My visit to golf-equipment heaven was amazing – and dizzying

Getting fit by top fitters at 6 different manufacturers in 9 days at their state-of-the-art facilities was a dream — but it also made my head spin.

Coming out of the process, which five of my colleagues and I immersed ourselves in for our new Fully Fit franchise, I had more options to take my game to the next level than ever before.

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If you’re like me, that means paralysis by analysis.

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I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but we’ve told you just how good every OEM’s products are today, to the point where you could honestly add any of their gear in any part of your bag and not give up much.

But choosing the right stuff to optimize every element of your game has never been harder.

For me, the two most difficult decisions have been with my driver and hybrid. With driver, I happily could have gamed any of the four drivers for which I got fit.

I landed in the TaylorMade Qi4D, which was both a comfort thing and a new wrinkle. With the other three drivers on my short list, I got fit into the same shaft. But with the Qi4D, I ended up in the Diamana Whiteboard, a shaft I’ve never played before — and that addition separated the driver from the pack.

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Lower down the bag, there was more familiarity with the Ping G440 hybrid, which is staying in my bag from last year. I loved the other three options I got fit for, but I’m riding with what I know best. In the iron category, I feel supremely confident with my Cobra 3DP MBs and Titleist Vokey SM11 wedges, though TaylorMade made the decision much harder with its excellent P7CBs and MG5s.

Don’t get me wrong, other options is a nice problem to have, but the way my brain works, I’m constantly considering what-ifs. I’ve probably driven some of my fitters crazy with my endless questions. Still, my 2026 bag is set — and I can report that much of the gear available this year is absolutely outstanding.

Trust me: If you’re on the fence about getting fit for new clubs, this is the year to do it.

3 things I’m thinking

A game-improvement hybrid is trending on Tour: Over the past few weeks, Titleist’s GT1 hybrid has been sneaking into players bags. The GT1 was designed to be an ultralight build, but it has interchangeable front-to-back weighting and the ability to accept a fairway wood shaft, making it a great option as a 7-wood. Cam Young and Tom Kim were the first big names to use one. I’m curious to see who’s next.

Titleist GT1 Custom Hybrid

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New low-torque options: Max Greyserman and Tony Finau are among pros trying out some unreleased low-torque putters. Greyserman has an Odyssey S2S Tri-Hot SB (Single-bend) prototype which has little onset and a non-center shafted design. Meanwhile, Tony Finau made a surprising change to a Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter. The low-torque (aka zero-torque) movement is here to stay.