Orlando Ramirez
It was only fitting that a man who hadn’t won on the PGA Tour approaching three years would wait nearly 30 minutes to hit the shot that would wind up effectively ending the drought. That, however, is exactly what Collin Morikawa did to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The shot, a 233-yard 4-iron, was followed by two putts from just off the green to pip Min Woo Lee and Sepp Straka by one for his seventh PGA Tour title and first since the 2023 Baycurrent Classic.
The shot into the green was struck with a TaylorMade P·DHY 4-Iron with a True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shaft. It was fitting the winning shot was an iron as Morikawa is generally considered one of the top iron players in the game. It showed on the Monterey Peninsula as he ranked first in strokes gained/approach, picking up more than 10 shots on the field while ranking second in greens in regulation with a mixed set of TaylorMade irons. He also used those irons during a third-round 62 where he became only the seventh player since 1985 to hit all 18 greens at Pebble Beach.
Those approaches were made easier by keeping the ball straight off the tee as the two-time major champ ranked fifth in driving accuracy with a 8-degree TaylorMade Qi4D LS driver with a Mitsubishi Diamana WhiteBoard 63 X shaft. Morikawa also switched golf balls this week to the firmer, lower-spinning TaylorMade TP5x.
false TaylorMade Qi4D LS $650 | Golf Galaxy 5.0 GD SCORE GD HOT LIST SCORE Hot List Gold $650 This compact model (although still 460cc) is built for low spin through its lower, more forward center of gravity and increased speed through enhanced aerodynamic shaping. Those aerodynamic improvements include softening where the top of the face and the start of the crown meet, as well as tucking the rear weight port within the rear perimeter. Two adjustable sole weights (15 and four grams) can be flipped between front and back to reduce spin, increase stability, or change trajectory. An updated design of the slot in the sole (thinner in the middle and wider at the heel and toe) improves the way the lower portion of the face flexes compared to the Qi35. A new shaft-fitting algorithm, based on 11 million shots captured during the past two decades, analyzes the rate a golfer closes the face coming into impact and then matches that tendency to one of three shaft profiles to improve center-face contact. The composite face maximizes deflection on center and off-center locations thanks to a new variable-thickness pattern arranged through 60 layers of carbon composite. Part of that new face design also includes added face curvature from the crown to the sole to produce more consistent speed, spin and launch on mis-hits. Top 5 in Look, low-handicaps MOI rating: Moderate 8, 9, 10.5 degrees (with a 12-way adjustable hosel) BUY NOW DETAILS
“The spin numbers are really consistent,” he said. “It flies better in the wind and has better distance control—and that’s everything in our game.”
Morikawa’s Spider Tour X putter has an interesting backstory. “I actually stole it from Kurt Kitayama two weeks ago when we were at home,” Morikawa said after the third round. “It’s kind of settling nice to where it allows it to flow a little bit but it doesn’t have as much toe hang as the neck assumes just because of the mallet look. So, it’s doing what I want. Hopefully we can start them online tomorrow and see if they drop.”
Enough dropped to end a frustrating drought.
What Collin Morikawa had in the bag at the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (Mitsubishi Diamana WhiteBoard 63X), 8 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D Tour, 15 degrees
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D Tour, 18 degrees
Irons (4): TaylorMade P·DHY; (5-6): TaylorMade P·7CB; (7-PW): TaylorMade P·730
Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 5 (50, 56, 60 degrees)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com