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    The clubs Brian Campbell used to win the 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld

    By E. Michael Johnson
    February 23, 2025
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    Hector Vivas

    Brian Campbell came into the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld having made just 10 cuts in 27 events, with no top-10 finishes. Still, Campbell was matter-of-fact when asked after the third round what a win would mean.

    “It's what dreams are made of,” he said. “This is why I’ve worked so hard to get back here. I'm just enjoying the moment and going to continue to do what I've been doing this week tomorrow and see where it takes us.”

    Where it took him was a wild ride to a career-changing victory, an improbable overtime win on the second extra hole over Aldrich Potgieter.

    Improbable because Campbell’s tee ball on the second extra hole, the par-5 18th, was sailing well out of bounds when it struck a tree and bounced back into play. That allowed Campbell to hit a 3-wood second before staking a lob wedge from 68 yards that proved to be the game winner.

    “That bounce, we’ll take it,” he told Golf Channel.

    Ping G440 LST
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    It was a birdie that matched his entire round, where fortitude was required as flashy play was relatively intermittent. Campbell was no exception, but he did pull off a 6-iron tee shot at 179-yard, par-3 13th to 12 feet and made the putt to take the outright lead. Although he was later caught by Potgieter, he was not passed at any point coming in.

    Although he ranked 73rd in driving distance, Campbell was arrow-straight (save for the wayward driver on the playoff hole) with his 9-degree Ping G440 LST driver, missing just eight of 52 fairways. Campbell’s driver has an actual loft of 10.1 degrees with a 45.25-inch Fujikura Ventus Black 6x shaft.

    All of which led to a not-so-matter-of-fact win for a matter-of-fact guy.

    The clubs Brian Campbell used to win the 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld

    Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

    Driver: Ping G440 LST (Fujikura Ventus Black 6x), 10.5 degrees

    3-wood: Ping G440 LST, 15 degrees

    7-wood: Ping G430 Max, 21 degrees

    Irons (4-PW): Ping Blueprint S

    Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM10 (52, 56 degrees)[ Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (60 degrees)

    Putter: Ping Redwood Anser 2

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