Conference 7.286::golf

1582.0. "Clubs of the Pros" by XELENT::MUTH (Nowhere to go, 5 min. to get there) Thu Aug 27 1992 17:53

    This message appeared recently on the USENET, and summarizes what clubs
    the top 10 Sony-ranked golfers use.

    Bill

Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Subject: Re: More trivia (was: SONY World Rankings)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:01:31 GMT
 
In <fragante.714166355@unixg.ubc.ca> fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
 
Here is the summary of the responses to the "Name the clubs of the stars"
trivia.
 
>>1.  Nick Faldo ENG       20.37
 
      Mizuno (current one)
      Wilson (previously)
 
>>2.  Fred Couples         16.89
 
      Lynx Parallax
      Tommy Armour 845's (previously)
 
>>3.  J.M. Olazabl SPN     15.09
 
      Maruman (purportedly the current one)
      Mizuno (saw his caddy carry this in the Masters)
     
>>4.  Bernhard Langer GER  13.31
 
      Wilson (long-time Wilson Staffer)
 
>>5.  Ian Woosnam WAL      12.88
 
      Maruman (hey, that "Are U a man .." catch-phrase is cool !)
 
>>6.  Greg Norman AUS      11.40
 
      Cobra (yep, he bought or owns part of the company)
 
>>7.  Seve Ballesteros SPN 11.08
 
      Slazenger (long-time Slazenger/Dunlop user)
 
>>8.  Davis Love III       10.73
 
      Tommy Armour 845's (current one)
      Hogan Apex (previously)
      Accuform (previous to Hogan's)
 
>>9.  Paul Azinger          9.90
 
      Hurricane
 
>>10. Tom Kite              9.72
 
      Hogan Apex (yes, indeed long-time Hogan user)
 
 
Other notes:
 
Some mentioned about Nick Price. Well, he does endorse Spalding Tour Editions
and play Spalding clubs, but I read that he recently changed his irons 3 weeks
ago prior to winning the PGA ? Is it still Spaldings, or something else ?
 
Also on Mark Calcavecchia, he used to play 845's. Someone in the net mentioned
that he saw Mark play Ping Eye 2's lately. Well, I think Mark has now changed
to Mizuno's as I saw his caddy carry a Mizuno bag in a recent tournament. Mark
played with the Ping Eye 2's before he played the 845's during the square-
groove controversy. I read that it was he himself that help ignite the furor
when he hit an 8-iron out of deep rough, landed on the green and backspinned
a couple of feet. Since then, Mark was labelled one of the "hi-tech kids".
 
Congratulations to Bill O'Donnell who correctly guess 9 out of the 10 player's
clubs. I myself scored 9 out of 10 as I did not know Olazabal switched to
Maruman. These must be really popular in the European tour.
Read next post for more trivia

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From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Subject: Re: More trivia (was: SONY World Rankings)
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Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:06:15 GMT
 
Further on the "Name the club of the stars" trivia, I got a direct e-mail from
Drew Scott (who is currently having some problems accessing the net). Drew
mentions that:
 
Azinger is part owner of Hurricane, and is reported to be selling his share
in the company. THe only Hurricane clubs in Azinger's bag are the woods and
wedges. The irons are purported to be MacGregors. However, Azinger still agrees
to promote Hurricane.
 
Olazabal indeed is paid to use Maruman Conductors. However, Drew was at the
British Open following Ollie and noticed that he still had some Mizuno clubs
in his bag.
 
As for Davis Love III, Drew was told that not all the irons in Love's bag are
845's. I think they could be some wedge systems of another brand.
 
Thanks for the info.

Very interesting article.  The pro's only need to carry 5 clubs 
to technically be sponsored by the club manufacturer. These are 
normally the mid to low irons.  Most pro's then have specific 
drivers, 3-woods, 1-irons, and a whole host of wedges.

Rumour has it that Woosnam, actually still plays with his Dunlop 
Maxfli Australian Blades, but has had them overstamped with 
Maruman.  Seve was fined over $100,000 by Slazenger, because in 
the advert for Sutherland waterproofs, the driver he was using 
was actually a Hogan.

The latest story surrounds Nick Faldo and his shoes. Nick is paid 
a fortune to wear Stylo shoes.  When he won the 1992 British 
Open, he was wearing another make.  Stylo have not agreed what to 
do about it yet.

    Whenever i have seen the Pros they seem to carry a weird and wonderfull
    array of clubs as the previous noter said many wedges, different drivers
    there are not many who play with a full set.
    However Russell Claydon uses all Ping irons, as quite a few of the
    lower ranked pros on the Euro tour why i dont know perhaps they offer
    sponsership to the lesser lights.
    
    Lots of pros use the Ping Sand wedge i have even seen Seve use it at
    the European Open 85.
    
    I suppose if it works they use it.
    
    
    Joe