West Coast Putter Co.

I love trying new stuff out, especially balls. I should start by saying that I’ve been a devoted Callaway player for several years but I always like to try a new box of something here and there. I’ve given Srixon, Bridgestone, Volvik, Taylormade and Maxfli a try, but I always go back to my Callaway Tour ball (currently Tour i(s)).
I went to Golftown recently and grabbed a box of #1 Wilson Staff C:25. Before I took them out for a test round I wanted to get an idea of the balls’ feel at my indoor range. I popped out a sleeve and started swinging. When I first connected with my 7 iron I was very happy with the “butter” soft feel coming off the clubs face. Loved it! The net and padding gave way with a solid thud. So it continued; THWAK followed by THUD! I went through all my irons and wedges with the same result. To me this is pretty cool partly because most balls out there fell a little different as you go through the bag; soft balls don’t feel as nice as a distance ball on long irons and hybrids, maybe it’s me. Also, I wanted to judge the wear on the ball with my irons, I religiously sharpen the grooves every six weeks and had just done the maintainace. The cover held up rather well considering I hit those 3 balls roughly 35 times each and the cover definitely showed wear but I’ve personally seen worse.
This weekend I’m heading to my local 9 hole Par 30 to give them a playing test. So far they really seem promising.
More to come with pics.

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There is always a lot of talk about “What’s in the Bag” at PGA tournaments. Everyone always wants to know what their favourite pro plays at a particular tournament. Have you ever picked up on the fact that the Top 25 players in the world change up a few key clubs depending on where and in what conditions they’re playing. If you think about it, it actually makes sense.
So what brings this on, you ask? Well, being US Open week there’s been a lot of WITB talk all over the place. I’m playing in the Malaspina Open in Powell River, BC this weekend so I’ve been doing a lot of tinkering myself. My set-up for the last year has been fairly consistent; Nicklaus ML-3 8.5* Driver, Claw 13* FW, Polarity 3h, 4h, TR-1 5-PW, Callaway X-Forged 50, 54, 58 wedges and of course whatever prototype putter I’m working on at the time. Recently, I made a slight change adding a Srixon 5 wood and Cobra Baffler TWS 4h; I dropped my Polarity hybrids. Now this is why the change:
D- 255, 3W- 235, 3h- 185 … You can see the descrepency in distance, 50 yards, far to big a gap. Adding the 5 wood bridged the distance at 205, choked down I can hit it 190. Last little change made was my 5 and 6 irons; I’ve had some issues getting my distance dialed with the TR-1 irons so I swapped out for my Polarity HCT 5 and 6 iron. The HCT’s have a wider sole and floating face technology that really helps get my distance back and help impact the ball solidly on softer fairways.
So my set-up for the tournament is as follows:
Driver- Nicklaus ML-3 8.5* or Cobra X-Speed 9.5*
FW- Nicklaus Claw 13* and Srixon 18*
Hybrid- Cobra Baffler TWS 24*
Irons- Nicklaus HCT 5&6
Irons- Nicklaus TR-1 7-PW
Wedges- Callaway 50, 54, 58
Putter- West Coast Putter Co. Plumber’s Blade

Wish me luck at the tournament. Malaspina Open @ Myrtle Point GC&C, Powell River, BC June 19-20, 2010.

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