Brooks Koepka’s bag has been home to his TaylorMade M2 HL 3-wood and Nike Vapor Pro 3-iron for many years, with the two clubs remaining stalwarts in the 5-time major champion’s bag despite the emergence of newer technology.
Despite the more modern options, no club has knocked out either club from his bag, and speaking to Today’s Golfer from St. Andrews last week, Koepka explained why, including how he feels the 3-wood is the hardest club to get fit for, and how many Nike Vapor Pro 3-irons he has left as backup.
TaylorMade M2 HL 3-wood
“I think the 3-wood is the toughest club to even get fitted for. I haven’t really ever found anything where it sits down quite right in the fairway or off the tee. The flight that I see with this one I haven’t found just anything where it’s better. I think this one is going on maybe 10, 11, maybe 12 years now, but it’s crazy, like I said I don’t tinker so when I find something that works I’ll keep going with it.
“You put in a new shaft occasionally. I don’t change those, I think I’ve every shaft in this bag for a long time and occasionally just the wear from the little wear marks on the bag when the bag gets a little done in, so you have to change shafts but not the heads.”
Nike Vapor Pro 3-iron
“I’ve got this one (currently gaming) and maybe one more is what I’ve got. I’m not a tinkerer, I don’t play around with different options. I’ve tried throwing a 5-wood in, but the ball flight doesn’t look right to me. I don’t know why. I’m not at the age where I need a little extra help with extra woods which is lucky but probably in 5 or 6 years I’ll take all the help I can get.
“As of right now, that 3-iron has been my old faithful. I know the flight it should be, the original one actually caved in on 18 at Portrush this year. Luckily I wasn’t playing Saturday or Sunday so I didn’t have to go without a club. But it’s been crazy, I’ve been carrying the backup around for a couple of months, sort of knowing it was at the end and it just happened to now make its way to the front of the bag.”
With just one remaining Nike Vapor Pro 3-iron left in reserve, Brooks may want to hop on over to our Classifieds section, as just two months ago that same 3-iron, in excellent condition, was being sold in our forums.
Check out Koepka’s full WITB here.
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