Why 2026 Won’t Look Like 2025

Over the past several seasons, I’ve played a number of different models from the same manufacturer. They performed well. They looked good. They felt familiar and that was the problem. I realized I had gotten comfortable.

The shapes were similar. The feel was familiar. The sound was predictable. Nothing was necessarily wrong, but nothing was challenging me either and as competitors and golfers, comfort can quietly turn into complacency.

So for 2026, I made a change. Not because I needed more distance. Not because the numbers were bad, but because I wanted something that felt new, something that forced me to pay attention again.

Switching into the TaylorMade Qi4D platform immediately gave me a different visual at address, a different sound profile and a different feedback loop. It made me think. It made me test. It made me engage again and that matters!

As players, we talk about getting “stuck” in our swings, but we can get stuck in our equipment too. Sometimes a change isn’t about performance, it’s about perspective and perspective creates growth.

For me, 2026 is about intentional change. New feels, new feedback, and new standards.

Because if I expect my students to evolve, I have to be willing to evolve too.

2026

Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (10.5°)

Shaft: Fujikura Ventus 5-S VELOCORE

3 Wood (3HL): TaylorMade Qi4D

Shaft: REAX HR 60 S

7 Wood: TaylorMade Qi4D

Shaft: REAX HR 60S

Irons: TaylorMade Rors Proto Irons (4-PW): True Temper Dynamic Gold S300

Wedges: TaylorMade MG5 (52°, 56°, 60°)

Putter: Odyssey Ai Two – T Milled

Ball: TaylorMade TP5

Glove: None

I’m looking forward to a year of change and a year of proudly being a TaylorMade Crusader