‘Very important’: Patrick Cantlay finally convinced to upgrade his Titleist 718 AP2 irons
It’s been a long time since Patrick Cantlay finally upgraded from his Titleist 718 AP2 irons.
Cantlay was a travel expert who didn’t like to change and liked to stick to what worked for him.
However, PING ended up sending him a set of irons he likes in addition to his set of 718 AP2 irons from Titleist.
Cantlay has a total of seven PGA TOUR wins with his previous irons in his bag so there was always going to be some doubt.
Cantlay has officially switched to PING’s Blueprint S irons for the 2024 Masters, marking the end of an era.
PING Tour representative Spencer Rothluebber revealed that they began sending Cantlay sets for testing in December 2023.
“He looks great,” Rothluebber told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday at the 2024 Zurich Classic in New Orleans. “We worked a lot on lie angles and making sure his irons were right. But also everything from the railway to the top. The numbers must be there [spin and distance] to him, but it has to look right, too.”
PING sent him several sets of irons with different angles and lengths. But the real breakthrough came at The American Express 2024 when they were able to measure the specifications of his old 718 AP2 instruments to match the specifications on the new set of Blueprint S instruments.
The fully engineered, 8620 iron head features a clean cavity design and CG optimized for distance and trajectory control. Thanks to a lot of work and craftsmanship, these irons are also more forgiving than your average golfer’s iron.
During that intensive testing process, which continued until the 2024 RBC Heritage following the Masters, PING and Cantlay worked on fine-tuning the details, including dialing bounce, grind, lie angles and lofts, to ensure that no the remaining stone. I was not answered in this quest for a new set of instruments.
In addition, while Cantlay continues to use his Titleist 915F 3-wood and TS2 21-degree fairway wood, he will switch to the new Titleist TSR2 9-degree driver in 2024.
Cantlay has never been the type of player to make many changes during his career, but it looks like 2024 will be a turning point for the eight-time PGA TOUR winner.
