Akshay Bhatia What's In The Bag?
Akshay Bhatia is one of the most exciting players on the PGA Tour and has shot to prominence over the past couple of years with some impressive performances, not least when he clinched his maiden victory at the Barracuda Championship in 2023. He then added the 2024 Valero Texas Open to his resumé after defeating Denny McCarthy in a playoff.
Bhatia is signed to play Callaway golf clubs and uses a full set, from driver to ball, made by the brand. So let’s take a look at what the exciting leftie has in his bag this year.
Driver
What Driver Does Akshay Bhatia Use?
At the top of the bag Bhatia has this year switched from his old faithful Callaway Rogue ST Max driver to the new 2025 Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond driver in a 9˚ head. He has this driver fitted with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X shaft. Callaway make some of the best drivers out there and the Elyte Triple Diamond is set to be one of the most widely used among tour pros this year.
Bhatia uses a lot of lead tape on this clubhead, adding 2 grams to the heel and 4 grams to the toe.
Fairway Woods
What Fairway Woods Does Akshay Bhatia Use?
Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fairway Wood
As with a growing number of Tour players, Bhatia has added a mini driver to his bag recently in the form of a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340. It’s a 13.5 degree head set to one degree down, and his shaft of choice is a Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X.
In addition to the mini driver, Bhatia is also gaming a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 3 wood. Once again he uses a Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X shaft.
We loved the forgiveness and ease of launch of the Max model in our testing and described it as one of the best fairway woods of 2024. Whether Bhatia upgrades to the new Elyte fairway wood at some point this year remains to be seen.
Hybrid
What Hybrid Is Akshay Bhatia Using?
Akshay is gaming an early prototype version of the Apex UW from Callaway, which yet again features a Fujikura shaft, the Ventus Black 10 X. Whilst this is the 19 degree head, he has had it bent to just under 18 degrees to meet his yardage requirements.
Irons
What Irons Is Akshay Bhatia Using?
The American has a combination of models in his iron set-up. He uses the Callaway X Forged UT as his 4 iron at 22˚ before blending into Callaway Apex TCB Raw irons from 5-PW. All of these irons are fitted with KBS $-Taper 125 S+ shafts.
We gave the Apex TCB irons five stars in our review and we see them as one of the best options out there for the better player who wants to shape shots while also needing a little bit of forgiveness.
Wedges
What Wedges Does Akshay Bhatia Use?
Bhatia sticks with the same model throughout his three wedge set-up, Having previously played the excellent Callaway Jaws Raw wedges he has no upgraded to the newer model, the Callaway Opus wedges, which he has in 50-10S, 54-10S and 60-08C models. He opts for a specialist wedge shaft, the KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 135 X.
Putter
What Putter Does Akshay Bhatia Use?
Like so many other touring professionals in the past couple of years year, Bhatia jumped into using and Odyssey Jailbird model, in his case the 380. The resurgence of the Jailbird was one of the equipment stories of 2023, spearheaded by the success of Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley on the PGA Tour.
Ball
What Ball Does Akshay Bhatia Use?
Akshay Bhatia was one of the first to game the new Chrome Tour ball from Callaway. This ball performed excellently in our review with consistency of spin, stability of flight and strong ball speeds being highlights.
Akshay Bhatia What's In The Bag?
Driver: Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond 9˚ with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X shaft
Mini Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 with Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X.
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 15˚ with a Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X shaft
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW prototype 19˚ with a Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X shaft
Irons: Callaway X Forged UT 4 iron, Callaway Apex TCB Raw (5-PW) with KBS $-Taper 125 S+ shafts
Wedges: Callaway Opus (50-10S, 54-10S, 60-08C) with KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 135 X shafts
Putter: Odyssey Jailbird 380
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
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