Wesley Bryan walks through his unique bag setup

Wesley Bryan has opened up on what motivates some of his bag setup choices including the use of two 4-irons.

Bryan’s use of two 4-irons in his golf bag, including a Takomo 101U Driving Iron and a Titleist T200, is widely documented, but it isn’t the only unusual feature in his bag.

Bryan disclosed that he played in the Barracuda Championship with two drivers: a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max, which has been his gamer since the start of the 2024 season, and a new Titleist GT2 driver. According to Bryan, the dual-driver configuration enabled him to move the ball both ways off the tee more effectively.

“One was a little more friendly to draw, and one was a little more friendly to fade,” Bryan said.

Bryan, on the other hand, says he’d only be using one driver at the 3M Open: the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max, which he likes for its forgiveness, especially on shots he misses on the toe of the face.

“The reason I like this driver so much is… a lot of guys hit the ball in the middle of the club face; and, yes, that’s probably the way you’re supposed to hit driver. I try to utilize a lot of the face,” Bryan joked.

“You see, my tee marks go anywhere from (the center of the face) all the way to over here (on the toe of the face). So I like to utilize about an inch and a half of the club face here. The forgiveness on the toe of this driver is second to none, and again, I hit it pretty poor, as you guys know, off the tee most of the time, although it’s getting a lot better. This driver offers a lot of forgiveness.”

In addition to the driver movement at the top of his setup, Bryan has added a new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 3-wood to his inventory to complement his driver.

“I had a (TaylorMade) Stealth 3-wood in there for a while, but I enjoyed the Ai Smoke driver so much that I got Johnny Thompson (a Callaway Tour rep) out here to build up a 3-wood as similar as possible,” Bryan explained. “This club was used in a round to take some money off of Tom Whitney and Zach Johnson on the final hole. I drove it in the hazard, which is obviously not uncommon. Dropped it on a side hill in the rough from 265 yards, hit it to 10 feet… and made birdie the hard way. So this club, I’ve really been enjoying it; it’s been in the bag for about three weeks now.”

Bryan also carries a TaylorMade Stealth 2 hybrid, which ended up in his bag by chance.

“[My hybrid] was built just as a backup while I was waiting for my clubs to arrive [at the John Deere Classic last year], and I needed stuff I could go play the pro-am with, so this was just kind of an ‘oopsie’ hybrid… it turns out I love it. It’s been in the bag ever since.”

Bryan employs an L.A.B. Link.1 blade-style putter, equipped with lie-angle balanced technology and a stiff TPT shaft.

“Before I started using a L.A.B. putter, I did not understand the importance of a putter shaft,” Bryan said. “I honestly didn’t know shafts made a difference in putters. When I started with L.A.B., they had all these shaft options. I decided to go with a TPT one, it is the stiffest option that they have, [which provide] a better response time to the hands. As far as putting, I’ve been very thrilled with how I’m rolling it. I feel like my quality of putt has increased.”