TEEING OFF
MY BAG
Sergio García
FOR THE DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
"For me, it's all about feel. If I like it and it looks good and then when I hit it I feel I can control the ball and the flight, that's good enough for me."
1. DRIVER
TaylorMade
R11 (9°)
taylormadegolf.com
SHAFT: Aldila
90 Beta (X flex)
aldila.com
2. FAIRWAY METALS
TaylorMade
Burner Superfast 2.0 (15° and 18°)
SHAFTS: Aldila
90 Beta (X flex)
3. IRONS
TaylorMade
Tour Preferred MB (three through PW)
SHAFTS: Royal Precision
Project X 6.5 (X flex)
royalprecision.com
4. WEDGES
TaylorMade
FT (50° and 58°)
SHAFTS: Royal Precision
Project X 6.5 (X flex)
5. PUTTER
TaylorMade
Corza Ghost
6. BALL
TaylorMade
Penta TP
7. SHOES
adidas
T360 ATV
adidasgolf.com
GRIPS
Golf Pride
Multicompound
golfpride.com
TECH TALK
PUMPING IRONS
Titleist's AP1 and AP2 use a combination of materials and improved manufacturing to increase performance
DESIGNING IRONS is an exercise in compromise. Making the club larger and increasing the perimeter weighting will improve stability and forgiveness, but adding those elements usually moves the center of gravity away from the hosel, which decreases workability. With its new irons, Titleist set out to maintain the workability and increase the overall forgiveness of the clubs. The designers achieved their goal by keeping the length of the blade, and therefore the center of gravity, the same while adding weight to the heel and toe. The illustration shows how this was accomplished in the AP2.
The cradle is made from a thinner carbon steel, which removes weight from the club.
The grams saved elsewhere are shifted to high-density tungsten weights in the heel and toe.
An insert co-molded out of aluminum and a soft elastomer dampens vibrations, so designers can fine-tune the sound and feel at impact.
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TWO PHOTOS
FRED VUICH (BALL, BAG)
PHOTO
ROBERT BECK (GARCIA)
PHOTO
COURTESY OF ADIDAS (SHOE)
PHOTO
COURTESY OF TITLEIST (AP2 IRON)
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
