While the World Ranking might not show it, Joaquin Niemann is certainly making his case as one of the top players in the world. It’s fair to say his major performances have been underwhelming, but what he’s accomplished on LIV over the first six events (three wins) is nothing short of world class.
His latest victory came on Sunday, winning in Mexico City.
His bag setup is also one of my favorites, as it’s a combination of precision, forgiveness and optimization. With Torque being an official Ping team as of this week, the Phoenix-based company couldn’t pick a better Sunday outcome with their premiere talent hunting down Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith.
We recently went deep on Niemann’s bag here, and the only change from it is Niemann opting back to his G430 LST from the G440 LST he won with earlier in the year. The reason for the switch? Face-angle preference. The G430 fits a bit better to his eye, allowing him to see a bit more loft at address.
For more on Niemman’s bag — and all the work LIV Tour rep Spencer Rothluebber puts into the optimization — check out the aforementioned deep dive I did a couple of months ago. And thanks to John Whyte (@sms_on_tour) for the photos.
Ball:
Titleist Pro V1 X ’25
Driver:
Ping G430 LST 10.5* Std setting
10g Hotmelt forward in the head
45.25
D4+
GD DI 6X Tip 1”
3-wood:
Ping G440 Max 15* Std Setting
Neutral weighting
41.75
D3
Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8X Tip 1”
7-Wood:
Ping G425 Max 21* Small minus
5g Toe
40.5
D2
Graphie Design Tour AD DI 8X Tip 2”
Hybrid:
Ping G430 Hyb 26*@24.5 Big-
Neutral weighting
38.25
D2
Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95X HY
Irons:
(5-PW) Ping Blueprint S irons
True Temper Project X 6.0
Std Length (IE 38 inch 5-Iron)
1* weak on Loft (27 degree 5-iron)
1/2 degree Flat
D1
Wedges:
Ping S159 (52S@51, 56S@55.5, 60B@60)
True Temper Project X 6.5
-1/4 in length (52@35.25, 56@35, 60@34.75)
D2+, D3+, D4+
1.5* flat (62.5 on all)
Putter:
Ping PLD Anser (Matte Raw Finish)
Aluminum Insert, with Tungsten weighting to get head weight to 350g
34.5”
3* loft
3* flat
Superstroke JP 40
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