The drivers and shafts used by the top-10 drivers on the PGA TOUR
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Heading into the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course, which demands long and straight tee shots, PGATOUR.COM took a look into the driver setups of the top 10 players in the category of Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee.
Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee shows whether a player is putting himself at a disadvantage or an advantage over the field with his tee shots. The higher the number, the more of an advantage the player is gaining over the field by hitting it long and straight. Click here for an in-depth explanation.
Now let’s take a look at what drivers and shafts the leaders in this category are using (Note: Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee only calculated in ShotLink measured round) see what drivers and shafts that player is using.
Note: Driver and shaft information is based on what that player used in their most recent PGA TOUR appearance.
10) Luke List (+0.71 strokes gained per round)
Driver: TaylorMade M6 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80TX
9) Keith Mitchell, (+0.71)
Driver: Mizuno ST190 (9.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 6.5TX
8) Jhonattan Vegas (+0.72)
Driver: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX
7) Gary Woodland (+0.74)
Driver: Ping G410 Plus (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra RPG 475 M5+
6) Bryson DeChambeau (+0.74)
Driver: Cobra King F9 Speedback (7 degrees)
Shaft: LA Golf Shafts VD 70 prototype
5) Jason Day (+0.81)
Driver: TaylorMade M6 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage 70XTS
4) Tommy Fleetwood (+0.91)
Driver: TaylorMade M6 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage 70TX
3) Bubba Watson (0.949 strokes gained, on average, 30 measured rounds)
Driver: Ping G410 Plus (9 degrees)
Shaft: Grafalloy Bi-Matrix X
2) Jon Rahm (+1.00)
Driver: TaylorMade M5 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Tour Green 70TX
1) Rory McIlroy (+1.33)
Driver: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK White 70TX