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The Complete Guide to the Most Popular Clubs on LPGA Tour (2024)

Written by Graeme Hay | Last Updated: 26/09/2024

The average LPGA pro has a driver swing speed that is only 2.6mph faster than the average male golfer who swings his driver at 93.4mph.

So it is perhaps surprising that regular golfers do not pay much closer attention to the clubs LPGA players use compared to PGA Tour pros who have average driver swingspeeds of around 115mph.

To address this, Golfing Focus decided to complete a comprehensive analysis of the most popular clubs the top 100 players on the LPGA Tour use.

Callaway clubs are the most popular among the top 100 LPGA Tour pros being played by Minjee Lee, Atthaya “Jeeno” Thitikul, Ruoning “Ronni” Yin, Rose Zhang and Andrea Lee. PING, the choice of Allisen Corpuz, Leona Maguire and Jennifer Kupcho amongst others is the next most used brand.

Only Titleist’s wedges break Callaway and PING’s dominance across all the golf club types on the LPGA Tour while TaylorMade, Nelly Korda preferred brand, is only the fourth or fifth most used manufacturer across drivers, woods, hybrids, irons, wedges and putters, alongside Srixon.

The best players on the LPGA Tour however clearly do not all have the same 14 clubs set up in their golf bag.

And while PING and Callaway clubs are the most popular we wanted to take a detailed look at all the clubs used by the top 100 LPGA Tour players to find out exactly what clubs the majority of them prefer for every possible club choice.

Most Popular Clubs on LPGA Tour – Top 100 Player Breakdown

When it comes to looking at the most popular set of golf clubs used by the top 100 pros on the LPGA Tour, there are obviously many options for them to choose from.

The best LPGA Tour players have access to almost any club they want.

The main club manufacturers’ tour trucks follow them across the USA to every tournament with the latest models of clubs and shafts ready and available for them to use as and when required.

There are therefore plenty of makes and models of clubs being used by the top female pros on the LPGA Tour – 40 different models of drivers and 51 models of irons for example – but our detailed analysis of this elite group found the following individual clubs to be the most popular in their category:

Two things stand out from this list however which we need to look at in more detail to complete the picture of what clubs LPGA players use.

Firstly the top 100 players on the LPGA Tour clearly do not have 23 clubs in their golf bag given the maximum allowed is 14.

To complete the list above though we looked in detail at every club type being carried by one or more of the top 100 LPGA Tour pros.

However different players obviously choose to vary their club setups according to their personal preferences and the course they are playing on a particular week.

While some opt to play with more than one fairway wood, others prefer more hybrids to replace their long irons. Others meanwhile opt for utility/driving irons.

Similarly, some LPGA players choose to carry more specialist wedges than others so the selection of individual clubs varies across the pros.

But this is what our analysis found in terms of the most popular club choices among the top 100 LPGA Tour pros.

• The most common golf club set up used by the top 100 LPGA Tour pros is made up first of a driver and two fairway woods – a 3-wood and a 5-wood.
• The top end of the bag is then completed with a 4-hybrid.
• The most popular iron set then starts with a 5-iron to pitching wedge.
• 3 specialist wedges, a 50° gap wedge, a 54° sand wedge and a 58° lob wedge are then added to a putter to complete the set.

While this set up was found to be the most common it was also clear that other setups, particularly when it came to the longest clubs in the bag, found favour with a number of the top women pros.

Some for example preferred a 3-wood and 7-wood combination for their two fairway woods. Others meanwhile prefer to use only one wood and two, three or even four hybrids prior to starting their iron set with a 4-iron, 5-iron or 6-iron.

Or there are the more niche cases of Yuna Nishimura and Azahara Munoz, who play four and three fairway woods respectively, together with two hybrids before their ‘standard’ iron set begins with a 7-iron.

Ariya Jutanugarn meanwhile opts to leave a driver out of her bag altogether and chooses a 3-wood and a two, three and four TaylorMade utility/driving irons instead.

So as we can see while there is a preferred club set up among the top 100 LPGA Tour players there are other club choices that are chosen by several golfers indicating how many options there are for players to experiment with.

The second point which stands out from our list is that there are preferences that make the ‘most popular’ club in a particular category a less compelling statement of preference to others.

For example we found only 7 out of the top 100 LPGA Tour pros use utility/driving irons. So while Callaway’s X Forged UT is the most popular it is only within a small data set of players who choose to use them.

Similarly, while PING’s Alta CB 70 R shaft was the most popular hybrid shaft among the players choosing a 6-hybrid club only Lindsey Weaver-Wright and Karis Davidson use this club.

When it came to putters also Golfing Focus uncovered 59 different models being used among the top 100 so the ‘most popular’ model we found was only the most used by a factor of 1 player from almost all the rest of the other putters being used.

Many players also choose to alter the lofts of their clubs – Ashleigh Buhai for example plays a 3-hybrid at 20.5 degrees which is a loft only 0.5º different to the 4-hybrids chosen by Cheyenne Knight, Alex Pano and Emily Pedersen.

So it is clear we should not always draw immediate conclusions from the basic numbers on a LPGA Tour pros’ club as they may not be exactly what they seem at first glance.

What all this tells us simply however is that all the top LPGA Tour players are constantly looking for an extra edge in their club set-up.

They are always exploring the full range of makes and models the golf manufacturers are producing to find the precise and best one for their swing and specific requirements.

What Brand of Golf Clubs Do LPGA Players Use?

There are a lot of golf club brands on the market today.

Golf club technology has advanced more in the last couple of decades than it potentially has in the whole of the previous 100 years and with this an ever-increasing number of golf manufacturers have entered the golf market.

This includes several specialist brands that limit their focus to only one or two golf club types. Bettinardi and Piretti for example focus solely on producing wedges and putters.

The big traditional golf brands however have continued their dominance when it comes to the preferred choices of the best LPGA Tour players. And while some famous older brands have disappeared from the pro club scene the household names we all know continue to dominate.

And as a whole Callaway is the dominant club brand among the golf clubs used by the top 100 players on the LPGA Tour. Callaway clubs are the most common club type across all the main club type categories with the exception of hybrids and wedges where they come in as the second and third most used brand respectively.

PING is the next most popular brand with Titleist being the next most used manufacturer among the top 100.

When we last did this deep dive analysis a few years back Golfing Focus found PING to be the most dominant club brand. And although they now come in behind Callaway they are clearly a popular choice among LPGA Tour pros.

Further it was interesting to note that Golfing Focus’ comparable review of the most used clubs on the Champions Tour discovered Callaway and PING again came out on top.

However when you look at Titleist’s third-placed position among the clubs used by the best LPGA Tour players this compares to their top spot as the the most popular clubs on the PGA Tour .

TaylorMade and Srixon were then found to be the next most used brands among the top women pros with a preference for TaylorMade drivers and woods compared to Srixon models being reversed when it came to irons and wedges.

And although it is only based on a small number of users both brands are a definite option when it comes to the LPGA Tour players opting to put a driving/utility iron in their golf bag.

The rise of PXG clubs up the popularity rankings when it comes to women pros though seems to have faded in the last couple of years. Our last comprehensive review noted their increasing presence among the clubs of LPGA Tour players but that trend was shown to have stopped this time.

This will undoubtedly have been influenced by the end or cessation of sponsorship contracts but PXG clubs are clearly not as common on the LPGA Tour as they were only a couple of years back.

Outwith the main golf manufacturers, Golfing Focus’ in-depth review also turned up some niche golf brands being used by the top 100 LPGA pros, particularly among their iron choices.

Former major champion Hyo Joo Kim for example was unique among the pros in her use of Yonex irons while two-time major champion and former world no.1 Lydia Ko has opted to play a 5-iron to 9-iron set of Proto Concept irons since 2022.

Chanettee Wannasaen and Arpichaya Yubol by comparison choose to use irons made by specialist iron and wedge manufacturer Fourteen Golf.

So while Callaway and PING clubs dominate there are specific club types where many of the other manufacturers have particular specialisms and this is also reflected in the club choices of LPGA Tour players.

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Now that you know what clubs the best LPGA pros are using are you wondering how this compares to those used by the top players on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour?

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3 responses to “The Complete Guide to the Most Popular Clubs on LPGA Tour (2024)”

You’re very welcome Fred and thanks for the feedback. It’s a great question on the ProV1x and I’m not sure of the answer to be honest. The Champions Tour guys are the same – see https://golfingfocus.com/from-tee-to-green-analyzing-what-golf-balls-champions-tour-pros-use/ – and its a definite point of distinction between the women and senior pros compared to the PGA Tour lot. We are thinking of doing an interview with a club fitting expert and asking a series of questions about the pros choices and what average amateurs should and shouldn’t pay attention to. Would that be of interest?

Thanks for all your analyses! I have been orienting myself based on LPGA players, as opposed to PGA ones, for many years, as my swing speed varies somewhere between 95 – 98 Mph (HCP 9,5, 53 yo).

This LPG ***club*** analysis came out according to my expectations. However, what shocked me was that most of the LPGA players are using ProV1-X. I abandoned the “tour level” balls years ago, because I realized I cannot compress them enough with my swing speed (now playing Srixon AD333, Wilson DUO Optix etc. with much more success).

I am wondering why the ladies are stuck with ProV1-X. Any idea?

What do you think about the club choices of the top LPGA Tour pros? Do you agree there’s more for amateur golfers to learn from their choices compared to their male colleagues on the PGA Tour?

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LPGA Tour players have embraced new equipment, new technology and become physically stronger, allowing them to carry greater distances and hit longer shots with each club in the bag.

Back in the 1990s, power-hitters like Dame Laura Davies stood out from the crowd and in 1992 when the LPGA first started collecting driving distance stats, Davies’ 258.87 yards was 20 yards longer than the next longest hitter, Juli Inkster . To put this into context, in today’s modern era, Germany’s Polly Mack claimed the 2023 LPGA average driving-distance crown with 281.75 yards.

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As for female amateur golfers, and according to the latest Arccos data , they drive the ball 177 yards on average, which almost equates to the same carry distance of a female tour player’s hybrid, which is 178 yards.

In terms of 3-wood and 5-wood, female tour players averaged 200 yards and 189 yards, respectively, in 2023. A 4-iron is Charley Hull's favourite club, and while the LPGA Tour average for that club was 175 yards, the English woman is likely to send it way past that number with her equivalent.

There is minimal difference in the carry distance between a hybrid at 178 yards and 4-iron at 175 yards, but then the data shows consistent gapping of between 10-12 yards from a 5-iron at 166 yards down through the rest of the set to a PW, which these women carry around 111 yards.

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The Tour-proven s159 wedges are offered in 25 loft/grind combinations and are available for custom fitting and pre-sell beginning Tuesday at authorized PING golf shops around the world.

“The new wedges represent our most extensive and versatile wedge line to date, significantly advancing wedge performance and expanding fitting options,” said John K. Solheim, PING CEO and president. “They are already winning on Tour and we’re seeing a lot of players converting to them around the world. They love the clean look, the soft feel and, most importantly, the ability to launch and spin their shots with precise control. With six grinds designed to perform in a variety of playing conditions and techniques, we have a wedge to fit every golfer.

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Extensive testing with PING Tour players helped create a wedge series that will appeal to golfers of all abilities. The 8620 carbon steel head is cast to an eye-pleasing shape with a straighter lead edge, a design feature especially beneficial on full shots. An elastomer insert behind the face contributes to the soft and responsive feel. At address, the compact head features an improved hosel transition with constant offset that blends seamlessly into the new Blueprint S and T irons. The s159 wedges are available in two performance-enhancing finishes in all 25 loft/grind combinations. Golfers can choose PING’s proven Hydropearl 2.0 chrome finish or midnight, a new darker option that provides an attractive, anti-glare appearance.

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Wheel-cut grooves are precision-milled to help ensure consistency while minimizing the variations in spin in various conditions, leading to more control. The 54-to-62-degree options feature more tightly spaced MicroMax grooves. The 46-to-52-degree wedges are milled for greater control on full shots. In combination with a friction-adding face blast, the s159 wedges deliver the launch and spin control to execute score-lowering wedge shots from every distance.

From a spin comparison standpoint, the s159 wedges deliver strong results in the company’s much acclaimed “wet to dry” test. Performed in a controlled environment hitting 50-yard shots indoors with moisture applied to the face and ball, it’s a key factor in validating on-course performance.

“Our R&D team has gained a lot of notoriety for this test, which has revealed remarkable performance results when applied to our last several wedge models,” Solheim said. “A lot of fitters refer to it as the ‘spray-bottle test.’ The s159 consistently leads in the wet testing, out-performing other wedges. Considering it’s rare when a shot doesn’t encounter some level of moisture or loss of friction, this type of control provides a clear and convincing short-game advantage.”

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“It’s no secret shopping for wedges can be confusing as golfers try to understand all the nuances of a wedge’s design and what’s best for them,” said Solheim. “With our new WebFit Wedge app, our goal is to simplify the process of finding a wedge that fits the golfer while also educating them why a particular grind is best for them. It was developed in-house by our data scientists and relies on our massive collection of wedge data, much of it mined from our relationship with Arccos, to make very precise recommendations.

“The app doesn’t require downloading, logging in or signing up for anything. It’s a very simple experience but very rewarding for users. It will be accessible via a QR code in golf shops and on ping.com. We strongly encourage golfers to engage the app in their wedge-buying process.”

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• New “B” grind: For a shallow angle of attack and neutral face delivery. Low-bounce design sits low on the turf on square-face shots, providing forgiveness via the sole width to deliver score-lowering performance in firmer conditions. Available in 58° and 60°.
• “T” grind: The most versatile option allows players to manipulate the face for shot-making precision around the greens. Ideal for medium to firm turf conditions, includes a 62-degree option at the request of our Tour pros for more versatility. Available in 58°, 60° and 62° (new).
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Jasmine Suwannapura atop crowded NW Arkansas leaderboard

• Associated Press

ROGERS, Ark. -- Jasmine Suwannapura birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and the top spot Friday on a leaderboard crowded with Arkansas Razorbacks in the LPGA Tour's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Opening in gusty morning conditions at Pinnacle Country Club, Suwannapura played the back nine in 5-under 30, closing with the birdies on the par-3 17th and par-5 18th.

"We just have fun out there," said Suwannapura, the 31-year-old Thai player with two career LPGA Tour victories. "Keep the momentum going. We literally play with the wind today. Got pretty gusty, too."

Former University of Arkansas star Maria Fassi was a shot back with Liqi Zeng , Carlota Ciganda and Ashleigh Buhai . Fassi, from Mexico, capped her college career with the 2019 NCAA individual title.

"To have some of the current Razorbacks be on the tee there in the morning was very special," Fassi said. "For me, it was a great day."

One of those current Arkansas players on the tee with Fassi -- Maria Marin of Colombia -- found herself on the leaderboard near Fassi, too, after a 65.

"For me to be here is like a privilege," Marin said. "Of course, I work really, really hard all season last year to be here and to get the exemption. It's just great."

Suwannapura is 110th in the world ranking. She won her last tour title in 2019, teaming with Cydney Clanton in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

"I think it's everybody's game tomorrow," Suwannapura said. "I know a lot of girls out here going to go low. I hope I can go low the next two days. We'll see what happens."

The 18-year-old Zeng, from China, had five straight birdies on Nos. 14-18 on her first nine. Yu Liu and Dottie Ardina matched Marin at 65.

Gaby Lopez , another former Arkansas star from Mexico, topped the group at 66.

"Everyone is here for the Razorback Nation," Lopez said.

Victorious Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis , yet another former Arkansas player, was at 69. She won the 2014 event.

Defending champion Haeran Ryu shot 69. Lilia Vu , the No. 2 player in the world ranking, had a double bogey and three bogeys in a 71.

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