Brooks Koepka to sign with Srixon?

[Creedo77]

2 minutes ago, TiScape said:

I’ll add that Creedo77 is a professional caddy…  So I’ll go with what he says 😊 He sees a lot more than we do and talks to a lot more people that know.  

This doesn’t go for all players but I worked for a guy who played Srixon. His words were that the woods were trash. Not the case for everyone but I do notice that they’re one of the few companies out there that their staff guys don’t play a complete bag

[Creedo77]

2 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Maybe the guys playing TM drivers and such should look at Srixon then.  They seem to be working well.  Maybe it’s the TM tee up money?

Has to be the TM $

 

Funny enough that the srixon guys that I see play the TM driver more than any other company 

[TiScape]

10 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Maybe the guys playing TM drivers and such should look at Srixon then.  They seem to be working well.  Maybe it’s the TM tee up money?

I do see a fair number of guys w/o driver contracts (bigger names that clearly don’t need the tee up $) choosing and doing well w/TM drivers. The man that’s the topic of this thread is a great example. Played his best golf with a TM driver that he wasn’t paid to play. 

Edited November 20, 2021 by TiScape

[sg91]

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Edited November 20, 2021 by sg91

[TiScape]

Just now, sg91 said:

Fair enough. But apparently Hideki and Lowry only play the driver because they need the money...

Aren’t both under contract to play the driver? From what I’ve read here the Srixon ZX5 Lowry is playing is a tour only model. 

[TiScape]

Check this out. Lowry’s on the left. Retail head on the right. Definitely not the same head. 

[Creedo77]

I posted the bit about these guys needing the $ in regards to the KF guys who are (mostly) paid to play an entire bag. It’s not the case for everyone out there. The $1200-1500 they make at week off the OEMs is big for them 

 

Ive seen the video clip of BK playing their driver so much like the few 3/4 big names he’s likely playing a tour made driver and not something you can find 

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[stinger_gc]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgVCdmATMV/ 

[third-times-a-charm]

8 hours ago, TheMoneyShot said:

Interesting direction for Brooksy who stated he was not interested in signing a club deal anytime soon.  They must have thrown the bank at him. 

 

When you stop winning, you sign endorsements to keep the money going. 

[TheMoneyShot]

3 hours ago, sg91 said:

Or they've figured since one of their drivers won the Masters, they can just use the ones they already make?

Yeah, I’m sure that’s it..

[TheDominator273]

3 hours ago, Creedo77 said:

This doesn’t go for all players but I worked for a guy who played Srixon. His words were that the woods were trash. Not the case for everyone but I do notice that they’re one of the few companies out there that their staff guys don’t play a complete bag

The typical Srixon staff deal is driver, irons, wedges, ball.  Everything else is fair game to play anything

[Shilgy]

1 hour ago, TheDominator273 said:

The typical Srixon staff deal is driver, irons, wedges, ball.  Everything else is fair game to play anything

So they can play other brand putters?  Which Srixon doesn’t make.

 

4 hours ago, Creedo77 said:

I posted the bit about these guys needing the $ in regards to the KF guys who are (mostly) paid to play an entire bag. It’s not the case for everyone out there. The $1200-1500 they make at week off the OEMs is big for them 

 

Ive seen the video clip of BK playing their driver so much like the few 3/4 big names he’s likely playing a tour made driver and not something you can find 

Is it not true that a lot of pros are using tour only equipment?  Not just Srixon pros?

[grm24]

Interesting look at the current USGA conforming driver list. Outside of the current ZX5/ZX7 retail offerings there are what appears to be 3 ZX5 drivers and 13 ZX7 drivers that appear to be tour only. All of the drivers except for the ZX7 labeled ZX7 Tour have a TXXX designation in the product name.

[grm24]

58 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Is it not true that a lot of pros are using tour only equipment?  Not just Srixon pros?

Plenty of tour only equipment has been used on the professional golf tours by many of the OEMs for years. As it will always be.

[grm24]

2 hours ago, TheDominator273 said:

The typical Srixon staff deal is driver, irons, wedges, ball.  Everything else is fair game to play anything

Are there Srixon branded wedges? Do you mean Cleveland wedges?

[TheDominator273]

1 hour ago, Shilgy said:

So they can play other brand putters?  Which Srixon doesn’t make.

Putters, fairway woods and hybrids.

 

Also Cleveland putters would be the in brand option same as the wedges

[TheDominator273]

3 minutes ago, grm24 said:

Are there Srixon branded wedges? Do you mean Cleveland wedges?

No Srixon branded wedges afaik, yes the deal is Cleveland wedges.  With Srixon, Cleveland and XXIO all bring under the same umbrella any of the clubs from those brands count.

[iBanesto]

Which current Srixon staffers don't use the Srixon driver?

[grm24]

26 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

Which current Srixon staffers don't use the Srixon driver?

Full staffers JB Holmes (PING) and Keegan Bradley (SIM2). See Getty Images. The Srixon website when it comes to their equipment usage by tour players is simply awful. They aren't the only one (TM outside of its top players is as well). 

 

However it shows Hideki (ZX7) and Shane Lowry (ZX5) as currently playing their drivers. On the other hand they show Cam Champ and Miguel Angel Jimenez as being staff player when all they play is their golf ball. They are both PING staff players. Many times over the last few years Hideki hasn't used a Srixon driver. It appears using their driver is not required as a staff player.

[iBanesto]

I just had some time to do a little research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Grant5029]

Brooks is a big enough name that he can dictate what clubs he will and won’t have in the bag. 

[Soloman1]

 

I don't know about you guys, but I'm going out this afternoon to buy Srixon clubs... again. And I need the same model, shafts, weight and grips as Koepka. And hats. I have to have the same hats and shirts and bag. All in the same size as him. I'll have the sleeves tailored to reduce the radius so my biceps will look bigger. Anyone else doing this today?

 

[getair23]

1 hour ago, Grant5029 said:

Brooks is a big enough name that he can dictate what clubs he will and won’t have in the bag. 

Definitely big enough. Dude is the size of a linebacker!

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, getair23 said:

Definitely big enough. Dude is the size of a linebacker! 

Yes he is! HS or D2/3! 😂 

[TiScape]

9 hours ago, iBanesto said:

I just had some time to do a little research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a majority of their staffers play PING drivers! 😁 And of their staffers that do play their driver, what % of those are tour only models??? And yes, there are definitely other OEMs that have tour only equip. But currently I’d say almost all the Ping, SIM and TSi drivers are the same ones we can buy. 

Edited November 21, 2021 by TiScape

[mat562]

13 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Which current Srixon staffers don't use the Srixon driver?

 

Burmester, Kjeldsen, Catlin on the Europea... er, DP World Tour.

[Shilgy]

1 hour ago, mat562 said:

 

Burmester, Kjeldsen, Catlin on the Europea... er, DP World Tour.

I would think the idea of not being as restrictive as some companies would be a plus to the wrx crowd.  Ping is usually what ? 13 clubs and normally including putter?  Or has that changed just with Finau or others as well?

[grm24]

2 hours ago, Shilgy said:

I would think the idea of not being as restrictive as some companies would be a plus to the wrx crowd.  Ping is usually what ? 13 clubs and normally including putter?  Or has that changed just with Finau or others as well?

Ping has changed. They now seem to require a minimum of 11 clubs which is what Finau signed. Finau initially was not using a Ping putter. He was playing a Piretti putter when he signed. Viktor Hovlands club deal with Ping has the same 11 club minimum.

[Guest]

On 11/20/2021 at 1:59 PM, 4TheKing614 said:

I personally can’t stand their wedges

you don't like Cleveland wedges?

[4TheKing614]

45 minutes ago, spring7 said:

you don't like Cleveland wedges?

Not in the least