Gear On Tour: Waste Management Open

By E. Michael Johnson Photos by GolfWRX.com

January 30, 2013

Bubba Watson's Ping G25 4 wood

Bubba Watson switched to Ping's new G25 fairway wood in the offseason. Although the club says it is 16.5 degrees its actual loft is 15 degrees.

Bubba Watson's custom shaft

Bubba Watson's Ping G25 4 wood Fujikura Tour Spec graphite shaft is 42 inches in length. Watson likes his name or likeness on virtually all his equipment (including tees) so it is no surprise the shaft has a caricature of Watson on it.

Cleveland's Classic XL 3 wood

Cleveland Golf's Classic XL fairway wood has one of the largest face areas of any fairway wood in golf, as this side-angle view shows.

Marc Leishman's Wedge

Marc Leishman uses a well-rusted, 48-degree Titleist Vokey Spin Milled C-C wedge with 10 degrees of bounce. The rust on the club is due to the fact Leishman prefers a "raw" finish as opposed to a chrome or stain finish.

Marc Leishman's newer wedge

Marc Leishman's newer custom 60-degree Vokey wedge is bent to 62 degrees.

Ben Crane's Titleist bag & clubs

Ben Crane's Titleist staff bag houses a trio of Titleist's new 913 woods. It also promotes Crane's website.

Ben Crane's Driver

Crane uses a 7.5-degree Titleist 913D2 adjustable driver. The D2 model is slightly larger in head size than the D3 version and spins slightly less than the 910D2 Crane previously used.

Ben Crane's Irons

Crane's Titleist AP2 irons are the 712 version. The difference between this version and the previous one is that weight was added in the heel and toe areas to provide more consistent ball speeds across a larger portion of the face.

Ben Crane's Irons and Wedges

Ben Crane's bag with Titleist irons & Vokey wedges.

Kyle Stanley's Nike bag & clubs

Kyle Stanley signed with Nike this off season and is playing 14 Nike clubs. Among them, the new VR_S Covert driver. "The first time I saw the Covert driver I wasn't sure I was going to like the red color, but that concern went away pretty quick," said Stanley. "The shape of the head fits me eye. It just frames the ball nicely and doesn't leave any doubt in my mind."

Kyle Stanley's Irons

Although Kyle Stanley's 7-iron says Pro Combo, it is, in reality, very close to the rest of the VR Pro blades in his iron set.

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Stanley's customized Nike VR Pro 52-degree "Do" wedge features surface roughness between the grooves which help add spin.

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Stanley's Nike VR Pro 56-degree wedge has the word "Work" engraved on it. We're not sure if that is a command or a plea.

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Ah, now we get it. Stanley's customized Nike VR Pro 60-degree wedge has the word, "Son" engraved on it, meaning his three wedges spell out "Do Work Son," a phrase you can find in the urban dictionary.

Scotty Cameron CT Knucklehead GoLo Putter

This tour-only Scotty Cameron by Titleist GoLo Knucklehead putter features a shaft neck considerably longer than other such Cameron putters.

Putter Comparison

Scotty Cameron CT Knucklehead GoLo "longneck" and a standard neck comparison.

Phil Mickelson's Driver

Phil Mickelson put Callaway's Razr Fit Xtreme driver in play for the first time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and used it to shoot 60 in his first competitive round with it. The loft on the club says 9.5 degrees but its actual finished loft is 8.1 degrees. A 3-gram weight in the heel and a 5-gram weight in the toe help promote a fade bias -- something Lefty was looking for to help reduce misses to the right. The shaft is a Mitsubishi Fubuki.

Padraig Harrington

Padraig Harrington's new equipment at the WM Open is his new eyeglasses!

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Bubba Watson's Ping G25 4 wood

Bubba Watson's custom shaft

Cleveland's Classic XL 3 wood

Marc Leishman's Wedge

Marc Leishman's newer wedge

Ben Crane's Titleist bag & clubs

Ben Crane's Driver

Ben Crane's Irons

Ben Crane's Irons and Wedges

Kyle Stanley's Nike bag & clubs

Kyle Stanley's Irons

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Kyle Stanley's Nike Wedge

Scotty Cameron CT Knucklehead GoLo Putter

Putter Comparison

Phil Mickelson's Driver

Padraig Harrington