AGE 31
LIVES Fulton, Miss.
STORY Three-time LPGA Tour winner and three-time member of USA’s Solheim Cup team.
KEEP AN OPEN MIND When testing, I wait a few days to make a decision. I take the club from the range to the course and have my swing coach join me. He watches my swing and makes sure I’m not changing anything to make a certain club work. The club should be working for you and not the other way around. —With Keely Levins
SPECS Ping G430 LST, 10.5 degrees, 45½ inches, Ping Tour 2.0 Black 65 S, tipped ½ inch, D-1 swingweight
Before the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach, I went from a 45¾-inch shaft to 45¼ because I wanted more control to stay out of the rough. I lost only a few yards, but I hit more quality drives. I stayed with the shorter shaft.
SPECS Ping G425 LST, 14.5 degrees, 43 inches, Project X Evenflow Blue 65, 6.0, tipped ½ inch, D-1; Ping G430 Hybrid, 19 degree, Ping Alta CB Black 70 S, D-1, Golf Pride Tour Velvet 60R.
For anyone who produces less clubhead speed, female golfers especially, the hybrid helps get the ball off the ground and land a little softer.
SPECS Ping i210 (4-iron) Alta CB Slate S; Ping i210 (5-PW) AWT 2.0 R, Golf Pride Tour Velvet 60R
I have a graphite shaft in my 4-iron because it gives me a higher launch. We play a lot of par 4s and par 3s where we hit 4-irons in. Being able to trust the ball will hold the green is important.
SPECS Ping Glide 4.0, 50 and 54 degrees, Ping AWT 2.0 wedge shaft; Ping Glide 4.0, 58 degrees, Nippon Modus 105 wedge shaft, Golf Pride Tour Velvet 60R
I used to carry a 5-wood, but I got stronger, and the gapping no longer made sense. I replaced it with a 54-degree wedge. It gives me another full-swing shot to lay up to, and I have more options around the greens.
SPECS Custom Ping Anser, 32.5 inches, 19-degree lie angle, 3 degrees loft
I’ve played my entire professional career with a blade. Once, in college, I switched to a counterbalance mallet putter, but it didn’t last long. The look of the blade gives me confidence.
I like that I can flight my Titleist Pro V1x high. I started marking my ball like this in junior golf. I didn’t want anything distracting, and I love blue.
Before the 2010 U.S. Girls Junior, my swing coach gave me this tin for luck. It’s full of sand he scooped from a bunker at St. Andrews. I made it to the semis and have carried it since.
In 2017, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I carry a blood-glucose monitor and keep a sugary drink with me, often apple juice, in case my blood sugar gets low.