Equipment

Insider info on Titleist’s new 2-wood + 10 interesting gear photos from The Players Championship

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2 years ago

Mar 14, 2024

Welcome to The 2024 Players Championship at the famed Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

TPC Sawgrass is home to one of the most exciting and nerve-racking par 3’s in all of golf; the Island Green at 17. It’s where dreams and nightmares come true.

The 71st hole of the event is sure to produce some drama, but there was also some early-week drama in the world of golf equipment in the lead-up to the tournament.

Titleist dropped a surprise 2-wood, SuperStroke unveiled a St. Patrick’s Day grip, Lucas Glover made a shocking putter switch, Taylor Montgomery took us into the new-age of green-reading technology, and much more.

Check out our top-10 equipment photos from the week below, and don’t forget to check out all of our photos from The 2024 Players Championship here.

1) Cam Young tests out Titleist’s new 2-wood

Last summer, Cameron Young and the Titleist design team began prototyping a new 2-wood to fit his eye, and provide a second option off the tee that produces about 8-10 mph less speed than his driver.

This week at The Players, Young finally got to officially test out the new creation. Although the 2-wood is still very much a prototype – with no certain sites on hitting the retail market – Young approved of the new design, and it might even make it into his bag for competition this week.

I wrote about Young’s experimental 2-wood in-depth over on PGATOUR.com’s Equipment Report, but here’s what Titleist Tour rep J.J. Van Wezenbeeck had to say about the new prototype product:

“We had some discussion with Cam Young that he was looking for something that was a little more optimized off the tee,” Van Wezenbeeck told GolfWRX.com. “So, Tom Bennett – who’s the principal engineer for our fairway woods and hybrids – spoke with him. He had designed some internal prototypes of 2-woods in the past, and we went through a discussion of what type of volume (size) we would be looking for, what type of loft we would be looking for, and what type of performance.

“(Young) was looking for a certain ball speed and yardage gap from his driver. One of the things for him with the 3-wood is he wanted something with a little more volume that he felt more confident off the tee with, so he was looking for a little bigger footprint and something that was a little bit more penetrating than some of the 3-woods he’s played in the past. This will be a club he’ll hit 90 percent off the tee, versus the ground, so for the golf courses that set up for that, that’s what he’s looking for…

“This may or may not ever come to retail. It’s a chance for us to learn and put it in future products that may not be exactly this … It has forward and aft CG (center of gravity), similar to our TSR4, and we’re just seeing where that is shaking out, like do players prefer the forward or back CG? What setting are we ending up in?

“We had less than 10 heads this week. We’re truly trying to just learn about this product and who’s it for, and what type of performance variables do we want and need. The great part is this is the first week with it, and we’re getting lots of positive feedback on performance, on sound, on looks. All of those seem to be checking a lot of boxes.”

Click here to see more photos of the 2-wood

2) Taylor Montgomery tries out the PuttView X goggles

Taylor Montgomery, who’s currently ranked 7th in Strokes Gained: Putting on the PGA Tour in 2024, tested out the PuttView X augmented reality goggles on the putting green this week at TPC Sawgrass.

Using special software and Microsoft’s HoloLens2, PuttView’s X visualizer glasses help golfers see things like the ideal line, setup lines, and contours.

If putting is a mix of art and science, this is certainly covering the science end of the spectrum. It’s cool to see one of the best putters in golf embracing technology like this, and it will be interesting to see if Montgomery continues to use this in the future, or whether it was a one-time experiment.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about the PuttView X goggles here

3) SuperStroke gets festive ahead of St. Patty’s Day

SuperStroke unveiled a custom grip design this week ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, which is on March 17, but be on the lookout before then for information on purchasing one of the grips for yourself.

Rumor has it that Irishman Shane Lowry received one this week; we’ll see if it makes it onto his putter, or if it remains a festive keepsake.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about the SuperStroke St. Patty’s Day special grip here

4) Scottie Scheffler speaks on his winning Spider

Scottie Scheffler blazed the field at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational during his first week using a new TaylorMade Spider Tour X mallet putter, after months and months of putter testing.

Click here to read my full breakdown of Scheffler’s new putter over on PGATOUR.com, or continue reading to see what he had to say about it on Tuesday during his press conference at The Players:

“I had tried a Spider during the playoffs last year,” he said. “It was a little bit of a different type of Spider than the one I used last week. At times last year I struggled lining the ball up in the middle of the face, so I lined the ball up on the toe sometimes, and I struggled with a tiny bit of a heel strike, and that was just — you know, just became kind of my miss. Like if I was fighting a duck hook off the tee, I was fighting a little bit of a heel miss with the putter…

“This Spider putter is really easy for me to line up. I don’t have to use the line on the ball. I line the putter up really well, and I line up in the middle of the face, and pretty much as simple as that. Kind of gives me just a really good visual…it’s good for me visually, and I like the way the ball comes off the face, and so it’s helping me just be more kind of outward with my putting than focusing on what’s going on right here, just focusing on the picture of the putt.”

See Scottie Scheffler’s full WITB for 2024

5) Ping unveils special-edition staff bags

New this week, Ping staffers (and their caddies) are using new special edition gold-black-and-white PLD staff bags in celebration of the success of the company’s PLD (Putting Lab Design) putters that continue to gain popularity on Tour and in the marketplace.

See more photos of the special edition staff bags here

6) Collin Morikawa speaks on his new Logan Olson prototype putter

Last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Collin Morikawa switched into a new Logan Olson prototype putter.

This week at The Players, we caught up with Morikawa to get his take on the new design. Here’s what he had to say:

“Yeah, I’ve switched putters my entire career, but, you know, just what we’ve seen, I like how it rolls off the face,” Morikawa said. “When you actually get the data, it’s incredible how much better it rolls, even though the TaylorMade rolled in insanely good. It’s nearly the exact same putter, the same look. We cleaned up a few things that I actually never looked at.

“What’s crazy about professional golf is that we have everything at our disposal. Like, you can change anything. You can change all this, change all that, and, you kind of go down this path sometimes where you’re like, it’s too much and you don’t really know what you need. And sometimes what’s there is good enough.

“But it’s cool. You know, we went through a lot of little tweaking here and there, seeing the face, not seeing it, the dot, and he just cleaned it all up. So I’m loving it … it’s been fun. He’s [Olson] incredibly smart. He has a knack for just asking all the questions on what you’re trying to see and what you’re trying to get out of a putter, and, it’s been awesome.”

7) Lucas Glover goes back in the LAB

After switching to L.A.B. Golf’s Mezz.1 Max broomstick putter last season, Glover reeled off two straight wins at the Wyndham Championship and the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

Well, as confirmed on Thursday at The Players, Glover has officially switched into a new L.A.B. DF3 prototype broomstick putter.

As the story goes, L.A.B. Golf gave Glover a DF3 prototype broomstick putter at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week to try out. The head is made with additional volume and weight ports on the sole to balance out the weighting of the longer putter.

Since the putter wasn’t technically meant to go into play yet, Glover’s version is made of 6061 aluminum, and doesn’t even yet have the typical anodized finish for durability protection. However, Glover liked the putter so much that he wanted to put in straight into play. While L.A.B. is putting the finishing touches on an anodized version of the head, Glover is busy using the prototype in The Players Championship.

See more photos of Glover’s new L.A.B. Golf DF3 putter here

8) Tom Kim might be going back to blade

Unfortunately, Tom Kim had to withdraw from the event due to illness on Thursday, but earlier in the week, we saw him yet again experimenting with a custom Scotty Cameron blade-style putter, after most recently using a center-shafted Scotty Cameron mallet.

Clearly, Kim is still in putter testing mode, so when he starts feeling better and gets back out onto the course, we’ll keep an eye on what putter makes in into his bag next.

9) Toulon’s new Small Batch – Texas

This week at The Players, we spotted a new Toulon Small Batch Texas putter, made of high-quality 904L stainless steel, with a brilliant black PVD finish and a super-fine double fly face milling.

The limited Small Batch putters are currently available for $1800.

10) Custom Players headcovers, with swag

Swag Golf consistently makes custom covers for big events on the PGA Tour, so of course they had Nick Hardy covered this week with some headcover heat.

Swag’s signature skull design got the full island treatment, and the putter cover is made in a gold colorway, in honor of The Players Championship Gold Trophy (which weighs 7.6 pounds and is made of sterling silver and 24K gold vermeil.

And, with that, we say goodbye to The 2024 Players Championship and the island green. We’ll see you next week on the Gulf side of Florida for the 2024 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook.

See all of our photos from The 2024 Players Championship here

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Whats in the Bag

Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

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3 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

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

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4 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

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

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6 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

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.