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FedEx Cup Playoffs Tour Report: Rory’s Mind-Blowing Regular Season Stats, Collin’s New Stealth Plus Driver Spec & More

Mike Esse August 18, 2022

It was nearly 100 degrees at PGA TOUR practice rounds in early August so that can only mean one thing…PLAYOFFS BABY!

We survived the Memphis heat and in turn have some gear heat to provide as the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs are underway at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. First, though, go check out our brand new Hi-Toe 3 wedges and what it sounds like to make a wedge on the TaylorMade Tour Truck.

Now that you’ve taken in some breathtaking golf ASMR, let’s look at some mind-blowing regular season stats and the gear changes to look out for this week in Memphis.

Walking a Practice Round with Rory

Rory M

Rory's WITB

Stealth Plus 9.0° Driver
SIM2 15.0° 3-wood
Stealth Plus 15.0° 5-wood
Rors Proto Irons 3-PW
Milled Grind 3 46° SB, 54° HB, 58° SB Wedges
Spider X Hydro Blast Putter
TP5x Golf Ball

Click here for Trottie's in-hand look at Rory's bag!

Scottie Gives Us a Lesson On Yardages

We spent some time on the range with Scottie on Tuesday and he took us through how the turf conditions – and in round adrenaline – can affect the launch monitor numbers fluctuation from course to course. Either way, he can still guess them exactly to the number as we learned a few weeks back.

Watch Scottie Guess His Driver Yardage in Wilmington!

Scottie's Regular Season Standout Stats

Why is Scottie the World No. 1 you may ask? Check out these stats from the regular season:

1st in Greens in Regulation Percentage

72.22% GIR – 962 greens hit in 1,332 holes (85 rounds)
TOUR AVERAGE: 65.56%

1st in GIR percentage from fairway

84.50% - 529 greens hit in 626 holes
TOUR AVERAGE: 76.53%

T2 in Birdie Average

4.64 birdies per round (343 total birdies)
TOUR AVERAGE: 3.63

Scottie's WITB

Stealth Plus 8.0° Driver
Stealth HL 16.5° 3-Wood
P·7TW; 5-PW

Collin Morikawa's WITB

Coming off his T5 last week in Memphis, Collin Morikawa is ready to roll in Wilmington. We walked a few practice round holes on Tuesday with Collin and Kurt Kitayama and observed Collin's meticulous preparation around the greens.

As we mentioned with Rory, everyone treats each practice round day different. For Collin, he invested a ton of time on Tuesday into learning the different lies he could face around the greens and how to approach the potential pin locations for all four days at Wilmington CC.

Per usual for Collin, he had a few different 60° wedges in the bag to ensure he had the right bounce for the rough around the greens. He tested a HB (12°) MG3 in addition to the MG3 TW 60° he used last week in Memphis, finding different lies and different pin locations to see how the clubs performed. When we finished the round with Collin on Tuesday he told us to expect the MG3 TW wedge to remain in the bag. Earlier this season in New Orleans when Collin originally put the wedge in the bag, we spoke to TaylorMade Senior Tour Manager Todd Chew to understand why the TW grind works for Collin.

“Over time Collin has modified his technique with his wedges so the way the leading edge interacts with the striking surface is different than it used to be which is why he plays a different sole shape than he used to. He is using the bottom of the club more so he doesn’t rely as much on the width of the sole to get the club back out. The TW wedge has a different sole shape with bevel on the leading edge that is multi-surface, which makes it more versatile and allows him to get through the turf better and cleaner without digging. Week to week based off conditions and what exactly Collin is looking for he could opt for 60° wedges with different sole shapes or more bounce which he has with his other Milled Grind 3 wedges.”
Todd Chew, TaylorMade Senior Tour Manager

Collin's WITB

Stealth Plus 8.0° driver
SIM 14.0° Rocket 3-wood
Stealth Plus 19.0° 5-wood
P·770 4-iron
P·7MC 5-6 iron
P·730 7-PW
Milled Grind 3 50° SB, 56° SB, 60° TW Wedges
MyTP Putter
TP5 Golf Ball

Spider Putters + Lucas Herbert = Buckets

When digging through this year’s stats, there was one thing that massively stood out: Lucas Herbert is really good at putting. Like, really good. The combo of his Spider Tour and Spider GT red putters delivered as he is 44th in the FedEx Cup standings:

1^st in Strokes Gained Putting

.849 average in 34 measured rounds (28.862 total SG: Putting)

1^st in One Putt Percentage

8.08 average, 388 1 putts in 864 holes (44.91 percent)
TOUR AVERAGE: 39.01%

1^st in Overall Putting Average

1,329 total putts in 864 holes (1.538 average per hole)
TOUR AVERAGE: 1.616

Lucas' WITB

Kurt Kitayama WITB

Kurt Kitayama has been vibing all season and we aren’t just talking about his ELITE range swag with the Air Pods + curved flat brim TaylorMade hat + sunglasses combo…Kurt also tallied three Top 3 finishes this year coming at The Honda Classic (3^rd), Mexico Open at Vidanta (T2) and Genesis Scottish Open (2) – good for 43rd in the final regular season FedEx Cup standings.

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