I still haven’t decided what my best driver is going to be

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), Jack Hirsh details his low-torque putter journey around Fully Fit 2026. You may browse each of our panelists’ full 2026 dream bags here:

Jake Morrow (+0.3 handicap) | Jack Hirsh (1.1) | Wadeh Maroun (2.6) | Johnny Wunder (2.8) | Maddi MacClurg (5.6) | Sean Zak (7.4)

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 | How 5 days of club fittings changed my mind on golf equipment

During the course of Fully Fit, I walked away with a few drivers that I really liked. TaylorMade, Callaway, and Cobra all came out swingin’ hard and it was actually difficult to tell the difference between them all on the course.

I ended up picking the Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond because it was constantly faster than the rest of the bunch. Unfortunately, between swing changes, lack of play, and some lack of mental fortitude, everything started to fall apart. I wouldn’t have been able to hit the 18th fairway at St. Andrews’ Old Course, let alone a tight tree-lined fairway here at home.

I needed to rebuild. I even went back to the TaylorMade and Cobra builds that I had also used successfully, including breaking par for my first time with the Qi4D. Nothing worked.

Thankfully, Titleist moved up their driver release this year, and my man Hunter over at TPI got me sorted out.

I walked in with zero confidence in my ability to hit the ball off the tee, and I walked out of that fitting wanting to play more golf. I started to play some really, really good golf, too.

My handicap at the end of last year jumped up to a 1 from +.3 and was trending even worse until the GTS3 got put in the bag. It’s now sitting back at +.3, and I feel like I am playing some of the most confident golf of my life. The GTS3 made me feel completely invincible off the tee. In the moment, and for several weeks afterwards, it was easily the best driver I hit this year.

So far with the rounds I have played with the fitted GTS3, I have shot par again, broken par again, hit a drive 343 yards (definitely didn’t bounce off a sprinkler), and won a member-guest tournament at Victoria National, a golf course that’s famous for fighting back, particularly off the tee.

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So naturally, about a week ago, I decided to try out a new driver.

Turns out the greatest gift that Hunter actually gave me was my confidence back. I’ve now gone back to the TaylorMade and the Cobra with much success, and I’m currently in the Qi4D with a new prototype from Mitsubishi that I can’t talk about just yet, but it has an orange band on it.

The Callaway I loved so much, unfortunately, gives me the heebie jeebies now, so we’re going to need to ease back into any testing with that one. As a Callaway driver player for the last decade, it’s a weird feeling to not have one in the bag now, but it just proves why getting fit is important and why on-course testing is king.

The truth is, there’s no end to this story quite yet. I really thought the GTS3 was it. But the success of the GTS3 sort of created its own rival monster in that it gave me all the confidence back that I needed to play better, and now other things are really good again. This Qi4D combination could be deadly. So rather than answering as to what has made the official bag, I’ll leave you with the plan I have to tackle the decision.

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Arccos just released a new update to their app that allows you to compare different clubs’ performance. I am going on a golf trip this week, and I am going to be playing the same course a few times, so we’ve got a perfect storm.

The plan is to bring the GTS3 and the Qi4D builds with me, and alternate them every round for 4 rounds. After that, it’s straight to the Arccos stats, and I’m going to let Arccos tell me what to do. Right now, one of the drivers has a clear lead, but I haven’t hit the same number of shots with both clubs.

By the end of this, I only care about one thing: which one helps me score better. Arccos measures TONS of data, so there will be plenty to dive into.

Here’s what I know for sure. There are multiple great drivers out there for every golfer. This is the best driver market we’ve ever had, and I feel like it’s going to continue to stay that way for a while to come.

We won’t see a new Titleist or TaylorMade til 2028. Ping is set to release a new lineup in 2027, along with Callaway and Cobra, and even Mizuno and Wilson have come out swinging this year with options that I have played on course with plenty of success as well.

It’s the best time to be in the market for a new driver. The only mandatory action you have to take is to make sure that you get fit, and then back that fit up with on-course experience.

Ready to overhaul your bag in 2026 like our Fully Fit panelists? Find a club-fitting location near you at True Spec Golf.

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