Tour Hideki Matsuyama using a SuperStroke putter grip on his driver (as a training aid) + shaft testing – 2023 WGC Dell Technologies Match Play

[atursky]

[Golfingfanatic]

Is Hideki ever not testing shafts?

[Gtyler14]

He has to be part owner of GD with the 15 shafts he has at every tournament to test out.

[Trippels]

Hideki treating GD shafts like they're unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden

[Puttersaurus Rex]

13 minutes ago, Golfingfanatic said:

Is Hideki ever not testing shafts?

Nope!

[CCUgolfer23]

I get that there’s subtle differences in every shaft, but can he honestly expect 1 of the 15 DI’s that he has there to be THAT much better?

[third-times-a-charm]

This is gonna be one of those teenager golf youtube channel challenges next week.

 

WE PLAY 36 HOLES WITH A PUTTER GRIP DRIVER YOULL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENS!!11

Edited March 20, 2023 by third-times-a-charm

[MattM97]

Hideki brings more GD shafts to an event than my friends bring tees to a round. 

[shankz]

I’m guessing that the shafts are tipped differently at different weights. 

[Cellis]

“How many GD shafts do you want to test Hideki?”

 

“Yep.”

[getitdaily]

Makes me feel better about how anal I get about getting things perfect. Except he was all his tour wins and I play amateur golf...

[CKaneb]

would love to know the O/U on how many Graphite Design Tour AD DI shafts he's gone through throughout the course of his entire career. I don't even know where to set the line... 300?

[Wonderboy]

6 hours ago, CCUgolfer23 said:

I get that there’s subtle differences in every shaft, but can he honestly expect 1 of the 15 DI’s that he has there to be THAT much better?

Agreed.  At some point he should settle at least from a mental standpoint.

[Hookasaurus Rex]

[BirdieBoy1]

Don’t a few people use extra thick grips on all their clubs on tour. 

 

That’s wild to use a super stroke, if someone had one I knew, I’d try it out 😂

[bigdriveandy]

11 hours ago, BirdieBoy1 said:

Don’t a few people use extra thick grips on all their clubs on tour. 

 

That’s wild to use a super stroke, if someone had one I knew, I’d try it out 😂

Its against the rules of golf to use a putter grip on a club other than a putter. But its good for face awareness and hand placement practice. I have a flat cat putter grip on an extra 7 iron, and its really hard to hit straight...

[phizzy30]

He was testing the UB and 1K TPB but has gone back to the DI it seems. 

[TiScape]

21 hours ago, MattM97 said:

Hideki brings more GD shafts to an event than my friends bring tees to a round. 

There is a GD tour van, and then there is Hideki’s GD tour van! 😆 

Hey, I had a thought. Throw a SS grip on one of those thirty five DI driver shafts.. 

[TiScape]

15 hours ago, BirdieBoy1 said:

Don’t a few people use extra thick grips on all their clubs on tour. 

 

 Most notably Baba Booey Bryson

[TiScape]

23 hours ago, Trippels said:

Hideki treating GD shafts like they're unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden

Was gonna give you a ‘😂’ reaction, but you have too many already! 🤣

[Ben Berube]

On 3/20/2023 at 4:32 PM, shankz said:

I’m guessing that the shafts are tipped differently at different weights. 

Honestly it might not. They might be all the best of the best they could find and then bring him apile every week so he can literally figure it out.  He seems that mental.  

[phizzy30]

6 hours ago, TiScape said:

There is a GD tour van, and then there is Hideki’s GD tour van! 😆 

Hey, I had a thought. Throw a SS grip on one of those thirty five DI driver shafts.. 

He's probably known as "that guy" among the staff that work the GD tour van, lol.  Probably has storage spaces full of DI's and Scottie Cameron putters among other things..........I'm sure it drives his wife crazy.  Very envious here, hehe. 

Edited March 22, 2023 by phizzy30

[gators78]

Maybe spend time on the putting green instead of analyzing if the 14th shaft is slightly longer than the 27th.

[drbonesvt]

What’s this guys wrx handle?

[Katke87]

On 3/20/2023 at 3:12 PM, Golfingfanatic said:

Is Hideki ever not testing shafts?

And Cameron putters, too

[Valtiel]

On 3/20/2023 at 12:28 PM, CCUgolfer23 said:

I get that there’s subtle differences in every shaft, but can he honestly expect 1 of the 15 DI’s that he has there to be THAT much better?

Given how picky he is about feel and specific his tipping specs are (down to 1/4") I would not be surprised at all if he rolls around with 3-4 versions of each gamer shaft with tipping in 1/4" or 1/2" increments that swaps around depending on the day. There is no way that someone as picky as him would also choose a shaft that he had to sift through 12 of every tournament I don't think, hah.