MY BAG
FOR THE BELL MICRO CLASSIC
Natalie Gulbis
"When I was four, my dad cut down an old nine-iron. I would swing that club in the front yard of my home. Nine-iron is still my favorite club."
DRIVER
TaylorMade
R9 SuperTri (10.5°)
SHAFT
Aldila
RIP (stiff)
FAIRWAY METAL
TaylorMade
200 Steel (13°)
SHAFT
Graphite Design
YS-6 (stiff)
IRONS
TaylorMade
R9 (five-iron through PW)
SHAFTS
True Temper
Dynamic Gold SuperLite 300 (stiff)
GRIPS
Winn
SHOES
Adidas
Signature Natalie
BALL
TaylorMade
TP Black
HYBRIDS
TaylorMade
Rescue Dual (16°)
SHAFT
Fujikura
Re AX TP 75 (stiff)
TaylorMade
Rescue Dual (19°)
SHAFT
Fujikura
Speeder 757 (stiff)
WEDGES
TaylorMade
TP xFT (52° and 58°)
Titleist
Vokey (62°)
SHAFTS
True Temper
Dynamic Gold SuperLite 300
ON THE NUMBER
Scrambling Recovery
The economy is rebounding, right? The market is up, unemployment has stabilized and consumer spending is on the rise. But the golf industry is experiencing some lag, and not the kind that makes your ball fly farther. Sales of woods, irons and balls are all down compared with 2009. Why? No one knows for sure, but one likely contributor is the weather. January and February were unusually bad across the country, and while March was good overall, it was unseasonably cold in the Southeast.
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SALES
2009
2010
WOODS (UNITS)
754,570
695,640
IRONS (UNITS)
1,318,830
1,281,720
BALLS (DOZENS)
2,593,150
2,402,040
Source: Golf Datatech
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KOHJIRO KINNO (BALL, BAG, SHOES)
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JONATHAN FERREY/GETTY IMAGES (GULBIS)
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