Justin Rose plays without Honma clubs in Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am - Golf.com

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Justin Rose came to Bay Hill on Wednesday for the Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am, there was something curious about his Honma staff bag: It didn’t include a single Honma club.

Rose, who signed a multi-year deal with Honma in 2019, surprisingly started using a TaylorMade SIM driver last week at the Honda Classic instead of his new Honma TR20 driver.

As of Wednesday at Bay Hill, it appears Rose is considering switching out of his Honma irons as well. Rose had TaylorMade’s P730 irons — the same set he used during his time as a TaylorMade staffer — in the bag for the pro-am instead of the Honma TR20B irons he’s been using since the Hero World Challenge.

Rose’s bag also featured TaylorMade metalwoods, a few Titleist, Wilson and TaylorMade wedges he was testing, and, of course, an Axis1 Golf Rose putter.

Rose departed TaylorMade at the end of 2018, after a 20-year stint with the equipment manufacturer, and promptly won his second start with Honma equipment at the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open.

2020-03-05 03:45:03Z
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