How to watch the Barracuda Championship, Round 2: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV times

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We scoured TPC Scottsdale ahead of the Waste Management Phoenix Open to see what players had in their bags ahead of the Greenest Show on Grass. In this week’s gallery, we take a look at some special edition head covers, Rickie Fowler’s gear, Kobe Bryant tributes, and more. TaylorMade provided staffers with recycling-themed putters covers (mallet, pictured here). A very appropriate design for the week!Lucas Bjerregaard’s Scotty Cameron putter features Cameron’s Circle-T stamping, a unique sightline, and a custom finish. Lucas Bjerregaard’s Scotty Cameron putter features Cameron’s Circle-T stamping, a unique sightline, and a custom finish. Rickie Fowler’s custom Puma x Vessel carry bag for the week is an eye-catching example of the trend away from massive staff bags on TOUR. Bettinardi unveiled several WMPO-themed putter covers for the most festive week on TOUR.  Matthew Wolff was testing this new TaylorMade Truss putter in practice ahead of the competition. The singular-looking flatsticks have not been released yet. Justin Thomas has a 60.5-degree Vokey wedge with stamping that honors the late Kobe Bryant. The stamping is the handiwork of Vokey’s Aaron Dill. Bryson DeChambeau’s woods feature custom covers bearing the signature colors of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. SuperStroke served up special edition grips and ballmarkers featuring the two teams competing this weekend at another sporting event you might have heard of. TaylorMade unveiled the second generation of its pix golf ball this week. It was designed in collaboration with Rickie Fowler, who will put the pix in play at TPC Scottsdale.  TOUR pros aren’t immune to wanting to try the latest and greatest in golf clubs technology: Here’s Brandt Snedeker, who isn’t a staffer with either company, demoing the Callaway Mavrik and TaylorMade SIM ahead of the tournament. Bud Cauley’s Lakers-colored putter cover features a tribute to Kobe and Gigi Bryant. For more equipment photos from the Waste Management Phoenix Open, check out GolfWRX.

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Xander Schauffele made a putter change at the Dell Technologies Championship, swapping his Odyssey Works Big-T #5 mallet for the putter manufacturer’s O-Works Red #7CH (34.5 inches). The two-time TOUR winner noticed an immediate improvement in his aiming but felt the ball was coming off the Microhinge insert with too much speed.  Working with Callaway Tour rep Johnny Thompson at the BMW Championship, Schauffele went to a version of the putter with a slight counterbalance in the grip. Thompson removed 10 grams of weight from the head and repositioned it in the butt end of the SuperStroke Pistol GTR 1.0 grip. The weight shift essentially helped Schauffele take out some energy at impact and dial in his speed control. While the change was slight, it proved to be a game-changer for Schauffele, who finished the week second in Strokes Gained: Putting en route to a third-place finish that booked his spot at East Lake Golf Club for The TOUR Championship. Day’s driver shaft: Jason Day became the third player on TOUR (joining Pat Perez and Martin Kaymer) to put Accra’s 70-gram prototype driver shaft in play at Aronimink Golf Club. The Aussie, who opened 2018 with a TPT shaft in his TaylorMade M3 driver at the Farmer Insurance Open, tested the prototype on Tuesday and saw ball speeds of 181 miles per hour with a launch of 13 degrees and 315 yards of carry (345 yards total). While the numbers were close to what he was seeing from the TPT shaft, the difference for Day was in the dispersion department, where he noticed a tighter pattern, which led to the change. According to Accra Tour rep Shawn Mullin, the prototype shaft is designed to perform like steel with a softer tip section and very low torque. With a high launch and low spin, the shaft is geared for players with high swing speeds who need the added stability.  Bradley reps his alma mater: The red paint used on Odyssey’s O-Works Red putter wasn’t created specifically for Keegan Bradley. That being said, the color was close enough to St. John’s University red for Bradley to ask for a custom version. Bradley, who spent his collegiate career playing for the Red Storm, asked Odyssey reps if they could create a one-off Works 1W Armlock with the same red paint scheme.  From address, the putter looks like O-Works Red — until you flip it over and realize the sole has Works graphics, platinum paint and a White Hot insert.  Tiger goes back to trusty Newport 2: Tiger Woods hinted during the Quicken Loans National that his run with a mallet could be short-lived. He was right. Woods switched to an Anser-style TaylorMade TP Black Copper Juno at the Dell Technologies Championship and then shelved it one week later for his longtime Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS blade.  “I know the release point and I know how it swings and my body morphed into a position where it understands where it needs to be to release the putter,” Woods said. “I’ve hit hundreds of millions of putts. I’ve had it since ’99. I’ve hit putts with it. I just — my body just remembers it. When I go away from it — and, you know, when I was using the Nike putter I always bring it out and hit putts with it. Sometimes it works but it just feels very familiar to me.” Woods opened with 62 but struggled to replicate the performance over the next three days. He lost more than three-and-a-half strokes to the field with the putter during the second round before closing with two positive Strokes Gained: Putting rounds.

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