Equipment
Adam Scott explains his golf ball and shaft switches for the Masters
Adam Scott — who’s in the chase through two rounds at T20 in the 2023 Masters — revealed that he made a number of big changes to his gear setup prior to the event.
The 2013 Masters champion has never been afraid to test and change equipment from week-to-week, but this was more of a major overhaul, according to Scott himself. He changed his driver shaft, iron shafts, and golf ball heading into The Masters.
“I did some pretty major overhauling of my equipment, actually, that may not be a hundred percent comfortable, but certainly I saw some benefit from doing that, Scott said after his opening round 68. “I changed some shafts in my irons and my driver and my golf ball, so I’m kind of winging it a little bit out there. But it all feels pretty good. I putted very nicely today and that’s always helpful around here.”
Scott changed into a Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X driver shaft in his TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus driver head, and he switched into Project X LS (Low Spin) 6.5 shafts (125 grams) in his custom Miura AS-1 heads.
He also switched from a 2015 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball into a new 2023 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball.
Here’s why, according to Scott:
“Things change and evolve, and a couple pieces of equipment in my bag have changed over the last year or so, and it’s having some influence as well as me swinging the club maybe slightly differently on my impact conditions,” Scott said, according to Titleist on Saturday. “And with a shaft change and the (2023) Prov V1x, it’s balancing out really nicely and keeping that new ball in the window I like. Whereas before it was a little bit higher window and this is now sitting in a window that I feel much more comfortable with, which is nice. It’s very tight on the iron spin. I’m getting a really tight performance there, which is a good feeling for me. And also I get the added benefit of a higher ceiling with the driver. I’m gaining without doing anything by just using this ball off the tee. So hopefully I can make a few little gains here and there by using the Pro V1x without having to change anything else in my game, just putting it in play.”
Titleist says that Scott made the golf ball change in Austin during the WGC-Dell Match Play.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about the recent equipment switches.
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
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Aaron
Apr 10, 2023 at 7:10 pm
Ballooning and still too much spin on the irons, Adam. That was hard to watch.
Left dash X. V unless flight is too low.
joe Baker
Apr 10, 2023 at 11:00 am
Those Px LS shafts are STOUT. And in a 125 6.5 that’s even more so. I play X100 and I can’t even get the head onto the back of the ball with the LS. And he came from KBS!
Bob
Apr 9, 2023 at 11:41 am
He has PX LZ shafts in his irons from what it showed yesterday on tv after he hit a 6 iron.
O
Apr 8, 2023 at 2:19 pm
He still can’t hit his irons though lol
He’s yanking everything left
So much for that amount of offset
Alex
Apr 9, 2023 at 1:22 am
Its interesting because he dropped 5 grams in shaft weight in the irons, I wonder how they swingweight. Miura’s are heavier than most so I wonder if they increased his swingweight and what it did to the balance of his irons.