Future PGA Star Secures Card with Modern WITB

With the advancements in golf equipment, specifically club heads and performance shafts, and launch monitor technology, in particular Trackman and Foresight Sports, more and more golfers have been realizing the indisputable benefits of custom fitting. Indeed, many golfers have come to realize that the best performing set of clubs for them may involve a mix-and-match of different club head models and shafts to help achieve target distances, spin rates, launch windows, etc.

While most PGA TOUR Pros continue to be very set in their ways with which equipment finds their way into their bags, a small number of pros are utilizing technology to help them expose every advantage that’s available to them.

To illustrate, Justin Thomas, who’s known for being particularly proficient ball striker with his zero offset blades, recently added the new Titleist T100 4-iron into his bag to help get height and distance that he wasn’t able to achieve with his muscle backs, which, in turn, provide him with a new weapon that better complement the Titleist MB 5 through 9 irons he games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Likewise, Viktor Hovland—the 2018 U.S. Amateur champ—who recently earned his PGA TOUR card and will be joining his former Oklahoma State teammate Matthew Wolff for the 2019-2020 season after equipping four different Ping iron comb-sets that were used over the prior seven events on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Specifically:

• iBlade (4-6)/i210 (7-PW)
• i210 (4-PW)
• iBlade (4-6)/Blueprint (7-PW)
• i210 (4-6)/iBlade (7-PW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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While it’s evident that Hovland enjoys tinkering with his iron setup, it’s also clear that he doesn’t fear playing whatever equipment he believes gives him the best chance at winning, whether it’s a set of cavity-back, better-player’s irons (more common associated with weekend warriors) or minimal offset, blade-esqe irons.

Undoubtedly, having the backing of a major golf equipment manufacturer provides certain benefits, including the ability to have every offering built to your spec and selecting whatever performs best on a weekly basis, amateur golfers should take a page from Hovland’s book and consider playing whatever performs best, including combo sets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Indeed, much like JT, most amateur golfers have difficulty elevating the ball with their long irons and, as a result, can greatly benefit from considering a more supportive setup (e.g., TS hybrids and/or T200 long irons with T100 short irons).  But without the help of a reputable fitter and supporting data, golfers have no idea how much performance (and shots) they’re leaving on the table.

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