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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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TaylorMade Golf – What’s in the bag of Jon Rahm, winner of Farmers Insurance Open on PGA Tour 2017

January 30, 2017 – The second event of the West Coast swing provided all the drama you’d expect with a field packed with the best players in the world. In the end, it was TaylorMade Tour staff Professional Jon Rahm who pulled away and emerged victorious on the South Course at picturesque Torrey Pines, carding two eagles on the back nine to claim the tournament title – his first on the PGA Tour. With the win, the 22-year-old also punches his ticket to Augusta.

The victory of the Spanish player is the 3rd worldwide and 2nd on the PGA Tour this year for TaylorMade’s 2017 M drivers, joining Hudson Swafford, who won last week’s Career Builder Championship. Rahm’s win marks the first win for the adidas Golf Powerband BOA BOOST.

Jon Rahm plays the 2017 M2 Driver set to 10.5º one click lower with an Aldila Tour Green TX 75 shaft. This is his second week with it in the bag, having added it last week at the CBC. His feedback to the Tour team was that he liked both the new M1 & M2, but benefited from the forgiveness and consistency of the M2.

TaylorMade had 48.4% driver & 46% fairway wood counts at Torrey, both of which led all manufacturers by substantial margins.

The spectacular game with his new driver made Rahm averaged 296.5 yards off the tee and led the field in strokes gained: off the tee for the tournament.

Rahm also claimed the first global victory for the new TP5x golf ball, which he switched into at last week’s Career Builder Challenge. TP5 and Tp5x golf balls are available on 3rd March.

In his golf bag he also played the new P750 Tour Proto irons, which he first added to his bag last week. He has Project X 6.5 shafts throughout the set.

Rahm’s short game brilliance this week was aided by the new yet-to-be-released Milled Grind wedges, which are also new to Rahm’s bag. His setup is a traditional 52/56/60*, also with PX 6.5 shafts.

In Jon Rahm’s golf bag at Torrey Pines:

  • Golf ball: TaylorMade TP5x
  • Driver: TaylorMade M2 2017 (10,5º, Aldila Tour Green TX 75)
  • Fairway woods: TaylorMade M1 2017 3 (15º, Aldila Tour Green TX 75); y TaylorMade M1 2017 5 (19º, Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 8x)
  • Utility: TaylorMade RSi UDI 4 (True Temper Project X 6.5)
  • Irons: TaylorMade P750 Tour Proto (5-PW, True Temper Project X 6.5)
  • Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind (52º/09ºSB, 56º/12ºSB, 60º/10ºSB, True Temper Project X 6.5)
  • Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Red
  • Glove: TaylorMade Tour Preferred
  • Headwear: TaylorMade Tour New Era 9Fifty
  • Clothing: adidas Golf
  • Footwear: adidas Golf Powerband BOA BOOST
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TaylorMade Golf – Jason Day wins Farmers Insurance, his third PGA Tour victory

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February 10, 2015 – Playing what is considered one of the sternest tests on the PGA Tour at the long and unforgiving pair of Torrey Pines layouts, it was TaylorMade Golf’s Jason Day who emerged victorious, winning a four man playoff on the South Course to capture the Farmers Insurance Open. The victory is Day’s second win in eight weeks, having also won the Franklin Templeton Shootout in December.

Complementing his bag full of TaylorMade clubs, Day wore adidas’ newest high-performance golf footwear, adipower boost, throughout the tournament. Boost is an industry-changing innovation years in the making, designed to deliver maximum energy return, responsiveness and unparalleled comfort by way of thousands of TPU energy capsules fused together by way of a proprietary high pressure steam moulding process.

Jason-Day-Farmers-3For the first time, designers have utilised tour-proven gripmore spikes of varying sizes, strategically locating them on the outsole to deliver improved and more efficient traction and stability where it’s needed most.

Jason Day added the R15 driver to his bag just ten days prior to the Franklin Templeton Shootout in December, becoming one of the first TaylorMade staff players to make the switch from SLDR. The R15 is offered in both black and white and features a desirable, playable pear-shape in two head sizes – 460cc and 430cc.

Also it was the #1 Driver model in play at this week’s tournament with 21 total in play (430 & 460).

Jason also added an AeroBurner HL Fairway which replaces the RBZ three wood which has been in his bag for the past three seasons. Day found his new AeroBurner fairway launched hotter, flew further and landed softer which enabled him to attack the challenging Torrey Pines layouts.

In Jason Day’s Bag:

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  • Driver: TaylorMade Golf R15 460 (10.5º, Mitsubishi Kuro Kage 70x)
  • Fairway: TaylorMade Golf AeroBurner HL (16.5º, Mitsubishi Kuro Kage 70x)
  • Irons: TaylorMade Golf Tour Preferred MC 2014 (3-9, PW, True Temper Rifle 6.5)
  • Utility: TaylorMade Golf Tour Preferred MC 2011 (2 iron)
  • Wedges: TaylorMade Golf Tour Preferred (ATV Grind) (54º & 60º)
  • Putter: TaylorMade Golf Ghost Spider IB Putter
  • Bola: TaylorMade Golf Tour Preferred X
  • Footwear: adidas Golf adipower boost
  • Apparel: adidas Golf
  • Accessories: TaylorMade Golf Bag, Headwear & Glove

What is interesting to know:

  • The win is Jason Day’s third on the PGA Tour, having previously won the Byron Nelson Championship in 2010 and the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship last year.
  • Day’s win is his second with the R15 driver, which he added to the bag just ten days prior to capturing the Franklin Templeton Shootout in December.
  • Day used his new AeroBurner fairway wood which took the place of his trusty RBZ in his bag.
  • The win is the first for adidas Golf’s new adipower boost footwear, designed for the athlete to be the most comfortable, high-performance footwear the company has ever created.
  • With just under 40% of the field (61/156 players) playing a TaylorMade driver, the brand was once again the #1 Driver in play.