Justin Thomas survived a cold shank, a play-off and more to emerge with the Wanamaker Trophy for the second time on Sunday at Southern Hills. Here is what the American had in the bag.
WINNING SCORE: Five-under-par, 275.
EQUIPMENT CHOICE:
DRIVER: Titleist TSi3 with 10˚ loft, fitted with Mitsubishi Chemical Diamana ZF 60 TX shaft.
3-WOOD: Titleist TS3 with 15˚ loft, with Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX shaft.
5-WOOD: Titleist 915 Fd with 18˚ loft, with Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 Tour Spec X shaft.
IRONS: Titleist T100 (4-iron) and Titleist 621.JT MB (5-iron to 9-iron), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts.
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46˚-10˚ F Grind, 52˚-12˚ F Grind, 56˚-14˚ F Grind & 60˚-06˚ K Grind), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46) and True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (52, 56, 60) shafts.
PUTTER: Scotty Cameron X5.5 Tour Prototype.
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x.
EQUIPMENT NOTES:
- Thomas' win continues the hot run for Titleist's Vokey Desgin SM9 wedgest that were released earlier this year. Thomas' wedges (seein the in the Instram post from Aaron Dill below) carry some interesting lofts, including half degree exact lofts on some. Dill has spoken previously that the loft numbers came from Thomas returning from an extended practice period to discover what the lofts were but be so happy with his carry distances he wanted them kept the same.
- The American former World No.1 is one of two players using extremely personalised irons on the PGA Tour, the other being our own Adam Scott. Thomas uses an iron model labelled 621.JT that has been specifically ground and built for his appearance, offset and turf interaction preferences, as well as ball flight.
- Thomas also had a very custom putter in the bag this week in Tulsa. Having been one of the players on Tour to push along the popularity of flow or slant neck mallets aftter switching from a traditional Newport 2 style putter, Thomas recently added a Phantom X mallet with a 'knuckleneck' or plumber's neck to opitimise the toe hang and his stroke.
Thomas’ win makes it 17 wins from 22 events on the PGA Tour for Titleist golf balls so far in 2022, while he also gives the company a second straight men's major after Scottie Scheffler's success at Augusta National in April.
QUOTE: “Mechanically and as a whole, my putting, it won me this golf tournament this week in many ways, and you had to have a complete game. So there was all facets were working at different times. But yeah, I made some very, very key putts today. That's a big reason why I'm here.” – Justin Thomas.
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