Hideki Matsuyama leads Olympic Men’s Golf with this club setup

Hideki Srixon irons

Hideki Matsuyama plays a set of Srixon Z-Forged II irons.

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Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama shot an opening round 8-under 63 to take the first-round lead at the 2024 Olympic golf competition being held at Le Golf National in Paris France. He leads current PGA and British Open champion Xander Schauffele of the United States by two shots after he shot a first-round 65, with Joaquin Niemann, Emiliano Grillo and Tom Kim tied for third at 5-under.

Take a closer look at the gear Matsuyama is using in Paris.

Driver: Srixon ZX5 LS (Low Spin) MK II (Graphite Design Tour AD DI8 shaft), 9.5 degrees

Srixon ZX5 LS MKII Driver

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3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 9TX shaft), 15-degrees

TaylorMade Qi10 Custom Fairway Wood

$349.99
Introducing the Qi10 fairways. Experience TaylorMade speed with Qi10 forgiveness…off the tee and off the deck. TOUR PROVEN PERFORMANCE The model most popular with both Tour players and amateurs, the Qi10 Fairway is the ideal blend of distance and forgiveness, while the precision CG location delivers a combo of high launch and low spin. NEW INFINITY CARBON CROWN An Infinity Crown provides a clean, uninterrupted view at address while also optimizing performance. Engineers relied on this new design to reshape the club, shifting more weight lower in the clubhead to maintain high inertia with an enlarged face profile to inspire confidence and generate ball speed.
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5-wood: Cobra RadSpeed Tour (Graphite Design Tour AD-DI shaft), 19 degrees

Irons: Srixon Z-Forged (4-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts)

Srixon Z-Forged II Irons

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Wedges: Cleveland RTX-4 Forged (52, 56 and 60 degrees; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts)

Cleveland RTX6 Zipcore wedges

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Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star Series Prototype

Srixon Z-Star XV Golf Balls

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Ryan Barath

Golf.com Editor

Ryan Barath is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com’s senior editor for equipment. He has an extensive club-fitting and -building background with more than 20 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. Before joining the staff, he was the lead content strategist for Tour Experience Golf, in Toronto, Canada.

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