This week at the 106th PGA Championship, Valhalla Golf Club will host one of the strongest fields of the year, as the world’s top players tee it up with their sights set on the Wanamaker trophy.
The field will also feature the Corebridge Financial Team, which includes 20 PGA Club Professionals who earned their spot through their play in last month’s PGA Professional Championship (PPC).
For these qualifiers — six of whom are making their first appearance in the PGA Championship — the week is an opportunity to test their game in major championship conditions against one of the deepest fields in professional golf.
Among the 20 who punched their ticket to Valhalla at the PPC, 14 players trusted a Titleist golf ball while 12 had a TSR driver, a set of Titleist irons and multiple Vokey Design wedges in the bag. Titleist was also the most played fairway, hybrid and utility iron among qualifiers at the PPC.
Take a look into the bags of the Titleist Staff Professionals teeing it up this week at Valhalla:
Andy Svoboda
Butler National Golf Club, Illinois Section
First PGA Championship Appearance
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSR3 9.0°
Fairway: TSR2 15.0°
Irons: T200 4; T100 5-9
Wedges: Vokey Design SM9 46°, 52°, 56°, WedgeWorks 60°
Jared Jones
River Oaks Country Club, Southern Texas Section
2nd PGA Championship Appearance
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSR3 9.0°
Fairway: TSR2 13.5°
Irons: T200 3; T100 4-9
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 46°, 50°, 54°, 60°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2
John Somers
Southern Hills Plantation Club, North Florida Section
2nd PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Yellow
Driver: TSR3 8.0°
Fairway: TSi2 15.0°
Irons: T200 2; T100 4-9
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 P, G, S, L
Jeff Kellen
North Shore Country Club, Illinois Section
1st PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSR3 10.0°
Fairway: TSR2 15.0°
Irons: T100 3-7; 620 MB 8-P
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 50°, 54°, 60°
Josh Speight
The Club at Viniterra, Middle Atlantic Section
3rd PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TSR3 10.0°
Utility Iron: U•505 (2)
Irons: T200 4; T100•S 5; T100 6-P
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 50°, 54°, 60°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Futura 5W tour prototype
Larkin Gross
Westwood Country Club, Middle Atlantic Section
2nd PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
Driver: TSR3 9.0°
Fairway: TSR3 15.0°
Utility Iron: U•505 1
Irons: T150 4; T100 5-9
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 46°, 50°, 54°, 60°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2
Preston Cole
Quail Hollow Club, Carolinas Section
1st PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
Driver: TSR3 8.0°
Fairway: TSR2+ 13.0°
Utility Iron: T200 2
Irons: T150 4; T100 5-9
Wedge: NEW Vokey Design SM10 46°, 50°, 54°, 60°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport
Tracy Phillips
Cedar Ridge Country Club, South Central Section
1st PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TSR1 10.0°
Fairways: TSR3 15.0°; TSR1 20.0°
Hybrids: TSR3 18.0°; TSR1 23.0°
Irons: T200 5-P
Wedges: Vokey Design SM9 50°, 58°
Matt Dobyns
Meadow Brook Club, Metropolitan Section
6th PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
Driver: TSR3 9.0°
Utility Iron: U•510 3
Irons: T200 4; 718 MB 5; 620 CB 6-7; 716 CB 8-9
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 46°, 50°, 56°, 60°
Zac Oakley
Bidermann Golf Club, Philadelphia Section
2nd PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSR2 9.0°
Fairway: TSi2 16.5°
Utility Iron: U•505 3
Irons: T150 4-5; T100 6-9
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 46°, 50°, 54°, 58°
Putter: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6
Braden Shattuck
Rolling Green Golf Club, Philadelphia Section
2nd PGA Championship Appearance
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
Driver: TSR3 8.0°
Fairway: TSR2+ 13.0°
Irons: T200 2; T100 5-P
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM10 52°, 58°
Putter: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6 tour prototype
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