Didnt see the rest of the bag from the tv coverage. The golf ball is interesting I think that many players could do well to look into what ball they play more. In a sport where basically every ball looks the same, McIlroys will surely stand out from the crowd at Augusta. Here's some quotes from the other thread.. It even allows us to share another thing we all love buying and selling equipment. You can not find too many of these prototypes anywhere. Over the moon Biden did it. Tommy Fleetwood tested a custom Kia Ma-designed TaylorMade putter. Couples seems to have an idyllic life. Some found it funny, but his SO loved the idea. Thank you Blake. If you buy a linked product, 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. Check out ourfull report over on PGATOUR.com. I guess we should hit more nuggets and spend less time on this forum.. Calf and back injuries have limited Couples to only two rounds this season. Its a lob wedge. Welcome to the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, home to one of the most difficult and historic golf courses on the yearly PGA Tour rotation. He said that he walked onto the 1st tee once and the starter shook his hand right after they had applied sunscreen. Two things that Fred and I have in common. Last month at Pebble Beach, we got the pleasure of checking out Arnold Palmers 1960-61 Wilson irons that he used to win three majors, which are selling for $250K. Added a comment in @3puttterritory s question. WebFred Couples is now married to his longtime girlfriend, Suzanne Hanneman. Thats not arrogant its a commitment to only playing equipment that he loves. I love this guy. Most of the players I bagged for had no clue what they were hitting. Grab this whole set up today for $645 shipped via Fedex. In his long career, Fred Couples has won 64 tournaments. Thats all I need to say on the matter. His 3-wood is 12-years-old and his irons (at least a version of the same head) for over 10. In general, Im not a big tester. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. July 11, 2022 Richard Heathcote Fred has been making news lately. And, with that, we say goodbye to the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! That putter is delicious.I find it odd so many touring pros have a 46 or 47 degree pw and then the next wedge is 54 or 55 degrees? The LPGA has a heavy usage of Ping i210 ( most amateur men should watch what they play) . Tiger should switch to these and give his body a break. This confirms even more that Bridgestone is getting out of making clubs. found optimal launch with a Ping G425 LST, 7 interesting gear finds inside Tommy Fleetwood's golf bag | Bag Spy, Upgrade your bag with these Arnold Palmer head covers, How to prevent golf-club damage | Fully Equipped Mailbag, Don't risk buying counterfeit golf clubs | Fully Equipped podcast, Patrick Reed dishes on whether there may be LIV drama at Masters Champions Dinner, Back by popular demand, you can bring the Masters to your door, EA Sports' lifelike Augusta National replication praised by club's caddies, Scottie Scheffler 'clueless' about Masters Champions Dinner protocol, LIV tension at Masters Champions Dinner? Never figured out how he does it with those tour velvets. WebFred Couples is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $120 million. This wasnt the case for bunkers as the face doesnt really come into contact with the ball. Pretty decent thread here on it with reference to another thread as well. Always has an interesting bag equipment wise. Wow. The i210 keeps getting more and more its an all-timer. What wedges? What you see is a player committed to feel and trust more than anything. Until last week, he was still bagging custom Bridgestone iron designs that hes been playing for about a decade, and a TaylorMade M3 driver that released in 2018. As a reminder, Pings i210s are designed for golfers who want feel, control and minimal offset, but with the added forgiveness of a cavity-back design. That is right folks. Can't seem to find any more recent Fred Couples WITB on here or elsewhere. ( 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. Has Freddie ever been a staffer for anyone? Had a stealth+ like someone else said, squareway 3 wood, stealth 4 or 5 wood and a stealth hybrid. Tiger famously closes the face a little at address when hes hitting a cut, and opens it a little when hes hitting a draw. At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! Always has an interesting bag equipment wise. *Funny story on the Vokey wedge: Fred was at the home of Bill Haas and saw this beautiful lob wedge in Bills staff bag. Have a nice day, Blake. Please PM with any questions and no trades!!!!! I actually find it hard to understand how a player of his calibre can do that. From the seller (@llewol007): Up for sale is a beautiful set of irons with Bigfoot status shafts. Unfortunately, we dont yet have an answer for that question. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! Fred Couples bag has been instrumental in his success as a golfer. Stories. Your link has been automatically embedded. Thats great! You hear complaints about low spin irons I would like to see more testers use different balls when they test. 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. While the specs on his Ping G425 LST driver wont be changing at the Masters, Hovland decided to test two different builds in Houston. For clarity, the PW has dimple on the bottom edge of the face from a hidden pebble but does not affect play. Achieve pure precision with PING i210 Irons. 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). Huge Freddie fan here. As you can see, there isnt a ton of new gear in his bag. Fred likes a little offset in his irons and his lofts have gotten a little stronger over the years. 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. Welcome to Wall-to-Wall Equipment, the Monday morning gear wrap-up in which GOLF equipment editorJonathan Walltakes you through the latest trends, rumors and breaking news. A week later the week of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship Couples paid a visit to Pings headquarters in Phoenix for a testing session to make sure his new i210s were dialed in before putting them in play. Never would have thought he would play that ball over the Tour B series. To me it was all about face angle. Doesn't want anyone getting sweat, oil, sun screen, etc on them. It looked like he had a Taylormade Stealth 5 or 7 wood in the bag. The general consensus among tour players so far has been that the Paradym models offer tighter downrange dispersion than the previous Rogue ST lineup, and thats exactly why Burns says he switched, too. So if you saw Freddie with a BH stamped on his Vokey, its because it wasnt his. So what I ended up doing was going back to the old weights, same shaft, and then tipping the wood shafts and hard stepping the iron shafts. Unfortunately, we dont yet have an answer for that question. Its just the simplest, fastest way to get a little better. We will confirm if any or all go in play. 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. Earlier this summer, I wrote an article about the makeup of Couples bag. Check out all of our photos of Burns driver here, or head over to PGATOUR.com for our full report. *Ive heard him refer to this as his Ginty in conversations with his caddie. The dispersion delta was minimal, but Hovland still didnt feel comfortable breaking in one of the drivers during a competitive round. Yay! Display as a link instead, I would like that setup. Fred Couples is a household name in golf, spending 30 years on the PGA Tour before joining the PGAs Champions Tour once he turned 50. Perhaps most iconic was his Ping Anser putter. The 62-year-old is in the field for the Hoag Classic this week and is grouped with last weeks champion Miguel Angel Jimnez and Jim Furyk to start the week. WebFred Couples is now married to his longtime girlfriend, Suzanne Hanneman. *Freddie hates clubs to look open and prefers the driver to sit square and a bit upright. Irons are J38 style built in 2015 when they did the J15 release. Thanks for reading. He opened the 2023 season last week in hawaii. 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.. Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 65 TX (45 1/4). I needed to go and try something else. Maybe youre my Dad? I just dont understand why more pros dont use their putters. So, the other thread isn't talking about WITB. Something to note: Fred is nuts about his sticks but not in the way we are at WRX. Interesting. 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. Clear editor. After testing a few different Ping G425 heads at different lofts, Millard says Couples found optimal launch with a Ping G425 LST 9-degree head with a Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue 65TX shaft. Whenever I see an article about Couples club make up I have to scratch my head and wonder why I drank the Kool-aide from the major mgfs that makes me want new clubs. If it works of course. 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. WebFred Couples Scorecards Round By Round - 2023 - SAS Championship - Golf. 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. Its more compact, which I like the look of. I use the roughest cord grips I can find though. Fred Couples has earned his net worth through his many professional wins in the PGA tours and Champions tours, and sponsorship. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. I wonder if it's still in his bag. Your previous content has been restored. It made golf news because FC was a diehard steel DG X-flex user. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF. Its more compact, which I like the look of. When he played the PGA Tour and Joe was his caddied I was able to shoot the WITB. Partly to do with that. Would you guys consider the Ping i210 irons a low handicap player set? More photos from the event here. If you get Freddy to change nine clubs in one sitting, you deserve a medal. Thats exciting. The good ones are really good, but its just getting those bad ones to be closer. 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. Fred Couples finally switches ironsafter 10 years GolfWRX, Wilson Staff Recoil Staff Model 95 F4 Matte finish irons, Sincerely, Arnold Palmer The Latrobe Legacy Campaign. What GolfWRXers are saying about beginner iron club recommendations, What GolfWRXers are saying about the best fairway woods off the turf. You stand out for you overwhelming jerkishness. Fred Couples First reached World No 1: March 22, 1992 As a Lynx ambassador Couples carried the brands driver and irons along with equipment from four other brands. Im sure their ability to play a 3/4 shot is a bit better as well. The putter is a heavy-headed counterbalanced beauty. Something to note: Fred is nuts about his sticks but not in the way we are at WRX. Greg, When he played the PGA Tour and Joe was his caddied I was able to shoot the WITB. The Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond S 9+ degree head that Burns is using is a 420cc construction, and he puts a 12-gram weight in the front port, and a 14-gram weight in the back port. Funny he has no clue about the shafts, glued hosels, etc. He currently plays on the PGA Tour and is a former world number 1 golfer. Pingback: Fred Couples finally switches ironsafter 10 years GolfWRX, Those irons are J40s with different stampings lol. Couples is proof that age is just a number. One WRX member mentioned on the tournament thread that one of his wedges was a TM ATV, Driver--- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha--- Speeder 565 R flex, 7W TM V-steel 21* Ust Pro Force Gold 65 R, Irons 4 thru 9 1980 Mac VIP Hogan Apex #2 shafts, PW-- 1962 Mac VFQ FC -4000 Pro Pel 2 shaft, Putter--- 1997 Rusty Scotty Santa Fe fluted Bulls Eye shaft, you can google "fred couples getty images" and update the filter to NEWEST, and see if you can do any more detective work (this is the method I usually do btw lol). His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips. More on that below. The Harrison rep at the time was testing shafts with Fred and one of the samples was connected to this square-headed Callaway. WebBorn on October 3, 1959, in Seattle, Washington, United States, Frederick Couples popularly known as Fred Couples is a professional American golfer. Im only curious because I love that same wedge (but bent to 55) and havent been able to find one that I like better for my sand wedge. Critics say new PGA Tour events copy LIV. All wedges with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. Never find enough info on Couples clubs. We dont do weird ads in the middle of a players bag info. Fred is also testing Ping Glide 3.0 wedges 54-WS and 58 and 60-SS. But Im so particular about face angle when it comes to drivers that when I went up a click in loft, obviously I can see a little more face, it looks a little further left to me. Irons: Ping I210 (3-PW) Shafts: Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW X. Std Lofts, +.25 inches, and 1 degree up. Paste as plain text instead, Will try to find some photos. 1 Search He seems so laid back about other stuff though it's a little surprising to me that he's that guy. I love this guy. But Im so particular about face angle when it comes to drivers that when I went up a click in loft, obviously I can see a little more face, it looks a little further left to me. olkev, October 17, 2022 in PGA WITB and Tournament Pics. Maybe its my ocd but why is there a pic of two Tensei AV Raw shafts if Freddie is using a Tensei CK Blue 65 TX? One was a 47-inch G425 LST (8.3 degrees); the other was a 48-inch G425 LST (7.8 degrees). Not going to be easy to take them out of the bag. He's never said but most likely doesn't like people touching his clubs. The S is just a smaller head. Hideki Matusyama used the Houston Open to break in a piece of gear hell have in the bag at the Masters a TaylorMade SIM UDI 3-iron (True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Tour Issue shaft) with a sole that was shaved down to reduce bounce for the firm turf at Augusta National. sadclevelandsports Does he also hear the commentator in his head as he stands over the shot?. And I didnt hit one drive out of the middle of the face the first day at Riv. For me I feel like this one is a little more consistent with the misses. In recent years Fred has messed with a 2nd and 3rd hybrid when he gets to Augusta, but typically its just this one with a mark dead nuts in the middle. At 63 years old, he was able to produce something incredible. Yep I saw that video on one of my feeds. Ive never felt the need to call someone a jerk on an online forum, because it would take an overwhelming jerk for me to make such a statement. Super Bowl LVII. Hes my hero, my old mans hero and my citys hero. In his long career, Fred Couples has won 64 tournaments. That wear on the wedge is the most interesting thing I have seen in some time. Offset, bounce, and a long blade length. We will confirm if any or all go in play. Shafts: Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW X. Fred is also testing Ping Glide 3.0 wedges 54-WS and 58 and 60-SS. They come with Mamiya Recoil 95 F4(stiff) shafts in Matte Black!!! In a video on Bridgestones YouTube channel, Couples noticed longer distances and a softer feel from the ball. Hes one of the all time greats. Driver: Cobra Amp Cell Pro (8.5 degrees) Thats made a big difference in kind of just straightening out the ball flight, feeling like I dont have to guard against too big of a draw. Pricing may vary. His are probably hand forged unlike the retail models. And, with that, we say goodbye to the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. 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. Here was Cantlays answer (gearheads will especially enjoy this): Yeah, Ive done a little testing. More photos from the event here. You can not find too many of these prototypes anywhere. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. I really have only done some shaft changes this year. Heres this weeks Tour Report from the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. I hit balls on Thursday night at Riv. Its just the simplest, fastest way to get a little better. ( 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. Just when you think Stenson owns the atomic 3 wood design, along comes Freddie with a Callaway Squareway? Also, look at the wear markwho says you need to hit it outta the center? The PGA Tour Champions is in Phoenix this week for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and Fred paid a visit to Ping HQ on Monday to test some gear. March 4, 2022 12:15 pm ET. Fred Couples is a household name in golf, spending 30 years on the PGA Tour before joining the PGAs Champions Tour once he turned 50. Fred Couples First reached World No 1: March 22, 1992 As a Lynx ambassador Couples carried the brands driver and irons along with equipment from four other brands.
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