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By Jennifer Gardner Tour Van
Used by players like long-hitting Gary Woodland since it was introduced on Tour a couple months ago, the four-piece ball has a dual mantle that reduces spin off the tee - and thus increases distance - along with a soft cover that helps with control. "The Chrome-plus combines our lowest spinning core with our HBT cover," said Mike Sposa, Callaway PGA Tour representative at the Bay Hill Invitational in March. "Guys are getting the same distance off the tee, they're getting the same distance with their long irons, mid-irons. And as you get inside a buck-twenty and around the green, they're feeling that soft core. It feels different coming off the wedges, it feels different coming off the putter. And they like it a lot."
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Sang Moon Bae
PGA Tour: HP Byron Nelson Championship Driver: Callaway RAZR Fit (8.5 degree; Graphite Design Tour AD DI 7x shaft) Fairway Wood: Callaway RAZR Fit 3-wood (15 degree; Graphite Design Tour AD GT 7x shaft) Hybrid: Callaway X Hot Pro (18 degree; Matrix Ozik HM3 Black Tie shaft) Iron (3): Callaway X Utility Prototype (21 degree; True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shaft) Irons (4-9): Callaway RAZR X MuscleBack (True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts) Wedges: Callaway X Forged (48, 52 and 60 degree; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts) Putter: Odyssey Tour Milled #1 Ball: Callaway Hex Chrome+ Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (VTM)
Graeme McDowell
European Tour: Volvo Match Play Driver: Cleveland Classic 290 (9 degree; Miyazaki Kusala Indigo 56x shaft) Fairway Wood: Cleveland Launcher FL 3-wood (14 degree; Miyazaki Kusala Indigo 72x shaft) and Srixon XXIO 5-wood Hybrid: Adams Idea a7 (22 degree; Matrix Ozik Altus X shaft) Iron (4): Cleveland 588 TT (Project X 6.5 shaft) Irons (5-9): Srixon Z-TX (Project X 6.5 shafts) Wedges: Cleveland 588 Precision Forged (48 and 52 degree; Project X 6.5 shafts) and Cleveland 588 RTX (58 degree; Project X 6.5 shaft) Putter: Odyssey White Hot #7 Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV Footwear: Ecco World Class GTX Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (VTM)
Peter Uihlein
European Tour: Madeira Islands Open Driver: Titleist 913D3 (8.5 degree) Fairway Wood: Titleist 913Fd 3-wood (13.5 degree) Iron (3): Titleist 712U Irons (4-PW): Titleist 680 Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM4 (50, 56 and 60 degree) Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Footwear: FootJoy DryJoys Tour Glove: FootJoy StaSof
Mark Anderson
Web.com Tour: BMW Charity Pro-Am Driver: Titleist 913D3 (8.5 degree; Aldila RIP Phenom NL 70x shaft) Fairway Wood: Titleist 913Fd 3-wood (13.5 degree; Aldila VooDoo XVS8 shaft) Hybrid: Titleist 913H (19 degree; Aldila VooDoo XVS9 shaft) Irons (4-PW): Titleist AP2 Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM4 (52, 58 and 62 degree) Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Footwear: FootJoy Icon
Jennifer Johnson
LPGA: Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Driver: Bridgestone TourStage X-Drive 709 D430 (9.5 degree; Graphite Design Tour AD BB6-S shaft) Fairway Wood: Bridgestone TourStage X-FW 3-wood (15 degree) and Bridgestone J40 5-wood (18 degree) Hybrids: Bridgestone J40 (21 and 24 degree) Irons (5-PW): Bridgestone J40 Dual Pocket Cavity Wedges: Ping Tour-S Gorge (52 and 58 degree) Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5 Ball: Bridgestone Tour B330-RX Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (VTM) |