Angel Hidalgo: What's In The Bag? 

After catapulting to a career-high world ranking and surging up the Race to Dubai Rankings with victory at the acciona Open de España presented by Madrid, here’s a line-up of clubs used by new DP World Tour winner Angel Hidalgo.

With a view to enable him to better shape the ball at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, the Spaniard shortened the length of his driver shaft from 45.5 inches to 44.75 and, in other change from the BMW PGA Championship, did not have any shaft tipping.

A player who often doesn’t hold anything back when striking a ball, Hidalgo’s nine-degree driver head is designed to facilitate low launch, low spin and maximum distance.

While listed as a Cobra tour professional, Hidalgo uses clubs from a combination of manufacturers.

Alongside his driver, he also carries a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 Mini Driver, while he has a Ping G430 Max fairway wood along with a Ping G430 hybrid. He has used five different three woods/mini driver models this season.

When it comes to his irons, he used Cobra's 3D printed set which offer more forgiveness and a higher launch from a blade.

In a sign that he has struggled for confidence with his putter across the 2024 Race to Dubai campaign, the TaylorMade Spider Tour X he used for victory on home soil is his 12th different choice of putter.

Which putters has Hidalgo used this season?
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Like last week’s BMW PGA Championship winner Billy Horschel, Hidalgo uses a 2023 Titleist Pro V1 X ball.

_The clubs he used for his play-off victory are in full below:_

* Driver: Cobra Darkspeed LS (9 degrees)
* Mini Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 Mini Driver (11.5 degrees)
* Five Wood: Ping G430 Max (18 degrees)
* Hybrid: Ping G430 (22 degrees)
* 5-9 iron: Cobra Limit3D
* Wedges: Cobra Limit 3D (pitching), Cobra SB (50 degrees, 56 and 60)
* Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

_Club information supplied by Sporting Insights_