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Driver – Callaway 2016 XR Pro , Shaft – Oban Devotion 65 grams Stiff flex, Loft – 10.5 degrees set at 9.5 degrees with a neutral setting. He’ been playing the club since the 2016 Panasonic Open, he previously played a Ping G30 driver but cracked the face and subsequently replaced it with his current one.
Distance – 270 yards
3 Wood: Ping G30, Shaft: Ping TFC 419 with a stiff flex , Loft: 14.5 degrees set a degree stronger at 13.5 with a neutral setting
Distance – 235 yards
Hybrid: Ping G30 2 Rescue, Shaft: Ping TFC 419 Stiff shaft, Loft:17 degrees standard
Distance – 225 yards
Irons: Ping i25 3 – SW, Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Regular, Loft: Black dot standard lofts and lies
Distances – 3i – 210 yards with intervals of 10 yards between yardages for very club so on unti his PW which goes a 130 yards.
Wedges: Ping i25 SW, Loft: 54 degree with standard bounce, Ping i15 Tour W Lob Wedge, Loft: 60 degrees with TS bounce.
Distances – SW – 110 yards, LW – 85 yards which is more of a control club.
He says he didn’t use his LW much previously but prefers the club around the greens a lot more since last year.
Putter: Odyssey Metal X Milled 1W with 15 gram weights, Standard off the shelf
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x with his initials on horizontally on either side of the putting aid line and also vertically on the other side of the ball
He plays regular off the shelf equipment without any customization. Aman has visited a cutom fitter and plans on incorporating suitable lofts and lies in his next set of clubs. He is presently testing Callaway equipment and the Apex Pro irons.
He plays the same equipment setup regardless of the course or tournament.
Aman carries 2 big tees and 2 small tees, a pitch marker and a ball marker of which 1 big tee and 1 small tee, pitch marker and ball marker stay in his right pocket and the rest in his left pocket.
He carries a protein shake, a mix of nuts, a Nutri Choice sports bar and water to consume
Pre-Round warm-up Routine: For a short course, starting with SW, moving on to PW and then a few balls with each alternate club and for a long course, starting with PW and then moving on with each alternate club.
Next, Chipping and 50 yard shots with the LW. Putting comes at the last with his routine taking 1.5 hours.
He believes having played golf for 17 years, the swing is ingrained in his muscle memory and e doesn’t feel the need to practice the 1st tee shot specifically before teeing off. Although he does practice different shot shapes of low draws and high draws, low fades and low draws and even low and high straight shots while warming up with each club. Those shots come in handy for a player on windy days and when faced with situations that demand a recovery shot.
He likes to wear light coloured clothes on days where he has afternoon tee-offs and wears darker shades when the draw is a more favourable morning draw.
The Patna-based golfer recorded a 5th placed finish in the Nomura Cup in 2015 while representing India and was India’s No.1 amateur. He has held a commendable ranking of 117 in the Official World Amateur Golf Rankings before turng professional in 2016.
