Breaking down Rickie Fowler’s one-of-a-kind set makeup | Wall-to-Wall

Welcome to Wall-to-Wall Gear, the Monday morning gear wrap-up during which GOLF tools editor Jonathan Wall takes you thru the newest developments, rumors, and breaking information. This week’s Wall-to-Wall is dropped at you by Jonathan’s companion in gear nerdiness, GOLF senior tools editor Ryan Barathwho was on the grounds at Detroit Golf Membership for the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Rickie wins once more!

As a change of tempo from our conventional weekly gear wrap-up, we’re going to do a deep dive into Rickie Fowler’s gear setup — not solely to cowl what he had within the bag final week for his win at the Rocket Mortgage Classicbut additionally to create some higher context round how he obtained right here with a few of his distinctive membership specs.

Driver

In terms of his driver, Fowler has discovered one thing that works along with his Cobra Aerojet LS. Though Cobra, like many different OEMs, gives a brand new driver launch yearly, Fowler hasn’t at all times been fast to modify to the latest mannequin and had gone again quite a few instances to a Cobra F9 from 2019 — which simply so occurs to be the final 12 months that he received.

Fowler moved into his new Aerojet LS mannequin with a 70-gram Diamana prototype firstly of the 12 months and hasn’t appeared again since, racking up nice end after nice end on Tour. Judging by the affect sample we snapped earlier this 12 months, I believe this new membership is working in addition to something he has ever used.

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3-wood

Identical to his driver, Fowler moved into the Cobra Aerojet LS mannequin after going by way of quite a few choices from Cobra and different OEMs earlier this 12 months however the one factor that hasn’t modified is the shaft he makes use of: the Aldila Synergy 75X.

What makes this combo distinctive is that when going from his driver to his fairway wooden, the shaft weights are nearer than most gamers historically use. Although Fowler isn’t the one participant on Tour to arrange the highest finish of his bag like this, it’s way more widespread to see a 10-20 gram step up in (uncut shaft) weight as an alternative of 5 grams when going from the driving force to the fairway-wood shaft.

5-wood

Fowler’s 5-wood isn’t simply distinctive to him, however it’s a membership that we may level to as beginning a pattern on Tour.

What makes it so fascinating has a lot much less to do with the mannequin itself and extra to do with the best way it’s arrange — a stronger lofted 5-wood constructed solely 40.25″ inches lengthy, or the identical size as a typical 3-4 hybrid.

This mixture of a smaller rail-soled fairway-wood head with a shorter shaft gives improved shotmaking, particularly from the tough, and the flexibility to flight the ball decrease when wanted. Fowler has been utilizing these normal specs going all the best way again to the Cobra F6 launched in 2016 which works to point out that it’s doable to improve fashions with out having to overtake how these golf equipment match into his set.

We noticed an analogous membership within the bag of Gary Woodland as he was getting ready for the U.S. Open this 12 months.

Irons

It was just a few brief years in the past (2020-21) when Fowler had considered one of his worst ball-striking and strategy play years on Tour, dipping all the best way to 157th in stroked gained strategy pictures. Throughout that interval he went by way of quite a few adjustments along with his irons, together with switching to a set of RF proto blades — which, if we’re being sincere, had been truly fairly candy golf equipment. He additionally switched iron shafts on a number of events.

Quick-forward to as we speak and Fowler is again to a extra acquainted forged-cavity iron along with his Cobra King Tour irons and all the best way as much as seventh on Tour in stroked gained approaches, which is an unimaginable soar.

Relatively than utilizing a combo set like Fowler has up to now, his set consists of the identical mannequin from the longest iron (4-iron) all the best way to his pitching wedge. Talking of getting again to a well-known feeling, Fowler additionally has gone again to KBS C-Taper S+ shafts.

Wedges

Though most golf equipment in Fowler’s bag may be present in golf shops or on-line, the one factor that you simply received’t discover wherever are his Cobra wedges. These wedges are made customized for Fowler and different members of the Corba tour workers and provide a totally uncooked end and heavy head weights permitting the Cobra’s tour tools techs the chance to match the grinds and soles wanted for every participant, Fowler included.

Putter

Simply in case you haven’t been being attentive to gear information, Fowler, together with quite a few different gamers — together with latest U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark — use a mid-length Odyssey Jailbird putter.

Fowler switched to the Odyssey putter round January of this 12 months after going by way of a revolving door of putters during the last couple of seasons, together with some fairly cool one-off designs from each Scotty Cameron and Cobra. However come Sunday, it was the Jailbird that delivered the products on the 72nd gap after which within the playoff.

Ball

After rising up and turning professional utilizing a Titleist ball, Fowler switched to the TaylorMade TP ball in 2019 and noticed instantaneous outcomes along with his win on the Waste Administration Phoenix Open. Since then, he has continued to depend on the TaylorMade TP5 for its mixture of distance off the tee and spin across the greens.

Though he had beforehand used the TP5X, he has relied on the usual TP5 for the 2023 season, which works to point out that similar to his 5-wood, as soon as you discover one thing you could depend on, there isn’t a lot motive to modify.

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Ryan Barath is GOLF Journal and GOLF.com’s senior editor for tools. He has an in depth club-fitting and -building background with greater than 20 years of expertise working with golfers of all talent ranges, together with PGA Tour gamers. Earlier than becoming a member of the workers, he was the lead content material strategist for Tour Expertise Golf, in Toronto, Canada.