Welcome to Fully Fit 2026, GOLF’s new platform for providing you with real-golfer insights into what 2026 gear might be best suited for your game. To this end, we assembled six GOLF content creators of varying abilities and ran them through the gauntlet of six full-bag fittings (driver to putter!) at six major club manufacturers in Phoenix and Carlsbad, Calif. Our hope: that you might see shades of your own game in one of our panelists’ and take some learnings and inspiration from their fitting experiences. In this installment (below), Fairway Jockey President Wadeh Maroun runs you through his new bag. You may browse our other panelists’ 2026 dream bags here:
Jake Morrow (handicap: 0) | Johnny Wunder (2) | Jack Hirsh (2.4) | Maddi MacClurg (5.6) | Sean Zak (7.8)
MORE FULLY FIT: Fully Fit hub page | Why we’re ‘testing’ golf clubs differently this year | Inside 6 days of fittings and testing | Browse 2026 drivers | Browse 2026 irons
Panelist: Wadeh Maroun
Role at GOLF/Fairway Jockey: President, Fairway Jockey
Age: 43
Handicap: 2
Favorite non-golf hobby: Whatever my wife tells me to do
I fell in love with the game when I moved to Arizona in 2013. After being crap for four years, it finally started to click. Improvements and lower scores started to flow like champagne at the club. However, in 2023, I started noticing that I was stuck in the high 70s and low 80s and needed to make a change. That is when I truly started to learn the game of golf — things like course management and how to practice with a purpose. In that two-to-three year window, and with the help of some amazing humans (you know who you are), I got down to a 2 handicap. Now? I’m searching for scratch…
How can I explain my game? I am a creative thinker and like to get around the course in the same way. My ideal flight is a tight draw. I like to hit up on the ball and have a tennis background, which makes me fairly wristy. I love to play bump-and-run shots around the greens because it is easier for my brain to comprehend visually.
My biggest areas of opportunity are putting and distance wedge shots. When it comes to my swing mechanics, early extension is my biggest enemy.
This is the easiest question for me to answer: I WANT TO BE A TRUE SCRATCH GOLFER! That’s it.
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond TD (UST Linq Power Core White 6 S)
Mini Driver: TaylorMade Burner Mini (Linq Power Core Red 6 x)
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW 2021 19˚ (UST Linq Power Core Red 7-X)
Utility Iron*: TaylorMade PUDI “Bomber” 2-iron (Graphite design Tour AD-VF 95-S)
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 & ZXi7 combo (4-PW) (KBS $-Taper 120 S)
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack (50, 54, 58) (True Temper Dynamic Gold S300)
Putter: Ping PLD Milled Piper custom
*Utility iron goes in for UW based on course/conditions
My body can handle a lot of golf swings. I have been around fittings and golf for a while now, and understanding how to be fit is just as big an art as knowing how to fit. Going into this, I have always been an MB/CB player, but I have noticed recently that at my age and what I want out of my swing, I was losing strokes due to having a north and south dispersion issue, meaning I was losing too much distance on my misses.
Working with all the great fitters at all of the OEMs, I made the decision that it was time to move into something that was a little more forgiving. This allows me to play tempo golf vs. swing hard golf. I know what you are thinking, “But Wadeh, isn’t this a shot to your ego?” To that I say, “Yes, but I would prefer to take shots off the scorecard. F— my ego.”
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Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: Cobra OPTM-LS (Fujikura Ventus TR Red TR 6-S)
Mini Driver: Cobra King Tec Mini (Fujikura Ventus TR Red 6-X)
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW 2021 19˚ (Fujikura Ventus Red 7-X)
Utility Iron*: Srixon ZXiU 2-iron (Graphite Design Tour AD-VF 95-S)
Irons: Titleist U505 (4i), TaylorMade P790 (5), P770 (6-P) (KBS $-Taper 120 S)
Wedges: Ping S259 50, 54 and 58 (True Temper Dynamic Gold S300)
Putter: Ping PLD Milled Piper custom
*Utility iron goes in for UW based on course/conditions
Keep scrolling for details on every club.
I was introduced to the Callaway utility-wood concept nearly three years ago, with the OG. At the time, I was searching for a club that could fill that 240-yard gap in my bag. I tried 5-woods, I tried hybrids and when none of these worked, I fell to my knees screaming at the golf gods, “WHY IS THIS SO HARD??? JUST GIVE ME THE PERFECT BLEND OF 5-WOOD AND HYBRID PLEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSEEE.” That is when I was gifted a UW, and since that day three years ago, nothing can beat the UW. That thing is so DUMB in the best way. It’s perfect.
Now to the rest of my bag!
Titleist 2025 Pro V1
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Titleist
Why it’s in my bag: I mean, it’s a Pro V1. Self-explanatory. It’s like London gold. But in all seriousness, it is the perfect ball for me. Distance off the tee, spin and feel around the greens. I am a high-launch, high-spin player, and the other major balls were either too much spin or not enough for the window I am looking for.
Head: Cobra OPTM LS
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 6-S
Loft: 9.0 @ 8
FutureFit33 Setting: F4
Weights: 3g Fade, 11g accuracy, 3g forgiveness
Length: 45”
Tipping: none
Swingweight: D0
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cobra
Why it’s in my bag: When working with Perry Dickey out in Carlsbad, the big thing I was looking for was removing the right miss. My miss with driver was to set up for a draw and push fade, but because I was already set up to the right, the push fade over-exaggerates on the course. After a couple of swings and some adjustments, Perry had this thing dialed and performing. It is fast and straight.
1 key data point: Ball speed! Getting to 165 is a lot for me, and it is getting there with ease.
Head: Cobra King Tec Mini
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 6-X
Loft: 13.5˚
Future Fit 33 Setting: G4
Front weight: 12g
Back weight: 2g
Length: 43.75”
Tipping: .5”
Swingweight: D0
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cobra
Why it’s in my bag: I have been using a mini driver instead of a 3-wood for two years. Both of those years, I was exclusively using the TaylorMade Burner Mini. You could not pay to get it out of my bag. The Cobra is the first to rival it and honestly compete in numbers and performance. Looks-wise, they are very similar, and they use the same weighting system, front and back. The extra pop and ball speed is why I am moving into the Cobra.
1 key data point: Ball speed was up consistently with the Cobra King Tec.
Head: Callaway Apex UW 2021
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7-X
Loft: 19˚
Length: 41”
Tipping: 2”
Swingweight: D0
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Callaway
Why it’s in my bag: This has been in my bag for three years now, and it is my most trusted club in there. I use it for 240-yard distances, mostly hitting into greens on par 5s. The new 2025 UW is great. I just have so much confidence in this club; I didn’t feel the need to make a switch.
1 key data point: The north and south dispersion is so tight that a fitter from a different OEM, who will not be named, said, “If anyone tries to tell you they can beat this club, they are lying to you.”
Head: Srixon ZXiU
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-VF Hybrid 95-S
Loft: 18˚
Length: 40”
Swingweight: D0
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Srixon
Why it’s in my bag: Living in Arizona, you play a lot of desert golf, which usually means tight and hard fairways. I have this in my bag for when I am playing tight courses where I need 240+ off the tee and I know it is going to go straight. I do not use this a lot as it’s very much the “15th” club and used on a course-by-course basis.
1 key data point: Ball speed was the highest out of any of the driving irons I hit. I also love the mirror on the back, which removes the bulk through an optical illusion.
*Utility iron goes in for UW based on course/conditions
Set composition: Titleist U505 (4i), TaylorMade P790 (5i), P770 (6-P)
Shafts: KBS $Taper 120 S
Length: Standard (37″ 7-iron)
Lie: 1˚ flat (61.5˚ 7-iron lie)
Loft progression: 22/22/27/31/35/39/43
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, TaylorMade
Why they’re in my bag: The journey to more forgiveness and less doubt led me to these beautiful irons. Everything about these takes all the guesswork out. In the couple of rounds I have played with them, I can feel the strokes coming down.
1 key data point: North and south dispersion only had a 3-yard standard deviation.
Heads: Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack
Lofts/grinds: 50-Mid, 54-Mid, 58-Low
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Length: -0.5” (34.5” on 58-degree)
Lie: Standard (64˚ on 58-degree)
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cleveland
Why they’re in my bag: They look and feel amazing. I haven’t had a lot of time with them on course, but out of all the wedges I was able to test before making this decision, these felt the best. The spin around the greens and the ability to flight and play full wedges with confidence is why they are staying in the bag.
Head: Ping PLD Milled Piper
Length: 34”
Loft: 3˚
Lie: 70˚
Hosel: Long Slant
Grip: Ping P2
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Titleist
Why it’s in my bag: Why it’s in my bag: I am on a journey to find THE ONE. I have had this PLD for just over a year now and as of right now it feels right to be in this putter (I think). I know that I like a mallet/mid mallet but I feel like I leave a lot of putts out there that I need to convert. This is one of the putters that I think can really get me there — I hope.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Plus4
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