Winners' equipment
Winners' bags: Novak's old T.P. Mills, Yamashita's new Toulon
Andrew Novak won the Mexico Open with a rusted T.P. Mills he found at home in August. Miyu Yamashita won the Maybank Championship with a Toulon Monaco she put in play after one round in Hawaii a month earlier.
Andrew Novak won the VidantaWorld Mexico Open on Sunday with an old T.P. Mills prototype putter he took out of a cupboard before the Wyndham Championship in August. Miyu Yamashita won the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship with a Toulon Monaco, a 2026 model she put in play after the first round of the Lotte Championship in Hawaii on 1 October. By Monday morning we had found no equipment list for Casandra Alexander, who won the Wistron Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour, so her bag is not included.
Both Novak and Yamashita carry a Srixon ZXi5 above a set of ZXi7 irons, and both use Cleveland RTZ wedges and a Srixon Z-Star XV ball.
Novak doesn’t know the loft or lie of his putter
Novak had missed five cuts in seven starts when he went back to the T.P. Mills. He had been “one of the worst putters in the world” for about eight months, he told Golfweek. According to GOLF.com, he had tried several other putters first and had used this one “a long time back in the day”. “It’s rusted out, but I know it works,” he said. He was 155th on the PGA TOUR in strokes gained putting before the change.
“I don’t know loft on it, I don’t know the lie on it,” Novak said after his second round in Mexico, “but for the last four tournaments I’ve done pretty well making putts.” In the three completed events he ranked 33rd in strokes gained putting at the Wyndham, where he tied for seventh, 31st at Asheville and 54th in Bermuda, according to GOLF.com. According to Golfweek, he holed all 37 putts he faced from inside 10ft at Vidanta Vallarta in the first three rounds, and he finished the week first in the field in strokes gained putting.
His three woods are all set below their stamped lofts. GOLF.com’s list from the event has the 9° Ping G440 LST driver at 7.5°, the 15° TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood at 14.75° and the 19° Ping G440 Max 5-wood at 17.6°. Golf Digest says he hit the 5-wood into the par-5 8th on Sunday as he extended his lead. His Cleveland wedges are the RTZ 2 model, which had only recently reached shops, Golf Digest says.
| Club | Model and shaft |
|---|---|
| Driver | Ping G440 LST (9°, set at 7.5°), Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 60 TX |
| 3-wood | TaylorMade Qi4D (15°, set at 14.75°), Project X HZRDUS Smoke Titan Black 80 TX |
| 5-wood | Ping G440 Max (19°, set at 17.6°), Project X HZRDUS RDX Green 85 6.5 |
| Irons | Srixon ZXi5 (4), Srixon ZXi7 (5–PW), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 |
| Wedges | Cleveland RTZ 2 (50°, 54°, 60°), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 |
| Putter | T.P. Mills prototype |
| Ball | Srixon Z-Star XV |
Yamashita changed putters after one round in Hawaii
Yamashita opened the Lotte Championship with a TaylorMade Spider Tour X crank-neck mallet and took 29 putts, according to ALBA Net. From the second round she used the Monaco and took 28, 29 and 27, finishing third on −17. She told GDO the greens were korai grass and that her usual putter “just didn’t fit at all” for pace, however hard she worked on it. “I thought changing the feel a bit might be a good idea,” she said.
ALBA Net identifies the model as the Monaco H1, which has a crank neck like the Spider’s. The Spider has a face insert; the Monaco’s face is milled. ALBA Net says she led the LPGA Tour in strokes gained putting in each of the last two seasons. She won the Aramco Korea Championship on the Ladies European Tour the following week, her second event with the Monaco, closing with a course-record 63. Three weeks later it was in her bag at the Maybank Championship, GDO’s list shows.
The other 13 clubs and the ball are the same as in GDO’s list from her CPKC Women’s Open win in August. GDO does not give iron lofts. Her irons start at the 6-iron, where Novak’s start at the 4, and she carries two hybrids and two fairway woods above them.
| Club | Model and shaft |
|---|---|
| Driver | Srixon ZXi (9°), Fujikura Speeder NX Gold 40 SR |
| Fairway woods | Srixon ZX Mk II (15°, 18°), Fujikura Speeder NX Green 50 SR |
| Hybrids | Srixon ZX Mk II (22°, 25°), Fujikura Ventus HB Blue 70 S |
| Irons | Srixon ZXi5 (6), Srixon ZXi7 (7–PW), True Temper Dynamic Gold R300 |
| Wedges | Cleveland RTZ (48°, 52°, 58°), True Temper Dynamic Gold R300 |
| Putter | Toulon Monaco H1 |
| Ball | Srixon Z-Star XV (2025) |
The Monaco: 365g and £599
The Monaco is one of two new heads in Toulon’s 2026 collection, for which orders opened on 19 February. Toulon was Odyssey’s milled putter brand for several years and became independent again a little over two years before the launch, according to Golf Digest. The Monaco is based on Toulon’s Las Vegas shape. It has a front section of 304 stainless steel and a milled 6061 aluminium back and wings, which Toulon says moves the centre of gravity towards the face while keeping the moment of inertia high. Golf Digest says the steel accounts for nearly 80% of the head’s mass.
The Monaco comes in two hosel versions, the H1 and H4.5. Both weigh 365g with 3° of loft and a 70° lie, according to Today’s Golfer. The H1 has 20° of toe hang and the H4.5 45°. The standard model costs £599 in the UK and $600 on Toulon’s US site, and a Heavy Spec version with heavier head weights and a 15in grip is £649 or $650. On Monday Toulon’s US site listed the Monaco H1 as sold out and was taking back orders.
Sources
- GOLF.com: Andrew Novak WITB, Mexico Open
- Golf Digest: The clubs Andrew Novak used to win the 2026 VidantaWorld Mexico Open
- Golfweek via Yahoo Sports: Winner’s bag, Andrew Novak, VidantaWorld Mexico Open
- Golfweek via Yahoo Sports: Rusty old putter helps Andrew Novak finally win on his own
- GOLF.com: Pro kept missing putts, and no one knew why. Then he made a clever switch
- Athlon Sports: Andrew Novak’s old putter delivers a 61 and Mexico Open lead
- GDO: Miyu Yamashita club setting, 2026 Maybank Championship
- GDO: Miyu Yamashita club setting, 2026 CPKC Women’s Open
- GDO: Yamashita third at the Lotte Championship after changing putters
- ALBA Net: The Toulon Monaco Yamashita put in play mid-tournament
- ALBA Net: Yamashita wins in her second event with the Monaco
- Toulon Golf: 26 Monaco H1
- Golf Digest: Toulon Golf 2026 Collection putters
- Today’s Golfer: Toulon reveal 2026 putter collection
- The Head Pro: Novak wins Mexico Open by five for first solo PGA TOUR title
- The Head Pro: Yamashita first to retain the Maybank Championship
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