Teeing Off
MY BAG
FOR THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL
Charles Howell
"The lob wedge is my most important club. It can save a round or it can make a round."
1. DRIVER
TaylorMade
R11 (9.5°)
Taylormadegolf.com
SHAFT: Oban
Devotion 7 (X flex)
Obanshafts.com
2. FAIRWAY METAL
Callaway
Big Bertha Diablo (15°)
Callawaygolf.com
SHAFT: Mitsubishi Rayon
Fubuki Tour 80 (X flex)
Mitsubishirayongolf.com
3. HYBRID
Titleist
909H (19°)
Titleist.com
SHAFT: Aldila
Voodoo NV8 (X flex)
Aldila.com
4. IRONS
Mizuno
JPX-800 Pro (four through PW)
Mizunousa.com
SHAFTS: True Temper
Dynamic Gold X-100
Truetemper.com
5. WEDGES
Mizuno
MP T-11 (52°, 56°, 58°)
SHAFT: True Temper
Dynamic Gold X-100
6. PUTTER
Odyssey
White Hot 2-Ball
Odysseygolf.com
7. BALL
Titleist
Pro V1
8. SHOES
Adidas
Powerbrand 3.0
Adidasgolf.com
GRIPS
Golf Pride
New Decade Multi-compound Red/Black 58 Rib
Golfpride.com
TECH TALK
Twist Ending
The RIP, the most popular line of the No. 1 shaft on Tour, according to Aldila, offers control by limiting torque
For better golfers, a shaft's ability to resist torque, or twisting, is an important element in controlling ball flight, especially on longer clubs like drivers and fairway metals. Aldila created a shaft with lower torque by reversing the manufacturing process so that the diagonally oriented wraps of graphite, which resist twisting, are on the outside, where they are most effective.
Graphite sheets wrapped at 45° angles reduce torque. In the RIP shaft they are the outer layer.
Longitudinal wraps control stiffness and are typically placed over the diagonal layers.
The farther a sheet of graphite is from the center of the shaft, the more effective it is. So the diagonally oriented exterior emphasizes torque control.
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KOHJIRO KINNO (BAG, BALL)
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DAVID WALBERG (HOWELL)
PHOTO
COURTESY OF ADIDAS (SHOE)
ILLUSTRATION
COURTESY OF ALDILA (ILLUSTRATION)
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