Shane Lowry What’s In The Bag?
Winner of the 2019 Open Championship, Shane Lowry signed a contract extension with Srixon and Cleveland in 2019, and as such plays nearly a full bag of clubs from the brand. Speaking at the time Lowry said; “This new contract extends my partnership with the brand to 15 years and almost my entire professional golf career since turning pro in 2009. With Srixon, I know that I am playing the most consistent and reliable ball in the world.”
Shane Lowry What’s In The Bag?
Driver
Srixon ZX5
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Right now he is using a Srixon ZX5 driver after switching away from the Z 785. He has it in 9.5 degrees of loft and it is fitted with a Mitsubishi Diamana White 70X shaft. It is the same model Brooks Koepka uses and the American said the driver is as good as anything he has hit before.
Both the ZX5 and ZX7 drivers feature a strong but lightweight carbon crown that is 15 per cent larger the previous generations. This new crown repositions mass low, deep, and around the perimeter, increasing MOI and forgiveness. Interestingly, the ZX5 has the larger footprint of the two as well.
Fairways
TaylorMade SIM2, TaylorMade M5
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The first two clubs to go in the bag that aren’t made by Srixon or Cleveland are his two fairway woods. Lowry has been using TaylorMade models for a while now and this continues with a SIM2 Ti three-wood (opens in new tab), and an older TaylorMade M5 five-wood in the bag. They have 15 and 19 degrees of loft respectively and the former has a Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue shaft, and the latter has a Graphite Design shaft.
Irons
Srixon ZX, Srixon ZX5, Srixon ZX7
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He then uses a combo set of Srixon irons starting with the Srixon ZX utility irons (opens in new tab). At the moment he uses one of them, a 3-iron but he does occasionally carry a 2-iron version as well. His 2 iron is fitted with a Mitsubishi…
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