WHAT'S IN MY BAG : CAMERON SMITH DRIVER
AGE
SPECS Titleist TSi3, 10°, Fujikura Ventus Blue 6X shaft, 45 inches, D-3 swingweight.
28
LIVES
Palm Valley, Florida.
I like having the adjustable hosel set in the A-1 [neutral] position. I want a driver with control, and that allows me to easily feel like I can find the start line a little left of the target and hit a gentle fade. It controls the spin better, too.
STORY
Winner of five PGA Tour events, including the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The Players.
FAIRWAY WOODS
TIME TRAVEL
I bought a Titleist 975D driver, a Titleist PT 15 fairway wood and a set of Maxfli Australian Blade irons on the Internet a few years ago and had the guys from Titleist send me a dozen balata balls. I wanted to try the old equipment. The balls were done after a few rounds. They cut pretty easily. âWITH
SPECS Titleist TSi2, 15°, Fujikura Ventus Blue 8X shaft; Titleist TSi2, 21°, UST Mamiya Elements Red 8F5 X shaft.
For me, a 5-wood into a green might go 30 yards farther than I want if I hit it off the toe. My 7-wood is more consistent and better out of the rough. IRONS SPECS Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi (3-iron), Titleist T100 (5-9), Titleist Vokey SM9 (PW), KBS Tour 130 Custom Matte Black X shafts, Golf Pride Tour Velvet Super Tack grips.
When Titleist brought out the black heads, I fell in love with them. I was using the black shafts before that, so it completed the look. It makes the irons look a lot tighter, a lot neater.
RON KASPRISKE
club
yards*
driver
295
3-wood
275
7-wood
245
3-iron
230
5-iron
215
6-iron
195
7-iron
182
I have three 60-degree wedges I choose from based on conditions. I mostly use the T grind with 4 degrees of bounce because we play on tight, firm turf.
8-iron
167
PUTTER
9-iron
155
pw
145
SPECS Scotty Cameron by Titleist 009 tour prototype, 35 inches, 3.5 degrees of loft.
52Ëwedge
128
56Ëwedge
105
60Ëwedge
95
WEDGES SPECS Titleist Vokey SM9 (52, 56 degrees); Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks prototype (60 degrees), KBS Tour 130 Custom Matte Black X shafts.
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june 2022
CONNECTING COIN
This Anzac coin serves as my ball marker. Itâs representative of the Australian/ New Zealand Army Corps. My caddie is from New Zealand, and Iâm Australian, so I feel this coin symbolises our connection.
ON THE LINE
I used to go through a lot of putters. I have at least 20. Now I feel itâs better to not change so often. I like the way this putter sits. I was using a putter with a larger head, but it had this neck on it. I said if I could get this neck on a 009 head, Iâd use it. They made it for me.
* carry distance
46
TALE OF TAILS
Scotty Cameron saw I was growing my hair out into a mullet and made this putter cover for me. Itâs actually a crawfish tail. Thatâs as close as they could get. I think it looks pretty cool.
My Titleist Pro V1x is marked with a purple line, but I donât usually use it to line up the ball to the hole. I found that sometimes it took away my natural feel, and I would hit bad putts.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
