Welcome to GOLF’s Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Each Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh will run you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.
Scottie Scheffler’s gear switches are few and far between, but when they happen, they usually signal a tear.
Everyone remembers Scheffler’s switch to the TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter in the early spring of 2024, which has since netted the World No. 1 15 worldwide wins and three major titles in just the last two seasons. He also sparked his six-win season with another spring swap this year when he went back to the Vokey .06K-Grind in his lob wedge.
But there was another switch in 2024 that went under the radar and had plenty to do with Scheffler’s success the last two seasons: His driver.
Scheffler first tried out TaylorMade’s Qi10 LS driver at the 2023 Hero World Challenge, but it lasted just one round. Scheffler went back to his Stealth 2 Plus gamer he used for all of 2023 on that Friday and he ended up winning, a feat he repeated again last season.
He continued using that driver for his first three events of 2024 before switching again to the Qi10, this time a core model, at the WM Phoenix Open. This is the driver model he would use for each of his 15 victories since that week. But in the Bahamas, as he seeks to defend his title at the Hero again, the Qi10’s run seems like it has finally come to an end.
In his first start since the Ryder Cup in September, the reigning PGA and Open champion has become the latest convert to TaylorMade’s new Qi4D driver. Scheffler added the Qi4D core driver and 3-wood to the bag this week in the Bahamas and it’s stuck through the first two rounds as he sits just one off the lead going into the weekend.
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