B BODY / EQUIPMENT
WHAT'S IN MY BAG : PETER MALNATI
DRIVER
SPECS Titleist TSR3, 10°, Project X Denali Blue 60 TX shaft.
AGE 37 LIVES
The adjustable hosel is at the C2 setting. I don’t even know what that is. (Editor’s note: It’s .75 degrees less loft and more upright.) My driving has held me back the past few years, but it has really improved since going to that setting.
Knoxville, Tennessee STORY Has won two PGA Tour events, in- cluding 2024 Valspar Championship. I KNOW A GUY I have to brag on my guy, Titleist’s JJ Van Wezenbeeck, who works on my equip- ment. I tend to over- think everything in life, and I don’t want to do that with my clubs. JJ works with me once a quarter. We go through my bag and make the changes he feels are necessary. Our rela- tionship goes back to the Nationwide Tour. – WITH MICHAEL JOHNSON
YELLOW MELLOW Last year my son asked if I could play a yellow ball, so I did. I have enough contrarian in me to like being different, plus there’s no doubt which ball is mine.
FAIRWAY WOOD/HYBRID
SPECS Titleist TSi3, 15°, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 70 X shaft; Titleist 818H2, 19°, Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95 X shaft. I’m so comfortable with this 3-wood off the tee. The hybrid is really old. I don’t need more speed. I just need to know what it’s going to do. It’s a fantastic weapon for me into the par 5s.
IRONS
SPECS Titleist T200 (4-iron), Titleist T150 (5-iron), Titleist T100 (6-9), all True Temper AMT Tour White S400 shafts, Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips. The T150 5-iron was a no-brainer. I can’t tell a difference in feel or spin, but it goes higher and has more forgiveness. It also transitions well to the T100s that make up the bulk of the set.
FAMILY MAN I keep this note and photo from my 4-year-old son, Hatcher, in my bag. It says, “I love you, so just go be great.” That’s why lifting him up after winning the Valspar was so special. It was a dream of mine.
CLUB
YARDS*
290
DRIVER
WEDGES
260
3-WOOD
SPECS Titleist Vokey SM10 (48°, 52°, 56°, 62°), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. My 60-degree wedge is actually bent to 62 degrees. We have so many pins tucked on edges that the added loft really helps when short-sided.
235
HYBRID
220
4-IRON
205
5-IRON
192
6-IRON
178
7-IRON
PUTTER
165
8-IRON
PRACTICE AID We have a lot of perks on tour, but sometimes the simplest ones are best, like this Bushnell X3+ range finder. You might not think a tour pro would get excited over a range finder, but it’s really good.
SPECS Scotty Cameron TourType Special Select Masterful 1.5 tour prototype, 34 inches, 3.5°. I’m not a guy who collects putters. I had one for close to 10 years, but then I had a putting slump. I started 2023 with a big mallet, but that didn’t work. I asked the Titleist guys to give me one that was the total opposite of that, and they came back with this putter. I wasn’t even fit for it, but I’ve putted great with it.
152
9-IRON
140
48˚ WEDGE
125
52˚ WEDGE
110
56˚ WEDGE
90
62˚ WEDGE
* CARRY DISTANCE
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JUSTIN CONDER
102 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
JULY/AUGUST 2024
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