{"id":335060,"date":"2025-12-08T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335060\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:26:14","slug":"the-equipment-debrief-new-callaway-and-cobra-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335060\/","title":{"rendered":"The Equipment Debrief: New Callaway And Cobra Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We may as well start this week\u2019s Equipment Debrief with an update on World No.1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a> who, as we reported last Wednesday, appears to be the latest player to convert to the TaylorMade Qi4D driver<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scheffler is not someone to make too many changes to his bag over the course of a season, so it\u2019s interesting to see that he has finally put his trusted TaylorMade Qi10 driver<\/a> to one side.<\/p>\n

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It means the top three players in the world – Scheffler, Rory McIlroy<\/a>, and Tommy Fleetwood<\/a> – have all made the switch to the new model, one that we expect to be hitting the shelves in early 2026.<\/p>\n

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The World No.1 was making his first competitive appearance since the Ryder Cup at the weekend, and he came close to making a winning return at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Although Scheffler finished two shots off the pace at Albany Golf Club, his long game looked as reliable as ever – and we got some lovely shots (below) of his new driver, one that was responsible for seeing him end the week topping driving accuracy at over 90%.<\/p>\n

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\"TheA close-up of the face of Scottie Scheffler’s new TaylorMade Qi4 D driver(Image credit: Getty Images)\"ScottieThe World No.1 in action at the Hero World Challenge(Image credit: Getty Images)\"ScottieScheffler’s new TaylorMade Qi4D driver was spotted in Albany at the weekend (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The four-time Major winner has gone for a bright blue face on the Qi4D, which looks similar to his previous gamer.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, we spoke to TaylorMade Tour Senior Manager, Adrian Rietveld, who shed a little bit of light on Scheffler\u2019s driver preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou could say it’s about the brightness of the face, but he doesn’t have a topline on the driver, which is different to all of our drivers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen talking about the face, he likes to see as much of it as he can and that helps him at that low loft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s set between 7.5\u00b0 to 7.75\u00b0 and you can head-sort to get that within the tolerance, so he can have that exact loft that he’s always played and looked at.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scheffler, just like McIlroy, has also added the TaylorMade Qi4D fairway wood to his set-up, which takes the place of the Qi10.<\/p>\n

What can we take away from this? Judging by the stats from the Bahamas, where Scheffler ranked second in SG: Off The Tee, expect more consistent long game excellence in 2026.<\/p>\n

A Quantum Leap? <\/p>\n

With \u2018new driver season\u2019 fast approaching, a number of other new models were spotted in action over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Starting with Callaway, new drivers for 2026 appear to come in the form of the Quantum Triple Diamond, Triple Diamond Max, Triple Diamond Tour Draw, and the Max D.<\/p>\n

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Sam Burns was spotted hitting the Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max at the Hero World Challenge<\/p>\n

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After Callaway dropped its Quantum range<\/a> on the USGA Conforming List last week, these models were seen being tested across the professional circuits.<\/p>\n

Callaway staffer Sam Burns, who was playing at the Hero World Challenge, had the Triple Diamond Max in the bag, as did LIV golfer, Tom McKibbin, who was in action at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Burns also appears to have become the latest adopter of Callaway\u2019s Apex MB \u201826 irons.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Si Woo Kim was spotted playing the Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond at the Australian Open, where the South Korean finished just two shots behind winner Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sure to learn a bit more about Cobra’s OPTM LS, Max-D, Max-K, and the K in the coming weeks, with these four models also appearing on the Conforming List.<\/p>\n

Dear Santa<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Santa. First on my Christmas list is to make more putts. This is the (new) putter I\u2019m currently gaming. Whether it\u2019s in the form of a putter, no 3 putts or some lucky breaks on the greens, truthfully, I\u2019ll take any. More to come on the wishlist\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the message former Open champion Collin Morikawa<\/a> posted on social media recently, along of course with music from Mariah Carey (you know the one).<\/p>\n

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The TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT putter, Morikawa’s new weapon of choice <\/p>\n

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Morikawa has treated himself to an early Christmas present – an all-black TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The American has tried several putters over the last year-and-a-half in an effort, to rediscover his best form on the greens.<\/p>\n

Time will tell whether one of the best zero torque putters<\/a> – a model that features a new sole camber to help the head sit flush on the green – will deliver the goods for the two-time Major winner.<\/p>\n

And Finally\u2026<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll finish this week\u2019s Equipment Debrief with some golf shoes<\/a> news.<\/p>\n

Back Down Under, where Min Woo Lee was spotted wearing what appears to be a yet-to-be-released pair of Payntr golf shoes.<\/p>\n

The brand has enjoyed something of a breakout year in 2025, with the Eighty Seven SC shoe<\/a> picking up the best golf shoe award.<\/p>\n

Our shoe expert, Dan Parker, will have more on the new release in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n

And we will of course be heading to the PGA Show in Orlando in January, when we’ll be able to bring you right up to speed with all the latest equipment launches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We may as well start this week\u2019s Equipment Debrief with an update on World No.1 Scottie Scheffler who,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-335060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}