Gary Woodland’s emotional Houston Open victory was both memorable and inspiring, and it was an interesting one from a gear perspective, too.
Woodland’s winning bag in Houston featured clubs from his sponsors Cobra as well as Ping, Wilson, Cleveland and Scotty Cameron.
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Fowler used Cobra’s Aerojet LS driver in his 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic victory
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Then 1,004 days later Woodland strolled home at Memorial Park by five strokes with his forgiving OPTM Max-K – a model that boasts over 10,000 MOI and is just as useful for an elite player as it is for a mid-handicapper.
Our tester Joe Ferguson found it to be “remarkably stable with an exceptionally tight dispersion” and coined it as a “fairway-finding machine.”
Woodland’s model comes in a loft of 9 degrees and is cranked down to 7.8 degrees, and he has it fitted with lead tape on the toe area of the sole to perhaps reduce some spin and also promote more of a fade ball flight.
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The 41-year-old has had it in the bag all year after upgrading from the DS-Adapt Max-K version from 2025.
He has been using it to good effect so far this season, ranking 5th in Strokes Gained: Off the tee with an average of 0.678 and a driving distance of 324.6 yards, which is second on Tour.
He also tops the clubhead speed charts with a huge 128.19mph.
Woodland ranks as the second-longest hitter on the PGA Tour this season
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