anything, I find the coolest thing here is Rickie’s instinct to not be wasteful. That’s a good thing right?
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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Tdawg
Jul 4, 2020 at 11:30 pm
Im just confused as to why dabble in a tournament??? All these guys have the best of the best in home sims with all the data and the best facilities to test equipment.
Shane
Jul 4, 2020 at 4:06 pm
I can see the testing of the shafts, but why at an event where you’re playing for a living instead of just testing at home? Thanks for the article!!
jmho
Jul 4, 2020 at 10:43 am
IF this is true, this seems stingy on behalf of Cobra. But I am gonna assume that he’s trying different irons altogether but they want to keep pushing the 33’s and it’s harder to do that when Rickie is playing something else.
Chip2win
Jul 3, 2020 at 7:38 pm
Uh…I hate to say it, but he’s not just testing shafts. After he hit a shot today on TV, you could clearly see he’s got the AMP Cells in the bag this week. They are pretty cool looking blades.
Mr C
Jul 4, 2020 at 11:19 am
Of course he’s using the Amp Cell Pro this week. It’s the entire point of this article. He using a set of Amp Cell Pro with X100 so he can test the X100 shafts as he doesn’t want to pull the shafts from him current gamers and replace them with the X100.
gwelfgulfer
Jul 4, 2020 at 8:11 pm
Although its a bit of a weak argument. If the ‘gamers’ were working so well, why not just use them. It takes them nothing to build/rebuild a set of irons.
Brandon
Jul 3, 2020 at 9:38 am
Might want to stick with the amps as he actually played well for the first time in a while yesterday.
Mr. C
Jul 4, 2020 at 11:21 am
The Amp Cell Pro are the best blades Cobra has ever produced in my opinion. I’m not surprised he played well with them.
Jack
Jul 2, 2020 at 11:43 pm
This story is so shallow and lacking in research ! Waste of space..
John Wunder
Jul 3, 2020 at 12:18 am
How exactly? The point to the story is there is to inform that 1) He’s just testing shafts 2) This was the easiest way to do it 3) He isn’t planning on switching out of his Rev33’s . Lacking in what research? It’s straight from the person who builds his clubs.
matt
Jul 2, 2020 at 11:12 pm
makes absolutely no sense… what does he learn from testing a shaft in a completely different head? I mean sure he might love this combo – but doesn’t mean squat for the performance in different iron. I think the rev is done – that club is ugly as sin and I think Rickie is coming to grips with his ill-conceived thoughts for that club.
John Wunder
Jul 3, 2020 at 12:25 am
Makes sense to him and the people that work with him. Unless I’ve been talking to a Cobra Tour Truck Catfish that is obsessed with golf club cover ups and conspiracies . That would actually be a fun reality show. Anyway thanks for reading;)
Nack Jicklaus
Jul 3, 2020 at 1:48 am
I’d watch Tour Truck Catfishing the reality show.
John Wunder
Jul 3, 2020 at 7:11 am
Right!!?? So would I
Brandon
Jul 3, 2020 at 9:41 am
Did you happen to ask the tour truck guy why Rickie prefers the F9 to the SZ? He seemed to take the SZ out of the bag really quickly at the beginning of the season.
Geo P
Jul 3, 2020 at 12:32 pm
Cool story, John! All these clowns saying negative stuff are just keyboard warriors that can’t break 100…..so their useless drivel means nothing! Keep up the great work ????
matt
Jul 3, 2020 at 8:27 am
love your content Johnny… I don’t doubt that’s what you were told. honestly I’m an iron shafts nerd – i think its a good story unto itself. Wonder what Rickie is after with the switch? He had that cup of coffee with S400s last year and got back into the the C-tapers. My guess is its a stats thing – probably sees how great his driving and putting is and thinks maybe the irons aren’t quite right somehow.