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Cameron Champ & Mel Reid in Grant Thorton Invitational.
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Let’s start with clear: yes, PGA Tour players are freakishly good. They hit the 7-Irons 190+ yards, swing drivers north of 120 mph, and can hold a green with a 4-hekuri out of 230 as they are throwing arrows. So, naturally, many amateur players (especially boys) try to model their wardrobe after Rory, Scottie or JT likes.
But here’s the difficult truth: for most of us, trying to copy the configuration of a PGA Tour player is like setting racing slicks in a camry and ask why you are not winning a Nascar race. You are not playing the same game, And you are definitely not playing the same course.
If you want to reduce your results, hit more greens and actually enjoy the game, your group may have to look much more like an LPGA Pro bag.
Let’s talk about yards
LPGA players tend to on average between 230-260 yards away. Sounds familiar? Here are most weekend fighters (especially medium male players). Pro PGA Tour? They are there inserting it 300+ and hitting the wedge in par 4s you are still pulling the hybrid.
If you are building a group to play smart, steady golf from 6.200 yards, you want a bag created to cover the same yards that you actually play, not some 7,400-oral fantasy championships in your head. I know I gave up my dream of masters years ago.
The attic is your friend
PGA Tour often use drivers 8 to 10 degrees, 13.5 to 15 degrees, and cuffs that are bent hard enough to double like cowers. That’s because they generate a lot of speed and want to keep the rotation. You? You are probably trying to get the ball in the air and stop it in green. This is exactly what the LPGA players are optimizing.
Why have fairway woods are variants of games — if they are appropriate toward
See a typical LPGA configuration:
– Driver: 10.5–12 degrees
-3-DRU: 15–17 degrees (if they hold one)
– 5- or 7-drru in the bag (sometimes both)
– hybrids starting from 4 or even 5
– cuffs from 6 or 7 down through wedges
This configuration gives priority to the release, forgiveness and gap that actually makes sense for the speed of human shakes. Sounds familiar? Should.
Hybrids are not a sign of weakness
Here’s a fun statistical: many LPGA players multiple hybrids. They hit them in par 5s, long par 3s and narrow roads with ease and confidence. You know who struggles to do it with a 3-hekuri or 4-hekuri? You almost everyone.
Are the hybrids being replaced by the right forests? Depend on where you look
The average golf shakes their driver around 90-95 mph. This puts their 4-healing in a range of sketches, where it is more of a thoughtful game than a reliable club. The hybrids cover those distances more constantly and start the ball high enough to keep a green.
Still do you think the hybrids are for your grandfather? Newsflash: You’re probably not paying to form a low draw around a tree from 220. But you can hit a hybrid that descends softly from that yard and gives you a look at birds. Or par, no judgment.
Forgiveness beats the gift
Most PGA Tour’s handcuffs are counterfeit edges or small cavity returns with thin balls and zero compensation. Beautiful? Safely useful to you? Not a little.
LPGA players, on the other hand, are more likely to use the forgiving cavity returns, especially in longer handcuffs. Some even use patterns of game improvement or distance players that build forgiveness and feel. You do not have to apologize for choosing clubs that help you hit more greens and shoot lower results.
Would you rather prefer a 6-i-heaven in the bag you can’t hit, or one that puts you in green twice as often?

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Set the composition that makes sense
Let’s build a typical LPGA style group that will suit beautifully male amateur players:
– Driver: 10.5–11.5 degrees (more attic = more departure and carry)
-3-drru: 15–16.5 degrees
-5-Dru or 7-Dru: 18–21 degrees
-4-hybrid, 5-hybrid (maybe even 6-hybrid)
-Pranges from 6 or 7-PW, cavity return or player distance
– 3 wedges: 50 °, 54 °, 58 ° (or whatever matches your gap)
– Putter that fits your hit, not your favorite tournament brand deal
This is a 13 or 14-club configuration that covers all the right gaps, maximizes forgiveness and gives you the best chance to shoot your best results. There is no 3-when. No fraud. No ego. Just smart tools for work.
Playing like a girl is not a bad thing
Here is kicker: LPGA players are extraordinary players. They hit their number. They fly the ball accurately. They mark, constantly. If you match your game with their own; The same yards, the same smart club choices, are likely to play better, shoot lower results and have more fun.
So, the next time you are browsing new clubs or thinking about that muscle “3-and-and-and-glaze inspired you have seen in a Witb post, pause and ask yourself: are I buying this to impress people, or to do better?
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Kris McCormack
Golf.com contributor
Based on a career that has extended more than 20 years to the Golf industry, McCormack has spent the last six years of his career serving as vice president of the tournament and education for the real specification. During that time, he cured the training program for the true staff and pushed for more continuing education curricula. As well as managing their tour department and building relationships with a host of OEM partners. Before joining the true team of specifications, McCormack worked with some of the leading industry manufacturers as a suitable master’s level professional. In addition to being an instructor and partnership with the Golf Channel Academy as a leading mainly agnostic brand instructor and professional. He has also worked with R&D teams to help design products, testing and develop for a variety of gears. He is a golf enthusiast and lives in the gear space!