Okay, so today I’m gonna walk you through my deep dive into Henrik Stenson’s WITB (What’s In The Bag). It was a fun little project I did, kinda just scratching an itch I had about equipment.
First things first: I started with a simple Google search. I was looking for the most recent info, obviously. Found a few articles and forum posts detailing what he was rocking back in the day, and even some speculation on current setups since he’s been bouncing around a bit lately.
Next, I started piecing things together. It was like being a detective, honestly. One article mentioned he was still using an old fairway wood, another hinted at a specific iron set. I dug through images, trying to spot the exact models he was playing. Really tried to confirm the info across multiple sources to make sure it wasn’t just some random guess.
Here’s where it got interesting: I actually went back and watched some old tournament footage. This was a little time consuming but seriously cool. I’d pause, zoom in (as much as the video quality would allow), and try to identify the clubs in his bag. It’s surprising how much you can pick up just by watching closely. Plus, watching Stenson stripe it is never a bad way to spend an afternoon.
I then started putting together a tentative list. Driver, fairway wood(s), irons, wedges, putter, the whole nine yards. For each club, I noted down the make, model, shaft, and any other details I could find. Like, did he use a specific grip? What about lead tape placement? It was all about the details.
The real challenge: was confirming the shaft information. This stuff isn’t always readily available. Sometimes I’d find forum posts where people claimed to know the exact specs, but you gotta take those with a grain of salt. I’d then cross-reference it with available info on the manufacturers’ websites, seeing if the specs matched up. It was a tedious process.
After a few days of research and digging, I had what I felt was a pretty solid picture of Stenson’s WITB. I double-checked everything, made a few revisions based on new info I stumbled across, and finally felt like I had a pretty accurate representation.
Lessons learned? Equipment is a constantly moving target. What someone plays one week might not be what they play the next. Also, the online golf community is a goldmine of information, but you gotta sift through the noise to find the real gems.
And finally, this whole exercise just reaffirmed my belief that it’s not the arrow, it’s the archer. Stenson could probably still outplay me with a rusty spoon and a golf ball from the 90s.
