Tommy Fleetwood

Tommy Fleetwood has performed one of the most effective driving performances in recent memory.

Entering the final round of today’s Travelers Championship, he played 21 consecutive fairways on a less open court.

The interesting thing to see here is how he does it. Fleetwood is currently ranked 135th on the PGA Tour and 36th accurately, making him 82nd in total driving. In contrast, he is sure soon after that, in short, we call him the middle driver of golf.

Something really changed this week, which proves the ongoing work done by Fleetwood and Taylormade Tour Rep Adrian Rietveld.

I was able to walk a few holes with Fleetwood at this year’s U.S. Open and what I saw was a player dialing from a technical point of view, but something lost its hair. There is nothing to say, only something that makes his level of trust go from “one” to “the ultimate”. This is Rietveld and his relentless pursuit of the right pursuit. What I found interesting is that he could feel this from Fleetwood’s work, instead of having the ball ride and allowing the player to figure it out, he stepped in and made some decisions.

You have to remember that Tour players are always pretty in terms of equipment; they have all the leverage to pull out their own disposal and representatives to make sure that this is right. From the 35,000-foot landscape, there is no chance.

But things keep changing, so why the travel truck is there. This is also the reason why players are assigned to a main representative week within a week. This establishes relationships and track records with each other to measure success and failure.

This week, this week for Travelers, is the change in the “trust” driver and mini driver axle that I mentioned earlier.

Tommy has been playing Fujikura Ventus Red Velo + 6x in his drivers and mini drivers at the U.S. Open and throughout the 2025 Open. This profile has a very stiff handle, and the axis gradually becomes softer and softer downward. (In theory) this allows the ball to “lift” while maintaining rotation. For players like Fleetwood, they like to stay ahead – neutral/ISH attack angle – it’s a way to cheat and spin without having to hit it to get it onboard.

Now, it should be said that the axle is a very personal component of the golf club. Any profile can be used by any player, depending on the goal and how the player provides the club. I do not recommend seeing the elasticity and profile of the axis and qualifying immediately as “not for you”.

That’s why the correct fit is so critical. Take someone like Rocco Mediate, who is over 60 years old, it could be 100 mph and uses 70 grams to tour the X-axis.

Why? Because it complements his lens shape and feel. No, it’s not too stiff or heavy, and it’s perfect for him.

Oakmont, Fleetwood and Rietveld take stock of where they are entering the year-end. What they discovered were a few things

Then the test began…

Rietveld is involved in some of the options that work properly. Last year, Tommy played the Ventus Blue TR on both the driver and the Mini and switched to the QI35 early this year because despite the QI10 working, it still has a big miss.

The TR blue outline is very stiff and gradually soft to the butt section. Red is almost the opposite. The axis changes a lot of time. Give players a feeling that they can place the club head in a position where they can swing freely. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes (in this case) it’s more like a subconscious thing.

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The easiest part of this riddle is with the mini driver. Put the Ventus TR Blue into the R7 Mini, and the new weight configuration is almost plug and playback. R7 allows fitters to move weight north/south/east/western.

The newly set toe weight is 10g, the heel weighs 15g, and two 3g weights on the back. This moves the CG heel side forward, allowing Tommy to (spin) the draw with little effort. It’s also faster, with spin dropping by 300 rpm (3300 rpm to 3000 rpm)

The driver is a bit complicated, but the results remain the same. Fleetwood proposes four options, some with Ventus Red setups, but with a slightly stiffer tip (TX tip 1″ vs X tip 1.5″) and a TR blue setup.

Fleetwood needs to kill the spin without sacrificing the attic. He needs more lofts to control, and since the 10.5˚ driver setup is going to be done, his accuracy is there, but the distance is not. Most of the losses are due to increased spin. Remember, the current setup works fine; he could have played all year round, but it was Tommy Fleetwood. Don’t bend over without stones.

The QI35’s CG package is different from the QI10, allowing fitters to move weights on the head and heel side and inside.

taylormade QI35 custom driver

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His new driver configuration brings a better blow point, spinning the rotation to his favorite 2400 rpm range and separates it from the mini drive, so his clearance is correct.

This doesn’t seem like a huge gear change, but on the trip, for you, it’s a little thing we need to look at to make it right.

Fleetwood will open a Tee-Ball clinic this week at Tee-Ball clinic. Is it because of gear exchange? perhaps. All we can do is tell the story before and after, the shift of the shaft is a variable, equipment change. Gear replacement often leads to performance up to this level, so obviously we have to look at it.

It seems to make sense, though, Fleetwood is rolling out the screen, both reaching 34 of 42 fairways, entering the final round of today. Something is working, I will tell you.

This is the new specification.

Tommy Fleetwood’s Driver and Mini Driver Settings

driver

head: taylormade QI35 (point) 10.5˚@9.8˚ (58.5˚ lie, 15g forward, 5g back, 1.5˚ FCT sleeves in STD/UP)
axis: Fujikura 2024 Ventus Blue TR 6-X Velocore (1-inch tilt, 45.25-inch EOG, D3)

Mini Driver

head: R7 mini13.5˚ @13˚ (1 key 1 click upright 2°FCT sleeve) 10g toes, 15g heel, 6g back (two 3g)
axis: Fujikura Ventus Blue TR 6-X (1-inch tilt, 43.5-inch EOG, D4)

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