Equipment
Titleist T100-S irons: Calibrated for distance
The best way to describe the new T100-S irons from Titleist is: More speed, stronger flight, same package.
In the late summer of 2019, Titleist released the completely re-engineered T-Series irons that included the T100, T200, and T300. The T200 and T300 both offer new Max Impact face technology to increase ball speed and launch, while the T100’s greatest performance feature is extremely high MOI in shrunken down player-preferred look—it quickly made the T100’s the number one iron model on the PGA Tour.

T100 (top), T100-S (bottom)
Every bit of technology is the same, from the thinner, more responsive face, co-forged dual-density tungsten, to the shape and sole design. The goal was not to reinvent the wheel—just refine it. Similar to the way a Porsche offers a turbo S, but in the case of T100, everything is exactly the same under the hood.

This popularity caused the Titleist iron design team to take a second look at fitting requests, and consult with their large network of TPI fitters to find out if they could do even more to help in fitting players’ wants and needs.

One of the biggest requests was to make the lofts slightly stronger on the T100’s to put them closer inline with the specs of the T200 & T300 for a number of reasons:
- For players that have grown up with strong lofted irons and lower spinning multi-layer balls, they wanted to see a stronger flight. The issue with just bending them strong is reducing the bounce and increasing offset.

T100-S (left), T100 (right)
With the popularity and performance of the entire T-Series, it lead to a spike in combo sets being built along with some needed loft tweaking to dial in ball speed numbers between the three models. Rather than increasing loft on the longer irons and producing higher spin, the new T100-S allows the shorter irons to maintain stronger lofts without excess bending.
“As we were launching the new T-Series, we met a lot of golfers who were really excited about T100 but had become accustomed to playing stronger-lofted iron sets. It would have been really easy to just take T100’s and bend them stronger for those players. But by doing that you start to sacrifice the incredible feel and turf interaction … So our engineers went back and redesigned each individual iron to give these players the stronger lofts and distance they’re looking for, while preserving the performance of that pure forged shape and sole.” – Josh Talge, Vice President, Titleist Golf Club Marketing.

New T100-S Specs Vs Standard T100

Stock Shafts and Availability, and Price
T100-S stock shaft is the True Temper Projext X LZ, but just like all Titleist products they offer an expansive number of custom shaft choices, many at no up-charge. The price is $1,399 for an eight-piece set which works out to $175 per club.
They will be available in golf shops worldwide beginning March 27, with fittings beginning March 12.

Equipment
TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available
TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.
The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.
One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.
See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:
MySpider Tour

MySpider Tour X

Equipment
Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory
In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.
McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.
So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?
Driver
2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.
What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)
The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.
Fairway woods
2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.
Irons
2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.
With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.
Wedges
2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.
Putter
2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.
Ball
2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)
As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Grips
2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC
Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T
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It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:
(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
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Rob
Sep 4, 2020 at 2:53 pm
How about this, let’s shaft the original t100 one club different, So we can put the 9 iron head in a PW shaft. We’ll just call it a PW and That will net 4 degrees stronger.
Bam…..we’ve got the new t100SS model
Nate
Jan 17, 2020 at 7:19 pm
Can’t wait to bend these 2 degrees strong.
Moosejaw McWilligher
Jan 17, 2020 at 7:13 pm
I hate when companies offer more options.
I hate when new products come out on a regular basis.
I hate marketing and believe it to be all lies and money-grabbing.
I do not believe in technology or improvements over time, unless they are “completely new”.
I am a rabid defender of capitalism and believe corporations should be free to do whatever they want.
Words like “socialism” and “regulation” make me so scared they give me bowel disorders.
I am not in the least bit a hypocrite.
Tom
Jan 17, 2020 at 6:56 am
So is the bounce still decreased? The article touched on this but it never said bounce and turf interaction are the same as the regular T100.
Josh
Jan 20, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Dude, no. They made new molds (how they justified this expense is beyond me) for all the irons to keep the standard bounce at the jacked lofts.
I did notice this when I was looking at the specs to dream up a combo set with T100s in the short irons and noticed the T200 has jacked lofts.
L
Jan 16, 2020 at 9:36 pm
They didn’t sell enough of the 100 so they went stronger. Laughable.
Greg
Jan 17, 2020 at 1:48 pm
I know, right? OEMs just jack up the lofts and claim that the new clubs are “the longest ever.” Of course they are- you just turned a wedge into what was an 8 iron in 1995. Where does it end? When you have to be single digit to get a 5 iron off the ground?
Robert
Jan 16, 2020 at 5:04 pm
Every swing is different. I think more options during the fitting process is a good thing and it’ll make it easier to blend with the t200’s. Don’t see an issue here.
Chuckee Cheese
Jan 16, 2020 at 4:05 pm
Or, you can save bank and buy a solid set of 2017 AP3’s which have the exact same specs as the 2020 Turbo generating Double S T1 hunnerd’s!
jgpl001
Jan 17, 2020 at 12:35 am
But they feel awful…
Ping Pong Playa
Jan 16, 2020 at 1:15 pm
Will the nonsense marketing ever end?!! I want the Twin Turbo Super Duper Red SS models due out in 3.5 months! I want a 15 degree 3 iron!! Come on guys, REALLY!!
DJ
Jan 16, 2020 at 11:23 am
I like it cause it blends to the T200 irons better. I’ll take the T200 6(27), T100S 7(32) and 8 (bent to 37), T100 9(42). Throw in my TM PW(47), GW(52), and SW(58).
Rory
Jan 16, 2020 at 10:27 am
Most people carry a 58/60 wedge, a putter, driver and 3w. That gives you 10 clubs to fill on the gap between the 3w and the wedge. Does it really matter what each club says, or that is fits the gaps????
Acemandrake
Jan 16, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Equipment is trending toward very individualized customization. Types and number of clubs will vary from player to player.
It’s a fun experiment to see which clubs are essential & work best for you.
dat
Jan 16, 2020 at 9:56 am
Why not crank them down as low as humanly possible so I can hit my 7 iron 300 yards?
JD
Jan 16, 2020 at 9:50 am
This is so dumb. Why do people pay attention to numbers on the head. I can hit my MP-14s just as far and well as this. Who cares if my old 6 iron is a 7 iron today?
the dude
Jan 16, 2020 at 9:17 pm
I agree, but golfers have these “things” called ego’s……..and well ya know. And I’ll bet my nut bag that the cat who drives the porche S…..has the biggest ego of them all…..his PW is 41*
joe
Jan 16, 2020 at 9:19 am
SPIN IS YOUR FRIEND. I don’t understand the search for low spin and strange flight.
Alex
Jan 16, 2020 at 1:25 pm
Exactly. Its only not your friend hitting driver longer and into wind. I for one like holding greens on par 3s and 4s.
Test
Sep 4, 2020 at 11:43 am
Spin helps you stop the ball. But there’s a level of over spin that’s unnecessary and actually hurts distance consistency on the green. I don’t want to spin back 9 irons 10 yards, it makes a gap in yardages I can hit to on the green.
Most players do not want 9000+ rpms on a 9 iron, especially at high launch and decent angles.. 8000 will stop dead at over 45% decent, and give you extra carry yards. That’s why people want to optimize spin.