Quail Hollow member Webb Simpson has decided to step up his iron game ahead of the 2026 Truist Championship hosted at his home course. He’s not one to make changes often. He’s first to admit it, and “if something works,” he tends to run it out for “as long as possible.”

So when a shiny new set of Titleist T100 irons are in the bag of the Charlotte native, it’s a pretty big change. The clubs, in fact, came “right off the rack,” according to Simpson. 

The real story about the irons isn’t to do with how new they are, or even the fact they’re off the rack, but instead, what Simpson has done with them since he received the set. With the development of iron technology over the years, manufacturers are seeing the need to reduce the lofts, something that Simpson isn’t looking to do. So rather than bending the irons’ lofts to the degrees he would like, and worrying about impacting the club’s bounce, Simpson has alternatively stepped up each head to the loft of the next iron up. 

The result – some restamped irons to help him keep track of which club is which.

“With technology improving, lofts getting a little stronger, we felt like every time we would weaken irons that would come, it would start affecting the bounce a little bit too much,” Simpson said. “We just thought, why not order a set? This is actually a 9-iron right off the rack, scratch the nine off, put an eight so I don’t forget. So this is technically a 9-iron loft, 9-iron head, but it’s my 8- iron, so it’s going the distance I want.”

Each iron in the bag can be seen with a small ground-down section from where the old number was stamped into the sole. Just above the removed material is a newer number stamped, indicating the club should play as for Simpson. Don’t worry, though; Simpson confirmed with Titleist Tour Rep JJ Van Wezenbeeck that the small removal shouldn’t affect the weighting of the club. 

“Technically, I’m probably 3 to 4 degrees weaker than what’s current for let’s say a 9-iron, and so my 9-iron is 44 degrees,” Simpson went on to add. “I think that’s pretty much the current pitching wedge all across the board. My pitching wedge is 49 and a half degrees, so I’m still kind of stuck back 20 years ago.”

The newer technology is helping Simpson, even if he’s still stuck in the past. 

“I’ve increased spin a little bit, which we were after, and so it’s definitely unique, but I’m about a month in and I’ve loved the change I’ve seen,” Simpson said.

Simpson, who hasn’t been the longest of hitters on the PGA Tour, but rather one of the most accurate iron players instead, leading him to U.S. Open and Players Championship title, noted that he’s never been looking for added distance when it comes to his iron setup. 

“We’re not after hitting it longer with our irons, we’re after better distance control and what I’m used to, and really the gapping between my irons, and so we’re after consistency,” Simpson said. “So this has given me what I was looking for and I think I’m here to stay with the T100s for a while.”