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WHAT'S IN MY BAG : DANIELLE KANG
DRIVER
SPECS Titleist TSR3, 9°, Basileus Trias 50 S-Flex shaft.
AGE 31 LIVES Las Vegas STORY Won back- to-back US Women’s Amateurs and six LPGA Tour events, including one major. TRY EVERYTHING From 2015 to 2021, I didn’t have a club-endorsement deal, so I tested different brands. In 2021, I had 13 Titleist clubs in my bag and later became a Titleist brand ambassador. I like to be involved when it comes to my clubs, and the team at Titleist has been incredible to talk to and learn from as they created this set. from as they created this set. – WITH KEELY LEVINS
I played an 8-degree driver my whole life, but swing changes have changed my angle of attack by almost 4 degrees. To compensate for that, I switched to a 9-degree driver.
THE RIGHT SPIN I tested the Pro V1x against the Pro V1 and found the spin is better with the x for me. I tend to be flat and under, so I’m looking for more spin and height.
FAIRWAY WOODS/HYBRID
SPECS Titleist TSR2+, 14.5°, Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro White 50 R-Flex shaft; Titleist TSi3, 18°, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 65 R-Flex shaft. We changed my 3-wood loft, too. I keep a 21-degree TSR3 hybrid on standby. If I’m off and can’t generate enough speed with my 4-iron, I sub in the hybrid.
IRONS
SPECS Titleist T100 (4-9-iron), Nippon NS Pro 950GH S-Flex shafts.
I played the 716 CBs for seven years. I tested the T100s recently and absolutely love them. Titleist put a custom grind on each iron to create better feel through the ground. I wanted higher trajectory to get the ball to stop faster on the greens.
SUPERSTITION My brother, Alex, gave me a dream catcher when I was 14. I qualified for the US Women’s Open and won the US Women’s Am with it. It fell off, and I lost the Ca- nadian Am by one. Now I always have one on my bag, and it has to be given by Alex.
CLUB
YARDS*
WEDGES
225
DRIVER
SPECS Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (44.10F, 49.08F) and SM10 (53.14F), WedgeWorks 58.06K, Nippon NS Pro 950GH S-Flex The SM7 pictured here is an older model. I play two SM7s and two of Vokey’s newest model, the SM10. The feeling I’m looking for is the ability to control the toe. Vokey’s grinds are the best for spin control. I have two 58-degree wedges, one as a gamer and one for practice, to help the grooves last longer.
210
3-WOOD
185
5-WOOD
170
4-IRON
163
5-IRON
153
6-IRON
145
7-IRON
135
8-IRON
PUTTER
WHOLE FOODS I work with
123
9-IRON
SPECS Scotty Cameron M3 GSS Tour prototype putter, 33 inches, 3° of loft.
nutritionists to create my on- course eating plan: hard-boiled eggs for protein, dried sweet potatoes for carbs and rice cakes with cashew butter for fats.
118
44˚ WEDGE
I dug into the history of putters, what Nicklaus, Snead and Jones putted with. I wanted mine to resemble a wedge, and I got to watch Scotty Cameron make this. He eyeballed the centre, and I cut the alignment line. Everything about this putter is gorgeous. He’s an artist.
110
49˚ WEDGE
90
53˚ WEDGE
70
58˚ WEDGE
* CARRY DISTANCE
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JENSEN LARSON
100 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024
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