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To help fit his golf swing, Rahm prefers to have a bit more loft on his clubs. For example, his 10.5-degree Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond LS driver head has 11.2 degrees of actual measured loft, which is much higher than most of his contemporaries. When it comes to his fairway woods, Rahm uses Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond “T” prototype heads (16.5 and 18 degrees) that have slightly deeper faces and more rounded soles to help Rahm find more consistent turf interaction on his relatively steep impact conditions. The higher-lofted fairway woods help Rahm achieve the necessary height and spin to hold greens on his approach shots into par 5s. When he isn’t relying on his 5-wood, Rahm keeps a custom Callaway X Forged UT raw driving iron (22 degrees) around for different course setups and conditions. If he needs an option that flies a bit lower to penetrate the wind, the driving iron comes in handy versus a 5-wood, which flies a bit higher with more spin. Also, according to a recent WITB video with Callaway Golf, Rahm uses Apex TCB irons with relatively weak lofts. This allows Rahm to “deloft” the head through impact when he desires, and he doesn’t need to worry about hitting the ball too low, or long. Another interesting way that Rahm keeps his ball striking consistent from year-to-year is that he doesn’t often change up his golf shafts. For example, Rahm has been using the same Aldila Tour Green shafts in his driver and 3-wood since around 2013, and Project X 6.5 steel iron shafts for more than a decade. This allows Rahm to eliminate variables, so even when he switches to a new head, he already has a level of familiarity with how the club performs. As for his flatstick, Rahm has been using an Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie putter with no sightlines on the crown (although he did switch it out briefly in 2022). According to Rahm, he prefers no alignment lines or dots because he says he aligns it better that way “99 percent of the time,” per Callaway’s WITB video. Below, we take a look at all the clubs in Rahm’s bag. It should be noted that Rahm carries 15 clubs, and he decides between his custom Callaway X Forged UT driving iron and Rogue ST Triple Diamond T 5-wood, depending on course conditions and layout. Look out for Rahm in this week’s Mexico Open at Vidanta, where he’s the top-ranked player in the field. Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees, 11.2 degrees of actual loft) Shaft: Aldilda Tour Green 75TX (45.25 inches, tipped 1 inch) 3-wood: Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond T HL (16.5 degrees, 15.2 degrees of actual loft) Shaft: Aldila Tour Green 85TX (43.25 inches, tipped 1.5 inches) 5-wood: Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond T (18 degrees, 17.9 degrees of actual loft) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-DI Black 8X (42 inches, tipped 2 inches) Irons: Callaway X Forged UT 2021 (22 degrees, 20.5 degrees of actual loft), Callaway Apex TCB (4-PW) Shafts: Project X 6.5 Wedges: Callaway Jaws Forged (52, 56 and 60 degrees) Shafts: Project X 6.5 Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie S (37 inches) Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X Jon Rahm, a six-time PGA TOUR winner and the reigning U.S. Open champion, is one of the premier ball strikers in the game. The second-ranked player in the world, Rahm leads the PGA TOUR in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and Greens in Regulation (73.5%), is second in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and 11th in Driving Distance (313.9 yards). What separates Rahm from the competition is his uniquely short, consistent and powerful golf swing that’s partly the result of a physical limitation. He also swings the club with a bowed left wrist, which results in a slightly lower ball flight than other PGA TOUR players.

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The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. Corales Puntacana Championship field list as of Friday, March 18 at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Winner of PGA Championship (five-year exemption) Jimmy Walker Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption) Danny Willett PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Joel Dahmen Tyler Duncan Sung Kang Nate Lashley Graeme McDowell Hudson Swafford Nick Taylor Martin Trainer Kevin Tway Career money exemption Bill Haas Sponsor’s exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Ricky Barnes Matt Gogel Sponsor’s exemption (unrestricted) Dominic Bozzelli Marcus Byrd Rafa Cabrera Bello Rafael Campos Thomas Detry Rasmus Hojgaard Haotong Li Victor Perez Hiram Silfa Fabrizio Zanotti Designated sponsor’s exemption Jeronimo Esteve Juan Jose Guerra Guillermo Pumarol Manuel Relancio Commissioner exemption – 2 Foreign Players. Nicolai Hojgaard Sam Horsfield PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Andrew Filbert Monday qualifiers Michael Balcar Brian Davis Rick Lamb Bryson Nimmer Past champion of respective event Brice Garnett Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Maverick McNealy Emiliano Grillo Jhonattan Vegas Andrew Putnam Brandon Hagy Wyndham Clark Adam Schenk Kramer Hickok Brian Stuard Doc Redman Roger Sloan Hank Lebioda Matthew NeSmith Kyle Stanley Chesson Hadley # Major medical extension Wesley Bryan Seung-Yul Noh Kelly Kraft Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25) Stephan Jaeger Joseph Bramlett Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled) Sahith Theegala Hayden Buckley Patrick Rodgers Aaron Rai Taylor Pendrith Vince Whaley Alex Smalley Greyson Sigg Davis Riley Adam Svensson Trey Mullinax David Lipsky Chad Ramey John Huh Paul Barjon Seth Reeves Austin Smotherman Max McGreevy Curtis Thompson Andrew Novak Bronson Burgoon Austin Cook Matthias Schwab Dylan Wu Nick Hardy Justin Lower David Skinns Ben Kohles Dawie van der Walt Michael Gligic Peter Uihlein Chris Stroud Jared Wolfe Scott Gutschewski Brandon Wu Brett Drewitt Kiradech Aphibarnrat Kurt Kitayama Joshua Creel Callum Tarren Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup Points List (reshuffled) Beau Hossler Mark Hubbard Ryan Armour Jim Knous Camilo Villegas Vaughn Taylor Chase Seiffert Bo Van Pelt Cameron Percy Bo Hoag $ Reshuffle within categories 34-38 Jonathan Byrd Sean O’Hair Robert Garrigus Kevin Chappell Jason Dufner Aaron Baddeley David Hearn Scott Brown Ben Martin David Lingmerth D.A. Points Grayson Murray D.J. Trahan John Merrick The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.

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JACKSON, Miss. – ‘Opportunity’ is a word used often at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The second event of the PGA TOUR season provides new players fresh off the Korn Ferry Tour the chance to gain experience, get a head-start in the FedExCup race and even earn that maiden victory and all the trappings that accompany it. The PGA TOUR’s newest members aren’t the only ones who can change the trajectory of their career during this time of year, though. Veteran players, the ones with majors and FedExCups on their resume, also appear on the tee sheets of these early events. Many are trying to recapture that winning feeling or at least gain some confidence before the calendar changes to a new year. Zach Johnson falls into that latter category. He’s competing in the Sanderson Farms Championship after a season that he simply describes as ‘frustrating.’ He hasn’t had a top-10 in this calendar year and missed the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time since they started in 2007. At 43 years old, the former Drake Bulldog still desires to be competitive on the PGA TOUR. And so he is battling the heat in Mississippi in search of the game that he still believes is in him. “I’m trying to treat each week as a phenomenal opportunity to get better,â€� Johnson said. “I’m trying to improve, rather than getting caught up in results or assessing aspects of my game.â€� The results were good Thursday. Johnson, who’s playing this event for the first time since 2005, shot 5-under 67 on Thursday. He is three shots behind leader Tom Hoge. “I just kind of plodded myself around and gave myself good opportunities. I had some I left out there, but certainly capitalized on a few as well,â€� Johnson said. “There was just nothing silly about it. I made one decent putt. For the most part, I kept the golf course in front of me, picked it apart when I could, and hit solid shots.â€� Johnson, who missed the cut in last week’s A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, made just one bogey Thursday. He hit half the fairway, but missed just five greens. The Georgia resident has had success throughout his career on Bermudagrass, and he found the old-school Country Club of Jackson to his liking. He gained nearly 1.5 strokes on the greens Thursday, holing a 30-footer on the fourth hole and making all 17 of his attempts from inside 10 feet. The statistics show that that club hurt him the most in 2019. He ranked 117th in Strokes Gained: Putting (-0.09). It was his first season that Johnson, who perennially ranked in the top 10 of that statistic, lost strokes on the greens. “The frustrating part from the summer on is the fact that I think I’ve been working really hard and I just haven’t seen the progress yet,â€� Johnson said. “But I think it’s coming. I’m confident it’s coming. I know what I’m doing, ball striking, short game, and on the putting green. It’s going to surface. Just a matter of when, not if.â€�

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