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The ‘trusty’ 5-wood that’s helped rejuvenate this PGA Tour Champions player’s career

By: Ryan Barath
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November 11, 2022
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Taylormade SIM ti Alker 5wood

PGA Tour Champions money-leader Steven Alker explains why his trusty 5-wood isn't going anywhere after his career season.

Ryan Barath

Beyond a putter, the most difficult clubs to get a tour player to change is their fairway woods, and with the way Champions Tour money-leader Steven Alker has played this season, his trusty 5-wood isn’t going anywhere.

Alker talked about the club in a recent video posted to the PGA Tour Champions Twitter account and goes into detail on the 5-wood’s specs and some of his most memorable shots from the season.

The trusty purple shaft 5-wood that has sparked Steven Alker's season.

It's rare nowadays. pic.twitter.com/I2P5ngTrXc

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) November 9, 2022

The 5-wood is a TaylorMade Sim Titanium (gen 1) with an adjustable hosel set to add loft with an Oban Kyoshi Purple shaft. Although Alker mentioned the shaft isn’t one you see that often anymore, the Kyoshi purple is still part of Oban’s line of graphite shafts and a cult favorite.

OBAN KIYOSHI PURPLE WOOD SHAFT

The Oban Kiyoshi Purple is ideal for the player that is looking to create high launch and low spin performance for longer distance and tight dispersion.
$360 from Fairway Jockey

Another place where some sharp-eyed gear junkies might have spotted this shaft in the past is in the bag of social-media star and king of the slinger Mac Boucher, who plays the Kyoshi Purple in his 3-wood.

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A post shared by Mac (@macbouchergolf)

One thing to note that should be clarified for those curious about a little nugget Alker dropped toward the beginning of the video is how his 19° 5-wood is bent weak to 20°. The club itself is NOT bent weak (to add loft), instead, the club has been adjusted using the adjustable hosel sleeve to increase the loft a degree from standard.

I don’t blame Alker for the terminology misstep since tour vans are known for bending fairway woods using specialty molds, but in the case of an adjustable hosel, it only takes a few wrench clicks to dial in your ideal loft setting.

This week marks the end of the PGA Tour Champions season, and Alker is currently leading the money list with $3,334,425 in earnings, which puts him $481,170 ahead of Padraig Harrington.

As a career journeyman on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, Alker’s career money total was $2,318,886. Considering this second lease on his professional golf life out on the Champions Tour, his $3 million-plus in prize money leading into the final event of the season makes this 5-wood a very valuable club.

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Ryan Barath

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Ryan Barath is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com’s senior editor for equipment. He has an extensive club-fitting and -building background with more than 20 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. Before joining the staff, he was the lead content strategist for Tour Experience Golf, in Toronto, Canada.

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