Welcome to Bag Spy, a GOLF series devoted to understanding the crucial equipment choices that define a player’s bag. With the help of players and/or their expert fitters, we dig deep beyond the photos to examine setups, specs and the thinking behind them. In this installment, GOLF Associate Equipment Editor Jack Hirsh takes you inside Tony Finau’s bag and new equipment setup for 2026
Ping Tour Rep Dylan Goodwin said Finau is a “man of few words” when it comes to his equipment. When it works, it works and he doesn’t need to question it too much. If it doesn’t, he tries something else.
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Ping’s Kenton Oates said the Tour team built Finau a total of just five clubs one season, which was likely the fewest of any player on the Ping staff.
“It maybe puts a little more pressure on us as a staff when he does come in to get it right, because you know he doesn’t want to be testing during the year,” Oates told GOLF. “If he is testing product throughout the year, then it’s probably frustrating to him, since that’s really something he doesn’t want to do. So we just got to make sure that we get everything down at the beginning of the year.”
He prefers to do most of his club work in the offseason.
For someone who isn’t a tinkerer, Tony Finau does carry a lot of clubs.
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“He’ll usually come in here two or three times from like November 1 till that first event of the year, whether it be Hawaii or in the desert or wherever he starts up,” Oates said. “But once we get going in the season, he doesn’t make a lot of changes at all.”
That doesn’t stop Finau from having one of the more unique bags on the PGA Tour with his heavy swingweights, huge grips and a new Ping prototype putter. He’s also made a few more tweaks this year and he’s started to see some progress after recording just one top-10 in 2025.
One of those tweaks, switching to Ping Prototype Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter, has paid off in a big way. Finau ranked 155th in Strokes Gained: Putting after his first two events but has rallied up to 58th. That’s after finishing 111th in the category last year. He led the field in putting at Pebble Beach during an 18th-place finish.
Keep reading below to dive into one of the more unique setups on the PGA Tour.
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Breaking down every club in Tony Finau’s bag
Ball
Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
Finau marks his golf balls with either his wife’s or children’s initials.
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For Finau, the golf bag starts and ends with golf ball and for much of his professional career, that golf ball has been Titleist’s Pro V1 Left Dot.
Finau is one of the most well-known Left Dot players, which is a Customized Performance Option (CPO) version of the standard Pro V1. Compared to the retail version, the Left Dot is lower flying and lower-spinning, but has the same, softer feel that Pro V1 players prefer.
“I think equipment starts with the golf ball, not with the clubs, not with the woods, not with any other piece of equipment. It starts with the golf ball. I’ve always been a believer in that,” Finau told Titleist. “The Left Dot golf ball is right for me because I’ve always put a lot of spin on the golf ball … and right away, it caught my eye because of the ball flight. I think if you can control your ball flight, you can control the distance. And it’s been such a reliable ball flight for me from the first time that I hit it … I can count on the golf ball in crosswinds, into the wind, downwind. I know how far the golf ball is going to go.”
He also has an interesting tradition of marking his golf balls with his children’s and wife’s initials. He told Titleist he’ll usually start with his son, Sage, and change out depending on how the round is going.
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“It’s a cool way to keep my kids involved, and they’re always with me on the golf course,” he said.
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Specs Ping G440 LST Loft: 9.0˚ @ 7.75˚ Trajectory 2.0 Setting: Big Minus (—) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black Velocore+ 7-X Length: 45.25″ Tipping: 1″ CG Shifter: 35 g, neutral Hot Melt: 5 g, toe Swingweight: D8+
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Finau has already made a mid-season tweak, going from a 7.5˚ Ping G440 LST to 9˚ head in the Big Minus setting. Finau is a high-spin player, but with the lower-lofted head, he was seeing his misshits drop to 2200 while good strikes were around 2500.
Those are not atypical numbers on the PGA Tour, but Finau has plenty of speed in the tank, so he values control. While he typically cruises around 180 mph ball speed, Oates describes him as having one of the biggest governors on the PGA Tour.
“If you brought him to the range, in three golf swings, he could have 200 mph of ball speed,” he said.
Because of that range, Finau is more comfortable with the 9˚ head that produces a spin range around 2700 and 2400 on misses to help him stay in control.
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That was also the driving factor behind a move to the Fujikura Ventus Black with VeloCore+ last season.
“He wasn’t happy with his driving, and he had started testing a few different shafts, and he ended up liking the stability of the Velo+,” Oates said. “So he went into that at Travelers last year.”
You’ll also notice Finau prefers a rather beefy D8+ swing weight for his driver and that actually carries over to his irons two, with them sitting at D6+. The reason was mainly feel-based and has to do with a change Finau made with his grips a few years ago. We’ll get into that change below, but basically, Finau made his grips lighter, which raised the swingweight.
“He liked that feeling,” Oates said. “Then we walked through kind of what that would look like downrange from a ball-flight standpoint. Obviously, the heavier the clubhead, the easier it is to fade it. It’s a little bit easier to release because you have more mass down there. So he mentally liked that as well.”
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Finau used more shallow-faced 3-woods for much of his career until a few years ago, when he realized he wasn’t using 3-wood off the deck much. That was when he was first drawn to Callaway Triple Diamond T fairway wood shapes and he’s used one since.
“With the height he can hit it and the distance he can hit it, he really likes a deep 3-wood, and that head is just a little bit deeper than anything we had,” Oates said.
Uniquely, the Triple Diamond T Fairway Woods are specifically designed for Jon Rahm, who also prefers a deeper-faced 3-wood, along with a beveled sole to help him get it through the turf. Both Rahm and Finau are still playing the Paradym Ai-Smoke Model that’s now two-seasons old.
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Ping has started working on a deeper-faced club for that spot in the bag, their Ping Mini Proto, which debuted at the Sony Open. Finau has been testing it, but at this time, he’s got a very unrelatable problem.
I think the thing that we struggle with there is it might just go a little bit too far right right now,” Oates said. “But we’ll continue to work on that.”
Utility Iron
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Specs Nike Vapor Fly Pro 3-iron Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI-105 X Hybrid
Probably the most famous club in Finau’s bag and with the return of Brooks Koepka on the PGA Tour, one of just a handful of Nike clubs left in pro golf.
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Finau has had this Nike Vapor Fly Pro 3-iron since 2016, his lone year on staff with the Swoosh before they exited the hard goods business. But it actually disappeared from the bag for a few seasons before jumping back in during the 2020 season.
Ping has plenty of options to replace this club, including their current iDi driving iron, which is in the bag of Viktor Hovland, but that club, and many before, might be too forgiving for Finau, Oates said.
“The thing we run into with our crossovers and clubs in that space is they’re a little bit more forgiving and they go a little bit higher, which is great for the everyday player,” Oates said. “Unfortunately, Tony doesn’t really need the extra help with the height.”
Oates isn’t sure how many Vapor Fly Pro heads Finau has left, but he brings in four or five every year to have the specs checked. Safe to say, until he finds a better option, this club isn’t going anywhere.
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Irons
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Specs Ping Blueprint T 4-PW Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130 X Lofts: 22.25/26/29/32.5/37/41/45 Lies: 61/61.5/62/62.5/63/63.5/64 Length: 36.88″ 7-iron Swingweight: D6-D7+
This is actually a spot where Finau has done some tinkering.
For nearly his entire career, Finau has played the Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 TX shaft in his irons, but during his offseason at the end of last year — unbeknownst to Oates or the Ping Tour team — Finau did some testing on his own and switched to the KBS $-Taper 130 X.
That’s actually why there is loads of lead tape on his clubs now, because with the new shaft, the clubs swing-weighed lighter.
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“KBS shafts in general are slightly counterbalanced compared to most every other iron shaft,” Oates said. “So whoever installed those did a great job and they got it back to swing weight — so they had to add the lead tape.”
Had Ping made the change, Oates said they simply could have changed the weight screws in the toe of the club to bring them back to D6+, but the lead tape accomplished the same thing.
Finau has almost exclusively played a full set of muscle-back irons for his whole career with the exception of 2024, when he played the Blueprint S cavity-back iron. While he finished second in Strokes Gained: Approach that season, Finau looked at specific yardages and saw he was actually better with the original Blueprints (he was fifth in Approach in 2023) and switched to the Blueprint T blades he has now.
Unlike the modern trend on the PGA Tour, Finau plays that same blade through the entire bag.
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“Tony Finau’s ability to hit a properly-hit 5-iron — where he’s not hung back, he’s just down on top of it, thumping it and sending it up to the clouds — is one of the biggest gifts that he has. He can launch and spin a 4- and 5-iron like nobody in the world,” Oates said. “Not a lot of players from 230 can hit a 4-iron spinning at 5200 and have it get there. And then when it does get there, it’s going to land close to the hole and stop.”
You may notice his lie angles are fairly standard, if not slightly upright, despite his distinctive low hands address position. His irons aren’t flatter on account of both his 6’4″ height and his preference to see the club upright.
“I think a little bit of his visual, like he’s a player that’s put the club down like that and wants to see the toe where it is, which is a little upright,” Oates said, before adding that it also helps him with a left start line. “He’s always played his best golf when he starts it a little left of his target and cuts it back. So I think the upright lie angle just forces it over to the left a little bit.”
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Like many on the Ping staff, Finau has made a quick and easy transition into the new S259 wedges for his gap and sand wedge, but he remains using a Titleist Vokey T-Grind for his lob wedge, having recently updated to the new Vokey SM11.
“Those middle two wedges in s259, they look a little cleaner,” Oates said. “They capture the ball visually a little bit better with that cleaner transition in the hosel. They feel, if anything, probably a little softer than s159, and they just have the same great performance: low launch, high spin.”
Putter: Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onsett Loft: 3˚ Lie: 70˚ Length: 35″ Toe Hang: 5˚ Grip: SuperStroke 2.0 Pistol
For most of his career, Finau has stuck with more traditional Anser-style blade shapes, with his preferred head being a wide-body Anser 2D.
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But last summer, he started experimenting with mallets and landed on a Ping PLD Milled Ally Blue Onset putter. That switch was short-lived, but it sent Finau down the rabbit hole that eventually led him to try the head shape again at the Farmers’ Insurance Open this year. This time, it was Ping’s prototype Scottsdale Tec platform.
He actually tested two models that week.
Tony Finau made a really surprising change to a Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter.
Not only does it make Finau the latest player to move to a low torque putter, but it also moves him away from the milled face of his previous PLD Anser 2D.
“Tony gravitated towards the Ally Blue Onset again and the Ketsch 4, which has a hosel he had used in the past on a blade putter,” Goodwin said. “After going back and forth between the putters, the Ally Blue Onset ultimately matched better to his stroke and delivered the face at impact more consistently. As a result, his start line improved, and he liked the contrast between the white finish of the head and the black sight line, which he found easier to line up with.”
Finau’s T11 at Torrey Pines was his best finish since a T5 at the 2025 Genesis, so clearly he was onto something.
Two weeks later, at Pebble Beach, he led the field in putting, gaining more than eight shots on the greens for the week, the first time in his career.
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What makes the switch more interesting is that not only is this the first non-blade to get some staying power in Finau’s bag, it’s also the first putter with a non-milled face.
However, the putters sounded the same to him, so he didn’t mind the softer feel of the insert. Clearly, it’s been working thus far.
Grips: Lamkin UTX Midsize (+4 wraps + 3 RH)
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As we mentioned before, Finau is one of the few pros using mid-sized grips, but he builds them up even further with an additional four wraps of tape across the hole grip and three more for the right hand.
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But that tape job pales in comparison to what gripping his clubs was like 2-3 years ago when he had an aggressive build up of wraps every inch until there were maybe 10 wraps at the bottom end of the grip. This results in a grip that essentially had no taper.
Relief came for Ping’s builders when Finau decided to switch to a midsize grip and use fewer wraps. That led to heavier swing weights since Finau’s previous grip was so heavy that Ping needed to add a ton of weight to the head to keep it from feeling counterbalanced.
Morocco step up preparations with Burkina Faso friendlies
As preparations continue for upcoming international competitions, the Morocco women’s national football team will face the Burkina Faso women’s national football team in two friendly matches in Rabat.
The fixtures are scheduled for February 27 and March 3 and will both be played at the Prince Heir Moulay El Hassan Stadium, with kick-off set for 10:00 p.m.
Led by head coach Jorge Vilda, the matches form part of Morocco’s ongoing preparation program as the team builds rhythm ahead of future international assignments.
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The friendlies offer an opportunity to assess squad depth, refine tactical structure and maintain competitive sharpness as the Lionesses of the Atlas continue their development.
Hubballi: Jammu and Kashmir’s Auqib Nabi (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
Hubballi: A surface that had appeared lifeless for most of the first two days sprang to life on Thursday, not because of any change in conditions, but due to the quality of bowling. Unlike Karnataka’s attack, which needed 173.1 overs to dismiss Jammu and Kashmir for an imposing 584 in the first innings, the visitors required just 48.2 overs and 235 minutes to remove half of the home side’s batting line-up. At stumps on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final at the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium here, Karnataka were 220/5 in 69 overs, thanks largely to an unbeaten 130 from opener Mayank Agarwal. The eight-time champions, trailing by 364 runs, now require a monumental batting effort from the remaining line-up to stay in contention. The J&K bowlers, on their part, made the red cherry swing, bowled on the stumps and off the seam. They ticked boxes which the more experienced Karnataka line-up failed even to see. Leading the charge was strike bowler Auqib Nabi (3/32), who combined accuracy with intensity. When the battle lines for the title tilt were drawn, much of the discussion had centred on Nabi’s duel with a Karnataka top order that has four Test batters in the mix, and the seamer lived up to expectations. In a decisive passage of play spanning four overs on either side of lunch, Nabi removed KL Rahul, Karun Nair and the season’s highest run-getter R Smaran, each dismissal coming off deliveries that extracted life from an otherwise docile surface. Opening the bowling, Nabi immediately put Rahul under pressure with probing full-length deliveries, occasionally mixing in the short ball. Rahul needed 15 deliveries to get off the mark before briefly finding rhythm with two boundaries off Sunil Kumar. Nabi eventually had the last word, producing a delivery that moved late to take a faint edge through to wicketkeeper Kanhaiya Wadhawan. Sunil struck soon after, dismissing Karnataka skipper Devdutt Padikkal. Rooted to the crease, Padikkal poked tentatively outside off stump, and Abdul Samad completed the catch in the slips. Karun Nair followed almost immediately, falling to a peach of a delivery. Nabi angled one in sharply and Karun misjudged the line, the ball crashing into his off stump. Nabi then completed a devastating spell by removing Smaran, whose uncertain push at a back-of-a-length delivery resulted in an outside edge that Wadhawan safely pouched. Reduced to 57/4, Karnataka were firmly on the back foot, and the packed stadium went silent, barring the celebrations and chirping from the J&K side. Amid the collapse, Mayank stood tall. The opener remained composed despite the carnage around him and focused on the long task ahead. More assured than his teammates, he countered the swing by getting well forward and worked the ball into gaps to ease the pressure on the scoreboard. Shreyas Gopal (27) provided support in a steady partnership before being trapped leg before wicket by Yudhvir Singh. Wicketkeeper Kruthik Krishna (27 batting) then joined Mayank, and the pair ensured Karnataka reached stumps without further damage. With a massive first-innings deficit still looming, the home team’s hopes hinge on whether Mayank and the lower order can pull off a heist. Earlier, J&K, who started the day at 527/6, added 57 runs to their tally before being dismissed for 584. Pacer Prasidh Krishna finished with a five-wicket haul (5/98).
PSG once again showed moments of weakness but ultimately prevailed as the European champions advanced to the Champions League round of 16 after a 2-2 draw at home against 10-man Monaco (5-4 on aggregate). They will face either Barcelona or Chelsea in the round of 16, with the draw scheduled for Friday.
UD Almería head coach Rubi said Cristiano Ronaldo would be welcome with open arms if he decides to play for the club irrespective of who the coach is. Rubi’s remarks came after Ronaldo acquired a 25% stake in the ownership of the Segunda Division club.
On Thursday, February 26, UD Almeria confirmed in an official statement that Cristiano Ronaldo became a minority shareholder of the club through his CR7 Sports Investment company. The Al-Nassr forward has enjoyed quite a journeyman move throughout his professional career. Ronaldo has in the past expressed his desire to own a football club once he retires.
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Despite turning 41 earlier this month, Rubi believes it would be ‘extraordinary and wonderful’ if Ronaldo decides to play for UD Almeria before he hangs up his boots. Asked if Ronaldo could one day play for the club, Rubi said:
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“That’s a question for him, but it would be extraordinary and wonderful. This is his club, and if he wants to continue playing, regardless of who the coach would be, he’d welcome him with open arms. I have no doubt about that.”
Almeria are on course to gain promotion to the Spanish top flight, as they currently sit third in the Spanish Segunda Division table, two points behind leaders Racing Santander after 27 games.
Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two-year contract extension with his current club, Al-Nassr, in 2025. The deal will see him stay with the Saudi Pro League club beyond his 42nd birthday. It remains to be seen if the former Manchester United and Real Madrid man will make a surprise switch to UD Almeria.
UEFA have brutally exposed Manchester United’s transfer mistakes through a staggering net-spend figure in comparison to Chelsea and Arsenal
Manchester United are the highest net-spenders for transfers in Europe over the last five years, a UEFA report, via The Telegraph has revealed. Their European Club Finance and Investment Landscape assessment has also highlighted the financial dominance of the Premier League in comparison to other major divisions.
That was particularly evidenced by the increase in television revenue to €1.5bn (£1.3bn) for English clubs. That staggering figure very nearly amounted to the €1.6bn (£1.4bn) that 53 other European top-division leagues received combined.
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Despite taking a share of that major financial boost, United’s specific failures have also been exposed by UEFA with £692million emerging as their net-spend on transfers between 2021-2025. Major losses on the likes of Antony and Paul Pogba have undoubtedly impacted that even with other Premier League club’s spending more.
The likes of Chelsea and Arsenal have parted ways with big transfer fees over the five-year period accounted for but see £656m and £587m, respectively, as their net-spends. England’s financial dominance has also been shown on the pitch with six teams in the last-16 of this season’s Champions League.
For UEFA to publicise their finds, a review into financial accounts from 2021 to 2025 was undertaken. That resulted in the impact of all transfer activity across the five years being covered, including profits on sale, amortisation from previous transfers and impairments.
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In the report, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “After a decade that included one of the toughest periods our sport and our society have faced, European football has come through in a strong position. Club revenues have grown steadily across the board, and top-division income is expected to pass €30bn in the 2025 financial year.”
In comparison to the £3.9m loss reported during the same period in the prior year, that is quite the boost with those improvements driven by strategic cost-management initiatives sanctioned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
It looked set to be a challenging financial period for United without the addition of European football and the huge funding that comes with it, but that has clearly not entirely been the case.
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There has however, been an unsurprising downturn in commercial and matchday revenue because of less games with the club just over £9million down.
United CEO Omar Berrada said: “We are now seeing the positive financial impact of our off-pitch transformation materialise both in our costs and profitability. We continue to take a football first approach and invest in both our men’s and women’s first teams.
“On the pitch our men’s team sits fourth in the Premier League and our women’s team are second in the Women’s Super League, as well as reaching the League Cup final and the quarter-final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
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“Today’s results demonstrate the underlying strength of our business as we continue to push for the best football results possible for our men’s and women’s teams.”
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After falling short of a record 25th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic is once again at the centre of debate.
Djokovic reached the final in Melbourne and even took the first set against Carlos Alcaraz, having already defeated Jannik Sinner in a late-night semi-final. Yet he ultimately lost in four sets.
Many point to rising stars like Alcaraz and Sinner or to Djokovic’s age as the main barriers to another Slam. But renowned french tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou sees it differently.
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He believes motivation is now the decisive factor.
“The only real obstacle between Novak Djokovic and Grand Slam titles today is motivation,” Mouratoglou said.
He referenced a moment in Melbourne where Djokovic was asked whether he was now “chasing” the younger generation after once chasing legends like Federer and Nadal.
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Djokovic responded: “I’m not chasing. I’m creating my own history.”
According to Mouratoglou, the question struck a nerve and revealed how central belief and internal drive remain to Djokovic’s success.
“He achieved the goal of his life: becoming the greatest of all time,” Mouratoglou explained. “Once that mountain was climbed, the drive naturally dropped.”
Physically, Mouratoglou believes Djokovic is still capable of competing deep into Grand Slams.
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“He’s fit. He can prepare. He can manage matches. He can still reach the last rounds and compete.”
For Mouratoglou, the question is no longer whether Djokovic can win another major.
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s Thursday of NFL combine week, which means prospect measurements and on-field workouts are officially underway. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday: EDGE, DL and LB
Friday: TE and DB
Saturday: QB, RB and WR
Sunday: OL
In the morning, players will log official measurements, including height, weight, wingspan, arm length and hand size. In the afternoon, they’ll participate in on-field testing — including the 40-yard dash, vertical and broad jumps and bench press — before wrapping up with positional drills inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
As in past years, not every prospect will participate. Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza, widely viewed as the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, has already said he won’t throw in Indianapolis, opting instead to do so at Indiana’s pro day on April 1. Miami EDGE Rueben Bain Jr. — the No. 2 prospect in CBS Sports draft analyst Mike Renner’s rankings – also won’t work out, per Todd McShay.
There has been some positive news on the participation front, however. The following top prospects are expected to compete in some capacity: Ohio State EDGE Arvell Reese (No. 3 in Renner’s rankings), Ohio State LB Sonny Styles (No. 10), Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love (No. 16) and Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey (No. 19).
From arm length to 40 times, we’ve got you covered with every official measurement and testing number as they come in from Indianapolis.
EDGE measurements
Player
School
Height
Weight
Hand
Arm
Wingspan
Rueben Bain Jr.
Miami
6-2 ¼
263
9⅛
30⅞
77⅜
Arvell Reese
Ohio State
6-4 ⅛
241
9½
32½
79½
David Bailey
Texas Tech
6-3 ½
251
10¼
33⅝
79⅝
Cashius Howell
Texas A&M
6-2 ½
253
9¼
30¼
74¼
Akheem Mesidor
Miami
6-3
259
10
32⅛
78⅝
R Mason Thomas
Oklahoma
6-2 ¼
241
8⅞
31⅝
78⅛
T.J. Parker
Clemson
6-3 ½
263
9½
33⅛
79
Anthony Lucas
USC
6-5 ½
256
10¼
33⅜
—
Malachi Lawrence
UCF
6-4
253
9¼
33⅝
—
Gabe Jacas
Illinois
6-4
260
10
33
—
Joshua Josephs
Tennessee
6-3
242
10
34¼
—
Zion Young
Missouri
6-6
262
9½
33
—
Romello Height
Texas Tech
6-3
239
9½
32¼
—
Keyron Crawford
Auburn
6-4
253
9
32
—
Derrick Moore
Michigan
6-4
255
9⅛
33⅜
—
Dani Dennis-Sutton
Penn State
6-6
256
10⅛
33⅜
—
Nadame Tucker
Western Michigan
6-2
247
9
31⅜
—
Tyreak Sapp
Florida
6-2
273
9½
32
—
Wesley Williams
Duke
6-4
256
9½
31⅞
—
Caden Curry
Ohio State
6-3
257
9⅜
30⅛
—
Quintayvious Hutchins
Boston College
6-3
233
9½
32⅝
—
Trey Moore
Texas
6-2
243
10½
31⅝
—
Vincent Anthony Jr.
Duke
6-6
258
10
34⅛
—
Logan Fano
Utah
6-5
257
9⅜
31⅜
—
Max Llewellyn
Iowa
6-6
258
9
32¼
—
George Gumbs Jr.
Florida
6-4
245
9
33⅝
—
Patrick Payton
LSU
6-5
260
10
33⅜
—
Aidan Hubbard
Northwestern
6-4 ⅝
260
9⅛
32
—
Jack Pyburn
LSU
6-4
258
10
30⅞
—
Marvin Jones Jr.
Oklahoma
6-5
245
9¼
33⅛
—
Nyjalik Kelly
UCF
6-5
256
10⅜
35⅛
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Mason Reiger
Wisconsin
6-5
251
10⅜
32⅝
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EDGE measurement takeaways
Concerns
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We knew Rueben Bain Jr.’s arms were going to measure short, but his 30⅞-inch arms rank as the fourth-shortest among edge rushers since 1999, per MockDraftable. His 77⅜-inch wingspan isn’t ideal, either; only 19 edge rushers in the MockDraftable database (since 1999) have measured shorter. Bain will still be a first-round pick — likely in the top 10 — but teams with strict length thresholds could be wary of those numbers.
Cashius Howell, Mike Renner’s No. 24 prospect in this class, has even shorter arms than Bain at 30¼ inches — the shortest of any edge rusher since 1999, per MockDraftable. However, the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year doesn’t believe his historically short arms will prevent him from being productive in the NFL. “Those are just the cards that I’ve been dealt,” Howell said during Wednesday’s podium session. “I’m going to do everything in my power to perfect my technique and perfect my craft in whatever way possible.”
Match Result: New Zealand to win – 2pt wins @ 11/10 (Betfred)
Top Batter: Tim Seifert – 1pt win @ 11/2 (Unibet)
Top New Zealand Bowler: Mitch Santner – 9/2 (PricedUp)
Team to hit most 6s: New Zealand – 1pt win @ 11/8 (Betway)
England have already qualified for the T20 World Cup semi-finals but their final match, against New Zealand, looks likely to decide whether they go through as group winners or in second.
Cricket tipster Jonathan Doidge takes a look at the top bets for the match using the best odds from betting sites.
England vs New Zealand tips: Black Caps to edge out Brook’s side
This match will look winnable to both sides, given how they’ve played in the competition to date. New Zealand lost to South Africa in the group stages, while England were toppled by West Indies but both teams go into this on the back of wins and Harry Brook’s boys have the comfort of knowing that another defeat won’t stop them going through.
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That’s a good thing because, although they have played well in parts, they’ve been inconsistent and you could argue that the Black Caps have been better in that respect. Mitch Santner’s team looks a well oiled unit, with Tim Seifert playing well up top, Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra providing the class among the batters and bowling options including Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry and the skipper, all consistent performers with the ball.
England’s performances have largely been lukewarm, with the ball outperforming the bat in the main, think Nepal and Sri Lanka. Brook’s century against Pakistan will have given the squad a lift, as well as the captain himself. Having said that, here would be a perfect opportunity to trip out that sporting cliche that the sign of a good team is one that wins when it’s not playing well.
The thing is, can England raise the bar or is this just how it’s going to be in this tournament? Everyone, with the exception of Oman, has looked capable of beating anyone else if the stars align and we know that a red hot England could win this title. What we don’t know is whether those misfiring can hit form in the two, possibly three, matches that remain.
I never like to take England on but my head says that, pending Thursday’s result, if New Zealand go into this needing to win to make the semis, I think they will find a way as they have more players fully firing than those sporting the Three Lions.
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England vs New Zealand tip 1: Match Result: New Zealand to win – 2pt wins @ 11/10 (Betfred)
England vs New Zealand betting: Look out for Seifert impact
I’ve covered most of New Zealand’s matches in this tournament and have been impressed with how Tim Seifert has gone about his business in the powerplay.
The positive with him is that he plays pace well but, if the opposition resorts to spin early, he looks a better player of that to me than his opening partner Finn Allen. If the Black Caps are to win this, I think Seifert is key.
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England vs New Zealand tip 2: Top Batter: Tim Seifert – 1pt win @ 11/2 (Unibet)
England vs New Zealand betting: Santner to lead the way for Black Caps
England have always found the New Zealand captain Mitch Santner’s left arm spin very tough to score off.
His use of the crease and the very slow speed of numerous deliveries is not what most of Harry Brook’s line-up wants and I think Santner’s four overs could prove the real difference between the teams on the day.
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England vs New Zealand tip 3: Top New Zealand Bowler: Mitch Santner – 9/2 (PricedUp)
England vs New Zealand prediction: Back NZ for most maximums
At the prices and given I’ve sided with them to win the match, I think the 11/8 on offer about New Zealand hitting more sixes than England looks worth taking, as they have several players who could use the pace of their opponents to clear the ropes.
England vs New Zealand tip 4: Team to hit most 6s: New Zealand – 1pt win @ 11/8 (Betway)
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‘Money’ then ended his illustrious professional career in 2017, engineering a 10th-round finish over Conor McGregor, and has since been involved in a number of exhibition matches.
But now, the 49-year-old is returning to a professional ring, after it was also reported he is set for an exhibition with a 59-year-old Mike Tyson on April 25.
Pacquiao, meanwhile, has fought as recently as July, back when he boxed to a highly-contentious draw against then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios.
Before that, the eight-division world champion had lost a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas in 2021, which followed his points victory against Keith Thurman over two years earlier.
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But despite the 47-year-old boasting a greater number of professional rounds than Mayweather, especially in recent years, Hall of Famer Bradley is nonetheless predicting a repeat of their first fight.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Bradley admitted their rematch, much like their first encounter, has arrived far too late, but believes that Mayweather should once again have his hand raised.
“It’s too late. Will I be watching it? Yeah. I think the world going to be watching it, too. I think everybody going to be watching it.
“However, Manny Pacquiao can’t beat no damn Mayweather, man. Sorry to tell y’all; he can’t beat no Mayweather.”
Given the convincing nature of his first performance against Pacquiao, many others will likely be picking Mayweather to get the job done in their rematch.
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