Equipment
High school golf equipment you’d never see on Tour
GolfWRX was live this week from the 2015 Kentucky High School Boys State Championship at Bowling Green Golf Club. If you haven’t seen the galleries, browse the links below:
It’s interesting to see what the top high school golfers — at least in the state of Kentucky — have in their bags. While some players have a standard setup, others have more eclectic bags you’d never see on the PGA Tour.
Check out the photos below that highlight equipment we saw in the Kentucky high school players’ bags that you wouldn’t find in a professional golfer’s bag on Tour.
What’s a sweet spot?
TaylorMade RBZ irons, released in 2012, are “serious game-improvement irons” with big offset and fast, forgiving faces. They’re just about the opposite of forged blades made for workability and feel.
The same goes for these Nike VRS Covert irons, as well.
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A player would never allow his caddie to put his club in the bag with grass clippings all over the crown like this. And is that a TaylorMade R580xd?
Also, a Tour player would never putt with a golf ball carrying that much mud, or putt with a putter that doesn’t have a logo on it. It’s (not) all about the Benjamins, baby (in high school).
Sky is the limit
You’d never see this many sky marks on the crown of a Tour players’ fairway wood, and you probably won’t see (what looks to be) a Titleist 975F fairway wood any longer, either.
It’s not the Aero, it’s the indian
These aren’t TaylorMade’s new AeroBurner irons, these are the TaylorMade Burner Plus irons released by the same company in 2011. Also, you definitely won’t find an Adams Speedline Fast 10 or MaxFli C3 fairway wood out on Tour.
Pullin’ up
Imagine seeing Jason Day strolling up to the 18th green at Whistling Straits… with a pull cart? I don’t think so.
Iron covers
Simply put, if you want to look Tour, ditch the iron covers.
Callaway and Tiger stripes don’t mix
Here’s a photo you’d definitely never see on Tour. It’s an unwritten rule that Tiger Woods is the only Tour player allowed to have a Tiger head cover, and he’d never — well, probably never — play irons that don’t have a Swoosh on them.
But one thing that transcends every level of golf…
GolfWRX poker chips, and Scotty Cameron’s legendary Teryllium Tei3 Newport putters, a.k.a. the ones with the dots on them. They can make anyone smile.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about the Kentucky high school photos in the forums.
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- Chesson Hadley what’s in the bag accurate as of the Texas Children’s Houston Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX
3-wood: Titleist TSR2+ (14.5 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist 620 CB (4, 5), Titleist 620 MB (6-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball
Grip: Odyssey
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos Chesson Hadley’s clubs here.
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Nick
May 9, 2016 at 6:08 am
Looks like my bag would be perfect for high school golf (I even have the sky marks and the push cart!)
Paul
Nov 6, 2015 at 10:34 pm
some of these posts are so stupid. re-read the article, he isnt making fun of anyone…. its just outlining some differences…. so many complainers on this site… thats what is truly wrong with this game
Al
Oct 22, 2015 at 12:59 pm
If I say something that can be taken two ways, I ask my wife to take it the nice way.
Ran
Oct 22, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Ky – JB Holmes did not have the latest / greatest when he played high school golf on a 9 hole course in Campbellsville KY. He has done very well and along with Boo, Bubba, and others that are an example of living the dream from a small town.
The club does not know who is on the other end. The kid from the ” wrong side of the tracks” can smoke the priveledged kid and vice versa. What a great game!
David
Oct 17, 2015 at 8:57 pm
I don’t know which is more disgusting, making fun of kids or those less fortunate not to be able to afford today’s modern clubs. Either way, if this is the level of articles we can expect from golfwrx, this will be my last visit.
The author should issue an immediate apology to these kids he has chosen to belittle.
Mad-Mex
Oct 13, 2015 at 7:53 pm
Notice the writer has not commented of the remarks made on his article?
KCCO
Oct 13, 2015 at 10:59 am
I’m sure this is just showing at the lower end of the spectrum of what kids are “making it happen” with in their bag, as I’ve seen high school kids at my course with bags that look like they are straight off the tour because they are fortunate enough to have parents who can pay for stuff for them. I don’t believe this article for one bit is trying to bash anyone but show what kids can make happen with little to nothing.
Lob Wedge
Oct 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm
From the looks of the comments, most of the posters have comprehension issues that wouldn’t even let them play HS golf.
I’m happy to get in line and whine when golfwrx sells out or does some inane dork-icle, but this isn’t it.
The author is CLEARLY showing what the kids are doing without all the benefits the pros have. I didn’t read a single word that’s making fun of the kids. It’s a light hearted article with a bit of pro focused fun sarcasm. That so many read it as the opposite should scare you.
Retlod
Oct 12, 2015 at 10:39 am
This isn’t teasing–it’s classic bullying. Pick on those who are younger, come from less advantaged families, and are new to something you’ve done for longer. Make them feel like they don’t belong to your “exclusive club.” Oh, and then laugh about it with your cronies and give the kids almost no chance for rebuttal. I hope your ego is swelling from making fun of 16-year-olds who are probably playing hand-me-downs because their parents can’t afford anything better. Will the follow-up article expose the differences between their homes and tour pro mansions? Coming from anyone, this is inappropriate. From an adult, it’s pathetic.
MTB
Oct 12, 2015 at 8:35 am
People are being too sensitive. I see this more as an observation of the differences – I don’t think the author is hoping they’ll have fully matching sets of the latest and greatest.
The only thing I see as a rip (and justified, in my mind) are the iron head covers. That’s just helping the kid out.
Scott
Oct 20, 2015 at 9:33 am
If you are trying to keep the irons for a longer period than a tour player getting a new set with a phone call, covers are the way to go. Especially while traveling. Keep the covers!
Playoffbeard
Oct 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm
And. . . . Remember it all looks the same on the score card. I’m willing to bet most if not all of these kids would mop the floor with most guys at the country club.
Christian
Oct 11, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Andrew,
I am in this article and played in the state tournament. I am actually pictured quite a few times in this article. I just want to say, this is what is wrong with golf in today’s time. You know why you would never see these clubs on the PGA tour? Because it isn’t the PGA tour. Many, if not about 99.9% of these kids will never play pro golf and this past week meant a lot to them because it was their masters or their is open. This game is about being a better person and gentleman than it is being a good golfer. Cut us some slack. Last time I checked, it’s the score that matters. Hope kids who read this will realize that it doesn’t matter what you hit. I don’t have a single club in my bag from 2015. And yet I’d be down to play mr. Andrew any day, any time. Let’s grow the game, not mock it.
Tim
Oct 11, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Am I the only one that sees the tone of the article being that of praise to the high school kids for ‘playing what works’? I see no mocking.
mark08
Oct 11, 2015 at 10:20 pm
no you are not. I see the same as you did. Everyone is so sensitive here.
ritchie jacobson
Oct 10, 2015 at 10:01 pm
When I started reading this I could not help but think how these kids felt-being made fun of on a site this popular. I was shocked as I continued to read that someone would write this and that someone allowed it to be shown.
Easy to criticize journalists etc but this is truly a pathetic article. You should be ashamed of yourself and I don’t say that lightly.
mark08
Oct 11, 2015 at 10:21 pm
dude.. nobody is making fun of them. The writer says… “It’s (not) all about the Benjamins, baby (in high school).”
It is pro High School. Jezz
jim
Oct 10, 2015 at 4:52 pm
i was standing beside the practice green & saw this guy snapping all these pics of bags, including my nephews. Had I known they were going to be used to mock & belittle these kids, I would’ve tripped him.
Pathetic
jim
Oct 10, 2015 at 5:18 pm
and I’ve been around many of these kids for several years…never heard even 1 say they want to “look tour…”
Leigh Ann
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:06 pm
What a ridiculous piece. Those who love the game want it to grow. You don’t do that by implying that the best, most expensive equipment is required. It’s not. Shame on Golfwerx for publishing something so mean-spirited.
I enjoyed reading the many thoughtful comments. Some are uninformed however, because some of the top collegiate and amateur golfers in the world use push/pull carts.
derek
Oct 11, 2015 at 10:24 pm
an I the only one that saw this as a fun yet pro high school article. You can play whatever and still have game? Not about the benjamins?
Keith
Oct 9, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Dear Andrew,
This is a really sad article to shame these kids on their clubs. They are playing a great game that will teach them a lot about life. By you focusing on the material items that they carry in their bag only shows your own sad state of materialistic happiness.
This article should be removed and a formal apology should be written to these kids, well at least that is what a real man would do.
Hoping you grow up and this site can host more positive topics about growing a great game!
Regards,
Keith
buck star
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:04 am
Ahhhh…. lighten up Francis. Jezzz.
mark08
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:14 am
OMG relax. I have 2 boys that went through high school golf programs and see this as nothing but a fun article. Comparing them to the tour and all in fun. Relax.
BG
Oct 9, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Wow…people need to calm down and learn how to chuckle. Life will be much easier.
Bruce Ferguson
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:58 pm
I’m sure these guys are proud of their bags, take the game and their team seriously, and enjoy every minute of it. I envy them.
Sean
Oct 8, 2015 at 9:37 pm
No excuse for not keeping your clubs clean, no matter what kind or how old.
birlyshirly
Oct 9, 2015 at 9:56 am
Since when was an excuse needed for having grass or dirt on your clubs? It’s not even as if the pictures show, perish the thought, dirt-clogged faces or grooves.
birlyshirly
Oct 8, 2015 at 7:16 pm
Wow. I’m sure, or rather I hope, that this was intended to be tongue in cheek but it comes across to me as sneering at high school kids who haven’t lavished a fortune on their bags. Not good. in fact, shank.
Mat
Oct 9, 2015 at 12:14 pm
The tone of this is all wrong.
buck star
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:06 am
I agree. I read this as a fun article. The millionaire PGA Tour guys would not do this….
Joe
Oct 8, 2015 at 7:11 pm
When your young you make do with what you have and can afford. I donated 3 complete mens set and one women set, plus shoes, bags, and balls to the local HS last year. Please, for those that can afford it, try and support your local HS golf team. They may be the people who help you across the street in the not to distant future.
Ian welsh
Oct 8, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Here’s a thought, rather than ridicule, why not donate some of your old unwanted clubs to your local high school teams. We are all on this sight because we are club nerds or club snobs or both. I for one have been giving my old gear to my local public courses junior team. Totally agree with the comments about growing the game. Be part of the solution and don’t take the piss out of some young players kit.
mark08
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:15 am
I have 2 boys that went through high school golf programs and see this as nothing but a fun article.
Archie Bunker
Oct 8, 2015 at 4:28 pm
With the cost of golf constantly rising, I’m glad to see these kids playing at all. They are the future of the game. Who cares what’s in their bags. I would have loved to have any of these when I was a teenager.
Bobtrumpet
Oct 8, 2015 at 3:37 pm
I guarantee that they never saw a bag of Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown woods (laminated) and irons (blades, baby!) in any tour bag when I was on my HS team in 1973-1975.
golfraven
Oct 8, 2015 at 2:56 pm
Actually those pics are just half of the story. Have a look at the galleries and you will see some serious bags – tour like. Some boys are serious about this business.
LD
Oct 8, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Yeah, those dumb teenagers, they will never fit in around here unless they get the cool clubs. Quit studying and chasing girls so you can get 2 jobs to afford $1000 worth of gear every season. I guarantee, that will lower your overall “scores.” What’s that, you want to go hang out with your friends? Not until you finish that paint-fill on your putter and wedges mister…
Bill
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:49 pm
You don’t have to scrutinize what teenagers hit. It’s the scores that matter last time I checked.
Bill
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:47 pm
Here’s an idea, let’s quit scrutinizing TEENAGERS on what they hit, and focus on the scores.
mark08
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:13 am
I have 2 boys that went through high school golf programs and see this as nothing but a fun article. Comparing them to the tour and all in fun. Relax.
Dennis
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:33 pm
Remarkably the team that won, St. Xavier High School shot a tournament record -19 under 557 as a team and won by 37 shots. They are arguably the best Kentucky high school team ever. I guess whatever equipment they were using worked just fine.
Mike
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:52 am
Awesome, takes me back to my high school golf team days in the late 90’s early 2000s. The only thing I don’t understand are the pull carts. I’m 30 and still carry my bag all 18. How are these kids not laughed off the course for loading up their clubs on a pull cart!? Do the rich kids have the motorized ones? Is that even fair that some kids carry their club and others pull them? It seems like most athletes coming out of high school these days are bigger and stronger. I guess golfers are trending in the other direction.
Sappy
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Why would anyone waste energy in a tournament, if you are allowed to pull? Why should anyone laugh at them for pulling? And since everyone can decide, wether to pull or to carry, it is fair. I bet, noone laughes at you for not pulling, althougha carry-bag puts more strain on your spine and shoulders.
Brian
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:47 pm
Yeah that guy… Probably drives it 225 with the wind. Stud alert.
Mike
Oct 8, 2015 at 4:09 pm
You’re right Sappy, if you are allowed to choose whether to pull of carry it is fair. As far as wasting energy maybe. Would be interesting to see what burns more calories carrying a bag or pushing a cart, but you have to agree that golf is not a very physically demanding sport and these are high school kids. I remember going out and playing 27 or 36 holes a day during the summer when I was in high school. Yeah, carrying a bag does put more strain on my back and shoulders but as long as I’m healthy I have no problem carrying my bag. From a physiology stand point I know that our bodies adapt to the demands and stresses placed upon them. That’s why people who workout get stronger. Maybe it’s just a generational thing and I’m a little old fashioned, but unless you have arthritic knees or a bad back or any other physical ailment you need to buck up and carry your bag.
golfraven
Oct 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm
The kids around my area have cards worth around 2000$ and matching Titleist bags and clubs with those. It is refreshing to see folks using whatever goes, not what is the newest gear on the market. Although clubs with so much gras on them are just gross.
shimmy
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:48 am
Why is this the lead story on the front page?
Double Mocha Man
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:46 am
When I was in high school I played 1st man using catalogue-ordered Lou Hammel clubs or something like that. My teen son, on the golf team, uses an assortment of my old Titleists, Callaways, Pings and Srixons. There’s one kid on the team who uses his Grandfather’s hand-me-down clubs. I didn’t get real clubs until I played college golf… which I bought on the lay-away plan from the pro shop. They let me use them while I was at the course, but I had to turn them back in at the end of the day before the shop closed.
Connor
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:42 am
How bout Griffin Flesch’s Scotty that’s one of the best I’ve seen on any GolfWRX forum! Darn nice of dad.
Unknown
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:41 am
Agree with Mike D. This article could have been done by snapping pics at any muni on a saturday afternoon, pretty sure you didn’t need to raz some teenagers.
BoutThatGolfLife
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:04 am
I’m old… Graduated from high school in 2000. The “players” bags were made up of titleist 962, 962B, 990, or Mizzy MP-14s with a titleist 975D or 976R driver, an old S2H2 or Warbird or titleist PT fairway, some Cleveland wedges, and a choice Ping Anser or Scotty putter. I myself, was not a player so I aside from the wedges, the rest of the listed clubs were mere aspirational points.
blakehall
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:32 am
As a ’99 grad, I have (almost) that exact set sitting in my garage.
Titleist 962 3-PW w/S300s
56* 60* Cleveland wedges (so worn out they’ve been given away or sold)
Titleist 975D 8.5* Driver
Big Bertha 3W (steel shaft)
Titleist PT 5 wood
Ping Zing 2 & Scotty Newport Oil Can finish
Mike D.
Oct 8, 2015 at 10:31 am
The irony of this article…
SGI irons that were heavily promoted by all the major mags and even this site. Now trashed by the author.
Whining all over the golf world about how we can’t grow the game. So to help Andrew thought he’d mock some high school kids. Because, you know, nothing inspires a teenager like some good natured ribbing.
That Titleist fairway is a 904 or a 906. So if you’re gonna rip the club do your homework. Especially if it performs just as well as t he hyped up clubs of today.
I’d give the author the benefit of the doubt that this just comedic humor. However the intro and closing reek of something entirely different.
rockflightxl1000
Oct 8, 2015 at 12:08 pm
I can see the purist and “old school” thought but I hope no teen or anyone reads into this and thinks poorly of their game. I do appreciate the good nature teasing and I hope readers take it as that.
Tom
Oct 8, 2015 at 10:30 am
This is absolutley fantastic. Reminds me of my high school days. (except for the high end putters)