At its core, Tiger Woods’ equipment hasn’t changed by much over the better part of the last two decades. However, the 15-time major champion’s equipment is constantly evolving, and there is no better tournament to witness that evolution than to take a peek into Tiger Woods’ Masters WITBs for his five wins.
A couple of major notes to consider: Tiger used a steel-shafted driver playing less than 45 inches all the way up until the 2004 season when he finally made the move from his trusted Titleist 975D long after the rest of the PGA Tour had swapped into newer technology. It was still another two years before Tiger made the move to a 460cc driver head in the pursuit of greater ball speed and forgiveness.
Tiger also held onto his 2-iron for a long time, and up until a few years ago would rotate it in and out of the bag with a 5-wood. 2019 was the first major tournament Tiger won using a 5-wood instead of his trusted 2-iron.
Tiger Woods Masters WITB: 1997-2019
Tiger Woods WITB 1997 Masters
Winning Score: -18…bested his next closest competitor Tom Kite by 12 shots!
He definitely doesn’t change iron shafts. The TT Dynamic Gold Tour X100’s have been in his bag forever! I also had no idea he had a King Cobra driver in his bag in ’97.
Probably the late 2000s before they started charging so much for weight sorting and the “tour issue” sticker. For a long time True Temper just sorted out the slightly lighter x100’s and sold those as s400 and the heavier ones as X200. Used to be able to get X200’s super cheap.
Well said Bob & Shep. Also to add X100 wood shafts Tiger used were also not the same X100 iron shafts. Was lighter by a few grams and custom to Tiger. Wrx had that article here couple years ago that broke those wood shafts down.
At the 2022 RBC Heritage Jordan Spieth defeated Patrick Cantlay on the first playoff hole after nearly holing his greenside bunker shot. The win was the 13th of the Texan’s career.
Check out the clubs Spieth had in the bag two years ago at Hilton Head below.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees, A1 SureFit) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Hybrid: Titleist 818H2 (21 degrees @20, C1 SureFit) Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95 X Hybrid
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Dustin
Apr 9, 2020 at 10:55 am
I remember him being one of the last, if not the last, players on tour to switch to graphite shafts in his driver.
Jordan
Apr 9, 2020 at 10:43 am
Its the wooden dowels. That’s the secret sauce.
Imafitter
Apr 8, 2020 at 2:19 pm
He definitely doesn’t change iron shafts. The TT Dynamic Gold Tour X100’s have been in his bag forever! I also had no idea he had a King Cobra driver in his bag in ’97.
Kurt
Apr 8, 2020 at 12:20 pm
In the 1997 Masters Kite finished -12 and Tiger -18. Kite was 6 back not 12. 276 would win a lot of years.
Masters Historian
Apr 8, 2020 at 1:47 pm
Kite was -6 under. 12 shots back
KK
Apr 13, 2020 at 11:51 pm
Gotta love the guy who comments so definitively that the article is inaccurate in reporting Kite’s score when a 2 second google search can confirm it.
Hogenben
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:31 am
Luckily for Tiger all the other big name players have a choke like a dog club in their bag!!! Was it two balls Molinari put in a pond at the masters??
Travisty
May 8, 2020 at 10:32 am
How easily you forget Tiger’s poor decision making and “choke” that cost him The Open in 2018 just before this…
Milton Taylor
Apr 8, 2020 at 9:57 am
King cobra DEEP FACE?!?!?! Wow who would have thought that!
Fleming1
Apr 9, 2020 at 11:56 am
I’ve got one in the loft. Looks like a modern mini driver.
Al
Apr 8, 2020 at 7:13 am
Did TW have a 5 wood in the bag for 06 07 PGA and 08 US Open. The author states it was TW first major win with a 5wood in the bad in 2019 Masters.
Shep Stevens
Apr 7, 2020 at 9:59 pm
True Temper didn’t come out with “tour issue” versions of their shafts until the 2000s. No chance Tiger had them in his bag in 1997.
Bob
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:41 am
Probably the late 2000s before they started charging so much for weight sorting and the “tour issue” sticker. For a long time True Temper just sorted out the slightly lighter x100’s and sold those as s400 and the heavier ones as X200. Used to be able to get X200’s super cheap.
Benny
Apr 8, 2020 at 7:23 pm
Well said Bob & Shep. Also to add X100 wood shafts Tiger used were also not the same X100 iron shafts. Was lighter by a few grams and custom to Tiger. Wrx had that article here couple years ago that broke those wood shafts down.
alexdub
Apr 7, 2020 at 1:27 pm
4 Masters in 9 years… followed by a 14 year drought. Crazy.
Earl W.
Apr 7, 2020 at 1:05 pm
Matt Kuchar sucks donkey.