After a season in which he went sponsor-free, Puyallup's Ryan Moore has inked a multi-year deal with little-known Scratch Golf to play their irons and wedges.

The contract was finalized Thursday prior to Moore teeing off for the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China.

Not only will he become the first PGA Tour player to sign with Scratch Golf to use their irons, the 26-year-old from Cascade Christian and UNLV also become a part-owner in the company, which originated in Eugene, Ore. in 2003 and is now based in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mike Moore, his father and president of Moore Sports Management, said the family flew out to the company's headquarters a month ago, and spent a day testing the product.

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He put them in his bag for the first time at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children tournament in mid-October, and used them again a week later at the Frys.com Open. He posted back-to-back top-10 finishes.

"They're passionate about high-quality traditional classic golf clubs that are custom-fit for the player," said Mike Moore of Scratch Golf. "They're for the serious golfer who know what he wants."

Ryan Moore had used Ping irons pretty much his entire life – and signed a multi-year deal with that company when he turned professional in 2005.

That contract expired prior to this season, and Moore had tested "nine to 10" sets of irons throughout the season, his father said. In fact, when he won at the Wyndham Championship in August, he used the set of irons he won every significant amateur event in 2004, including the U.S. Amateur.

But he's decided to go a different direction, with a up-and-coming company. Moore will use the company's SB-1 Muscleback irons.