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I went to last year's NCAA finals and there were more PXG bags than any other although every manufacturer is very well represented, Callaway probably the least, at least in men's.

 

Taylormade drivers seemed to be in the majority while irons and putters are almost evenly split from everywhere. 

 

Wedges probably do favor Vokey but there are lots of Mack Daddy's, Milled Grinds, and Glides as well.

 

Titleist is the most played ball but you see several with TP5's and Chrome Softs too.

 

 

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I know Ping used to be massive in the space, but I think that has diminished a bit in the last 5-10 years. I know they are trying to get these kids early, and saw on Instagram some of the Oklahoma State players getting fully fitted at Callaway HQ. 

 

One thing I couldn't help but notice anytime College Golf is on the Golf Channel is just how prevalent the Spider X is for these guys

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It's pretty much all over the board. Aside from Titleist balls (similar to the PGA Tour) I wouldn't say that any one OEM dominates the NCAA ranks from an equipment standpoint.

 

Different programs have different contracts/agreements with the various equipment companies. For example, when I was playing in college (10+ years ago now) we had Ping bags (most schools did), Adidas apparel/shoes, and our equipment deal was with Bridgestone. We didn't have to play Bridgestone clubs but they were 100% free so a lot of my teammates did. I always played Mizuno irons because I liked them and got them for free, but I did have Bridgestone wedges and fairway woods.

 

With NIL in place now I'm sure a lot of companies will start going after the individual players instead of whole programs, but even with that I don't see any one company gaining a large majority. 

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On 1/14/2022 at 3:47 PM, Hawkeye77 said:

PXG definitely made a good move into college golf.  
 

Plenty of mixed bags out there. 

 

That's what college is for, making regrettable decisions.

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On 1/13/2022 at 7:24 AM, nitram said:

I went to last year's NCAA finals and there were more PXG bags than any other although every manufacturer is very well represented, Callaway probably the least, at least in men's.

 

Taylormade drivers seemed to be in the majority while irons and putters are almost evenly split from everywhere. 

 

Wedges probably do favor Vokey but there are lots of Mack Daddy's, Milled Grinds, and Glides as well.

 

Titleist is the most played ball but you see several with TP5's and Chrome Softs too.

 

I have a nephew playing NCAA D1. He is sponsored by Titleist. Full bag, balls, but not putter. I think most of the D1 players are getting sponsored equipment, so it looks like PXG is quite active in sponsoring D1 players right now. 

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with the new NIL regs in collegiate sports we will start seeing the big boys sign the Top Ten players to lucrative deals, now wether the USGA blesses that move has yet to be challenged, but Im sure the purists will do everything they can do eliminate their Amateur status to any player cashing in on the $$$$...one could only imagine how much TW 's NIL worth would have been at Stanford

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Depends on what level you are looking at. At the top end (programs and individuals) they will have actual deals so that will be the main factor there. As another poster mentioned this will be interesting to see develop as things are loosened up on $$$ regs.

 

For everyone else, most manufactures have discounts for NCAA players (in the 50% off range) so players can generally buy whatever they want at a reasonable cost.  From what I have seen the women tend to be all over the map. You see the women in all kinds of irons from shovels to player CBs spanning the typical manufactures. One trend seems to be PXG when you know money is not a problem.

 

I think the men are more apt to play what they did in junior which seems to be a lot of Titleist, at least in irons. And much more consistent with players irons, e.g., T100/CB/MB (a lot of blades).

 

 

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28 minutes ago, wildcatden said:

I'm sure you will find mostly Taylormade, Ping, and Callaway in the bags, but really, everyone should be playing Hogan Icons. Just look at these beauties!!!

 

ICON Irons

Weird, my monitor must be on the fritz because all I see in your post is a reflection of your avatar.  Beautiful iron though. 👍

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