Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.
Tommy Fleetwood’s days of rotating his lids from iconic courses like Pebble Beach, Riviera and TPC Sawgrass have come to an end with the announcement of his new hat sponsor, Blackstone, this week.
But so too have the days of TaylorMade Tour Rep James Holley having to sharpie 11 individual lines on the top of his Spider Tour Black every other week.
Fleetwood showed up at the Valero Texas Open, with a new TaylorMade Spider Tour Black putter, but without the unique Sharpie lines on the top. Instead, Fleetwood’s new wand has a “Pilot’s Eye” alignment aid consisting of a sight dot surrounded by two perpendicular lines that frame the golf ball.
The model and specs are the exact same. The only difference is the alignment aid.
Take a look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new Spider Tour Black putter with the “Pilot’s Eye” alignment aid compared to the sharpie lines of his old gamer.
Same model, same specs, just a new alignment aid.
TaylorMade Putter Rep James Holley (who now doesn’t have to redraw the lines on… pic.twitter.com/MrZnCL3wnJ
The reigning FedEx Cup champion first went to the one-off Spider Tour putter last spring, and it was part of his hot summer run that culminated with his first PGA Tour victory at the Tour Championship, the DP World India Championship title and the world’s No. 3 ranking.
He finished 2025 ranked 20th on the PGA Tour in SG: Putting, but has fallen off in his first four events this season, despite three top-10 finishes. He’s losing more than three-tenths of a stroke on the greens this season and is 122nd in the category.
“Look, I actually haven’t putted very well this year. It’s been one of the sort of more disappointing ways that I’ve started the year,” Fleetwood said Tuesday when asked about the new alignment aid. “I haven’t played how I wanted to and sometimes it’s nothing more into it than you just need something different to look at, like a slightly different visual or something, just to change up your mindset a little bit. So that’s why I changed the sightlines.”
The new alignment aid clicked on Thursday as Fleetwood opened with a five-under 67, gaining nearly two strokes on the greens, 10th in the field at TPC San Antonio. He was two strokes off the lead after the opening round.
His sharpie lines on the old gamer were initially born out of Holley’s idea to mimic the milled lines on TaylorMade’s Spider ZT (then a prototype), to better frame the golf ball. TaylorMade produced a milled version, but Fleetwood actually liked the sharpie lines better so he kept on using it.
The tough thing was that Holley had to redraw the lines every few weeks.
But that’s a thing of the past, at least for now, with the milled “Pilot’s Eye” mark on Fleetwood’s new putter. The perpendicular lines actually accomplish a similar effect of framing the golf ball, as they are the same width as a ball. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that Holley said Fleetwood has been drawn to the alignment aid before.
“Tommy has always liked the ‘Pilot’s Eye’ and always picked up putters on the green with that alignment,” Holley said. “He started off the year a little slower than he would have liked. So he reached out to test a couple of options to change up the visual when looking down. Much like sharpie lines, the Pilot’s Eye brings attention to the front of the putter and helps him with his alignment.
TaylorMade 2025 Spider Tour Black Custom Putter
BLACK PVD FINISH The durable PVD coating creates a beautiful high-quality finish with sole plate, back badge and copper accents.
TRUE PATH™ ALIGNMENT The patented alignment system provides visual clarity and helps golfers better envision the line to the hole.
WHITE TPU PURE ROLL™ INSERTMade from a combination of Surlyn and aluminum, the white TPU Pure Roll™ insert creates a softer feel.Grooves are angled at 45° to encourage optimal forward roll as well as better sound, feel and overall roll characteristics. The white insert also creates better symmetry with the white True Path alignment.
THIN WALL UNDERCUT CONSTRUCTION We’ve engineered a super stable structure by removing excess weight to create high MOI and legendary Spider performance.
HYBRAR ECHO®DAMPENER HYBRAR is behind the face to dampen unwanted vibrations, delivering premium sound and feelon every putt with the best possible sensation.
TSS WEIGHTING TSS weights provide balanced weighting and help optimize performance for all various putter lengths.
STEEL WIREFRAME Allows engineers to better control weight distribution and CG location.
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“The parallel lines to the face are a nice visual for a square face angle at setup. And the dot is a good reference point to the center of the face and ball.”
The new Spider Tour wasn’t the only putter Fleetwood was toying with on the practice green this week. He was also spotted with a new prototype TaylorMade Spider F that appeared to be a new take on a winged mallet.
Fleetwood said he wasn’t going to be gaming the prototype this week, but who knows down the road.
“That new Spider, beautiful putter,” he said on Tuesday. “So I used to try the hundreds of different putters, but I used like the same putter for about eight years. I tried less putters over the last year, but I still enjoy just tinkering because you never know what you’re going to find, even if it just makes you feel better about your putter. I just like hitting different putters. Who knows, it might be something that I put in at some point.
“Yeah, it’s always good to test stuff.”
MacIntyre, Kim lead next wave of GTS converts
Titleist’s GTS drivers have quickly become the hottest new drivers on the PGA Tour, with 15 more converts this week after 24 adoptions last week in Houston.
One of the bigger and perhaps more surprising adoptions was Robert MacIntyre, who switched out of his longtime TSR2 gamer and promptly fired a 66 Thursday at TPC San Antonio to sit one off the first-round lead.
Lots more big name conversions to Titleist’s GTS drivers, including current co-leader Bob MacIntyre, who was still in Titleist’s TSR2 driver until switching to a new GTS2 this week.
MacIntyre was 16th in SG: Off-the-Tee in Round 1 as he averaged 318 yards driving distance and… pic.twitter.com/wzHtXMajz0
Switching clubs is extremely notable for MacIntyre, who rarely changes clubs, like his now-11-year-old TaylorMade AeroBurner 3-wood. He was still playing the four-year-old Titleist TSR2 driver when he made the switch this week, but ranks 11th on Tour in this season in SG: Off-the-Tee. However, he didn’t divulge much after his first round as to what went into the switch.
“Felt like I drove the ball really well. Got a new driver in the bag, so yeah,” he said.
Indeed, he did drive the ball well on Thursday, ranking 16th in SG: Off-the-Tee while averaging 318 yards and finding 10 of 14 fairways.
The 15 new conversions this week meant Titleist had 34 of the new GTS drivers in play at the Valero Texas Open and 59 drivers overall, leading the driver count with 44 percent of the field.
Some other big names to add the driver this week included Tom Kim (GTS3), J.T. Poston (GTS3), Peter Malnati (GTS3), Lanto Griffin (GTS2) and Bud Cauley (GTS2). Brandt Snedeker (GTS2), Kevin Streelman (GTS3) and Matt Kuchar (GTS3) all added the new big stick this week, non-contracted.
We still have yet to see Titleist’s most notable staffers like Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Cameron Young put the new driver in play. Spieth is in the field this week, but like MacIntyre was, is still in the older TSR2 version. Thomas and Young have yet to tee it up since the new driver debuted last week, but Titleist did just put out a video of a testing session with Young with the GTS3.
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Will Young put in the driver for the first time at the Masters next week? Only time will tell, but he certainly won’t be the only name worth watching to see if he games GTS.
Titleist made a concerted effort to move up the launch of the GTS driver from summer to spring, likely to capture golfers better as they make equipment purchases at the beginning of the season.
But, this will be one of the first times an OEM has a brand new driver that some pros will see for the first time at the Masters.
Check this out
This section is dedicated to cool photos we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out Tony Finau’s Ping Blueprint T irons loaded with lead tape. We featured Finau in Bag Spy last month and you can view the whole article here as he chases a win this week for a Masters berth.
Finau’s Ping irons are caked with lead tape.
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Odds and Ends
Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.
First round co-leader Mark Hubbard has a new Callaway Quantum Max driver in play this week with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X with Velo+ … Adam Schenk switched to a TaylorMade Qi4D core driver … Fleetwood also switched to wearing Sun Day Red golf shoes as he remains non-contracted for clothes and footwear … Jimmy Walker, in his first start this season has a Callaway Quantum TD Max driver with an AutoFlex shaft, two new Quantum TD Max fairway woods with Ventus Black 7-S and a Paradym 4-iron with a Fujikura Axiom 75-R shaft.
3 things you should read/watch
A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.
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Cobra 3DP MB Custom Irons
The 3DP MB iron combines the looks and feel of a traditional forged muscle back with the forgiveness of a cavity back iron. The most forgiving blade on the market, the MB has captivated Tour players by checking all the boxes and exceeding expectations with its exceptional stability and feel.
FORGIVING MUSCLE BACK BLADE SHAPE
A slightly revised shape from the KING MB inspired by feedback from PGA Tour player Max Homa, the MB features a thinned topline and enhanced offset. The internal 3D printed lattice and heel, toe and hosel tungsten increases MOI for stability, and positions the CG perfectly centered and lower than the KING MB to promote higher launch.
EXTREME FORGIVENESS MEETS SOFT FEEL
The 3D printed internal lattice structure not only optimizes weight savings, but also provides the stiffness and strength to support the face and fine-tune the acoustics of each iron to produce the most appealing impact sound and feel.
TUNGSTEN WEIGHTING
The discretionary weight savings from the 3D printed lattice allowed for up to 55g of tungsten to be positioned low in the heel, toe and hosel resulting in the perfect blend of a compact blade shape with a low CG and high MOI that mirrors a game improvement iron.
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