Very few golf tournaments test a player’s equipment as does Augusta National each year during the Masters. Golfers must be able to hit the ball high to help it stop quickly on the lightning-fast greens, but swirling winds – especially around Amen Corner – can wreak havoc on club selection.
The sand in bunkers tends to be fluffy, and if the ground is also soft in a given year, high-bounce wedges can be helpful. But in years in which the course plays firm and fast, high-bounce wedges are not ideal for pitching and chipping the ball off tight fairway lies.
Pros tend to travel to tournaments with 16 to 18 clubs, typically their standard 14 clubs plus a backup driver, a backup putter and possibly a 2-iron or a hybrid that can be swapped into play based on course conditions that week. When they go to the Masters, they often take more just to be sure they have everything they could possibly need. Wedges with different sole configurations usually find their way into travel bags, too.
A pro’s work with equipment company representatives and technicians is different at the Masters than most weeks on the PGA Tour. Equipment vans usually are parked close to the driving range at PGA Tour events, but during Masters week they do not park on property at Augusta National.
Instead, the vans are across Washington Road. Almost no one has permission to use a mobile phone on the range or course, so people have to walk back and forth all day. After lunchtime Wednesday, as the Par 3 Contest takes place, the trucks leave and start driving to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and Harbour Town Golf Links, the site of the RBC Heritage.
Below is a list of all the clubs that Masters champions since 2010 have used to win their green jacket.
Phil Mickelson with his Odyssey White Hot XG Blade putter at the 2010 Masters (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
DRIVER: Callaway FT-9 Tour Authentic (7.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 X shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (15 degrees), Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 X shaft
HYBRID: Callaway Prototype (22 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X shaft
IRONS: Callaway X-Forged (4), X Proto (5-PW), with Rifle Project X 7.0 shafts
WEDGES: Callaway JAWS (53, 60, 62 degrees), with Rifle Project X 7.0 shafts
PUTTER: Odyssey White Hot XG Blade
BALL: Callaway Tour ix
Charl Schwartzel’s Nike VR Pro Blades (David Dusek/Golfweek)
DRIVER: Nike VR Tour (8.5 degrees), with Rombax 7V05 shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Nike SQ Sumo (13, 19 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Board 83 shafts
IRONS: Nike VR Pro Blade (3-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts
WEDGES: Nike VR Pro (54, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts
PUTTER: Nike Method 004
BALL: Nike ONE Tour D
Bubba Watson’s Ping S59 irons (David Dusek/Golfweek)
DRIVER: Ping G20 (7.5 degrees), with Grafalloy Bi-Matrix shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Ping G20 (16.5 degrees), with Project X 8A1 shaft
IRONS: Ping S59 (3-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts
WEDGES: Ping Tour-W (52, 56 degrees), Tour-S Rustique (64 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts
PUTTER: Ping Redwood Anser
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
Adam Scott makes a birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the 2013 Masters. (Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)
DRIVER: Titleist 913D3 (9.5 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8 shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist 910F.d (15 degrees), with Rombax Pro 95 shaft
IRONS: Titleist 712U (2) and 710 MB (3-9), with KBS Tour shafts
WEDGES: Vokey Design SM4 (48 degrees), Spin Milled (54 degrees) and SM4 TVD (60 degrees) with KBS Tour 130-gram shafts
PUTTER: Scotty Cameron for Titleist Futura X prototype
BALL: Titleist Pro V1
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Bubba Watson’s Ping Anser Milled 1 putter (David Dusek/Golfweek)
DRIVER: Ping G25 (8.5 degrees), with Grafalloy Bi-Matrix X shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Ping G25 (16.5 degrees), with Fujikura Motore Speeder Tour Spec 8.2 X shaft
IRONS: Ping S55 (3-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts
WEDGES: Ping Tour with Gorge Grooves (52, 56, 64 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts
PUTTER: Ping Anser Milled 1
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
Jordan Spieth’s Scotty Cameron 009 putter (David Dusek/Golfweek)
DRIVER: Titleist 915D2 (9.5 degrees), with Aldila Rogue Black 60 TX graphite shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist 915F (15 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 7X graphite shaft
HYBRID: Titleist 915 Hd (20.5 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95X graphite shaft
IRONS: Titleist AP2 714 (4-9), with Project X 6.0 steel shafts
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM5 (46, 52, 56, 60 degrees), with Project X 6.0 steel shafts
PUTTER: Titleist Scotty Cameron 009 prototype
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
Danny Willett’s Callaway gear (David Dusek/Golfweek)
DRIVER: Callaway XR 16 (10.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana W 60x shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Callaway XR 16 (15 degrees), with Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana W 70X shaft; (19 degrees), with Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana W 80X shaft
IRONS: Callaway Apex Utility (2, 4), Apex Pro (5-9), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 SL shafts
WEDGES: Mack Daddy 2 (47, 54, 58 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 SL shafts
PUTTER: Odyssey Versa #1 Wide
BALL: Callaway Speed Regime 3
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