What's in My Bag:
Sergio Garcia
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Photographs: Stephen Szurlej
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Edited by Mark
Soltau
Golf Digest
June 2006
ORDERLY FASHION: I like my
clubs to be in the bag in a specific
order. Top left: driver, 3-wood;
middle left: 2-, 3- and 4-irons;
lower left: 5-, 6-, and 7-irons;
lower right: 8- and 9-irons,
pitching wedge; middle right: sand
and lob wedges; top right: putter.
Always. I've been doing it all my
life, and it never changes. Probably
the only thing picky about me, I
guess.
SOCCER DUDE:
I'm a big soccer fan, especially of
Real Madrid in Spain. I've played a
little golf with its star Ronaldo,
and I even got to play a little
soccer against him. It was only
about 15 minutes, but I really
enjoyed it.
ODDS AND ENDS:
I carry a lighter, but I don't smoke.
I use it to melt down the frayed
ends of the golf bag straps. I also
carry a little Spanish flag and a
two-dollar U.S. bill for good luck.
DRIVER
I'm using a TaylorMade r7
425, 9.5 degrees (bent to 9.0) with
a TaylorMade Fujikura RE.AX 105 TP
shaft, X-flex, tipped one-half inch,
43.75 inches long. All my grips are
Golf Pride New Decade MultiCompound
with two layers of tape.
3-WOOD
I started using the
TaylorMade r7 TP fairway wood in the
middle of last year. It's 15 degrees
(bent to 13.5) with a RE.AX 105 TP
shaft, X-flex, tipped one inch. The
shaft is 42 inches long.
IRONS
I've used TaylorMade rac
Forged irons the last three years,
2-iron through pitching wedge. All
my irons have True Temper Dynamic
Gold S300 steel shafts.
WEDGES
My pitching wedge and
sand wedge are TaylorMade rac (the
SW is 50 degrees bent to 52). I use
the 58-degree Titleist/Vokey Design
lob wedge around the greens.
PUTTER
I use the TaylorMade
Rossa Monza Corza with the AGSI
grooves. It's a larger mallet style
than I started my career with, but I
think it has helped my stroke.
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SEEING RED
This neckerchief is from a
wedding of a couple of
friends, one who's from
Pamplona. It's like what
they wear when they run with
the bulls.
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 DENTAL
PLAN
I keep these fake teeth in
the bag for when I need a
laugh. I bring them out for
the pro-am.
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NECESSITIES
I try to keep my energy up
during the round by eating
nuts and several pieces of
fruit. I also drink Amino
Vital. I carry a roll of
tape for blisters, too.
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 ZERO
SUM
I've switched to the new
TaylorMade Tour Preferred
Red ball. I usually carry
nine balls, always 0s, and I
have the ball stamped with
this little creature I saw
in Japan.
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 EL
TORO
These headcovers (a black
bull for the driver and a
brown bull for the 3-wood)
remind me of my home in
Spain.
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 MARK
DOWN
I use a different foreign
coin to mark my ball every
round, and I repair pitch
marks with these tools I got
at the Dunlop Phoenix event.
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