Justin Rose And Honma Appear To Be On The Rocks
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During his World No. 1 reign, Justin Rose’s contract at Taylor Made expired and in 2019 he opened the season with a Honma bag and clubs. The lucrative deal did not require Rose to adopt Honma’s driver, but he did anyway and won his first week using the clubs in PGA Tour action.
Way back in mid-February all seemed well, even as Rose has slipped to No. 13 in the world and failed to capture the glory of his first PGA Tour event with Honma (a 2019 win at Torrey Pines). From the chat a few weeks ago with Golf.com’s Jonathan Wall.
And the team has just been so excited to respond to the challenges that I’ve been throwing at them. Every rendition of the product just seems to be getting better and better and better. And obviously to win pretty much first time out with them at Torrey was awesome last year. And I’ve got admit I didn’t have my best year last year from a mechanics and a swing point of view, and sometimes you’ve got to blame the Indian not the arrows, but I feel like I’m really beginning to get back on track here. The whole team’s been just so responsive and the new, I’m sure we’ll get to it, but the new TR20 stuff is even better.
“Responsive” popped throughout the interview, almost as if there has been more back and forth than normal.
Then last week Rose was spotted with a Taylor Made driver and this week at Bay Hill, the bag has seen a total turnover from Honma to mostly Taylor Made, reported Wall.
And now this…
