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Wyndham Clark is obviously very happy with how his putter has performed during his recent resurgence that included his first victory in more than two years at last month’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson and now a second U.S. Open title. He signed an agreement to exclusively play Ping’s Scottsdale TEC putter – a first single-club contract in Ping’s history.
Clark added the 2026 U.S. Open championship at Shinnecock Hills to his 2023 victory at Los Angeles Country Club. The Ally Blue Onset putter played a big role in his wire-to-wire victory rolling in 12 birdies, two eagles and a slew of momentum-saving long par putts.
“Since switching to the Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset putter in April, I’ve seen significant improvement in my putting and I credit the new putter for helping me get back in the winner’s circle,” said Clark, who now has five PGA Tour wins including his two majors. “The white finish first got my attention and when I started rolling putts with it, it set up easily, and gave me immediate confidence. I’d never used a putter with onset before, so it was a new look for me that really matches my eye. The onset combined with the top-rail dot simplifies alignment and my consistency has improved. I’m sinking more long putts than ever.”
In winning the Byron Nelson at 30-under par, Clark set the strokes gained putting record for a PGA Tour event, gaining more than 12.5 shots on the field for the week and holing 158 feet of putts in his clinching final-round 60.
Wyndham Clark, celebrating with girlfriend Emily Tanner, is loving the Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset putter he switched to before the Masters.
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At Shinnecock, Clark finished fourth in strokes gained putting (+1.52) and came up clutch often, making 55 feet of par-saving putts on Saturday in building a six-shot lead, draining a massive 25-footer for birdie on 16 Sunday and hitting a perfect lag from 52 feet on 18 to seal a one-shot victory over Sam Burns.
“He’s been using the Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset model since the Houston Open and has steadily climbed in the world rankings since then,” said John K. Solheim, Ping CEO and president. “We’re excited he’s having such tremendous success with the new model and benefiting from the Eye Q alignment technology and the onset design.”
You never know what you’re going to find when Bryson DeChambeau shows up at a tournament, and the avant garde equipment maven showed up for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills sporting a freshly conforming prototype driver as well as new self-designed shoes.
DeChambeau sported a TaylorMade Qi4D Proto 200+ driver on the range – a club that just showed up on the USGA conforming list on Monday morning before the major championship. The driver features more bulge and roll than a standard TaylorMade driver to try to maximize speed.
“I’ve been working on something that can maybe go a little faster with the same curvature and it’s quite interesting what’s gone on so far,” DeChambeau told GolfWRX in Southampton, New York. “So it’s working well. We’ll see how it works on the golf course.
“I’ve been talking about how the curvature works really well for me. I don’t really know how it’s tested for everybody else, but for me it’s really helped. So hopefully that’ll help me hit a little straighter.
Bryson DeChambeau replaces his Krank driver in favor of a newly conforming TaylorMade Qi4D 200+ prototype driver at the U.S. Open.
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“If it works, it works. If it doesn’t, we’re going to keep trying.”
It seemed to work well initially. On his very first official drive with it on the downwind 472-yard 12th hole, Dechambeau smashed it 427 yards with 354 yards of carry. Boom.
“That’s my longest drive ever on tour, which is great,” he said. “Excited to hopefully showcase it more, and hopefully it stays in the same track because that’s what I’ve been feeling with it, and hopefully it stays the same.”
Despite hitting 24 of 28 fairways and ranking second in strokes gained off the tee, DeChambeau missed the cut in his third straight major.
DeChambeau also showed off his new Reebok shoes that he helped create. “Also got some new kicks here, trying to stabilize my footwork a little bit more,” he said. “This is my own personal design with Reebok. They’re pretty sleek. Cool looking, and a lot more stable.
“Hopefully a little bit more stability with the shoes and pairing that with the driver, that can go maybe a little farther and have that same straightness, it could make for a cool combo.”
DeChambeau told GolfWRX that he’s close to creating his own set of irons, something he first talked about ahead of the Masters when he put in play a 5-iron he designed and 3D-printed himself.
“I’ve got some 3D printers that we’re working on, so it’s a great testing phase,” he said. “I’m in a place where we’re getting really close, got some good hires and we’re creating something quite special in the irons that I cannot wait to put in play.
“But right now it’s just taking a little bit of time, making sure the CG, MOIs are right and good offset for me, or a perfect place of offset to onset and the right curvature of face, and the right thickness of face. There’s so much that goes into it, more than people realize, and it takes longer, so I’m excited for it and hopefully we can get something here pretty soon.”
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