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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TWO PHOTOS

KOHJIRO KINNO (BAG, BALL)

PHOTO

DAVID WALBERG (HOWELL)

PHOTO

COURTESY OF ADIDAS (SHOE)

ILLUSTRATION

COURTESY OF ALDILA (ILLUSTRATION)

THREE ILLUSTRATIONS