RBC Heritage winner's bag: Take a look at the clubs of Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas goes full send on his Titleist TS3 3-wood with a MCA Tensei AV 85TX.

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As Titleist poster boys go, Justin Thomas is about as true as they come. Historically not a huge gear junky, he relies more on the expertise of J.J Van Wezenbeeck, Senior Director of Titleist Tour, for pretty much everything. He told me years ago that he doesn’t pay much attention to what it is, just what it does. Very Fred Couples.

When something works for JT, it really works. Take for example his 10-year-old 915FD 5-wood with a Fujikura Motore that hasn’t seen a home beyond Ebay in YEARS.

When looking at the bag itself, pay close attention to the breakdown of his wedge package. As one of the best wedge players in the world, the work JT and Vokey wedge guru Aaron Dill has done is, in my opinion, a case study in wedge optimization. As a steeper swinger of the club, the PW and GW have plenty of bounce to ensure a fast transition out of the turf for full shots (call it 85 percent at full as you rarely see a full send wedge from JT), the 56 has a TON of bounce to give him a good option for short chips and softer bunker sand, and the ever-famous 60T is a get-out-of-jail-free card for tight shots to short pins around the green. It’s a set built on versatility and options, options, options. Why +.5 to 1.5 in loft on some? Gapping and proper bounce. When you see half-degree loft like that, it shows me (just a hunch) that JT backs into his loft based on carry, launch and spin, and not the other way around.

Another thing, JT plays a ton of loft across the bag once you get past the 3-wood. Very optimized setup.

Here is the bag set up of RBC Heritage champion Justin Thomas:

Ball: Titleist Pro V1X (23)

Driver: Titleist GT2 [email protected] (D1 Setting)

Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana Prototype

There is a story behind how they got here, but that’s for another day. It’s wild.