Equipment
The PGA Tour’s newest free agent, Wesley Bryan’s unknown irons, and custom Ryder Cup gear spotted in Napa
Welcome to “Wine Country,” but please, no complaining, because this week’s Tour Report is here to provide the latest equipment news from the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour’s Fall season kicks off this week at the 2023 Fortinet Championship at Silverado Golf Resort & Spa in Napa, California.
As always, GolfWRX.com was live on site to see what equipment is inside the bags of the world’s best, and figure out what changes they’re making…and why. This week, Justin Thomas made a few surprising club additions, Odyssey unveiled custom putter covers, SuperStroke gave us a sneak peek at its custom Ryder Cup grips, Wesley Bryan switched into irons from an obscure brand, and we saw what’s in the bag of the PGA Tour’s newest equipment free agent.
Let’s get right into this week’s equipment highlights from Napa.
Kevin Tway’s blank staff bag

Tway showed up at the 2023 Fortinet Championship this week with a blacked-out Vessel staff bag, rather than the Wilson bag he’d been using since signing with the company in 2020.
As of Tuesday, Tway packed his new bag with mostly Titleist equipment, including a TSR3 driver, U505 driving iron, T100 irons, Vokey SM9 wedges, and a Scotty Cameron T5 proto putter, to go along with a pair of TaylorMade Stealth 2 fairway woods.
The pool of free agents seems to be ever-growing on the PGA Tour as the new age equipment landscape takes form. Tway is the latest addition to the list.
Click here to see all the photos of Tway’s clubs in Napa
Wesley Bryan puts Takomo on the map

Unless you’re a super gearhead, you probably haven’t heard of Takomo, which is a direct-to-consumer iron/wedge manufacturer in Scandinavia.
On Tuesday, Bryan told GolfWRX.com that he discovered the irons on the Internet, and he tried them out during his time off between the Wyndham Championship last month, and the Fortinet Championship this week.
Here’s what he had to say about the irons (which sell for just $649 a set):
“I first tried them out during… I guess you could consider it a little bit of an offseason,” Bryan said. “I had a few weeks off after Wyndham and was dabbling around. I’m always looking for ways to get better, and figure out how I’m approaching this Fall season. But yeah, I’m trying them out. I’ve really enjoyed them. They look great and they feel great, and they at least warranted getting them in the bag this week.”
As of Tuesday, Bryan was still figuring out exactly how he’ll configure his mixed set of Takomo 301 CB and 301 MB irons, but either way, he’s giving the brand a run this week.
Read GolfWRX’s full story on Bryan’s irons here
Custom Ryder Cup grips

This week in Napa, SuperStroke unveiled its custom grip designs for both Team USA and Team Europe ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy.

See more photos of the grips here
JT’s new long driver, and welded 4-iron

Justin Thomas, who’s getting his last competitive preparations in before the Ryder Cup, was spotted testing out a new driver shaft this week.
As it turns out, the Graphite Design VF-5X shaft actually measures nearly an inch longer than the Mitsubishi Diamana 60ZF shaft that he’s been using for the last four years.
While it’s simply an experimental backup option for now, Thomas said it’s helping him pick up 3-5 mph of ball speed per drive. This is a significant development, especially with the Match Play format of the Ryder Cup approaching.

Thomas also brought out a customized Titleist T100 4-iron, which was tweaked to have zero offset. He’s not a big fan of offset, as we all know by now, so his new 4-iron option fits more in line with the shaping of the rest of his set. We’ll see if he officially puts it in play this week.
Read WAY more about JT’s club experiments this week in Napa
Fore the wine lovers

The PGA Tour event held in wine country certainly deserves a custom wine-bottle inspired putter cover, and Odyssey delivered the goods. The company made custom blade and mallet covers for its staffers this week.
Ryder Cup wedge stampings
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Thomas and Max Homa – the only two Ryder Cup participants playing in the Fortinet Championship – are breaking in their patriotic wedge stampings this week. Aaron Dill simply never ceases to deliver on precision and artistry.
And, with that, we say goodbye to Napa, and to this week’s Tour Report. Don’t forget to pour up a glass of wine this week while you’re watching some golf (and browsing the photos below).
Click here to see ALL of our photos from this week at the 2023 Fortinet Championship in Napa
Whats in the Bag
Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400


Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.
Equipment
TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available
TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.
The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.
One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.
See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:
MySpider Tour

MySpider Tour X

Equipment
Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory
In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.
McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.
So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?
Driver
2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.
What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)
The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.
Fairway woods
2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.
Irons
2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.
With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.
Wedges
2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.
Putter
2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.
Ball
2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)
As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Grips
2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC
Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.
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