Looking to lead the charge of the Major men is Titleist Pro V1x loyalist Angel Cabrera – the field has amassed 22 Major titles in the past 24 years. And our own major team on board the Titleist Tour Support Vehicle (TTSV) have also been kept busy as players seek to get themselves ready for one of the biggest events in the golf season.Two PGA Tour visitors and Titleist Ambassadors to visit the TTSV were Adam Scott and Nick Watney. Having worked with Bob Vokey, Nick wanted to get a new wedge made up stamped with his nickname “Rube”. The new wedge seemed to have the desired effect with Nick sitting at -7 after the second round. The specs of the Vokey TVD Tour Chrome wedge are:

Winner of this year’s China Open, Scott Strange was also keen to talk to wedge legend “da Voke”. Scott confirmed the work that he had done with the Titleist Tour Team (TTT) and had a set of back up wedges made up. The specs of the Vokey Spin Milled wedges, stamped with “Strangey” are below:

Loft: 53° and 59°
Shaft: Dynamic Gold S300
Length: 35.25” on the 53° and 35” on the 59°
Grip: Grip Master + 1 layer
Swingweight: Both D4

Fellow Aussie Adam Scott wanted to try a shorter version of his 909 D2, 9.5° with a ProForce V2 86x shaft. Titleist Tour Technician Karl Arthur built that spec for Adam (44.25” shaft length and tipped 1.5”) and he has been trying it out this week at Loch Lomond and will continue testing next week ahead of the Open.

Titleist staffer Ross Fisher, currently fourth in the Race to Dubai standings is back on the European Tour this week after his strong finish at the US Open. Ross was keen to try out the RIP 80x shaft from Aldila in a driver, given its growing reputation for being ideally suited to big hitters – and Ross is definitely that!!!The shaft produces a low flight and low spin and so the TTT made up two versions of a 909 D2 driver for Ross – one 8.5° and one 9.5°. The 8.5° 909 D2 was bent 2° upright to stop a right flight and this delivered the same flight as Ross’ 905R – it is now his back up driver and he will be travelling with it. The specs of the two 909 D2’s made for Ross were:

Loft: 8.5° & 9.5°
Shaft: Aldila RIP 80x
Length: 45”, tipped 1”
Grip: Lamkin Black Cord
Swingweight: D3

Hot on the heels of Fisher wanting to try the new Aldila shaft was Sören Hansen. The popular Dane came back from the US with a RIP 70x shaft in a 909D2 9.5° head, but seemed to be getting a little too much spin. Having tried the heavier 80x shaft, Sören found that it came up a little too heavy and too hard to work with. The guys on the TTSV are going to make him a 909D2 8.5° next week at the British Open, but this time with the lighter 70x shaft again. We’ll keep you posted on the performance!

Callum found that he was getting a bit too much spin with his 909 DComp, so after a session on the Trackman launch monitor, he was fitted into a 909D3 which went straight into the bag this week. Callum left very happy!

Finally, Martin was looking for a slightly lower flight than he was getting from his 909 D2 8.5° with a Fubuki shaft. Having built the same club with 7.5° loft and same shaft – again, we’ll keep you posted on progress.The specs of the three drivers are as follows:

Callum Macauley
Head: 909 D3 10.5°
Shaft: Diamana Blue 73
Length: 45” tipped 1.5”
Grip: TV58R
Swingweight: D2

Martin Erlandsson
Head: 909 D2 7.5°
Shaft: Fubuki 63 X<
Length: 45” tipped 1.5”
Grip: Spiderman 60R White
Swingweight: SD3

The TTSV has already departed Loch Lomond and arrived on the practice ground at Turnberry and you can be sure that we’ll be behind the ropes to bring you the inside track from the Open. We’ll also have a post before then, following a clinic that Bob Vokey delivered to a number of PGA professionals at The Carrick. As always, the Titleist European Tour Blog was on hand with camera and notepad and we’ll have an update soonest! Until then, happy golfing!