{"id":371386,"date":"2025-12-25T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/371386\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T17:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:44:17","slug":"why-tiger-woods-2000-golf-bag-still-feels-untouchable-even-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/371386\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tiger Woods\u2019 2000 golf bag still feels untouchable, even today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The golf bag of Tiger Woods has been discussed, analyzed, picked apart, photo\u2019d and podcasted to death over the years. The set-up that garners the most attention is the Titleist set from 2000 that was involved in arguably the greatest performance in sports history.<\/a><\/p>\n

On the year-end episode of GOLF\u2019s Fully Equipped, I went club for club with the man responsible for this bag, former Titleist Tour Promotion Rep Larry Bobka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The conversation was a gearhead\u2019s dream. If you haven\u2019t watched, CHECK IT OUT<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Before we dig into the sticks, let\u2019s lay out the year by the numbers and the bag.<\/p>\n

Starts: 20
Wins: 9
Winnings: $9.2 Million ($57-59 Million in Today\u2019s Payout Structure)
Majors: 3 (U.S. Open, The Open, PGA)
Top 5\u2019s: 15
Top 10\u2019s: 17
Scoring AVG: 68.11
Rounds Under Par: 60\/80
Average Finish 4th
Strokes Gained Total: +3.2
Strokes Gained Tee to Green: +2.6
Driving Distance: 298 Yards
Driving Accuracy: 71%
GIR: 75.2<\/p>\n

Tiger Woods 2000 WITB <\/p>\n

Driver:\u00a0Titleist 975D
Shaft: Dynamic Gold X100
Loft: 7.5\u02da @ 7\u02da
Length: 43.5\u2033
Tipping: Tipped to length from 46\u2033
Swingweight: D3<\/p>\n

3-WOOD: Titleist 970
Shaft: Dynamic Gold X100
Length: 42.5\u2033
Loft: 15\u02da
Tipping: Tipped to length from 46\u2033
Swingweight: D3<\/p>\n

IRONS: 2-P Titleist 681T (Endo Forged)
Shafts: Dynamic Gold X100
Tipping: 1\/4\u2033
Length: 37.75 (5-iron)
Lofts: (2-P) 20\/22.5\/26\/29\/32\/36\/40.5\/45\/49
Swingweight: D3+<\/p>\n

Wedges: Titleist\u00a0Vokey 258\/08 @56, 260\/06
Shafts: Dynamic Gold S400<\/p>\n

Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS Newport 2 Tri-Sole
Putter length:\u00a035.25 inches
Loft:\u00a03.5-4 degrees
Sight:\u00a0Cherry red dot
Putter weight:\u00a0326 grams
Swing weight:\u00a0D7
Head material:\u00a0German Stainless Steel
Grip:\u00a0Ping PP58 \u201cBlackout\u201d
Age:\u00a026 years old
DOB:\u00a0April\/May 1999
Value:\u00a0Priceless<\/p>\n

Ball:\u00a0 Nike Precision Tour Accuracy<\/p>\n

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord \u201cLogo Down\u201d<\/p>\n

Glove:\u00a0Nike Tour Authentic<\/p>\n

Observations from Tiger Woods\u2019s 2000 golf bag<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t many more \u2014 if any \u2014 superlatives to use on his 2000 performance; it was simply the greatest golf ever played, and probably that ever will be played. <\/p>\n

YES, Scottie is taking a nice lap over the past few years, but I\u2019m sorry, it\u2019s not the same thing. Not even close. Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply delusional.<\/p>\n

There are a few little nuggets around his sticks that may have gone overlooked but still fascinating from a gearhead perspective:<\/p>\n

\u2013 He played WEAK lofts: I know the ball flew differently back then, but MY GOD. He was and still is easily a club weaker<\/a> than probably 85% of the Tour today. Just for context, a standard loft package looks like this:<\/p>\n

Typical Tour 4-PW vs TW 4-PW
4: 22 vs 26
5: 25 vs 29
6: 29 vs 32
7: 33 vs 36
8: 38 vs 40.5
9: 42 vs 45
P: 46 vs 49<\/p>\n

Also, TW wasn\u2019t a huge shaft leaner; he wasn\u2019t Sergio Garcia. From an angle of attack and dynamic loft perspective, he was pretty neutral. So the distances were coming from 1) Speed, 2) Absolute perfection of strike. Don\u2019t believe me? Hand his irons to a neutral-ish player these days, and they are easily a club shorter.<\/p>\n

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\n Tigers iron lofts were WEAK back in 2000 and a club weaker by todays standards\u2026and he was still on elf the longest iron players on tour. <\/p>\n

Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u2013 His woods were tipped to length, and his irons were tipped also: You don\u2019t see it often on the irons, .25 inch tipping is weird to see. Now, it\u2019s not for \u201cextra stiffness\u201d per se, it\u2019s a stability\/feel thing. Keep in mind, launch monitors weren\u2019t really a thing back then, so it was all feel and the ball in the air that told the story. <\/p>\n

The wood tipping to length is another rare one; it wasn\u2019t uncommon with steel back then, but these days, on a drive,r you would tip it an inch, and butt trim to length. An X100 \u201ctipped trim to length\u201d in a modern graphite driver build would be a Ventus Blue 10X @44.5 inches, tipped at least 2\u2026.WOW, telephone poll stiffness.<\/p>\n

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\n Tiger played a 975D driver that measured out to 43.5 inches to the end of the grip. <\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u2013 They eyeballed the loft on his driver: This was something I never really considered, but it makes perfect sense now. During my podcast with Larry Bobka, he mentioned that to find the right driver head for Tiger<\/a>, he had to sort through a box of heads and just kind of eyeball it. He would find the ones that looked slightly open (roughly 7-degrees finished), build \u2019em up, take \u2019em to Tiger, they\u2019d hit \u2019em, and go from there.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The elder wand was LIGHT and whippy: By today\u2019s standard, Tiger\u2019s Newport 2 GSS<\/a> would be at least 20-30 g lighter in head weight than any Scotty you\u2019d see at a store or in your local pro shop. The only way to get a present-day Studio Style even in the ballpark is to take the weight plugs out, and that will leave you at around 330 g. Even the steel shaft he had in it was unique. Tiger preferred the shaft to feel soft so he could feel the head. It was rumored that in the past, he chased that feel so much that he pulled out an old Wilson 8802 with a \u201cfluted\u201d shaft to practice with to create that \u201crelease\u201d he was looking for.<\/p>\n

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\n The most famous putter in golf history is LIGHT. Really light. 325 g vs today\u2019s standard which can go as high as 400 g. <\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny that even 25 years later, I\u2019m still finding new things to explore with Tiger Woods. I\u2019m either learning something new or something I knew five years ago holds brand new meaning for me now. If you pay really close attention, you\u2019ll see that Tiger did what he did in 2000 with a set of clubs built on feel. No real club data or Trackman info to reference, just his eyeballs, his hands and the scorecard.<\/p>\n

My question is always, what would he do today? Like Michael Jordan in the modern NBA, I truly believe that Tiger would have dominated even more in thats even possible. I don\u2019t think these kids have a true grasp of what it was like back then. It wasn\u2019t the same game. He\u2019s the greatest to ever do it.<\/p>\n

Happy 50th, TW.<\/p>\n

For more from myself and Bobka, including how Bobka crafted Woods\u2019 Titleist 681T irons and why Butch Harmon kept a set of them for his students to hit,\u00a0listen to the full episode of GOLF\u2019s Fully Equipped here<\/a>, or watch it below.<\/p>\n

Want to overhaul your golf bag in 2026?\u00a0Find a club-fitting location near you at True Spec Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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