{"id":97376,"date":"2026-07-13T03:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/tom-kims-clubs-scottish-open-provides-rare-blade-putter-win\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:23:08","slug":"tom-kims-clubs-scottish-open-provides-rare-blade-putter-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/tom-kims-clubs-scottish-open-provides-rare-blade-putter-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Kim's clubs: Scottish Open provides rare blade putter win"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Tom Kim is only the second player to win with a blade putter this season.Warren Little\/Getty Images and Titleist<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Tom Kim is back in the PGA Tour winners\u2019 circle<\/a> after three years, firing a dazzling final-round 64 on Sunday to win the Genesis Scottish Open.<\/p>\n

Kim earns his fourth career victory and thrusts himself back into the spotlight as one of the game\u2019s great young players at just 24.<\/p>\n

The victory is also an increasingly rare event on the PGA Tour as Kim won with the same Scotty Cameron blade putter he used in his first victory at the 2022 Wyndham Championship. Kim is just the second player this season to win with a blade putter<\/a>, joining Matt Fitzpatrick, who has three victories.<\/p>\n

Kim has used many different putters since his early career success, including both blades and mallets, but maintains that his best performances are with blades. This week, he was 20th in the field, picking up 3.658 strokes on the greens.<\/p>\n

The South Korean was also impressive off the tee this week, ranking 9th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (3.079). Kim was an early convert to Titleist\u2019s new GTS3 driver, switching at the Valero Texas Open. In testing, Kim saw more consistent spin windows and an increase in ball speed.<\/p>\n

While Kim likes to see the ball fall right, he actually adjusted the front weight track of his driver this week to move his start line just a touch more left, back toward neutral.<\/p>\n

After taking two months to earn its first victory, the<\/a>GTS driver line, which quickly became the hottest driver on Tour,<\/a> now has three wins in the last six events.<\/p>\n

This week, Kim also chose to employ both a GTS3 5-wood and a T200 2-iron by dropping his sand wedge, something we saw Tommy Fleetwood do<\/a> as well. Kim has been going back and forth between three- and four-wedge setups this season, but the three-wedge setup allows him to keep two fairway woods and either a hybrid or a utility iron. The utility iron got the call for this week\u2019s links setup.<\/p>\n

For more on Kim\u2019s detailed setup, keep reading below.<\/p>\n

Tom Kim\u2019s winning WITB at the Genesis Scottish Open<\/h3>\n

Driver:<\/strong> Titleist GTS3 9.0\u02da
Shaft: Fujikura Atmos Black 6-X <\/p>\n

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3-Wood:<\/strong> Titleist GTS3 15.0\u02da
Shaft: Fujikura Atmos Black 7-X<\/p>\n
5-Wood:<\/strong> Titleist GTS3 18.0\u02da
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Utility iron:<\/strong> Titleist T200 18\u02da
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10-X <\/p>\n
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Irons:<\/strong> Titleist \u201923 T100
Shafts: Project X 6.0<\/p>\n
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Wedges:<\/strong> Titleist Vokey SM10 (46-52), SM9 WedgeWorks (58)
Lofts\/Grinds: 46.10F, 52.12F (@ 53), WedgeWorks 58A (@ 59)
Shafts: Project X 6.0 (46), Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Onyx X100 (52-58) <\/p>\n
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Putter<\/strong>: Scotty Cameron TourType GSS tour prototype
Shaft: LA Golf
Grip: Scotty Cameron<\/p>\n
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