Manassero, Monty highlight weekend for Callaway
18 Mar 2014
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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By Jeff Newton, Callaway Golf
Matteo Manassero contended with his new
Versa Putter. Monty made a move on
the Champions Tour. Perez, Gainey and Every
all had new clubs in the bag. Let’s
get into the top 5 Tour highlights from last
weekend.
1. Manassero Moves Into New Versa
Putter
At the Valspar Championship, first year
Callaway/Odyssey Staff Pro Matteo
Manassero moved into a Versa #1
White/Black/White model putter. According to
Odyssey Tour Rep, Johnny Thompson, it was a
quick transition. “He saw it on the
demo bag, gave it a test on the course and
liked it enough to put into play,”
Thompson said. Easy enough. Matteo went on
to finish T8 in his first start with his
new putter.
2. What’s In Matteo’s Bag?
Here’s a look at what Matteo had in his bag
last weekend:
Big Bertha Driver (8.5°)
Big Bertha Fairway Wood (14°)
X2 Hot Pro Hybrid (18°)
X2 Hot Pro Hybrid (20°)
X Forged 13 Irons (4-PW)
An SR 3 Golf Ball
Odyssey Versa #1 W/B/W Putter
Manassero’s Big Bertha Driver is 45 ¼” with a
Diamana W 50X shaft. It’s set to a
Draw directional bias and the Loft Adjustability
COG is set to +1. The Adjustable
Perimeter Weighting slide is set at a -2 Draw.
He hit 76.92% of fairways for the week and
was T3 in the field in driving accuracy.
He’s been driving the ball great this year, and
last week we released a Callaway
Get #BerthaLong video where Matteo offered
up a tip on how to hit longer drives.
We also sat down with Matteo to talk about
his goals for the year in this episode
of Callaway Talks.
3. Montgomerie Rallies With Sunday 62,
Almost Wins
Callaway staffer Colin Montomgomerie made a
furious Sunday run with a final round
62 at the Toshiba Classic. After doing some
testing early last week at the Ely
Callaway Perforamnce Center in Carlsbad,
Montgomerie was dialed in and our Tour
Reps told us he was striping it on the range.
So the breakout round should hardly
come as a surprise.
Montgomerie went on to finish T2 alongside
fellow Callaway Staff Pro Steve Pate
at the Champions Tour event, just one shot off
the winning score. Here’s some of
the equipment Monty had in his bag:
Big Bertha Alpha Driver (9.5°)
Big Bertha Fairway Wood (15°)
X2 Hot Hybrid (20°)
An SR 3 Golf Ball
Odyssey Versa #7 White
Montgomerie has now posted top-10 finishes in
all three of his Champions Tour
starts this year, and he’s up to 7th in the
Charles Schwab Cup standings. Great
playing, Colin!
4. Perez, Gainey and Every Put In New
Clubs
Callaway staffers Pat Perez, Tommy Gainey
and Matt Every all played new clubs
last week at the Valspar Championship. Perez
put in an 18° X2 Hot Pro Hybrid and
Gainey used two new X2 Hot Pro Hybrids (20°
and 23°). To learn more about the
X2 Hot and X2 Hot Pro Hybrids, take a look at
this new episode of Callaway Talks.
Every put in a new 60° Mack Daddy 2 Wedge,
featuring a C-Grind design and 8° of
bounce. The first year Callaway staffer went
on to finish T8 for his fourth top-10
of the season.