What’s In The Bag: Matthieu Pavon (June 2025 update)
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What golf equipment does the French PGA Tour winner use? Let’s take a look at what’s in the bag for Matthieu Pavon in 2025
Matthieu Pavon is a multiple DP World Tour winner and the first Frenchman to win a standalone PGA Tour event.
The 32-year-old won the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open during his rookie season on the Stateside tour, beating Nicolai Hojgaard in a playoff to become the first French golfer to win a PGA Tour-recognized event since Arnaud Massy won the 1907 Open Championship.
Until 2024, Pavon had plied his trade on the DP World Tour, where it took him far longer to taste his first victory. The Ping staffer, who turned pro in 2013, needed 182 starts before lifting his first title in Europe – the 2023 Open De España. Throughout his career, Pavon has six professional victories, including two on the Alps Tour and two on the French Tour.
He gained his PGA Tour card by finishing 15th in the 2023 Race to Dubai standings and his Farmers Insurance win means he’s now exempt through to 2026.
Pavon, who famously has “The saliva that flows now will become the tears of joy tomorrow” tattooed on his hand, reached a career-high world ranking of 20th after recording his best result in a major with a fifth-placed finish at the 2024 US Open.
He’s slipped down since then, but, as we write, is in contention for a maiden major crown at the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
Pavon has made some big tweaks to his golf equipment for 2025, switching the Ping G430 Max driver, Ping G430 LST fairway wood, and Ping G430 hybrid out for the Ping G440 Max driver, G440 Max 3-wood, and Ping G440 hybrid. Barring his golf ball, where he follows the majority of the world’s best players in choosing Titleist, he’s a Ping man throughout the bag.
Let’s delve deeper into his equipment.
What’s In The Bag: Matthieu Pavon
What driver does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon plays with a Ping G440 Max Driver (9°) with a Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6-X shaft.
Read our full Ping G440 Max driver review.
What fairway woods does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon uses a Ping G430 LST fairway wood (15°) with a Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7-X shaft
Read our full Ping G440 Max Fairway Wood review.
What hybrid does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon plays a Ping G440 hybrid (19°) with a Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10-TX shaft
The PGA Tour star carries a 19° version of the 2025 release, which ties in very closely with his Ping i230 3-iron - but I'm not going to argue with a winner on both sides of the Atlantic.
Read our full Ping G440 Hybrid review.
What irons does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon has made the switch to the new Ping i230 irons (3-PW) with Nippon Modus 120 X-Stiff shafts
Read our full Ping i230 Irons review.
What wedges does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon plays with two Ping Prototype Wedges (52° and 58°) with Nippon shafts
Read our full Ping Glide Forged Pro Wedges review.
What putter does Matthieu Pavon use?
Ping Cadence TR Tomcat C Putter
Matthieu Pavon's flat stick is a Ping Cadence TR Tomcat C Putter
What golf ball does Matthieu Pavon use?
Matthieu Pavon elects to play with Titleist Pro V1 golf balls
Pavon's Titleist golf balls are the only items in his bag not manufactured by Ping.
Read our full Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls review.
What apparel does Matthieu Pavon wear?
Pavon has a multi-year deal with the Swedish brand
What golf shoes does Matthieu Pavon wear?
Matthieu Pavon has been a FootJoy ambassador since 2023
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What's In The Bag: Matthieu Pavon
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Matthieu Pavon wears FootJoy Premiere golf shoes.
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Matthieu Pavon plays with a set of Ping i230 irons
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Matthieu Pavon wears J.Lindeberg golf apparel.
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Matthieu Pavon plays with a 2015 Ping Cadence putter
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Matthieu Pavon plays with a 2015 Ping Cadence putter
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Formerly seen as the reserve of amateurs, many tour pros now use hybrid golf clubs
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Matthieu Pavon's fairway wood is a Ping G430 LST
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Matthieu Pavon plays with a Ping G430 Max driver
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Matthieu Pavon uses a Ping G440 Max driver.
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Matthieu Pavon uses a Ping G440 Max fairway wood.
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Matthieu Pavon carries two Ping Prototype wedges
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Matthieu Pavon carries two Ping Prototype wedges
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Matthieu Pavon claimed his maiden victory on the PGA Tour in just his third start as a PGA Tour member at the Farmers Insurance Open
