Bag of the Day: Kenny Perry

Kenny Perry was one of the first players to start using TaylorMade's Raylor rescue club when he put it into play at Bethpage during the 2009 U.S. Open. With a V-shaped sole, it helped him get the ball out of the wet, thick rough. But as the PGA Tour veteran prepares for the 2010 season he has pulled the club out and gone back to using the TaylorMade Rescue TP with FCT he'd previously been using. Like the Raylor, the Rescue TP has a weight screw in the back to help launch the ball high, but the Rescue TP also allows golfers to adjust the face into one of eight different settings to encourage specific ball flights. According to TaylorMade, Perry also replaced his 14.5 TaylorMade Burner 3-wood with an older 13 TaylorMade V Steel in some post season events. Here is a list of the clubs that Kenny Perry has been using recently: DRVIER : TaylorMade R9 460 (9.5) with Fujikura Matore F1 shaft FAIRWAY WOOD : TaylorMade V Steel (13) with a Graphite Design Tour GAT 75 shaft HYBRID: TaylorMade Rescue TP w/FCT (19) with a Graphite Design Tour AD UT 95 shaft IRONS : TaylorMade r7 (4-PW) with FST KB Tour shafts WEDGES : TaylorMade rac (54, 60, 64) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts PUTTER : Ping G2i Craz-E BALL : Titleist Pro V1x Follow David Dusek on Twitter Click here for a complete list of players featured in Bag of the Day. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill/AP Photos)

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Bag of the Day: Kenny Perry

TaylorMade Officially Releases the Raylor Rescue Club

As GOLF.com reported in the days leading up to the U.S. Open , both Kenny Perry and Fred Funk added then-prototype TaylorMade Raylor rescue clubs to their bags to battle Bethpage 's deep, wet rough. TaylorMade is set to make the Raylor, available in lofts of 19 and 21 , available to the public this week. “The new Raylor hits the ball higher, longer and straighter from tall grass,” said Tom Olsavsky, TaylorMade's senior director of metalwood creation, in a release. “It's the ultimate weapon for getting out of the rough.” The Raylor is designed with a slightly sharp, slightly pointed leading edge that TaylorMade says allows golfers to slide the face through the grass and onto the back of the ball more effectively In addition, the sole of the clubs is shaped like a ship's hull, sloping upward at the sides. Again, this should help the club glide more easily through rough. According to TaylorMade, these two features reduce the area that would normally hinder the club in the rough by 23%. The Raylor, which will retail for about $230, will come standard with a Fujikura RE*AX 65-gram shaft that's one inch longer than standard to create added clubhead speed. Follow David Dusek on Twitter

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TaylorMade Officially Releases the Raylor Rescue Club

Kenny Perry Still Swinging the Raylor at 2009 PGA Championship

CHASKA, Minn. — Kenny Perry put a yet-to-be released TaylorMade Raylor hybrid club in his bag in the days leading up to the U.S. Open . At the time, he said he wanted a club that would help him hit high, soft, 220-yard shots out of the Bethpage Black rough. With a weight screw in the back and a V-shaped leading edge, the unique sole of the Raylor is designed to hit just such shots. To make room for the Raylor, Perry took out his 3-iron. Since that time, the club has stayed in the bag, and he is continuing to use it here at Hazeltine. Look for the TaylorMade Raylor to be released later in 2009. Follow David Dusek on Twitter

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Vijay Singh’s 2009 PGA Championship Golf Clubs

CHASKA, Minn. The winner of the 2004 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Vijay Singh, made a few equipment changes before teeing it up at Hazeltine National. Last week in Akron, Ohio, during the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Singh had a Never Compromise NCX-Ray SFT belly putter in his bag. But this week he's wielding a standard-length Never Compromise Milled Series 1 putter. When Vijay was asked whether or not he brought his belly putter with him to Hazeltine, he smiled and said, “Yeah, I have it in my locker. It's not too for away.” Singh has also decided to put his old Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead fairway wood into play this week instead of his Adams hybrid. “There is a big gap between my 3-iron and my 3-wood,” he told me. “I need a middle club. And 5-wood, I can hit it up to 230, 250. And from the rough, it's a great club.” Here is a complete list of the clubs he is using this week in the 2009 PGA Championship: DRIVER: Cleveland Launcher (7.5) with Miyazaki 72X shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Cleveland Launcher Steel (13) with Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 83X shaft, Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead (19) IRONS: Cleveland CG Tour (4-PW) with Rifle 7.5 shafts WEDGES: Cleveland CG12 (54, 60, 64) with Rifle 7.5 shafts PUTTER: Never Compromise Milled Series 1 BALL: Srixon Z-Star X

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TaylorMade Raylor Prototype Hybrid Seen at Bethpage

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Kenny Perry and Fred Funk each tried a new, unreleased prototype hybrid club as they prepared for the U.S. Open at Bethpage. The TaylorMade Raylor has a weight screw in the low, rear area and a V-shaped leading edge. According to representatives from TaylorMade, the unique sole of the club helps it work through the rough especially well. Perry practiced using two Raylor hybrid clubs, a 19 and a 22, each fitted with Fujikura hybrid shafts. Funk was given a 22 Raylor and took it to an unused fairway on Bethpage's Red Course. TaylorMade reps didn't know if either player would be putting the club into play during the U.S. Open, and like all other prototype pieces of equipment, there's no guarantee that the Raylor will ever be made available to the general public.

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