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Deano
5th December 2004, 05:06 PM
Guys

Checked out a few hours of golf up the Sunny Coast
thismorning.Pulled the pin after lunch time to beat the traffic
and rain.

Did a bit of bag peekin'.........some shafts I dunno the names of
so please help out if ya can.

Greg Norman - Mac VIP blades.Very 'ol skool,very sweet.Cally Steelhead 3wood/goldish graphite shaft(anyone know what?).

Pampling - R7 driver(one of only a couple I saw)Harmon shaft.

Simon Nash - Sonartec 3w,500series TM driver with Aldila NV,Raven carry bag.Noticed a guy wearing Raven hat and shirt following Simon too.Maybe he's got Raven irons?I couldn't really see,although I thought they were blades.

Parry - As most would know he's got the new Cally irons,Aldila NV shaft in a Cally GBB2(looked like the 415)thought he'd have a Fusion.

Spence - Mizuno blades,TM RM with the old TT green shaft that was huge on Tour a few years back(forget the model).Saw him use the RM to whack one into the drink on 10.

Euan Walters - Srixon driver/Prolaunch shaft.Ping Eye2 wedges.....and wait for it....TA 845 Oversize irons :shock: looked like a new set too.

Adam Crawford - Precept TP irons(the old model),2ball putter,500 series TM driver with old skool Prolite shaft.

Chopra - Ping blades/Rifle shafts.

N Green - VSteel 3w,OdesseyAnser style putter,TM irons(the 300 series blade-ish model)

Perske - 2ball,Titleist bag,Ping h/covers,Titleist blades,unsure of driver but the shaft was a Prolaunch.

Chalmers - Ignite driver.

Richard Lee - Call Steelhead 3w.

Leaney - mixed Titleist set of irons(blades/cavities),Vsteel 3w(Titleist h/cover :roll: )shaft was darkish blue down from the grip and then black - what's that??

Keegan - this guy I'm sure was using an older Titleist driver...maybe a 975J with an old Prolite shaft.

Didn't bother following the leaders due to the crowds.Hope some of this is of interest. :wink:

Deano

terryand
5th December 2004, 05:14 PM
Nice work Deano.

Nashy has Cleveland blades.Driver is a R510TP with NV 75X and the 3 wood has a G/D ys9 or 9.1 in it.

Terry.

Deano
5th December 2004, 05:19 PM
"Nashy has Cleveland blades."

Cheers.So what's the Raven connection do you know?
Be great to see more components on Tour 8)

Deano

terryand
5th December 2004, 05:27 PM
His Dad is the Raven distributor in Oz.

Terry.

McMw
5th December 2004, 05:36 PM
would that be the TT EI70 shaft in Spence's driver???

Very old school....in the mold of Love3...

Deano
5th December 2004, 05:43 PM
"TT EI70 shaft in Spence's driver???"

Bingo :!: That's the one I was thinkin' of.

Norman and Love were big fans of that shaft.

Spence had one I'm pretty sure in his TM Rescue Mid
though not driver.

Deano

Jarro
5th December 2004, 06:04 PM
Deano, did you get a close look at Normans driver :?: I've read it's supposed to be the new MacGregor NVG driver, but i was wondering what shaft he was using in it :?

.. suppose if you knew you would've posted about it :roll:

Deano
5th December 2004, 06:11 PM
Jarro

Sorry,can't help on that one.

Only saw 2 of GN's tee shots....the par3 3rd and
the par4 10th.Thought the Cally 3 wood was a suprise :o
I'd have thought Mac would've been able to tool up a
suitable 3w for the big man :lol:

Deano

Jarro
5th December 2004, 06:16 PM
no worries Deano, nice reporting job :smt023

nothing like watching the big boys smashing them up close is there 8)

jaster
5th December 2004, 07:20 PM
Great post Deano.....




Guys

Checked out a few hours of golf up the Sunny Coast
thismorning.Pulled the pin after lunch time to beat the traffic
and rain.

Did a bit of bag peekin'.........some shafts I dunno the names of
so please help out if ya can.

Greg Norman - Mac VIP blades.Very 'ol skool,very sweet.Cally Steelhead 3wood/goldish graphite shaft(anyone know what?).

My guess would be the GAT75, GN has used Graphite design for a few years...

http://www.gdintl.com/images/tourgat75_product.gif

http://www.gdintl.com/page.cfm?content=tourgat75



Euan Walters - Srixon driver/Prolaunch shaft.Ping Eye2 wedges.....and wait for it....TA 845 Oversize irons :shock: looked like a new set too.

What a legend, thought I saw these in his bag, might have to pick up a set in the next few months ;)

Deano
5th December 2004, 08:04 PM
"might have to pick up a set in the next few months"

jaster

I'm thinkin' exactly the same.Never owned a set of 845's.....yet 8)
Euan's I saw real close up............"Oversize" with plenty of
offset.

Deano

Deano
5th December 2004, 08:26 PM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano

Fishman Dan
5th December 2004, 08:34 PM
Nice work Deano, but i'm afraid everyone wants to know what the winners use ;)

Got some pics of Lonard's bag at the NSW open - check out that thread, there are pics in there. He's very much on the TaylorMade bandwagon, and for good reason too!

Iain
5th December 2004, 08:48 PM
Nathan Green, had TM CB's with RAC wedges, 580 driver maybe had YS6 in it.

Norman had the new MacGregor Driver, with the adjustable weights in it.

Gavin Coles - 580 also, with the AD Tour Chrome shaft I think.

Don't think Corey Pavin had a driver as he seemed to tee off with v-steel, some ugly little punch that went about 2m off the ground..... :?

Peter Senior had a fusion.

Peter Fowler had a Ping isi or whatever it is, not a G2? Also had the longest arms I've ever seen, and walks like a monkey..... :shock:

Only player with the G2 was O'hern.

Chopra had a Ping head cover, but I think he had a callaway? GGB2?

Few others but I can't remember who was what.....

Iain

Fishman Dan
5th December 2004, 08:53 PM
On TV looked like Pavin had an ERC.

jaster
5th December 2004, 08:57 PM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano

LOL...I used them 10 years...took me from an 8 handi to a 3 handi back when I was playing heaps. :twisted: They are superb!!!

Fishman Dan
5th December 2004, 09:00 PM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano

LOL...I used them 10 years...took me from an 8 handi to a 3 handi back when I was playing heaps. :twisted: They are superb!!!

Isn't Vegas using them today?

jaster
5th December 2004, 09:14 PM
No............

terryand
5th December 2004, 09:19 PM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano

LOL...I used them 10 years...took me from an 8 handi to a 3 handi back when I was playing heaps. :twisted: They are superb!!!

Isn't Vegas using them today?

No Fishy.

He used to, and still has them I think.

Pretty sure he is using a forged set of some sort.

Terry.

Fishman Dan
5th December 2004, 09:24 PM
No Fishy.

He used to, and still has them I think.

Pretty sure he is using a forged set of some sort.

Terry.

Thought that's what i saw him using during the Sydney junket recently. Perhaps a travel kit? I guess only one person can answer for sure .. :?

goonie
5th December 2004, 10:14 PM
I was at Coolum on Friday, Norman was using the new MacGregor NVG driver with some sort of GD shaft.

Lonard was using a R7 TP with a TM marked shaft, Rac blades, a Rac OS long iron (as a driving iron) and a callaway ball. (which i saw when his 320m drive on the 4th hole stopped 1 metre from me)

Scott and Leaney were using a new long/driving iron which has a undercut cavity but looks like a blade from above or from the side.

Kurt Barnes, Fusion driver with DG steel shaft, hogan blades.

Campbell, hogan cavites.

Parry was using the new x tour irons.

goughy
6th December 2004, 06:16 AM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano

LOL...I used them 10 years...took me from an 8 handi to a 3 handi back when I was playing heaps. :twisted: They are superb!!!

Isn't Vegas using them today?

No Fishy.

He used to, and still has them I think.

Pretty sure he is using a forged set of some sort.

Terry.

He has the new ones. I think they're 845 evo's. Don't look anything like the old 845's.

BrisVegas
6th December 2004, 08:14 AM
No Fishy.

He used to, and still has them I think.

Pretty sure he is using a forged set of some sort.

Terry.

Thought that's what i saw him using during the Sydney junket recently. Perhaps a travel kit? I guess only one person can answer for sure .. :?

I used the 855s for a few years before going OS in 98. They were my first decent set of irons. 1/2 inch long with S300 shafts. Sweet! I lent them to a mate for about 4-5 years while I was away. I have them back again now, but macleod is borrowing them. Great sticks. I've been toying with going back to them, especially the long irons.

I'm using 845 evo irons now. They're still Tommy's, but are forged and have no offset. Again 1/2 inch long with S300 shafts. I prefer the look of the blades at address now, and find it hard to look at offset.

Oh, that driver Norman was using looked FUGLY and sounded "tinny" at impact. His MacGregor Tourney blades were sweet though.

How good does Pamps hit it????!!!! :shock: 8)

Fishman Dan
6th December 2004, 08:19 AM
No............

You can PM me with that apology Jaster... :roll:

Deano
6th December 2004, 10:32 AM
"He has the new ones. I think they're 845 evo's. Don't look anything like the old 845's."

:? :? Not from the view I got standing near his bag.

They certainly looked closer to the ones in the ebay link
I posted than anything currently listed on the TA website.

Be good to know for sure(just might track a set down 8) )

Deano

McMw
6th December 2004, 11:01 AM
jaster

Plus anyone else interested, here's a pic of the TA 845
model in question(from memory,or it's at least very close).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36218&item=7119100427&rd=1

Deano


you can find plenty of the 845OS-RO available on RBG....HEAPS!!!

Deano
6th December 2004, 11:29 AM
" I think they're 845 evo's"

Goughy

Does the new evo look like the old evo model at all?

These certainly had a very dark grey paint cavity and
I distinctly remeber seeing "Oversize".

Deano

Jarro
6th December 2004, 03:13 PM
How good does Pamps hit it????!!!! :shock: 8)

he's awesome isn't he Dion :shock:

.. i followed him around RQ a few years ago at the PGA, he was smashing his driver further than anyone then, i'd love to see how far he hits 'em now.

Fishman Dan
6th December 2004, 03:17 PM
The one thing about being there in the flesh is the sound an R7 makes when it's been smashed 280+ metres. =P~

Iain
6th December 2004, 04:29 PM
The one thing about being there in the flesh is the sound an R7 makes when it's been smashed 280+ metres. =P~
Wasn't my drive on the 8th at St Mick's good enough for you?? :wink: :wink:

jaster
6th December 2004, 05:06 PM
No............

You can PM me with that apology Jaster... :roll:

He doesn't use 845s O/S, that's all I was referrring to.

Fishman Dan
6th December 2004, 08:37 PM
The one thing about being there in the flesh is the sound an R7 makes when it's been smashed 280+ metres. =P~
Wasn't my drive on the 8th at St Mick's good enough for you?? :wink: :wink:

Um.................... :-k

Davemason
8th December 2004, 02:29 PM
Lonard was using a R7 TP with a TM marked shaft, Rac blades, a Rac OS long iron (as a driving iron) and a callaway ball. (which i saw when his 320m drive on the 4th hole stopped 1 metre from me)


It was reported that Peter was using the new r7quad ht driver

Jarro
8th December 2004, 04:02 PM
Lonard was using a R7 TP with a TM marked shaft, Rac blades, a Rac OS long iron (as a driving iron) and a callaway ball. (which i saw when his 320m drive on the 4th hole stopped 1 metre from me)


It was reported that Peter was using the new r7quad ht driver

it looked like the face of the driver was a lot shallower than a normal R7TP :-k

..whatever it was, he was absolutely killing it off the tee :shock:

goonie
12th December 2004, 03:37 PM
Lonard has also changed from Project X shafts in his irons to TT-DG shafts.

Deano
12th December 2004, 06:32 PM
"Lonard has also changed from Project X shafts in his irons to TT-DG shafts."

That's interesting.I was watching ch7 thisarvo and coulda swore
I saw Rifle stickers on those shafts :?

Deano

goonie
12th December 2004, 10:46 PM
Maybe he has a combo of the 2, I saw DG's in some of his irons at the PGA (they were stepped shafts and had the DG shaft label, I was only 2 metres away several times.) And i saw him with stepped shafts on TV today again.

Jarro
13th December 2004, 04:51 AM
i also saw him with the stepped shafts today.

can't imagine why he'd have a set with Project X shafts mixed with normal stepped shafts :?

goonie
13th December 2004, 07:25 PM
When I said combo maybe he has DG's in his wedge's and rifles in his other irons or something like that. Because I saw the stepped shafts and DG labels and I thought i saw rifle labels as well.

Speirsy11
13th December 2004, 08:59 PM
i also saw him with the stepped shafts today.

can't imagine why he'd have a set with Project X shafts mixed with normal stepped shafts :?

They might have been Tour Concepts........They have a chrome version that is TOUR only........Very cool, and worth serious $$$ if you find some.......