Grass League shared their full equipment census data from the 2026 list of participants with us and we went through more than 125 player responses to pull out what’s worth knowing.
One of the things that makes Grass League genuinely compelling as a format is that it’s open to anyone. You don’t need a tour card, a sponsor exemption or an invitation. You show up, you qualify, you play. That entry point is exactly what makes the equipment data interesting. This isn’t a curated pro field playing equipment they’ve been handed. While there are a few sponsored players, the majority are not.
It’s a broad cross-section of more than 125 competitive golfers making real choices and when you dig into the numbers, you’ll find the field includes everyone from scratch amateurs to former tour professionals all competing on the same course under the same conditions.
The 2026 qualifier takes place April 22 at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills in Tempe, Ariz., with 108 two-person teams competing for 25 spots in the following day’s live draft. Here’s what those players decided to put in the bag.
1. The Titleist T100 is the iron of choice and it isn’t close
Irons matter more than almost anything else in a par-3 format. The Titleist T100 is in 13 bags, making it the single most-played iron model in the Grass League by a considerable margin. The next closest are the PING Blueprint at six players and the Callaway X Forged at five.
The T100 is a player’s-category iron, not a game-improvement club. It rewards ball-strikers who want workability and feel over maximum forgiveness. The field skews toward good golfers and the T100 count reflects that. Brand-wise, TaylorMade leads irons at 22 percent with Titleist at 19, Callaway at 17 and PING at 12.
2. Six in 10 players use a Titleist ball
Pro V1 alone accounts for 40 percent of the responses (49 players). Add Pro V1x and Titleist controls 60 percent of balls in play across the field. TaylorMade’s TP5 family runs a distant second at around 14 percent with Callaway’s Chrome Tour family at roughly the same share.
3. Odyssey leads the putter category
Odyssey is the most-played putter brand, with 27 percent of players using one of its models. TaylorMade sits at 22 percent, Scotty Cameron at 21 and L.A.B. Golf at 11. Within the Odyssey lineup, the Jailbird family accounts for the majority.
Some of the models include the standard Jailbird to the Jailbird 380, the Jailbird Milled, the Jailbird Cruiser and even a Rickie Fowler counterbalance version. The Ai One line also shows up with the CS Two Ball and the Double Wide each appearing.
4. TaylorMade’s Milled Grind wedge is quietly everywhere
TaylorMade finished in the top five of our Most Wanted wedge test for four consecutive years, including back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023. The GL field reflects exactly that track record. Of the 20 players on TaylorMade wedges, 13 specifically play a Milled Grind model.
Several players carry a mix of MG generations, running an MG5 at one loft alongside an MG4 at another. Titleist Vokey still dominates wedges overall at 42 percent, as it always does, but the Milled Grind’s penetration rate among competitive players is something we are seeing on the PGA Tour as well.
5. We couldn’t help ourselves so we looked at the drivers, too
This is a par-3 tournament so driver stats are admittedly beside the point. But we had the data and one number was too interesting to ignore. The TaylorMade Qi4D is in 18 bags, with 12 players on the Core and six on the LS, making it the single most-played driver model in the field.
That same club is also the 2026 MyGolfSpy Most Wanted overall winner.
The most-played club at a competitive event and the top-performing club in independent testing don’t tend to be the same model but they are here.
Brand-wise, TaylorMade leads at 30 percent, Callaway at 23, Titleist at 20 and PING at 17. Strip out the 37 sponsored players and TaylorMade still leads at 28 percent among free-choice players which suggests those numbers reflect actual preference rather than contract obligations.
Final thoughts
Stay tuned for full results from the qualifier and draft on April 22 and 23 where we’ll be following our three MyGolfSpy teams to see who made it through. The Grass Clippings Open itself runs April 24 and 25 at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills in Tempe, Ariz., and you can watch it live on the Golf Channel. If you want to follow along in person, tickets are available at grassleague.com.
