Sophia Popov What's In The Bag?
We take a look inside the bag of 2020 AIG Women's Open champion, Sophia Popov.
We take a look inside the bag of 2020 AIG Women's Open champion, Sophia Popov.
Sophia Popov What's In The Bag?
German professional golfer Sophia Popov was close to quitting the game in 2019 but just a year later she managed to see off the competition to win her first Major title at the AIG Women's British Open.
Speaking after the round she said; “It feels amazing. There’s a lot of hard work behind it, and a lot of struggles that I went through the last six years, especially health-wise, and I’m just glad I was able to overcome everything and just keep my head in it. I knew I was capable. I just had a lot of obstacles thrown in my way, and I just – I’m glad I stuck with it. I almost quit playing last year, so thank God I didn’t.”
It is a great comeback story but what clubs does she put into the bag? Below we have taken a look.
Aside from the ball and hybrid, Popov uses a full bag of Callaway equipment right now starting with a Callaway Epic Speed driver, and then an Epic Flash three-wood.
Next she has recently put in a Ping G425 hybrid in the bag which we believe replaces her Callaway Mavrik five-wood on occasion.
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Shifting to the irons she uses a set of Callaway X-Forged irons and they go from four-iron down to pitching wedge. She then carries three Callaway Jaws MD5 wedges with 50, 54 and 58 degrees of loft.
Her final club in the bag is an Odyssey Stroke Lab Black Triple Track 2-Ball putter which she used to great effect in her Major win in 2020.
She also uses a Titleist Pro V1 ball.
Sophia Popov What's In The Bag?
*We believe the five-wood and hybrid are interchangeable in her club setup.
Driver: Callaway Epic Speed, 10.5˚ with True Temper Project X EvenFlow Riptide shaft.
Three-wood: Callaway Epic Flash, 15˚ with Graphite Design Tour AD-DI shaft.
*Five-wood: Callaway Mavrik, 18˚ with KBS Tour shaft.
Hybrid: Ping G425
Irons (4-PW): Callaway X-Forged with KBS Tour shafts.
Wedges: Callaway Jaws MD5 (50˚, 54˚ and 58˚)
Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab Black Triple Track 2-Ball
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
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A golfer for most of his life, Sam is a Senior Staff Writer for Golf Monthly.
Working with golf gear and equipment over the last six years, Sam has quickly built outstanding knowledge and expertise on golf products ranging from drivers, to balls, to shoes.
He combines this knowledge with a passion for helping golfers get the best gear for them, and as such Sam manages a team of writers that look to deliver the most accurate and informative reviews and buying advice. This is so the reader can find exactly what they are looking for.
Sam now spends most of his time testing and looking after golf gear content for the website, whilst he is also responsible for all content related to golf apparel.
He also oversees all Tour player content as well so if you need to know what clubs Tiger or Rory has in play, Sam is the person to ask.
Unfortunately, Sam is not a member of any club at the moment but regularly gets out on the golf course to keep up the facade of having a handicap of five.
Sam's What's In The Bag:
Driver: Titleist TS3 (9 degrees)
Fairway Wood: Callaway Paradym (15 degrees), Nike Covert Tour 2.0 (19 degrees)
Irons (4-PW): Titleist AP2
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM7 54˚, 58˚
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5
Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond
Shoes: G/FORE Gallivanter/Nike Air Zoom Infinity NEXT%/Cuater The Ringer
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