GolfTEC Houston Coach and Director of Instruction, Doug Strawbridge, takes a few minutes to talk about his current set makeup.
Driver: 10.5-degree TaylorMade R9 TP; Mitsubishi Rayon Fubuki 73g X-Flex shaft
I play the clubface one click right, which opens the face one degree and delofts the driver one degree. As a player, I never want to see myself loose the ball left. I want the ball flying straight to a slight fade. This configuration allows me to play more to that ball flight.
Fairway Wood: Mizuno F60 3-Wood 15-degree; Fujikura E360 Fit-On S-Flex shaft
I have had this fairway wood in my bag for a while. It has a slightly softer shaft to help me get a higher ball flight off the fairway. I want the ball coming off at a higher trajectory on par 5 shots to keep the ball from running through the greens.
Hybrid: Mizuno Fli-Hi 18-degree; Dynamic Gold X100 shaft
This is a beast of a club! Having a shaft this strong and heavy keeps the ball down. I use this club off short par 4’s when I need to keep it very straight. I call it my “wind cheater” club. I have tried replacing it with newer hybrids, but for some reason it just keeps finding its way into the bag.
Irons: Mizuno MP-62; Rifle Project X 6.0 Flex shaft
I have been playing Mizuno forged irons since my college years. I have never found an iron that feels and performs as well as a Mizuno. If you’ve never hit one, you need to. My iron play is the best part of my game, and these give me amazing accuracy.
Wedges: Mizuno MP-T Series (53-degree and 58-degree)
This 53-degree wedge has 8 degrees of bounce. This lower bounce allows me to clip the ball off tight lies around the green. The 58-degree has 10 degrees of bounce. This gives me a little more bounce for bunkers shots and higher pitch shots.
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 1.5; 35” length with 15 gram weights
This has been a fantastic putter. What most amateurs don’t think about is that you use your putter more than any other club in the bag. This needs to be the one club that is fit perfect to you. I went with a slightly heavier head to keep the putter from waving as I move it back and through.
Ball: TaylorMade TP Red
People think the ball doesn’t matter. Well folks, it does! I tend to spin the ball a little too much off the tee and with irons. Going to the TP Red it has brought almost 500 RPMs of backspin off my tee shot and has gotten me another 10–15 yards. If you’ve never gotten a ball fitting, now is the time.
Thanks to Doug for giving us look into his bag. Questions and comments are welcome.
