Equipment
Inside Y.E. Yang’s wildly entertaining gear setup at the 2023 PGA Championship
In case you forgot, Y.E. Yang took down Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine with arguably the most famous hybrid shot in history. Holding a one stroke lead on the 72nd hole, while trying to hold off a man who never loses, Yang hit a dagger approach shot to six feet using a TaylorMade 2007 TP Rescue 21-degree hybrid.
Yang actually carried two TaylorMade Rescue TP hybrids that week (19 and 21 degrees), which is exactly one less hybrid than he has in the bag at this year’s 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
As a current PGA Tour Champions player and former PGA Champion, the 51-year-old is set to tee it up this week using a bag that’s fit for The Hybrid King.
His electric green-and-white stand bag features three Ping G430 hybrids (19, 22 and 25 degrees), each equipped with Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 115 “SX” Hybrid shafts.
The SX flex is a rare offering that’s between an S-flex and an X-flex.
His longest iron is a Ping i230 6-iron, which his caddie says he recently put back into the bag to replace what used to be his fourth hybrid.
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Other notable items currently in Yang’s bag include eye-popping blue and yellow IOMIC NO 1 grips, a 1-of-1 custom Scotty Cameron T2 GSS putter (check out the video above), and throwback Titleist Vokey prototype wedges that are stamped with “Yangsta” on the back cavities.
Oh yeah, he also uses club tubes inside the slots of his stand bag to protect his grips…
It’s the type of equipment setup that hardcore gear heads, casual golf fans, and everyone in between can all appreciate.
The Hybrid King unites us all.
On Wednesday before the start of the PGA Championship, GolfWRX.com took an up-close look at his entire setup.
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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It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
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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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Bill Callaway
May 21, 2023 at 7:36 am
Great, now on the hunt for SX…
Jim
May 21, 2023 at 7:22 am
YE Yang Y.E.S “Jim Nantz”