Stratton's WITB ~Red White & PING~ **NEW UPDATE VIDEO PAGE 18**

[Pure745]

Breck - Congrats to you, your family, and Stratton. This thread is one of the best in WRX history, and stuff like this is missed very much on here these days! I remember back in the day when you were color coordinating his clubs and covers to match his new high school bag when he was a freshman!

 

Good luck and great to see you back here for a bit!

 

:drinks:

[scratchswinger]

Breck - Congrats to you, your family, and Stratton. This thread is one of the best in WRX history, and stuff like this is missed very much on here these days! I remember back in the day when you were color coordinating his clubs and covers to match his new high school bag when he was a freshman!

 

Good luck and great to see you back here for a bit!

 

:drinks:

 

Never forget the ghost fishing line club caddy!

[Mtngolfer1]

Told Ya the best iwas yet to come.

I actually got choked up when I looked at the leaderboard and saw his name at the top. An Outstanding Accomplishment! Stratton, yourself. your entire family and everyone along the way can be proud of this victory. Congrats!

[J13]

We will do his winning WITB next week when he comes to Austin for his US Open Local Qualifier. Thanks to everyone for the support.

 

 

Congrats to Strat and to you as a proud father. Keep up the good work!!!

[jh19]

We will be watching Stratton on Sunday.....

[Deerslayer]

May 1st is turning out to be a significant day for Stratton:

 

 

May 01 - 2012 - Stratton wins Texas State UIL Individual Championship

 

May 01- 2016 - Stratton wins Big 12 Individual Championship

[kyle75]

May 1st is turning out to be a significant day for Stratton:

 

 

May 01 - 2012 - Stratton wins Texas State UIL Individual Championship

 

May 01- 2016 - Stratton wins Big 12 Individual Championship

That's awesome, congratulations Stratton!

[PreppySlapCut]

Couldn't be more excited for you guys. All the best!

[Redpro]

Wonderful accomplishment!

 

Wish I was going to be in town to see him at the Qualifier.

 

Congratulations Stratton!

[Deerslayer]

Big XII Recap and Interview:

 

https://twitter.com/big12conference/status/727219256086028288

[DrizZzY22]

What an amazing accomplishment. Spent my day reading through this entire thread. I hope i can do the same during my NCAA tournament next week. Congrats to Stratton.

[Deepfork]

Deerslayer, Congratulations to Stratton!!!! Way to represent the brand! I know you're a proud Papa and you deserve to be. Individual Champion of the Big 12 is an incredible accomplishment! GO POKES!

[Deepfork]

It has been FOREVER since I have posted. I have been incredibly busy with work and our system regulates what sites we can visit and makes sure they are work related. :) It was good getting to see Stratton in action this last weekend in the Maxwell. He opened with a 66 and the second 18 of the day shot 71 struggling on his last hole. Rain was imminent the final day and he was in second place going into his last hole and the pin on a long par 3 was tucked near the right edge near a collection area that was impossible to get up and down from unless you drain a 20' putt. It was either play to the middle of the green and finish second or go for it and try to tie for the win. He went for it and his shot bled off the right edge leaving a chip that even well played left him 20+ feet away. Bogey 4 left him in a tie for 4th instead of tied for second. Still, great play on a day at Dornick Hills as He led all of the Cowboys in scoring on this brutally windy day. Hopefully this will give him the nod to play in the Big 12 Championship the end of next week.

His bag still is is combo set of S59's, Same driver but I did customize a new set of TVD wedges last week. Here are the wedges I did for him:

 

I used his trademark orange ferrules with two black and one white stripes with KBS Tour wedge shafts

 

Since I last posted, Dave @ MACHINE built Stratton a new custom flatstick to the specs he wanted. Stratton wanted his same putter M11 head but wanted a anodized insert and wanted a third alignment line added. The putter is STUNNING as usual from Dave Billings

OK Deerslayer. How do I get a set of wedges like these? Not the wedge itself, but the customization with Pistol Pete and the oSu logo?

[eddiea54]

Wow, haven't looked at this thread in a while. Just wow. He's living the dream! Great job Dad.

[Deerslayer]

OK Deerslayer. How do I get a set of wedges like these? Not the wedge itself, but the customization with Pistol Pete and the oSu logo?

 

The designs are laser etched on the back of the club. I have a shop that laser etches all kinds of yeti cups and other metal things that is near my house. I called and took in a wedge head with a logo and asked if they could do it. For $15 per head they etched them. Turned out with great detail. They can even fill areas at different percentages that create different shades. I was originally going to have them do the logo and I was going to peen the background, but Stratton needed the wedges quick. It is waaaaaaay better and more durable than etching with a sand blaster.

[oldhamer25]

When I showed the wedge pics to my 11 yr old he said, "dad I want those!" I told him me too. Just love how those look.

[DrizZzY22]

DS, With EDEL and yourselves being in Texas did Stratton ever consider one, or did EDEL ever reach out to him?

[swizbeatz]

Congrats, you picked a good time to come back around for an update!

[Deerslayer]

DS, With EDEL and yourselves being in Texas did Stratton ever consider one, or did EDEL ever reach out to him?

 

Edel is actually here in ATX or at least a suburb. Back when they just had putters, one of his highschool teammates used an Edel, but to answer your question, no, they have never reached out. Stratton was early on in PING's player development program and PING has been VERY good to him. He has since Jr High also used a MACHINE putter with the exception of a few PING putters along the way. He does now use Titleist wedges but is about to make a switch this summer to Ben Hogan wedges.

[knudson81]

Any particular reason why he is moving to the Hogan wedges?

[Deerslayer]

Any particular reason why he is moving to the Hogan wedges?

 

Titleist is not making any more of the wedges that he prefers. He likes the conforming TVD M-grind. They are becoming hard to come by and have only suggested and have a few of the older SM4 M-Grinds, so he is going to look into new wedges. Hogan is here in TX and Stratton really likes the design. We will see what he ends up gaming. His short game is spot on. Got to walk with Fred Funk the first two rounds of the Big XII championship as Stratton was paired with his son. He made some positive comments about Stratton's short game and wedge play. It was pretty cool spending the long day with Fred. He is a great guy.

[knudson81]

Interesting and I hope he finds something that works even better. I would think that a high level college golfer could get some sort of "tour" treatment from an OEM and have something ground to his desired specs, but I guess that is not the case.

 

Been a fun time following you and him on this journey, hope the best is yet to come!

[calhoun.co]

Looks good, a lot of trouble to take some pics tho

[DrizZzY22]

DS, With EDEL and yourselves being in Texas did Stratton ever consider one, or did EDEL ever reach out to him?

 

Edel is actually here in ATX or at least a suburb. Back when they just had putters, one of his highschool teammates used an Edel, but to answer your question, no, they have never reached out. Stratton was early on in PING's player development program and PING has been VERY good to him. He has since Jr High also used a MACHINE putter with the exception of a few PING putters along the way. He does now use Titleist wedges but is about to make a switch this summer to Ben Hogan wedges.

Interesting. Probably see more now with how well Bryson is doing. But hey thanks for the response :)

[Deerslayer]

Following this last event, Stratton's goals are taking shape. Checked off his first win in a college event, still within reach now is his goal of finishing under par for the season. He got his stats back to even par now through 18 tournament rounds this year. Here are the stats as of today:

 

team/indv. statistics

http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/okstate.com/documents/2016/5/4/golf_stats.pdf?id=9226

[Thug Hunter]

OK Deerslayer. How do I get a set of wedges like these? Not the wedge itself, but the customization with Pistol Pete and the oSu logo?

 

The designs are laser etched on the back of the club. I have a shop that laser etches all kinds of yeti cups and other metal things that is near my house. I called and took in a wedge head with a logo and asked if they could do it. For $15 per head they etched them. Turned out with great detail. They can even fill areas at different percentages that create different shades. I was originally going to have them do the logo and I was going to peen the background, but Stratton needed the wedges quick. It is waaaaaaay better and more durable than etching with a sand blaster.

 

I'm in Austin, what's this place called. And congrats to Stratton!

[Deerslayer]

Thug,

Perfect Etch on 290 W. If you want a design or logo and cant create it, I dont mind helping a wrx'er out. I can email a file and you can send it to them online.

[Thug Hunter]

Thug,

Perfect Etch on 290 W. If you want a design or logo and cant create it, I dont mind helping a wrx'er out. I can email a file and you can send it to them online.

 

I don't want to jack this thread, so I tried PMing and it said you couldn't receive messages. Feel free to delete this after you answer to not divert the story here. I would just want something simple like the MLB logo. Do you take them the wedge and logo and they etch it up or do you need an actual drawing?

[TheKrushh]

Following this last event, Stratton's goals are taking shape. Checked off his first win in a college event, still within reach now is his goal of finishing under par for the season. He got his stats back to even par now through 18 tournament rounds this year. Here are the stats as of today:

 

team/indv. statistics

http://sidearm.sites...ats.pdf?id=9226

 

It's interesting when looking at the stats. Stratton has the lowest average and has some great overall finishes. I know this can be misleading depending on the tournaments you're at (conditions and such). Sure seems like he should be playing #1 or 2 for the season...

[Deerslayer]

Following this last event, Stratton's goals are taking shape. Checked off his first win in a college event, still within reach now is his goal of finishing under par for the season. He got his stats back to even par now through 18 tournament rounds this year. Here are the stats as of today:

 

team/indv. statistics

http://sidearm.sites...ats.pdf?id=9226

 

It's interesting when looking at the stats. Stratton has the lowest average and has some great overall finishes. I know this can be misleading depending on the tournaments you're at (conditions and such). Sure seems like he should be playing #1 or 2 for the season...

 

plus, he is going to finish this year with a 4.0 gpa BOTH semesters majoring in Finance with no electives this year, all business classes, BUT

 

He is not tall enough......... LOL