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What’s In The Bag: Neal Shipley

Written by James Hogg on Saturday 15 June 2024

Today’s Golfer dives into the bag of amateur sensation, Neal Shipley, to discover what equipment he’s playing with. Most of us in the golfing world are now very familiar with Neal Shipley. However, if you’re someone who isn’t and you’re currently asking – who is Neal Shipley – hopefully that article will help. As the winner of the low amateur award...

What’s In The Bag: Thomas Detry

Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 15 June 2024

Today’s Golfer takes a look inside the bag of Thomas Detry, the Belgian currently playing on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour.  Thomas Detry started to play golf at the age of five, alongside hockey and tennis, and started competing in international golf tournaments by the time he was a teenager. Detry won the Dutch Junior Open in 2009...

What’s In The Bag: Amy Yang

Written by Sarah Pyett on Monday 10 June 2024

Today’s Golfer takes a look inside the bag of Amy Yang, who plays on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.  Amy Yang grew up in South Korea and started playing golf at the age of 10. Her family moved to Australia five years later to allow her to focus on her golf career.  In 2006, Yang won the ANZ Ladies...

What’s In The Bag: Adam Scott’s unique equipment setup

Tuesday 4 June 2024

The golf clubs and other equipment used by former Masters champion and former world number one golfer, Adam Scott. Adam Scott’s WITB is an interesting one. He’s not signed to an equipment manufacturer, which frees him up to pick and choose whatever golf clubs and other equipment he likes from any brand. Born in Australia, Adam Scott turned professional in 2000.

What’s In The Bag: Nasa Hataoka

Written by Sarah Pyett on Monday 3 June 2024

Today’s Golfer takes a look inside the bag of the Japanese six-time LPGA Tour-winning golfer, Nasa Hataoka. Hataoka started playing golf at age 11, and was the first amateur to win a big event on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Since joining the LPGA tour as a rookie in 2017, she has achieved nine top-10 finishes in women’s major tournaments, and been ranked...

What’s In The Bag: Yuka Saso

Monday 3 June 2024

Take a look inside the bag of two-time Major Champion and LPGA Tour star, Yuka Saso with Today’s Golfer Yuka Saso has four professional victories under her belt, two wins on the LPGA Tour of Japan and two wins on the LPGA Tour. Both of Saso’s victories on the LPGA Tour have been in the US Women’s Open. The two-time Major...

What’s In The Bag: Dean Burmester

Sunday 19 May 2024

Today’s Golfer takes a look inside the bag of the South African four-time European Tour winner, now playing on the LIV Golf Tour. Dean Burmester games a mixed bag of equipment from powerhouse brands including Callaway, Ping, and Srixon. The big-hitting South African ended 2023 in style with back-to-back victories at the Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned Joburg Open and Investec South African Open...

What’s In The Bag: Sahith Theegala

Saturday 18 May 2024

Today’s Golfer takes a look inside the bag of the American PGA Tour winner to see the equipment that’s propelling him up the world rankings. Sahith Theegala plays exclusively with Ping equipment and uses a Titleist Pro V1 golf ball. He won his maiden PGA Tour event at the 2023 Fortinet Championship with a score of 21-under par, two strokes clear...

What’s In The Bag: Hannah Green

Tuesday 30 April 2024

Hannah Green is a five-time winner on the LPGA Tour and a Major Champion. Let’s take a look at what clubs the Australian is relying on in 2024 Since turning professional in 2016 Hannah Green has won 12 professional titles across the Epson Tour, WPGA Tour of Australasia, and LPGA Tour. The Australian’s most recent victory came at the 2024 JM...

What’s In The Bag: Akshay Bhatia

Monday 8 April 2024

What golf clubs does Akshay Bhatia use? Let’s take a look inside the bag of the 22-year-old two-time PGA Tour winner. Akshay Bhatia turned professional at the age of 17 in 2019. The American has racked up two victories on the PGA Tour and seven top-10 finishes. Bhatia’s first victory came at the 2023 Barracuda Championship, and his most recent victory...

What’s In The Bag: Peter Malnati

Monday 25 March 2024

What golf clubs does Peter Malnati use? Let’s take a look inside the bag of the two-time PGA Tour winner. Peter Malnati is playing in his eleventh season as a member of the PGA Tour. Over those years on Tour, Malnati has recorded two victories, his first came back in 2015 at the Sanderson Farms Champions. The American’s most recent win...

What’s In The Bag: Anthony Kim’s equipment of choice after 12-year golf exile

Thursday 29 February 2024

After 12 years in exile, what golf equipment will folklore hero Anthony Kim wield as he returns to battle it out on the LIV Golf circuit in 2024? Forget the mega-money moves for Rahm, DJ, and Koepka…LIV’s most intriguing signing to date is golf’s forgotten man – Anthony Kim (AK). Greg Norman shrewdly pounced on his chance to bring Kim, once dubbed...

What’s In The Bag: Jake Knapp

Monday 26 February 2024

What golf clubs does Jake Knapp use? An in-depth look at what’s in the former security guards golf bag after his first win as a rookie on the PGA Tour Jake Knapp played in his first PGA TOUR event over nine years ago at the Farmers Insurance Open and before the 2024 season had managed just three other starts on the...

What’s In The Bag: Nick Taylor

Monday 12 February 2024

Today’s Golfer dives into the bag of four-time PGA Tour winner Nick Taylor to find out what equipment the Canadian golfer uses. Taylor’s perfectly judged 9-iron from the par-3 tee box of the loudest hole in golf sent the raucous WM Phoenix Open crowds into an even wilder frenzy, setting up the first of two birdies required to force a playoff...

What’s In The Bag: Dylan Frittelli

Monday 5 February 2024

Today’s Golfer dives into the bag of South African golfer Dylan Frittelli to reveal the equipment used by the PGA and three-time European Tour winner. Finishing on 13-under par after rounds of 67, 68, 69, and 71, South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli returned to the European Tour winner’s circle for the first time in six years with a two-stroke victory at the...

What’s In The Bag: Matthieu Pavon

Monday 29 January 2024

What golf clubs does the French PGA Tour rookie use? Let’s take a look at what’s in the bag for Matthieu Pavon in 2024 Matthieu Pavon became the shortest-priced winner on the PGA Tour this season, following his maiden victory in the States at the Farmers Insurance Open. A Frenchman hasn’t won a PGA Tour recognized event since 1907 when Arnaud...

What’s In The Bag: Nick Dunlap

Monday 22 January 2024

What golf clubs does Alabama superstar Nick Dunlap use? An in-depth look at what’s in the bag of the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event in 33 years Everyone remember the name: Nick Dunlap. The 20-year-old made history at The American Express as he became the first amateur to win a PGA TOUR event in 33 years. The last...

What’s In The Bag: Tiger Woods’ mixes TaylorMade, Scotty Cameron and Bridgestone for 2024 equipment

Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 30 November 2023

What golf clubs does Tiger Woods use? We delve into the 15-time Major champion’s bag and look closer at his new Sun Day Red wardrobe for 2024. Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of his generation, if not of all time. We’ll save the Tiger vs. Jack Nicklaus debate for another time, but the fact is that Woods’ impact on the...

What’s In The Bag: Min Woo Lee

Thursday 30 November 2023

What golf clubs and ball does Aussie Pro Min Woo Lee use? We delve into the three-time European Tour winner’s bag. Jump To: Min Woo Lee’s WITB Min Woo Lee steamed into the newly revamped 2024 DP World Tour season with victory at the first event of the ‘Opening Swing’ in Brisbane, at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, rising to a career-high...

What’s In The Bag: Rick Shiels

Thursday 16 November 2023

What’s in the bag of Rick Shiels, the PGA professional behind the No.1 golf YouTube channel in the world? If you’re a golf fan and you’ve never heard of Rick Shiels then chances are you’ve been living in a land without an internet connection and you think YouTube is an insult as opposed to the world’s biggest video-sharing platform. Luckily we...

What’s In The Bag (WITB)

Welcome to “What’s in the Bag” for the PGA Tour Champions! Ever curious about what golfing treasures our seasoned pros are carrying on the course? From trusted irons and drivers that have seen them through fierce competition to the latest gear giving them an extra edge, we’ll give you an exclusive look. Our golf expert shares a bit more insight into what golf clubs are similar to if you’re looking to build your own bag, too!

WITB Articles

Richard Bland WITB 2024 | Oldest First-Time Tour Winner

May 24, 2024

Tom Pernice Jr WITB 2024 | The 2-Time All-American’s Clubs

May 23, 2024

Kirk Triplett WITB 2024 | More Than Just a Smiling Face

May 20, 2024

Justin Leonard WITB 2024 | The 1997 Open Champion

May 15, 2024

Phil Mickelson WITB 2024: Gear of the 3X Green Jacket Winner

April 7, 2024

Lee Janzen WITB 2024: 8-Time PGA Tour Champ’s Bag

March 25, 2024

Harrison Frazar WITB 2024 | Winning Clubs of the Texan

March 24, 2024

Rob Labritz WITB 2024 | Clubs of a Relentless Fighter

March 12, 2024

Joe Durant WITB 2024 | The 9 Time PGA Tour Winner

March 9, 2024

KJ Choi WITB 2024 | The Weapons of Choice for the Tank

March 7, 2024

Rod Pampling WITB 2024 | What’s In the Bag of Lightning Rod?

Alex Cejka WITB 2024 | Humble Beginnings to Champion Golfer

March 4, 2024

David Duval WITB 2024 | What Is The Former World #1 Playing?

March 3, 2024

Steve Alker WITB 2024 | A Golf Champion’s Trusted Tools

March 2, 2024

Davis Love III WITB 2024 | The Major Champion’s Golf Clubs

February 23, 2024

Steve Stricker WITB 2024: The Clubs of a Champion

February 21, 2024

Padraig Harrington WITB 2024 | Irishman Bagged Another Win

February 18, 2024

Paul Broadhurst WITB 2024 | Broady’s Golf Bag

Ernie Els WITB 2024 | Golf Clubs of The Big Easy

February 17, 2024

Miguel Angel Jimenez WITB 2024 | The Most Interesting Golfer

January 14, 2024

Nelly Korda WITB 2024 | 2x Winner of The Annika

November 16, 2023

Annika Sorenstam WITB 2023 | The GOAT’s New Clubs 🐐

November 12, 2023

Mike Weir WITB 2023 | The 2003 Masters Champion’s Clubs

October 14, 2023

Bernhard Langer WITB | The Player Of The Decade

September 2, 2023

Fred Couples WITB 2023 | Boom Boom’s Top Golf Clubs

August 31, 2023

Darren Clarke WITB 2023 | Senior Open Championship Winner

August 3, 2023

John Daly WITB 2023 | A Long Hitters Golf Clubs of Choice

July 5, 2023

Kevin Sutherland WITB 2024 | Charles Schwab Cup Champion

July 3, 2023

Vijay Singh WITB 2023: Favorite Golf Clubs Of The Big Fijian

July 1, 2023

Stuart Appleby WITB 2023 | Down Under to PGA Tour Success

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PHOTOS: What’s in pros’ bags at the PGA Championship (including Jason Day’s custom irons)

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — One of the strongest fields in professional golf descends upon Bethpage State Park’s Black Course for the PGA Championship . With nearly every player in the Official World Golf Ranking top 100 on hand, the tournament provides an incredible opportunity to get a closer look at the equipment used by some of the best golfers on the planet, including Tiger Woods , Justin Rose, Jason Day, Bubba Watson and Hideki Matsuyama.

Jonathan Wall, GOLF’s equipment editor, was on hand to photograph the gear that will be used to tackle one of the toughest tests in golf.

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What's In Jon Rahm's Bag?

May 16, 2024.

Source: golfwrx.com

With a pretty unique swinging style, Jon Rahm has become quite a force on the tour. Since turning pro in 2016, the fiery Spaniard has won several PGA Tour events and snapped countless shafts over his knee (which we freaking love!). There were some raised eyebrows when Rahmbo switched to a Callaway setup to start 2021 with very little transition time. But his results have remained fairly steady as evidenced by his consistent appearance in top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Here are the clubs and equipment that Jon Rahm was using as of May 16, 2024. We've catalogued all of Jon Rahm's club and equipment data into our PGAClubTracker.com database, making it easy to see each player’s club preferences, and how they compare to other Tour players.

Jon Rahm is currently ranked #10 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Jon Rahm WITB 2024 May:

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Whats in the Bag

Jon rahm’s winning witb: 2023 masters.

• Jon Rahm what’s in the bag accurate as of the Masters.

Our friend  Sean Martin at PGATour.com on the degree of loft Rahm recently added to his driver.

“He is using the same type of driver head as at the start of the year – a 10.5-degree Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond – but switched into a different head and changed the hosel setting from NS to NS+1, which adds a degree of loft to the head. The increased spin from the added loft brought back Rahm’s preferred shot shape. The team at Callaway brought Rahm several different heads to help him find one that didn’t look too closed with the added loft.”

“In his first round with the new club, Rahm missed just one fairway over the final nine holes of his opening 71 at TPC Sawgrass.”

‘“We knew we were in a good spot, and then it was a bummer because he got sick,” Davidson said Thursday. “Last week, he was working with (instructor) David Phillips, and they had some unbelievable sessions. I think he shot 60 … last week in Scottsdale. We knew coming into this week that he was scoring well.”’

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees @11.5) Shaft: Aldila Tour Green ATX 75 2.8 TX (45.25 inches, tipped 1.5 inch)

3-wood: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond T (High Launch, 16 degrees @15.1) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

5-wood: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond T (18 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

Irons:  Callaway Apex TCB (4-PW) Shafts: Project X 125 6.5 (4-PW)

Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10, 56-12 @55.25, 60-10) Shafts: Project X 125 6.5

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie S

Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X

Grips: Golf Pride MCC midsize

More Jon Rahm WITBs

• Jon Rahm’s winning WITB: 2023 Genesis Invitational
• Jon Rahm WITB 2022 (July)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2022 (May)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2022 (January, new photos)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2022 (January)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2021 (September)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2021 (Masters)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2021 (March)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2021 (Callaway)
• Jon Rahm WITB (October 2020)
• Jon Rahm WITB 2020
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• Jon Rahm WITB 2018
• Jon Rahm WITB 2017
• Jon Rahm WITB 2016
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2021 US Open
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2020 BMW Championship
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2020 Memorial
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2019 DP World Championship
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2019 Open de Espana
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2018 Hero World Challenge
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2018 Open de Espana
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2018 CareerBuilder Challenge
• Jon Rahm winning WITB: 2017 DP World Championship

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Gordon Sargent WITB 2023 (April)

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St. Bolitos the Unmercenary of Ohrid

Apr 29, 2023 at 2:16 pm

I’m having a “doing-simple-math” brain freeze. Would someone tell me exactly how many clubs are in the bag pictured above?

Apr 10, 2023 at 2:51 pm

Totally faithful to that Aldila Tour Green driver shaft since 2016. Knows what works for him; inexpensive option relative to what’s out there in the driver shaft world.

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Apr 10, 2023 at 11:19 am

What is really cool..not showing any of the LIV Tour guys bags.

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Apr 10, 2023 at 7:12 am

Dude isn’t even putting with a Scottie! He doesn’t deserve a green jacket

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Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees) Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees) Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 70 TX

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5-wood: Ping G430 Max (18 degrees @19) Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (20 degrees @19) Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Ping Crossover G (3), Ping i230 (4-UW) Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Blue 9 X (3), Project X LZ 6.5 (4-UW)

Wedges: Ping s159 (54-12S, 60-T) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold our Issue S400

Putter: Ping Ketsch G Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Flatso 2.0

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Scottie Scheffler’s winning WITB: 2024 Travelers Championship

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (8 degrees @8.25, D4 swing weight)  Buy here. Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X (45 inches)

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees @14.25)  Buy here. Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X (42 5/16 inches, tipped 1.5 inch, D3 swing weight)

Check out more in-hand photos of Scottie Scheffler’s clubs here.

Irons: Srixon ZU85 (3, 4)  Buy here,  TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)  Buy here. Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Hybrid Prototype 10 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (50-12F, 56-14F)  Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-T)  Buy here. Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X  Buy here. Grip: Golf Pride Pro Only

• Hosel: L-Neck
• Length: 35.5 inches
• Site line: True Path with Full Line
• Loft: 3 degrees
• Lie: 72 degrees
• Insert: Surlyn Pure Roll

Ball: Titleist Pro V1  Buy here.

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WITB Time Machine: Bubba Watson’s winning WITB, 2018 Travelers Championship

Bubba Watson captured his third victory at the Travelers Championship in 2018, erasing a six-stroke deficit with a final-round, 7-under 63 to top a quartet of golfers at 14 under par.

“I feel like this is my home course,” Watson said. “As soon as they put the schedule up, I sign up for this. I want to come back here. This means so much, not only from the golf side of it, but from the family side. My dad, it was the only time he got to see me win (in 2010). He got to see me qualify for the Ryder Cup at this event. So all these things just mean so much to my family.”

Take a look at what Bubba had in the bag six years ago below.

Driver: Ping G400 LST (8.5 degrees @7.6 degrees) Buy here. Shaft: Grafalloy Bi-Matrix Pink X-Flex Length: 44.5 inches (tipped 0.5 inches)

3-wood: Ping G (14.5 degrees, at 13.2 degrees)  Buy here. Shaft: Fujikura Tour Spec 8.2X Length: 42 inches, tipped at 1.5 inches Swing Weight: D3

Irons:  Ping iBlade (2)  Buy here,  Ping S55 (4-PW)  Buy here. Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Length: +0.25 inches (2 iron), +0.5 inches (4-PW)

Wedges: Ping Glide 2.0 (52-12 SS, 56-12 SS, 60-06 TS)  Buy here. Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Length: +0.5 inches

Putter: Ping PLD Anser (Blast Finish)  Buy here. Grip: Ping Pistol Length, loft, lie: 34.25 inches, 4.5 degrees, 68.5 degrees Weight: 340 grams

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Scottie Scheffler’s $70 million bag, rounds that impressed Jordan Spieth most, and more

Plus, the women’s olympic field and texas tech product mito pereira’s bid to represent chile in paris.

By SportsDay Staff

8:22 PM on Jun 25, 2024 CDT

When Cameron Young made a 10-foot par putt for 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship , Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player to twice be in the same group as someone who broke 60.

Spieth also played alongside Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open when he made a 15-foot eagle putt on his final hole for 59 in the opening round.

So which was the best round he personally witnessed?

He leaned toward a 60.

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Remember, Spieth also was playing with Bryson DeChambeau in the second round of the 2021 BMW Championship at Caves Valley. DeChambeau hit 8-iron to 2 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th hole and needed only to birdie one of the last two holes.

He missed from 15 feet on No. 17 and from 6 feet on No. 18 and shot 60.

Related: Bryson DeChambeau narrowly misses a 59 in second round of BMW Championship

“I would say Bryson that day because it was a par 72,” Spieth said. “That might be the answer on those three rounds.”

He had deep appreciation for all three.

Young got off to a flier — two birdies, holing out for eagle from 142 yards, another birdie to reach 5 under through four holes on the par-70 TPC River Highlands. Key was a 30-foot putt on No. 9 and a 3-iron to 4 feet for eagle on the reachable par-4 15th. Conditions allowed for players to lift, clean and place, though Young hit only six fairways.

“I remember thinking both Cam and Justin were right in it at the beginning,” Spieth said.

Thomas holed out from eagle on the short par-4 10th at Waialae to start his round. He actually bogeyed the next hole but then had a 10-hole stretch of eight birdies, including five in a row around the turn.

What Spieth doesn’t recall is that he hit the ball better than Thomas that day — Spieth’s average proximity to the hole was 18 feet, compared with 25 feet for Thomas.

“There’s definitely an argument to be for JT because he knew he needed eagle (on the final hole) and made a 15-foot slider,” Spieth said. “That’s a little bit different. That was the most clutch of the three.”

DeChambeau wasn’t clutch. He hit pitching wedge to 6 feet below the cup for 59 and missed. But so thorough was his performance that day that he never had more than two birdies in a row.

He was 9.913 shots better than the field average at Caves Valley, while Thomas was 9.249 better than the field at Waialae. Young was 7.845 shots better at TPC River Highlands.

Olympics or PGA Tour?

Texas Tech product Mito Pereira of LIV Golf is going back to the Olympics because Cristobal del Solar of Chile wants to give himself his best chance at getting a PGA Tour card.

The International Golf Federation still has del Solar listed as part of the 60-man field for the Paris Olympics. It will not be finalized until July 9. However, Pereira told LIV Golf’s website that del Solar has decided to skip the Olympics to try to move up the Korn Ferry Tour points list.

“He wanted to get to a certain number of points because obviously he’s fighting for his PGA Tour card,” Pereira said last week at LIV Golf Nashville. “It’s not that one is more important than the other. Obviously trying to get to the PGA Tour is his main goal. He made that decision and I think it’s very smart to do it.”

Del Solar, who shot 57 in a Korn Ferry Tour event in Colombia earlier this year, is No. 16 on the points list with 11 tournaments remaining. The top 30 earn PGA Tour status for next year.

Del Solar was No. 195 in the world when Olympic qualifying ended. Pereira was No. 272, but he easily got Chile’s second spot in the Olympics because he was more than 100 spots ahead of the player from the next available country.

Joaquin Niemann, also with LIV Golf , has the other spot for Chile.

Pereira, best known for losing a one-shot lead with a double bogey on the final hole of the 2022 PGA Championship, was part of a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Niemann finished one shot out of the playoff, which was won by C.T. Pan of Taiwan.

“Three years waiting for that again,” Pereira said. “I’m really focused on playing my best to get the medal.”

Olympics won’t include Ewing

Ally Ewing loves nothing more than to represent her country. Her only chance this year will be the Solheim Cup.

Ewing made bogey on the 16th hole and that wound up being a key moment that narrowly kept her out of the Olympics. Countries can have a maximum of four players provided they are among the top 15 in the women’s world ranking.

Ewing by one shot missed out on a tie for second in the KPMG Women’s PGA. She finished in a two-way tie for fifth and moved up to No. 16 in the world. A four-way tie for second would have meant moving to No. 14.

The Americans will have three players at the Paris Games with Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang.

Ewing, meanwhile, moved to No. 3 in the Solheim Cup standings for this year’s matches.

Amy Yang won her first major on Sunday at Sahalee and moved to a career-high No. 5. That also gave South Korea three players in the Olympics, with Yang joining Jin Young Ko and Hyo Joo Kim. South Korea had four players the past two Olympics.

No country has four women for the first time since golf returned to the Olympic program in 2016.

Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson and Leona Maguire are among 13 players who will be competing for the third straight time. Ko has won the silver medal (2016) and bronze (2020).

Senior Open to be more open

The U.S. Senior Open is making changes to become more open.

The USGA says next year’s championship at The Broadmoor in Colorado will have similar qualifying to the U.S. Open. Instead of one stage of qualifying over 33 sites, there will be 32 local qualifiers and 12 final qualifiers.

It also will reduce the number of full exemptions. Among the changes are PGA Tour Champions winners getting a one-year exemption instead of two- or three-year exemptions. The other three American senior majors will get five-year exemptions to the U.S. Senior Open.

Money matters

Scottie Scheffler has won or finished second in eight of his 15 starts on the PGA Tour this year. He is really cashing in at the $20 million signature events.

Scheffler played seven of the eight signature events, won four of them and earned $16.98 million. His season total, including wins at the Masters and The Players Championship, put him at $27,696,858 for the year.

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Still to come is the British Open and two FedEx Cup playoff events. Meanwhile, his victory in the Travelers Championship made him the seventh player to cross $70 million in career earnings. Scheffler is in his fifth full season on the PGA Tour.

Front Office Sports reports that TMRW Sports, the company backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that runs the TGL league, is valued at nearly $500 million in a Series A funding round announced Monday. The indoor, tech-drive TGL with six four-man teams doesn’t start until January. ... Harry Higgs has earned enough points on the Korn Ferry Tour to assure he will have a full PGA Tour card again next year. ... Florida State alumni had a big Sunday in PGA Tour-sanctioned events. John Pak won his first Korn Ferry Tour event, while recent graduate Frederik Kjettrup won in Canada on the PGA Tour Americas. The most famous former Seminole, five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, tied for 42nd against the 54-man field at LIV Golf.

Stat of the week

Scottie Scheffler has been bogey-free in the final round in three of his six victories this year.

”We do the best we can. Some days, golf feels so easy and feels so fun. Other days, it feels like I want to retire very soon.” — Amy Yang after winning her first major at age 34.

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Inside a wild 48 hours for Nick Bienz, the Golf Galaxy-working Rocket Mortgage qualifier

Nick Bienz is supposed to report to work on Thursday morning at 7:30. But the 27-year-old part-time Golf Galaxy employee – he works at one of the equipment and apparel chain’s stores on the northeast side of Indianapolis – won’t be clocking in because he has a 2:22 p.m. ET tee time at the PGA Tour’s  Rocket Mortgage Classic  in Detroit after securing his place in the field via an  eight-hole playoff in a Monday qualifier .

Someone please alert his boss.

“I still haven’t made that call,” Bienz said on Wednesday during a phone interview. “I think he knows already. The store’s group chat has been blowing up. They’ve been very supportive but I never technically made that call.”

Who can blame him? At its peak, Bienz said he had 920 text messages to respond to and noted, “I don’t even know that many people. It’s amazing how my life has turned upside down.”

Bienz shot 65 on Monday at The Orchards Golf Club in Washington, Michigan, and was relaxing in the grill room under the impression that his score would be good enough to earn one of four spots into the field – a life-changing moment for someone who had never played in any PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament let alone the big leagues. He said he has played in Monday qualifiers before with no luck but this was his first attempt this year. With multiple groups still finishing their rounds, Bienz enjoyed a celebratory beer or two.

“I need every ounce of alcohol right now to calm the nervous system and not try to vomit on myself,” Bienz told Ryan French of Monday Q in a video  shared on X , formerly known as Twitter. “That’s where we’re at right now.”

He downed the third beer after realizing he had celebrated prematurely and he still had to compete in a playoff. Eight holes later, his dream of playing on the PGA Tour became a reality. How many beers did he throw back afterwards?

“Just one,” he said. “I sat in the same chair at the golf course for 2 ½ hours in shock trying to respond to as many texts as I could and all the logistics for the tournament.”

First, he FaceTimed his fiancée on the cart ride back to the clubhouse. She was sobbing. “Do you know that you’re famous?” she asked.

Bienz, who played his college golf at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), had no idea that he had gone viral. Ever since, fans have been sending him money via Venmo to help with his expenses, a friend at apparel maker TravisMathew sent him a care package of outfits for the week but he said he hasn’t landed a sponsor yet despite several inquiries including a beer company.

“I’m such a rookie at this I don’t even know the logistics of how I’d get a logo on a shirt in less than 24 hours,” said Bienz, who also received a new bag with the logo of his employer Golf Galaxy.

But he already has met Kevin Kisner, who posted on social media that the Tour should pair them together in the tournament.

“He came up to me and said, ‘Are you my beer drinking buddy?’ ” Bienz recalled. “Then he said, ‘The Tour screwed us, bro. I thought they were going to pair us together.’ ”

Bienz said on four occasions he’s flunked out of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School and also tried the PGA Tour Latinoamerica and Mackenzie Tour twice. His game has been in good form. On June 10, he shot 69 at the Northern Open, an Indiana section event, and won the one-day tournament. He has given himself to his wedding next May to determine whether he is going to continue chasing his dream or call it quits and settle down in a real job. Depending on how he plays in the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where the purse this week is $9.2 million, working in golf retail could be in a galaxy far, far away for him.

“Fortunately for me this week has thrown a massive wrench and I really have no idea what’s going to happen from here,” he said.

Winner's Bag

Kevin Na What's In The Bag?

What clubs does Kevin Na use on the PGA Tour?

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Below we take a look at the clubs Na puts into his bag. Na had been a Titleist ambassador for numerous years but he has since signed with Callaway using 12 clubs from the brand however he still uses a PXG hybrid and Titleist Vokey Prototype wedge.

Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond

Na had been using the older Callaway GBB Epic for a while, and was seen using the newer Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero model at some tournaments. But in 2022 he now has the Epic Speed Triple Diamond in the bag which has 8.5 degrees of loft and is fitted with a Graphite Design Tour AD GP 6 TX shaft. Given his success with the old GBB Epic, it will be interesting to see if this is a permanent driver in the bag. 

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Na then opts for a couple of Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond fairway woods which have 14 and 18 degrees of loft respectively. We haven't been able to test the Triple Diamond version of this club because they are only really available out on Tour, but we have reviewed the normal Epic Speed. It made our Editors Choice list in 2021 because we loved the ball flight of this fairway wood, it also looks great behind the ball, coming in a nice sleek package that inspires confidence at address.

PXG 0317 X Gen 2

Na continues to use a hybrid out on Tour, and it is one of only two clubs not made by Callaway. Instead he uses a PXG 0317X Gen 2 hybrid which has 19 degrees of loft. It is fitted with the classic orange and white Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95X shaft.

Callaway Rogue Pro, Callaway Apex Pro 16

Na had been using T-MB and 718 AP2 irons from Titleist but now has Apex Pro 16 models from Callaway. He also carries a Callaway Rogue Pro 4-iron. Speaking to Golf.com Na explained why he went for cavity-backed irons; “I can’t play a blade,” Na said. “It’s too difficult, and I’m a pro golfer. I think a blade goes shorter. Off-center hits aren’t going to perform as well as cavity-backs. I don’t see a reason why you’d want to play a blade. I really don’t. I played blades in my early 20s, maybe one year — when I was dumb. But I’m wiser now and play a cavity-back. In the longer irons, I even look for more — I don’t want to say a high-handicapper club — a more forgiving club.”

Callaway Mack Daddy 4, Titleist Vokey Prototype

Na has three wedges, two of which are Callaway Mack Daddy 4's with 50 and 54 degrees of loft but we believe the 50 degree model comes in and out of the setup. The other is a 60 degree Titleist Vokey prototype which we noticed last year had a date written on it. At the Tour Championship his wedge had the date “8/2021” written in permanent marker on the head. Why? Well it is a way for him to keep track of the grooves which makes sense given how often top players practice and wear out grooves on lob wedges in particular. 

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Odyssey Toulon Madison

Finally Na has also recently switched putter from an Odyssey Stroke Lab #7 to a Toulon Design Madison which is similar to the model Francesco Molinari uses on Tour. It was with this putter he set records with at the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open en-route to victory. During the week he set the record for most feet of putts made for a week - 588-feet, 11 inches. As such the Madison has remained in the bag and Na himself has said in the past; “I’m not much of a tinkerer, once I find something I like I usually give it a couple of years. I think I’m set for a while.”

Callaway Chrome Soft X

There was a big change in 2022 for Kevin Na on the golf ball front. He had been using the Titleist Pro V1x for over a decade but has now switched into the Callaway Chrome Soft X. 

Johnny Wunder, Tour Content Manager for Callaway wrote of the switch; One of the toughest switchers on Tour, Kevin Na, approached our Tour team late last summer inquiring about the buzz around the CSX. His process is extensive, starting at home in his simulator to ensure that the ball will work at a baseline, then it has to pass the short game test, which is the most critical for Kevin. Once it’s reached that point, it needs to perform on course in multiple weather conditions. In the end, he picked up more spin around the greens, CSX was far superior in the wind, and the extra MPH in ball speed off the driver doesn’t hurt."

G/FORE MG4+

Na uses G/FORE MG4+ golf shoes which are a favorite of ours. Comfortable from start to finish, the shoe performed about as well as is possible on a debut outing and beyond. Although a  spikeless golf shoe , there was never a situation where a lack of grip from the non-slip outsole was noticeable, even on a variety of slopey lies. It is also waterproof and available in several cool colors.

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Driver: Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond (8.5 degrees) with Graphite Design Tour AD GP 6 TX shaft

3-wood: Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond 3+ (14 degrees) with Mitsubishi Diamana RF 70 TX shaft

5-wood: Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond (18 degrees) with Mitsubishi Diamana BF 80 TX shaft

Hybrid: PXG 0317 X Gen 2 (19 degrees) with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95X shaft

Irons: Callaway Rogue Pro (4-iron), Apex Pro 16 (5-PW), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts

Wedges: Callaway Mack Daddy 4 (54 degrees), Titleist Vokey prototype (60 degrees), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey Toulon Madison

Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X

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