LA JOLLA, Calif. — Equipment is never the story at a major championship the way shotmaking, nerves and skill tend to be, until something happens that pushes gear in the spotlight.
For example, in 2020 at Winged Foot, Bryson DeChambeau’s prodigious driving and 5.5-degree Cobra driver grabbed people’s attention. In 2019 at Pebble Beach, as Gary Woodland was holding off Brooks Koepka down the stretch, Woodland used a 64-degree TaylorMade High-Toe wedge to pitch the ball off the fabled 17th green to save par and hold off the three-time major champion. The year before at Shinnecock Hills, golf fans were amazed that Koepka won his second consecutive U.S. Open title without having an equipment deal with any manufacturers. In all of those instances, and others, equipment became news.
This year the U.S. Open is being played in the San Diego area at Torrey Pines. There are numerous golf equipment makers here like Callaway, TaylorMade, Titleist and Cobra, along with shaft companies like Fujikura and Mitsubishi, as well as Lamkin grips. So in homage to gear, here is all the golf equipment that helped players win the last 10 U.S. Open championships.