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Tour Tech Rundown: A fair Wyndham blows
On this Memorial Day, and on days of commemoration all year long, all around the planet, we remember and thank those that made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom and liberty. The tours are in a few weeks of non-major mode as May seeps into June. The LPGA is up next with its Women’s Open in early June, followed by the Men’s Open on Father’s Day. The Tour Champions runs three majors together in July, and before you know it, summer is on the wane and the majors are behind us.
We celebrate all professional outcomes on Tour Tech Rundown, and we appreciate each event for its intrinsic worth and value. A TPC Craig Ranch doesn’t have to be Aronimink, and let’s face it, after last week’s grueling PGA Championship set-up, it shouldn’t be. Imagine for a moment your most exhausting, energy-sapping day in the office or wherever. Should every week, every day, be identical? Of course not.
In a week when the ruling golf associations announced the two-fold implementation of rolled-back golf balls, focus is on the little white (in most cases) orb that we whack across the Elysian Fields. All current balls are legal for amateurs until 2030, and the pros will receive new spheres in January of 2028. For me, it means that our team shagbag will probably be OK to use until we lose all the balls, down the road. For the pros, given their levels of fitness and the science behind every aspect of golf technology, I expect their distances to change not one bit. Sorry, not sorry. That’s evolution.
On that note, enough with the Op-Ed section and on to the facts. Five winners on five tours gives us plenty of Tour and plenty of Tech to run down. Let’s take a crack at understanding what made the winning engines purr and roar this week. Thanks to GolfWRX, Inside Tour Golf, and Today’s Golfer for initial research efforts.
PGA Tour @ CJ Cup Byron Nelson: A fair Wyndham blows through Texas
Unlike the Charles Schwab Challenge, which has a forever home at Hogan’s Alley (Colonial Country Club) the Nelson has moved around the Dallas-Fort Worth area with regularity. TPC Craig Ranch was toughened up by Lanny Wadkins and company, in anticipation of this year’s tournament. Two things need to be stated: Tour Pros don’t like tough golf courses every week, and they expect a chance to show off their skills (aka birdie fests) with some regularity. No one likes missed shots, missed field goals, missed catches, except for the defensive specialists, and the average sports viewer is not a defensive specialist. We come to July 4th in anticipation of bigger, louder, brighter, better, and we like birdies and eagles from time to time.
This week in Dallasland, we had plenty of fireworks. We had 60s and 61s, and we had a 30-under par tally from our winner. Wyndham Clark blaxed through the inward nine at TPCCR in 28 strokes. He made up five shots on the day, on Si Woo Kim and company. Clark’s five birdies and one eagle over the closing half brought the week’s second 60 (Kim had the first) and a three-shot margin of victory.
Si Woo Kim appeared destined to claim the win, but a bogey at the eighth slowed his role. He came home in minus-three, a decent showing on most days. On Sunday, it meant that he gave four shots back over the final stretch, and that is never good. Kim placed second at 27-under par, while Scottie Scheffler came third at 25-deep. The tour moves down the interstate a bit, to Colonial this week.
Clark’s Collection
- Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D at 9 degrees with Project X Titan Black 70 TX Shaft
- Metal: Ping G440 Max at 21 degreews with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 80 TX shaft
- Irons: Titleist T200 4-5 with True Temper Dynamic Golf X-Seven shaft
- Irons: Titleist T100 6-9 with True Temper Dynamic Golf X-Seven shaft
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 @ 46, 53, 56, 60 degrees with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shaft
- Putter: Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset
- Ball: Titleist ProV1x
DP World Tour @ Soudal Open: Sterne finish leads to triumph
In 2013, over a dozen years back, Richard Sterne won his sixth DP World Tour title. Thanks to a stellar week in Belgium, Sterne now has his seventh tour title, after a bit of a wait. The South African veteran golfer held off a half-dozen of the circuit’s finest and hungriest, to reach 18-under par and win at Rinkven International.
A United Nations sub-committee pursued Sterne to the final green. England, Spain, Sweden, France, Japan, and Denmark all sent representatives to the stretch run, but none could track down the 44-year old from Pretoria. Sterne started well (three birdies in five holes) and finished well (birdie-eagle near the end) on Sunday, and held the pack at distance. In truth, the two that gave the most away were countryment Zander Lombard (74) and MJ Daffue (71) who both closed with less than their best, finishing three shots back at minus-15. On to Austria and the Alpine Open in Kitzbuhel.
Sterne’s Collection
- Driver: Ping G440 LST at 10 degrees with Titan Project X shaft
- Metal: Ping G440 Max at 15 degrees with Titan Project X shaft
- Metal: Ping G440 Max at 19 degrees with Titan Project X shaft
- Metal: Ping G440 Max at 21 degrees with Titan Project X shaft
- Irons: Srixon ZXiU 2-4 irons
- Irons: TaylorMade P7MC 5-9 irons
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11Ball 46, 50, 54, 60 degrees
- Putter: L.A.B. DF3i
- Ball: Titleist ProV1x
Korn Ferry Tour @ Visit Knoxville Open: What a minute, Doc!
Doc Redman joined Ian Holt as double dippers in 2026, with a playoff win in Tennessee. Redman won in Chile during the tour’s tour of the Americas this winter, then repeated his fortune in Knoxville. Redman and Hunter Eichorn finished on 25-under par, two shots clear of third place. The pair played but one hole in overtime. Redman buried a monster putt for eagle at the par-five finisher, and Eichorn was unable to match.
Cooper Dossey held the 54-hole lead, but an outward, plus-one 37 opened the barn door to all the predators. Dossey dropped into a tie for third position with John Marshall Butler and Bryce Lewis. Eichorn was flawless on Sunday, posting ten birdies on his way to 61, Redman stumbled for bogey at the penultimate hole, before rebounding with birdie at the last, to enter the playoff. The tour shifts to Raleigh Country Club this week for the UNC Health Championship.
Redman’s Collection
- Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke at 8.5 degrees with Fujikura Ventus TR 6-X shaft
- Metal: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond at 15 degrees w/ Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
- Metal: Ping G430 at 21 degrees with Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX shaft
- Irons: Ping Blueprint S 4 and 5 with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shaft
- Irons:Ping Blueprint T 6 – 9 with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shaft
- Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 at 46, 50, 54 degrees w/ True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedge: Titleist Wedgeworks Proto at 58 degrees w/ True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter: Scotty Cameron T 5.5
- Ball: Titleist ProV1x
SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT ?
Doc Redman won the Visit Knoxville Open with a cliffhanger eagle on the first playoff hole! pic.twitter.com/6uAcP2hwMk
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) May 24, 2026
PGA Tour Americas @ Open de Ecuador: Earth’s waistline is good to Joey
Canada’s Joey Savoie thought that he only had to consider the USA’s Thomas Ponder, until Jack Lundin made a stretch run at the overnight leader. Savoie posted 69 on Sunday, featuring a clumsy birdie-bogey-bogey-birdie finish. Meanwhile, Lundin applied the icing to a delicious 64 cake, featuring a 32 on the closing nine. His only mistake was bogey at the tenth, but he made up for it with three birdies and an eagle over the final eight holes.
Savoie and Lundin finished one shot clear of Ponder, who followd a 71st-hole eagle with a 72nd-hole bogey, to miss the playoff by one. The top pair returned to the 18th hole twice with pars, before moving to the 10th hole, where Savoie had posted 3, and Lundin 5, in regulation. There, Savoie repeated his birdie with another tre, while Lundin was unable to match. The PGAT moves to Mexico in June, after a weeklong break.
Savoie’s Collection
- Driver: TaylorMade Qi35 LS at 9 degrees
- Metal: TaylorMade Qi35 Tour at 15 degrees
- Hybrid: TaylorMade Qi35 Rescue
- Irons: TaylorMade 7CB
- Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 4
- Putter: TaylorMade Spider GTX Black
- Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
PGA Tour Champions @ Trophy Hassan II: Give him a Hend, ladies and gentlemen
Many senior golfers travel to America to fulfill their post-PGA Tour dreams. Scott Hend journeyed to … Morocco? A bit disingenuous, I’ll admit. The PGA Tour Champions made a stop in Morocco, at the Royal Dar Es Salaam golf club. Long before the Indianaplis Motor Speedway conceived of the idea of having a golf course within the race course. RDES was built inside the Rabat royal palace. Nifty if you can afford it, I suppose!
Hend opened with 66, for a one-shot margin over Tommy Gainey, the second-most famous wearer of two gloves, after Aaron Rai’s PGA Championship win. Gainey followed with a second 67, to assume the lead by one over Hend. On Day three, Two-Gloves Gainey stumbled to a 75 and tie for second spot with Steven Alker. Hend was unflappable under pressure, posting 69 for the second-consecutive day, to earn an inaugural Champions Tour title.
Hend’s Collection
It’s safe to say that a 2020 WITB is not current, so we won’t list that Scott Hend equipment set for you. Rest assured that we will update this column if new information comes to our attention.
2 up with 3 to play ?
Scott Hend is looking to win for the first time on the PGA TOUR Champions at Trophy Hassan II.
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— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 23, 2026
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
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
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
Aaron Rai’s winning WITB: 2026 PGA Championship
Russell Henley’s winning WITB: 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
Photos from the 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
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Charles Schwab Challenge Tour Report: MacIntyre, Åberg and Spaun all switch putters, TaylorMade launches new Spider
Details on J.J. Spaun’s surprise putter switch
GolfWRX Launch Report: 2026 Titleist GTS drivers
Photos from the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
PGA Championship Tour Report: Fitzpatrick, Koepka among big-name putter switches for Aronimink
Photos from the ShopRite LPGA
Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees) Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4 3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees) Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4 5-wood: Ping G440...
Eric Cole WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: PXG Lightning Tour Max (9 degrees) Shaft: Project X Titan Yellow 70 TX 3-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D (15 degrees) Shaft:...
Si Woo Kim WITB 2026 (May)
Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (8.5 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X Mini driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Mini...
Wyndham Clark’s winning WITB: 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D (10.5 degrees) Shaft: Project X Titan Yellow 60 TX 3-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D Tour (15 degrees) Shaft: Project...
