Tiger won’t be at the Tour Championship this week after failing to qualify. But the memories of what he did last year live on this week at East Lake.
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For its 10th generation Spider putter, a line that launched in 2008, TaylorMade is releasing Spider “X� putters, which are the retail versions of the Spider prototype that Rory McIlroy, among other PGA TOUR players, has been using in 2019. (Click here for comments from TaylorMade’s Chris Trott on why TOUR players have switched into the new Spider X-style prototype designs.) What separates the new X designs from the Spider Tour Red and Tour Black putters, which reinvigorated the Spider line in recent years, is a new True Path alignment system. On the top of the crown and running parallel to the target line sits what TaylorMade calls an “optically engineering sightline,� highlighted by a white-colored crevice. This design is said to “enhance visual perception through color sensitivity,� and to reduce off-center strikes. For more visual alignment aid, there’s a black sightline that runs along the center of the crown. Additionally, the new Spider X shape is 5 percent smaller overall and with less-protruding back bumpers than the Spider Tour Red designs. TaylorMade says this makes it more of a mallet-type design that some players prefer. For greater forgiveness, additional weight has been added to the perimeter of the structure, and it has a deeper center of gravity. Golfers can dial in head weight and feel by way of two weight ports that rest in the outer edges of the back bumpers. There are three different weights available; 2-gram aluminum weights, 6-gram steel weights and 12-gram Tungsten weights. TaylorMade has redesigned the Pure Roll inserts on the putter faces, making the Surlyn insert thicker and with more grooves for less backspin. The company says the combination of added grooves and a thicker insert helps to deform the insert at impact and increases the amount of contact between the grooves and the golf ball. The new Spider X putters will be available on February 15 in a navy-and-white and a copper-and-white colorway; the copper version will come with either a short slant hosel or a single-bend, while the navy version is available in only the short slant neck. They each come with SuperStroke Pistol GTR 1.0 grips, KBS CT Tour putter shafts, and they will sell for $349.99 each. Right- and left-handed versions are available.
Tiger Woods is back, yet again, teeing it up this week at his private tiny-field tournament in the Bahamas after a fourth back surgery and a stint in rehab. For starters, Woods himself is tempering expectations. During most of his comebacks, Woods seemed to think his talent would return to him in full bloom, like Thor holding up his hand and waiting for his hammer to leap back into his grasp.
TULSA, Okla. – Aaron Wise endured a scary moment Friday when he was hit in the head by a tee shot during the second round of the PGA Championship. He is said to be doing OK and expected to play Saturday after making the 36-hole cut. “Aaron is doing well and in good spirits after being hit today,” his management team said in a statement. “We’ll be monitoring his condition overnight but he looks forward to competing tomorrow.” Wise was in the fairway of Southern Hills’ seventh hole when he was struck on the fly by a drive from Cameron Smith, who was playing the adjoining second hole. Wise parred the hole and No. 8 before making a bogey on the ninth, his finel hole of the day, to shoot 72. He stands at 1-over 141 after two rounds. Wise was seen holding a water bottle to his head after being struck and was icing his head after signing his scorecard.
