The new year brings new hope for PGA Tour pros as they embark on the 2026 PGA Tour regular season, the promise of a career changing/defining victory awaiting each and every week. In chronicling each tournament, it's notable—and fun—to explore what equipment the pros used to capture victory. In this case here, we're specifically curious about what driver was put in play as it provides a window into how pros use modern equipment to squeeze out any advantage possible in the race to winning a title. Throughout the year, we'll track the different makes and models used by each tour winner. Nico Echavarria's victory at the Cognizant Classic gave Srixon its first win of 2026. TaylorMade holds the early lead for the season with three wins, followed by Ping with two and Callaway with one. Each week we'll provide a few details about the club and a key stat that provides some context on how the newly minted champion wound up in the winner's circle.
Nico Echavarria, Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches
Mike Ehrmann
Driver: Srixon ZXi Diamond (Mitsubishi Diamana BB 73 TX), 9 degrees
Key driving stat: Echavarria wasn't perfect off the tee at PGA National, hitting only 55 percent of fairways on the week (ranking T-40), but he did register the fifth longest drive of the week with a 360-yard bullet on the 14th hole during the final round.
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Jacob Bridgeman, Genesis Invitational
Mike Mulholland
Driver: TaylorMade Qi35 LS (HZRDUS Smoke Green 60X), 10.5 degrees
Key driving stat: Bridgeman was super steady off the tee en route to his first career PGA Tour title—and under some pretty nerve-wracking conditions down the stretch at Riviera. He finished T-11 in driving accuracy (62.5 percent) and T-13 in driving distance (301.8 yards). During Sunday's final round, he was even better, ranking T-2 and fourth in each category.
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Collin Morikawa, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Orlando Ramirez
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (Mitsubishi Diamana WhiteBoard 63X), 8 degrees
Key driving stat: Finding the fairways is a particular premium at Pebble Beach, and Morikawa managed that quite well, finishing the tournament T-4 in driving accuracy (76.7 percent, 43 of 56) en route to winning his first PGA Tour title since October 2023.
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Chris Gotterup, WM Phoenix Open
Justin Edmonds
Driver: Ping G440 LST (HZRDUS Smoke Black 70), 7.5 degrees
Key driving stat: As was the case during his victory in Hawaii in January, Gotterup was impressive with his driving all week at TPC Scottsdale. He ranked seventh in SG/off the tee (+4.042) and fourth in the field in distance with a 332.2-yard average.
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Justin Rose, Farmers Insurance Open
Orlando Ramirez
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max, Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 TX, 8.5 degrees
Key driving stat: His strokes gained/off the tee number for the week only ranked 21st, but he was 10th during the third round, the day he distanced himself from the field at Torrey Pines and turned 13th career PGA Tour victory into a runaway.
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Scottie Scheffler, The American Express
Eric Brown Jr./ISI Photos
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (Fujikura Ventus Black 7X), 8 degrees
Key driving stat: Scheffler has finished either first or second on strokes gained/off the tee in each of the last three years, so it's no surprise that he was among the leaders at The American Express en route to victory, finishing fourth on the week (+2.877).
Among the improvements here—beyond better overall stability on mis-hits on the heel and toe and high and low—is the increased use of carbon composite in the crown. Now stretching almost seamlessly to the top of the face, the crown saves weight to help increase stability on off-center hits and to lower the center of gravity for reduced spin and better energy transfer. The structure of the channel in the sole now gives more at impact to deliver extra flex to the face for faster ball speed, particularly on lower hits on the face.
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Chris Gotterup, Sony Open in Hawaii
Cliff Hawkins
Driver: Ping G440 LST (HZRDUS Smoke Black 70), 7.5 degrees
Key driving stat: In grabbing his third career PGA Tour title, Gotterup was more than solid off the tee, finishing first in SG: off the tee for the week (+4.352). He was helped by being ninth in the field in distance with a 319.70 yard average.