Tiger Woods doesn’t appear to be making any adjustments to the setup he competed in the Genesis Invitational — where he tied for 45th — in February. However, the 15-time major champion made equipment-related headlines already this week at Augusta, speaking out on the recently proposed USGA and R&A golf ball rollback.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Woods had the following to say on the matter:

“I’ve been of the position if you play in a pro event, or you have a P next to your name, you should be playing a pro ball. Now, that was my opinion on it. If you have an A next to your name, and you’re playing an amateur event, you should use an amateur ball.

“But you’re an amateur playing a pro event, now that’s where the transition can be had, where you can start, I wouldn’t say rolling the game back, but you can start slowing it down because we’re just not able to create enough property out there…we have had a big boom in this game with COVID and more people playing the game and it’s more exciting. On tour it’s exciting to see Rory McIlroy hit it 340 yards on every hole. But does it challenge us to separate the guys who can really hit the ball in the middle of the face and control their shots? I think if you roll the ball back a little bit you’ll see better ball strikers will have more of an advantage over the guys who miss it a little bit.

“Everyone is going to get stronger, bigger and faster as generations go on. And with technology, you’re going to find even if you roll the ball back and get a spinnier golf ball, guys are going to maybe go to a 4-degree driver. You might find a different shaft and you might have that one match up. Yes, I think this should have happened a long time ago. Jack was saying the [Titleist] 384 was going too far in the 1980s. But my take on it is that amateurs should still be able to have fun and still hit the golf ball far but regulate it about how far we hit.”

A look at Tiger Woods’ WITB for the 2023 Masters, below.

Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (9 degrees @7.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (15 degrees @14.25)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade M3 (19 degrees @18.25)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX

Irons: 2023 TaylorMade P770 (3-iron), TaylorMade P7TW (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 

Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 Raw (56-12TW), TaylorMade MG3 Raw (60-11TW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS prototype
Grip: Ping PP58

Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord 58R

More Tiger Woods WITBs

• Tiger Woods WITB 2023 (February)
• Tiger Woods WITB 2022 (December) (new in-hand photos)
• Tiger Woods WITB 2022 (July)
• Tiger Woods WITB at the 2022 PGA Championship (with a new 2-iron!)
• Tiger Woods WITB: 2022 Masters
• Tiger Woods WITB 2021 PNC Championship (new in-hand photos)