The clubs Ben Griffin used to win the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship
Alex Slitz
Ben Griffin’s season was already considered a rousing success. In April, the 29-year-old teamed up with good friend Andrew Novak to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his maiden PGA Tour title. He followed it a month later with his first individual title at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Griffin qualified for the Tour Championship for the first time and made his first appearance at the Ryder Cup, cementing his place as one of the top American players.
And yet, even the best players in the world are never fully satisfied with the state of their games. When Griffin arrived at El Cardonal at Diamante for the World Wide Technology Championship earlier in the week, his bag featured a new TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter that replaced a longtime Scotty Cameron prototype blade.
While it’s impossible to predict how a new putter will perform, the switch proved to be a key component in Griffin’s breakout week. Griffin came from three shots back to best Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki by two shots for his third tour title this year.
Griffin's final-round 63 included seven birdies over the last 11 holes to vault into contention. Asked if his new putter had become a bag staple after the win, Griffin didn’t hesitate to acknowledge its impact—it gave him measurable confidence on short putts and allowed him to stay aggressive with his pace on longer ones. By the end of the week, the putter had gone from an experiment to a defining piece of his arsenal.
“I think I had a good amount of fun with it this week, so I’ll have about a month and a half to digest it and see if I want to bring it to the Sony Open,” Griffin said. “I think she’s here to stay.”
Let’s dive into the rest of the tools that got it done.
What Ben Griffin had in the bag at the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship
Ball: Maxfli Tour X
Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (UST Mamiya Lin-Q V1 7TX Proto shaft), 9 degrees
In a family of wide-body, ultra-forgiving drivers, the Max 10K is the beefiest, nearly filling the size and shape limitations set forth in the rules. That size, along with a heavy and fixed tungsten weight in the back of this massive head, pushes stability on off-center hits to the highest in company history and the edge of golf’s rules. Those limits regulate how stable a head is from heel to toe, but this driver goes another step by stabilizing how the head resolves mis-hits high and low. A carbon-composite crown section keeps the center of gravity low to control spin, too.
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 15 degrees
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 21 degrees
Irons: Mizuno Pro S3 (4-PW)
Wedges: Mizuno Pro T1 (52 degrees), TaylorMade MG5 (56, 60 degrees)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
