What's John Daly bombing his drives with now?
Daly has been working with the new TaylorMade Burner driver and is featured in the company's advertising for the new club. He didn't decide to use it until this week's Buick Invitational, where he put it in play at the pro-am for the first time.
According to TaylorMade's equipment blog: "He requested one during his play and had us make a few tweaks, such as bending it open a little, and after testing three drivers he found the one he liked and put it straight into bag."
Daly started the tournament with a 69, but followed up with a 75 to miss the cut. He did average 305 yards off the tee for the two days, but struggled with his putting.
DRIVER DEBUT: Daly wasn't the only one to try a new TaylorMade driver this week.
Robert Garrigus, John Mallinger, Sean O'Hair, Greg Owen, Pat Perez and Dicky Pride gave the Burner a try, while Gavin Coles, Nathan Green, Tim Petrovic and Vaughn Taylor sampled the new r7 SuperQuad, which features four movable weight ports so players can customize their ball flight.
Brandt Snedeker, whose fantastic play early at the Buick Invitational included a stretch where he was 9-under on his first nine holes, used the TaylorMade r7 irons after trying them at the company's headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif.
Snedeker finished the tournament in third place.
In fact, there were quite a few players trying out new TaylorMade equipment.
Here's a quick look at what was in some of the bags for the first time at Buick:
SuperQuad -- Gavin Coles, Nathan Green, Tom Johnson, Rod Pampling, Tim Petrovic, Kevin Stadler and Vaughn Taylor.
Putters -- Rossa Monza Corza, Stephen Leaney; Rossa Corza AGSI, Sean O'Hair; and Rossa Daytona, Greg Owen.
Irons -- r7, Gavin Coles, Tom Lehman and Snedeker; rac TP forged, Cliff Kresge; and r7 TP, Dennis Paulson.
