Matt McCarty is the most recent participant to stamp his place at The Masters after a whirlwind 12 months.
The left-hander started 2024 on the Korn Ferry Tour after which gained 3 times to earn Three-Victory Promotion to the PGA Tour.
Now he’s a winner on the primary PGA Tour after a three-shot success on the Black Desert Championship.
The 26-year-old opened with a 62, adopted it with laps of 68 and 64, and closed with a four-under 67 which was helped by a tap-in eagle on the 310-yard par-14th.
There’s heaps to take pleasure in concerning the set-up of his Ping bag however the stand-out membership might be his five-year-old fairway wooden.
McCarty nonetheless makes use of a Ping G410 3-wood which produced the important thing shot on the 14th.
297 yards to three toes @MattMcCarty21 sticks it on the drivable par-4 14th @BDChampionship. pic.twitter.com/ZggL7fBHmn
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 13, 2024
Supposedly, Ping’s tour gamers discovered the earlier G400 fairway created an excessive amount of spin so the centre of gravity was lowered however, with a brand new adjustable hosel, there was a rise in loft vary to +/- 1.5°, plus three flat lie choices, and McCarty stays an enormous fan of the membership.
“I’ve had this factor for some time – it’s in all probability one of many final lefty 410s that we obtained, so hopefully this factor hangs on for some time,” McCarty stated.
“I don’t like altering 3-woods an excessive amount of. I really feel like as soon as you discover one thing, I really feel prefer it’s a novel membership. Simply form of go together with what you need.”
The remainder of his bag is extra typical with a Ping G430 LST driver and G430 Max 7-wood whereas he has the Ping Blueprint S irons and Glide Solid Professional wedges.
In his wedges he has ‘Butter Fingers’ stamped on his 50˚ wedge to remind him of an odd occurring earlier this 12 months.
“I obtained ‘Butter Fingers’ stamped on my 50-degree. I dropped my membership on the ball, obtained a shot penalty in a Korn Ferry occasion in Sarasota this summer season, so my caddie thought it’d be humorous to place ‘Butter Fingers’ on it, in order that’s the place we’re at, we haven’t dropped it since, I suppose that’s good mojo.”
His putter is a customized Ping PLD Tyne centre-shafted mallet.
“This factor is good. I’ve obtained a PLD, obtained some rust on it, provides some character. This has been nice. Switched to centre shaft in all probability three years in the past, have gone by means of some completely different putters, however the weight of this and the texture of the deep milled face is a bit of softer….obtained the rust on it, exhibits I truly practise I believe.”
As for the run which has seen him rocket to forty seventh on the planet, McCarty continues to be pinching himself.
“I don’t know how one can anticipate this. It’s simply a variety of enjoyable. I’ve been working actually exhausting. This 12 months was nice for me. To get out right here a bit of early, to get some expertise was nice and clearly this now. It’s simply been a loopy previous few months for me.”
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