Equipment
Driver/shaft combinations of the 5 longest hitters on the PGA Tour
What drivers do the PGA Tour’s longest golfers use to bomb their tee shots? Now that the 2019-2020 PGA Tour season on hold, we can do a thorough examination.
Below is a breakdown of the driving-distance leaders on the PGA Tour in 2019-2020, the specifics of their drivers, shafts and how far their average tee shots flew.
5. Sergio Garcia
Driver: TaylorMade SIM
Loft: 9.0 degrees
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Blue 80 TX
Grip: SuperStroke S-Tech
Average driving distance: 316.6 yards
4. Bubba Watson
Driver: Ping G410 Plus
Loft: (9 degrees @ 6.8)
Shaft: Grafalloy Bi-Matrix X AKA Project X Bubba Watson Prototype
Grip: Ping 703 Gold
Average driving distance: 318.6 yards
3. Cameron Champ
Driver: Ping G410 LST (9.5 degrees)
Loft: 9.5 degrees
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 70 6.5 TX
Grip: Custom Lamkin Black 58R
Average driving distance: 319.8 yards
2. Rory McIlroy
Driver: TaylorMade SIM
Loft: 9 degrees
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage XTS 70 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Average driving distance: 320.2 yards
1. Bryson DeChambeau 
Driver: Cobra King LTD Pro
Loft: 8 degrees
Shaft: L.A. Golf B.A.D. Prototype 75 TX
Grip: JumboMax JMX UltraLite
Average driving distance: 321.6 yards
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105
Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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freowho
Apr 7, 2020 at 2:02 am
All heavier shafts and I know 3,4 and 5 have shorter than standard.
Paulo
Apr 7, 2020 at 12:59 am
That’s got to niggle the manufacturers such as TM ,& Ping that the longest hitter on tour is using a three generation old cobra. Proof if it was ever needed that it’s the player and not the club
Imafitter
Apr 8, 2020 at 2:30 pm
I like the fact that if it ain’t broke…
James
Apr 6, 2020 at 7:20 pm
How about the straightest hitters? Driver, shaft, and ball.
Bomb-and-gouge is for fickle losers who care nothing about golf.
Jack
Apr 6, 2020 at 11:21 pm
This is a pretty great list of players…you wouldn’t see the same caliber players in the “straighest” bunch.
HKO
Apr 6, 2020 at 7:18 pm
so cute we believe it’s the club. 🙂
Martin
Apr 6, 2020 at 5:07 pm
Great article, but how about the 5 shortest players on tour? I think the majority of your readers can identify more with the latter than the former… regardless, we appreciate the great reads while we’re all stuck at home.
jgpl001
Apr 7, 2020 at 3:57 am
This is WRX country and nobody wants to hear about short or straight hitters, only those who play blades with 7.0 shafts tipped 1 inch and have 105g TX flex driver shafts….like real players
Vas
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:30 am
This reply literally made me LOL because it’s so true. At 44yo playing soft Xs… I’m only a few years away from being banished to golfwrxlite.com. 🙂