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TaylorMade adds six players to its Tour Staff
TaylorMade has added six new players to its Tour Staff: Smylie Kaufman, Paul Casey, Seung-Yul Noh, Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley and Jon Curran. Each of the players is specifically signed to use TaylorMade metal woods.
“We’re thrilled to welcome these six men into the TaylorMade family as our newest Tour staff ambassadors,” said Chuck Presto, TaylorMade’s Senior Vice President of Global Sports Marketing. “It goes without saying each of their accomplishments speak for themselves and we look forward to watching them succeed while playing the highest performing products in the world out on Tour.”
The six signings join a TaylorMade Staff that includes four of the top-16 players in the Official World Golf Rankings who use the company’s metal woods, irons, wedges and golf ball: Jason Day (No. 1), Dustin Johnson (No. 3), Sergio Garcia (No. 13) and Justin Rose (No. 16)
Note: Kaufman and Curren are still signed to Cleveland/Srixon Golf, and will continue to play the company’s irons, wedges and golf ball. They will both carry a Cleveland/Srixon bag, and wear the company’s hat and glove.
Learn more about each of the new signings below.
Paul Casey
Paul Casey is a three-time European Ryder Cup team member. The 39-year-old has won 14 times internationally and once on the PGA Tour (2009 Shell Houston Open).
He previously used Nike Golf equipment and began playing TaylorMade’s M2 driver at the Safeway Open in October. He is currently 15th in the OWGR.
WITB: See what clubs Casey used in 2016.
Smylie Kaufman
Smylie Kaufman had an impressive rookie campaign on the PGA Tour, earning his first victory at the 2015 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in October. He also earned a spot in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, finishing 43rd, and recorded a top-30 finish at The Masters in 2016.
Kaufman started using a TaylorMade M2 driver in August, and is currently 103rd in the OWGR.
WITB: See what clubs Kaufman used in 2016
Seung-Yul Noh
Seung-Yul Noh made his debut on the PGA Tour in 2010 at the age of 19. He earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2014 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Noh previously used Nike Golf equipment, and began playing a TaylorMade M1 430 driver and the company’s 2016 M1 fairway wood this fall. He is currently 360th in the OWGR.
WITB: See what clubs Noh we last spotted Noh using on Tour.
Nick Watney
Nick Watney is a five-time PGA Tour winner, and has earned more than $24 million in on-course earnings since turning pro in 2003. His last victory came in 2012 at The Barclays.
The 35-year-old previously used Nike Golf equipment, and switched to TaylorMade’s M2 driver, 3 wood and an M1 5 wood at the Safeway Open. He is currently 478th in the OWGR.
WITB: See what clubs we last spotted Watney using on Tour.
Kyle Stanley
Kyle Stanley, 29, turned pro in 2009 and won the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2012. The Clemson University graduate has accumulated more than $7 million in career earnings.
Stanley previously used Nike Golf equipment, and is currently 258th in the OWGR.
Jon Curran
Jon Curran, 29, has finished 113th and 66th the last two season in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup point list, and has two runner-up finishes on Tour. He is 124th in the OWGR.
WITB: See what clubs Curran we last spotted Curran using on Tour.
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.
In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Jason Day – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- SungJae Im – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
Pullout Albums
- Jason Day’s 1off Payntr golf shoes – 2026 The Memorial
- JT Poston’s TaylorMade Spider – 2026 The Memorial
- Cameron putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Tommy Fleetwood’s TM Spider putters – 2026 The Memorial
- New Mitsubishi Chemical 1K Pro Orange shaft – 2026 The Memorial
GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore was on site in Galloway, New Jersey, ahead of the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern to snap some WITB photos and more.
Check out links to all the photos below!
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Mimi Rhodes – WITB – 2026 ShopRite
- Aline Krauter – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Olivia Cowan – WITB – 2026 ShopRite
- Leah John – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Melanie Green – WITB – 2026 ShopRite
- Nastasia Nadaud – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Maria Torres – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Ana Belac – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Carolina Melgrati – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
- Sofia Garcia – WITB – 2026 ShopRite(LPGA)
Pullout Albums
The famed Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, is the scene this week for the Charles Schwab Challenge, where Ludvig Aberg enters the week as the tournament favorite.
Tour Photographer Greg Moore and our traveling equipment insider, Alistair Cameron, are both on site this week in the Lone Star State. Thus far, we’ve been treated to an in-hand look at TaylorMade’s new ZT Max putter, as well as a bounty of WITBs.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Monday #1
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Monday #2
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Monday #3
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Tuesday #1
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Tuesday #2
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Tuesday #3
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Tuesday #4
- 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge – Tuesday #5
WITB Albums
- Preston Stout – OSU Men’s golf – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Marcelo Rozo – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Charley Hoffman – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Ben Kohles – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Davis Chatfield – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Albert Hansson – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Jackson Koivun – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Cam Davis – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Keith Mitchell – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Kensei Hirata – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Eric Cole – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Zecheng “Marty” Dou – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Robert MacIntyre – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Matt Kuchar – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Joe Highsmith – WITB – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
Pullout Albums
- New Bettinardi covers – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- New Project X Titan Yellow shafts – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Matt Kuchar’s HitsGolf training clubs – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Erik Van Rooyen’s Callaway Apex TD Ti Fusion 3 iron(updated with additional photos) – 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Robert MacIntyre’s putters – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- JJ Spaun’s newest L.A.B. Golf putter – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Odyssey Damascus Milled Jailbird Mini broomstick – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Chris Kirk’s putters – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Rico Hoey’s Custom Odyssey S2S Tri-Hot Jailbird broomstick putter – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
- TaylorMade Spider ZT Max putters – 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
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xjohnx
Jan 13, 2017 at 10:35 am
to clarify: are you pointing out that metal woods were a point in each contract or that each player’s contract was specifically only to play the woods?
Zak Kozuchowski
Jan 13, 2017 at 10:46 am
He’s signed to play TaylorMade metals, Cleveland/Srixon everything else.
xjohnx
Jan 13, 2017 at 11:01 am
Who is the “he” you are referring to? I was asking about all 6.
Zak Kozuchowski
Jan 13, 2017 at 11:47 am
Sorry, Kaufman and Curran. We’re not aware of separate clubs deals for the other four golfers.
Mark
Jan 13, 2017 at 10:18 am
“We’re thrilled to welcome these six men into the TaylorMade family as our newest Tour staff ambassadors,” said Chuck Presto…”. What utter, utter bollocks. For these players, three out of 14 clubs will be from TaylorMade. Three clubs now makes one a staff ambassador? This goes beyond hype – it is bottom of the barrel scraping.
booya cornflakes
Jan 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm
Exactly! It’s the same as all of these NBA players! Oh, you’re a Nike brand ambassador, huh? Did Nike make those Jeans? Or that car you drive? NO.
That’s what you sound like. It’s silly to think that a player needs to bag all the clubs from one brand to be a spokesperson for a given brand. If the top 10 players in the world all decided to use TM woods, everyone here would be buying them like hotcakes, regardless of which irons they play.
LD
Jan 14, 2017 at 2:56 pm
Everyone? Speak for yourself, lemming.
Simon
Jan 12, 2017 at 7:28 pm
Oh no smylie, why’d you take that Classic driver out?!
Sam
Jan 12, 2017 at 1:33 pm
Wow I’m surprised by Seung-Yul Noh, as he had almost a full bag of Titleist clubs towards the end of last year after Nike made their announcement.
Lots of Nike guys playing TM clubs now. Maybe this will be how most of their staff players will look in a few years.