Tour Padraig Harrington - WITB - 2023 Valero Texas Open

[GolfWRX_Spotted]

[TheDreaming]

What are the grips on the Driver & 4iron? Also anyone else think it's a little weird when people use multiple different grips throughout the bag, or is this just my OCD speaking? 😆

[elcgolf]

Has anyone else noticed that moving to Grip Master grips is a telltale sign of the end of a player’s career?

[BIG STU]

7 minutes ago, TheDreaming said:

What are the grips on the Driver & 4iron? Also anyone else think it's a little weird when people use multiple different grips throughout the bag, or is this just my OCD speaking? 😆

Those are Grip Master leather perforated. Paddy is a known club tinkerer so he must have a reason. Hey it may your OCD speaking but there is nothing wrong with that. Different Strokes for different folks

Edited March 29, 2023 by BIG STU

[BIG STU]

2 minutes ago, elcgolf said:

Has anyone else noticed that moving to Grip Master grips is a telltale sign of the end of a player’s career?

Honestly no and have not thought about it

[Cwebb]

10 minutes ago, elcgolf said:

Has anyone else noticed that moving to Grip Master grips is a telltale sign of the end of a player’s career?

 

Wouldn't apply to him.  He'll be playing for a long time

[BIG STU]

2 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

 

Wouldn't apply to him.  He'll be playing for a long time

Agree I think he will be the next multi Schwab Championship winner on the Tour Champions. 

[Valtiel]

1 hour ago, elcgolf said:

Has anyone else noticed that moving to Grip Master grips is a telltale sign of the end of a player’s career?

Every single person that confuses correlation with causation dies. 

[chip75]

Not sure what's up with the new Titleist line, as others have mentioned they seem to wear horribly, not that tour players usually care, but consumers usually do and I've seen 975D drivers/woods that look fresher than some of the new ones.

[KennyP]

Still using that Taylor Made ZTP 58 degree wedge!

 

[J_Tizzle]

4 hours ago, KennyP said:

Still using that Taylor Made ZTP 58 degree wedge!

 

 

I wonder if he just has a stockpile of the faces at this point.

 

I always loved the idea of the wedges with the changeable faces.

[Buschlight]

What year are those 5-pw wedges? 

[ali_g]

6 hours ago, elcgolf said:

Has anyone else noticed that moving to Grip Master grips is a telltale sign of the end of a player’s career?

 

What a goose! lol

 

[ago33]

What’s the hate for gripmasters? I have some leather grips on my driver and mini driver and love them

[Corey Pavins Moustache]

45 minutes ago, Buschlight said:

What year are those 5-pw wedges? 

 

Those are the Wilson Staff CB's released around Feb/March 2021.  Except the general public only has access to the chrome model and the tour staff gets access to the raw version.  Padraig plays them as does Kevin Kisner and Kevin Chappell.

[soupbraaaa]

If I wasnt changing irons all the damn time I would get some Gripmasters. They feel amazing.

[QuigleyDU]

Why has no one mentioned the taylormade ZTP wedge? Is he getting replacement faces somewhere?? 

[jwhite86]

3 hours ago, soupbraaaa said:

If I wasnt changing irons all the damn time I would get some Gripmasters. They feel amazing.

Honestly, same... when i finally narrow down a consistent setup, I'll go back to them

[The bearded shanker]

How many times has that wedge had its face changed you think?

[Cruisin1966]

7 minutes ago, The bearded shanker said:

How many times has that wedge had its face changed you think?

 

Just a guess, but I would think two or three times per season.  I don't think the inserts are any "harder" than normal cast wedges.  How often do tour pros change their workhorse wedge?

[backnine]

In today's article Paddy said he changes out the ZTP wedge face once every 3 weeks and that he has 400 of the wedge faces in reserve - he's good for awhile.

 

Edited March 30, 2023 by backnine
typos

[TiScape]

19 hours ago, Corey Pavins Moustache said:

 

Those are the Wilson Staff CB's released around Feb/March 2021.  Except the general public only has access to the chrome model and the tour staff gets access to the raw version.  Padraig plays them as does Kevin Kisner and Kevin Chappell.

Nice shape! But no doubt that top line is waaay too thick for the avg. WRX’er! 😉 

[Puttersaurus Rex]

Great article/interview on the front page.  Thank you, @atursky!

[grm24]

6 hours ago, QuigleyDU said:

Why has no one mentioned the taylormade ZTP wedge? Is he getting replacement faces somewhere?? 

From WRX front page.

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/710508/7-takeaways-from-an-awesome-equipment-talk-with-padraig-harrington/?utm_source=Front&utm_medium=Featured_Center_Top&utm_campaign=GolfWRX_OnSite&utm_content=main

 

The TaylorMade is obviously attracting a lot of attention, but that was my idea! Myself and a consultant for Wilson, I got him to build changeable faces and he sold that to TaylorMade…that’s fully my idea. He sold that then to TaylorMade, and TaylorMade produced them, which I was happy about. But TaylorMade couldn’t sell them. You can’t get people to clean the grooves, so they weren’t going to buy a new face. Why have 400 faces at home? So I went out and bought these faces to make sure I had them for life. And I was home chipping a while ago, and I have a nice 58. I like the grind on that wedge, and the fact I can just replace the face and have a fresh face every three weeks, it’s just easy, so that’s why that’s in there.”

[Caesar's shank]

Please please please can we get a plumbers neck 2-ball at retail. The most beautiful white whale of them all.

[TiScape]

22 minutes ago, Caesar's shank said:

Please please please can we get a plumbers neck 2-ball at retail. The most beautiful white whale of them all.

Just goes to prove… Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder 😊

[Ghostwedge]

54 minutes ago, grm24 said:

From WRX front page.

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/710508/7-takeaways-from-an-awesome-equipment-talk-with-padraig-harrington/?utm_source=Front&utm_medium=Featured_Center_Top&utm_campaign=GolfWRX_OnSite&utm_content=main

 

The TaylorMade is obviously attracting a lot of attention, but that was my idea! Myself and a consultant for Wilson, I got him to build changeable faces and he sold that to TaylorMade…that’s fully my idea. He sold that then to TaylorMade, and TaylorMade produced them, which I was happy about. But TaylorMade couldn’t sell them. You can’t get people to clean the grooves, so they weren’t going to buy a new face. Why have 400 faces at home? So I went out and bought these faces to make sure I had them for life. And I was home chipping a while ago, and I have a nice 58. I like the grind on that wedge, and the fact I can just replace the face and have a fresh face every three weeks, it’s just easy, so that’s why that’s in there.”

My fuzzy math tells me he has 12-15 years worth of faces.

Paddy you are the man.

[QuigleyDU]

1 hour ago, grm24 said:

From WRX front page.

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/710508/7-takeaways-from-an-awesome-equipment-talk-with-padraig-harrington/?utm_source=Front&utm_medium=Featured_Center_Top&utm_campaign=GolfWRX_OnSite&utm_content=main

 

The TaylorMade is obviously attracting a lot of attention, but that was my idea! Myself and a consultant for Wilson, I got him to build changeable faces and he sold that to TaylorMade…that’s fully my idea. He sold that then to TaylorMade, and TaylorMade produced them, which I was happy about. But TaylorMade couldn’t sell them. You can’t get people to clean the grooves, so they weren’t going to buy a new face. Why have 400 faces at home? So I went out and bought these faces to make sure I had them for life. And I was home chipping a while ago, and I have a nice 58. I like the grind on that wedge, and the fact I can just replace the face and have a fresh face every three weeks, it’s just easy, so that’s why that’s in there.”

Very cool.

[Ex Blade User]

On 3/29/2023 at 9:19 PM, Corey Pavins Moustache said:

 

Those are the Wilson Staff CB's released around Feb/March 2021.  Except the general public only has access to the chrome model and the tour staff gets access to the raw version.  Padraig plays them as does Kevin Kisner and Kevin Chappell.

They kinda look like legacy blacks 

[wam78]

Absolutely love Paddy’s bag!  Those staff cb’s are some of my favorites I ever played.  Will definitely own another set at some point.  Would be sweet if they would do a limited release of the raw.