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The clubs Sepp Straka used to win the 2025 Truist Championship

By E. Michael Johnson
May 11, 2025
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Andrew Redington

Sepp Straka and Shane Lowry were knotted at 15 under par deep into the final nine of the Truist Championship and remained that way after the pair each made sporty up-and-down birdies on the par-5 15th. However, when Lowry missed the green at the par-3 16th and lipped out for bogey while Straka hit the green and made par, that served as the difference, giving Straka his second win of the year and a big payday in the signature event.

Straka was magic on the greens, ranking second in strokes gained/putting, picking up close to nine shots on the field as well as ranking fourth in feet of putts made, averaging nearly 100 feet per round.

His putter is an Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle mallet. The putter is 35 inches in length with 2.5 degrees of loft. “This is the oldest club in my bag,” Straka told Golf Digest in 2023. “I put this in play my rookie season of 2018-19. I putted with a Rife Barbados mallet for a long time, and this has similar lines and a similar shape. It has a main aiming line in the middle plus two lines that kind of frame the ball. I’ve always liked that look to help with alignment.”

The short game also was on point as he led the field in scrambling, converting 12 of 16 opportunities for a 75-percent clip that was impressive given the thick rough at Philadelphia Cricket Club.

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Straka's wedges are Cleveland’s RTZ which he also employs for his pitching wedge. A new groove design in the RTZ features sharper, tighter-spaced grooves to maximize groove-edge contact and channel debris for added spin, particularly on shots hit out of the rough.

Which led to a fair amount of cabbage for Straka.

What Sepp Straka had in the bag at 2025 Truist Championship

Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV Arrow

Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (Fujikura Ventus Blue 6X), 9 degrees

3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Trriple Diamond, 15 degrees

7-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Trriple Diamond, 15 degrees

Irons (4-5): Srixon ZXi5; (6-9): Srixon ZXi7

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (46, 52, 56, 60 degrees)

Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle

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