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Why Wyndham Clark is gaming a putter he bought off the rack

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The life of a PGA Tour golfer comes with its perks. Most notably, the plethora of options it comes to when trying new golf clubs.

Each week, tour trucks travel from event to event, stocked with the latest and greatest gear and technology that every player has right at their fingertips – literally.

But for Wydhman Clark, a quick trip to his local pro shop is all he needs. He’s rocking into the 2026 Players Championship with a shop-bought Bettinardi putter.

“I hadn’t been putting my best, so I wanted to try some different putters, and I kind of narrowed it down to two or three, and I went to go put lead tape on one of them at the pro shop at Whisper Rock,” Clark told GolfWRX at The Players. “As I was kind of waiting there and looking, they had this putter and I said, ‘You know, can I try this?’

“I went out and it beat all the other putters that I was working with, and I said, ‘Alright, we’re going with it.’”

Clark’s journey to the Bettinardi Antidote SB1 putter has been a long one. He had been using a L.A.B. DF3 for the second half of last season, first without the insert before transitioning into one with. Prior to that, he tested a custom Toulon Le Mans, as well as various versions of his traditional Odyssey Jailbird and even a Scotty Cameron Tour T-11.

During a practice round on Monday at The Players, Clark was putting the putter through its paces on the already slick-looking Sawgrass greens. It’s so brand new, it still has the price sticker.

“I just have always liked feeling the center of mass right in the center,” Clark said on the reason he’s been using so many center-shafted putters recently. “Aiming-wise, it feels really good … I’ve just gravitated towards it, I feel a certain way towards it and I picked something that looks good.”

For those wondering, the putter was priced at $399.00, but Clark’s had it long enough to slather the sole in lead tape and equip it with a SuperStroke 2.0 PT grip.

The putter isn’t the only change in Clark’s bag this week at Sawgrass. As a new member of the equipment-free-agency world, the 2023 U.S. Open champion has added TaylorMade’s Qi4D driver. He went through an extensive testing session with TaylorMade Tour rep Adrian Rietveld earlier in the year.

“It’s really nice to be able to basically hand-pick all 14 clubs versus being locked into having to play some, and sometimes there’s a lot of great club companies, but maybe they don’t make 14 great clubs, they might make 10 or 11,” Clark said on the free-agency. “So it’s kind of nice. I have four different brands in my bag, maybe even five, and I feel like I have the best set I could possibly play.

Clark’s new Qi4D core model, at 10.5 degrees cranked a few notches lower, is equipped with Project X’s new Titan 70-gram shaft. Launched toward the end of the 2025 season, the Titan shaft profile features a unique EI profile and new Synex Technology, which reinforces the shaft’s outer layers and increases hoop stiffness in the handle and mid-section, enabling better energy transfer during the transition.

Keep a lookout for Clark this week (he’s had close calls at The Players before). If he plays well, also keep an eye out at your local golf shop for other PGA Tour players.

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  5. The Truth Network

    Mar 10, 2026 at 9:13 am

    More proof that LAB putters are absolute trash.

    • L

      Mar 10, 2026 at 3:09 pm

      To each his own. Some work other don’t. Just like anything in life

  6. Golf chungus

    Mar 10, 2026 at 6:34 am

    Who cares? Dudes been a nonfactor on tour this year. Not sure why they put Clark’s face everywhere either. Don’t like him at all.

  7. Frank

    Mar 9, 2026 at 7:09 pm

    This wont help him win hes a one hit wonder

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Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping

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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.

Check out Shipley’s full what’s in the bag and the rest of his wedge stampings here on “Inside the Ropes” from Colonial.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover

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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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Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)

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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

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