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What's in the bag · LPGA Tour
Jennifer Kupcho's WITB: a Ping prototype mini driver at 13°
Kupcho carries a mini driver nobody can buy alongside a G425 LST that is two generations old. Every club, club by club.
By Jordan Hale · Equipment Writer
Jennifer Kupcho plays Ping throughout, and two of the clubs are unusual. The driver is a G425 LST at 10.5° — a 2021 head, two families behind Ping's current G440 — and above the fairway slot sits a Ping prototype mini driver at 13° that has never been sold. Below them the bag is conventional and current: G430 hybrids at 22° and 26°, i240 irons from the 5-iron, s259 wedges at 50°, 54° and 58°, and a PLD Ally Blue Onset putter.
Kupcho won the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019 and the Chevron Championship in 2022 for her major. Bernardus was her fourth Solheim Cup, and it ended on her match: Carlota Ciganda beat her 4 and 2 in the penultimate singles to clinch the Cup for Europe, 15–13.
- Tour
- LPGA Tour
- Clubs
- Ping (full staff)
- Driver
- Ping G425 LST (10.5°)
- Ball
- Titleist Pro V1
Jennifer Kupcho's bag
- PingDriver
Driver
Ping G425 LST
10.5°
A 2021 head. Ping has released the G430 and G440 families since and she has kept this one — retired, so no CTA on this row.
- PingMini driver
Mini driver
Ping Prototype mini driver
13°
A tour-only head with no retail version, which is why there's nothing to link to. Ping has never put a mini driver on sale.
Hybrids
22° & 26°
A 26° hybrid does the job of a 5-iron, which is why the iron set starts where it does.
- PingPutter
Putter
Ping PLD Ally Blue Onset
Blade, onset hosel
We stock the Scottsdale TEC version of the Ally Blue Onset, a different line, so there's no buy link on this row.
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We've put gear from Jennifer's bag head to head:
The story of the bag
The mini driver is the third to appear in this set of LPGA bags, and the three players use it three different ways. Céline Boutier plays one instead of a driver. Haeran Ryu carries one as a second tee club with no fairway woods behind it. Kupcho slots hers between a driver and two hybrids, in what would normally be the 3-wood position. It is a club the women's game appears to be working out in public.
Her driver is the other outlier. A G425 LST dates to 2021, and a contracted Ping staffer sitting out two release cycles at the top of the bag is a deliberate choice rather than an oversight.
There is no fairway wood in this bag at all — the 13° prototype is the only thing between the driver and a 22° hybrid.
Frequently asked
- What driver does Jennifer Kupcho use?
- A Ping G425 LST at 10.5° — a 2021 model she has kept through two Ping release cycles.
- Does Jennifer Kupcho use a mini driver?
- Yes. She carries a 13° Ping prototype mini driver, a tour-only head Ping has never sold at retail, in what would normally be the 3-wood slot.
- What irons does Jennifer Kupcho play?
- Ping i240s from 5-iron to pitching wedge, with G430 hybrids at 22° and 26° above them.
- What putter does Jennifer Kupcho use?
- A Ping PLD Ally Blue Onset blade.
- Has Jennifer Kupcho won a major?
- Yes — the 2022 Chevron Championship. She also won the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019.
Verified
This bag reflects Jennifer Kupcho's setup as of 13 Sept 2026. Tour players tweak gear week to week, so we date every bag and cite our sources. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
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