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Paul Goydos added new TaylorMade TP wedges with xFT to his bag at Riviera, but not until they were extensively modified.

According to the company, his 54° and 60° discount golf clubs wedges were bent in two areas of the hosel to create offset. An e-mail from TaylorMade said, "We bend it extremely strong at the lowest point of the hosel—like 6°. Basically as much as we can without damaging or ruining the look of the hosel. Then we go to the highest point of the hosel and bend it back to its taylormade r9 driver original loft. The result is a wedge that has a lot of offset."

TaylorMade reps say the wedges with added offset look similar to Ping Eye2s in the playing position and help Goydos get under the ball.

TaylorMade also reports that Rory Sabbatini added a 19° TP Rescue with FCT to his callaway x-22 irons bag at Riviera. The South African also switched to TaylorMade's new 10.5° Burner SuperFast driver.

Titleist
Steve Stricker won the soggy Northern Trust Open at Riviera on Sunday with a slightly different set makeup. While the game's new No. 2 player still used a set of titleist ap2 irons and his 19° Titleist 909H hybrid club, he took out the 3-iron from his set and put in another hybrid, a 21° Titleist 909H with a UST Mamiya ProForce V2 shaft.
Westwood satisfied with form

European number one Lee Westwood shrugged off his winless start to the new season following Sunday's play-off defeat at the Dubai Desert Classic.

The 36-year-old world number four lost to Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, taylormade r7 cgb max Irons missing two championship putts in the play-off after letting slip a two-shot advantage following a final-round level-par 72 at Emirates Golf Club.