Welcome to Fully Fit 2026, GOLF’s new platform for providing you with real-golfer insights into what 2026 gear might be best suited for your game. To this end, we assembled six GOLF content creators of varying abilities and ran them through the gauntlet of six full-bag fittings (driver to putter!) at six major club manufacturers in Phoenix and Carlsbad, Calif. Our hope: that you might see shades of your own game in one of our panelists’ and take some learnings and inspiration from their fitting experiences. In this installment (below), check out the drivers that each of our Fully Fit 2026 panelists chose for their golf bags. You may browse our each panelists’ full 2026 dream bags here:
Jake Morrow (0 handicap) | Johnny Wunder (2) | Wadeh Maroun (2) | Jack Hirsh (2.4) | Maddi MacClurg (5.6) | Sean Zak (7.8)
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Choosing the right driver is one of the first steps to playing great golf, and this year that decision is harder than ever.
When getting dialed in by some of the best fitters from the major OEMs, the differences between drivers are minimal, perhaps just 1 mph of ball speed or a few hundred RPMs of spin. But those numbers can be the difference between confidently stepping up to the tee or not.
After fittings at six different manufacturers, here are the drivers our six panelists chose for their bags for 2026.
Jack Hirsh’s Driver
Head: TaylorMade Qi4D
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX
Loft: 9.0˚ @ 8.5˚
FCT setting: 1 Click Lower (1.5˚ sleeve)
Front weights: 9 g toe, 8 g heel
Back weights: 5 g toe, 4 g heel
Length: 45.5″ CUT
Tipping: 0″
Swingweight: D2
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, TaylorMade
Why it’s in my bag: Let me preface this by explaining I have played a TaylorMade driver since the M3 in 2018. I actually struggled a good bit during my TaylorMade fitting when it came to the driver, so much so that we had to stop and come back to it later. Due to my own bias, I was probably trying to make things work, despite knowing the driver was going to be super competitive this year.
The Qi4D was the only head I struggled with the Fujikura Ventus TR Blue in, the same shaft I fit into with every other head. But finally, my fitter, Chandler Carr, pulled out the Whiteboard, a shaft I’ve really never used much before, and we started getting the right ball flight and tight draw I’ve been looking for. Interestingly enough, I am a “Low Rotation” player according to TaylorMade’s new fitting ideology, but the Whiteboard 73 X is listed a “High Rotation” shaft. Mitsubishi shafts run slightly softer than others, which is why Chandler pulled the TX flex, which, despite being the same shaft, acts like a “Low Rotation” shaft at my speeds.
Putting some of the weight in the toe also helped me with getting my desired ball flight. There are just so many ways to fit this driver to what you need.
So far in playing this driver, the speed has been everything I could want and removing the fear of left has made it so much easier to work the ball both ways off the tee. That’s something I feel like I need to do to play my best golf.
1 key data point: ±165 rpm spin standard deviation on 8 shots. Even when I don’t hit this driver well, I’m amazed to see that the spin almost never drops below 2100 and almost never climbs above 2900. That’s really crucial if I’m ever trying to hit a fade, I can be confident that I won’t spin on up into the wind, and I can be sure my toe misshits won’t dive out of the air. This is all tied to TaylorMade’s new tighter roll radius on the Qi4D. The number above takes out two balls where I came out of the swing and didn’t finish it (a common thing I do in simulators), hitting it off the bottom of the face. Those balls didn’t get above 3000 rpm.
Jake Morrow’s Driver
Head: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond MAX – 10.5º
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 TX
Opti-Fit Setting: D/-2 (Strong Cog)
Front weight: 2g
Back weight: 6g Heel +1g Toe
Length: 45″
Tipping: 1″
Swingweight: D0
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Callaway
Why it’s in my bag: I actually actively tried NOT to have this one in my bag this year. There are two other drivers in the Cobra OPTM X or the TaylorMade Qi4D that I could absolutely play with zero hesitation, but I’ve been playing a Callaway player’s driver for the better part of the last decade, and this just feels like home. It looks like a Callaway, it sounds and feels like a Callaway, and it’s FAST. Even on my bad days, the Callaway has given me the fastest ball speeds out of the bunch that I tested this year. I am still juggling the TD and the TD MAX, but I can’t really go wrong with either. A lot of the decision for what travels to Battle at the Beach is going to be based on some more on-course testing with both heads, but regardless of which head I choose, I know I’m going to be hitting the ball just a touch farther this year than I did last year.
1 key data point: Ball speed. I touched 170 with this several times in testing. As I gear up to get back to 170 on a consistent basis, I feel like I’m going to get there a little faster with this one.
Johnny Wunder’s Driver
Head: Taylor Made Qi4D
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black Velo+ 6X
Loft: 8˚
Setting: Upright
Front weights: 5g heel, 8g toe
Back weights: 9g, 9g
Length: 45.25 EOG
Tipping: .5
Swingweight: D4
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, TaylorMade
Why it’s in the bag: I haven’t seen this combination of ball speed, spin efficiency and forgiveness in one club since TaylorMade’s M2. I got consistent ball speed and spin numbers across the face, and my smash was always at 1.48-1.49.
1 Key Data Point: Ball speed across the face and consistent smash factor. At 107 mph, I was always around 159-160, and at 110 mph I was in the mid 160s. It was the fastest driver I tested…and the most efficient. Now, to be fair, the Ping 440K was really close; at the end of the day, it came down to TaylorMade Tour Rep Adrian Rietveld and his ability to recreate what worked with the Ping and crank up the speed. It literally came down to 2 mph up and down the face. Toughest driver decision I’ve ever made. Qi4D has that advantage with the quad-weight system; if you get a fitter who knows what they are doing, having that many levers to pull is a huge advantage.
Maddi MacClurg’s Driver
Head: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max
Shaft: Denali Frost Silver 60G 6.0
Loft: 9º
OptiFit Setting: NS
Weights: Neutral
Length: 45.5″
Swingweight: D2
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Callaway
Why it’s in my bag: Wow! This driver is fast. I was completely blown away during testing, not just by the increased speed and distance, but also by how forgiving it is. My good strikes were rewarded with explosive ball speed and a piercing ball flight that carried farther than any driver I’ve ever hit. Even my off-center hits — normally big, wipey fades — stayed relatively on line and didn’t sacrifice much speed or distance.
1 key data point: My ball speed with this driver was off the charts. I even hit LPGA-level speeds (between 145–155 mph) a few times when I really stepped on it. Even on normal swings, I picked up at least 5 mph in ball speed, and that was just during testing. Can’t wait to see how my numbers look once courses thaw out this spring.
Sean Zak’s Driver
Head: Titleist GT2
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF-6 X
Loft: 9°
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
Length: 45.5″
Tipping: 0″
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Titleist
Why it’s in my bag: Because it’s home. The GT2 head shape really agrees with me, being a bit more elongated than some pro-level shapes. My driver fittings were fascinating because most fitters found me hitting low-launch soft cuts with a decent amount of spin. They attacked my spin-rate and tried like hell to get me to launch the ball higher, working in new shafts and hosel settings every few swings. But I fear that the driver swing itself needs to change for me to actually get this thing in the air at tour-preferred trajectory (100 feet off the ground).
1 key data point: My launch angle was always in the single digits, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it’s just not ideal. We’ve got some work to do on the driver swing front if we want to start carrying it farther, but I’m quite comfortable with the shot shape. Once we dial in a swing that moves up on the ball a bit more, I could see myself shifting into a GT3 or TaylorMade Qi4D. Luckily, I’ve got those in the holster if necessary.
Wadeh Maroun’s Driver
Head: Cobra OPTM LS
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 6-S
Loft: 9.0 @ 8
FutureFit33 Setting: F4
Weights: 3g Fade, 11g accuracy, 3g forgiveness
Length: 45”
Tipping: none
Swingweight: D0
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