2023 Sergio Garcia WITB (*** NO LIV DISCUSSIONS ***)

[Cactus Jack]

The Tour Van posted a video showing Sergio’s equipment, and there are some major changes. 
 

Ping G430 Max driver with Ventus TR red shaft. Stealth 2 + woods. Ping Blueprint irons. Vokey wedges. Very nice Vessel bag.  
 

Watching free agents chose their clubs is going to be fun to watch this season. 
 

Edited February 23, 2023 by GwrxMod

[beluga99]

Personalities and rival tours aside, I am digging this set up.  Very nice.

[Wardonation]

1 minute ago, beluga99 said:

Personalities and rival tours aside, I am digging this set up.  Very nice.

Agree that is a solid set up for sure...

[Jokeson]

Ventus Red in the driver? Looks like he still may playing it shorter than standard. 

[pmang]

Hopefully we can see some pics of other players on LIV. Thanks for posting.

[tphilp]

This set had me very perplexed….like ventus TR red in the driver and then black in fairways 

[Airjenks]

very cool! I love seeing how the pro's are picking their equipment as free agents.... Seems like ping is winner so far. 

[Cactus Jack]

6 minutes ago, tphilp said:

This set had me very perplexed….like ventus TR red in the driver and then black in fairways 

 

The Black in the fairways with the weight pushed forward. Those suckers must be some low spin missile launchers. 

[Cactus Jack]

3 minutes ago, Airjenks said:

very cool! I love seeing how the pro's are picking their equipment as free agents.... Seems like ping is winner so far. 

 

I agree. Justin Rose's bag is another to keep an eye on. Winning with Cobra irons was pretty cool. 

 

Ping does seem like they have a winner with the G430. 

[DUKEFANKM]

How about the Mezz Max!!

[Cactus Jack]

Here’s a pic of the Vessel bag.
 

[gsrjc]

Do you think they pay for their clubs now or the club makers will still provide like before. 

[Ex Blade User]

2 minutes ago, gsrjc said:

Do you think they pay for their clubs now or the club makers will still provide like before. 

They get everything free. 

[jomatty]

I’m quite sure they won’t be going in their pockets for clubs…

[tphilp]

1 hour ago, Cactus Jack said:

 

The Black in the fairways with the weight pushed forward. Those suckers must be some low spin missile launchers. 

Yeah I mean I played those shafts last year they are not to bad but I did it to keep launch and spin down..that problem tends to be across all your woods so that’s why I’m curious about this as the  Red TR should launch the ball higher and in theory with more spin 

 

unless with driver he is maybe really hittting down on it? Just speculating at this point ( I know Trottie always said he use to be trappy with his fairway woods) 

[gbang15]

looked like a ventus tr red 7x tipped 1.5"

[ALIF]

That three iron scares me just looking at it. I hope I don’t have a nightmare tonight. Lol.

[GrandStranded]

L.A.B. Putters getting some love is nice to see.

[TiScape]

6 hours ago, Cactus Jack said:

Here’s a pic of the Vessel bag.
 

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Fireball staff bag! That’s sick!! 🥃💪🏼🤘🏼

[TiScape]

5 hours ago, gsrjc said:

Do you think they pay for their clubs now or the club makers will still provide like before. 

The former. I saw Sergio getting fit at the  PGA superstore in Jeddah. 

[Superbrit]

A Blueprint 3 iron? good luck with that!

[Nic1972]

The blueprints have been in his bag in the past, I think he even won a PGA tournament with them. Wonder if it is a new set?

[Valtiel]

8 hours ago, Jokeson said:

Ventus Red in the driver? Looks like he still may playing it shorter than standard. 

 

8 hours ago, tphilp said:

This set had me very perplexed….like ventus TR red in the driver and then black in fairways 

 

8 hours ago, Cactus Jack said:

 

The Black in the fairways with the weight pushed forward. Those suckers must be some low spin missile launchers. 

 

5 hours ago, gbang15 said:

looked like a ventus tr red 7x tipped 1.5"

The interesting detail here is in the fact that he is in TR Red 7X in the driver and Black 7x in the fairway, because the Black 7x is actually quite a different profile from the 6x that most of the other guys are using. Based on the S3 data that was shared here awhile ago i'd even say that the Black 7x is closer to the TR Red than it is the Black 6x. This was likely an intentional variation designed to get two different types of player into the OG Black with the 6x being a very stout, linear type of profile and the 7x being a little softer in the tip and more of a "Blueboard" type of handle, something that Sergio has long favored. 

[rblmp32]

I thought Sergio had gone back to TM.  Was that a short term contract?  

[GHIN n Juice]

Guess my original post was too funny.

 

Guess I’ll LIV to fight another day.

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by GHIN n Juice

[mosesgolf]

Sergio can play whatever he wants and went Ping.  I guess he needs mor MOI nowadays.  🤣

Ventus Red is a surprise.  

[B_of_H]

6 hours ago, Valtiel said:

 

 

 

The interesting detail here is in the fact that he is in TR Red 7X in the driver and Black 7x in the fairway, because the Black 7x is actually quite a different profile from the 6x that most of the other guys are using. Based on the S3 data that was shared here awhile ago i'd even say that the Black 7x is closer to the TR Red than it is the Black 6x. This was likely an intentional variation designed to get two different types of player into the OG Black with the 6x being a very stout, linear type of profile and the 7x being a little softer in the tip and more of a "Blueboard" type of handle, something that Sergio has long favored. 

this is good to know.  I love the 6x in my driver and was thinking of going 7x/8x in my fw woods.  thank you. 

[PureStrikes54]

13 hours ago, tphilp said:

Yeah I mean I played those shafts last year they are not to bad but I did it to keep launch and spin down..that problem tends to be across all your woods so that’s why I’m curious about this as the  Red TR should launch the ball higher and in theory with more spin 

 

unless with driver he is maybe really hittting down on it? Just speculating at this point ( I know Trottie always said he use to be trappy with his fairway woods) 

 

Sergio has been measured to have one of the more downward AOA on driver among tour players so this setup sort of makes sense. Those are two pretty high spin high launch options from what he has previously played (stealth 10.5 at 8.5 degrees with Ventus Black). Maybe looking to spin it a bit more, pick up some MOI, and hit more fairways on LIV.

[Grouchykona]

Would love to know his club swingweight specs. If I remember correctly, he prefers really low (C7ish) swingweights which I always found really interesting. 

[Pomps]

10 hours ago, Valtiel said:

 

 

 

The interesting detail here is in the fact that he is in TR Red 7X in the driver and Black 7x in the fairway, because the Black 7x is actually quite a different profile from the 6x that most of the other guys are using. Based on the S3 data that was shared here awhile ago i'd even say that the Black 7x is closer to the TR Red than it is the Black 6x. This was likely an intentional variation designed to get two different types of player into the OG Black with the 6x being a very stout, linear type of profile and the 7x being a little softer in the tip and more of a "Blueboard" type of handle, something that Sergio has long favored. 

What would be the reason for this other then for optically to have more guys in the black?  What would be wrong with the the player that fits into the Black (Blueboard) 7x just fitting into another Ventus profile (blue, red, "purple") as long as it's still ventus?