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Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.

Augusta National presents a unique challenge to the best in the world every year, but with near-perfect conditions, the test is even more demanding.

With a fairly dry lead-up to the Masters and the rare occurrence of no rain in the forecast for this weekend, Augusta National will be as firm and fast this weekend as the club wants it, meaning pros are searching for more height to stop the ball.

That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that 11 players chose to drop 4-irons this week in favor of high-lofted fairway woods or hybrids. A few of those players are guys who don’t typically play a 4-iron, like Tommy Fleetwood, Zach Johnson and PGA Tour Champions players Vijay Singh, Mike Weir and Freddie Couples, who has his normal three-hybrid setup this week.

But other players, including Akshay Bhatia, Brian Campbell, Jason Day and Matt Fitzpatrick, have all dropped the 4-iron for clubs they’ve had built specifically for Augusta National.

Bhatia added a new Callaway Apex UW ’26 21-degree this week in place of his normal 22-degree X Forged UT 4-iron.

“Basically, he was looking at incoming second shots to Nos. 13 and 15 and needing something hitting a higher apex to land softer on those greens,” Callaway Tour Content Manager Johnny Thompson told GOLF.

Bhatia’s gamer OG prototype UW, which is closer to 17 degrees in loft, remains in the bag as his 5-wood alternative. Despite the roughly three-degree gap between the two clubs, the new UW is more than two inches shorter, which provides an optimal carry yardage gap.

Akshay Bhatia’s new Apex UW specs
Apex UW ’26
Loft: 21˚ @ 20˚
Lie: 58.2˚
Sole weight: 14 g
Hot melt: 2 g crown
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10-X
Length: 39.375”
Tipping: 2”
Swingweight: D1.8

Campbell, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last season, like Bhatia, also does not play a traditional 4-iron week-to-week, opting instead for Ping’s iDi long iron replacement. But this week, he’s got a G440 Max 9-wood to help him get even more stopping power on the firm greens.

“When he hits it on No. 4 or into 5, that 9-wood is just going to allow it to stop so much faster than even that [iDi]4-iron,” Ping Tour Rep Kenton Oates told GOLF. “The 4-iron gets in there fine, but it still spins like a 4-iron — it’s just not going to react the same.”

Oates said the spin is the real difference maker when it comes to switching from an iron to a fairway wood or hybrid. He could build a 4-iron that nearly reaches the same height a high-lofted metal wood, but it’s the extra spin that really gives a player control on the greens.

PING G440 Max Custom Fairway Wood

The G440 fairway family (MAX, LST, SFT) advances PING’s reputation as a Tour-preferred model of choice through a re-designed face structure and low CG system. The face is taller for more confidence off the tee while maintaining a CG location that delivers high- launching performance off the ground. The MAX model (which fits most golfers) is available in five lofts (including a new 4-wood) to provide more gapping solutions.  HIGH MOI Easy to launch, stable design increases forgiveness.  FLEXING FACE Maraging steel face flexes for more ball speed, optimizes spin.  TALLER FACE PROFILE Improves performance off the tee, maintains low CG.  FREE-HOSEL DESIGN Saves weight to lower CG, optimize launch/spin and increase forgiveness. 

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“It’s probably not a huge difference on a TrackMan peak height number — maybe only about 15 feet — but that extra height is coming from spin. When the height is coming from spin, that’s when you really start to see the ball actually react on the green and stop. That’s the difference,” Oates said. “That extra 15 feet can end up being 15 feet closer to the hole when it lands.”

Ping had three 9-woods in play this week, 10+ 7-woods and Carlos Ortiz gamed a 26-degree G440 5-hybrid.

Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Jason Day all used TaylorMade 7-woods, but the interesting note there was that Fitzpatrick and Day both kept the 5-woods they already had in the bag, bucking the trend of either having a 5- or a 7-wood. Lowry dropped his Srixon ZXiU 3-iron for the Qi4D 7-wood.

“Sometimes I feel like you need it, especially with the added length,” Day said on Wednesday of the extra fairway wood. “You kind of need a better gap at the top end for some of these holes around Augusta National. So nothing too dramatic, but just the top end.”

TaylorMade’s Adrian Rietveld told GOLF that both Day and Fitzpatrick have shorter builds on their 7-woods, but otherwise, there’s nothing different about the spec for it to cover both a 3-iron and 4-iron distance. Rietveld said both players are using shot-shaping to hit higher, more floaty shots when they need to cover 4-iron yardage.

Basically, the 7-wood acts as two clubs in one.

Mini Mania at Augusta National

Mini driver usage has been growing steadily on the PGA Tour over the past two years, but it seems like it might be peaking at the Masters.

A total of 23 players played a mini driver at Augusta National and it seems the consensus is that the clubs are built for the modern game at the historic course. Callaway lead the way with 10 while TaylorMade had eight.

While several of those mini drivers were from players like Fleetwood, Max Greyserman and Min Woo Lee who game one every week on the PGA Tour, other players like Justin Rose, Harris English and Tom McKibbin had them built in the weeks prior specifically for this course.

“I think it’s all about predictability when it comes to a mini driver,” Callaway Tour Representative Kellen Watson told GOLF. “You have a driver where you know it’s going to carry this bunker, but you don’t know how much it’s going to roll out. With this, you want to know the carry number and have the total be very tight — like nine yards or so — which is perfect.”

Even as the Masters tees have been lengthened over 500 yards in the last 20 years, the bends in the fairways — and the firmness of those fairways — make several holes ideal for players to use a mini driver.

The most obvious case is the long downhill dogleg left par-4 10th, where a drive down the left benefits from the steeper slope. But because a mini driver is easier to work right-to-left, it’s also favored on Nos. 5, 7, which have awkward run-outs and slants in the fairways.

TaylorMade R7 Quad Custom Mini Driver

PERFORMANCE FOR THE MODERN PLAYER Inspired by one of the most iconic models in TaylorMade history, the R7 Quad Mini Driver pays homage to what’s come before, while creating its own modern identity in the same breath. It’s that very modern design that incorporates proven TaylorMade technologies to give golfers versatility and playability. R7 QUAD WEIGHTING SYSTEM The new quad weighting system features four movable weights (13g x2, 4g x2) that provide the ultimate in spin management and shot shape control. Forward CG creates a penetrating flight best suited for maximizing distance whereas rear CG helps prioritize control and ease of use from the deck. Shot shape can also be fine-tuned helping create the most optimal flight. Additional weights can be purchased for a wider range of adjustability. INFINITY CARBON CROWN A new satin Infinity Carbon Crown has been added to the R7 Quad Mini Driver chassis creating a stunning look while saving weight for better mass optimization. The cosmetic package is clean, elegant, and confidence-inspiring.

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For many longer players, there’s also only one hole where a 3-wood off the deck comes into play: The uphill par-5 8th. But No. 8 allows players to hit a low approach and chase it up, a shot well-suited to a mini driver.

“If you’re a longer player, there are basically no 3-woods off the ground here,” said Oates. “So now the mini driver fills that gap, especially when you combine that with the number of tee shots where you have to work it right-to-left. That combination makes it really valuable.”

Oates said English, who primarily plays a fade with his driver, was hitting his mini driver on 6-7 different holes during practice rounds.

Max Homa also tested out a Cobra King Tec mini that Ben Schomin said was to give him an option off the tee to move the ball right to left.

“The idea was to be able to make a stock swing and have the ball turn over without having to do anything differently with setup or alignment,” Schomin said. “But also have the ability to really swing it around when you need to, like on 10. He felt very comfortable doing both.”

Schomin and Homa had the club dialed for an 8˚-10˚ launch and 2800-3100 spin, but Homa ultimately decided on a 3-wood instead.

Quiet week on the trucks

One common theme with all of these new clubs players have in their bags this week is that the vast majority weren’t built this week.

In fact, Masters week, like most major weeks, is a fairly quiet one on the Tour Trucks.

“There’s really not much going on. I mean, there’s really not much we can do,” Watson said. “At this point, if you haven’t done your job already, then you probably shouldn’t be here.”

Much of the work is validating or re-validating clubs that were built for this week, or minor maintenance jobs like re-grippings and loft and lie checks.

Justin Rose is a perfect example as he had clubs, like his Callaway Quantum Mini Driver and prototype Cleveland RTZ wedge, built for him weeks ago specifically to get ready for the Masters.

The Ping Tour Truck built 109 clubs this week, but the majority of those were players like Vijay Singh, who doesn’t get serviced regularly, or guys like Sandy Lyle, who aren’t even playing this week.

“A lot of the stuff you’re seeing built this week is for past champions or guys we don’t see as much,” Oates said. “The Conners and the Hovlands, they’re already dialed. There’s really not much for us to do.”

Harry Hall goes nuclear on the bag after Round 1

Harry Hall started his Masters with a brand new driver, a Ping G440 LST, one that helped Ping tie Titleist for the lead in driver count for the week, a first in roughly two seasons for Ping.

He also had Ping’s prototype mini in the bag as he continues his torrid pace of gear switches throughout this season.

Already this year, Hall has switched between no fewer than four different drivers, two sets of irons, three sets of wedges, two putters and a golf ball change just for this week.

After Round 1 at Augusta, where he shot 77, he seemed ready to do all of that between then and his Friday morning tee time.

“I’m going to change my driver. I’m going to put two drivers in play tomorrow, different ones. I’m putting a new putter in play and going to figure out on the range,” Hall said Thursday. “I don’t think I spin my irons enough either. I went into a spinnier ball this week, but I still, you know, can’t stop it on a dime like I need to. So I probably need to add off to my irons or do something to compete in these majors.”

Hall appeared to only use the TaylorMade Qi4D driver he was playing most recently before this week and he did switch from his longtime Odyssey O-Works putter to a TaylorMade Spider that he started using at Bay Hill.

After all of that, Hall had a wild Round 2 of five birdies, five bogeys and eight pars for an even-par 72 that puts him at five over for the week and likely to miss the cut.

Golf Pride continues major dominance

No surprise here as Golf Pride continues to dominate grip counts at majors.

Of the top 10 betting favorites heading into the week, eight of them used Golf Pride grips with multiple models represented, including the Tour Velvet, MCC and Align Max families.

Overall, 80 of the 91 players in the field are using a Golf Pride grip.

Check this out

This section is dedicated to cool photos we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out some more of the Cleveland prototype RTZ offset wedges that are sneaking into multiple bags on the PGA Tour. Take a guess who this one is for. Check out the full story behind them.

Odds and Ends

Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.

Justin Thomas (GTS2), was among three players to add a new Titleist GTS driver this week. The others were Dustin Johnson (GTS2) and Cam Smith (GTS3) … Cameron Young added a Titleist GTS3 7-wood in place of his GT1 hybrid … Thomas also gamed a Vokey WedgeWorks 60L lob wedge, a grind that sits between his normal 60T and 60K* gamers … Vokey had 114 gap, sand and lob wedges … Ping and Titleist tied for the driver count lead with 25 and the G440 LST was the most played model… Vijay Singh had a new Ping G440 K … Keegan Bradley tested a TaylorMade Qi4D LS driver but stuck with his G430 LST … Wyndham Clark has a new TaylorMade Qi4D Tour 3-wood, replacing his G440 Max … Justin Rose has one of Cleveland’s prototype RTZ wedges with a 588 Wide sole … Aldrich Potgieter has a new TaylorMade Spider, one of 16 in the field … as he continues a search for a new putter … U.S. Mid-Am champ Brandon Holtz asked the USGA to send him his Callaway Paradym Ai-Smoke TD that he won the Mid-Am with an donated to the USGA Museum, but chose not to use it … TaylorMade had 79 fairways in play, including two from Rory McIlroy, who switched back to his Qi10 3-wood … Odyssey led the putter count with 28 … Fujikura swept the counts for driver (36/39.6% of field), woods (116/41.3%) and hybrid shafts (10/62.5%)

3 things you should read/watch

A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.

Cameron Young’s bag is constantly evolving. Dive into how he got here | Bag Spy – In the latest edition of Bag Spy, take a deep dive into Players champion Cam Young’s golf bag, with his high-lofted driver, game improvement wood and hybrid and prototype golf ball.

Titleist GT3 Custom Driver

GT3 – Speed-Tuned Distance & Control GT3 offers Titleist’s boldest combination of power and personalization. With a speed-tuned design that allows you to precisely match performance to your most frequent contact location, you can make your biggest drives even bigger while taking total control over flight and shaping. For players with a relatively consistent impact location, GT3 offers a precisely adjustable CG Track to max out distance and directional control. Seamless Thermoform Crown A reimagined ultra-lightweight design, born from a new Proprietary Matrix Polymer. The tunable acoustic properties of this unique composite allow Titleist engineers to realize new material gains while maintaining our signature sound and feel. All wrapped in a clean look that inspires total confidence. Split Mass Construction A breakthrough in internal weighting unlocks longer drives and enhanced directional control in GT3. The Adjustable CG Track now sits closer to the face for more dynamic CG control, while additional discretionary mass is pushed to the back of the club to maintain optimal stability through impact. Advanced Aerodynamics GT3 features a new raised tail contour that represents a dramatic shift in driver aerodynamics. Previously impossible to execute due to design constraints, this advanced shaping results in a driver that swings faster while still providing optimal CG control.

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Why Rory McIlroy decided on these clubs – Take a deep dive in Rory McIlroy’s bag as he defends his Masters title with his fitter, Adrian Rietveld.

‘Failure’s not an option’: Augusta National chairman reaffirms club’s rollback stance – At his annual Masters press conference, Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley called for action to end the uncertainty around golf’s rollback.

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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 Cameron Young’s bag and equipment setup for 2026.

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Cameron Young enters his fifth career Masters in a much different position than all of his previous visits. His golf bag is drastically different, too.

Young is making his first start since the biggest win of his young career at the Players Championship. A year ago, he was talked about as the best PGA Tour player without a win. Now he has two.

In that time, Young and Titleist’s Tour team have been meticulous to dial in his golf bag to match one of the fastest and highest-spin players on the PGA Tour. Many of the changes revolve around Young’s prototype Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot over the past eight months, but others have been in the works for years before it was even a thought.

He really doesn’t change technically,” Titleist Vokey rep Aaron Dill told GOLF. “His golf swing, his action, his ball flight. It’s very consistent, right? And so as a, as a club fitter and as an equipment team, you know, the little things that we do to help him manage some of the problems, the problem areas of being a stronger ball flight guy.

“Using the golf ball, putting, putting a wider sole on the wedge, J.J. putting together a driver that creates high launch, low spin, you know, there’s just this perfect symphony of all these things that give him all these freedoms and flexibilities to swing the way he wants to swing. And when you put those together, and he’s putting well — which he does all the time — you start winning championships.”

Keep reading below to dive into Young’s unique bag.

Breaking down every club in Cameron Young’s bag

Ball

Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot

The golf ball is the foundation of almost all the bags on the PGA Tour, but Young’s is especially so given his recent changes. During his breakthrough win last summer, Young became one of the first players to game Titleist’s prototype Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball.

He was previously a user of one of Titleist’s other Custom Performance Option (CPO) golf balls, the Pro V1 Left Dot, to help rein in his super-high-spin delivery conditions. But during a research session at the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane, Van Wezenbeeck and the golf ball R&D teams noticed Young had an especially strong flight with one of the prototypes. This testing session was more for Fordie Pitts and the R&D team than it was for Young, but clearly, there was something worth pursuing.

“That was kind of a light bulb moment, I think, for golf ball R&D and Fordie going, ‘Okay, we have a profile here. It needs a little refinement, but it’s kind of doing some things that, um, that they’re asking to do,'” Van Wezenbeeck said.

That ball eventually became the Pro V1x Double Dot prototype that Young first played at the Wyndham Championship, where he would get his first win.

Titleist Pro V1x Golf Balls

Total Performance With Higher Flight And More Spin Pro V1x golf balls are the optimal premium performance choice for players looking for maximum distance, higher flight and more stopping power. Why Play Pro V1x? Pro V1x is recommended to players who are looking for high-trajectory flight, low long game spin with maximum short game spin, and firmer feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1x has a higher flight than Pro V1. A high-gradient dual core produces slightly more iron and wedge spin than Pro V1.

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Driver

Specs

Titleist GT3 11.0
SureFit Hosel Setting: D1
SureFit CG Setting: N
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX

The driver Young used for the recorded longest drive ever on the 18th hole at TPC Sawgrass at the Players was one he just started using the week before.

Titleist’s fitting philosophy revolves around fitting the golf ball to the iron set and then fitting the driver and the rest of the bag to the ball.

With Young’s new Double Dot prototype resulting in such a great flight with his irons, Van Wezenbeeck began working with him to further dial in the rest of the bag over the last several months. The last part was switching to the 11-degree lofted GT3, the highest lofted driver of any winner so far this season on the PGA Tour.

The move was actually precipitated after prototype testing of the GTS lineup, where Van Wezenbeeck found that Young was performing best with the GTS3. That led them to re look at Young’s driver as he was currently in GT2.

At Bay Hill, Young put into play the new GT3, set to D1, taking the loft down 3/4 of a degree, which got his launch angle up from 9 degrees to 11 while keeping spin relatively in the same window at 2500 rpm. The goal was to increase peak height and thus carry efficiency, not increase spin.

“if we had just gone to an 11-degree GT2, we’re going to get kind of launch and spin,” Van Wezenbeeck said. “By going from a 10-degree GT2 to an 11-degree GT3, we were able to control the spin in a similar window and get launch, which really helped that ball flight.”

Titleist GT3 Custom Driver

GT3 – Speed-Tuned Distance & Control GT3 offers Titleist’s boldest combination of power and personalization. With a speed-tuned design that allows you to precisely match performance to your most frequent contact location, you can make your biggest drives even bigger while taking total control over flight and shaping. For players with a relatively consistent impact location, GT3 offers a precisely adjustable CG Track to max out distance and directional control. Seamless Thermoform Crown A reimagined ultra-lightweight design, born from a new Proprietary Matrix Polymer. The tunable acoustic properties of this unique composite allow Titleist engineers to realize new material gains while maintaining our signature sound and feel. All wrapped in a clean look that inspires total confidence. Split Mass Construction A breakthrough in internal weighting unlocks longer drives and enhanced directional control in GT3. The Adjustable CG Track now sits closer to the face for more dynamic CG control, while additional discretionary mass is pushed to the back of the club to maintain optimal stability through impact. Advanced Aerodynamics GT3 features a new raised tail contour that represents a dramatic shift in driver aerodynamics. Previously impossible to execute due to design constraints, this advanced shaping results in a driver that swings faster while still providing optimal CG control.

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3-wood

Specs

Titleist GT1 3Tour
Loft: 14.5˚
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
SureFit Weights: 15 g front, 7 g back
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX

Young’s fairway wood and hybrid are the same story as his driver. After the golf ball change, he was looking to increase launch without increasing spin to take advantage of the flight characteristics of his Double Dot Prototype.

After winning with the GT3 fairway wood in the bag at Wyndham, and previously using a strong lofted 13.5˚ GT2, Young moved into the GT1 3Tour in the fall to, again, deliver more launch without increasing spin.

The fairway wood has a prototype silver face to allow Young to see the 14.5 degrees of loft easier and it’s something we’ve seen on some of the GTS fairway wood prototypes spotted out on Tour in the last few weeks.

“We went … to the 14.5 with a silver face, and that face really provided that shallow head, let him see a lot of loft and allowed him to keep impacts up the face to keep launch up,” Van Wezenbeeck said.

Titleist GT1 3Tour Custom Fairway Wood

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Hybrid

Specs

Titleist GT1
Loft: 20˚
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
SureFit Weights: 13 g front, 5 g back
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX

The GT1 hybrid is probably the most surprising club in Young’s bag since being added at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season.

Unlike the GT1 3Tour fairway wood, which has a lower and more forward CG than the standard GT1 3-wood head, the GT1 hybrid is the same as the version in many weekend hackers’ bags.

The larger profile hybrid (between the size of a traditional hybrid and a 7-wood) has the unique ability to accept both fairway wood and hybrid shafts. A fairway wood shaft typically has a softer tip compared to a hybrid shaft because of the smaller tip diameter, and using the same Diamana PD 80 TX as Young’s 3-wood helped them create more launch and higher peak heights.

“We took advantage of GT1 being able to use a fairway shaft here. So we have kind of this small, you know, big-headed hybrid or kind of small-headed fairway,” Van Wezenbeeck said. “In this case, we needed a little speed, we needed a little spin, and a little launch. So when we paired it with a fairway shaft, we got a little bit of everything.”

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Irons

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3/3

Specs

Irons: Titleist ’23 T200 (4), ’23 T100 (5), 631.CY Prototype (6-9)
Shafts: Dynamic Gold X7
Length: Standard (37″ 7-iron)
Lies: “Near standard”

Young is one of a few Titleist staffers playing their own, unique one-off set of irons. How did Van Wezenbeeck and the Tour team decide that Young would benefit from a personal set of irons?

It came out of Young’s high shaft lean delivery, which was causing issues with turf interaction, especially on his short irons. The first solution was to add some bounce to the leading edge of his 620 MBs, but then the team started to go further.

“We work through the process where I kind of interview the player on things that he likes, doesn’t like. I bring that to Marni Ines (Titleist’s director of iron development) and the irons team and say, ‘Okay, here’s kind of our 1st swing,’ Van Wezenbeeck said. “We’ll mill a piece. We’ll take that back out. 
We’ll get further feedback and refinement and kind of work through that process, until we get something we really like.”

It helped that Young loved the profile and offset of the existing 620 MBs, so they could build off that profile. To enhance the turf interaction, the irons have a progressive bounce, with more on the scoring irons to transition into his wedges. The 6- to 8-irons also have a slightly wider sole to help lower the CG and give Young a touch more launch.

For the first two prototype heads made for him, a 9-iron and a 6-iron, Young requested no changes for either of them.

There was a 631.CY 5-iron made for Young, but his existing T100 5-iron outperformed the custom-made prototype. He’s remained in his ’23 T100 5-iron and T200 4-iron because of the familiarity and trust he has in those clubs.

His larger-profile long irons are becoming somewhat of a theme out on Tour, but that’s all to help him create consistent launch and yardage gappings and pair with his low-launch and high-spin delivery.

This year, as Young was working through some swing changes, Young and Van Wezenbeeck made the lie angles on his short irons more upright to optimize his start lines.

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Wedges

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Specs

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM11
Lofts/Grinds: 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62˚)
Shaft: Dynamic Gold X7 (48-57), X100 (62)

Young’s wedge set helped him as much as any part in his bag at the Players, where he led the field in Scrambling at 76 percent and made the crucial final birdie on 17 after knocking a sand wedge to 10 feet.

One of two major changes Young has made to his wedge was switching to the 56.14F (bent weak to 57˚) from an M-Grind sand wedge to optimize his carry yardage gaps and give him another option around the greens.

But the other change was moving to a unique WedgeWorks 60K* lob wedge bent to 62˚ at the PGA Championship at Valahalla in 2024. Then, Young was in a low-bounce and narrow-soled T-Grind lob wedge. That’s the most popular wedge grind on the PGA Tour, but one that was making it difficult for Young to get out of the bunkers.

“I’m just watching him from a distance, just seeing how things are going, and and every time every time he hits a shot out of the practice bunker, it’s coming out low and dead and just releasing a lot,” Dill said.
”And his body, you know, his body language just looked a little frustrated.”

Young was looking to get more and easier height out of the sand, so that led Young to give him a demo head of a 60˚ K*, with the adjustable hosel set to 62˚ to add even more bounce.

“I gave him the 60 K* at 62, and I knew there were two things he’d love — the wide sole creates effortless height, and it helps him in the sand. He’s getting height around the green and consistency through the sand,” Dill said. “He played it that week, and I asked how it went. He said, ‘I was 10 for 10 in bunker saves.’ So I’d say it worked pretty well.”

Given that Young plays such stout Dynamic Gold X7 shafts in his irons, he keeps them through his sand wedge to match the feel and consistency. At the lob wedge, he does go slightly softer, although not much, with an X100.

Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks SM11 K* Grind Custom Wedge

One of the most popular lob wedge grinds on the PGA TOUR, the K* features a low-bounce sole that originates from the .06K Grind. Instead of the full, smooth sole of the K, the K* features a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge as well as heel, toe and trailing edge relief.  The pre-wear helps resist excessive digging on square-faced shots, while the heel, toe and trailing edge relief adds greenside versatility when the face is opened. Like all K Grind variations, K* has a wide sole that excels out of the bunker.  Justin Thomas, Lottie Woad, Cameron Young and the 2024 Champion Golfer of the Year are among the many players who travel with a K* lob wedge in their bag week in and week out. 

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Putter

Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke

Young has played one of Scotty Cameron’s Phantom mallets for the entirety of his PGA Tour career, but there were multiple different options before the 9.5R Tour prototype he’s in today.

While he was on the Korn Ferry Tour, he used a face-balanced and large Phantom 11. By the time he was on the PGA Tour, he preferred a more compact Phantom 5, but with a long plumber’s neck, so it was still face balanced.

Young has had a relationship with Scotty Cameron’s Brad Cloke since his days on the Korn Ferry Tour and while he was in the long-neck Phantom 5, he told Cloke he wanted to get into a putter with more toe flow.

“Some of it’s a desire for him to play a blade,” Cloke said. “Although he, self-admittedly, says he would never put a blade in play, he’s got one that he’s always teased and tempted to put in play, but it’s kind of that same original feeling of more flow.”

In late 2024, Cloke built him some Phantom options with a high toe flow jet neck, but it wasn’t until early 2025 that Young felt he he was comfortable using one. He made the move to the 9.5R at the Cognizant Classic and hasn’t switched since. He recorded the best putting season of his career in 2025, ranking 7th in SG: Putting after being outside the top 140 the previous two seasons.

The “R” denotes more rounded edges and contours on the No. 9 shape and eventually inspired Cameron to bring the modification to retail with the 2026 Phantom lineup.

“Guys just pick up putters and sometimes they get attached to them right away,” Cloke said. “That’s what happened with the 9.5R—it just appealed to his eye and gave him what he was looking for.”

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On the 71st hole of both of his last two PGA Tour wins, J.J. Spaun has delivered the two most clutch drives of his career.

Both came with the same driver.

At Oakmont, Spaun was tied for the lead with Robert MacIntyre when he authored the shot of the tournament by driving the par-4 17th green, his ball running right past the cup, on his way to a go-ahead birdie.

This past Sunday, Spaun did it again in an arguably more clutch situation when he was trailing by one shot on the 17th hole at TPC San Antonio. His tee ball landed just short of the green and rolled out just inside of 10 feet. This time, Spaun converted the eagle putt to go ahead by one and hung on by paring the difficult par-5 18th to post 17 under, which proved to be good enough for his third PGA Tour victory and second at the Valero Texas Open.

“I think if there was more wind I would have hit 3-wood, but I knew I was one back of the lead. I wanted to be aggressive and take driver, just kind of hit like a 90-percent driver,” Spaun said after the win. “I kind of had a flash of my tee shot at Oakmont at the U.S. Open last year on 17 on Sunday where I drove the green and ended up making birdie. It was kind of a nice image that I had in my mind before I pegged it and hit the shot. Yeah, I stepped in there and put a really good swing on it.”

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Spaun has taken his game to another level since switching to the Titleist GT3 driver in the summer of 2024. He was initially in the GT2 model when the club debuted on the PGA Tour that summer, but Spaun worked with Titleist Tour rep Larry Silveira at that year’s 3M Open to dial in his spin rates, which led him to the GT3 head.

Spaun plays his driver in the B1 setting, which plays the driver at its stated loft of 9 degrees but makes it three-quarters of a degree flatter. He also moves the SureFit CG track weight on the sole to the T1 position. Both of these changes are presumably to give the club a touch more of a right bias.

He pairs the head with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X with VeloCore+. The Ventus Black was in the driver of all four major champions last season, including Spaun, and so far this season is the single-winningest shaft profile on the PGA Tour, with five victories in 13 events. Last week’s winner, Gary Woodland, also plays the Ventus Black with VeloCore+.

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Before switching to the GT, Spaun ranked 146th on the PGA Tour in Srokes Gained: Off the Tee, but was 41st last season.

Last week at TPC San Antonio, he was 16th for the week, gaining nearly two strokes OTT, with 1.362 coming in the final round. The tee shot on No. 17 itself gained him 1.08 strokes as he set up the go-ahead eagle.

While Titleist has started seeding its next-generation GTS line of drivers, Spaun doesn’t seem like he’s ready to switch. You can take advantage of the timing as the GT drivers are currently $200 off!

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For companies like Callaway, Cobra and TaylorMade, you know you are getting a new driver each January. It’s like clockwork.

For Srixon and Ping, they also release drivers in January, but they only release a new line every two years, but again, it’s like clockwork.

Then there’s Titleist, which also follows a two-year release cycle for its metal woods lines. The company just started teasing its upcoming GTS metalwood line with a Tour launch two weeks ago at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. That’s earlier than the typical summer launch they’ve employed in their last couple of cycles.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-hosts Johnny Wunder and Jake Morrow broke down why it makes sense for some companies to go for a two-year product cycle and others a one-year cycle.

While many people on the internet always claim there aren’t meaningful performance gains for companies that release a driver every year, Morrow pushed back on that common criticism.

“I think some of the companies going every year is smart, because I think those companies churn out iterations faster,” he said. “And there’s a reason for all those launches.
There’s always that one thing that they needed to release. And a lot of times it’s because that thing leads to the next thing, but they can’t get there unless that’s actually out in the public.”

But on the other side of the coin is Titleist, which sits back and can react to the market with its more flexible release cadence.

“Titleist is like the tiger that’s sitting under the shade, just waiting to see what’s happening in front of it until they decide it’s ready for their food, right?” Morrow said. ““And that’s why people are like, why did Titleist switch to a release schedule this year? Because they f****** can. Like, because they sat back, they were like, okay, we’ve got this, we’re going to do this, we’ve tested this, here’s the update to our thing, how it compares to others. We’re just going to sit here and wait until we think it’s ready for the market and people are going to actually see benefit from it and then we’ll release it.

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“Turns out this year, it looks like, it appears like it’s going to be a little bit early.”

We still don’t know any technical details behind the new lineup, but there were 34 GTS drivers in play at the Valero Texas Open, making for an impressive two-week conversion rate.

Morrow guessed that Titleist is probably bullish on the new GTSs, leading to the earlier launch.

But there’s also good pressure on the R&D teams of companies with one-year cycles to constantly innovate.

“You don’t get a sit back for six months,” Wunder said. “Not that any of these companies, even the two-year launch cycle people, don’t sit back. But when you are constantly thinking about next year, next year, next year, next year, next year, I know for a fact that Callaway, TaylorMade, all those guys, I guarantee they’re all 75% cooked on the one for 2027 already. Because this is kind of when— we’re in April, so if I go back in time, we’d be seeing unpainted prototype heads on the truck kind of around now.

“It wouldn’t have a name on it. It would be a project name, and you’d see it wouldn’t have any paint on it, but you’d see it and you’d be able to hit it.”

For more from Wunder and Morrow, listen to the full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped here, or watch it below.

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Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.

Tommy Fleetwood’s days of rotating his lids from iconic courses like Pebble Beach, Riviera and TPC Sawgrass have come to an end with the announcement of his new hat sponsor, Blackstone, this week.

But so too have the days of TaylorMade Tour Rep James Holley having to sharpie 11 individual lines on the top of his Spider Tour Black every other week.

Fleetwood showed up at the Valero Texas Open, with a new TaylorMade Spider Tour Black putter, but without the unique Sharpie lines on the top. Instead, Fleetwood’s new wand has a “Pilot’s Eye” alignment aid consisting of a sight dot surrounded by two perpendicular lines that frame the golf ball.

The model and specs are the exact same. The only difference is the alignment aid.

The reigning FedEx Cup champion first went to the one-off Spider Tour putter last spring, and it was part of his hot summer run that culminated with his first PGA Tour victory at the Tour Championship, the DP World India Championship title and the world’s No. 3 ranking.

He finished 2025 ranked 20th on the PGA Tour in SG: Putting, but has fallen off in his first four events this season, despite three top-10 finishes. He’s losing more than three-tenths of a stroke on the greens this season and is 122nd in the category.

“Look, I actually haven’t putted very well this year. It’s been one of the sort of more disappointing ways that I’ve started the year,” Fleetwood said Tuesday when asked about the new alignment aid. “I haven’t played how I wanted to and sometimes it’s nothing more into it than you just need something different to look at, like a slightly different visual or something, just to change up your mindset a little bit. So that’s why I changed the sightlines.”

The new alignment aid clicked on Thursday as Fleetwood opened with a five-under 67, gaining nearly two strokes on the greens, 10th in the field at TPC San Antonio. He was two strokes off the lead after the opening round.

His sharpie lines on the old gamer were initially born out of Holley’s idea to mimic the milled lines on TaylorMade’s Spider ZT (then a prototype), to better frame the golf ball. TaylorMade produced a milled version, but Fleetwood actually liked the sharpie lines better so he kept on using it.

The tough thing was that Holley had to redraw the lines every few weeks.

But that’s a thing of the past, at least for now, with the milled “Pilot’s Eye” mark on Fleetwood’s new putter. The perpendicular lines actually accomplish a similar effect of framing the golf ball, as they are the same width as a ball. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that Holley said Fleetwood has been drawn to the alignment aid before.

“Tommy has always liked the ‘Pilot’s Eye’ and always picked up putters on the green with that alignment,” Holley said. “He started off the year a little slower than he would have liked. So he reached out to test a couple of options to change up the visual when looking down. Much like sharpie lines, the Pilot’s Eye brings attention to the front of the putter and helps him with his alignment.

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“The parallel lines to the face are a nice visual for a square face angle at setup. And the dot is a good reference point to the center of the face and ball.”

The new Spider Tour wasn’t the only putter Fleetwood was toying with on the practice green this week. He was also spotted with a new prototype TaylorMade Spider F that appeared to be a new take on a winged mallet.

Fleetwood said he wasn’t going to be gaming the prototype this week, but who knows down the road.

“That new Spider, beautiful putter,” he said on Tuesday. “So I used to try the hundreds of different putters, but I used like the same putter for about eight years. I tried less putters over the last year, but I still enjoy just tinkering because you never know what you’re going to find, even if it just makes you feel better about your putter. I just like hitting different putters. Who knows, it might be something that I put in at some point.

“Yeah, it’s always good to test stuff.”

MacIntyre, Kim lead next wave of GTS converts

Titleist’s GTS drivers have quickly become the hottest new drivers on the PGA Tour, with 15 more converts this week after 24 adoptions last week in Houston.

One of the bigger and perhaps more surprising adoptions was Robert MacIntyre, who switched out of his longtime TSR2 gamer and promptly fired a 66 Thursday at TPC San Antonio to sit one off the first-round lead.

Switching clubs is extremely notable for MacIntyre, who rarely changes clubs, like his now-11-year-old TaylorMade AeroBurner 3-wood. He was still playing the four-year-old Titleist TSR2 driver when he made the switch this week, but ranks 11th on Tour in this season in SG: Off-the-Tee. However, he didn’t divulge much after his first round as to what went into the switch.

“Felt like I drove the ball really well. Got a new driver in the bag, so yeah,” he said.

Indeed, he did drive the ball well on Thursday, ranking 16th in SG: Off-the-Tee while averaging 318 yards and finding 10 of 14 fairways.

The 15 new conversions this week meant Titleist had 34 of the new GTS drivers in play at the Valero Texas Open and 59 drivers overall, leading the driver count with 44 percent of the field.

Some other big names to add the driver this week included Tom Kim (GTS3), J.T. Poston (GTS3), Peter Malnati (GTS3), Lanto Griffin (GTS2) and Bud Cauley (GTS2). Brandt Snedeker (GTS2), Kevin Streelman (GTS3) and Matt Kuchar (GTS3) all added the new big stick this week, non-contracted.

We still have yet to see Titleist’s most notable staffers like Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Cameron Young put the new driver in play. Spieth is in the field this week, but like MacIntyre was, is still in the older TSR2 version. Thomas and Young have yet to tee it up since the new driver debuted last week, but Titleist did just put out a video of a testing session with Young with the GTS3.

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Will Young put in the driver for the first time at the Masters next week? Only time will tell, but he certainly won’t be the only name worth watching to see if he games GTS.

Titleist made a concerted effort to move up the launch of the GTS driver from summer to spring, likely to capture golfers better as they make equipment purchases at the beginning of the season.

But, this will be one of the first times an OEM has a brand new driver that some pros will see for the first time at the Masters.

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This section is dedicated to cool photos we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out Tony Finau’s Ping Blueprint T irons loaded with lead tape. We featured Finau in Bag Spy last month and you can view the whole article here as he chases a win this week for a Masters berth.

Odds and Ends

Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.

First round co-leader Mark Hubbard has a new Callaway Quantum Max driver in play this week with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X with Velo+ … Adam Schenk switched to a TaylorMade Qi4D core driver, but is also playing his Ping G400 driver … Fleetwood also switched to wearing Sun Day Red golf shoes as he remains non-contracted for clothes and footwear … Jimmy Walker, in his first start this season has a Callaway Quantum TD Max driver with an AutoFlex shaft, two new Quantum TD Max fairway woods with Ventus Black 7-S and a Paradym 4-iron with a Fujikura Axiom 75-R shaft. … Rico Hoey has a new TaylorMade MG5 LV-Grind lob wedge.

3 things you should read/watch

A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.

Is this Charles Howell’s FAVORITE WEDGE!? – In the latest episode of Tour Validated, Charles Howell III tests out TaylorMade’s MG5 wedges.

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Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.

Titleist’s GTS drivers are here — and they’ve already made a huge splash on Tour.

At this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open, 24 players switched into the new GTS2 or GTS3 driver, which is nearly double the 13 players who immediately adopted the predecessor GT drivers at their launch two years ago at the Memorial. Albeit that was a limited Signature Event field.

It’s especially notable that Titleist has moved up its driver launch two months from previous years, as these drivers will be in play for the Masters. Titleist has gradually moved its driver launches up from the early fall to summer — and now to spring. They teased the GTS launch with social media posts earlier this month proclaiming “Finally, a driver faster than GT.”

The most notable number from the 24 early adopters of the GTS is that 18 of them were the presumably more forgiving GTS2 model. At the GT launch in 2024, the splits were 2 GT2s, 10 GT3s and 1 GT4 in the 73-man field.

Titleist’s “3” head used to dominate Tour usage, but that’s changed over the most recent releases, and especially with the GT release, with the GT2 and GT3 looking almost indistinguishable at address. Much of the split between GTS2 and GTS3 this week can be attributed to 14 GT2 players happening to make the switch this week.

There was one cross-model switcher this week in Tom Hoge, who went from a GT3 to a GTS2. Free agent Kevin Roy also went from a Ping G440 LST to a GTS2, one of six free agents to play the new driver this week.

That’s a trend for a while we’ve been seeing where companies are blurring the lines between the forgiving driver model and the faster low-spin model, and more and more players are seeking out additional forgiveness. While the GTS4 model — the “4” model has recently been the sub-460 cc niche model for ultra-high spin players — didn’t see action on the PGA Tour, two Korn Ferry players and one LPGA pro put it in play this week.

Across all three Tours, there were 53 GTS drivers in play with GTS2 the overwhelming winner, putting 31 in play. In fact, the GTS2 was tied as the most played driver model in Houston this week as Titleist again led the driver count with 27 additional drivers for a total of 51.

One of the six free agents making the switch at Memorial Park, Jeff Kang, was last on Tour in driving accuracy entering the week. But, armed with a new GTS2, Kang led the field Thursday with 11-of-13 fairways hit.

While he don’t have any individual performance gains or technical information yet from Titleist, it seems like the major changes involve customizable weighting. The GTS3 gained an adjustable back weight, while the GTS2 gained an adjustable front weight and GTS4 (3 went in play on LPGA and KFT) gained the GTS3’s adjustable front weight track.

Adding the plus to Red and Black

Fujikura launched its new Ventus TR Black and TR Red with VeloCore+ shafts, adding to the TR Blue with VeloCore+ launched at the beginning of the year, and saw two of the new shafts go into play immediately on the PGA Tour.

But what was more unique about this launch is that Fujikura launched the new shafts simultaneously on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and the PGA Tour Champions in the same week.

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“It’s something we’ve never done before, really, because anytime we launch a product, it’s primarily just on the PGA Tour,” Fujikura Tour Rep Marshall Thompson told GOLF. “So it was amazing to be able to hit multiple tours at the same time. We were able to cover more ground, and we had a lot of success.”

On the PGA Tour, both Aldrich Potgieter and Neal Shipley added the new Ventus TR Black with VeloCore+, while Min Woo Lee, a longtime OG Ventus Blue player switched to the previously released TR Blue+ in his Quantum TD driver after moving to a Ventus Black with VeloCore+ earlier this season.

On the Korn Ferry Tour, where Thompson was deployed this week at the Club Car Championship in Savannah, Georgia, five players tested the new TR+ shafts with three players adding the new TR Blue and two more players trying out the new TR Black.

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Designed for golfers who need help generating launch and spin, the Fujikura VENTUS TR Red Shaft combines advanced materials and motion-capture driven design to promote a higher, more playable ball flight without sacrificing stability. At the core of the shaft is VeloCore+ technology, Fujikura’s latest multi-material bias core construction engineered to improve energy transfer and minimize shaft twist throughout the swing. This added stability helps maintain clubface control at impact while maximizing consistency from swing to swing.

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“Usually when we build stuff up, I expect it to go in bags in maybe a month, maybe a month and a half. But to have instant success and to have them go in bags immediately was very rewarding. It just shows the hard work that went into designing the shaft,” Thompson said. “It’s a good start, and we’ll see if we can get a few more in next week. But man, I will take any of them that go in play the first week. We’re smiling from ear to ear over here.”

Another handful of players, including Padraig Harrington and Vijay Singh with TR Black, tested the new shafts on the PGA Tour Champions.

Woodland has A-game with C-Taper

Gary Woodland is finally seeing all the parts of his game come together as he’s opened up a four-shot lead heading into the weekend in Houston and it coincides with his second iron shaft change already this season.

It’s actually a change back to the KBS C-Taper 130 X iron shaft he’s used previously, including last year, but last summer, he switched to the Dynamic Gold X100 to get more feel as he was trying to neutralize his hard left swing path.

“So he was trying to neutralize his delivery a little more and not swing so left,” Cobra Tour Rep Ben Schomin told GOLF. “Some dynamics changing in there, and as his swing is becoming more neutral, the X100 was really good. He felt like he could hit a little draw, felt like he could hit a little cut.”

Woodland’s delivery dynamics impart a ton of spin on the ball, which is why he was in the C-Taper, but he felt that the shaft was too boardy last year. After some more testing late last year, one shaft that presented itself was the Nippon Modus 130 X and he fell in love with the softer feel.

He used that toward the end of the fall and early this year, but Schomin never thought it was his best option. The problem was Woodland had started swinging faster, as he now leads the PGA Tour in driving distance and clubhead speed at 41 years old.

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That led him back to X100s because of that increase in speed in February. But then he still noticed some shots, especially into the wind, were coming up short because of too much spin.

“He’s like, ‘Man, I hit like four shots that I thought I hit really, really good. Like I flushed them, and I come up way short.’ So typically like into the wind, and his tendency is to spin it more,” Schomin said. “So X100 just is starting to feel a little bit too soft. And again, going back to C-Taper 130X is something he’s played with for a long time. Immediately, we knew at some point he was probably going back into them.”

Schomin was so sure Woodland was going back to the C-Taper that he kept a set of King MBs with the shafts on the Cobra Tour Truck for Woodland. But as fate would have it, Cobra Tour tech James Posey just sent those irons back to Cobra’s HQ earlier this month, so Schomin had to shaft up a new set this week.

While C-Taper typically has a harsher feel, with Woodland’s added speed, they feel a lot better than before.

“Now he’s like, no, they actually feel good,” Schomin said. “They don’t feel quite the same as X100, don’t get me wrong, but they definitely feel like I’ve got the speed now moving those things.”

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This section is dedicated to cool photos we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out Gary Woodland’s OPTM Max LS-K “Living Prototype” driver. Woodland leads the PGA Tour in driving distance this season.

Odds and Ends

Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.

Wyndham Clark continues to play putter roulette, this time adding a new Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset … Lydia Ko’s LPGA Tour career-low 60 came after a switch to a Scotty Cameron T12 prototype mallet … While not officially out on Tour yet, Johnny Keefer added Titleist’s GTS2 and GTS3 fairway woods to the bag … Adam Scott has switched again to a brownish/grey L.A.B. OZ.1i Broomstick, the putter he helped design … Aldrich Potgieter and Denny McCarthy became the latest players to adopt a TaylorMade Spider Tour X.

3 things you should read/watch

A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.

Connection at the Core: True Temper’s bold leap with the ICON golf grip – Jake Morrow takes you inside True Temper’s, the company known for being the No. 1 iron shaft model on Tour, first golf grips.

What’s it like building clubs for PING’s top players? – In the first episode of our new podcast, Tour Validated, Johnny Wunder sits down with Ping Tour Rep Kenton Oates and club technician Adam Harding on the new Ping Tour Truck.

Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks 2026: New SM11 grinds will dial in your short game – Vokey has added all six of the WedgeWorks exclusive grinds to the SM11 lineup to dial in your short game.

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When you talk to wedge whiz Bob Vokey and his first lieutenant, Aaron Dill, the conversation eventually moves past lofts and finishes and settles on one thing: how the sole of the club moves through the ground. For the better player, that interaction can mean the difference between a tap-in par and a double-bogey.

Now, Titleist is leaning into that nuance by bringing six specific WedgeWorks grinds — the L, A, K, A+, V* and 62M — to the SM11 family.

These aren’t just “options”; they are specific solutions to environmental problems found on the PGA Tour. Here’s a closer look at each:

The Precision Tools: L and A Grinds

L Grind (effective bounce: 4°)

The L is the scalpel of the Vokey lineup. It features a narrow sole designed for the player who isn’t afraid to see the leading edge sitting dead flush against a firm fairway. It offers a touch more “security” than the T Grind by keeping the CG low and the bounce minimal to prevent the club from skipping into the back of the ball on tight lies.

• The Tour Fit: This is for the “shallow” striker who creates a thin divot. It’s a preferred tool for Ludvig Åberg and Billy Horschel, who require that level of precision when the greens get lightning-fast.

A Grind (effective bounce: 4°)

The A Grind is a “cleaner” version of the L. By removing the grind lines (the ribbon) from the sole, Vokey created a wedge that doesn’t “drag” through the turf. It was born from Geoff Ogilvy’s need for a wedge that could handle the concrete-firm “bounce-back” turf of the Australian Sandbelt.

• The Tour Fit: Wyndham Clark leaned on the A Grind’s ability to slide under the ball with zero friction to win his U.S. Open title.

Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw Custom Wedge

A Grind For Every Player For every player, there’s a set of grinds fit for clean contact. SM11 provides a leading combination of lofts, bounces, and grinds to promote solid contact (between grooves 2-5), predictable performance, and the confidence to take on whatever the shot demands. Grind Comparison Consistent CG Location For a given loft, SM11 features the same CG location in all grinds, resulting in a controlled, consistent launch angle. No matter which sole design fits your swing or course conditions, your launch window is locked in—leaving you free to choose the lofts and grinds that work for you. A Smarter Way To Spin The new Vokey Spin System combines an angled face texture, shot-specific groove shapes, and deeper spin milled grooves to deliver the right amount of spin from any lie, in all conditions  

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The Mid-Bounce Specialists: A+ and K*

A+ Grind (effective bounce: 8°)

The A+ is essentially an M Grind that has been “smoothed out.” On Tour, players like Adam Scott have found the standard M Grind to be a bit too “stiff” or bouncy through the ground. By taking that M shape and removing the ribbon (the distinct grind lines), you get a sole that moves faster and more fluidly through the turf. It sits lower to the ground than a standard M, offering mid-bounce stability without the “clunky” feel.

• The Tour Fit: This is the ultimate “tweener” wedge for the player who needs bounce for bunker play but wants a low-profile look for nipping shots off tight fairways.

K* Grind (effective bounce: 6°)

It is critical to distinguish this from the standard K. While the full K is a “cheat code” out of the sand, it can be difficult to use from a firm fairway. The K* (K-Star) keeps the wide sole for bunker performance but adds a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge. This allows the club to sit lower at address, while the heel, toe, and trailing edge relief allow you to open the face without the leading edge jumping up.

• The Tour Fit: Justin Thomas and Cameron Young carry the K* because it provides high-bounce forgiveness without sacrificing the ability to hit high, soft flops from the short grass.

The “Digger” Solution: V

V Grind (effective bounce: 10°)

The V Grind is the high-bounce specialist for the player with a steeper delivery or those playing in soft, grainy conditions. It features a high initial bounce on square shots to prevent the leading edge from “digging,” but the aggressive relief in the heel and toe means you can still manipulate the face for open-side shots.

• The Tour Fit: World No. 1 amateur Jackson Koivun relies on the 60V for its “insurance” against the big miss in varied collegiate turf conditions.

62M Grind (effective bounce: 8°)

The 62M is a niche but necessary tool. It’s Bob Vokey’s favorite M Grind shape, but with the loft cranked to 62 degrees. It’s designed for “emergency” situations where you have no green to work with and need the ball to go vertical and stop immediately.

Available Loft and Hand Options

All WedgeWorks offerings are finished in Raw, which will rust over time — a preference for players who want to reduce glare and potentially increase friction.

• 58L, 60L (RH/LH)
• 58A, 60A (RH)
• 58K*, 60K* (RH/LH)
• 58A+, 60A+ (RH)
• 58V, 60V (RH/LH)
• 62M (RH)

MSRP: $229 per wedge
Launch Date: March 27

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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 putters that each of our Fully Fit 2026 panelists chose for their golf bags. You may browse each of our 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)

MORE FULLY FIT: Fully Fit hub page | Why we’re ‘testing’ golf clubs differently this year | Inside 6 days of fittings and testing | Browse 2026 drivers | Browse 2026 irons | How 5 days of club fittings changed my mind on golf equipment

Of all the decisions our Fully Fit panelists had to make to start off their 2026 dream bags, the putter was easily the most personal.

Perhaps that’s why both Wadeh Maroun and I ended up committing to putters that we had brought with us on the trip, although that doesn’t mean we didn’t take any new contenders during our week of fittings.

While other categories during our project were more split, the bottom of the bags was dominated by two brands. While Vokey wedges took home the wedge spot for four of our testers, TaylorMade Spider putters found a spot in half of our setups.

Keep reading below for our entire detailed putter setups.

Jack Hirsh’s putter

Head: Scotty Cameron Studio Style ’25 Fastback OC
Length: 35″ EOG
Loft: 3˚
Lie: 70˚
Hosel: Onset Center
Shaft lean: 1˚
Swingweight: F6.5
Grip: Golf Pride Reverse Taper Medium Pistol

Scotty Cameron Studio Style Fastback OC Putter

As an extension of the popular Studio Style Fastback design, the Studio Style Fastback OC is a low-torque model featuring the same ring-weighted, high-alignment, multi-material design of the other Fastback models, but with Scotty’s tour-validated OC technology package. Featuring onset center shaft placement behind the putter face’s leading edge, the straight shaft is precisely positioned in line with the putter head’s CG location and leans 1° forward. This allows for low-torque performance and face alignment that stays square to the path. STUDIO CARBON STEEL (SCS) FACE INSERT The Studio Style Fastback OC includes a chain-link milled Studio Carbon Steel (SCS) insert for soft sound and feel, treated with an electroless nickel plating for enhanced durability with aerospace-inspired vibration damping for tuned sound, feel and performance. CUSTOM BLACK SHAFT Custom made for the new OC putters, each model includes a special black KBS x Scotty Cameron shaft with optimal flex, unimpeded alignment and precise feel. CUSTOM MATADOR GRIP With a debossed chain-link texture built-in, each new OC putter includes a custom 11-inch mid-size Matador grip in black with racy red and cool gray accents.

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Why it’s in my bag: This was honestly not a putter I ever thought would end up in my bag full-time. I came into this trip with two putters. A Scotty Cameron Studio Style Catalina, a face-balanced blade, and this Fastback OC. I thought I was doing an experiment to see what it would be like to try low-torque for the winter months and then switch back to see if it could improve my putting. But two experiences during Fully Fit really sold me that low torque might be a long-term decision for me. The first was at TaylorMade when I scored a 0.1˚ face angle score with the Spider ZT. This wasn’t a fluke either. I was constantly returning the face square every time. It was eye-opening because I didn’t feel like I was doing anything different.

The second was back at TPI, where, when running through the Scotty Cameron matrix, there was no putter I rolled better than the Fastback OC I came with. Every putt was end-over-end, the 360˚ line the Scotty Cameron fitters were using on the golf balls locked in place.

It’s no surprise the Fastback and the Spider ZT were the two low-torque options I liked the most as they both have a soft feel, minimal shaft lean and minimal onset. I love the super soft feel of the new SCS Chain-link inserts and, given I’ve already had a few months of playing with the Fastback, it’s going to be in the bag for now. But the Spider ZT Black I got has a good chance of giving me a serious putter controversy later on.

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Jake Morrow’s putter

Head: TaylorMade My Spider X
Length: 34.5″
Loft: 3º
Lie: 70º
Hosel: L-Neck
Shaft: BGT Stability One
Grip: SuperStroke 1.0P Claw

TaylorMade 2025 Spider Tour X Black L-Neck Custom Putter

  SPIDER TOUR X L-NECK For nearly two decades Spider putters have been delivering championship-winning stability and performance to professionals and amateurs alike. Scottie Scheffler recently joined this group by stepping into the winner’s circle for the third time in four starts with a Spider Tour X L-Neck in the bag. TRUE PATH™ ALIGNMENT Navigate the greens with clarity with the optically-engineered True Path™ Alignment system. This legacy tech from TaylorMade helps you better visualize the line to the hole while also making it easier to aim the putter towards your target. WHITE TPU PURE ROLL™ INSERT Experience a softer feel with our White TPU Pure Roll™ insert. Crafted from a blend of Surlyn and aluminum, it features grooves angled at 45° for optimal forward roll and better overall roll characteristics. PRECISION WEIGHTING AND DESIGN A thin wall undercut and steel wireframe allow for precision CG placement, creating a superstructure with enhanced stability and forgiveness.

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Why it’s in my bag: This was the toughest switch, and I can’t say that it’s going to be a permanent one, but if there’s a mallet I am going to play this year, it’s going to be this one. I went into the trip and told each fitter that I was only interested in finding a mallet, which is not something that has been accomplished in my game up until this point.

I actually walked into the TaylorMade Kingdom on our fitting day asking for a Spider Tour Black with no sight lines or alignment aids. The original plan was to recreate Tommy Fleetwood’s putter. The problem was that no matter how hard I tried, the Tour X just performed better for me than the Tour did. So we went with the performance and stuck with the Tour X.

I was able to use their My Spider Tour X platform to build this beauty. I have the firmer face insert, a black head with zero alignment features — including an unpainted Tru Path — with a BGT Stability One graphite putter shaft and a SuperStroke 1.0P Claw. I may be swapping this out soon for one of those new TPT Pulse shafts, but more on that soon. For right now, this is in the bag, and I’m going to dedicate some time to it. It’ll probably even make the trip with me to Battle at the Beach, but we’ll have to see if it makes it in play or if it gets benched at game time.

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Johnny Wunder’s putter

Head: Taylor Made Spider Tour X
Length: 36″ EOG
Loft: 2.5˚
Lie: 70˚
Hosel: L-neck
Swingweight: 654 G Total Weight
Grip: Super Stroke Tour 1.0 17-inch

TaylorMade 2025 Spider Tour X Black L-Neck Custom Putter

  SPIDER TOUR X L-NECK For nearly two decades Spider putters have been delivering championship-winning stability and performance to professionals and amateurs alike. Scottie Scheffler recently joined this group by stepping into the winner’s circle for the third time in four starts with a Spider Tour X L-Neck in the bag. TRUE PATH™ ALIGNMENT Navigate the greens with clarity with the optically-engineered True Path™ Alignment system. This legacy tech from TaylorMade helps you better visualize the line to the hole while also making it easier to aim the putter towards your target. WHITE TPU PURE ROLL™ INSERT Experience a softer feel with our White TPU Pure Roll™ insert. Crafted from a blend of Surlyn and aluminum, it features grooves angled at 45° for optimal forward roll and better overall roll characteristics. PRECISION WEIGHTING AND DESIGN A thin wall undercut and steel wireframe allow for precision CG placement, creating a superstructure with enhanced stability and forgiveness.

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Why it’s in the bag: I judge all putters by two things: aim and contact. That’s it. My putter debate was between two options. A one-off Scotty Cameron that may still find its way in, but the Spider Tour X was apples to apples with the Scotty across the board — but with a softer pure roll insert. The soft face enabled me to dial in my speed a bit. I played an Odyssey Jailbird with MicroHinge for about 2+ years, so a soft face is preferred. I play a heavy putter, 650g total, as I want the putter to feel draggy or heavy down the line, which enables me to use my shoulders more. When I can’t feel a heavy head, my hands take over and chaos ensues.

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Maddi MacClurg’s putter

Head: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Santa Fe
Length: 33″
Loft: 3.5º
Lie: 70º
Hosel: Flow neck
Swingweight: 2 x 35 grams
Grip: Scotty Cameron Grey Full Contact

Scotty Cameron Studio Style Santa Fe Custom Putter

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Why it’s in my bag: I selected the Scotty Cameron Studio Style Santa Fe for the feel and control it provides. The toe hang and blade-style design create a smooth, consistent roll, and the classic, old-school look gives me confidence over every putt. It strikes the perfect balance between tradition and performance.

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Sean Zak’s putter

Head: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Length: 34″
Loft: 3˚
Lie: 70˚
Hosel: L-neck
Grip: SuperStroke Flatso 2.0

TaylorMade Spider Tour X L-Neck Custom Putter

  SPIDER TOUR X L-NECK For nearly two decades Spider putters have been delivering championship-winning stability and performance to professionals and amateurs alike. Scottie Scheffler recently joined this group by stepping into the winner’s circle for the third time in four starts with a Spider Tour X L-Neck in the bag. TRUE PATH™ ALIGNMENT Navigate the greens with clarity with the optically-engineered True Path™ Alignment system. This legacy tech from TaylorMade helps you better visualize the line to the hole while also making it easier to aim the putter towards your target. WHITE TPU PURE ROLL™ INSERT Experience a softer feel with our White TPU Pure Roll™ insert. Crafted from a blend of Surlyn and aluminum, it features grooves angled at 45° for optimal forward roll and better overall roll characteristics. PRECISION WEIGHTING AND DESIGN A thin wall undercut and steel wireframe allow for precision CG placement, creating a superstructure with enhanced stability and forgiveness.

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Why it’s in my bag: Thanks to an hour-long fitting exclusively spent on the putter, I learned just how natural it is for me to leave the face slightly open, just a hair of a degree. That’s my stroke, though! I needed a putter with a lot more face stability and something with plenty of squareness to it. As discussed above, my eyes, hands and instincts work best with perpendicular lines. It feels comfortable looking down at something with sharper edges.

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Wadeh Maroun’s putter

Head: Ping PLD Milled Piper
Length: 34”
Loft: 3˚
Lie: 70˚
Hosel: Long Slant
Grip: Ping P2

PING 2025 PLD Milled Anser 4D Custom Putter

This deeper, perimeter-weighted blade design has the look and feel of a traditional Anser with the added weight, forgiveness and accuracy of a mid-mallet. Clean heel-toe ballasts, less-rounded corners and the ball-width cavity with alignment line create a confidence-inspiring look. The shallow-milled face ensures a firmer feel and consistent ball speeds.

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Why it’s in my bag: I am on a journey to find THE ONE. I have had this PLD for just over a year now and as of right now it feels right to be in this putter (I think). I know that I like a mallet/mid mallet but I feel like I leave a lot of putts out there that I need to convert. This is one of the putters that I think can really get me there — I hope.

See Wadeh’s full bag here

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For much of the U.S., spring golf is nearly here, and that means it’s time to stock up on essentials like golf balls. To celebrate the occasion, Titleist has a smokin’ deal that you’ll want to take advantage of: For a limited time, when you buy 3 dozen golf balls, you get 1 dozen free!

No, that’s not a typo. All you have to do is add four dozen golf balls to your cart and the discount will be automatically applied. There’s only one caveat: All four dozen balls must be the same model, and there are seven models to choose from at Fairway Jockey:

Titleist Pro V1
Titleist Pro V1x
Titleist Pro V1 Aim
Titleist Pro V1x Aim
Titleist AVX
Titleist Pro V1 Left Dash
Titleist Pro V1 Left Dash Aim Enhanced

Which ball is best for your game? Titleist has a handy questionnaire you can answer. But if you want to decide among the models available with this deal, here’s how Titleist describes them:

Titleist Pro V1: The greatest combination of speed, feel and spin.
Titleist Pro V1x: Higher flight and more spin than the ProV1.
Titleist Pro V1 Aim: A Pro V1 with an extended alignment sidestamp.
Titleist Pro V1x Aim: A Pro V1x with an extended alignment sidestamp.
Titleist AVX: Maximum distance with Tour-inspired spin.
Titleist Pro V1 Left Dash: Higher flight and less spin than the ProV1.
Titleist Pro V1 Left Dash Aim Enhanced: A Pro V1 Left Dash with an extended alignment sidestamp.

Ready to stock up for the spring and summer season? Choose your favorite model via the links below, and add four dozen balls to your equipment arsenal now!

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Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls

The Greatest Combination of Speed, Spin and Feel Pro V1 golf balls are the optimal premium performance choice for most players and the most played model in golf. Why Play Pro V1? Pro V1 is recommended to players who are looking for mid-trajectory flight, very low long game spin and maximum short game spin, with softer feel. Comparison to Pro V1x Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1 has a lower flight than Pro V1x. A softer gradient core produces a softer feel and slightly less spin than Pro V1x.

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Titleist Pro V1x Golf Balls

Total Performance With Higher Flight And More Spin Pro V1x golf balls are the optimal premium performance choice for players looking for maximum distance, higher flight and more stopping power. Why Play Pro V1x? Pro V1x is recommended to players who are looking for high-trajectory flight, low long game spin with maximum short game spin, and firmer feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1x has a higher flight than Pro V1. A high-gradient dual core produces slightly more iron and wedge spin than Pro V1.

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Titleist Pro V1 Aim Enhanced Golf Balls

Along with all the same performance benefits as 2025 Pro V1, Pro V1 AIM Enhanced golf balls feature a premium, extended alignment sidestamp for more precise aim and accuracy. The elongated sidestamp provides a built-in visual aid measuring over 65% longer than the Titleist standard sidestamp. Why Play Pro V1? Pro V1 is recommended to players who are looking for mid-trajectory flight, very low long game spin and maximum short game spin, with softer feel. Comparison to Pro V1x Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1 has a lower flight than Pro V1x. A softer gradient core produces a softer feel and slightly less spin than Pro V1x.

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Titleist Pro V1x Aim Enhanced Golf Balls

Along with all the same performance benefits as 2025 Pro V1x, Pro V1x AIM Enhanced golf balls feature a premium, extended alignment sidestamp for more precise aim and accuracy. The elongated sidestamp provides a built-in visual aid measuring over 65% longer than the Titleist standard sidestamp. Why Play Pro V1x? Pro V1x is recommended to players who are looking for high-trajectory flight, low long game spin with maximum short game spin, and firmer feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1x has a higher flight than Pro V1. A high-gradient dual core produces slightly more iron and wedge spin than Pro V1.

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Titleist 2026 AVX Golf Balls

Every golfer wants distance and spin. The new AVX golf ball delivers both. AVX is a premium 3-piece construction delivering serious distance and control with very soft feel. Why Play AVX? AVX is recommended for players who may benefit from the combination of low spin in the long game, excellent greenside control, and very soft feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Optimized aerodynamics create a lower flight than Pro V1, while a reengineered high-flex casing layer produces lower long game spin than Pro V1.

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Titleist 2026 Pro V1x Left Dash Golf Balls

The modern mix of high speed and low spin, new Pro V1x Left Dash is faster, longer, and more penetrating in the wind. Why Play Pro V1x Left Dash? Pro V1x Left Dash is recommended for players who may benefit from high-trajectory flight, extremely low long game spin with tour-validated short game spin, and firmer feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1x Left Dash has a higher flight than Pro V1. A smart-spin casing layer with added thickness produces lower long game spin than Pro V1.

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Titleist 2026 Pro V1x Left Dash Aim Enhanced Golf Balls

Along with all the same performance benefits as new Pro V1x Left Dash, Pro V1x Left Dash AIM Enhanced golf balls feature a premium extended three-line alignment design for more precise aim and accuracy. The elongated sidestamp provides a built-in visual aid measuring over 65% longer than the Titleist standard sidestamp. Why Play Pro V1x Left Dash? Pro V1x Left Dash is recommended for players who may benefit from high-trajectory flight, extremely low long game spin with tour-grade short game spin, and firmer feel. Comparison to Pro V1 Due to its unique dimple pattern, Pro V1x Left Dash has a higher flight than Pro V1. A smart-spin casing layer with added thickness produces lower long game spin than Pro V1.

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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 wedges that each of our Fully Fit 2026 panelists chose for their golf bags. You may browse each of our 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)

MORE FULLY FIT: Fully Fit hub page | Why we’re ‘testing’ golf clubs differently this year | Inside 6 days of fittings and testing | Browse 2026 drivers | Browse 2026 irons | How 5 days of club fittings changed my mind on golf equipment

Wedges are the precision scoring tools of a golfer’s bag and there’s a ton of nuance that goes into finding the right setup. Wedge fitting is often a supremely overlooked process for building out your golf bag, but our panelists spared no time in dialing in the optimal loft and grind combinations for our games.

Perhaps no other category across all of Fully Fit was dominated like wedges were by Titleist’s Vokey SM11 wedges, with four of our panelists selecting Vokey’s latest line for our 2026 bags.

Interestingly, between our four lob wedges, only two of the six grinds selected were M and S, but each grind had both a 60 and 58-degree lobber represented.

Keep reading below for our entire detailed wedge setups.

Jack Hirsh’s Wedges

Heads: Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw
Lofts/grinds: 46.10F, 50.12F, 55.14F (@ 55), 60.08M
Shafts: Nippon N.S.Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (46, 50), Project X Wedge 6.5 (55, 60)
Length: +.5″ (35.5″ 60-degree)
Lie: 2˚ Flat (62˚ on 60-degree)
Swingweight: D6.5 60-degree

Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw Custom Wedge

A Grind For Every Player For every player, there’s a set of grinds fit for clean contact. SM11 provides a leading combination of lofts, bounces, and grinds to promote solid contact (between grooves 2-5), predictable performance, and the confidence to take on whatever the shot demands. Grind Comparison Consistent CG Location For a given loft, SM11 features the same CG location in all grinds, resulting in a controlled, consistent launch angle. No matter which sole design fits your swing or course conditions, your launch window is locked in—leaving you free to choose the lofts and grinds that work for you. A Smarter Way To Spin The new Vokey Spin System combines an angled face texture, shot-specific groove shapes, and deeper spin milled grooves to deliver the right amount of spin from any lie, in all conditions  

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Why they’re in my bag: The new Vokey SM11 switch from my previous set of SM10s was the easiest test I have made over this whole project. What really makes the transition so easy is the process and lengths Vokey fittings go through. I got to work with TPI’s Louis Raynard, who put me through the blind grind test. We hit shots with each of the six options, listening for strike, watching the launch window and then the spin on the green. Neither he nor I knew which one we were hitting at the time.

By the end, we revealed the M-Grind as my favorite, which was surprising as I’d previously played the higher bounce D- or V-Grinds. But the more I think about it, the more I realize the work I’ve done to shallow my attack angle, and the M-Grind was producing much more spin.

I stuck with the 54.14F sand wedge bent to 55˚ to contrast that mid-bounce lob wedge. I’m also sticking with the 46˚ specialty pitching wedge because of the higher bounce on the sole and getting the Vokey grooves out of the rough. Another big change I made with this set was switching from my wedge shafts (previously the DG S400) to my iron shafts, which brought more control with clubs, that are full-swing clubs, even if I don’t always hit them “full.” The other thing was switching from the DG S400 to the Project X wedge shaft. Even though I’m leaving the standard Project X shafts in my irons, the wedge part gives me the ability to flight the ball down without trying to force it, something I’ve always struggled with.

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Jake Morrow’s Wedges

Heads: Cobra King RAW
Lofts/grinds: 50V (Custom Grind) 56W (Custom Grind), 60T (Custom Grind)
Shafts: Nippon Tour Modus 125 Wedge
Length: 35.5″
Lie: 2º Flat

Cobra KING Custom Wedge

Crafted from 8620 steel using MIM (Metal Injection Molding), KING Wedges are one of the softest feelings in market. Choose from four new grinds (DROP, WIDELOW, VERSATILE, TOUR) for enhanced greenside creativity and optimized CG with Flight Window Technology (F.W.T) for tour inspired launch. The redesigned Cobra Speed Notch, 67% larger than before, ensures better glide and speed on open-face shots. MIM (METAL INJECTION MOLDING) Experience precision with MIM technology, offering 50% tighter tolerances than traditional casted wedges. Each head is heat-treated to nearly 1400°C, ensuring a tighter grain structure for a softer feel and enhanced longevity, resisting groove degradation for lasting performance. COBRA SPEED NOTCH Discover the newly redesigned Cobra Speed Notch, featuring softer, blended shaping that complements our new grinds. Now 67% larger, it ensures smooth glide through the ground while maintaining speed and delivering high spinning shots.

$189.00 from Fairway Jockey

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Why they’re in my bag: I had the very fortunate opportunity to work with both Jose Miraflor and Cobra tour rep Ben Schomin on this set of wedges. With the 50º and the 56º, we took off just a little bit of the toe and the heel, and we also gave the leading edge a bit more of a blunt shape, and slightly squared off. My primary use for the 56º is on full shots, or out of the bunker, so something with a bit more of a ski effect on the leading edge was really helpful. The W-grind is quite lovely on the 56, as it’s a lower bounce option that’s easy to play on approach shots, but it’s a wide sole that works really well in wet conditions or out of the bunkers. The 60º has been through a couple of iterations and the latest one, courtesy of Ben and a night spent on the Cobra tour truck, is actually inspired by a Rickie Fowler custom grind I found lying on the truck one night. Lots of heel relief, and a little bit taken off the back of the wedge to make it come out of the turf a bit cleaner. The Cobra King wedges are highly underrated, but they’re really, really good. The spin just as well as anything else, and I really appreciate the shape of the wedges as well as the CG locations. They just seem to come out of a perfect window for my game. Yes, I am a bit biased. It helps when you’ve gotten a little extra attention and some custom grinds.

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Johnny Wunder’s Wedges

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Heads: Vokey SM11 (44/50/54/58)
Lofts/grinds: (44.10F, 50.08F @ 49, 54.12D, 58.08M)
Shafts: Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Length: Std (35″ 58-degree)
Lie: 64˚ on all

Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw Custom Wedge

A Grind For Every Player For every player, there’s a set of grinds fit for clean contact. SM11 provides a leading combination of lofts, bounces, and grinds to promote solid contact (between grooves 2-5), predictable performance, and the confidence to take on whatever the shot demands. Grind Comparison Consistent CG Location For a given loft, SM11 features the same CG location in all grinds, resulting in a controlled, consistent launch angle. No matter which sole design fits your swing or course conditions, your launch window is locked in—leaving you free to choose the lofts and grinds that work for you. A Smarter Way To Spin The new Vokey Spin System combines an angled face texture, shot-specific groove shapes, and deeper spin milled grooves to deliver the right amount of spin from any lie, in all conditions  

$229.99 from Fairway Jockey

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Why they’re in my bag: When PGA Tour fitter Aaron Dill dials you in, there is kind of nowhere else to go. As a player who always wants to hit his wedges down, the SM11 brought down my launch by about two to three degrees with a ton of spin. Couple that with the new Callaway CTX ball, and it’s become a no-brainer.

1 key data point: From 60 yards, 27˚ launch, 8300 RPM

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Maddi MacClurg’s Wedges

Heads: SM11 Tour Chrome
Lofts/grinds: 52.08 F Grind, 56.12 D Grind, 60.10 S Grind
Shafts: Nippon 850 GH R
Length: -1″ (34″ on 60-degree)
Lie: 1° Flat (63˚)

Titleist Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome Custom Wedge

$199.99 from Fairway Jockey

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Why they’re in my bag: I selected the Vokey SM11 wedges because the combination of grinds gives me the versatility I want around the greens. The 52° features an F-grind that’s great on full-swing shots. The fuller sole inspires confidence and resists digging. For my 56°, we went with a D-grind. It gives me a blend of forgiveness and versatility, so I can open the face without fear of the leading edge digging. And the 60° S-grind has a slightly narrower sole that feels reliable when I need to control my trajectory and spin on delicate shots.

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Sean Zak’s Wedges

Heads: Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome
Lofts/grinds: 50.12F, 54.14F, 58.10S
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Length: 35″ on 60-degree
Lie: 64˚

Titleist Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome Custom Wedge

$199.99 from Fairway Jockey

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Why they’re in my bag: I think they’re in the bag because of the blind wedge test my fitter put me through. He laid all different types of grinds on the turf and wouldn’t let me look at the grind before playing various short game shots. We played to short-sided pins, bump-and-run pins, hop-and-stop pins, and even a few shots from bunkers. The whole point became obvious: some grinds work for me and how my short game mind wants to attack various shots. My short-game instincts, if you will. All my fitter did was try and find the best performing grind for the shots that I feel most comfortable playing. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

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Wadeh Maroun’s Wedges

Heads: Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack
Lofts/grinds: 50-Mid, 54-Mid, 58-Low
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Length: -0.5” (34.5” on 58-degree)
Lie: Standard (64˚ on 58-degree)

Cleveland RTZ Custom Wedge

All-new RTZ Wedges are made with Z-Alloy, a completely new steel formula that enables a zero-compromise design approach for incredible feel, better durability, and more consistency for our best performing tour Wedges yet. Plus, there’s an all-new ADAPT grind featuring full-face grooves, to give RTZ Wedges more versatility than ever before.  Z-Alloy  Z-Alloy is a brand-new steel with better feel. It’s softer, lighter, and remarkably durable. It gives RTZ Wedges superior feel, better forgiveness, and more consistency. On RTZ Tour Rack Wedges, Z-Alloy’s rust-resistant properties ensure longer-lasting, like-new performance.  HydraZip HydraZip is a unique system of face blasts and laser-milled lines formulated to maximize spin performance under wet conditions. This technology is dynamically configured by loft groupings, which helps balance spin across lofts, while maximizing spin in adverse conditions.  ZipCore This low-density core technology replaces heavier material in the heel and hosel area with a lightweight, low-density, vibration-dampening material. This proprietary core allows us to shift the Center of Gravity closer to where you strike the ball, while simultaneously adding MOI.  UltiZip UltiZip’s sharper grooves cut through grass and debris at contact, while deeper grooves help make space for grass, sand, dirt, or water to clear the impact zone, giving RTZ Wedges stronger, more consistent spin from the fairway, rough, or bunker. 

$199.99 from Fairway Jockey

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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cleveland

Why they’re in my bag: They look and feel amazing. I haven’t had a lot of time with them on course, but out of all the wedges I was able to test before making this decision, these felt the best. The spin around the greens and the ability to flight and play full wedges with confidence is why they are staying in the bag.

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