TAYLORMADE
MB FORGED 11
PRICE: $999.
(Loft: 6-iron: 31 degrees;
PW: 47 degrees)
These muscleback
clubs feature minimal
offset and a nonadjustable weight
port that is placed by
the manufacturer to
ensure the center of
gravity is optimal for
each clubhead. The
carbon-steel irons are
made from a six-step
forging process and
feature grooves that
conform to the current
USGA groove statute.
Lofts are spaced 3
degrees apart until
the 6-iron at which
point they are spread
4 degrees from iron
to iron. Darren Clarke
used these irons in
winning his first major
championship at the
British Open at Royal
St. George’s.
Darren Clarke won $1.4 million and the
claret jug for being “Champion Golfer
of the Year,” but his big payday came
from a 10-year deal struck in 2005 that
has Clarke (along with Lee Westwood
and David Howell) wearing Dunlop apparel as well as the logo on their shirts.
The catch: None of the players were to
receive any money unless they won a
major. Now that Clarke has done that
he is set to cash a reported $3.2 million
bonus. … There was a sneak peek of
Mitsubishi’s next generation Fubuki
shaft at Royal St. George’s. The shaft
features a similar torque, weight and
bend profile from the current Fubuki,
but features a very thin metal band in a
6-inch area of the shaft’s butt section
to add strength and stability. Expect
the shaft to make its PGA Tour debut
in two weeks at the WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational. … Miguel Angel Jiménez
made over his entire wood set, using
Ping’s new G20 model for his driver,
3-wood and 5-wood at Sandwich.
Particularly interesting was his decision
to change his 3-wood, as Jiménez
has been partial for several years to a
12-degree Ping TiSI Tec.
WINNERS’ BAGS
DARREN CLARKE
BRI TISH OPEN
> Ball: TaylorMade Penta
TP > Driver: TaylorMade R11
(True Temper Project X X8A4), 9 degrees
> 3-Wood: TaylorMade R9, 13 degrees
> Hybrid: TaylorMade Rescue TP FCT, 19
degrees > Irons (4-PW): TaylorMade
Tour Preferred MB 11 > Wedges: TaylorMade TP xFT ( 50, 54, 58 degrees)
> Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist
Studio Select Concept 1
CHRIS KIRK
VIKING CLASSIC
> Ball: Titleist Pro V1x > Driver:
Titleist 910D3 (Mitsubishi
Diamana Blue 63), 9. 5 degrees > 3-Wood:
Titleist 906F4, 13. 5 degrees > Hybrid:
Titleist 909H, 19 degrees > Irons (3-PW):
Titleist 712 CB > Wedges: Titleist Vokey
Spin Milled C-C ( 54, 60 degrees) > Put-
ter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Del Mar
