I also learned that golf equipment is the epitome of You don’t know what you don’t know. You can dip a toe into those waters and drown for that exposure alone. Anyone hanging around in the deep end is a very skilled swimmer and will be speaking a completely different language if you catch them in their part of the pool. That is really cool! I tip my cap. Right now, I’m in the deep end, but if you read further, you’ll realize I’ve got my floaties on tight. Rest assured, there are some pretty impressive lifeguards watching over me at GOLF.com.
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My Fully Fit 2026 dream bag
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: Titleist GT2 9° (Tour AD VF-6 X)
3w: Titleist GT2 13.5° (Project X HZRDUS 6.5, 80g)
5w: Titleist GT2 16.5° (HZRDUS 6.5, 80g)
Utility: TaylorMade P-UDI 4-iron (KBS Tour Lite S)
Irons: Titleist T250 5i, T150 6i-PW (Project X Rifle 6.5)
Wedges: Vokey 50.12F, 54.14F, 58.10S (Project X Project X 6.5)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider TourX (L-neck)
Keep scrolling for details on every club.
The 1 club I can’t live without
The middle part of my bag needed the most work, between my woods and irons. I was gaming a 12-year-old Adams driving iron with a regular flex shaft. We made it work! But my various fittings told me that not only should that club be replaced by modern technology, it should also probably be replaced by two clubs: A 5-wood and a better, more advanced driving iron.
One of the best elements within the week’s worth of fittings was that we could really hone in on that specific part of the bag and try to gap my yardages appropriately. The driver flies about 260 yards, the 3-wood, 240, and that Adams driving iron was in the 210-215 range. My various fitters were focused on finding a club that could fly 225 to 230, and back-filling with another one that could go 215 in the air.
What I landed on was a Titleist GT2 16° 5-wood. In some ways, it’s not far off from a 3-wood in terms of loft, but it is so easy to sweep off the ground and into the sky. With my swing, it doesn’t necessarily have that penetrating ball-flight as a 3-wood, but something higher and softer, but still going 225-230 yards reliably. I’ve had days where the 13.5° 3-wood acts up and starts nuking 250-yard hooks. Hopefully, this 5-wood isn’t too much of a downgrade in distance on those days when I’d like to find some fairways and aren’t striping it perfectly.
Now to the rest of my bag!
Golf ball
Titleist 2025 Pro V1
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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Why it’s in my bag: I love having a lot of spin, particularly around the green, BUT I don’t need maximum spin in the long game. I already create way too much spin with my typical swing’s launch numbers. So the right ball is something that I can spin a lot with the short game, but not too much. Goldilocks-like, really. And that’s the Pro V1.
Driver
Head: Titleist GT2
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF-6 X
Loft: 9°
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
Length: 45.5″
Tipping: 0″
Titleist GT2 Custom Driver
GT2 — Speed & Forgiveness Across The Face
For players who don’t always find the center of the face and need the stability of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed.
Speed & Forgiveness Across The Face
Delivering impressive distance from any impact point, GT2 extracts maximum performance through forgiving design. Get the stability and added confidence of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed.
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
GT2 delivers a powerful balance of forgiveness and speed thanks to a breakthrough in internal weighting. Mass is shifted to the back of the clubhead to increase MOI for better stability, while also pushing weight low and forward to optimize speed and spin. The result is a driver that frees you to swing with confidence.
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Why it’s in my bag: Because it’s home. The GT2 head shape really agrees with me, being a bit more elongated than some pro-level shapes. My driver fittings were fascinating because most fitters found me hitting low-launch soft cuts with a decent amount of spin. They attacked my spin-rate and tried like hell to get me to launch the ball higher, working in new shafts and hosel settings every few swings. But I fear that the driver swing itself needs to change for me to actually get this thing in the air at tour-preferred trajectory (100 feet off the ground).
1 key data point: My launch angle was always in the single digits, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it’s just not ideal. We’ve got some work to do on the driver swing front if we want to start carrying it farther, but I’m quite comfortable with the shot shape. Once we dial in a swing that moves up on the ball a bit more, I could see myself shifting into a GT3 or TaylorMade Qi4D. Luckily, I’ve got those in the holster if necessary.
3-wood
Head: Titleist GT2
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 6.5, 80g
Loft: 13.5°
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
Length: 43″
Tipping: 0″
Titleist GT2 Custom Fairway Wood
Experience high-launching distance from the tee and off the deck. GT2 Fairways leverage a proprietary crown and new forged face to produce consistently impressive speed and trajectory on every swing. Built for added confidence, these fairways are designed to boost performance — no matter where you hit it.
For players looking for extra confidence in their fairway, GT2 delivers consistently impressive speed and launch—no matter where you hit it.
Deeper, More Forward CG
Launch it from any lie. GT2 Fairways push performance higher and farther by shifting CG even lower and closer to the face – generating maximum distance through higher launch and lower spin.
Forged L-Cup Face
GT Fairways introduce a forged face into the club construction to bolster performance on low-center impacts. The new insert wraps around the bottom of the club to preserve ball speed, maintain launch conditions, and enhance sound and feel — even when you’re trying to pick it clean from a tight lie.
Redesigned Internal Hosel
To extract every ounce of performance in GT2 Fairways, Titleist engineers pursued every gram of weight savings. The redesigned internal hosel achieves subtle mass improvements that unlock real benefits on every swing.
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Why it’s in my bag: Ball go far. Seriously! I’ve always been very good at sweeping fairway woods off the deck, off tees, and elevating them from hairier lies, too. So much so that I played with a 3-wood as the longest club in my bag for multiple years. The biggest challenge of my fittings was showing up at Titleist with a GT2 3-wood that I already hit really well and saying, “Try and beat it.” We went through those motions at every fitting — me really liking that club and the striking trajectory it takes — and while plenty of the other 3-woods work fine, none could outright beat the one I was already playing.
1 key data point: 13.5 degrees. I used to play a 16-degree 3-wood and was helplessly in love with it, but have been rocking the 13.5-degree for a couple years now. That move made room for the 5-wood gapping to follow, simply getting another club into my bag, which is the whole point of getting fully fit.
5-wood
Head: Titleist GT2
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS 6.5, 80g
Loft: 16.5°
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
Length: 42″
Tipping: 0″
Titleist GT2 Custom Fairway Wood
Experience high-launching distance from the tee and off the deck. GT2 Fairways leverage a proprietary crown and new forged face to produce consistently impressive speed and trajectory on every swing. Built for added confidence, these fairways are designed to boost performance — no matter where you hit it.
For players looking for extra confidence in their fairway, GT2 delivers consistently impressive speed and launch—no matter where you hit it.
Deeper, More Forward CG
Launch it from any lie. GT2 Fairways push performance higher and farther by shifting CG even lower and closer to the face – generating maximum distance through higher launch and lower spin.
Forged L-Cup Face
GT Fairways introduce a forged face into the club construction to bolster performance on low-center impacts. The new insert wraps around the bottom of the club to preserve ball speed, maintain launch conditions, and enhance sound and feel — even when you’re trying to pick it clean from a tight lie.
Redesigned Internal Hosel
To extract every ounce of performance in GT2 Fairways, Titleist engineers pursued every gram of weight savings. The redesigned internal hosel achieves subtle mass improvements that unlock real benefits on every swing.
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Why it’s in my bag: Because we had space! There was room for me in my yardage gapping — as discussed above — to find a club that will reliably go 225 to 230 yards in the air. Too often, I was trying to muscle up a driving iron to hit that distance, particularly on long par-3s or some lengthy shots into the wind. It was either that or go soft on a 3-wood, which isn’t necessarily an easy thing to do. This club feels just like the 3-woods I’ve long loved hitting, but just flies and lands a bit softer, which is the whole point. There are specific holes I’m already looking forward to using it on where I’ve floundered in the past. That’s the dream.
1 key data point: The 215-yard miss. My bad strikes with this club were going to be high and fading too much to the right. In the past, with a driving iron, that’s just not going to go anywhere. But with the sweeping 5-wood, the misses still flew far enough. I was imagining the difference between the 215-yard miss, which ends up in the greenside trap, and the older, 200-yard miss, which doesn’t make it to the trap and maybe lands in the water.
Utility Iron
Head: TaylorMade P-UDI 4-iron
Shaft: KBS Tour Lite S
Loft: 22°
Lie: Standard
Length: 38.75″
TaylorMade P-UDI Custom Utility Iron
Tour inspired shaping for a playable and balanced look at address. Strategically positioned CG for a penetrating ball flight with backspin for players who demand shot making with long irons.
INDIVIDUAL MASS OPTIMIZATION
Featuring advanced thick-thin back wall construction, sound stabilization bar, and deliberately distributed mass to maximize forgiveness. Each iron is uniquely designed with every gram strategically placed to achieve specific performance goals with premium forged feel.
OPTIMAL LAUNCH AND FORGIVENESS
Designed to deliver easy launch, increased forgiveness and enhanced consistency. The new internal weighting structure combines with proven technologies such as the forged 4140 OptiFace, Speed Pocket™ and up to 26g of tungsten.
THRU-SLOT SPEEDPOCKET
The Thru-Slot Speed Pocket™ provides increased face flexibility while preserving ball speed and distance on low face strikes.
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Why it’s in my bag: I play a lot of golf in Scotland. Have been making the annual (and privileged) Open Championship pilgrimage for the last four years, and I find myself hitting a lot of 4-irons on that trip. It’s such a great exercise — to play firm courses for weeks at a time. It forces you to understand your carry distance, but also to understand how far your shots can run if you just get them started on the right line. So I really enjoy having a club I can hit extra shots with, low and hooking at times, higher and fading at others. This club has a good bit of meat on the bone, if you will. Some real mass that sits behind the clubface and helps me launch it. But I can also get plenty of distance out of that mass simply by pulling it back in my stance a bit and stinging one low and striking. Versatility is what we love.
1 key data point: This may not feel like a data point, but there is something particularly pleasing about just filling in the gap, loft-wise, in my bag. If we were to remove that Adams driving iron, which I really should have done years ago, then there was about a 13-degree gap in my set when it came to modern clubs. The 22-degree 4-iron (and the 16.5-degree 5-wood) work hand-in-hand to make my gapping more sensical. We like that!
Irons
Set composition: Titleist T250 5i, T150 6i-PW
Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
Length: Standard (37″ 7-iron)
Lie: Standard (63˚ 7-iron)
Loft progression: 24/28/32/36/40/44
Titleist 2025 T150 Custom Irons
T150 Irons are crafted for added distance with unwavering accuracy. Forged into a player’s shape with progressive blade lengths, T150 offers a precise blend of speed, stability, and consistency—providing the confidence to hit and hold greens from anywhere.
Confidence-Inspiring Forged Design
Forged into a player’s shape with a slightly larger head size for pure feel with extra stability.
Elevated Ball Speed
1° stronger lofts (vs. T100) combine with an improved muscle channel through 7-iron and lower long-iron CG to help improve speed, launch, and carry.
Superior Flight and Stability
Split high-density tungsten produces optimal CG with remarkable stability for precise shotmaking.
Consistent Speed & Spin
New VFT technology and progressive groove design provide consistent spin and speed across the face in variable conditions.
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Why they’re in my bag: They were probably always supposed to be. I got fitted into T100s over the summer and while those blades are beautiful to look at, they’re just not forgiving enough for me, as I found out during my next fitting … and the others I did on our trip. I found a lot of success with TaylorMade’s P770s and Cobra’s 3DP Tour line, but I think the T150s seem to look better to me when I stare down at them. Probably because I’ve been playing Titleist irons already. There’s something to be said for sameness and comfort. (Will I be keeping the others as backups? Absolutely.)
1 key data point: Dispersion distance. Like the longer parts of my bag, my mishits — which are still struck fine — just weren’t flying consistently enough to match my best strikes. If my 7-iron is a 170-yard club, my 7-iron mishits were flying 152 yards, weak and to the right. Getting T150s into the bag just narrowed the gap between my pure strikes and my misses, which now feel like they’re still going 160 yards. As we said above, that could be the difference between a soft lie in the rough and taking a drop from a hazard. That’s everything.
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
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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?
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.
Grips: GolfPride MCC, Dark red-White combo, GolfPride.com
Gloves: Bruce Bolt Original, Black, BruceBolt.us
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