Estimated Net Worth. I walked with him all 3 days when he played the seattle tourney in august. Started Tuesday at 05:32 AM, By Couples also made another big equipment change in 2020 thats worth noting. The couple tied the knots on February 22, 2022. It made golf news because FC was a diehard steel DG X-flex user. Required fields are marked *. His first ended in a I tried to go heavier with everything from DG 120s to X100s and then just 10 grams heavier in the same wood shafts. Driver: GolfWRX is on the ground in Orlando ahead of the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Hes learned nothing Olympic legend launches scathing attack on Tiger Woods over tampon apology, Golf fans left bemused following bizarre Jim Nantz blunder, Best driver 2023: Expert club fitters recommend the best driver for your swing speed, An UP-CLOSE look at Tiger Woods famous Scotty Cameron putter, David Feherty ridiculed for Greg Norman comment during LIV broadcast, Tour pro says LIV would be done if Brooks Koepka returned to PGA Tour, TOUR REPORT: McIlroy switches drivers during Genesis Invitational (plus Tigers iron change). Couples isnt one to play around in that category and has tested (at home) different sets from time to time but hasnt ever found that true replacement for the Bridgestone Dual Pocket CB he has loved for 10 years. I believe he put a Tmade 4 driving iron, with a KBS shaft during the Masters. July 11, 2022 Richard Heathcote Fred has been making news lately. Check out all of our photos from Bay Hill here. WebFred Couples @ The 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Classic - YouTube 0:00 / 20:32 Fred Couples @ The 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Mike Granch 2.58K subscribers 254 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, 7 interesting gear finds inside Tommy Fleetwoods golf bag | Bag Spy, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! As Ping Tour rep Brad Millard toldGOLF.com, Couples recently reached out to Ping in search of a driver upgrade. 1 I would love to know the answer. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi, Wedges: Cobra Trusty Rusty (50, 55), Tour Trusty (60) If it works dont fix it! Shaft: Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (+1/8 from STD, 65 degrees lie) From the seller (@llewol007): Up for sale is a beautiful set of irons with Bigfoot status shafts. Shaft: Harrison Mugen Prototype 75 X (43-inches, D3) And, with that, we say goodbye to the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Hes the kind of guy who could find a club he likes in a bargain bin as easily as he could find one on a truck. According to Ping Tour rep Kenton Oates, the 47-inch driver was roughly 3-5 mph faster than his gamer, while the 48-inch generated an additional 4-6 mph. Its not a weird ad, if you wanna know why a player can maintain older equipment for a longer period of time, the golf ball is the lynchpin of the whole thing. Its actually a hybrid design that combines his former Odyssey O-Works #7 CH Red putter, and his most recent Odyssey Toulon Design XS Proto silver putter. The dispersion delta was minimal, but Hovland still didnt feel comfortable breaking in one of the drivers during a competitive round. Titleist U500 - 4 iron, DG Tour Issue X-100 If you get Freddy to change nine clubs in one sitting, you deserve a medal. The now-61-year-old has been married twice. There is no way Couples is gonna respond to the head beyond asking why its square but who cares? In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, Tuesday at 04:47 PM, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 20, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 13, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 6, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, January 31, By All wedges with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. Couples is proof that age is just a number. In Couples first event with the new golf clubs, he ended up finishing T5. Seems like always a large gap 7-10 degrees sometimes.. Shouldnt be odd at all, they actually play to yardages, unlike how we think we play to yardages. Clear editor. Scotty Cameron 009 M Carbon. Super Bowl LVII. Ping I210 irons seemed to get his attention quickly, however. Set make up is 3-Pw, 5 iron measures in at 38 1/4 and come with Multicompound Black/Black in standard with 3 wraps. During the session, Millard says they flattened the irons a touch and Couples liked the way the irons looked and felt. Whats in the bag? A former World No.1, he won the Masters in 1992 and The Players Championship in 1984 and 1996. Speaking of Arnold Palmer, the modern companies on the PGA Tour turned it up as always to celebrate Arnie and Bay Hill this week. WebFred Couples, right, talks with Butch Harmon before practice for the 2007 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Not sure on wedges. But Im not.. LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. In a sport where basically every ball looks the same, McIlroys will surely stand out from the crowd at Augusta. I really have only done some shaft changes this year. I caddied in his group years ago in a practice round. He also tipped his Fujikura Ventus 7TX shaft a half inch for a bit more stability. Beautiful set that needs no introduction. Shafts alone are worth the price of admission. !, To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link:Wilson Staff Recoil Staff Model 95 F4 Matte finish irons, This is the most impressive current listing from theGolfWRX BST,and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here:GolfWRX BST Rules. Standard lie with lofts at 2 degrees strong. Yep I saw that video on one of my feeds. Are they right? They have an elastomer insert behind the face for better feel and sound, and they have a progressive design through the set making the long irons a bit more forgiving. Partly to do with that. In general, Im not a big tester. Pasted as rich text. Check out all of our photos of Burns driver here, or head over to PGATOUR.com for our full report. Thanks for reading. WebFred Couples Scorecards Round By Round - 2023 - SAS Championship - Golf. Driver: Charles Kelley whats in the bag accurate as of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. LOL! WebCouples, 62, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013 after winning more than $30 million in prize money during a professional career that began in 1980. Any info on how that ATV 54 got into the bag? He makes his living with them so I get it. Can't seem to find any more recent Fred Couples WITB on here or elsewhere. We dont do weird ads in the middle of a players bag info. Well, thank god I have experts like you to track it all and make sure its called out. Perhaps most iconic was his Ping Anser putter. "All I keep saying is keep plugging and keep kicking butt and you can do it. Fred Couples new iron setup. The S is just a smaller head. They will join a 78-player field competing in the first full-field event of the 2022 PGA Tour Champions season, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 18-20, for a share of a $1.6 million purse. Id guess Freddie has bagged a lot during his career. Its a fact Why the mid-event switch-up? We will confirm if any or all go in play. Maybe you were aiming there or presenting dynamic lie too upright or, Jesus H Christ it could be a thousand things but I promise you it was unlikely an inherent design defect in the iron head . Your email address will not be published. This season, through the first round at the 2023 Genesis Invitational, McIlroy was still using the older TaylorMade Stealth Plus driver. Couples seems to have an idyllic life. I experimented with some stuff in the off-season and then at the beginning of this year. Even at 61 years old. Driver - TaylorMade Sim Max 9*, 45", Fujikura Speeder 661 Evolution VI, Mini-Driver - TaylorMade Sim Max (12* @ 13.5*), 43.75", Project X Hzrdus Black 75 6.0, Fairway Wood - Ping G410, (17.5*), 42.5", Project X Hzrdus Black 75 6.0, Hybrid - Ping Anser 17* / 20*, Ping TFC800h, Wedges - Cleveland RTX ZipCore, 52*-58*, DG Tour Issue Spinner, Putter Ping Vault Oslo Stealth H, UST All-In Putter shaft. interesting that one of the most famous faders of all time doesnt like to see any openness at address. Driver- stealth plus with tensei pro blue, 3 wood- cally squareway with Harrison shaft (cool vid on champions tour insta of him testing what looked like a speeder Nx shaft with the same head), 4/5 wood- stealth (non plus) with kaili blue, hybrid- stealth rescue (non plus) with steelfiber, wedges- not sure but looked like taylormade. Clear editor. Many thanks. I needed to go and try something else. Couples cruises in around 108 MPH swing speed and 160-165 MPH ball speeddepending on how his back is feeling. His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips. Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi, Wedges: Cobra Trusty Rusty (50, 55), Tour Trusty (60) 5 Testers Needed! Some found it funny, but his SO loved the idea. I would be shocked if we ever see a true WITB from him. Fred likes a little offset in his irons and his lofts have gotten a little stronger over the years. My post from earlier in the thread was accurate as of his last tournament in 2022. ( PGA Twitter) Suzanne wore a beautiful wedding gown, but the 62-year-old pro golfer was on a different level and was seen clad in golf attire on his special day. Bridgestone Tour 201mb and 201cb. If there were GolfWRX Gearhead points to award, Cantlay just won them all for this week. Had a stealth+ like someone else said, squareway 3 wood, stealth 4 or 5 wood and a stealth hybrid. Whats in the bag? PGA Tour Champions released a good couple of minutes video of him testing a three wood last week. The exhibit, which is located just off the 18th green at Bay Hill, was put on byArnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation to launch its new Sincerely, Arnold Palmer The Latrobe Legacy Campaign.. Driver: Cobra Amp Cell Pro (8.5 degrees) Shaft: Aldila RIP Phenom 3-wood: Titleist 906F4 (13.5 degrees) Shaft: Aldila NV 7-wood: Michael Hopper whats in the bag accurate as of the WM Phoenix Open. Rory McIlroy usually plays a TaylorMade TP5 ball with the number 22 play stamp. Fred is also testing Ping Glide 3.0 wedges 54-WS and 58 and 60-SS. olkev, October 17, 2022 in PGA WITB and Tournament Pics. Ahead of the 2020 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, however, the 1992 Masters Champion made big changes with the Masters looming. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Taylormade M3 3w 17* Fujikura Atmos S shaft I sold those bridgestones this year on eBay for $300 more than I bought them for in 2014I guess they are good, I just hit them too much to the right. The good ones are really good, but its just getting those bad ones to be closer. I do have some issues about that. They come with Mamiya Recoil 95 F4(stiff) shafts in Matte Black!!! For at least one week, McIlroy is switching things up and going with a logo. He, like very few others, will stick with a club for years. You hear complaints about low spin irons I would like to see more testers use different balls when they test. If you dont mention Tom Watsons former wife Linda Watsons 3-wood Freddie used for years, the article is not complete! Titleist Vokey SM8 RAW - 46*, 52*, 56*, 60*, DG Tour Issue X-100 & S-400 Its a fact I played the (WM Phoenix Open) and noticed that my spin numbers on my driver were a little low. The part of his bag that I believe has made the biggest impact on his stellar play over the past decade was the switch to the Bridgestone golf ball (currently the Tour B RXS). Fred Couple switches irons but first let me tell you how amazing this golf ball is!. Scores. Fred Couples bag has been instrumental in his success as a golfer. The exhibit, which is located just off the 18th green at Bay Hill, was put on byArnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation to launch its new Sincerely, Arnold Palmer The Latrobe Legacy Campaign.. Didnt he play a set off the rack once? Callaway staffers will have fresh staff bags (and headcovers) for Masters week. He isnt too concerned with Trackman numbers, hes more concerned with how the irons looked to his eye, Millard said. To me it was all about face angle. Brad Millard (Ping Tour Rep) was the man running the session, and in a Herculean effort, was able to spin Couples out of some old standbys and into a new driver and irons. *Ive heard him refer to this as his Ginty in conversations with his caddie. Started Tuesday at 05:32 AM, By Theres one in every crowd. I feel like this Stealth 2 head for me has just got a little more spin on it, but at a more neutral or what I perceive to be a more neutral face angle. Watch. Irons: Ping I210 (3-PW) Shafts: Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW X. Std Lofts, +.25 inches, and 1 degree up. We will confirm if any or all go in play. Had a stealth+ like someone else said, squareway 3 wood, stealth 4 or 5 wood and a stealth hybrid. Display as a link instead, Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 65 TX (45 1/4). Plus, Im a big Bettinardi fan. More photos from the event here. Hes my hero, my old mans hero and my citys hero. But, what do you think about the design itself? Ive had mine for two years, Your email address will not be published. All wedges with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. check out the wear mark on that lob wedge.. Irons are J38 style built in 2015 when they did the J15 release.