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If last week is any indication, Justin Rose’s Honma experiment is over. Rose, who signed an endorsement deal with the manufacturer at the beginning of 2019, showed up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a mixed bag bereft of Honma clubs. A TaylorMade SIM driver, 15-degree TaylorMade SIM Max fairway wood, 17.5-degree Cobra Speedzone Pro fairway wood, TaylorMade P730 irons, TaylorMade Milled Grind 2.0 wedges (52 and 56 degrees) and a Titleist Vokey lob wedge (60 degrees) took their place.
Rose won at the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open soon after the deal was struck, but his best PGA Tour finish since last July was a tie for 10th at the Northern Trust. He was seen with a new driver at the Honda Classic, prompting speculation that he might be ready to switch other clubs as well.
In addition to Rose’s apparent departure from Honma, PXG’s tour staff continues to undergo significant changes. A week after Billy Horschel parted ways with the company, Chez Reavie followed suit. Reavie had just signed a multi-year club deal in January and had a top-10 at the Genesis Invitational in February.
With the world’s best playing at Bay Hill, there were countless tributes to the late Arnold Palmer. Odyssey created both a blade and mallet putter cover featuring Palmer and his Cadillac convertible, while players such as Bryson DeChambeau and Rickie Fowler had a camouflage bag inspired by the colors in Palmer’s umbrella logo.
Scott Brown came up with a tribute of sorts to Tiger Woods, who has won at Bay Hill on eight occasions. He used a Scotty Cameron prototype – one with cherry red paintfill and his name on the back – in the exact style Woods has used for nearly all of his career.
Lanto Griffin had an iconic quote from the movie Dumb and Dumber stamped on his 46-degree Titleist Vokey SM8 wedge: “We got no food, we got no jobs … our pets’ heads are falling off!”
Tyrrell Hatton's Arnold Palmer Invitational victory was the 17th for Titleist ball players through the first 22 PGA Tour events of the season. And FootJoy dominated the shoe count at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, accounting for 53 percent of the field. The next closest competitor had 20 percent.
Sean Fairholm