Golfers can be sentimental creatures and even tour professionals can find themselves hanging on to favorite clubs for many years. A deep trust can be built in equipment through repetition, familiarity and memories of successful shots at important times.
This year’s competitors are no different. Here I take a look into both teams’ bags and pick out the golden oldies!
Team Europe
Ludvig Aberg
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- Model: Titleist 718 T-MB 2 iron
- Year: 2017
Ludvig Aberg is very new to the scene of the professional game, but his two iron has been around for some time! Aberg still uses the Titleist 718 T-MB 2 iron from 2017 fitted with a KBS Tour 130 X steel shaft.
Anyone who watched his maiden win at the Omega European Masters will have seen how potent a weapon this is for him from the tee on tight holes.
Matt Fitzpatrick
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- Model: Ping S55 irons
- Year: 2013
Former US Open champion Fitzpatrick is using a set of Ping irons that are now a decade old! Ping equipment is notoriously hard-wearing so it is no surprise to see them featuring on this list. The S55 irons were released in 2013 and feature a particular blunt leading edge to help with turf interaction.
Not many people will forget the 9 iron he played from the fairway bunker on the 72nd hole en route to claiming his US Open title.
Tommy Fleetwood
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- Model: Odyssey White Hot Pro 3 putter
- Year: 2013
Like many, Tommy has experimented a fair bit in this area of the bag. Over the past couple of seasons he has tested numerous TaylorMade options, LA Golf shafts and even recently used Justin Rose’s Axis1 Rose putter in an event.
However, despite these little dalliances with other putters, he always seems to return back to his Odyssey White Hot Pro 3.
John Rahm
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- Model: Callaway Apex UT
- Year: 2014
The reigning Masters champion Rahm, trusts a Callaway model that is approaching its tenth birthday to bridge the gap between his fairway woods and irons. Despite Callaway producing some great product in this area, Rahm still prefers the head of the Apex UT from 2014.
Justin Rose
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- Model: TaylorMade M3 440 driver
- Year: 2018
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