Nick Dunlap's Winning Bag | The American Express
History was made at The American Express on Sunday as 20-year-old amateur Nick Dunlap became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson did it in 1991. Dunlap’s latest accomplishment can be added to his already impressive resume that features a U.S. Amateur Championship and Junior Amateur Championship. He and Tiger Woods are the only two players to have won both of those Amateur titles, and now he joins another golf legend in Mickelson with a PGA Tour win before ever turning pro.
As an amateur golfer, Dunlap’s bag features four different manufacturers, but TaylorMade makes up the majority of his setup.
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS
Dunlap starts his bag off with TaylorMade’s newest driver, the Qi10 LS. It’s the lower spinning head option among TaylorMade’s newest releases, designed for players with faster swing speeds that are looking for a little more workability and perhaps distance. For Dunlap, the distance portion of his off-the-tee game was superb throughout the tournament, including in Sunday’s final round where he finished 2nd in driving distance where he averaged more than 331 yards off the tee!
3-Wood: PING G425 LST
Dunlap stays with a low-spin model for his 3-wood, but changes manufacturers, going with the PING G425 LST and playing it at 14.5 degrees. The G425 LST fairway wood is designed for players with faster swing speeds that need help lowering spin. It accomplishes that with a high-density tungsten weight positioned to generate a penetrating ball flight and low spin.
Irons: Srixon ZX (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-9)
Dunlap plays a Srixon ZX utility iron in place of a 3-iron, and then rounds out the rest of his bag with TaylorMade P7MC’s. You wouldn’t have been able to tell Dunlap was a 20-year-old amateur by the way he played with his irons in the final round. He found 12 of the 18 greens in regulation, and finished 14th in Strokes Gained: Approach to Green, which helped him weather the storm through his first half of his round, and then helped him hold off some well known Tour names down the stretch.
Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 (48 Degree), TaylorMade MG4 (52, 56, 60 Degrees)
Dunlap’s wedges are exclusively TaylorMade with a MG3 48 degree serving as his pitching wedge, while having TaylorMade’s newest MG4 wedges for his gap, sand and lob wedges. His wedge game was solid throughout the tournament, but on the 72nd hole, he had a delicate little chip toward the water, and rolled it to about six feet of the cup to set himself up for a tournament winning putt. He had several chips throughout his final round where he helped himself get up-and-down and keep his tournament chances alive.
Putter: Odyssey O-Works Tank #7
Rounding out Dunlap’s bag is his trust Odyssey O-Works Tank #7. It may be a little older than the rest of his bag, but Dunlap’s putter was excellent throughout the tournament. Though he showed some nerves Sunday, including a double-bogey on 7, Dunlap would minimize damage with his flatstick. That double-bogey was his only bogey of any sorts on Sunday. Though he wasn’t nearly pouring in as many birdies as he did during his 12-under 60 on Saturday, he made putts when he needed to, including a couple nice birdie makes on 14 and 16, and then the tournament winning putt on 18.