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Drivers, shafts used by the top 10 in strokes gained: off-the-tee

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A “great driver” of the ball used to be considered someone who hit a lot of fairways, but with the advancement of statistics and strokes gained, we can go deeper and find out who the players are that truly excel against their peers not just hitting fairways but hitting it far and missing in the right spots leading to a statistical advantage off the tee.

These are the driver combos used by the top 10 players in the “strokes gained: off-the-tee” category.

1. Bryson DeChambeau

Driver: Cobra King SpeedZone (5.5 degrees)
Shaft: LA Golf BAD Prototype 60 X

2. Cameron Champ

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Driver: Ping G410 LST (10 degrees, flat + setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 70X (tipped 1.5″)

3. Sergio Garcia

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 07: Sergio Garcia of Spain plays his shot from the 14th tee during the second round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on August 07, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Driver: Ping G410 LST (9.0 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Blue 80 TX

4. Rory McIlroy

Driver: TaylorMade SIM (8 degrees @8.75)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage XTS 70 X (45.5 inches, 59.25 lie, D4)

5. Jon Rahm

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Driver: TaylorMade SIM (10.5 @10 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Tour Green 75 TX

6. Jhonattan Vegas

Driver: TaylorMade SIM (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore X F1 7 X

7. Xander Schauffele

Driver: Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond (9 degrees @8)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD BB 7 X

8. Bubba Watson

Driver: Ping G410 Plus (9 degrees @6.8)
Shaft: Project X Bi-Matrix (tipped 1/2″)

9. Scotty Scheffler

(Stock Ping G400 LST Shown)

Driver: Ping G400 LST (8.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 7 X

10. Jason Kokrak

Driver: TaylorMade SIM (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 85 M5 Proto

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Ryan Barath is a club-fitter & master club builder with more than 17 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. He is the former Build Shop Manager & Social Media Coordinator for Modern Golf. He now works independently from his home shop and is a member of advisory panels to a select number of golf equipment manufacturers. You can find Ryan on Twitter and Instagram where he's always willing to chat golf, and share his passion for club building, course architecture and wedge grinding.

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Russell Henley WITB 2024 (March)

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  • Russell Henley WITB accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.

Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX

Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX

Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron T5 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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Vince Carter WITB 2024 (March)

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  • The NBA legend was teeing it up in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am.

Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (9 degrees)

3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)

Irons: Ping i230 (4-PW)

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50, 54, 58)

Putter: Ping

Ball: Renegade Mbu

Check out more photos of Vince Carter’s WITB here.

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From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations

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In our forums, our members have been discussing the most forgiving irons currently on the market. WRXer ‘TheShark1’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons, saying:

“Currently gaming the Mizuno Pro 225’s but think I need more forgiveness in my irons. My well struck shots are real nice, but my mishits are not performing as good as I had hoped anymore. I really like hollow body irons so if I could find something more forgiving in a hollow body iron that would be great.

Open to any and all recommendations other than Ping. Can’t hit Ping irons at all.”

And our members have been sharing their best suggestions in our forum.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

  • AvidSwampThing66: “Another vote for the super forgiving and fast Paradym irons.   They look really good for being a GI iron.”
  • bobfoster: “I just went from MP20 MMCs to the new 245s in my scoring irons (just played my first round with them today). If you have a chance to try them, you might find them worth a serious look.”
  • vman: “Shoot me down, but spend the money on lessons.”
  • J_Tizzle: “i525s are great off the heel in my opinion.”

Entire Thread: “From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations”

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