Recent Fred Couples WITB?

[rickybooby25]

Does anybody know what clubs Fred Couples used to win the SAS Championship??  It looked like he had a Taylormade Stealth 5 or 7 wood in the bag.  I assumed that club replaced the hybrid because I saw him teeing off with the Callaway Squareway...

[Pepperturbo]

Not sure of his iron heads, but he has Steelfiber i110 soft stepped X shafts in irons.

[phizzy30]

Driver looked like a Stealth Plus with Tensei CK Pro Blue. 

[gator022]

Pretty decent thread here on it with reference to another thread as well.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

[jonflesh]

Driver- stealth plus with tensei pro blue

3 wood- cally squareway with Harrison shaft (cool vid on champions tour insta of him testing what looked like a speeder Nx shaft with the same head)

4/5 wood- stealth (non plus) with kaili blue

hybrid- stealth rescue (non plus) with steelfiber

irons- bridgestone dpc with steelfiber

wedges- not sure but looked like taylormade

putter- betti ss28

[gator022]

Just now, jonflesh said:

Driver- stealth plus with tensei pro blue

3 wood- cally squareway with Harrison shaft (cool vid on champions tour insta of him testing what looked like a speeder Nx shaft with the same head)

4/5 wood- stealth (non plus) with kaili blue

hybrid- stealth rescue (non plus) with steelfiber

irons- bridgestone dpc with steelfiber

wedges- not sure but looked like taylormade

putter- betti ss28

 

Where'd you grab all this from, videos or images?  Great info!

[jonflesh]

26 minutes ago, gator022 said:

 

Where'd you grab all this from, videos or images?  Great info!

I walked with him all 3 days when he played the seattle tourney in august. From the tv coverage this weekend his bag looked to be set up the same. 

[BIG STU]

29 minutes ago, jonflesh said:

Driver- stealth plus with tensei pro blue

3 wood- cally squareway with Harrison shaft (cool vid on champions tour insta of him testing what looked like a speeder Nx shaft with the same head)

4/5 wood- stealth (non plus) with kaili blue

hybrid- stealth rescue (non plus) with steelfiber

irons- bridgestone dpc with steelfiber

wedges- not sure but looked like taylormade

putter- betti ss28

Yep I saw that video on one of my feeds. One WRX member mentioned on the tournament thread that one of his wedges was a TM ATV

Edited October 18, 2022 by BIG STU

[Viper4225]

you can google "fred couples getty images" and update the filter to NEWEST, and see if you can do any more detective work (this is the method I usually do btw lol) 

Edited October 18, 2022 by Viper4225

[darom86]

Can't seem to find any more recent Fred Couples WITB on here or elsewhere.  PGA Tour Champions released a good couple of minutes video of him testing a three wood last week.  Always has an interesting bag equipment wise.  

[Puttersaurus Rex]

 

[darom86]

Thank you!  Will try to find some photos.

[Green Valley]

I believe he put a Tmade 4 driving iron, with a KBS shaft during the Masters. I wonder if it's still in his bag. 

[golfinbrad]

Pretty sure he still plays Bridgestone irons, Tensei Blue in the driver and Bettinardi putter.  GolfWRX did have some WITB for a Champions Tour event,but Freddie was not one of them.  I love the WITB pics.  Just wish there was more Champions Tour stuff.  Guess I'm getting old.

[pga43]

One reason you don't see many updated WITB for Couples (besides the fact that no one really covers the Champions Tour that often) is he doesn't let anyone shoot his bag.

 

 

Greg

[JDTex]

On 10/19/2022 at 12:30 PM, pga43 said:

One reason you don't see many updated WITB for Couples (besides the fact that no one really covers the Champions Tour that often) is he doesn't let anyone shoot his bag.

 

 

Greg

Superstition or just doesn't like people touching his clubs?

[pga43]

29 minutes ago, JDTex said:

Superstition or just doesn't like people touching his clubs?

He's never said but most likely doesn't like people touching his clubs.

 

 

Greg

[Swingingk]

24 minutes ago, pga43 said:

He's never said but most likely doesn't like people touching his clubs.

 

 

Greg

You don't have to be pro to think that way.  I don't like people touching my equipment either.

[JDTex]

1 hour ago, pga43 said:

He's never said but most likely doesn't like people touching his clubs.

 

 

Greg

I could see that. He makes his living with them so I get it. He seems so laid back about other stuff though it's a little surprising to me that he's that guy. I would have expected it more from a Tiger Woods type. Appreciate the ones you do get though! Keep up the great work. 

[RobS]

18 hours ago, JDTex said:

I could see that. He makes his living with them so I get it. He seems so laid back about other stuff though it's a little surprising to me that he's that guy. I would have expected it more from a Tiger Woods type. Appreciate the ones you do get though! Keep up the great work. 

I caddied in his group years ago in a practice round.  LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips.  Doesn't want anyone getting sweat, oil, sun screen, etc on them.  I assume part of his sensitivity on this is due to not wearing a glove.

[pga43]

38 minutes ago, RobS said:

I caddied in his group years ago in a practice round.  LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips.  Doesn't want anyone getting sweat, oil, sun screen, etc on them.  I assume part of his sensitivity on this is due to not wearing a glove.

When he played the PGA Tour and Joe was his caddied I was able to shoot the WITB.  It's just since he's been playing the Champions Tour and then goes back to play out on the PGA Tour every now and then.

 

 

Greg

 

 

[JDTex]

58 minutes ago, RobS said:

I caddied in his group years ago in a practice round.  LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips.  Doesn't want anyone getting sweat, oil, sun screen, etc on them.  I assume part of his sensitivity on this is due to not wearing a glove.

I don't wear a glove either so I could totally see that side of it. I use the roughest cord grips I can find though. Never figured out how he does it with those tour velvets. 

[Richard Walsh]

Good day, I have noticed that there are different versions of Freddie Couples WITB from 2022. Can anyone clarify which set is actually his right now? Any information will be appreciated. Many thanks 

[jonflesh]

19 hours ago, Richard Walsh said:

Good day, I have noticed that there are different versions of Freddie Couples WITB from 2022. Can anyone clarify which set is actually his right now? Any information will be appreciated. Many thanks 

My post from earlier in the thread was accurate as of his last tournament in 2022. 
 

He opened the 2023 season last week in hawaii. Still had the same old bridgestone irons in the bag and had the new stealth 2+ driver with the tensei pro blue shaft. Didn’t see the rest of the bag from the tv coverage.  

[Carson33]

On 10/21/2022 at 3:29 PM, RobS said:

I caddied in his group years ago in a practice round.  LaCava was his caddy at the time, great guy btw. His particular issue is that he doesn't want anyone touching his grips.  Doesn't want anyone getting sweat, oil, sun screen, etc on them.  I assume part of his sensitivity on this is due to not wearing a glove.

THIS! 

 

You all may or may not know that Freddie is the one of the first people that I remember that would fist-bump. It is like he invented it (along with Howie Mandel). He has said that he started fist bumping because he is hyper vigilant about oils, sunscreen, etc. on his hands due to not wearing a glove. He said that he walked onto the 1st tee once and the starter shook his hand right after they had applied sunscreen. Fred said it then got all over his grips and he was ruined for the day and vowed to never shake someone’s hand again before a round.

Edited April 24, 2023 by Carson33

[jsaca2]

On 10/18/2022 at 12:02 PM, Pepperturbo said:

Not sure of his iron heads, but he has Steelfiber i110 soft stepped X shafts in irons.

How do you know they are soft stepped? 

[Pepperturbo]

2 hours ago, jsaca2 said:

How do you know they are soft stepped? 

He talked about his irons when he made the change to SF i110 X flex.  It made golf news because FC was a diehard steel DG X-flex user.

[gator022]

Here’s a recent update showing what may be in the bag….

 

https://www.seniorgolfsource.com/fred-couples-witb/

[iBanesto]

Anyone know what lie angle has for his irons? E.g. 6 iron.

 

Otherwise, is he relatively flat or upright?

[Goal522]

On 3/28/2023 at 4:02 AM, iBanesto said:

Anyone know what lie angle has for his irons? E.g. 6 iron.

 

Otherwise, is he relatively flat or upright?

In an article stating he flew to AZ to test Ping lst and i210 irons, they claim the ping rep stated “a tad flatter.” 7i lie angle is 62* normally so guess what you will.