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 it’s place 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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