Bubba Watson What’s In The Bag?
A two-time winner at The Masters, Bubba Watson has achieved a lot in the game of golf but what clubs does he play? Well the American is signed with Ping in what has been described as a ‘lifetime contract’, and has been with the brand for a number of years now, in fact he has been playing Ping clubs since he received a junior set at the age of 8. As such right now he uses a full bag of Ping clubs aside from a Titleist golf ball. Let’s get into specifics below.
Bubba Watson What’s In The Bag?
Driver
Ping G425 LST
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His driver is the Ping G425 LST driver in the classic Bubba pink and the American has it with a low 7.6° of loft, perfect for hitting those power fades.
The pink design and pink shaft always draws a lot of attention but how did the whole thing start? Well in a recent appearance on the Off Course with Claude Harmon podcast, Watson shared the story.
“The pink shaft started when I was on the, back then it was the Nationwide Tour, Korn Ferry Tour,” Watson began. “I said I want a hot pink shaft. And they said, No. Who are you?
“So, Shinnecock, the U.S. Open was there in ’04. I qualified in ’04,” Watson continued. “The first hole was downwind, and you know how that hole is — kind of a dogleg to the right. And True Temper — Matt Rollins was at Ping at the time, and he said hey, just come watch him hit before you say no to the driver shaft. And I drove it over the green on 1. And they were like, what color of pink do you want? So we told them and they made it.”
Eventually Watson wanted the pink to mean more than just standing out, so he implemented a charity element to it.
“I wanted to do more. I talked to John Solheim, and I talked to Ping. Their company is all black and white: their cars are white, their golf bags are black and white, all these things. So Bubba Watson doesn’t fit the mold for Ping,” Watson said with a laugh. “I talked him into it. I said I want to do this, and I want to raise money for charity. So we started, half the money went to the Phoenix…
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