CASARES, Spain — Danielle Kang went from having zero sets of golf clubs to two sets at the 2023 Solheim Cup.
After two days of practice at Finca Cortesin on Spain’s southern coast, the 30-year-old still didn’t have her golf clubs, but on Tuesday she addressed how her putter made the trip because she packs it separately in a rifle case so that it doesn’t get bent.
On Wednesday morning, U.S. captain Stacy Lewis shared on social media that not one, but two sets of clubs had arrived for Kang, who is set to make her fourth appearance for the Americans this week.
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Kang plays Titleist clubs, but the folks at Ping who are on-site put together a set for her on Tuesday so she could play during the morning practice round. Titleist shipped a second set that was scheduled to arrive late Tuesday night.
Regarding the use of a rifle case for storing and traveling with her putter, Kang said she took an idea to famed club designer Scotty Cameron and then watched excitedly as it came to life. Together they made three different molds to safely hold the club.
“My putter is a different model, so we don’t have the bending machine for it,” Kang said on Tuesday in Spain. “It bends a lot during travel, so I put it in a separate case to travel with because I don’t have the means to get my putter checked every week. And, yes, the clubs do get bent on the plane and, yes, they matter, to all the people wondering.”
Kang, for the record, ranks second on tour in putts per green in regulation. Cameron stamped “DK Special” on the bottom of their one-of-a-kind creation.
Contributing: Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols
