The article below was written by Hannah Holden of National Club Golfer.
The New Zealander has had a strong 2024, capping it off with a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and a Major Championship at the AIG Women’s Open.
What equipment did Lydia Ko use to lock up her third Major Championship at the AIG Women’s Open?
Lydia Ko had been a PXG staffer since 2017, but they parted ways in early 2022 when her original five-year deal ended.
Originally Lydia kept most of her PXG golf clubs in play, but her bag has become much more eclectic since then. Let’s take a closer look at the Olympic Champion’s bag…
What’s in Lydia Ko’s bag?
The first club Lydia switched when her PXG deal ended was her driver. She followed in the footsteps of numerous LPGA tour stars by opting to put a Titleist model in play. Since then, she has made another switch and put the Ping G430 LST driver in the bag.
She has followed suit with her fairway woods option, which includes two Ping G430 fairway woods and a Ping G430 22-degree hybrid.
Ko has also swapped to a completely new set of irons. She has two models of Proto Concept irons in play. The C07 in her 6-iron and C05 from 7 to 9-iron. Lydia put these irons in play back in January and won the Gainbridge LPGA the following week.
She has also, rather interestingly, added a Titleist T200 5-iron to her set-up with some lead tape on the back of the club head. If you are wondering about the colourful grips, they are Iomic Sticky 1.8 golf grips in numerous funky colours.
She carries four brand new Titleist Vokey SM10 wedges and opts for a 46° instead of a traditional pitching wedge.
Ko rounds out her bag with a centre-shafted Scotty Cameron GSS putter and the Pro V1x golf ball.
Lydia’s last piece of equipment? Her brand new Ecco Biom G5 LK golf shoe. Lydia helped co-design the shoes with Ecco. If you look closely, you can see the Hibiscus flower and Fern detailing. These pay homage to Lydia Ko’s country of birth, South Korea, and the country where she grew up, New Zealand, respectively.
Lydia Ko WITB 2024
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5°, Mitsubishi Diamana GT 50 S shaft)
Fairway woods: Ping G430 Max (15°) Ping G430 Max (18°, Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 S shafts)
Hybrids: Ping G430 (22°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 65 R1 shaft)
Irons: Ping i230 (5-7) Ping Blueprint S Irons (8-9, Aerotech SteelFiber FC 70 S shafts)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 (PW) Titleist Vokey SM9 (48°10F, 54°10S & 58°08M, Aerotech Steelfiber FC 80 S shafts)
Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Shoes: Ecco
Lydia KO WITB 2023
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9°, Kuro Kage shaft)
Fairway woods: Titleist TSi2 (15°) PXG 0341 X GEN2 (18°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 S shaft)
Hybrids: Ping G425 (22°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 65 R1 shaft)
Irons: Titleist T200 (5) Proto Concept C07 (6) Proto Concept C05 (7-9, Aerotech FC 70 S shafts)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 (46°, 48°, 54° & 58°, Aerotech FC 80 S shafts)
Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Shoes: Ecco
Lydia Ko WITB 2022
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9°, Kuro Kage shaft)
Fairway woods: Titleist TSi2 (15°) PXG 0341 X GEN2 (18°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 S shaft)
Hybrids: Ping G425 (22°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 65 R1 shaft)
Irons: Titleist T200 (5) Proto Concept C07 (6) Proto Concept C05 (7-9, Aerotech FC 70 S shafts)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 (46°, 48°, 54° & 58°, Aerotech FC 80 S shafts)
Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Shoes: Ecco
Lydia Ko WITB 2021
Driver: PXG 0811 X Proto (9°, Mitsubishi TENSEI 1K Pro White shaft)
Fairway woods: PXG 0341 X GEN2 (15° and 18°, Project X RDX Smoke Blue 60 5.5 shaft in the 3-wood, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 S shaft in the 5-wood)
Hybrids: PXG 0317 X GEN2 (19° and 22°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 65 R1 shaft)
Irons: PXG 0311 P GEN3 (5-PW, Aerotech FC 70 S shafts)
Wedges: PXG 0311 Milled Sugar Daddy Wedge (54°); PXG 0311 Milled “Lydia” (58°, Aerotech FC 80 S shafts)
Putter: PXG Custom
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Shoes: Ecco
Lydia Ko WITB 2020
Driver: PXG 0811 X Proto (9°, Mitsubishi TENSEI 1K Pro White shaft)
Fairway woods: PXG 0341 X GEN2 (15° and 18°, Project X RDX Smoke Blue 60 5.5 shaft in the 3-wood, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 S shaft in the 5-wood)
Hybrids: PXG 0317 X GEN2 (19° and 22°, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 65 R1 shaft)
Irons: PXG 0311 P GEN3 (5-PW, Aerotech FC 70 S shafts)
Wedges: PXG 0311 Milled Sugar Daddy Wedge (54°); PXG 0311 Milled “Lydia” (58°, Aerotech FC 80 S shafts)
Putter: PXG Custom
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Shoes: Ecco
