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Honma Golf – Justin Rose wins the Farmers Insurance Open in his second event with Honma

January 28, 2019 – It’s less than two weeks since he put his new Honma Golf equipment into play, and the world golf leader Justin Rose has responded with a convincing victory at the Farmers Insurance Open, consolidating his status as No.1 in the OWGR. With four rounds of 63, 66, 69 and 69, and 267 strokes in total, he came in ahead of all his rivals with 21 under par and two strokes ahead.

In Torrey Pines he’s shown that the change, after two decades with TaylorMade, hasn’t been a problem. After finishing 34th tied in the Desert Classic of the previous week, it seemed that nobody expected the English player to adapt so quickly to his new driver and achieve such consistent scores. This has generated great expectation especially regarding the new Honma driver and, of course, the irons.

There’s no doubt that the Honma equipment responds wonderfully, lead by the Honma TW747 460 driver, fitted with the Honma Vizard FD-7X shaft, with which he recorded an average of 309,9y (303,5y in 2018) in Driving Distance, with a ball speed of 186mph (179 last year), and achieving the 62.50% of the fairways in Driving Accuracy. “I can’t believe how good the driver is, and how well I’ve driven the ball this week on a tough test,” said Justin Rose after the victory.

In addition, the performance of his Honma T//World MB Rose Proto irons with the Lamkin REL ACE58R grips was particularly efficient, with which he finished second in the Greens in Regulation percentage, with 77.78%. By the way, he was involved in the design of the irons with the Honma engineers.

His strong performance with them was evident in the first two rounds, where he took 32 of the 36 greens, to score cards of 63 and 66 shots, which gave him a comfortable gap to face the weekend.

“I really felt comfortable with the clubs immediately,” added Justin Rose, who celebrated his tenth victory on the PGA Tour and became the most successful English golfer in America for over half a century. “It’s a whole new look for me, but I don’t mind if it’s going to produce this golf”.

Alejandro Sanchez, General Manager of Honma Golf in Europe, commented: “We could not have wished a better start in our relationship with Justin Rose on Tour or his performance with the TW747 driver and Vizard shaft combination that’s unique to Honma. This early victory is sure to boost interest across Europe in the latest Honma range of clubs, that caters for golfers of all abilities.”

From his previous brand TaylorMade he still has the influence of the TP5 golf ball and the M6 ​​fairway wood, but the other great novelty in his bag is the Axis 1 putter, a mallet with wings and an original hosel design that produces a perfectly balanced putter, helping him to produce a pure putt. In the statistics he came third tied in Putts per GIR.

Let’s take a look at his golf bag:

What’s in Justin Rose’s golf bag? 

  • Driver: Honma TW747 460 (9,5º, Honma Vizard FD-7, D2, 45,50” flex XX, grip Lamkin Std. REL ACE58R)
  • Fairway wood: TaylorMade M6 (15º)
  • Irons: Honma TW-U2 (2, KBS C-Taper 125 S+, D3, grip Lamkin Std. REL ACE58R); Honma T//World MB Rose proto (4-9, KBS C-Taper 125 S+, D3, grip Lamkin Std. REL ACE58R)
  • Wedges: Honma Rose proto (48º, 52º and 56º, KBS Hi Rev2.0 135, D5, grip Lamkin Std. REL ACE58R); Titleist Vokey SM7 (60º)
  • Putter: Axis 1 proto
  • Golf ball: TaylorMade TP5
  • Clothing: Bonobos Golf


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Por MIGUEL ANGEL BUIL