Titleist Brand Ambassador Will Zalatoris began the 2024 PGA TOUR season with several recent additions to his equipment setup, including NEW T150 and T350 irons.
At The Genesis Invitational at Riviera, Zalatoris turned in rounds of 66-70-65-69 to post 14 under for the week and earn a T2 finish, his best result since his return from injury. During his round on Friday, he notched an ace with his T150 7 iron and Pro V1x golf ball on the 184-yard, par-3 14th. For the week, Zalatoris ranked fourth in Strokes Gained: Approach (+5.283) and finished T3 in Greens in Regulation (68%, 49/72). His 22 birdies led the field at Riviera.
- “I switched to the T150’s right when I got them, or I guess it was earlier this year." Zalatoris said. "The thing that was so fascinating with the T150’s was that you had more feel than any Titleist iron that we had ever made, but you still had the same forgiveness. And so, when I first tried them, shocker, professional golfers don't hit perfect golf shots all day long, but I would hit one barely on the heel, barely on the toe. And I'm thinking, ‘Oh, I must've lost seven, eight yards on that.’ And it was going the same distance as when I hit it solid. And so, getting that feedback was amazing for me.”
- “The two biggest things that I always check for with irons is how do they perform out of the rough. Because if I've got a little too much camber out of there, I might catch flyers all day long, which I know it's cool to hit a pitching wedge 190 yards, but it's not cool when you're trying to hit it 150. And then on top of that – I told this to J.J. [Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist Director of Player Promotions] when he first gave them to me – it looked like they were built for me. Just because how they go through the turf, they rip through the turf way faster than the T100's that I was playing before. But I had more forgiveness and more feel, which is a unicorn. And so I've loved that [T150] iron.”
- “I actually play the T350 in my 3-iron," Zalatoris said. "That iron was built to be kind of a game improvement iron. And honestly, we were on the range when all of us were together in LA testing it, and we were just kind of goofing around. And I was thinking, ‘Man, this thing looks awesome.’ And so, I started hitting some balls out of the rough, started hitting them out of the fairway. I remember Max [Homa] and I spent 20 minutes with this thing, and we were like, ‘This thing is awesome.’ So the wide variety too is something that I think is really cool. Because you're seeing guys that were playing straight muscle backs going to the T100’s. You've seen guys maybe go from T100’s to T150’s, and there's a lot of kind of shuffling going around. It's like, ‘Yeah, I have a game improvement iron in my bag.’ So what. I love that thing. It's my favorite club in the bag. But a lot of the changes that they made this year, especially with the feel, was really fascinating to me.”
WHAT’S IN THE BAG? | WILL ZALATORIS
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TSR2 9.0° | D•1 SureFit Hosel, Fujikura Ventus Black TR 7 X
Fairway Metal: TSi2 15.0°| A•1 SureFit Hosel, Fujikura Ventus Blue TR 8 X
Utility Iron: NEW T350 3 | Nippon Modus3 Graphite On Steel Proto .370 Hybrid 10 ST X
Irons: NEW T150 4-PW | True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 50.08F, 54.10S, 60.04T | True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100