Ian Poulter To Put 2006 Fairway Wood Back In The Bag For LIV Golf Opener
The Englishman has vowed to put his old trusty Titleist 5-wood back in the bag ahead of his first start of the year next week
Ian Poulter is set to put an old faithful back in the bag in next week's LIV Golf League opener.
The Englishman revealed on social media that he had been testing his old Titleist 906F2 fairway wood, which dates back to 2006, and pledged to put it back in play after falling in love with it again during a practice session.
Poulter says he used it from 2009-2011 and tasted victory several times with it during a golden spell where he won the WGC-Match Play, Volvo World Match Play, Hong Kong Open and Singapore Open.
"Sometimes you have to go back and find the clubs you simply loved. I’ve been looking for a 240 - 245 carry. My old 906F2 @titleist was that once. Pulled it out and OMG it’s incredible. Coming back to play. Can’t wait to bring her back. Old is good sometimes," he wrote on Instagram.
"It has some battle wounds but she has also holds great memories. I won several events with it. Let’s hope we can again."
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The 906 fairways have somewhat of a cult status among golfers of a certain age, with the line proving very popular both at club and tour level.
Another notable pro to have used a 906F for some time is Rory McIlroy, who still had one in the bag in 2012 and used it in both of his first two Major wins at the 2011 US Open and 2012 PGA Championship.
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Another player who enjoys an older fairway wood model is Ian Poulter's Majesticks GC LIV Golf teammate Henrik Stenson, who, up until last year at least, was still using the 2008 Callaway Diablo Octane fairway.
Poulter and Stenson, along with their teammates Lee Westwood and Sam Horsfield, make their first starts of 2024 next week in Mexico in LIV Golf's season opener. The Majesticks team finished 11th last year.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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