• Gaming his Pro V1 golf ball and a Titleist setup that includes his GT3 11.0 driver, blended set of T-Series irons, Vokey SM10 wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom 3 tour prototype putter, Titleist Brand Ambassador Ryan Gerard made a Sunday charge at Heritage La Réserve Golf Links, closing in 6-under 66 to force a playoff at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. 

The 26-year-old, who entered the week ranked 57th in the Official World Golf Rankings, made the trip across the globe with his mind set on Augusta National. Knowing he needed a top-four finish in Mauritius to move inside the Top 50 in the world and punch his ticket to Augusta, Gerard delivered one of the year’s most clutch performances. 

Approximately 10,000 miles from his home in Florida, Gerard posted rounds of 68-69-63-66 and led the field with 25 birdies. His 9-under 63 on Saturday was highlighted by 10 birdies, including five in a row on the back nine at Heritage La Réserve Golf Links. 

WITB | Ryan Gerard 

Titleist Pro V1 golf ball  

GT3 11.0 driver | Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X 

T200 4-iron  | Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX 

T100 5-9 irons  |  KBS C-Taper 125 S+ 

Vokey Design SM9 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, SM10 60.04T wedges  | KBS C-Taper 125 S+ (46), Dynamic Gold S300 (50-60) 

Scotty Cameron Phantom 3 tour prototype putter 

• Trusting his blended set of T200 and T100 irons, Gerard led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, averaging +3.08 per round. 

• With four Vokey Design wedges in the bag, Gerard finished second in Scrambling at 73.68% and led the field in bogey avoidance (1.25 per round). His performance was highlighted by a clutch up-and-down from the sand on the 72nd to force a playoff.  

• Adding to his 12.68 total strokes gained tee-to-green, Gerard gained another +8.76 strokes putting (+2.19 per round) with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 3 tour prototype putter. 

• Eleven of the 14 players who finished inside the top 9 and ties at played a Titleist golf ball, with a total of 125 players gaming a Pro V1 or Pro V1x (80%), more than eight times the nearest competitor. Titleist was also the most played driver (44%), iron (44%) and wedge (52%) in Mauritius. 

– “I love the Pro V1 because of the feel. It hits the trajectories that I want. The spin is kind of just slightly on the lower side compared to that X, which benefits me a little bit more with my bag setup, and I really love it. I feel confident every time I show up and hit the golf ball, and it's a very consistent thing and it's the one thing I use on every shot, so it's very important.”  

– “I'm playing the GT3. I play an 11-degree driver, but I play a Ventus shaft in it and I've been playing it since last December. It took me a couple months to get rid of my TSR, but this new GT3 is fantastic. It's the best driver I've ever hit just in terms of consistency, it flies exactly kind of the way I want to. It hits the windows that I want to, and I feel very confident every time I tee it up I'm going to hit that slight baby fade that I'm looking for.”  

– “I feel like this one really holds its flight nicely. It kind of stays in the trajectory that I'm looking for and just, it never really goes offline. It kind of hangs or falls offline instead of diving offline, which I really like.”  

– “4-iron is T200. I just need a little bit more height with the 4-iron coming into the greens on the tour. They're a little bit firm for the most part. So it gives me more stopping power into some of these greens when you're looking for a shot from 225 yards. But then we go to the meat of the bag, these T100's... I've been playing them since they handed them to me on the truck at LACC (2023 US Open), and I put them in play that week at a major. That's rare to put something brand new in play major week, but they were that good that I just had to do it. They've been in the bag ever since.”  

– “I play a 46-degree pitching wedge (46.10F)... it goes about 155 yards, just kind of a standard full one. What I like about the 46-degree wedge is it gives me a little bit more versatility in flight. I feel like I can control trajectory a little bit better with it. And when I'm looking at a pitching wedge, I'm not just trying to hit it 155 yards. Sometimes you need to hit it 133 yards into the wind and sometimes you need to hit it 142 yards high and soft. So it really gives me the versatility that I'm looking for and gives me the most confidence in the amount of shots that I can hit with it.  

– “50-degree (50.08F), this one flies about 140 yards kind of stock full, but then again, you're looking at hitting it from 125 that kind of scoots, to just hitting it downwind from 150 and trying to hit it high and get it stopped... The 54-degree (54.10S), 128 [yards] is kind of the max number on that. It definitely spins a little bit more than the 50. So it is just something that I'm aware of when I'm picking the shot and choosing what I want to hit, knowing that it's going to give me more stopping power and give me kind of that extra height and spin. Sometimes if I need to hit something 132, I'll swing hard at 54 instead of kind of smoothing a 50 just because it gives me a little bit more wiggle room and room for error.”  

Gerard also plays a Vokey Design SM10 60.04T lob wedge, which he added to the bag after spending time working with Vokey Tour Rep Aaron Dill. According to Dill, the session revealed that Gerard’s technique was best suited to a low-bounce, thinner-flange setup, which he found in the T Grind.   

The T Grind, one of the most popular lob wedge grinds on the PGA TOUR, is designed for players seeking ultimate creativity and versatility around the greens. The low-bounce wedge is ideal for those with shallow and precise deliveries, as well as those playing off firm conditions. Compared to the L Grind, another popular low-bounce Vokey offering, the T Grind features a narrower forward sole and more aggressive heel, toe and trailing edge relief. 

Event: China Tour Championship (Guangzhou Nansha Golf Club) 

Winner: Jan Schneider (13-under 267) 

Golf ball: Titleist Pro V1x 

• Jan Schneider (Pro V1x) broke through for his first career China Tour victory, closing in 3-under 70 for a two-shot win. 

• Schneider’s win at the 2025 China Tour season finale saw him climb to No. 2 on the season-long points list, earning him a 2026 HotelPlanner Tour card. 

Titleist Brand Ambassador Yanhan Zhou’s record-breaking season ended with the 17-year-old finishing on top of the China Tour’s points list and securing a 2026 DP World Tour card. 

Zhou, whose all-Titleist setup includes his Pro V1x golf ball, GT2 driver and fairway, blended set of T200, T100 and 620 MB irons, Vokey SM10 wedges and Scotty Cameron Squareback 2 putter, won seven times in 2025, bringing his career total to 11 titles and becoming the winningest player in China Tour history in the process. 

Prior to the 2025 season, Zhou visited the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, Calif., and worked with fitter Chris Baingo to dial in his setup. Several key changes were made, including moving from his prior generation Pro V1 to the 2025 Pro V1x, which gave Zhou increased spin with the irons and more speed with the driver. He also added a T200 4-iron and a T100 5-iron at the top end of the bag and moved into a 58-degree SM10 WedgeWorks L Grind. 

Zhou also spent time at the Scotty Cameron putter studio with Paul Vizanko, Scotty Cameron’s Director of Putter Fitting and Player Development, to dial in his setup on the greens. Zhou left with a Studio Style Squareback 2 tour prototype putter, which has been in the bag ever since.  

WITB | Yanhan Zhou: Titleist Pro V1x golf ball; GT2 9.0 driver; GT2 15.0 fairway; T200 3-iron, T100 4-6 irons, 620 MB 7-9 irons; Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 58L wedges; Scotty Cameron Studio Style Squareback 2 tour prototype putter