Equipment update: More than 70 changes for LIV Golf Mexico City

Apr 25, 2025 - 3:45 PMWritten by: Mike McAllister

MEXICO CITY – Several players have made significant equipment changes for LIV Golf Mexico City, with nearly 18% involving driver swaps and more than 15% involving putters among the 73 changes from the previous LIV Golf event in Miami.

In addition, 4Aces GC Captain Dustin Johnson has been busy looking at a variety of new clubs, trying out five drivers and four putters. But he ultimately teed off in Friday’s first round opting to not make a change, sticking with his TaylorMade QI35 driver and TaylorMade Spider Tour T3.0 putter..

Among the changes for this week:

  • David Puig (Fireballs GC) makes his third putter change of the season, switching from Callaway Odyssey AI-One to a Titleist/Scotty Cameron T 9.5

  • Charles Howell III (Crushers GC) is switching irons from Callaway Apex TCB to PXG 0317CB; the last time he had success with PXG irons in the bag was his win in Mexico in 2023 at LIV Golf Mayakoba

  • Carlos Ortiz (Torque GC) moves to a new PING driver model following the team’s new sponsorship deal that was announced this week; he’s switching from the G430 LST to the G440 MAX

  • Richard Bland (Cleeks GC) makes his third driver change for the season, switching from TaylorMade QI35 back to PING G440 LST, which he last used in Hong Kong earlier this year

  • Patrick Reed (4Aces GC) makes his first major club change, switching his 3-wood from Titleist GT2 to Callaway Elyte

  • Brooks Koepka (Smash GC captain) makes his first LIV Golf start with his new Titleist GT3 driver (previously playing a TaylorMade QI10); he first put the Titleist GT3 in his bag at the Masters

  • Anthony Kim (Wild Card) makes his fourth driver change on the season, going from Callaway Paradym AI Smoke Triple Diamond to Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond

  • Tom McKibbin (Legion XIII) adds the new Callaway Elyte Mini Driver to his bag, making him one of the first LIV Golf players to do so; he had been playing the Callaway Paradym AI Smoke 3-wood

  • Jinichiro Kozuma (Iron Heads GC) makes his season debut with a new driver and putter in the bag from his last appearance in 2024; he’s using the Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond driver and Callaway Odyssey 6M putter

Jinichiro Kozuma of Iron Heads GC hits his shot from the first tee during the pro-am before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf)
Captain Brooks Koepka of Smash GC hits his shot from the first tee during the pro-am before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf)
A detailed view of golf bags belonging to Sebastián Muñoz of Torque GC, Captain Joaquín Niemann of Torque GC, Mito Pereira of Torque GC and Carlos Ortiz of Torque GC seen on the 11th hole during the practice round before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf)
Carlos Ortiz of Torque GC hits his shot from the seventh tee during the practice round before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf)
Charles Howell III of Crushers GC hits his shot from the fairway on the second hole during the final round of LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral on Sunday, April 06, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Stobe/LIV Golf)
David Puig of Fireballs GC putts on the eighth green during the practice round before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Pedro Salado/LIV Golf)
A detailed view of a golf bag belonging to Captain Dustin Johnson of 4Aces GC seen on the third green during the practice round before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Pedro Salado/LIV Golf)
A detailed view of a golf bag belonging to Tom McKibbin of Legion XIII seen on the 17th hole during the pro-am before the start of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Pedro Salado/LIV Golf)

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