Nick Dunlap What's In The Bag? WITB 1/21/24

Now isn’t this the most wonderful story? An amateur fends off two PGA Tour Alphas in Justin Thomas and Sam Burns to win the Amex and become the first Amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson over 30 years ago….nice going Nick!

Although Nick will win NIL dollars due to his amateur status, his performance has paved the way for a lucrative future on the PGA Tour. I’m sure there will be a Taylormade rep trying to shore-up an equipment deal for the Alabama State student as we speak….

Nick made a big change to his bag recently by ditching the PING G430 LS Driver he was gaming in favour of the TaylorMade Qi10 LS, perhaps shaping a likely equipment deal with TaylorMade who, like most big OEMs handing out player contracts, will want their star-in-the making using their driver. Most OEMs will tolerate <14 club deals that give the player some flex to use other brands but using the Big Dog/The Chief/The Driver is often non-negotiable.

Nick has retained places for non-TaylorMade clubs in his bag with a PING G425 LST 3 wood, a Srixon ZX 3 iron and Odyssey Putter but the rest of his bag (Driver/Irons/Wedges) is locked up with TaylorMade clubs.

A notable mention must go to his Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 60 TX shaft which is up there with the Ventus Black X in terms of being one of the stiffest shafts on Tour, but Dunlap certainly has the speed to back it up averaging 180’s mph ball-speed and a staggering 331 average driving distance!

• Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS 9*, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 60 TX

• 3-Wood: Ping G425 LST 14.5*, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX

• 3 Iron: Srixon ZX 20*, Project X HZRDUS Black 105 6.5

• Irons: TaylorMade P7MC 4-9, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

• Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 48*, TaylorMade MG4 52*, 56*, 60*, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts

• Putter: Odyssey O-Works #7 Tank, Winn grip

• Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1

• Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord