He accomplished this incredible feat at the travelers championship. Callaway big bertha 9 degrees, oban isawa red shaft 3wood. Equipment is accurate as of the valspar championship 31017. I think that it is extremely repeatable, and he has made it his own. Overall ratingthe oban devotion has all the makings of a great shaft, already is by many standards.
X shaft callaway x2 hot pro hybrid 20, ust mamiya pro force vts 100 hs s shaft. Jim furyk s recordsetting witb at the travelers championship callaway great big bertha driver 9, oban tour limited 75x shaft callaway big bertha alpha 816 fairway wood 14, fujikura motore speeder vc 82. This weeks gallery features equipment from justin rose, jim furyk. Wherever you are at the top of the backswing the right elbow has to move forwards so the club shaft can shallow. Jim furyks winning clubs news and debate mygolfspy forum.
The average driver length for all the other pros on the pga tour today is 44. Cleveland golf has updated their hibore website a site dedicated to the companys new driver. The gear jim furyk used to shoot 58 golf australia. Jim furyk slow motion 5th turnberry open 2009 youtube. Callaway great big bertha driver 9, oban tour limited 75x shaft. Callaway great big bertha 9 with oban tour limited 75 shaft. Jim furyk golf swing analysis his 65 million dollar swing. Why phil mickelson may solve his left miss with a driver. It had a singlebend shaft rather than a standard doublebend shaft furyk prefers the singlebend look. Furyk, matt every and thomas bjorn are among the players who are using great big bertha this week at the wgc bridgestone invitational. Andrew witlieb gse worldwide 276 fifth avenue, suite 711, new york, ny 1 t 212 645 2141 f 212 645 5699. Jordan spieth and jim furyk swapped driver shafts, tony finaus putter got a boost, justin rose tested something new and much more. As mentioned, jim furyk has taken a liking to the devotion 7.
In fact, many tour pros use driver shafts less than 45 inches. Check price and availability here oban devotion 6 stiff shaft. May 02, 2009 jim furyk had been using a titleist 909d2 driver since the 2008 barclays scottish open, the event immediately preceding last seasons british open at royal birkdale. At the tour championship, he played the shaft in a taylormade burner superfast driver 10. Playing ft optiforce, furyk ties pga tour record 59. Jim furyk whats in the bag 2018 ryder cup captain golf monthly. Shaft fitting questions yep, its me again callaway community. Jim furyk has 16 wins on the pga tour, including three in 2010 when he won the fedex cup. Despite recent heartaches in a handful of bigtime tournaments, furyk remains a fierce competitor on the pga tour. Furyk has been a callaway player for a significant portion of his career and. Driver callaway gbb epic 9 degrees 3 wood callaway gbb epic 15 degrees pw4 iron callaway razr x 4pw. What would you think of telling jim furyk that he needed to change his swing because it didnt look like a good swing. Pga championship runnerup jim furyk requested a new odyssey versa no. If he could hit the ball straight with a 45 inch clubhe would.
And he knows if he did use a longer driver, hed have even more trouble keeping it in play. Mar 10, 2017 equipment is accurate as of the valspar championship 31017. Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. Extreme closeup with the hands golf tip golf commentators occasionally complain about the cookie cutter nature of todays pro swings. Charlotte, north carolina phil mickelson has been using a project x hzrdus t1100 shaft for years, and in multiple different callaway driver heads, but he showed up to the 2019 wells fargo.
Whats in the winners bags for the week of april 19, 2015. Jim furyk shoots the lowest score in tour history august 8th, 2016 during the final round at the travelers championship at tpc river highlands in cromwell, conn. Aug 07, 2016 veteran pga tour member, jim furyk became the first player in history to shoot 58 on the pga tour. Aug 08, 2016 jim furyks recordsetting witb at the travelers championship callaway great big bertha driver 9, oban tour limited 75x shaft callaway big bertha alpha 816 fairway wood 14, fujikura motore speeder vc 82. Callaway great big bertha oban tour limited 75 shaft, 9 degrees. Here are the strange or uncommon things about jim furyks golf swing. The devotion is certainly growing in leaps and bounds and is becoming a very popular shaft with good reason. He learned the game from his father, who was a golf pro at many different courses throughout jims childhood. Jim furyk switches to taylormade r9 driver with new. The new website features everything you need to know about the hibore check it out. The most unique golf swings of all time golf club guru.
Jim furyk might be short on power, but remains long on. Callaway razr fit xtreme 15 degrees, fujikura speeder vc 8. Sep 28, 2010 furyk uses an oban devotion 75gram, xflex driver shaft. He plays a set of razr x forged from 2012, a 2 year old hybrid, and a mixed set of callaway and vokey wedges. Using mainly a bag of callaway equipment, furyk took the course apart. In 1997, more than 20 tour players averaged 75% or better in driving accuracy fairwayshit. The impact of the length of a driver shaft on your game. Tx in the driver shaft, regular in the irons and a 7 wood in there as well. Jul 08, 2008 early in the week, he put a new titleist 909d3 driver into play after trying at least two variations in practice rounds and the proam. Jim furyks witb from his recordsetting 12under 58 sunday at the. Jims new gamer has a 9 head, a neutral directional bias with a standard loft adjustability, and the adjustable perimeter weighting slide is set very close to the neutral setting. It is a highend shaft company started in 2008 and headquartered in chicago.
Callaway mack daddy 2 5012s, titleist vokey sm4 56 degrees, callaway md3 milled 6011 shafts. In the last 25 years, the average driver shaft length has gradually moved from 43 inches to 45. Jim furyk shot a finalround 8under 63 and then birdied the second hole of a suddendeath playoff to win the rbc heritage for his first pga tour win in nearly five years. Aug 20, 20 say what you will about jim furyk, the man knows how to play some extraordinary golf using a homegrown swing thats truly one of a kind. Aug 07, 2016 jim furyk has a steep to shallow shaft movement with a very open body through impact along with passive arms and a bent right elbow through impact. From driver to putter, find out what he carries in. Jim furyk, for example, is one of the most accurate in the game off the tee, and his. Top 10 longest hitters in the 20172018 pga tour and their. American jim furyk has grabbed a big slice of golfing history by. By sunday, furyk had turned to a new adams driver prototype the same model used by adams tour players rory sabbatini, brad bryant and bernhard langer. Jim furyk has never been, and never will be, a target of such criticism. Equipment is accurate at the travelers championship 7 august 16 driver. Unlike many players, furyk doesnt just play the latest and greatest.
The hibore is set to hit stores this week and we should get our first ones in the next few days. Jim furyk, for example, is one of the most accurate in the game off the tee, and his driver shaft measures 44. Were going to go over those few key movements in jim furyks swing, and talk about how even though his swing is a bit unorthodox, even though it looks a little, you know, odd, he does a lot of the things that you have to do to play great golf and thats what allows him to do that. Check out the callaway bag that jim furyk shot 58 at the travelers with while, what was. Short aside, jim furyk plays an xflex driver shaft but reg flex iron shafts hardstepped. The impact of the length of a driver shaft on your game this is the. Up until colonial, furyk had risen to the summit in driving accuracy with fujikuras motore speeder 6. Cromwell, ct jim furyk recorded the lowest singleround. Video by pete styles now if you want to try and improve your swing plane with your driver, first things first lets understand what swing plane is and now ill give you some tips on how you can improve it or change it if its not quite right. One of the pga tours most recognizable and talented golfers, jim furyk was born on may 12, 1970 in west chester, pennsylvania. Apr 21, 2015 jim furyk s swing has been described as an octopus falling out of a tree, but much can be learned from the americans unique style, says carl watts of mannings heath golf club. Nov 21, 2015 in fact, many tour pros use driver shafts less than 45 inches. Making your online presence as exceptional as your game.