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Dive deep into the story behind Justin Thomas's trusty Titleist 915 FD five wood from 2015. Learn about the exclusive 'MOTO' (Made Only To Order) program and why this 'ancient' club is still a versatile weapon in his bag.
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00:00It's five wood, olden but golden, 2015, the 915FD, 18 degrees in the B3 setting, which is a lot more
00:08loft, so 18 degrees.
00:10If it was a static 18, that would be up at 19.5.
00:12Yeah, been in it for yonks, 2015, that was actually a golf club before he even turned professional.
00:18That's quite cool. Yeah, I like that.
00:20Fujikura Matora Speed, a VC9.2 Tour X shaft, do you remember the shaft?
00:24Matora, no.
00:25Matora is a big one for Fuji.
00:27It's kind of a white shaft, a little pink graphics, really cool looking shaft.
00:30And this head was a, you won't have heard of this, and I'm not sure I had at this point
00:35or whether I was paying much attention,
00:36but it was, this particular head was part of what they called their moto program at Titus, made only to
00:41order.
00:42So it wasn't full retail, but it wasn't full tour only either.
00:47You could kind of...
00:48If you don't, you know.
00:49Yeah.
00:49When the time is right.
00:50When the time is right and all that kind of stuff.
00:52So if you see one of those, they're actually big money on the second hand scene.
00:56If you find a 915, FD18, big money on the second hand scene.
01:01Loves the versatility of this particular club.
01:02This is quite a famous one for him.
01:04Do you remember the little ropey hook he hit at?
01:05The players.
01:06The players at the early stage, and that was with that club.
01:08Nice.
01:08He says he can hit this one 230 through the air if he needs it, a little chop up one.
01:12He can hit it 265 if he needs it.
01:14He also said he copies Tiger's chop cut.
01:17So you'll see him hitting that five wood out of the rough from sometimes 175 yards.
01:22Eh?
01:23So if he's got a thick lie in the rough, he basically, both he and Tiger, and you'll see
01:28this if you pay attention closely, you occasionally see them hitting clubs that are just ludicrous
01:34from the distance.
01:34But he's basically playing a flop shot with a five wood.
01:37Wow.
01:37So he'll go in there, he'll aim 30 left, open the face, chop down on it so he can get
01:41to
01:41the bottom of the ball, and just pop up with a floppy cut, and instead of going 240, it
01:46goes 170.
01:47That's talented.
01:47But because you chop down, you've missed all the long grass from a normal shallow, so you're
01:52just chopping down like an axe, and just almost like a bunker flop shot, and they play that
01:56a lot, particularly with that five wood.
01:57I might try that.
01:59Have I got that in the locker?
02:00I mean, if you do, then you shout out.
02:02I'd like to video your first attempt.
02:03Go to the roof of my club after that as well.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Yeah.
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