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As of Jan 16th from a new Equipment standpoint 2026 is the year of the..................................?

As of Jan 16th from a new Equipment standpoint 2026 is the year of the..............................

  • Driver

    Votes: 40 88.9%

  • Fairway Wood/Metal

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hybrid/Rescue

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Irons

    Votes: 2 4.4%

  • Wedges

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Putters

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Balls

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Shafts

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    45
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Circling back to a previous thread to see if attitudes have changed.

From a new Equipment standpoint 2026 is the year of the.........................

So lets take a second since we have had some good releases so far in a variety of areas from DTC Irons, to great drivers, and a bounty of shafts lets take a snapshot at today and see what everyone thinks and I will post another one of these ion a couple weeks when we have had some more releases...
www.thehackersparadise.com

Previous results snapshot was Driver 65%, Ball 18%, Irons 11%

Hit up the poll and comment why you think it is what it is!
 
My mind has been changed it's the year of the DRIVER!
 
The year of SPEEED
 
Driver. New face technology from Callaway and Mizuno. New forgiveness focus by Cobra. Focus on Distance with accuracy. Taylormade with the new look at shafts on how to fit drivers. It looks to be a banner year for Drivers.
 
Still Driver for me. Have multiple options to hit and ponder over.
 
Really want to hit stuff to opine, but without hitting and just listening to the marketing story, I think drivers really seem compelling this year
 
Drivers are insane. I’m still standing on the idea that Skunkworks and F-1 got together.

box….box
 
The year of adding $50 to the price of every most new clubs......
 
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it's the year of the club face
 
The big news seems to be always driver year after year.
 
To me its Driver and its not close:
- Mizuno and Callaway with new face tech
- Cobra found a way to get their LS head so much more forgiving
- Ping got their most forgiving model to be faster
- TaylorMades core model is absolutely insane for speed
 
Still driver.
 
Driver...obviously. Was always driver.
 
For me its still driver. Incredible options going into 2026
 
Jman said:
I tried to tell everyone.
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It's not like driver did not win the first around it did get 65% of the vote - now it is sitting at 90% now so it is getting a bit of an uptick.
 
amarkabove said:
That's just not true.
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Maybe not all clubs, but let's start with drivers and FW's. Almost every OEM is $50 more this release. And I haven't looked at the hybrids yet....
Callaway Elyte core last year $599, Quantum this year $649
TM Qi35 Core last year $599, Qi4d $649
Cobra DS ADAPT last year $549, OPTM $599
That said, the driver seems to get the most tech advances every year, then those trickle into the rest of the line up.
 
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