Tour Justin Thomas (putter change) - 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open

[GolfWRX_Spotted]

Went back to the mallet

 

 

 

 

 

[alecfeltman]

Greg, the man. 
You deliver the news we need. Much appreciated 

[Jeffyr11]

He putted so well at the Capital One The Match and PNC with the flow neck, I don't get why he switched away from it again. 

[getitdaily]

He needs to just move away from SC putters already. 

[Ben Berube]

13 minutes ago, Jeffyr11 said:

He putted so well at the Capital One The Match and PNC with the flow neck, I don't get why he switched away from it again. 

Yeah but then he wanted to be "just like Tiger" and bring out his NP2 from highschool daddy gave him.  

[QuigleyDU]

Not surprised he went back to this at all. I love this putter and I want one.. lol

[TiScape]

“Putter change”? Didn’t he use this a couple weeks ago @ Torrey?

[So_Cal]

If JT had been using a forgiving Odyssey mallet his whole career he would have 4 majors by now IMO.  

[philly2kuk]

He won the pga with this, don’t understand why you’d change.

[TLUBulldogGolf]

Still searching I see. Makes me curious what he's seeing week to week to drive the changes.

[MattyO1984]

14 wins with a mallet, 1 with a blade. Glad to see JT back to the mallet.

[So_Cal]

18 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

14 wins with a mallet, 1 with a blade. Glad to see JT back to the mallet.

From what I’ve seen his strokes gained have been bad with all three of his gamers 

[BYK]

2 hours ago, TiScape said:

“Putter change”? Didn’t he use this a couple weeks ago @ Torrey?

I dunno if it was this mallet, but he definitely had one of his mallets in the bag at Torrey. 

[Lord Viking]

It's a mallet but the neck is different on this one.

[SubFour34]

Does this have a smooth face or is it just me??

[Jeffyr11]

2 minutes ago, SubFour34 said:

Does this have a smooth face or is it just me??

He has had the smooth face since using the Knucklehead.

[bertsbogeys]

This thing is sick looking. Definitely a little different looks-wise compared to his other X5. Interested to see how this works for him.

[bertsbogeys]

52 minutes ago, Jeffyr11 said:

He has had the smooth face since using the Knucklehead.

His other X5 with the weldneck was milled I thought

[PowderedToastMan]

5 hours ago, Jeffyr11 said:

He putted so well at the Capital One The Match and PNC with the flow neck, I don't get why he switched away from it again. 

His best friend is Tiger, who thinks wins with cavity backs and mallet putters should come with an asterisk. 

[MFBach]

35 minutes ago, PowderedToastMan said:

His best friend is Tiger, who thinks wins with cavity backs and mallet putters should come with an asterisk. 

That’s just silly. I would imagine Tiger of all people, having played since driver shafts were steel and weighed 130g+, would acknowledge the benefit of modern equipment’s technological advantage. Even if he was slower to change than most, he still changed. If he hasn’t, it’s because his MB’s and NP2 offer some playing characteristic or feedback that he thinks benefits his play. 
 

KJ beat him at the PGA with 11 hybrids ITB and I’m guessing the loss wouldn’t have felt any better if he was playing MB’s. I doubt he ever gave KJ’s clubs a second thought either. 

 

Also, hasn’t he played the P770’s in his long irons at his most recent events? A hollow-bodied, foam-filled, PDI? 
 

Anyway, what that has to do with JT’s putter, I’m not sure. We’ve all been guilty of it though… not making as many putts as you like, throw an old friend in the bag for a few rounds, then realize why you benched it to begin with and send it back to the closet. It happens. JT has been rotating between the knucklehead and slant neck since we first saw it. It’s not much of a surprise. And it has nothing to do with Tiger. 

[PowderedToastMan]

3 minutes ago, MFBach said:

That’s just silly. I would imagine Tiger of all people, having played since driver shafts were steel and weighed 130g+, would acknowledge the benefit of modern equipment’s technological advantage. Even if he was slower to change than most, he still changed. If he hasn’t, it’s because his MB’s and NP2 offer some playing characteristic or feedback that he thinks benefits his play. 
 

KJ beat him at the PGA with 11 hybrids ITB and I’m guessing the loss wouldn’t have felt any better if he was playing MB’s. I doubt he ever gave KJ’s clubs a second thought either. 

 

Also, hasn’t he played the P770’s in his long irons at his most recent events? A hollow-bodied, foam-filled, PDI? 
 

Anyway, what that has to do with JT’s putter, I’m not sure. We’ve all been guilty of it though… not making as many putts as you like, throw an old friend in the bag for a few rounds, then realize why you benched it to begin with and send it back to the closet. It happens. JT has been rotating between the knucklehead and slant neck since we first saw it. It’s not much of a surprise. And it has nothing to do with Tiger. 

If Tiger Woods needled you constantly about your golf game, it wouldn’t get to you a bit? JT might have two majors, but Tiger is still Tiger even to JT. 

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, PowderedToastMan said:

His best friend is Tiger, who thinks wins with cavity backs and mallet putters should come with an asterisk. 

Reminds me of the 2018 PGA when Tiger played a TM mallet. It was like being in the ‘the Upside Down’. Believe he came in 2nd. Going out on a limb he woulda counted the W asterisk free! Haha

Edited February 9, 2023 by TiScape

[MFBach]

4 minutes ago, PowderedToastMan said:

If Tiger Woods needled you constantly about your golf game, it wouldn’t get to you a bit?

If he missed the cut and I beat him by 11 shots on Thursday/Friday, I don’t think Tiger would be the one talking trash. 

[MattM97]

I'm ready to see who uses more putters this year JT or Morikawa out on tour.

[TiScape]

24 minutes ago, MattM97 said:

I'm ready to see who uses more putters this year JT or Morikawa out on tour.

Going w/Collin

[tilrifz]

Interesting little frankenstein mix of Scotty touches there. Hope it serves him well.

[MattM97]

15 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Going w/Collin

 

Probably, seems like JT is just rotating like 3-5 different putters while Collin will have TM make a 1 off for him just to try lol.

[PowderedToastMan]

1 hour ago, TiScape said:

Reminds me of the 2018 PGA when Tiger played a TM mallet. It was like being in the ‘the Upside Down’. Believe he came in 2nd. Going out on a limb he woulda counted the W asterisk free! Haha

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He putted so good that week with that putter! It was an interesting stroke he made with it, less rotation, more of a block-y stroke….

 

even if he won that week, he’d have gone back to the elder wand shortly after, I’m confident. 
 

 

[PowderedToastMan]

1 hour ago, MFBach said:

If he missed the cut and I beat him by 11 shots on Thursday/Friday, I don’t think Tiger would be the one talking trash. 

15 majors, 82 wins, greatest of all-time. You never have the right to trash talk on that. 

[Fuscinator]