What’s in My Bag Harris English
DRIVER
FAIRWAY WOOD
IRONS
SPECS Ping G430 LST, 10.5°, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6-X shaft, 45 inches. I don’t spin my driver that much, so I have to play a little higher loft since this is a lower-spinning head. It’s been an evolution over time. In col- lege, I played 9 degrees but as the ball spun less over time, I had to re- evaluate and go up in loft. I also love the acoustics of this driver. The pow- erful sound fits what I like to hear.
SPECS Ping G400, 14.5°, Fujikura Atmos Blue 7-X shaft, 42.75 inches. This is an older model. I tend not to change clubs a lot. The 3-wood is one of the hardest clubs to change because we’re hitting it off the ground and hitting it off the tee. I also want enough spin where it stays in the fairway as well as the ability to work it on a dogleg. This club checks all those boxes, so why change?
SPECS (3-iron): Ping G410 Crossover, Fujikura Atmos Black hybrid 9-X shaft; (4-9): Ping Blueprint T, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts; Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align grips. I enjoy the workability of these irons with the tight pins we typically face on tour. I don’t need a big cavity- back to help me get the ball up in the air. The feel is superb, too.
DUAL ALIGNMENT The red line on the ball helps, but I mostly use the Titleist name on my Pro V1, lining it perpendicular to the putter face for aiming. SCHOOL PRIDE I got this yard- age book at the 2019 Greenbrier event. I’d never used a yardage book before be- cause I tend to lose things. Go Dawgs! MONEY MARK I used to use only a 1989 quarter to mark my ball. It represented the year I was born, but now any old quarter will do.
WEDGES
PUTTER
SPECS Ping s159 (46°), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shaft; 52°, 56°, 60°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts. The pitching wedge matches the rest of my wedges. I do that because I use it around the green more than most. I like to play bump-and-run a lot. It has a little better feel as well. I’ll go back and forth on the bounce with the 60-degree wedge, depend- ing on course conditions. If the turf is firm, I prefer less bounce.
SPECS Ping Scottsdale Hohum, 36.25 inches, 3° loft, Ping Winn AVS Palm- lock grip. I started using this putter my senior year of college in 2011. It was sent to my teammate Keith Mitchell. I always played Ping since I was probably 12 years old. I started putting with it and kind of got on a heater my senior year, and it’s been in the bag since. I like my putter grip to be worn. I’ll have the Ping guys sand down a new grip to make it feel a little tacky.
GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA 107
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025
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