Tour Shane Lowry - WITB - 2023 Genesis Invitational

[GolfWRX_Spotted]

[JDTex]

I've always wondered if that 50 is bent 2 degrees weak. If not that is a huge gap. 

[CKaneb]

19 hours ago, JDTex said:

I've always wondered if that 50 is bent 2 degrees weak. If not that is a huge gap. 

Don't think it is. He's the best wedge player on tour imo so I think he's able to manipulate the face in any which way he wants in order to get hit shots with 2 wedges (non pitching wedge) that most guys need 3 wedges to do

[J_Tizzle]

It's always interesting to me to see the pros play so few wedges and still be so so so good with them.  Makes me feel kinda silly for my 5 wedge set up...

[Valtiel]

3 hours ago, CKaneb said:

Don't think it is. He's the best wedge player on tour imo so I think he's able to manipulate the face in any which way he wants in order to get hit shots with 2 wedges (non pitching wedge) that most guys need 3 wedges to do

 

1 hour ago, J_Tizzle said:

It's always interesting to me to see the pros play so few wedges and still be so so so good with them.  Makes me feel kinda silly for my 5 wedge set up...

Shane definitely fits into the "big man with the soft hands" category and his stats on approach and around the greens seem to intermittently flirt with being elite basically every other year, hah. 

[ac6]

4 hours ago, CKaneb said:

Don't think it is. He's the best wedge player on tour imo so I think he's able to manipulate the face in any which way he wants in order to get hit shots with 2 wedges (non pitching wedge) that most guys need 3 wedges to do

 

2 hours ago, J_Tizzle said:

It's always interesting to me to see the pros play so few wedges and still be so so so good with them.  Makes me feel kinda silly for my 5 wedge set up...

 

Well, the more skilled and creative you are, the fewer clubs you actually need. It's when you have limited reliable shot types that having smaller gaps and flights becomes a more useful option. With 5 wedges and say, two shot types you feel comfortable with, you've got 10 options. Shane Lowry probably can come up with 10 different shots with each of his 3 wedges, if that makes sense

[nova6868]

I'm guessing he's one of those guys that just plays 95% of his short game shots with the 58. 

[Catrick_Pantlay]

Anyone have experience with the full face Rtx?

[J_Tizzle]

11 hours ago, ac6 said:

 

 

Well, the more skilled and creative you are, the fewer clubs you actually need. It's when you have limited reliable shot types that having smaller gaps and flights becomes a more useful option. With 5 wedges and say, two shot types you feel comfortable with, you've got 10 options. Shane Lowry probably can come up with 10 different shots with each of his 3 wedges, if that makes sense

 

Oh for sure.  I mostly play all my wedges with the P and the G being full swing clubs, 54 for the more roll out chips, 58 for your straight forwards, and the 62 for the short sides.  I'd also say part of it is I don't have access to a bunch of wedges with different grinds pending on the course I'm playing, which we can see he's got a 2nd 58 in the bag, but not sure if its a different grind or just a new one.

[scooterhd2]

On 2/14/2023 at 6:48 PM, JDTex said:

I've always wondered if that 50 is bent 2 degrees weak. If not that is a huge gap. 

 

From 2019, but mentions the 50 bent to 51. 

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/british-open-2019-shane-lowrys-winners-bag-at-the-open-championship

[JDTex]

4 hours ago, scooterhd2 said:

 

From 2019, but mentions the 50 bent to 51. 

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/british-open-2019-shane-lowrys-winners-bag-at-the-open-championship

Thank you! That was a pretty in depth write up, makes a lot of sense.

[Sveny]

Can anyone tell if the 6 and 7 iron are the ZX7 Mkii or ZX5 mkii? I heard he was considering going ZX5 mkii from 4-7 iron but haven’t seen anything else posted since.

[Fwitz11]

He has one of the more diversified bags I have seen on tour.... Just need to throw a vokey in there and he would certainly have it. Even the shafts seem all over the place, Diamana, HZRDUS, and GD.

[Ginacio11]

On 2/15/2023 at 9:21 PM, Bbunty said:

Anyone have experience with the full face Rtx?

Yes, it’s really a Swiss Army knife. Way better than TM high toe. Can really manipulate the face to hit different distances and trajectory. 

[Catrick_Pantlay]

On 2/19/2023 at 9:53 PM, Ginacio11 said:

Yes, it’s really a Swiss Army knife. Way better than TM high toe. Can really manipulate the face to hit different distances and trajectory. 

No problem hitting off tight lies? 

[wam78]

On 2/21/2023 at 9:40 AM, Bbunty said:

No problem hitting off tight lies? 

None at all, but that’s very player dependent.  I love my 60* full face.  As mentioned above, it’s really easy to manipulate flight and extremely versatile.  Plus, I love the way it frames the ball.

[Ginacio11]

On 2/21/2023 at 7:40 AM, Bbunty said:

No problem hitting off tight lies? 

None. It’s 9* bounce so I actually prefer it off tight lies greenside to my sand wedge that has 12* bounce. I like to hood lye face just a little for a low spinner.