While hitting the ball a long way has its obvious advantages, golfers on the PGA Tour need to match up both distance and accuracy in order to become the ultimate driving machine. âDrive for show, putt for doughâ is a phrase often thrown around, but in fact 4 of the top 5 in Total Driving (a statistic used on the PGA Tour reached by combining a player’s performance in both driving distance and accuracy) finished in the top 6 in the FedEx Cup rankings for the 2023/24 season!
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While a lot gets said about how far some of these players hit the ball, Iâm not sure enough credit gets given for how accurate they are with the big stick in hand. To compete at the top level in the game every part of your game needs to be firing, but thereâs no denying hitting the ball both long and straight with a driver in hand contributes massively to the success these players are seeing throughout the season.
Getting dialled in with their equipment is a big part of how the leading players can drive the ball so well. Many of the best drivers on the market are now split into categories such as the most forgiving drivers, or best drivers for mid handicappers but are these the same as the models used by the best in the game? Below youâll find what models the top 10 drivers of the ball on the PGA Tour used this past season to assert their dominance off the tee.
1. Ludvig Aberg
Ludvig Aberg uses a Titleist TSR2 driver
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The Swedish superstar burst onto the scene in 2023 and picked up his first professional win just 75 days later. Aberg is often referred to as a robot due to his perfectly balanced and repetitive golf swing which results in him hitting the ball out of the middle of the clubface most of the time. What helps Aberg drive the ball a long way with a seemingly effortless swing is the fact he stands at 6ft 3â and can generate a lot of width due to having long arms as levers.
Shortly after turning professional Aberg announced a club partnership with Titleist despite already using the brand’s TSR2 driver. Titleist has since released the GT2 and GT3 driver but Aberg hasnât exactly been starved for success and as the number one driver of the ball on the PGA Tour, and so isn’t in a hurry to make the switch. His TSR2 driver is a 9° head set in the D4 SureFit setting, which sees the loft creep up to 9.75° while maintaining a standard lie angle. Despite being out injured and recovering…
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