David Duval parts ways with Nike Golf
by Jeff.Palopoli on Oct 7, 2010 8:41 PM EDT
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Former #1 in the World and 13-time PGA Tour winner David Duval has parted ways with Nike after a 10 year relationship. He will no longer be wearing their clothing or playing their clubs. He's decided to go it alone and will be doing some heavy testing in the off season to see what will be in his bag for the 2011 season.
A few weeks back Double-D was carrying Scratch Golf wedges in his bag and now it seems that has extended in to a full set of irons for this week at the McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, GA. Gone is the Nike driver as well, and in its place is Taylor Made.
"I haven't decided what I'm going to do... I want to figure out what I want to do, and start [2011] with exactly the tools I want in my bag and go from there," Duval said Tuesday.
This move seems almost identical to the one that Ryan Moore made a couple years back, after dumping his sponsors and then ultimately joining up with Scratch. It seems to have worked as Moore's game has been revitalized and he couldn't speak any higher for the clubs that are in his bag now. So much so, that he's now a part owner of the company.
Duval sits currently at 107th in the money list with $760,922, and will be teeing it up this week and next at the Frys.com Open, before calling it a season.
Scratch has been making quite a name for themselves over the past couple years, and they don't pay players to play their clubs, which says a lot for the quality when you start to see them popping up in players bags. Champions Tour player and eccentric personality, Tommy Armour III is also a recent convert. You can check out his Scratch sticks here, complete with skull and crossbones stamping.
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Jeff...any Idea where the clubs
can be seen and the cost ?…..STUB
I was just on line with their web site
the clubs look just about like any front line club…Lie and loft to your specificatios…..A few years ago, a friend of mine had a set of Kenneth Smith woods and Irons made for himself…I played one round with them.and they felt good, altho they were Stainless Steel and not soft iron forging….I wonder how many guys they have doing the finish grinding, and how many work on each set…If one guy does it all, would be way better than 3 or 5 guys….Cost is about what you would expect in this day and age for custom anything….I think tho, that if proper fitting is done by a competent fitter, any pro line set would do you well…….jis sayin….STUB
Scratch is a very small company. If I remember right, there are only 4 guys who put their hands on the clubs, plus Don White, who does the pro line irons.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Court, yes that seems about right. I met a couple of their tour van guys at the DB Championship and have gotten to know Ari a little bit. They make beautiful clubs, and I have one of their 1018 wedges and love it. Their irons are a bit pricey but well worth it from what I’ve heard.
by Jeff.Palopoli on Oct 8, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Ari Techner of Scratch golf this Sunday
Ari is going to be on the radio with us this Sunday at 8:30 eastern. The show streams at 790theZone.com.
Oh – if you’re wondering why Brian hasn’t been doing his XM/Sirius/PGATour.com show the last couple of days, he’s in the Atlanta Match Play. Shot a +1 71 in qualifying, then won his first round match this morning 3&2. Playing the second round now (4:22 pm).
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
probably true enough. Nike pays their players very handsomely, so they may not have offered him a big contract or maybe they offered him a contract and he didn’t think it was enough OR, he just wanted to see what what was out there after all his years years under the Nike banner.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Two, you raise a very
valid point….any Sherlock Holmes types in your family…..STUB
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