What’s in the Bag: Viktor Hovland, Valspar Championship

Viktor Hovland won the Valspar Championship, once again proving that Norwegian stoicism and a scorching hot putter are a dangerous combo. As for the clubs he used — technically, a whole set of them. But if you’re asking for the specifics, he gets paid to primarily play Ping, but this week he teed it up with three equipment brands and some oldie-but-goodie woods.

Key Takeaways from Hovland’s Winner Gear:

Hovland and three others on tour tee it up with Ping’s four-year-old driver model, G425 LST. Hovland’s recent struggles have been well chronicled. Maybe he put an older model driver in the bag recently to rejuvenate the good feels of the tee.
His TaylorMade 3-wood has been a popular model since it first came out in early 2020. Pros love the smaller head and rounder shape.
Hovland flat out rips his Titleist U-505 Utility Iron. On 15 Sunday, JT pulled out a driver and over-cooked it deep in the shi* left, making sure not to flail his shot to the right into the lake. What did Hovland do? He stood up there on the tee one group back and ripped his utility 250 in the air right down the fairway, leading to a surging birdie – which amounted to a two-shot swing leading to Victor’s one-shot victory.
Hovland’s Ping PLD DS 72 custom putter sits in his hands just the right way—at least it did this past week. We love the head shape. His putter shaft is on the longer side, which his back will appreciate as he gets older.
Titleist Pro V1 ball. He didn’t need too many of these on Sunday.