Sponsor Free Agency

[ctfuzz21]

Didn’t see another thread on this topic yet. Thought we could get a single location for the rumor mill of who is going where and what companies are making the most noise.

 

BK to Srixon is a big splash…..

[lc1342]

13 hours ago, ctfuzz21 said:

Didn’t see another thread on this topic yet. Thought we could get a single location for the rumor mill of who is going where and what companies are making the most noise.

 

BK to Srixon is a big splash…..

Yeah BK is pretty big. Announcement tomorrow. 
 

Scheffler, Day, Rose are a few free agents I can think of. Reed too but I think he’s going to stick to what he’s doing. 

[grm24]

16 minutes ago, lc1342 said:

Yeah BK is pretty big. Announcement tomorrow. 
 

Scheffler, Day, Rose are a few free agents I can think of. Reed too but I think he’s going to stick to what he’s doing. 

Reed is an endorser of Grindworks Japan who designed/produced the irons he currently plays. 

 

https://www.grindworks.jp/

[TiScape]

3 hours ago, lc1342 said:

Yeah BK is pretty big.
 

Scheffler, Day, Rose are a few free agents I can think of. Reed too but I think he’s going to stick to what he’s doing. 

Well we already know what irons he will be playing. So what really gets me excited is… Will he be moving on from that sweet Havsies staff bag?! 😂 

[NetBogey]

9 hours ago, TiScape said:

Well we already know what irons he will be playing. So what really gets me excited is… Will he be moving on from that sweet Havsies staff bag?! 😂 

yes 

 

https://golf.com/gear/brooks-koepka-cleveland-srixon-equipment-deal/?amp=1

[MattM97]

On 11/22/2021 at 12:22 AM, grm24 said:

Reed is an endorser of Grindworks Japan who designed/produced the irons he currently plays. 

 

https://www.grindworks.jp/

 

They also designed a putter with him not sure if he'll put it in play. 

[lc1342]

Jason Day at Ping today. 

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, lc1342 said:

Jason Day at Ping today. 

Signs with Ping today and his irons arrive just in time for the 2023 season!

 

*First one in with a delay/supply chain joke!  🎉🙃😜
 

**very low hanging fruit. I apologize. 😔 

Edited December 1, 2021 by TiScape

[MattyO1984]

3 hours ago, lc1342 said:

Jason Day at Ping today. 

 

He’ll be hurt come tomorrow 🤕

[tacklingdummy]

3 hours ago, lc1342 said:

Jason Day at Ping today. 

 

That is an interesting one. He was a free agent for this past year, but has played the Ping driver. It will be interesting to see what other Ping clubs he puts in the bag and how he plays. 

Edited December 1, 2021 by tacklingdummy

[Foreleft]

On 12/1/2021 at 2:10 PM, TiScape said:

Signs with Ping today and his irons arrive just in time for the 2023 season!

 

*First one in with a delay/supply chain joke!  🎉🙃😜
 

**very low hanging fruit. I apologize. 😔 

No way Ping can get him clubs that quickly.

[jmcm87]

On 12/1/2021 at 3:20 PM, tacklingdummy said:

 

That is an interesting one. He was a free agent for this past year, but has played the Ping driver. It will be interesting to see what other Ping clubs he puts in the bag and how he plays. 

Spent some time at the Houston Open watching him. Everything TM except driver and wedges. Not sure why he even left....

[noodle3872]

2 minutes ago, jmcm87 said:

Spent some time at the Houston Open watching him. Everything TM except driver and wedges. Not sure why he even left....

He didn’t leave TM. TM left him. 

[tacklingdummy]

4 hours ago, noodle3872 said:

He didn’t leave TM. TM left him. 

 

That could be true. Perhaps he was getting paid a lot from TM and they didn't think they were getting a return on that contract since he has dropped in the rankings. However, from what I have seen, J.Day is a great ambassador for Taylormade products. To me, of all the big name TM players (Woods, Johnson, McIlroy, Morikawa, Wolff), J.Day seemed the most pumped and supportive about using TM products. Not sure it was the right business decision if they indeed dropped him. 

[grm24]

7 hours ago, jmcm87 said:

Spent some time at the Houston Open watching him. Everything TM except driver and wedges. Not sure why he even left....

He did play Mizuno irons for a bit this year.

[noodle3872]

2 hours ago, tacklingdummy said:

 

That could be true. Perhaps he was getting paid a lot from TM and they didn't think they were getting a return on that contract since he has dropped in the rankings. However, from what I have seen, J.Day is a great ambassador for Taylormade products. To me, of all the big name TM players (Woods, Johnson, McIlroy, Morikawa, Wolff), J.Day seemed the most pumped and supportive about using TM products. Not sure it was the right business decision if they indeed dropped him. 

As I recall, they never called him for last year’s Christmas card but included Fleetwood which was a sign TM was moving on without him. Day’s injury struggles hurt his equipment endorsement opportunities.

[jmcm87]

10 hours ago, noodle3872 said:

As I recall, they never called him for last year’s Christmas card but included Fleetwood which was a sign TM was moving on without him. Day’s injury struggles hurt his equipment endorsement opportunities.

Unfortunate, since he was the only one who seemed like he was having fun at the TM reveal videos. I hope he can get back to where he was. You can see some of the swing changes starting to work at the QBE Shootout. Probably still got a ways to go. 

[MattyO1984]

On 12/18/2021 at 5:19 AM, noodle3872 said:

As I recall, they never called him for last year’s Christmas card but included Fleetwood which was a sign TM was moving on without him. Day’s injury struggles hurt his equipment endorsement opportunities.

 

Definitely hurt both literally and financially with the injuries. That said, Tommy Fleetwood has hardly set the earth on fire this year. 

[stinger_gc]

1 hour ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

Definitely hurt both literally and financially with the injuries. That said, Tommy Fleetwood has hardly set the earth on fire this year. 

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

[grm24]

1 hour ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

Day is eligible for life for the PGA Championship.

[stinger_gc]

2 minutes ago, grm24 said:

Day is eligible for life for the PGA Championship.

Yeah but that's the only major he's eligible for in 2022. Fleetwood should get into all 4 next year.

[kasting333]

On 12/1/2021 at 3:11 PM, MattyO1984 said:

 

He’ll be hurt come tomorrow 🤕

It sucks. Day is definitely one of the best players of the past 10 years and probably still is if he could stay healthy. He’s a corny dude but really likable and an incredible player. 

[kasting333]

4 hours ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

Fleetwood is not in the same league as Day when healthy. 

[grm24]

6 hours ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

Yeah but that's the only major he's eligible for in 2022. 

At this time. Day can still play his was into the other 3 majors. Especially if can win in early 2022 (pre Masters) then that should cover the other 3.

Edited December 20, 2021 by grm24

[mallrat]

7 hours ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

He lost his tour card, not sure that qualifies as playing a lot better. 

[MattyO1984]

9 hours ago, kasting333 said:

It sucks. Day is definitely one of the best players of the past 10 years and probably still is if he could stay healthy. He’s a corny dude but really likable and an incredible player. 

 

The run he went on from summer 2015 to the end of 2016 was just incredible. When he got on the leaderboard, he was the closest thing to an automatic win we have had for a long time.

[MattyO1984]

13 hours ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

 

Wouldn’t disagree that Fleetwood has played better than Day but in the year 2021, Fleetwood comes out winning 2-1 when it comes to PGA Tour Top 10’s…

[tr881430]

Watched J. Day at the Maykoba years ago, when he was a kid. Wow, he played amazing. Driver off the deck on No. 7 and made eagle. 

[dbelles1]

On 12/19/2021 at 2:47 PM, PHILsThemannnn said:

Fleetwood has definitely played a lot better then Jason Day this year. Fleetwood's got like 6-7 top 10s and is in all the majors next year unlike Jason Day.

fleetwood lost his tour card while having almost the same number of top 10s as day. fleetwood also missed more cuts. this is on the pga tour, on the euro tour tommy looked better than jason day playing on the pga

[stinger_gc]

On 12/20/2021 at 1:28 AM, mallrat said:

He lost his tour card, not sure that qualifies as playing a lot better. 

Wait how does Fleeetwood have a FEC ranking if he doesn't have a card?