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What’s in the Tour Players’ Bags?

Which clubs do the world’s best golfers use to help them earn all that filthy lucre?

Golfbidder’s intrepid photographers follow the professional tours around the world to bring you the latest close-up shots of all the top players’ bags. New players and shots are being added weekly and our aim is to grow the section into a global resource for those wanting to know ‘what’s in the bag?’ – both past and present.

To learn more, simply click a player’s name...

Phil Mickelson Our biog photo showing ‘Lefty’ booming his 8.5 degree Callaway Big Bertha FT-5 driver down the fairway was taken at the World Golf Championships at Doral Resort, Florida in March 2007. With the same c...
Ernie Els The Big Easy! Ernie Els is one of the most successful golfers in the history of the game, having won almost 60 professional tournaments, including two US Opens, an Open Championship, and a record six ...
Vijay Singh Vijay Singh is without doubt one of the best golfers ever to play the game. His enormous achievements are sometimes overlooked because of his fractious relations with the media – he’s known as a bit o...
Tiger Woods Is there really anything we can tell you that you don’t already know about Tiger Woods? Probably not. He’s the most famous sportsman in the world – and probably the greatest golfer who has ever lived....
Jim Furyk The man with a swing all his own! In fact, ABC commentator David Feherty likened it to that of an ‘octopus falling out of a tree.’ Still, who cares what the swing looks like if you can win a US Open? ...
Adam Scott Firmly established as one of the best golfers in the World (as of April 2007 he was rated the 3rd best golfer in Official World Golf Rankings), Adam Scott enjoyed a superb amateur career - and also m...
Henrik Stenson Having finished top of the Ryder Cup world points list in 2006, Henrik Stenson is perhaps most famous for holing the winning put in his Ryder Cup singles match against Vaughan Taylor – and thereby cli...
Retief Goosen Retief Goosen has for a long time been one of the best golfers in the world. Apart from having 14 European Tour victories and 4 US Tour victories to his name, he secured his place among golf’s greats ...
Luke Donald Luke Donald is one of Europe’s finest golfers – in January 2007 he was rated the 7th best golfer in the world. An outstanding amateur career saw him take part in Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup...
Padraig Harrington Padraig Harrington’s first Major victory in the Open Championship at Carnoustie in July 2007 has shot him to 6th place in the Official World Golf Rankings – and to the top of the European Tour Order o...
Trevor Immelman Our biography photo of Trevor Immelman was taken at the PODS Championship in March 2007 at the Copperhead Course in Palm Harbour, Florida. Born in Cape Town, Immelman took up golf at the age of five a...
Paul Casey Paul Casey is one of Europe’s finest golfers. As a boy, he lived in Weybridge and attended Hampton School - just down the road from us here at Golfbidder – from where he went on to golf scholarship at...
Sergio Garcia Along with Monty, certainly one of the best golfers ‘never to win a Major’ - although he came very close again at Carnoustie in July 2007, losing in a play-off to Padraig Harrington. But still plenty ...
Charles Howell III Charles Howell III grew up near Augusta National, home of the Masters, and was a member of Augusta Country Club which is adjacent to the dreaded Amen Corner. His next door neighbour introduced him to ...
Rory Sabbatini Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban and started playing golf at age 4. He attended the University of Arizona and turned professional in 1998, joining the US PGA Tour in 1999. As of writing, he has four ...
David Toms As of writing – May 2007 – David Toms stands 19th in the Official World Golf Rankings – and has been one of the most consistent golfers on the US Tour over the past decade. He won the 15-17 Boys' even...
Stewart Cink Stewart Cink turned Pro in 1995, winning the Mexican Open and several events on the second-tier Nike Tour before earning the right to play on the full Tour. He has won 4 times on the US PGA Tour - the...
Robert Allenby Robert Allenby has been one of Australia’s finest golfers with 8 PGA Tour of Australasia victories to his name, four on the US Tour (The Shell Houston Open and Advil Western Open in 2000, and in 2001 ...
Davis Love-III Golf has always been key to Davis Love III’s life having been introduced to the game by his father, Davis Love, Jr. who was a nationally recognised golf coach. Davis honed his skills at the University...
Brett Wetterich Brett Wetterich has had a great start to 2007. As of writing in April, he has already won well over $1m in prize money, finishing runner-up at the World Golf Championships at Doral (where our biog pho...
Stuart Appleby As of May 2007, Appleby is 20th in the World Golf Rankings with a decent start to the year having finished 2nd at the Shell Houston Open and 7th in the Masters at Augusta National. Brought up in rural...
Ian Poulter Ian Poulter is one of Europe’s best golfers (in fact the world’s – as of writing in May 2007 he’s 25th on the Official World Rankings) with over 20m euros in career prize money and 7 tour wins to his ...
Justin Rose Justin Rose has had a great start to the 2007 Season. He won his first European Tour title since the 2002 Dunhill Championships in the Australian Masters played at the Huntingdon Club in Melbourne in ...
Aaron Baddeley Aaron Baddeley has had a superb start to 2007, winning the FBR Open at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona in January. Aaron birdied three of the final four holes to pass overnight leader and good friend Jeff Q...
David Howell David Howell had a great amateur career, representing the victorious GB & Ireland side in the 1995 Walker Cup before turning professional the same year. He won his first tour event in 1998 – the Austr...
Choi Kyung-Ju Choi Kyung-Ju – better known as K.J. Choi – is Korea’s most successful golfer –and was the first Korean to gain entry to the PGA Tour. His first professional win was on the Asian tour in 1996 when he ...
Stephen Ames Stephen Ames was born in Trinidad – where his grandmother was a two-time Trinidad and Tobago champion. At the age of 16 in 1980, Ames beat the course record at the famous Sandy Lane Course in Barbados...
Colin Montgomerie Oh, Monty, Monty – what are we going to do with you?! One of the greatest golfers we’ve ever produced – 29 European Tour wins, an astonishing 8 Order of Merit titles - and still no Major! Life, indeed...
Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson is probably the best golfer to come out of Sweden. He turned professional in 1989 and has seven European Tour wins to his name – including the BMW International (1997), Belgacom Open (...
Jose Maria Olazabal Our biography photo of Jose was taken at the Doral Resort in Miami during the World Golf Championships in March 2007. A shy, reclusive man – but one of Europe’s greatest Ryder Cup heroes, Jose Maria O...
Arron Oberholser Our biography photo of Arron – seen using his Titleist Vokey wedge - was taken at the Doral Resort in Miami during the World Golf Championships in March 2007. Oberholser attended San Jose State Univ...
Rod Pampling Rod Pampling was born in Queensland and turned professional in 1994. He began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge and also spent time on the NGA Hooters To...
Charl Schwartzel Charl Schwartzel has had a cracking start to 2007, winning the Spanish Open at the National Golf Course near Madrid at the end of April. This is the South African’s second European Tour title - his f...
Chris DiMarco Our photo of Chris was taken at the World Golf Championships at Doral in 2007. Chris DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York and turned professional in 1990. He won the Canadian Tour's order of merit...
John Rollins In 2006, John Rollins won his first tour event since the 2002 Canadian Open when holding off Bob May to win the B.C Open at Turning Stone Resort by one stroke. As of May 2007, he lies 41st in the Offi...
Mike Weir Left-hander Mike Weir is best known for his victory at the 2003 Masters at Augusta National – making history as the first Canadian to win a golf Major. He was also, incidentally, only the second left...
Angel Cabrera By beating Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk into second spots at the US Open at Oakmont (June 2007), Angel (pronounced Ankle) Cabrera has become only the second Argentinian to win a Major – the first was Rob...
Bart Bryant Bart Bryant – here at Golfbidder, we love yer! Why? Because he gives us old guys hope – in fact he gives anyone hope who has struggled to make a breakthrough in any career – and is a lesson in why nev...
Boo Weekley Thomas ‘Boo’ Weekley – apparently nicknamed after Yogi Bear’s friend, Boo Bear - turned pro in 1997 and spent several years on the second-tier Nationwide Tour before gaining his full Tour Card in 2006...
Johan Edfors Our biography photo of Johan was taken in March 2007 and shows him crunching his 8.5 degree Callaway Big Bertha Fusion FT-3 at the World Golf Championships at Doral in Florida. Johan Edfors must surel...
Michael Campbell Michael ‘Cambo’ Campbell is of Maori descent and grew up in the small New Zealand town of Hawera. He caddied for his father before taking up the great game himself at the age of 10. He turned Pro in 1...
Shaun Micheel Shaun Micheel turned professional in 1992. In 1998 he won the Singapore Open on the Asian Tour and in 1999, the Nike Greensboro Open on the second-tier Nike Tour. He is, of course, best known for his ...
Lee Westwood Lee Westwood has for many years been one of Europe’s finest golfers. As an amateur he won the British Youth Championship in 1993 and turned professional the same year. He won his first professional to...
J.J. Henry Our biog photo of Ronald "J.J." Henry III was snapped at the 2007 World Golf Championships at Doral. He joined the second-tier Buy.com Tour in 1999 and moved up to the full PGA Tour in 2001. His first...
Miguel Angel Jimenez One of Golfbidder’s favourite golfers! Sarcastically nicknamed ‘The Mechanic’ (because he hates tinkering with his high performance cars – preferring only to drive them), the cigar-smoking, Ferrari-dr...
Ben Curtis Ben Curtis is best known for winning The Open Championship in 2003 at Royal St George’s Golf Club where he beat Thomas Bjorn and Vijay Singh by a single shot. It was only his 13th place at the Western...
Thomas Bjorn With nine Tour titles to his name, Thomas Bjorn is one of the best golfers in Europe - and has never finished lower than 21st on the Order of Merit in 11 years. In his first season on tour – 1996 – he...
J.B. Holmes John (J.B.) Holmes attended the University of Kentucky and represented the US in the 2005 Walker Cup before turning professional the same year having won the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He tied fo...
Bradley Dredge Bradley Dredge had a strong amateur career – he was runner-up in The Amateur Championship at Carnoustie in 1992 and was a member of the Walker Cup team in 1993. He turned professional in 1996 and won ...
Richard Sterne Richard Sterne took up golf at the age of four after his grandmother took him to play one day. He went on to have a superb amateur career - becoming the first South African to win both the junior and ...
Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee was the first man to win $2 million on the Asian Tour – and became the first Thai golfer to win a European Tour event when he claimed victory at the 2004 Malaysian Open. Amazingly, he...
Darren Clarke Darren Clarke has been one of Europe’s best golfers for many years. As an amateur, he won the 1990 Spanish Amateur Open Championship and also the Irish Amateur Championship. Since turning pro has come...
Tom Lehman Our younger readers will probably know Tom Lehman best as the US Ryder Cup Team Captain at the K Club in 2006 when the US team got thumped 18.5-9.5 by our own Woosie. But Tom will pick himself – he’s ...
Toru Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi turned professional in 1992 and has won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour - ranking 17th overall in the Japanese career victories list. He topped the Japanese money list in 2002 and...
Mark Wilson The message from Mark Wilson is – never give up! Having spend years struggling to keep his Tour card, at the age of 32 and after 111 starts, he finally won his first PGA tournament at The Honda Classi...
Nick Watney Watney was born in Sacramento and attended California State University where was a three-time All-American golfer. We don't know what that is but it certainly sounds impressive! He turned professional...
Tim Herron Nicknamed ‘Lumpy’ – will leave it to you to work out why from our biog photo - Tim Herron’s father played in the US Open in 1963 – as did his grandfather in 1934 – so quite a pedigree. Tim was a membe...
Jose Manuel Lara Jose Manuel Lara is a man to watch having made consistent improvements over the past four years. 2006 was his best finish on the European Order of Merit – he ended the season 30th - and he has got 200...
Camilo Villegas Known as much for his tight trousers and the screaming women who follow him as for his golf, Camilo Villegas was selected as one of People Magazine's ‘Hottest Bachelors’ in 2006. But actually, he can ...
Jeff Quinney Jeff Quinney is definitely a man to watch. He won the US Amateur Championship in 2000 and played for the US in the 2001 Walker Cup. Having turned professional in 2001, he spent a couple of years on th...
Paul Broadhurst Paul financed his amateur career by working as a van driver and in fibre glass factory – before promptly going on to win a tournament in each of his first three years as a tour professional. He credi...
Peter Lonard Peter Lonard is not exactly a household name – he’s one of those golfers who you are probably only vaguely aware of as he quietly criss-crosses the globe banking large sums of money. He turned pro in...
Peter Hanson Sweden’s Peter Hanson had a great amateur career, winning the Brabazon Trophy at Formby Golf Club in 1998 and representing Sweden in the Eisenhower Trophy during the same year. He spent a couple of ye...
Soren Kjeldsen Soren Kjeldsen turned professional in 1995 following which a win in the Challenge Tour’s Finnish Open gained him membership of the main European Tour. Three top 10 finishes in 2006 helped him to end t...
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano turned professional in 2004 having finished 8th at the Qualifying School. Amazingly, in 2005 he won the KLM Open – in only his 16th start (it took Seve Ballesteros 27 attempt...
Francesco Molinari One of two famous Italian golfing brothers, Francesco Molinari turned professional in 2004 and earned full status on the PGA European Tour the following year. In 2006, he clamed his maiden Tour Victor...
Louis Oosthuizen One of a group of up and coming young talents to emerge from South Africa recently, and a member of the Ernie Els Foundation, receiving support and inspiration from the great man himself, Lodewicus Th...
Stephen Dodd There are strong parallels between the careers of Stephen Dodd and US Tour player Bart Bryant, in that both of them toiled away for years without troubling the scorers much – before suddenly coming ve...
Alejandro Canizares Alejandro Canizares attend Arizona State University where he won the 2003 NCAA golf championship - the top annual competition in US college golf. Previous winners have included Jack Nicklaus, Tiger W...
Peter Hedblom Peter Hedblom turned professional in 1988 and has two Tour victories to his name - the 1996 Moroccan Open and – after an eleven year winning drought - the 2007 Maybank Malaysian Open - a European Tour...
Richard S. Johnson Richard S. Johnson was born in Stockholm and joined the US PGA Tour in 2003. His grandfather is an American who married a Swede and settled in Sweden which may explain why Johnson bases himself in the...
Mikko Ilonen Finland’s Mikko Ilonen first hit the headlines in 2000 when he won the Amateur Championship – turning professional the following year when he finished a superb 9th at the Open Championship at Royal Ly...
Rich Beem Rich Beem’s is an amazing story. He attended the New Mexico State University and turned professional in 1994. His first five years on tour were pretty barren – so dispirited was he that in 1995 he lef...
Soren Hansen Not to be confused with his good friend and fellow Dane, Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year. He joined the Europea...
Johnson Wagner 2007 is Johnson Wagner’s Rookie year on the full PGA Tour having spent the past three years on the second tier Nationwide Tour where wins in 2006 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open and Cox Classic helpe...
Paul Lawrie Until July 2007 when Padraig Harrington won at Carnoustie, Paul Lawrie was the last European to win a major championship - his final round 67 famously put him into the four-hole play-off where he bird...
Dudley Hart A father of triplets who often travel on the Tour with him, Dudley Hart attended the University of Florida and turned pro in 1990. He has two wins to date – the 1996 Bell Canadian Open and in 2000 at ...
John Daly Blimey, where do you start when writing about ‘Long John’ Daly? You could write a book about him – but no need because he’s written one himself - My Life In and Out of the Rough – a cracking read whic...
Brad Faxon Brad Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey, attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. So how does a player...
Stephen Gallacher Stephen Gallacher had a strong amateur career and played in GB & I’s winning Walker Cup team at Royal Porthcawl in 1995 before turning professional the same year. He had a few patchy years, but manage...
Christian Cevaer Frenchman Christian Cevaer was actually born in New Caledonia. He became World Junior Champion at 17 before taking up a golf scholarship at Stanford University. After a few years on the challenge tour...
Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield had his best finish on The European Tour in 2006 – finishing 60th on the Order of Merit – helped by 4th places in the Madeira Island Open and the Volvo China Open. Hailing from stron...
Phillip Price Phillip Price is one of the best golfers to come out of Wales. He turned professional in 1989, and gained entry to the main PGA Tour two year later – since when he has twice finished in the top 10 in ...
Ryan Armour Information on Ryan Armour is a bit scarce – mainly because he’s only just joined the main US Tour. His junior career resulted in him making it to the finals of the 1993 US Junior Finals. Between 2004...
David Duval David Duval was born in Florida and is part of a strong golfing family. He joined the tour in 1995 and got off to a flying start with several top 5 finishes in his first two seasons. His first victory...
Todd Hamilton William ‘Todd’ Hamilton has had an extraordinary career. He turned professional in 1987 – but, unable to secure his PGA Tour card allowing him to play on the US professional circuit, he spent many yea...
Ariel Canete Ariel Canete finished near the bottom of the European Order of Merit in 2006 – low down enough that he lost his Tour Card and had to go back to the qualifying school at San Roque in November where he ...
Chris Hanell Sweden’s Chris Hanell attended Arizona State University and turned professional in 1997. He still bases himself in Scottsdale and is a bit of a daredevil who lists sky diving and fast cars among his h...
Joakim Haeggman Joakim Haeggman was the first Swede to play in the Ryder Cup – way back in 1993. Since then, he seems to have spent an inordinate amount of time laid up because of injuries sustained playing ice hocke...
Oliver Fisher Oliver Fisher is a young but hugely talented player who many believe is destined for greatness. Certainly Nike think so – he has already signed a major contract with them and Nike tend not to pick los...
David Frost David Frost has been one of golf’s most prolific winners – with over 20 tournament victories to his name. He played on the European Tour in the early 1980s and then switched to the US Tour, going on t...
James Heath James Heath turned professional in 2004 following a very successful amateur career which saw him win both the English Amateur Championship and the Lytham Trophy in 2004. A protégé of Nick Faldo, Heath...
Tom Pernice Tom Pernice Jr turned professional in 1983 and has won two US Tour events – the Buick Open in 1999, and The International in 2001. As of April 2007, he was 64th in the Official World Golf Rankings. He...