S H A N K S I N B I O

King of FRL runner-ups. Event Promoter @ Club (Ak)Shay Shay. 12. 25-26 Season count: 4 FRL 1 Outright +4.3u

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Cc: @BjornBookser

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Been seeing too much skateboarding on golf twitter the decade long hiatus is over

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Fuck you

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

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Bombshell: The Browns are finalizing a trade that will send two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, per @rapsheet, @TomPelissero and me.

In exchange for Garrett, the Rams are expected to send Pro-Bowl edge Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and other draft-pick compensation still being negotiated to the Browns.

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Swapped my 7 wood for a 21* ‘19 Apex UW and it’s fantastic. Need to try out the GT1s

[Jack Hirsh @JR_HIRSHey]

I have a confession to make and I have zero shame in making it:

I'm using an "ultra-lightweight," "game-improvement" hybrid right now and I'm calling it my 7-wood.

And it's awesome.

Cam Young started using a GT1 hybrid earlier this year and it immediately piqued my interest as someone who has been searching for the right option to go in between my mini driver and my irons.

7-woods launch and spin way too high because I add a ton of loft at impact. 5-woods go too far. After neglecting hybrids for the last couple years because of my fear of missing left, I finally found a good one last year.

But for whatever reason, that Ping G440 hybrid hasn't cooperated this year. I was losing spin, hitting it too far and missing left.

So when Cameron Young switched into Titleist's GT1 hybrid, which was originally designed as the high launch, ultra-lightweight model, I immediately texted my fitter at TPI telling him I wanted to try it.

What's cool about the GT1 is that it has an over-sized profile that fits in between a hybrid and a high-lofted wood. It also has a sharp leading edge that helps it cut through the turf.

The size is unusual in the industry, with only the Callaway Apex UW fitting into a similar profile.

Young and Tom Kim both added the hybrid to their bags at the Farmers Insurance Open to utilize that versatility out of the rough and get extra launch. Young even put a fairway wood shaft in his to get what J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s senior director of player promotions, said was “more flight” from the softer tip of a fairway shaft. The GT1 hybrid has the unique ability to accept both standard .370″ diameter hybrid shafts and .335″ fairway wood shafts, although currently the only one available from Titleist is the Fujikura Air Speeder, the featured shaft in the club.

During my fitting at TPI, we were comparing the GT1 to the new GTS3 7-wood and 5-wood.

I hit the GT1 first, and, honestly, it never really gave anything else a chance. With the 20-degree GT1 “4-hybrid” lofted down a degree and flatted a degree, I instantly got 3 mph more ball speed than my gamer, 20 feet higher peak height and 300 rpm more spin. The club just cut through the turf like an iron and launched so easily. Each shot was just a simple high draw. Set to 19 degrees, the GT1 was the same loft and a .25″ shorter than my gamer.

I don’t think I really discovered how valuable the GT1 was to me until I actually played with it on the course.

When I got the club, I first thought that I would use it situationally. I would call on the GT1 when the course was really firm and I needed to hit the high ball to hold the greens.

But then I realized I could flatten it out, even into the wind and what really sold me was the turf interaction off the deck. In a practice round for a tournament, I faced a 220-yard shot into the wind and over water to a green with little bailout area. The lie was a bit thin with little grass and I had trouble hitting my gamer hybrid cleanly.

Then I grabbed the GT1 and flushed it into the heart of the green, clean divot and all, 15 feet from the hole.

It's the gamer now.

SPECS
Titleist GT1 4-hybrid
Loft: 20˚ @ 19˚
SureFit Hosel Setting: D1
Lie: 57.5˚
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue HB+ 9-X
Length: 40"

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Feels like it’s been a minute since a good Lee Hodges Thursday no?

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@tweeth_mitchell Banger

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Si Woo is in fact shakin that ass

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Playing golf all weekend = just a FRL card no outrights

CJ Cup Byron Nelson @ TPC Craig Ranch FRL

CARSON YOUNG 100💣
Vegas 80
Keefer 80
Hubbard 80
Kohles 90
Kanaya 100
Nakajima 100

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Would prefer Chamber’s but we’ll take what we can get at this point

[Josh Carpenter @JoshACarpenter]

Last week's reporting on the Pacific Northwest as a potential new market, specifically Sahalee.

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I just know Tommy Gainey’s in a brothel somewhere smiling😌

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Respect Aaron Rai

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@tweeth_mitchell Even Tweeth’s model is programmed to hate on jUstIn thOmAs. Gotta respect it

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Need Aaron Rai to be a major champion BAD

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#Enjoying Aronimink

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Can’t believe -3 held all day. 7-way chop on Ryo 140/1 better than nothing🤷‍♂️

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Gross amount of FRLs:

Spaun 50
A. Fitz 66
Keegan 66
Detry 80
Bridgeman 80
Rai 80
Taylor 90
Hisatsune 140

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It all makes so much sense now

[big content guy @bigcontentguy]

the funniest part about bryson missing shots by 30 yards is that his Avoda irons have “דִיוּק” printed on them which is “precision” in hebrew

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It was always jaeger bomb-and-gouge FRL

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Pretty but too much offset

[MYGOLFSPY @MyGolfSpy]

A forged wedge for $129.99.

No, that's not a typo.

Maxfli might have really done something here: https://t.co/t47B53nK8u

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Gross amount of FRLs:

Spaun 50
A. Fitz 66
Keegan 66
Detry 80
Bridgeman 80
Rai 80
Taylor 90
Hisatsune 140

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PGA Championship @ Aronimink

Fitz 22 (still hate him)
Gotterup 60

Sprinkles:
Spieth 70
Rickie 75
Detry 120
McCarty 150
Hisatsune 250

And a Team 🌹 future bet at truly embarrassing odds (Pre-McLaren)