Scattered pictures of this year’s major winners include their equipment. If they had the chance to do it again, would they? Only if they were carrying these bats and balls. Clockwise from top left:

TAYLORMADE r7 TP fairway wood. Phil Mickelson tapped the Jack Nicklaus plate in the 18th fairway at Baltusrol and then hit his following shot up by the green with this titanium fairway wood with movable weight screws ($400, taylormadegolf.com).
NIKE One Platinum. Tiger Woods’ ball has a urethane cover and three inner mantles ($40, nikegolf.com).
CALLAWAY HX Tour 56. Michael Campbell and Mickelson used this softer version of the multilayer HX Tour ($40, callawaygolf.com).
NIKE Ignite driver. Tiger averaged 341 yards off the tee at the British Open ($300, nikegolf.com).
CALLAWAY Fusion FT-3. Campbell and Mickelson became the first players to use a composite-titanium driver to win a men’s major ($400, callawaygolf.com).
CALLAWAY X-Tour irons. Campbell and Mickelson also became the first players to use Callaway irons to win a men’s major ($1,000, callawaygolf.com).
NIKE Tiger Woods forged wedge. Tiger’s hang-on-the-lip chip at the 16th hole at the Masters started with his 60-degree wedge ($120, nikegolf.com).

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