Tianlang Guan WITB

[kg92lefty]

Odyssey putter. You can see the insert. He made a lot of changes from the Asian Pacific Am to now. He had a nike driver with a tour spec then now a R1 with a attas. Nike drone putter to a odyssey. X hot fairway woods and hybrid. Could not tell irons.

[KPH808]

It's surprising there aren't more golfers out of China, they do have 1.3 billion people and still growing....

[Mizgoodie]

Anyone know if he has been playing a belly putter from the beginning?


And with the number of kids in Asia that saw his play on Thursday, he might have just changed the game

P.S the Olympics is going to be great for golf

[Llortamaisey]

All I can say is that his wedges have to be the best clubs in his bag. I'm not sure what brand they are. This kid can get up and down out of a trash can. He's money inside 75 yards.

I heard on the golf channel that he carries 3 woods and 2 hybrids. That means he can only have 2 or 3 wedges in his bag. Whatever those wedges are must be pretty versatile.

[stickman]

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[b]Driver:[/b] TaylorMade R1
Shaft: UST Mamiya ATTAS 4U[/color]
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[b]3 Wood:[/b] Callaway XHOT Pro
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 6.2 X[/color]
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[b]4 Wood:[/b] Callaway XHOT Pro
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana 3[sup]rd[/sup] Generation B-Series[/color]
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[b]Irons:[/b] Nike VR-Pro Combo Split (5-6) Nike VR Pro (7-9)
Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi[/color]
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[b]Hybrid:[/b] Callaway XHOT
Loft: 20 Degrees[/color][color=#333333]
Shaft: Graphite Design YS7 x[/color]
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[b]Hybrid:[/b] Callaway XHOT
Loft: 23 Degrees
Shaft: Graphite Design YS7 x[/color]
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[b]Wedges: [/b]Scratch (48, 54, and 60 degrees) (Raw Finish)
Shafts: True Temper Project X PXi
48 Degrees Loft
54 Degrees Loft with SPN Grind
60 Degrees Loft with LBE Grind[/color]
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[b]Putter:[/b] Odyssey White Hot Pro #7 (Belly)[/color]
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[b]Ball:[/b] Callawau HEX Black[/color]

[td10]

He is definitely playing one of the tribal TM drivers. Irons are VR pro combos.

The kid has a really flat swing - makes Kuch's swing appear upright.

[luv2golow]

[quote name='swyyyguy' timestamp='1365736528' post='6816475']
it seems like he's just wearing nike shoes, belt, and glove this week. i've seen him wear nike apparel in past videos/clips. is he wearing sligo pants too or just the shirt?
[/quote]

I know he has a deal with Sligo for the Masters, I was with one of the company owners when he got the word. Pants and shirt for sure.

Hopefully they can get a longer term deal done with him for the future. Sligo does very well in China, so it would be a good fit.

[Hakko]

[quote name='luv2golow' timestamp='1365777400' post='6818969']
[quote name='swyyyguy' timestamp='1365736528' post='6816475']
it seems like he's just wearing nike shoes, belt, and glove this week. i've seen him wear nike apparel in past videos/clips. is he wearing sligo pants too or just the shirt?
[/quote]

I know he has a deal with Sligo for the Masters, I was with one of the company owners when he got the word. Pants and shirt for sure.

Hopefully they can get a longer term deal done with him for the future. Sligo does very well in China, so it would be a good fit.
[/quote]

Can he do that as an amateur?

[whatshannenin]

[quote name='Hakko' timestamp='1365810805' post='6824425']
[quote name='luv2golow' timestamp='1365777400' post='6818969']
[quote name='swyyyguy' timestamp='1365736528' post='6816475']
it seems like he's just wearing nike shoes, belt, and glove this week. i've seen him wear nike apparel in past videos/clips. is he wearing sligo pants too or just the shirt?
[/quote]

I know he has a deal with Sligo for the Masters, I was with one of the company owners when he got the word. Pants and shirt for sure.

Hopefully they can get a longer term deal done with him for the future. Sligo does very well in China, so it would be a good fit.
[/quote]

Can he do that as an amateur?
[/quote]

Amateurs can accept free merchandise now and not forfeit amateur status. I'm sure they just set him up with clothes for the Masters and any upcoming pro or amateur events he might play in. No way he's being paid by any company, however, I'm sure he has companies lining up to sign him when he decides to turn pro in the next couple years. Too early to turn pro.....impressive stuff for an 8th grader.

[whatshannenin]

[quote name='purplepeopleeater' timestamp='1365733968' post='6816125']
In a few years he will be the next [b]Tiger[/b]. He will be chasing Tiger's records. I hope that he does not get pushed too eary like Michele Wie.
[/quote]

^^^^Lol, what? He's clearly talented, but very premature to claim him the next Tiger. Plenty of young amateurs have had success at majors and turned into good professionals, but none have really achieved Tiger status.....probably never will. Time will tell. Look at how long it took Justin Rose to achieve World Success.....Matt Kuchar had his amateur moments at the Masters but then lost it for a few years and spent time on the Web.com Tour. Tad Fujikawa was a great story....not exactly in the majors per se, but in Pro events....I don't know where he's playing now. I think it's easy for good young players to come out and play well in majors at first because there is little pressure on them. The achievement of being in a major like the Masters is impressive enough as it is....the rest is just free rolling. Just my opinion. Hopefully he turns out to be a good player.

[Bob57]

Hard to find any amateur that matched Nicklaus as a sophmore at Ohio State who finished 1 stroke behind Palmer at the 1960 U.S. Open. Hogan who played with him said "if the kid could think he would have won the tournament by 5 shots". Twice he putted over ball marks he could have fixed missing the putt..

Young man was very impressive despite being far short of everyone else off the tee. The good thing is you didn't see his parents hovering around like you know who..

[JJensen]

I heard scratch irons coming soon? anyone else hear that?

[king6]

here is a pic of his bag i made on monday. wanted to post more pics on tuesday....but uploading didn't work

here is at least one pic