Adam Scott’s equipment tinkering has him in the U.S. Open

Two weeks ago, I was at the Memorial at the Memorial when Adam Scott was taking a practice class.

That afternoon, due to the first day summary, there were probably six others around Muirfield Village, but those who stayed must have witnessed one of the best swings on the golf course in the last quarter century.

As Scott walked to the top of his bag, he began to show off his inner nerd. He seemed gag as he lifted his head from the woods and the plastic packaging of the new club, and he was dizzy, giving them to his caddies and his entourage. Like a little boy showing you his latest racing car or toy truck.

He took the plastic off the brand new Titleist T250U drive iron and swung it.

“Wow!” he shouted. He pointed out how he expected to drive a low shot, but instead hit the powerful moon ball with more than 100 feet in the air.

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Scott’s endless pursuit of equipment perfection

For American equipment addicts, Scott represents the pinnacle of the gear. Since Scott became a free agency in 2022, his bag has been a spun treasure rather than a set, but two sets of custom-made, built irons to help lead the stretch of the small driver, 9-wood and 9-wood and Broomstick Putters, and it’s fun to watch on the PGA Tour.

So, it’s not surprising that when Scott entered the final round of the U.S. Open this week, his second major title was adjusted before his outstanding performance 12 years after his first major title.

Scott raised some eyebrows last month when he reinserted his custom title 681 after three years in the bag. As a prototype iron, use it as a Philadelphia bag. The clubs were built and were copies of the 680 blades that Scott used when he first toured in the early 2000s, making some subtle tweaks to Scott’s preferences.

Hide changes this week

But this week, Scott is back to another custom suit for his, the Miura AS-1 blade, which he helped design the legendary Japanese forged home in 2023, which he used intermittently for most of the past two years.

But Scott made a key change to the iron. Since switching to AS-1 last spring and summer, Scott’s preferred axis has been the X LZ 6.5 project, switching from the dynamic Golden Journey X100. This is a shaft he has used before, won the 2016 Honda Classic and used a touring-only prototype version.

“[The Project X LZ is] “They encourage or promote on the swing a little differently,” Scott told Golf last summer after the change. “If my tendency is to go right, if the axis promotes more correct promotion, then you’re a little fighting. You’re going to be right. After a while, you start fighting it and it can get your swing out a little bit. So, that’s kind of balanced everything.”

However, this week when Scott Hard Stepp reinserted the AS-1 (with Miura TC-202 4-EROIR), he used 5 iron axes with 4 irons (6 of 5 irons), which means he used 5 iron axes, and so on. This makes the club’s performance a little firmer.

Miura TC-202 Custom Iron

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Scott may decide to harden the shaft, but there may be two of the three main reasons. He either wants to stabilize the iron face with a solid outline, ball flying and spinning under it, or he is just looking for a harder feeling.

More gear changes

In addition to adding TC-202 to his 4-iron, Scott replaced his 9-wood with his new titleist T250U, who was his first attempt at the memorial. He is one of the few players to use the drive iron this week, replacing the tall fairway wood.

Scott is one of the top ball shooters on the PGA Tour, leading the stroke category that was won in 2010 and 2016: Approach. However, he finished fourth on the tour after returning to 2024 this season, he lost fourth in close proximity and had not lost all season.

He performed better in the world in Oakmont this week, earning more than 5.5 strokes in close proximity and ranked sixth in the category. This matched his driving, where he also scored more than 5.5 shots, ranking second.

But, as Oakmont set some demonic pins on the tilted greens in the final round, it might be those iron-head changes that led Scott to the U.S. Open title.

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