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Video: Tiger spotted testing TaylorMade fairway wood, MRC Tensei White shaft

Published

9 years ago

Nov 17, 2016

Tiger Woods was spotted testing a TaylorMade M-Series fairway wood with a Mitsubishi Rayon Tensei CK White Pro shaft in a video that sufaced on Twitter.

????MAJOR VIDEO???? Tiger Woods seen hitting TaylorMade M1 3 wood this morning at Medalist. Via Will Wilcox Snapchat (@yuell365) pic.twitter.com/oNDDGqFGAQ

— TWfans (@TwSpot) November 17, 2016

According to the @TWfans Twitter account, the video was obtained from PGA Tour player Will Wilcox through Snapchat (@yuell365), and was taken Nov. 16 at the Medalist Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., Woods’ home club. Although not discernible in the video, Woods was said to be hitting a TaylorMade M1 fairway wood.

And yesterday on Instagram, @twspot posted a photo of Tiger’s bag, allegedly at Medalist, which shows a TaylorMade M-Series driver headcover, along with the golfer’s usual tiger (animal) headcover.

A photo posted by TigerWoodsSpot (@twspot) on Nov 16, 2016 at 4:41pm PST

Both TaylorMade’s M1 fairway woods and M1/M2 drivers use adjustable hosels, allowing golfers to change the loft and lie of the clubs for custom-fitting purposes. Woods has never used adjustable drivers or fairway woods in competition, as he’s said not to like their bulkier appearance at address. For that reason, Nike has produced custom bonded-hosel drivers for him in recent years.

That begs the question: has TaylorMade created a custom driver for Woods? Also, is he really testing a TaylorMade M1 fairway wood in the video, or is it a TaylorMade M2 fairway wood, which uses a bonded hosel.

Woods is set to tee it up at the Hero World Challenge, which takes place from Dec. 1-4 at Albany in the Bahamas.

At the WGC-HSBC Champions in October, fellow Nike staffer Rory McIlroy made headlines when he put a TaylorMade M2 driver in his bag for the tournament, as well as a pair of M2 fairway woods. McIlroy has since switched to an M1 fairway wood at this week’s European Tour DP World Tour Championship.

Another high-profile Nike Golf staffer, Brooks Koepka, also made the switch to an M2 driver after Nike’s announcement this August that it would stop producing golf equipment.

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26 Comments

LAbillyboy

Nov 20, 2016 at 7:38 pm

He will definitely switch to a brand that will pay him… TM and Titleist are the only two with money… it’ll be one of them.

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Dave R

Nov 18, 2016 at 9:38 pm

Yo jj I still wear a watch so I can tell the time. And let’s hope Tiger does come back and he plays well.

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robin

Nov 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm

Here is Tiger running from his wife with a 3 wood . Here is Tiger driving after being hit in face with 3 wood. Now here is Tiger Woods getting his orbital socket fix in Arizona another secret shh.
Who cares about his clubs . I won’t to here about his ped abuse with the famous Canadian dr, you now the story that the commissioner swept under the rug.
Woods is always playing with his wood he never learns.

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- Michael Thomas
  
  Nov 18, 2016 at 7:18 pm
  
  This website is loaded with IDIOTS & TROLLS….who will probably respond to this comment to prove my point…LMAO
  
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Golfr42 PA

Nov 18, 2016 at 8:41 am

Tiger, even at his worst now, can still play better than most internet tough guys. Likewise, he can play any clubs he wants with similar results. It’s no secret though, that Nike tries to keep the top players with. “Swoosh” on their bag, so I’m sure they would cut him loose rather cheaply now, as his future isn’t looking as good. He’s not completely irrelevant so as to being more relevant to entry level/house brand clubs, but top manufacturers are still taking a gamble that he could make a big comeback for a bit.
Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of his, but I can respect what he has done, and acknowledge the fact that he did spark a new interest in the game through the 1990s and early 2000s.

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gary moore

Nov 18, 2016 at 8:12 am

tiger testing clubs ….who cares, really.

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Philip

Nov 17, 2016 at 6:52 pm

Maybe Tiger, maybe not – the person taking the video choose not to show the individual via the close up – this is right up there with UFO videos.

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Dj

Nov 17, 2016 at 5:40 pm

Love this. Always giggle when someone says they’re testi clubs. No, you bought them to try out. No one is having you test them.

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Rex

Nov 17, 2016 at 12:25 pm

everyone in here needs to hit the M2 3 wood. I don’t hot driver anymore. It’s the real deal.

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- JJ
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 1:51 pm
  
  Nah. It’s useless because it doesn’t adjust to 13 degrees, at 15 degrees it’s way too shut
  
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- Dj
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 5:41 pm
  
  I’m sorry that you can’t hit driver well.
  
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Tyler Haines

Nov 17, 2016 at 11:56 am

Honestly he can play with any set of clubs he just needs to find the right company that will make him perform better and more adaptive to his swing and play style. Tiger is capable of winning more tournaments and possibly more majors to come so don’t sleep on him. He is going to have all the attention when he returns to competitive tournaments also a new brand of sticks in his bag

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ooffa

Nov 17, 2016 at 10:31 am

Golfwrx should start a WITT feature. “Whats In The Trunk”. so we can have an accurate description of the clubs Tiger withdraws with.

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- Dat
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 12:53 pm
  
  “What’s in the banker’s box” for when you get fired.
  
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ooffa

Nov 17, 2016 at 10:26 am

The clubs will look good as his caddie loads them into the back of his SUV after he withdraws from whatever tournament he decides to kinda-sorta play in.

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- Boobsy McKiss
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 10:42 am
  
  Dude, that joke has been played out for about a decade now. Get over it. He made a mistake and life moves on.
  
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  - cgasucks
    
    Nov 17, 2016 at 4:53 pm
    
    More like 7 years…but yea…get over it…he’s still paying for his mistakes till this day…other than Nike, he doesn’t have any big corporate sponsors now…
    
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    - tonylynam
      
      Nov 17, 2016 at 5:44 pm
      
      The Rolex on his wrist says you are mistaken.
      
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      - ACGolfwrx
        
        Nov 17, 2016 at 6:35 pm
        
        It’s a Bali knock off $5.50 usd
        
        Jokes of course lol
        
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      - JJ
        
        Nov 17, 2016 at 9:22 pm
        
        The idiot still wears a watch? Who wears a watch these days? What a waste of time (that’s meant to be a joke, get it? )
        
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Boobsy McKiss

Nov 17, 2016 at 10:24 am

Quite the bandwagon jump to Taylormade. With everything all the experts in the forums claim, I’m surprised there are no videos of all the former Nike guys in Japan testing Miura gear.

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- Tom
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 12:17 pm
  
  are they?
  
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LaBraeGolfer

Nov 17, 2016 at 10:22 am

According to secret tour pro, he also had the M1 driver in the bag, blades without markings, vokey wedges and of course his 13 major scotty

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- mhendon
  
  Nov 17, 2016 at 4:07 pm
  
  I would be surprised if they where the M1 instead of M2 since Tiger has traditionally stayed with non adjustable clubs.
  
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  - Cris
    
    Nov 18, 2016 at 12:48 am
    
    M2 is also adjustable
    
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    - Tal
      
      Nov 19, 2016 at 7:26 am
      
      An M2 with a bonded hozzle wouldn’t be adjustable.
      
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2 days ago

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Gianni Magliocco

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In our forums, our members have been pitting a Srixon ZXi combo against a TaylorMade P7CB/770 combo. WRXer ‘edutch22’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons and kicks off the thread saying:

“Looking at picking up a new set of irons and think I’ve narrowed it down to Srixon ZXi combo or Taylormade P7CB/770 combo. I am currently a 5 cap and allbeit I feel irons are my weakness. My miss is a little to the toe side. I am decently steep at 4-5 down. Always thought I am high spin but recently on trackman my 7 was spinning at 5800 roughly.

My question or looking for thoughts on which one would benefit me more from a forgiveness standpoint? Or is there another iron is should be looking at entirely? I only get to play about once or twice a week, if I am not playing a 2-3 day event. Thanks in advance.”

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manima1: “You just can’t go wrong with Srixon ZXi7.”
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dmeeksDC: “P7CB is more forgiving for me than ZXi7 because my main miss is low middle and the P7CB still flies and spins great on that miss. These are both really nice irons but I like the P7CB more than the Zxi7 and the P770 (or P790) more than the Zxi5. The Srixons are larger so if that gives you confidence that is the way to go. I don’t feel like I get any benefit from the V-sole and the P7CBs live up to their high Maltby forgiveness rating so the TaylorMades have been great for me.”

Entire Thread: “Srixon ZXi combo or TaylorMade P7CB/770 combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”

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