Scottie Scheffler's Winning Clubs | 2023 Hero World Challenge
Scottie Scheffler picked up his 7th PGA Tour win at the 2023 Hero World Challenge. The Hero World Challenge featured a select field, including tournament host Tiger Woods, who returned to competition for the first time since The Masters, but it was Scheffler once again finding his way into the winner's circle with a three-stroke victory.
Scheffler's winning bag is nearly identical to what he's played with all year with one major difference, a new putter.
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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus
Scottie Scheffler has always been known as one of the best drivers of the golf ball and he showed that ability at the Hero World Challenge. Playing a TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus, Scheffler finished 2nd in the field in driving distance, averaging nearly 311 yards off the tee. Not only was he bombing the ball, but he was precise as well, finding 43 of 52 fairways, tied for the 2nd best in the field. That combination allowed Scheffler to finish 2nd in Strokes Gain Off the Tee, setting himself up for many scoring opportunities throughout the tournament.
3-Wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2
Scheffler stays with TaylorMade for his fairway wood selection, gaming a TaylorMade Stealth 2. Powered by Advanced Inverted Cone Technology, the Stealth 2 maximizes ball speed, while still maintaining forgiveness, thanks to the Thru-Slot Speed pocket. That combination along with a low CG, makes the Stealth 2 a high launching, forgiving club that players of all skill levels can use to attack par 5’s in 2, or use off the tee.
Irons: Srixon ZU85 (3,4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
The most unique part of Scheffler’s bag comes with his irons. He rocks the TaylorMade P7TW’s for his mid to short irons, but for his long irons, Scheffler switches things up with some Srixon ZU85 utility irons. Released in 2018, the ZU85’s provide both an appealing player-friendly profile and versatility. They’ve served Scheffler well in the past, and helped play a role, along with his P7TW’s in another dominant display of ball-striking at the Hero World Challenge. Scheffler hit 50 of 72 greens in regulation, just a little more than 69%, which was tied for 2nd best. He was also 4th best in Strokes Gained Approach to Green. That ball-striking ability set up plenty of scoring opportunities throughout the four-days that Scheffler took full advantage of.
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (50-12F, 56-14F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-06K)
For his wedges, Scheffler plays two different Vokey models. For his gap and sand wedge, he resorts to the Vokey SM8, while for his 60 degree, he plays a Vokey WedgeWorks model. With his distance off the tee, Scheffler used his wedges often in attacking pins, as they played a part in his excellent GIR percentage as mentioned earlier. But even when he did miss the green, Scheffler was able to minimize damage, getting up and down on 15 of the 22 tries when he did miss the green, which was 6th best in the field.
Putter: Logan Olson Prototype
Scheffler had one of the best ball-striking seasons off all-time last year, but was often struggling on the putting surface. After teaming up with renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon prior to the Ryder Cup, Scheffler has been working hard to correct the most glaring weakness in his game. Not only is he using Kenyon for coaching, but he also switched up his putter, moving into a Logan Olson prototype. While it’s early for both the putter and the coaching, the early results look promising. Scheffler finished tied for 6th in total putts, 6th in putts per GIR at 1.6, and 6th in Strokes Gained Putting. If he continues to perform like that on the greens, Scheffler is in for another big season.