After minutes of AI-powered desktop research, we have surmised that Maverick McNealy, yesterday’s winner of the PGA TOUR’s RSM Classic, is an equipment and ball free agent. Which is kind of crazy on paper since he’s now the 31st ranked player in the world and finished 2024 in 53rd place in FedEx Cup points. Why no love from Titleist, Callaway or TaylorMade, the three club and ball manufacturers featured in his set-up? Our best guess: he doesn’t need the cheese and loves the flexibility. You see, his father Scott founded and eventually sold to Oracle tech stock darling Sun Microsystems. Mav doesn’t play golf to get rich. He is rich. He plays to win trophies and to create his own legacy. He’s doing just that!
Key WITB Takeaways:
- Mav finished the 2024 PGA TOUR season ranked 23rd in Strokes Gained (SG) Off the Tee. A nice place to be. He tees it up with a TaylorMade Q1 10.5 degrees driver with a moderately stiff shaft for a tour player. The 10.5 loft lands on the higher side on tour.
- His 3-wood carries 16.5 degrees of loft, which sits loft-wise somewhere between a standard 3-wood and 4-wood. He either loves hitting his fairway wood high with less roll when it comes back down to earth, or he de-lofts the shi* out it. We need to pay more attention to come up with the answer.
- Vokey man. And he doesn’t get paid to play them. He carries four Vokey wedges: 46, 50, 54, 58. He opts for a stiffer X100 vs the softer S400 shaft in his wedges. You have to respect a man who knows he needs to keep things stiffer under pressure.
- Titleist Pro V1x. Less spin compared to the Pro V1.
Shop Maverick McNealy’s Golf Gear:
DRIVER: TaylorMade Qi10 – $100 OFF (10.5 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD XC 6 TX shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade Stealth 2 – $120 OFF (16.5 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X, (21 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Red 8 X shaft
IRONS: TaylorMade P7CB (4-9), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46, 50, 54, 58 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
PUTTER: Odyssey Toulon Design prototyp
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
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