Maverick McNealy's Winning Bag | 2024 RSM Classic
Maverick McNealy was once the top-ranked amateur player in the world, even tying Tiger Woods' school record at Stanford with 11 collegiate wins, but yet the 29-year-old still hadn't won a professional tournament since turning pro in 2017. That is until now, as McNealy captured the RSM Classic to pick up his first career PGA Tour Win.
McNealy's winning bag features a heavy TaylorMade presence mixed in with some Vokey wedges and a Toulon putter.
All WITB information is courtesy of GolfWRX.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 "Dot" (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD XC 6 TX
McNealy starts his bag off with the TaylorMade Qi10 driver, though he plays the tour "Dot" head rather than the actual core model. McNealy was great with this club throughout the tournament, finding 39 of 56 fairways, which tied him for the 36th best mark among all players. He was also decently long off the tee, averaging 295.3 yards per drive, which was the 20th best driving average of the week. That combination of distance and accuracy helped McNealy gain 2.359 strokes on the field off the tee, which was 13th best overall.
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (16.5 degrees, 21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X (3-Wood), Fujikura Ventus Red 8 X (7-Wood)
As we move into his fairway woods, McNealy goes back a generation, opting for the Stealth 2. He plays a 3-wood Stealth 2 at 16.5 degrees, so playing it as a 4-wood essentially and then pairs that with one of the trendiest clubs in all of golf, a 7-wood. This combination gives him 2 clubs he can hit from distance with each serving a different role, while maintaining a consistent gap in his bag. The higher-lofted 3-wood gives him plenty of length, but with more stopping power while the 7-wood gives him a club to use from slightly closer, but even more stopping power to attack holes from distance with.
Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
For his irons, McNealy plays the all-new TaylorMade P7CB's, playing them from 4-iron through his 9-iron. While his driving was very good, his iron play was excellent and was the biggest driving force behind his first career PGA Tour win. McNealy hit 57 of 72 greens in regulation, which was 2nd best for the tournament. That performance helped him gain 3.772 strokes on the field in his approach to green, which was 6th best for the tournament.
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 50-08F, 54-08M), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (50-58)
McNealy goes with 4 Vokey Wedges, with a 46 SM10 in place of a traditional pitching wedge, and then plays a 50 and 54 SM10, and pairs those with a WedgeWorks 58 degree he has bent to 59 degrees. With his distance his wedges played their role in his approach numbers, but they were also solid around the green. He converted 11 of his 15 scramble opportunities including his one and only sand save opportunity. That ability to get up-and-down for par helped McNealy gain 0.728 strokes on the field from around the green, which was 29th best.
Putters: Odyssey Toulon Design Prototype
Putting has been McNealy's calling card, as he led the PGA Tour in strokes gained putting a season ago. While he hasn't been nearly as good as that this seaso(he gained on average 0.956 strokes last season compared to 0.351 strokes this year), he still ranks 29th on Tour in Strokes Gained Putting for the season. His putter was very good once again in the season's final tournament. He ranked 12th in Putts per GIR, averaging 1.7 putts and ranked 4th in total feet of putts made with 96. That combination helped him finish 12th in Strokes Gained Putting, gaining 3.689 strokes on the field for the tournament.