Equipment

Ben Baller’s 24K gold 1-of-1 Scotty Cameron Circle-T putter, and one of the coolest gear setups in golf

Published

7 months ago

Dec 19, 2023

When it comes to cool, Ben Baller is the ultimate curator.

Ben Yang, a.k.a. Ben Baller, is a world-famous jeweler, music producer, actor, and podcaster who’s been a tastemaker for celebrities, musicians, and sports stars for decades.

He’s made custom jewelry designs for some of the biggest stars in the world, including Drake, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Michael Jackson, and he worked as a music producer for Dr. Dre at Priority Records and Aftermath Entertainment.

Music lovers may recognize his name from an A$AP Ferg namedrop in the 2017 smash hit, Plain Jane.

“Ferg is the name, Ben Baller did the chain, Tourneau for the watch, presi Plain Jane,” raps Ferg.

Yeah, Ben Baller is certifiably cool.

Over the last two years, Ben Baller has also developed a newfound love of golf, and he’s bringing his eye for “cool stuff” to the golf world.

Despite his short period of involvement in the sport, he’s already broken 80 four times, he was on the winning 2023 Farmers Insurance Pro-Am team, and he’s earned the nickname “BBACK9.”

And, as one could only expect from the longtime jewelry titan, Ben Baller also has one of the coolest WITBs in all of golf. His setup includes a Bubba Watson pink proto Ping G430 driver (gifted to him by Bubba Watson personally), blacked-out TaylorMade P790 irons, custom-stamped TaylorMade MG4 wedges, and a jaw-dropping 24K gold Scotty Cameron 1-of-1 Circle-T putter, custom-made by Scotty Cameron putter fitting director Paul Vizanko.

As part of GolfWRX.com’s new Celebrity WITB video initiative, enjoy the video below, where Ben Baller takes us through his current “What’s in the Bag?”

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Calling all golfers: Will anyone be able to top Ben Baller’s custom setup?! For anyone not named Tiger Woods, that putter will be tough to beat. Send us a DM on our @GolfWRX social media channels to see if you have a chance!

Also, check out Ben Baller’s WITB from the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open in January

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

Product Reviews

Three Swing Challenge: Testing the Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks A+ grind

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2 days ago

Jul 19, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

The first wedge has made its way to the Three Swing Challenge! This week we have the WedgeWorks A+ grind that was recently released by Vokey. BK is looking for a new 60-degree wedge, and this could be a contender.

Why three swings?

Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:

“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”

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Whats in the Bag

Daniel Brown WITB 2024 (July)

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2 days ago

Jul 19, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Daniel Brown WITB accurate as of The Open Championship.

Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X

3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

(Image courtesy of SMS on Tour)

Irons: Ping i230 (3), Ping Blueprint S (4-9)

Wedges: Ping s159 (50-12S, 54-12S, 58-06T)

Putter: Ping PLD

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Info an images via SMS on Tour.

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Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

Published

3 days ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.

Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.

Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.

However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.

According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.

Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.

Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.

TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”

Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.

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