WINNING SCORE: 25-under-par, 267. 

EQUIPMENT CHOICE:

DRIVER: PING G400 with 9˚ loft, fitted with Mitsubishi Chemical Kuro Kage XD 70 X shaft.

3 WOOD: PING G400 with 14.5˚ loft, with Fujikura Atmos Blue Tour Spec 7 X shaft.

IRONS: PING G410 Crossover (20˚) and PING Blueprint (4-iron to 9-iron), with Fujikura Atmos Black Hybrid 9 X (20˚) and True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9) shafts.

WEDGES: PING Glide 3.0 (46˚SS, 52˚SS & 56˚SS) and PING Glide Forged (60˚SS), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46, 52, 56) and True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60) shafts.

PUTTER: PING Scottsdale Hohum.

BALL: Titleist Pro V1.

FINAL LEADERBOARD

EQUIPMENT NOTES:

  • Part of an all PING playoff in Hawaii, English’s win breaks a seven year win drought at an event that is typically only for the previous year’s winners but was changed due to the disrupted 2020 schedule. English is a premier ball striker, and trusts older model woods in the form of a G400 driver and 3-wood that were released in 2017, while his Blueprint irons are the company’s first forged blade iron.
  • Ranking first for Strokes Gained: Putting and Putts per GIR, the 31-year-old trusts an oversized mallet putter that was released in 2010 and holds an average value on the PGA of America’s trade-in guide of US$15.30.

  • Similarly to both playoff contestant’s opting for a full bag of PING clubs, both English and Niemann use Titleist golf balls, with English’s victory making it back-to-back wins at the Tournament of Champions for the company’s Pro V1 line of golf balls and three PGA Tour wins in a row.