Finland finally has a PGA Tour winner after Sami Valimaki held on to win The RSM Classic. Valimaki took claimed his first win in the United States via a one stroke victory and perhaps more importantly secured his PGA Tour card with a two-year exemption.
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Valimaki also became the first Finnish player to be named the European Tour’s Rookie of the Year. It followed an impressive 2020 season including winning the Oman Open after he defeated Brandon Stone in a playoff.
In 2023 he claimed is second victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
He has now qualified to play on the PGA Tour and 2025 has started promisingly – with a best finish of tied 4th at the Texas Children’s Houston Open – finishing with a tied course record score of 62.
He could very well be someone to look out for as he looks to add to his victory haul and could be a good dark horse for the majors in 2025.
He has a very much changed bag that what he was gaming earlier in the year…
What is in Sami Valimaki’s bag?
Sami was previously a Callaway staffer, but now games a variety of different brands. He has swapped out his Elyte Diamond driver for a Titleist GT3 and pairs with it a TaylorMade R7 Quad mini driver. The Fin follows a growing list of pros adopting the mini driver into the set-ups.
The top of his bag is rounded up with another TaylorMade club, this time it’s the new TaylorMade Qi35 fairway wood. He uses the 7-wood version and is his only fairway wood in the bag currently.
His iron set-up is made up of a full set of Ping Blueprint S irons, from a four iron to a nine iron. He neglects to put in a traditional pitching wedge and instead games four Vokey SM10 wedges.
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Valimaki’s putter of choice remains his trusted Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball Putter but has switch to the Titleist Pro V1x after previously using the TaylorMade TP5x.
Sami Valimaki WITB 2025
Driver: Titleist GT3 (8°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 70 TX)
Mini Driver: TaylorMade R7 Quad (13.5°)
Fairway wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (21°)
Irons: Ping Blueprint S (4-9, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100)
Wedges: Vokey SM10 – 46/10F / 50/08F / 56/10S / 60/08M and 04T – True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball Putter
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golfpride
Apparel: TravisMathew – check out the full TravisMathew range – TravisMathew US / TravisMathew UK
Shoes: Adidas – check out the full Adidas shoe range here – Adidas US / Adidas UK
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