AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods played last season using a Nike Dymo Tour driver with a Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 83x shaft, but on Monday at Augusta National he carried a second driver in his bag.

Under his famous tiger headcover, affectionately known as Frank, was a Nike Victory Red Tour driver with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI series shaft.

Tiger didn't drive the ball especially well at Augusta on Monday, sending drives well left of his target on the first, third, fifth, and 10th fairways. It should be interesting to see whether the club stays in his bag this week or if he reverts back to the Dymo on Thursday morning.

On another Tiger equipment front, there were rumors swirling through the Internet that he might come to Augusta using a Nike Method putter. Stewart Cink and Lucas Glover use one, as do Paul Casey and Michelle Wie. The rumors turned out to be false; Woods played his practice round Monday using the same Titleist by Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter that he's been using for years.

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The folks at Nike Golf have released the "script" of what Tiger Woods and other Nike-sponsored players will wear at the Masters tournament April 8-11. There are no big surprises.

Woods is wearing a typical (for him) sequence of striped shirts with solid-colored trousers, finishing with the expected reddish shirt, with a complicated crisscross overstripe, on Sunday. If you look at what other Nike pros are wearing -- including Stewart Cink, Trevor Immelman, and Anthony Kim -– you can spot a few clear differences or contrasts. All the other guys wear white on at least one day and have a softer palette in general. Woods does not wear white. In fact, he will wear black trousers and black cap on three out of four days. It's a bit of a "bad" look for golf's most famous (and notorious) athlete. But let's not read much into it. According to the company, the clothes were decided upon months ago (the graphic images are dated 9-10-09) -- well before the golfer's infidelity scandals were revealed.

Never a fashion plate by any means, Woods has always tended toward the serious, athletic look. He looks to be all-business next week at Augusta National.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Ping Golf received a huge 50th anniversary present on Sunday evening. At 7:32 Eastern time, Trevor Immelman slipped a green jacket on Angel Cabrera in Butler Cabin at Augusta National.

Cabrera becomes the first Ping staff player to ever win a Masters title.

As is tradition, Ping will now make a solid gold replica of the putter Cabrera used to win the tournament, and place it in a vault in the company's Scottsdale headquarters. This video gives you an inside look into the vault.

Cabrera's i-Series 1/2 Craz-E putter tips the scales at 385 grams. With the current price of gold at $879 an ounce, that's $27,249 worth of bling!

Cabrera also had a new lob wedge in the bag at Augusta. Ping's new Tour W TS wedge (Thin Sole) is just arriving in pro shops. It is designed to provide players with the ability to hit better shots off thin, tight lies. Like other Tour W wedges, the TS has a tungsten toe weight and a small thermoplastic urethane insert to increase the moment of inertia and enhance feel.

Once again, here is a complete list of all the clubs in Cabrera's bag at the Masters:

Driver:                Rapture (7.5°)
Fairway wood:  Rapture V2 (15.5°)
Irons:                 G10 (2), S57 (3-PW)
Wedges:             Ping Tour-W (54°),  Tour W TS (60°)
Putter:                i Series 1/2 Craz-E B

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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Two years ago at Oakmont, Angel Cabrera won his first major championship, the U.S. Open, holding off charges by Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk.

On Sunday, Cabrera will be going for his second major at the Masters.

We reported earlier this week that many players elected to go with hybrid clubs instead of long irons at Augusta National, but Cabrera took a Ping Rapture V2 hybrid club out of his bag in favor of a Ping G10 2-iron.

Cabrera elected to stick with a unique putter he put in the bag at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. It is a Ping i Series 1/2 Craz-E B, but Cabrera's is 39-inches long and features a grip designed for a belly putter that extends almost halfway down the shaft. Cabrera told me in Arizona that the large grip helps him properly balance the putter and enhances his feel on the greens.

Here is a complete list of the clubs he has in his bag this week:

Driver:                Rapture (7.5°)
Fairway wood:  Rapture V2 (15.5°)
Irons:                 G10 (2), S57 (3-PW)
Wedges:             Ping Tour-W (54°, 60°)
Putter:                i Series 1/2 craze B

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Here are the clubs Steve Stricker has been using this week at the Masters:

Driver:                Titleist 909D3 (8.5°) with UST ProForce V2 85 shaft
Fairway wood:    Titleist 906F2 (13°) with UST ProForce V2 95 shaft
Hybrid:               Titleist 585H (17°) with Fujikura Speeder 904HB shaft
Irons:                 Titleist 755 (3-PW) with Royal Precision Project X shafts
Wedges:             Titleist Vokey Design 200 Series (54°), prototype (59°)
Putter:                Odyssey White Hot #2
Ball:                   Titleist Pro V1

(Photo by Bob Martin/SI)

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Kenny Perry may be 48, but he still has the power of a 20-something. On the 445-yard, par-4 first hole Friday, Perry hit a driver and 9-iron to 10 feet before draining the putt for his first birdie of the day.

"I've switched one club in my bag from my four wins, and it's my driver," he said after his second-round 67. "I put this new driver in play, and I told my caddie [Fred Sanders], 'I think I can win a U.S. Open with this driver because I'm driving it so straight.'"

Perry had been using a TaylorMade Tour Burner,  and he's now carrying a TaylorMade R9, which features movable weights and an adjustable head.

"I've  probably lost five to seven yards in distance," Perry said, "but it's given me a lot of confidence in its straightness."

Here is a complete list of the clubs Kenny Perry has in his bag this week at the Masters:

Driver:                  TaylorMade R9 (9.5°) with Fujikura Motore shaft
Fairway woods:    TaylorMade Burner (14.5°) with Fujikura Rombax TP75 shafts
Irons:                    TaylorMade r7 (3-PW)
Wedges:                TaylorMade Z TP (56°, 64°)   Cleveland CG 14 (60°)
Putter:                   Ping G2i Craz-E*
Ball:                      Titleist Pro V1x

*no longer available at retail

Learn more about the latest drivers in the GOLF Buyer's Guide.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scotty Cameron, Titleist's putter design guru, has been selling t-shirts, hats, ball markers and other accessories for years. To commemorate this season's first major championship, he made a unique headcover, themed "Augusta Georgia … Sweet Nectar of Golf."

All 2,009 headcovers were made in the United States from brown leather, foam and shearling wool. Over 90,000 stitches were made to create the pink and white flowers and the Cameron logo.

When I asked Cameron if he had one for each Titleist player in this week's Masters, he told me he didn't bring any. All but a handful were made available on scottycameron.com, and they sold out, at $116 each, in about a day. The few that remain will likely be given to VIPs like Davis Love, who collects Cameron headcovers, but Cameron said no more will be made.

You can see a video of the headcover being created here.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Chad Campbell's best round at the Masters, before his 65 on Thursday, was a 67 in the third round four years ago. But in perfect scoring conditions, the Texan birdied the first five holes, as well as 12, 13, 14 and 15 before making two bogies to close out his round.

Driver:                 Adams Insight a4 (8.5°) with Graphite Design 65x shafts
Fairway wood:    TaylorMade Burner (13°) with Grafalloy Tour X shaft
Hybrid:                Adams a3 Boxer (18°) with Graphite Design 85 shaft
Irons:                  Adams Idea a4 Forged (3-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100
Wedges:              Titleist Vokey (54°), Spin Milled (60°)
Putter:                 Scotty Cameron by Titleist prototype
Ball:                    Titleist Pro V1x

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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Hunter Mahan shot an opening-round 66 at the Masters on Thursday.

Mahan's putter, a Ping iWi D66, features removable weights in the sole plate that allow customization. It also has a two-piece 304 stainless steel and elastomer face insert. The steel  portion provides the "click" sound that many players prefer, while the elastomer absorbs shock and softens the feel. Mahan made a switch to the putter just before the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla last September.

Here is a list of the club he used.

Driver:               Ping Rapture V2 (10.5°) with Ping prototype 824x shaft
Fairway wood:   Ping G10 (17° bent to 15°) with Fujikura TW84x shaft
Hybrid:               Ping Rapture V2 (17°) with Aldila VS Proto Hybrid 80x shaft
Irons:                 Ping S58 (4-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts
Wedges:             Titleist Vokey Design Spin Milled (54°, 59°)
Putter:                Ping iWi D66
Ball:                   Titleist Pro V1x

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Vijay Singh is competing this week with a new belly putter in his bag, a Never Compromise X-Ray. Singh, the 2000 Masters champion, had been using a Never Compromise GM2 Exchange #7 as recently as last week at the Shell Houston Open.

The X-Ray is a high-MOI mallet, which is designed to help players improve their alignment and remain steady at impact for improved distance control. There are five metallic "ribs" embedded in a soft insert to create a cushioned feel and help the ball start rolling faster.

Unfortunately for Singh, even with his caddie bending down to ground level to get a better look at the greens, he needed 30 putts to complete his first round at Augusta.

You can read more about the X-Ray, and other new mallet putters, in the GOLF Buyer's Guide.

(Photo by Schecter Lee)