They’re obsessed with their putting lines There are almost no commonalities between the way PGA Tour players putt. Well, except for one: They’re almost universally obsessed with the start line of their putt.
Titleist is the dominant brand among the golf clubs used by the top 100 PGA Tour players. Titleist clubs are the most played across all categories of clubs, with the sole exception of fairway woods. Callaway is the next most popular brand among this elite group with PING golf clubs being the next most common.
In addition to the basic information printed in the book, most pros during practice rounds (or their caddies) will make notes in the book on things to look out for, pay attention to, etc. including the results of shots they take.
PGA Tour players are really good at golf. They also have access to the best golf equipment and the best club builders in the business. They’re able to get prototype golf equipment made special for them, and everything in their bags is custom built to their exact specs.
Trackman Launch Monitor Using much of the same technology and concepts at the GC Quad, Trackman is another device used widely on the PGA Tour and you'll see it dotted across professional and amateur ranges across the world helping golfers analyse their game.
Golf clubs There are three major types of clubs, known as woods, irons, and putters. Woods are played for long shots from the tee or fairway, and occasionally rough, while irons are for precision shots from fairways as well as from the rough.
Money for hosting an event ranges widely. If you're talking about a U.S. Open, the amount the USGA pays in facility fees is substantial — north of $2 million when it “rents” a club. But clubs also share in the event's revenue and receive additional funds to prepare and restore its course.
Titleist is the dominant brand among the golf clubs used by the top 100 PGA Tour players. Titleist clubs are the most played across all categories of clubs, with the sole exception of fairway woods. Callaway is the next most popular brand among this elite group with PING golf clubs being the next most common.
The 3 most vital clubs are the driver, putter, and wedge, in that order. If you were to look at pro golfers then I'd probably say that order is right.
You should hit a six iron about 150 yards. The average golfer gets just over 150 yards with their six-iron. Players with faster swing speed will get closer to 165 or even 170 with a six iron.
Except at the highest levels, professional golfers must pay entry fees to play in tournaments. It may seem counterintuitive, but a player at the top of golf's food chain often doesn't have to pay an entry fee, because expenses for high-profile tournaments are covered by sponsors and TV networks.
Can I play a round of golf at Augusta National or can I go visit the course? No. Augusta National Golf Club is a private club and is only accessible to club members and their guests. The public may visit the course only during the Masters Tournament and only with the proper ticket or badge.
Membership is believed to cost between $100,000 and $300,000 and annual dues were estimated in 2020 to be less than $30,000 per year. Club members are sometimes referred to as "green jackets."
Tiger Woods has used blade irons for pretty much his entire professional career, using models from Mizuno, Titleist and TaylorMade. His current set came into the bag back in 2019 as he shifted from the TW Phase 1 bladed irons to the P7TW Prototypes.
McIlroy currently uses a set of TaylorMade Rors Proto irons. These are basically P730 irons that have been specced and shaped just for him. His irons have recently changed a he had been using a set of TaylorMae P7MBs, and also a set of P730s before going back to the Rors Protos.
But there is no fixed pattern or time frame within which PGA Tour pros typically change clubs. The decision on which clubs to use is a personal choice for each pro.
When it comes to the most common set of golf clubs used by the top 100 players on the PGA Tour there is clearly a lot of similarity to the golf club type choices with regular amateurs.
When it comes to golf club brands they are an ever-increasing number of options on the market.
Take just a quick glance at the golf shafts used by the top 100 players on the PGA Tour across all of their clubs and the detail with which they go when it comes to shaft choice choosing which shaft becomes immediately obvious.
When looking at the driver shafts used by the best players on the PGA Tour the attention to detail which they clearly pay when putting together their clubs is clearly in evidence.
The detail which PGA Tour players go into when it comes to choosing the golf shafts for their clubs is again evidenced in the fairway wood and hybrid shafts they use.
Compared to the variety of shafts the best pros choose in their drivers, fairway woods and hybrids when it comes to the shafts the top 100 PGA golfers use in their irons there seems to be much more of a consensus among the players.
Looking at the shafts used in the wedges of the best 100 PGA Tour pros it was interesting to note that again while many of the pros kept the same shaft as they used for their irons, especially when it came to the pitching wedge, there was again a big variety of wedge shaft models being used.
In 2019, John Daly applied for and was granted an ADA exception from the PGA Tour to play the PGA Championship, becoming only the second golfer to use a golf cart at a major championship.
Martin advanced through the first 2 rounds, but requested the use of a cart for the final round. When Martin was denied, he decided to sue the PGA Tour under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Golf carts are standard on most courses and help ensure that the game is available to everyone, even those with difficulty walking. Yet on the PGA Tour, professional golfers walk the entire course with their caddy lugging the clubs without so much as a hand cart. This is because all the major tours, the PGA Tour included, ...
I’ve written about this before, but when recreational golfers hit the range, they generally hit lots of 7-irons and a few drivers. Pros, by contrast, generally hit a ton of wedges, and a ton of drivers, and not much else.
Yes, it’s boring, and you’ve probably heard it before. But it’s important. Don’t just bang balls into the distance. Step into every shot with a specific purpose.
Especially during practice round days, every pro I saw spent at least a few minutes using a drill to improve their technique, so learn from them. Don’t go nuts though.
Pros are very deliberate with the pace of their practice. It’s not a race; they’re trying to practice with a specific rhythm that matches what they do on the course.
Whether it’s setting up tees around the hole, or, as you see GOLF Top 100 Teacher Mark Blackburn working on with one of his students below, an alignment rod straight in front of them which they are trying to curve their ball around, pros are constantly playing games as a way of challenging themselves while they practice.