Equipment
New equipment spotted at the World Challenge
GolfWRX is on the range at the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual at Sherwood Oaks Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The 18 man field includes some of the best players in the world — Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson, just to name a few.
Check out the hundreds of photo we snapped on the range and on the course below. There’s tons of new gear to see.
Wednesday’s Snaps: Rickie Fowler’s new Cobra AMP Cell Pro Irons and AMP Cell Hybrid, Ian Poulter’s new Cobra AMP Cell Fairway in Silver and Hunter Mahan’s new Ping Anser Forged Irons. Check out the Special Galleries section below for even more equipment photos.
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Wednesday Part 3
Thursday’s Snaps: Matt Kuchar’s new TourStage X-Blade Irons and Yes! Putter, Brandt Snedeker’s old school TMag Burner SuperFast driver, Dustin Johnson’s beard, Keegan Bradley’s Nike Shoes, A Sean Foley sighting, Tiger Woods doing drills with Joe LaCava, Rickie Fowler’s white rain suit and more from Round 1!
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 3
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 4
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 5
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Thursday Part 6
Friday’s Snaps: Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods doing drills with Sean Foley, Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Steve Stricker with his new Odyssey Sabertooth mallet-style face-balanced putter, Ian Poulter and on course action shots!
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Friday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Friday Part 2
Saturday and Sunday’s Snaps: More from the best in the world at Sherwood Country Club
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 1
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 2
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Saturday Part 3
2012 World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Photos: Sunday Part 1
Special Galleries:
Mahan and Bubba Watson on the range with the new Ping G25 Driver and Fairway Woods
Hunter Mahan’s new Ping Scottsdale TR (True Roll) NB S Putter with a grooved face.
Rickie Fowler has 11 new Cobra clubs in the bag!
Steve Stricker using a new Odyssey putter
Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/Pre-release equipment” forum.
Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/Pre-release equipment” forum.
Equipment
Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping
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.
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover
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
Whats in the Bag
Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)
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



































sparnar
Nov 30, 2012 at 1:01 am
Those are not True’s that Hunter is changing out of.
It’s a new line of spikeless Footjoy’s.
Christian
Nov 29, 2012 at 10:00 pm
What on earth is Bubba doing talking to Sean Foley? lol