{"id":494169,"date":"2026-02-23T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494169\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:37:12","slug":"this-popular-gear-trend-from-2025-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494169\/","title":{"rendered":"This Popular Gear Trend From 2025 Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from tournaments in Hawaii and on the West Coast, it appears that one equipment trend has continued throughout the start of the 2026 PGA Tour season.<\/p>\n

As we alluded to in 2025, TaylorMade fairway woods were the top clubs to have in the bag for professionals<\/a>, as they racked up a near 60% win rate on the top circuit.<\/p>\n

Now, in 2026, that number is 100% through six tournaments, as every winner on the PGA Tour this season has had either a TaylorMade fairway wood<\/a>, or mini driver in-play for their victories.<\/p>\n

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\"Chris\n<\/p>\n

Gotterup has used the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper mini driver for all four of his PGA Tour wins<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Ranging from the brand new TaylorMade Qi4D range<\/a>, all the way to the TaylorMade M6 from 2019, every player has had at least one club from the brand in the designated section.<\/p>\n

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Beginning with Chris Gotterup, who claimed the Sony Open in Hawaii and WM Phoenix Open<\/a>, with the four-time PGA Tour winner using the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper mini driver and the TaylorMade Qi35 in a 5-wood configuration.<\/p>\n

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler had the Qi10 3-wood and Qi4D 7-wood for his win at The American Express<\/a>, while his Ryder Cup teammate, Collin Morikawa, used the Qi4D 3 and 5-wood at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. <\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of Major winners, Justin Rose’s Farmers Insurance Open win<\/a> involved a new Qi4D 7-wood, while his 2019 TaylorMade M6 3-wood remained after being put in the bag back at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

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\"Justin\n<\/p>\n

Rose has used TaylorMade fairway woods and mini driver throughout the last 12 months<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The dominant five win stretch became six at Riviera Country Club, as TaylorMade staffer, Jacob Bridgeman, wrapped up a one stroke victory at the Genesis Invitational.<\/a><\/p>\n

Using a full bag of TaylorMade clubs, the 26-year-old had a Qi4D HL 3-wood, with HL standing for high launch. Bridgeman had also used a TaylorMade Stealth 7-wood, but changed to the TaylorMade Qi35 7-wood at the start of this year, and it was in-play for his victory in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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\"Jacob\n<\/p>\n

Bridgeman had been using the TaylorMade Stealth before changing to the Qi4D at the Genesis Invitational <\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It’s not just TaylorMade’s fairway woods where the brand has dominated, especially when you look at the putter department, where five of six wins have been with a TaylorMade Spider model.<\/a><\/p>\n

Aside from Rose, who used a Scotty Cameron Phantom T-5 Tour Prototype, Gotterup, Scheffler and Morikawa used the Spider Tour X, while Bridgeman had the Spider Tour.<\/p>\n

Although the Spider might not account for 100% of wins, a brand that does is True Temper, with its shafts found in every single victorious wedge in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

All but one player uses a True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue model, specifically the S400 and X100. Bridgeman, meanwhile, has the True Temper Project X 6.5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following on from tournaments in Hawaii and on the West Coast, it appears that one equipment trend has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-494169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}