Teeing Off
MY BAG
FOR THE CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL
Scott Verplank
"The new equipment helps at this stage of my career, but it's not like I've seen a huge jump. Some of the ball-and-club combinations for the younger guys are crazy long, but it's not a big edge for me."
1. DRIVER
TaylorMade
R11 (9°)
Taylormadegolf.com
SHAFT: UST Mamiya
Attas S6 (X flex)
Ustmamiya.com
2. FAIRWAY METALS
TaylorMade
200 Tour (13°, 17°)
SHAFTS: Aldila
Tour Gold (X flex)
Aldila.com
3. IRONS
TaylorMade
Tour Preferred MB (three-iron through PW)
SHAFTS: True Temper
Dynamic Gold with Sensicore (X-100)
Truetemper.com
4. WEDGES
Titleist
BV-SM (56°, 60°)
Titleist.com
SHAFTS: True Temper
Dynamic Gold with Sensicore (X-100)
5. PUTTER
Ping Anser
Ping.com
6. BALL
Titleist Pro V1
7. SHOES
FootJoy SYNR-G
Footjoy.com
GRIPS
Golf Pride
Tour Wrap 58 round
Golfpride.com
TECH TALK
OLD IS NEW
Titleist engineers wouldn't mess with icons like the Pro V1 and Pro V1x unless they knew they could make them better
IN JANUARY, Titleist introduced reengineered versions of the Pro V1 and Pro V1x. Here's a look at the details of the new Pro V1, which was altered with the aim of increasing spin while retaining distance. The new Pro V1x flies higher and farther off the driver but produces similar spin generation on iron shots.
A larger 1.530-inch core uses a new composition and molding process that makes it more uniform throughout. The intermediate layer, an ionomer resin, is precision matched in thickness and hardness to work with the core to optimize spin.
The surface has 352 dimples in five sizes that cover 82.7% of the ball. The coverage contributes to improved aerodynamics and more consistent, penetrating ball flight.
The dimple pattern is a spherically tiled tetrahedron, a series of adjacent triangles that create three axes of symmetry, which means the ball is symmetrical in any orientation.
TWO PHOTOS
DARREN CARROLL (BAG, BALL)
PHOTO
GARY BOGDON (VERPLANK)
PHOTO
COURTESY OF FOOTJOY (SHOE)
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
COURTESY OF TITLEIST
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS