Rory to use Callaway

[BTatHome]

And a few more drivers 😆

 

[need_my_wedge]

I switched to Callaway drivers and hybrids last year, no reason why Rory shouldn't too

 

[Soft hands]

yeh, apex mb's or something like that

Cheers, I'll hang on before getting a new set as the apex were one of the ones I was looking at.

 

[Region3]

What surprised me most in the article was him saying that he couldn't use the prov1x with his Nike irons because they spun the ball too much.

I wouldn't even have thought about different groove patterns spinning different balls different amounts.
Mind you, if he's swinging a 7 iron at 95mph it's not something I need to worry about.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Rory will have tested the clubs and ball of preference over and over to get it exactly as he wants. Let's be honest Callaway don't make bad gear so it's hardly a leap of faith for him in the same way as Ko's move might be

 

[hines57]

I guess if you are out of contract and able to choose from all the gear out there - you have to trust that he has made the right choice for him at this point. He doesn't exactly need the sponsorship money so hopefully has made up a bag that looks and performs to his preference and sits right from a feel perspective.

Wasn't it said at the time that the hardest change for him when he moved to Nike was finding the right ball?

 

[Oddsocks]

People like furyk have prooved you don't need the latest bag, just a bag that works

 

[hines57]

People like furyk have prooved you don't need the latest bag, just a bag that works

- not forgetting Stensons trusty 3-wood. Absolutely works for him

 

[Coffey]

European tour just posted an article about what's in Rory's bag. Didn't realise he would be using the Taylormade m2 woods.

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2017/tournamentid=2017002/news/newsid=318087.html


Edit: also states that this is just what is in his bag for this week and may change going forward. I'd say he hasn't signed any big deal with any of them then and it is all down to personal choice.

 

[freddielong]

Looking at the pictures of irons in Rorys bag and they are not Callaway, I would guess at a raw Mizuno Mp 69 stamped as Callaway Apex but definitely not Callaway.

 

[Crazyface]

Looking at the pictures of irons in Rorys bag and they are not Callaway, I would guess at a raw Mizuno Mp 69 stamped as Callaway Apex but definitely not Callaway.

Why would he do that?

 

[USER1999]

The irons are Callaway, and his fairway woods are Callaway Epic, or were in South Africa.

 

[dufferman]

Doesn't matter much now, he won't be playing till June

 

[moogie]

Looking at the pictures of irons in Rorys bag and they are not Callaway, I would guess at a raw Mizuno Mp 69 stamped as Callaway Apex but definitely not Callaway.

So Rory was telling lies when he was quoted telling people what was in his bag???


Prototype mb callaways
Is what the man said
No reason to disbelieve

 

[Jacko_G]

It'll be a prototype iron. Not a chance Callaway would ever use another manufacturers irons and "stamp" them.

 

[BTatHome]

Cant think of a single reason why Rory would want to use a Callaway branded mizuno iron ... after all he isn't signed to callaway at all so why would they feel the need to do that?

Anyway .... Pictures yesterday showing Patrick Reed using same irons too now.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

It'll be a prototype iron. Not a chance Callaway would ever use another manufacturers irons and "stamp" them.

Actually there is every chance as it is quite likely that the forged heads are outsourced and not produced by Callaway.

That being so what is "stamped" on them can often be irrelevant as the OEM's input may only be the design and if the player states a preference for a design offered by another OEM then that is what will be produced for him.

 

[Jacko_G]

Actually there is every chance as it is quite likely that the forged heads are outsourced and not produced by Callaway.

That being so what is "stamped" on them can often be irrelevant as the OEM's input may only be the design and if the player states a preference for a design offered by another OEM then that is what will be produced for him.

Ok,

I will rephrase that then. I appreciate and I'm fully aware that you only have a handful of forging houses that make "blanks" for manufacturers to utilise.

What I was saying was Callaway are hardly going to go to Mizuno and take a head and have it re-stamped with their branding.

 

[freddielong]

If it's not an MP69 head Callaway have copied it or at the very least based there design on it.

Apparently Patrick Reid is using a chromed version

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Just leaving this here