This club was once a public staple in the United States

Although the focus of Rory McIlroy’s bag this week was his driver, it was another club he brought to Oakmont and caught the attention of some gear nerds.

Not surprisingly, McIlroy has a Taylormade P760 2-EROIN at the U.S. Open, whether he competes for the club or 5 wood this week, while Finding Fairways is premium. Surprisingly, McIlroy is one of several players playing with driving iron this week.

Even if players get rid of long-term irons and switch to hybrids, while recently, taller 7 and 9 woods, driving irons still find professional bags in the summer months, especially in the U.S. open and open championship games, when solid conditions would lead to huge drop-offs.

This week in Oakmont, the club’s ups and downs and cruel roughness, more players are turning to 7 and 9 woods as more players are driving irons.

We saw this phenomenon in the PGA Championship, when players turned to higher forests to help pull the ball from the wet toughness of Quail How that week.

It’s also part of the story this week, as Callaway’s Kellen Watson told Golf Si Woo Kim was looking for a No. 4 Iron replacement that could get him out of the way. They settled in Callaway Elyte 9 wood at 40.5 inches with the Ventus Black 10-X axis.

“The 9 wood rotates a ton, but with a combination of higher ball speed and peak height, his carry is the same as the 4-iron, and he has a viable rough option,” Watson said.

Other professionals preparing to attend this week’s 9 Wood include Taylor Pendrith, Erik Van Rooyen, Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Zac Blair and Tommy Fleetwood, who play one of them every week. Typically, there are only 9 wood users in the PGA Tour, but there may be as many as 20 this week.

PING G440 Maximum Custom Fairway Wood

The G440 Fairway Series (Max, LST, SFT) improves Ping’s reputation as the preferred model with a redesigned facial structure and low CG system. The face is taller and can be more confident on the tee while maintaining the CG position, which exerts high firing performance on the ground. The largest model (suitable for most golfers) offers five lofts (including new 4 wood) to provide more spread solutions. High MOI is easy to launch, and the stable design increases forgiveness. Bend the face with the Mali steel surface bend to improve ball speed and optimize spin. Higher face profile improves tee performance and keeps CG low. Freestyle design saves weight to reduce CG, optimizes release/rotate and increases forgiveness.

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However, another factor driving the increase in tall forests this week is the use of additional usage, which is often a useful tool. Thanks to Oakmont’s bends and rolling fairways, it’s best to hit the club, thus minimizing the rotation of the spin.

It also shows how much progress has been made in the modern fairway forest, so that professionals can hit the ball as they wish, without a balloon, or level it down, but still control the ball from the tee.

Justin Thomas switch driver axle

Justin Thomas waved a sensation in April, and his putt improvements allowed him to break three years of unwind drought in the RCMP legacy, but his Mitsubishi prototype shaft also went black.

But at the end of the Memorial’s MC and A T31, Thomas shot 80 in the first round, and he searched again, and this week, not only did Thomas change the profile of the axis, but he’ll go to a completely different manufacturer.

According to Titleist Player Promotion Senior Director JJ Van Wezenbeeck, Thomas is seeking some lower spins as he rises in the year.

He eventually dropped from the 10.0 GT2 head in the D1 setup (the attic attic at -.75 degrees standard) to the 9.0 head in the D4 setup (the standard kit (standard recliner) with the attic attic attic at +.75 degrees) and Fujikura 2024 2024 Ventus Black Black velocore + 6 -X Shaft.

Fujikura 2024 Ventus Black Wooden Shaft

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Van Wezenbeeck said the combination kept pace enough, but the larger fade dropped by 200-300 rpm.

Drivers continue to start races in 2024

Our driver year at golf is known as 2024, so even if OEMs launch new products this season, many players shouldn’t be hung on last season’s big stick because they know they’re working.

Besides Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler along with their Taylormade QI10 drivers, Xander Schauffele, Si Woo Kim and Sepp Straka are also players who still use Callaway’s popular Paradym AI Smoke Platform last year.

Given their age and repeated use, this also didn’t make McIlroy and Scheffler ultimately fail their gamers’ CT test, which was a PGA tournament for both players. But this week in Oakmont’s Qi10, it’s not shocking either.

McIlroy’s head is the one he turned in at the PGA Championship, but while its pictures show the “point” of the loft number, usually an indicator of the Tour model, we’ve confirmed that this is the exact same Model Model Model last season and won the Masters. He also returned to the 45 and 3/4-inch shafts.

Xander schauffele joins Align Max

Speaking of Schauffele, the two-time major champions last year have some expectations for Golf Pride’s new Align Max Grips.

Schauffele is a long-time user of the original Align Technology, which provides a reminder ridge on the bottom of the handle to promote proper and consistent hand placement. The new Align Max, released earlier this year, has a 25% larger ridge.

With this change, Schauffele chose the MCC +4 Align Max over the standard MCC, as he used to use tape to remove the taper from the grip, and he likes the cheesy feeling of +4s.

Titleist GT Metal is Still a Hot Choice

They have been one of the most used drivers on the PGA Tour since Titleist’s GT Metal lineup played last year, and the company has led the number of drivers every week this season.

This comes from a large amount of use by non-contract players.

This week, Dustin Johnson, Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose will all have a champion GT driver in their bags.

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Johnson initially put the GT2 in the PGA Championship, but has been involved in the Ping G440 since reinserting the GT2 this week.

Yes, it must be weird to see DJs in anything other than Taylormade drivers, but these weird times, friends!

Fitzpatrick is also considering adding GT1 14.5 degrees 3 wood to the bag this week.

Earlier this year, the GT1 was added to the GT lineup as a GT1, launching the ultra-lightweight option as a high point, but thanks to the adjustable weight, players are able to move forward and add weight to make it a standard specification. The 14.5-degree GT1 fairway manager is the only choice for travel.