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Welcome to the 2025 Truist Championship at Philadelphia Qriket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With some early week rain and more wet weather in the forecast for later in the week, the course may play soft. But either way, it remains drenched in beauty and history. In the world of golf equipment, this week was a fun one. We had prototypes, testing, and a long gear talk with Adam Scott. But first to the news. We watched along as Colin Morawa tested drivers on Tuesday. and then again on Wednesday. And word from on site is that he may even be considering putting a 9wood into play this week in place of his 4 iron on Thursday. We’ll know what he decides. In other testing news, Hideki Matsuyama spent hours on the green this week testing out custom Scotty Cameron Odyssey and Tulon putters. In the Golf WRX forums, legendary photographer Greg Moore captured in-hand shots of all the putters he was testing. We also saw Justin Rose testing out some Axis One prototype putters against his Scotty Cameron Gamer mallet. Time will tell which one he goes with. In other Rose news, we got a great in-hand look at his seven iron. and the rest of his setup for the week, including a new Cleveland prototype wedge that has a classic look but is made with a softer metal. Several pros, including Gary Woodland, Ricky Fowler, and Sam Ryder, have been testing out the Proto 2. We’ll keep an eye on this wedge going forward and report back with more details. On the Odyssey truck, we checked out these Japan-only giraffe beam putters with extra long necks, as their name suggest. In Captain Keegan Bradley’s bag, we got an uplose look at the incredible wear mark on his eight iron and a look at his driver. In the world of Windam Clark, he recently switched back into titleless 620 CB irons, but this time he loft shifted them so that his 9 iron is actually an 8 iron head. His 8 iron head is actually a 7iron head and so on. According to Tuttalist, he wanted the loft and spin of his previous T100s combined with the look of the 620 CB profile. The lead tape on the back helped get him the proper swing weights. During the Wednesday ProAm, we spotted NBA basketball player Kyle Lowry’s awesome custom golf bag and former NFL football player Jason Kelce’s classic putter. Speaking of classic, we caught up with some of YouTube’s biggest golf stars during the Creator Classic on Wednesday, including Tyler Tony from Dude Perfect. Good. Good. Sabrina and Dula, Marquez Brownley. Josh Richards and Paige Sporanic. Now, let’s get to a real treat for all the gear heads out there. On Wednesday, we caught up with 2013 Masters Champion and 14time PGA Tour winner Adam Scott to talk equipment and find out what’s in his bag this week. Please enjoy our full what’s in the bag interview with the Adam Scott. All right. Well, we’ll start we’ll start at the top end and the driver I’m using as a tightless GT2. It’s uh 10° head on a C2 setting. I think that’s minus.75° loft. I’m pretty sure. I’ve got the Diama whiteboard. I think this one is like maybe their most recent whiteboard shaft came out last year or in the last 12 months or so. And I put this driver into play at the US Open last year. Tidalist launched this GT series on tour roughly last summer and uh strong reviews, you know, around the around the tour rumor mill. So had to hit it and it’s really good. But I I mean why do I like it? I mean tidalist often make very clean uh you know simple looking drivers. There’s nothing much on the crown. There’s this is nicely positioned the GT logo. Um and performance-wise it was just kind of really really in a safe space for me. You know it’s it’s pretty hot. that I get good ball speed and I get, you know, a really balanced spin rate all across the face. Like even on the toe strike, the spin stays up, which is kind of important. And on the heel strike, it doesn’t go through the roof. So, I’ve got a lot of margin to hit across this whole face. Um, yeah, it’s been uh and look, this has been in the back for 9 10 months. That’s good for me. Uh, then actually, this is brand new this week. So, I’ve been using a mini pretty mini driver burner for pretty much the last two years and it’s been a staple in the bag. But I hit this earlier this year just on the range at Pebble and it went nicely. And uh I’d just been having this feeling like my driver and my Mini were just almost they were so close to each other. Uh, and I just felt like it seemed weird to have two of the same club. They got there different ways, but it was doing the same thing ultimately. And so this is like a 165 high launch, but it really performs hotter than that. Like it’s really going strong off the tea and a bit more versatility off the fairway than the mini. Although I’ve hit great shots. I mean, I’m a mini guy really. So, this is this was a surprise to me to even put the 3-wood back in, but it’s in. It feels good. And then under this one, this has probably been my favorite club in the bag for the last year. It’s the Qi 10wood. Just strong, stable, goes an incredible distance, tight distance, too. Like, you don’t get those hot ones that go 10 or 15 yards further. um you know really really a consistent club that goes a long way which is what you’re looking for when you 250 out or something and you got water it’s in a you know how far it’s going to go it’s a good feeling to have that and then I off this stays in the bag a lot more than I thought it would but I have a 9wood and uh this doesn’t go quite as far this is more like 230 35 club But the height it comes down from is incredible from the fairway. And uh also just the versatility like out of the rough moving the ball like 200 yds out of the rough when if I didn’t have this I wouldn’t have a three iron in behind the ball. I’d be hitting a 9 iron and hacking it out a little bit. So you know the reality is I’m in the rough a little bit. I need I I like that option. And the only difference between this one and my other woods is this has the Ventus uh 9X in it. And just a little more stout from handle to tip the Ventus than the Diamana. And because the loft on this like it has easily wants to go left and that stout shaft kind of balances out the kind of draw bias or the left bias of the club. So stays a bit straighter with this shaft in it. I can handle a big boy shaft in a 9wood. And then uh what else this week? So this week uh I’ve actually gone back to an old faithful the KBS uh 130X. I used this pretty much for about 12 years straight. Uh there were a couple of tests in that 12 years, but I won the Masters with this shaft. I got to world number one, won a bunch of PGA Tour events with this shaft, and I wanted to go back to it and get see what that felt like. And they were sitting in a set of these Titus uh 681 as heads, which were made for me a few years ago. So, I took them out to hit and the feeling was good. And uh so the whole set has made its way back into the bag for the first time in about 3 years would be my guess. And you know this is really like really like old school look. You know the there’s a bit of offset. It’s not as uniform like the head shape as like irons are today. Irons look very smooth and there isn’t like a real progression in the set. These are all very individual and some people might not like it, but I’m I’m quite used to it and I don’t mind it. So, what I mean by that is like the 7 IR has a really straight top edge line to a high toe. It It’s very straight, but then the 8 iron is a really rounded shaped head that it almost looks like they could be from two different sets. Um, but they have their own character. I kind of like that. And you get a, you know, you develop a real feeling for that. Also, the blade length is probably a little longer on these irons than most muscle backs today. Uh, and for me again, like with offset, which I like, and that long blade length, I think the release pattern of the club really matches. That’s how I grew up. So, it’s kind of matches my DNA of my swing and there’s a comfort feeling with that longer blade length and how the club closes down or squares up hopefully. Um, so that’s a familiar feeling. So, we’ll see how that goes this week. And then I’ve always been a voke wedge guy. 48 in the pitching wedge and I put the KBS in this one. Uh, and this is actually an SM9, so I haven’t moved into the 10 with that. But I have with the other two, 54 is then my sand, I call it a sand wedge, but gap wedge. Pretty standard 10° bounce. Versatile. Um, but this has an X S400, sorry. So, very similar to the KBS. I’d say the S4 in weight and feel, but for some reason, I’ve always kind of stuck with the dynamic gold uh in the wedges, just what I know. And uh you know, nice feel. So then my 60 is an AD plus, which is like this modified M grind done by Aaron Dill, who’s the master. This is actually an SM10 also. Uh, and the only thing I add to it is I get him to like hook hook this area of the club a little bit, grind it in so it hooks into the huzzle a bit and it kind of fakes a little offset look. It’s not super offset, but it it looks like it is. I mean, if you really wanted to picture what this looks like, it would be more like an a less extreme version of like a Ping i2 lob wedge. Like that has this offset and a hook up into the huzzle. And this is like very subtle version of that. But when I put it on the ground, it’s just it sits better for me for some reason. Maybe because this is coming up, the leading edge looks more on the ground and flush. And you know, again, that’s that perception that kind of gives you the confidence that you’re going to strike it the right way. So, that’s that. And then, oh, the putter. The putter. Most people have seen me with this blue blue MEZ Max one for the better part of two years, I would say, this guy’s been in. And, uh, I’ve just puted so well with it. It’s hard. It’s hard to get away from it. Obviously, all the labs swing really smoothly. Uh this some of the design I like on this is these kind of um lines that aren’t filled on the top line and like it just helps the instinctual aim. I don’t really pay attention to them, but it kind of just frames the putter and and the direction really well for me. And uh you know I think alignment is such an important part of putting especially with a lab which is so stable and hard to manipulate the start line that you need to be aiming it well. And this putter has done me well for a couple years so it stays in. We asked Adam to explain his putter testing process since we see him testing putters out every week but rarely ever actually making a switch. always come back and then this guy feels great, you know, like when I’m at home, I I pretty much never play with my gamer. I put with a short putter. I’ll test a different one and then when I come back, this always feels great because, you know, it’s obviously I’ve putted well with it. I have good vibes, but uh you know, having those good vibes is an important thing. like you’re excited to hit putts and so I don’t mind going out and you know trying trying some different stuff that maybe isn’t perfect but then I come back and this feels better and that’s a positive thing for me. We also asked Adam about his gear testing process whether he’s a looks and feel kind of a guy or a data driven number cruncher. Well, the data is important. Uh obviously it’s it’s it’s got to be within certain parameters any club to be considered in play. Um looks looks and feel is also important cuz it it sets the mood for a shot or something and like gives can give you confidence. Although I think it’s less important for me today than it once was. I’m more interested in the raw performance of the club and I feel like my mind’s open enough to adjust to a different look or feel if it’s getting a better performance. Yeah, there’s always something going on. I mean, it’s a lot of the time it’s developing feelings for me without changing the theme of my swing. Feelings come and go, you know? I mean, generally I I don’t want to change my swing and and stuff, but uh it it depends. I have rhythm thoughts, but I’m not really working on that. I mean, I’m actually kind of more interested in um a little a little more inside plane, let’s say, at the moment. And you I’m thinking of John Dailyaly for that cuz like back back in the day, he used to whip that club in off the ball. I’ve been I’ve been kind of letting it drift out a little bit. And so if I think of John Dailyaly, I’ve watched some YouTube stuff of him from like 95, which is just or even early 90s. It’s just amazing swinging. Just so good the way he moved at it. But when I see that online of him just whipping it inside, I kind of try and copy that. I don’t I don’t think I actually do take it inside, but it feels like it. So, at the moment, I’m going with the John Dailyaly takeaway. We then asked Adam for a rundown of his gear collection and about his favorite clubs of all time. Apparently, he’s got quite the safekeeping of classic clubs stowed away. Oh man. Um, it’s probably not as many as people think, although I I do every couple of years clear out the clubs. And um, I probably have 10 sets of different clubs sitting at home of irons. I have a lot of drivers and fairway woods from the last couple years because I’ve tested a lot of them. Um, but as far as like older clubs, I I kept the set I turned pro with, uh, which was a set of Titleless 681s. I have them and I have the 975D driver and the PT15 3-wood with the bore through uh, shaft. Probably for sentimental reason, I mean, they look great, but like just for sentimental reasons, I kept them. Uh, I have the set that I won the Masters with, which was uh, Titalist 695 MBS. Uh, but they’re on display at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, the actual set. So, I don’t know if I ever get them back or not, but I know where they are. I kept them. Um, and what what other clubs? Oh, I used a set of Bullet Invincible twos when I was a junior and like I scorched golf courses with them. So, I actually still have them and they look terrible today. Like they’re in really bad shape. They’ve rusted and like the chrome’s coming off. But, but when I look at them, I see why I like the things I like. For example, offset. I mean, if you look at clubs from the ‘9s or 80s and stuff, like even on the blades, there was so much offset. And that’s what I grew up with. And there’s way less on this today that I use than those. But I can see why offset doesn’t bother me. Uh, this is cool. This is pretty new. This is the um Rolex Yacht Master in titanium. It’s a wild watch. It’s so light. It’s like I’m not even wearing it. It’s incred. I I actually don’t know the weight of it, but I mean, it’s a few It’s not many grams. And uh yeah, it’s it’s a cool watch. I like I like the kind of matte matte bezel and and lowkeyness of it and the brushed titanium is a cool look. So, it’s kind of an under the radar uh killer. Thanks, mate. No worries. Thank you. And with that, unfortunately, we say goodbye to Philly Qriket Club and the truest championship. We’ll see you next time on golfwx.com’s video series, Inside the Ropes. Hey, hey, hey.