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Tour Tech Rundown: A TaylorMade ride or die does it
Sunday is giving Saturday a run for its money as Moving Day, at least on the PGA Tour. The numbers posted at Pebble Beach were stunning in the depths that they reached. Scottie Scheffler made three eagles and a birdie on the par-five holes, shot 63, and didn’t win. Among the players in the top five, their ringer score for the front nine was 26. The only hole that none birdied was number nine. The back nine played a bit tougher. 27 was the best ringer score that they could compile. Hole 12 held firm against the birdie barrage, while 14 did not surrender an eagle (even to Scheffler). A new reality with classic golf courses is that they no longer hold up against today’s talent, strength, and equipment. We should love them for what they were and are, but they will not be the standard for par, at least at the professional level.
That cornucopia of themes brings us to this week’s Tour Tech Rundown. Winners raised trophies in California, Florida, Riyadh, and Adelaide. Their equipment choices ranged from one brand to four brands, with certain selection similarities and other option differences.
PGA Tour @ AT&T: It’s Collin’s time!
For a decent amount of time, after Akshay Bhatia lost his lead, Sam Burns stepped up to make a run at the top spot. At the same time, Scottie Scheffler was on a tear. The world number one stood seven-under after seven holes, but then cooled off. Scheffler managed a tie for fourth, courtesy of his day-four 63. He was one shot behind co-runners up Sepp Straka and Min Woo Lee, and two behind the victor. Bhatia had another chance to take the next step and win against proven champions, but a missed, six-feet putt for birde at 16 extinguished the flickering candle of hope for the young Wake Forest native.
The man of the hour was Collin Morikawa. The two-time major champion had not won since 2023, when he triumphed at Zozo. Morikawa notched birdies at 15 and 16 to take a lead, but nearly threw the tournament away with a 17th-hole double cross. His patented fade never materialized at the famous par-three hole, and Morikawa nearly went down the cove by the penultimate green. He was able to pitch onto the putting surface, but his putt for par drifted off.
At the final hole, Morikawa split the fairway with his driver, but erred in therough near the green. His pitch for three was a gem, rolling out to mere inches. With the tap-in birdie, Collin Morikawa was able to secure a seventh tour title and re-establish himself as a contender.
Much like Charley Hull (see below) Collin Morikawa has Taylor Made as his ride or die through the bag. Every club and his golf ball are TM. Morikawa begins with a Qi4D LS, and pairs it with Qii4D Tour 3 and 5 fairway metals. Beneath the iron covers, Morikawa mixes in three different models. His four-iron is a PDHY. He adds in two P7CBs in the 5 and 6 slots. The set concludes with the P730 model for his 7iron through the pitching wedge. Morikawa closes his bag with three MG5 wedges, at 5o (SB09), 56 (LB08) and 60 degrees (TW). Along the ground, Morikwa trusts his TP5x ball to a Spider Tour X putter.
PGA Tour Champions @ Chubb Classic: Toms’ sandy wins the day
Put a wedge in David Toms’ hands and something special might happen. Toms’ only major victory on the regular tour came courtesy of an up-and-down from 100 yards at the 18th at Atlanta Athletic Club. On Sunday at Tiburon, Toms made every mistake he could conjure, leading to two doubles and two bogeys. Despite those missteps, Toms jarred a massive, twenty-feet save for par at 17. He came to the par-five, 18th hole, in a tie for the top spot, still hopeful for a win in regulation time. Already in the clubhouse were Boo Weekly and Justin Leonard. Both had a chance to reach 13-deep, but neither could make four at the final hole. With no holes left, the duo could simply wait, watch, and wonder. Then came Toms.
The LSU alumnus took two shots to reach the left greenside bunker. Faced with a lengthy sand shot, Toms played it to perfection. He landed it partway to the hole, then let it run out to within inches of the flagstick. The birdie tap-in was the clinching shot, moving him one ahead of the runners-up, into a fifth senior title, and first since 2023.
David Toms Gear Bag
It’s tricky keeping up with PGA Tour Champions golfers and their current equipment lineup. As recently as 2024, Toms was gaming Callaway driver and fairway metals, Srixon hybrids and irons, and Cleveland wedges. A Scotty Cameron putter and a Titleist ProV1 golf ball rounded out the utensils. Clearly a guy at a point in his career that plays what he wants to play, and not what will put food on the table.
Still in it!@DavidTomsGolf saves par to keep a share of the lead @ChubbClassic. He has one hole to go. pic.twitter.com/6hPOkgIu5m
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) February 15, 2026
Ladies European Tour: One Hull of a day for Charley
At the close of play on Saturday, ten golfers at within two shots of the lead. Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi had reached 15-under par, but had little time to relax. On her heels at -14 was Japan’s Rio Takeda, followed by an octet of challengers at 13-deep. There would be no holding on, no preservation of a lead. Sunday would be a barnburner, a shootout, and one golfer would emerge with the title at Riyadh Golf Club.
On day four, every golfer in contention had stumbled at least twice. Some made bogeys, others a double, and for the majority, a stumble meant not enough birdies. England’s Charley Hull had a pair of bogeys on her card. She also counted seven birdie and an eagle, to go with eight pars. Hull signed for the day’s low round with 65. No one else in contention was lower than 67. One of those golfers, Akie Iwai of Japan, began the day one shot clear of Hull. Iwai played a marvelous round, including fashioning a birdie at the last.
The problem for Iwai was, that birdie came on the heels of a bogey at 17, one of two that she made over the closing six holes. Hull’s last bogey came at the 10th, and she followed that with four birdies and an eagle over her final eight holes. The clubslingers laid it all out on the final day, and in the end, Charley Hull stood tallest.
Charley’s Gear Bag
Leave it to Charley to keep her equipment the only boring thing about her. The woman who once took up vaping to kick a tobacco habit, runs driver to putter with TaylorMade gear. The Qi4D driver gets her down the fairway, and Qi35 hybrids at 17 and 19 degrees move her deeper along the void. For irons, Hull emulates many of her long-hitting peers with a special driving iron, in this case, a P770 4 iron. She rounds out the lofters with P7MB five iron through pitching wedge. Inside of 100 yards, Hull relies on three Milled Grind 3 wedges, set at 48, 54, and 60 degrees. The rock that she rolls, a Taylor Made TP5x, gets its bump from a Soto TP Hydro Blast putter.
LIV Golf: It’s been a minute, AK
Anthony Kim played the role of Larry Mize of Sunday’s final trio at The Grange. Long ago, Mize faced off in a Masters playoff with Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros. In the most unlikely of scenarios, Mize dispatched both to win his only major title. Not nearly as mild as the Augusta native, Kim was still a distant third in the betting, with Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau as much clearer favorites.
All the odds shifted as Rahm struggled with the flat stick, and DeChambeau struggled with his other sticks. Rahm posted minus-one on Sunday, while BDC struggled to +2 on the fourth day. For their efforts. Rahm earned a solo silver medal, while DeChambeau tied for third spot with Tyrrell Hatton and Peter Uihlein.
How Anthony Kim was on the 2026 LIV circuit, merits our attention. After 2025, he was relegated to non-status, and had to reclaim a place via the qualifying tournament. He did so by two shots, placing third to claim the recently-added opportunity. When Patrick Reed left LIV in January, to return to the DP World Tour and, perhaps one day, the PGA Tour, Kim was awarded Reed’s spot on the 4Aces squad.
On day four Kim was nearly flawless. He posted zero bogeys over the course of 18 holes, an unlikely feat along Australia’s sand belt. His final-round 63 brought him from five shots in arrears to a three-shot win over the field. Much will be said and written across the socials and the webs and the office spaces, about the American’s resurgence. A kid from Los Angeles, who found a collegiate home at the University of Oklahoma, Kim simply went away from the PGA Tour and professional golf, as rumors of his downs and downs swirled. Fans with long memories remembered the street baller who could make a golf ball obey and dance. He was the future of every Team USA, until he no longer was.
On Sunday in Grange, Kim went out in four-under figures. LIV gambled on the individual winner coming from the final two groups, and sent both off from the first tee, in its shotgun format. While his playing partners struggled, Kim gained momentum. He came home in five-under 31, to post nine-under for the round. There is no telling if Kim will preserve his new-old self, and there is no guarantee that he will provide similar performances down the road. Like Tiger in 2019, we saw what we once considered standard and expected, and for that, we should be grateful.
Despite gaming a Titleist GT3 driver in January’s circuit qualifier, Kim trusted his long ball to a Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max at Seaton. He also had Callaway fairway metals from the Paradym Ai Smoke and Elyte Triple Diamond lines in his bag. For irons, Kim opened with a Titleist T150 4-iron, then concluded with the TaylorMade P7TW line for five iron through pitching wedge. The winning wedge configuration included new 50 and 54 degree Titleist Vokey SM11s, while the 58 degree saucer was a holdover, a Vokey WedgeWorks model. On the greens and surrounds, Kim rolled his Titleist ProV1 with a Scotty Cameron prototype putter, known among friends and family as a Scotty Cameron TourType Timeless GSS tour prototype.
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Photos from the 2026 Memorial Tournament
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.
In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Jason Day – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- SungJae Im – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
Pullout Albums
- Jason Day’s 1off Payntr golf shoes – 2026 The Memorial
- JT Poston’s TaylorMade Spider – 2026 The Memorial
- Cameron putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Tommy Fleetwood’s TM Spider putters – 2026 The Memorial
- New Mitsubishi Chemical 1K Pro Orange shaft – 2026 The Memorial
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Tour Tech Rundown: Heroic Henley
Around the world, the golf wheel spun this final week in May of 2026. From New Jersey to Austria, with stops in Korea, Texas, and North Carolina (don’t let me route your next trip) the world’s finest put their golf games on display. There were three playoffs, some known commodities and some new talent. It was the sort of week that we hope to have at this point in the seasons. June and July afford double-digit major events, and perhaps, one of this week’s champions will use this success as a springboard to new heights. Time to run it all down, tech style, in this week’s Tour Tech Rundown.
Thanks to WITBHub, Today’s Golfer, GolfWRX, and Inside Tour Golf for initial research into equipment.
PGA Tour @ Charles Schwab Challenge: Heroic Henley denies Cole
Eric Cole did nearly everything that a fellow can do, to secure a first PGA Tour title. He stayed one shot clear of Ryder Cup player Ben Griffin. He kept US Open champion Gary Woodland and wunderkind Michael Brennan two shots distant. He posted 70 on day four to reach twelve under par. And then, Russell Henley revealed his Dr. Strange cloak. Henley made 47 feet of birdie putts on holes 16, 17, and 18, to jump from minus-nine to twelve-deep, and secured a spot in a playoff with Cole. The duo returned to the final tee, and put on a stripe show.
Both golfers found the fairway off the tee, and Henley improved on his regulation play with an approach to four feet. Cole did himself proud, tucking an iron to a dozen feet, but he was unable to convert the putt for three. Henley is one of the best putters on tour, and he proved it once more by draining a putt for a fourth consecutive birdie, and a sixth PGA Tour title. For Eric Cole, that first victory should come, and soon. He has done everything necessary to earn the chalice lift.
Henley’s Suitcase
- Driver: Titleist TSi3 at 10 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70g 6.5 TX
- Metal: Titleist TS3 at 16.5 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
- Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 at 21 degrees. Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT hybrid 100 TX
- Iron: Titleist T250 4-iron. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
- Irons: Titleist T100 5-6 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
- Irons: Titleist T100 7-9 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 48 and 50 degrees. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 54 and 60 degrees. Shaft: rue Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue S400
- Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron T5 Tour Prototype
LPGA @ Shoprite LPGA: Welcome back, Celine!
Soo Bin Joo had her eyes on a maiden LPGA title. She held the lead after two rounds, then hit a red light at the intersection of can-I and how-To. Joo posted plus-two on day three in New Jersey, and dropped to a T4 finish, which was still a career-best for the young Korean golfer. Instead of a new face, a familiar face returned to the top of the podium.
Celine Boutier was the It Girl in 2023. She collected four victories, including a major title at Evian. Boutier reached world number one status, then simply faded into the background. No wins came her way over the next 30 months. On Sunday, she collected LPGA victory number seven, at the same trace as LPGA victory number two.
Day three saw Boutier manage the windswept Seaview Bay course with six birdies and a bogey. She was challenged in the end by Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who signed for a 66 of her own. Yubol came up one shot shy of the top ladder rung. Finishing in third place at -7, two back of the winner, was Ireland’s Lauren Walsh.
Celine’s Suitcase
- Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 at 9 degrees. Shaft: Graphite Design AD IZ-5
- Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops at 19 and 22 degrees. Shaft: KBS Hybrid Prototype
- Hybrid: PXG 0311 Gen5.
- Iron: PXG 0311 P Gen 4 5-9 irons
- Wedge: PXG 0311 T Gen 4 PW
- Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II at 50, 54, 58 degrees
- Putter: Bettinardi Studio Stock 3 DASS
DP World Tour @ Austrian Alpine: KK? KK!
Kota Kaneko has a rhythmic name. It has strong vowels and a run of voiceless stops in its crunchy K sounds. On Sunday in Austria, Kaneko put a stop to a challenge from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia and everyone else, and claimed a first-ever title on the DP World Tour. Gouveia did well to reach 16-under par over four days, but Kaneko held firm, two shots in the clear.
Davis Bryant of the USA also forged a strong challenge for the win. He ended in a tie with Gouveia for second place. Kaneko began and finished his final round in a bit of a malaise, but he caught fire midway through. Birdies at 10, 12, and 13 provided the necessary cushion to cruise to the finish line without breaking a serious sweat.
Kaneko’s Suitcase
- Driver: Ping Max G440
- Metals: TaylorMade Qi4D at 15, 16.5, 21, and 24 degrees
- Irons: TaylorMade P760 5 and 6 irons
- Irons: TaylorMade P7TW 7-9 irons
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design at 46, 52, 56, and 60 degrees
- Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Arm Lock #7
Korn Ferry Tour @ UNC Health Championship: Improbably Alvaro
Alvaro Ortiz may have had a bit of scare on the outward nine on Sunday, but he came through in clutch fashion in the end. Ortiz began the day bogey-double, and added another double bogey at the 11th hole. He was mired in a downward trend, spiraling away from the top of the leader’s board. Ortiz found hope at the 14th, where his first birdie of the day tumbled home. Inspired, he closed with birdies and 17 and 18 to catch Ross Steelman at 10-under par, and the duo returned to the 18th deck for overtime.
The extra session concluded in brief time. Ortiz, buoyed by his newly-retrieved confidence, hit the fairway with driver, then approached to six feet and drained the putt. Gobsmacked, Steelman could do little more than smile and applaud, as his run at the top came to a close. The victory was the first for Ortiz on the KFT, and will implant him squarely in the chase for a PGA Tour promotion.
Alvaro’s Suitcase
- Driver: Ping G430 MAX driver at 9 degrees loft
- Metal: Ping G430 MAX 3W
- Iron: Ping iDi Driving Iron
- Irons: Ping Blueprint S irons
- Wedges
- Putter: Scottsdale TR Piper C
A party on the green!
Alvaro’s time comes in Raleigh with his first win @UNCHealthChamp ? pic.twitter.com/2dmtZdbSzk
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) May 31, 2026
LIV @ Korea: Me llamo Joaquin
Chile’s Joaquin Niemann had been away from the LIV winner’s circle throughout all of 2026. This week in Korea, he reminded us that he is still a force to consider. Niemann chased down Taylor Gooch over the closing holes at Asiad Country Club, then claimed victory with a hole-one birdie in extra time. Bryson DeChambeau claimed solo third, one shot in arrears at minus-eleven. Dustin Johnson finished on fourth, one putt farther back.
Niemann’s Suitcase
- Driver: Ping 440 LST
- Metal: Ping G440 Max at 15 degrees
- Metal: Ping G425 Max at 21 degrees
- Hybrid: Ping G430 at 25 degrees
- Irons: Ping Blueprint S 5 through PW
- Wedges: Ping S159 at 52, 56, and 60 degrees
- Putter: Ping PLD Anser
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Russell Henley’s winning WITB: 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48), S400 (47)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x


Ronald
Feb 16, 2026 at 9:06 am
Mistake on the location of the LIV event. Making changes to the story as I type. Take care.