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Iain Carter

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
472 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

You know, he's abandoning the clubs that he's doing it with and going with an entirely new company.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

Well, I mean, Ian, you explained not a new company at all, but new to golf.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

And he was a free agent, so he had a sort of mixed bag.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

So he had a couple of decades with TaylorMade, but then he went to Honma, won with them initially, but then had a real drop in form.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

He was a free agent, able to pick and choose.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

Miura irons, Japanese companies are very, very select irons.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

I think he had a Callaway mini driver, a tailor-made fairway wood, Titleist wedges.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

So he's just saying, I want to use exactly the equipment that I like for each part of the bag.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

And then suddenly this is entirely different.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

This is a company, so as you say, I think it's because he's got a bit of a friendship with Zac Brown, who's the CEO of McLaren Racing.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

And then you've got Lando Norris as well, who is golf mad as one of their drivers.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

Here are some quotes From the beginning this has been a passion project Rose said in a release I've had the opportunity to be involved from the outside Working with the team, testing the clubs, helping shape what they've become That level of involvement Combined with the standards McLaren bring to everything they do So you're saying Ian made this an easy decision For me So he's playing them this week Yes McLaren in the Cadillac event Wow Cars everywhere

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

Eddie, what do you make of all this shenanigans?

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

But you know what I think about this, Ian?

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

I think about the old clubs that used to have, you know, players would, you know, not necessarily Hogan, but the Ben Sayers or something like that.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

Players would move into getting their names on clubs if they were at a certain level.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

So he maybe wants to, you know, it is a risk.

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

But obviously the engineering...

The Chipping Forecast
Family Fortunes

know-how of mclaren although in a totally different field you would think they would be quick learners although they'll have to be quick learners sorry mabel's circling in the beanbag it's an absolute shit show here she's just getting it all wrong she's now driving her head into the beanbags there's no sick there though is there no no she's fine now but this is just an absolute mess is it go on turn around one more time and settle down settle lie down