The 21st century has witnessed incredible progression in golf equipment, technology and design. The industry has moved on dramatically to offer players greater distance, forgiveness, consistency and versatility throughout the bag.
With input from the main tours plus the work of top scientists and engineers, the major manufacturers continue to push the boundaries of performance.
It’s extremely difficult to pick the best drivers, best irons and so on from the last 24 years, as there are simply so many contenders from driver to putter.
In selecting an all-century golf bag, I combined personal favourites with overall reviews and popularity while taking into account how groundbreaking or innovative the equipment has been.
It’s a subjective exercise of course and you may or may not agree with the selections. But here is an all-century 14-club golf bag….
Driver – TaylorMade r7 SuperQuad
The r7Quad was succeeded by the SuperQuad
TaylorMade released the original r7 Quad driver in 2004 and it was a huge revelation with its movable weight technology. It was a game changer for amateurs who were suddenly able to tweak their driver set-up to suit their individual requirements. In 2007 the r7 SuperQuad super-charged the offering. It had four movable weights and had a maximum 460cc clubhead volume. The level of adjustability would still be impressive today but 17 years ago, it was groundbreaking.
Narrowly missing out – Titleist 983K, PING G400, Callaway Pardym Ai Smoke
3-wood – Nike Ignite T60 15 degrees
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Maybe controversial to select a Nike club in this list, but the T60 was an absolute beauty.
Tiger was involved in the development of this club and it was the fairway that convinced him to move away from his long-time favourite the Titleist PT.
Released in 2004, it built on the tech established in the T40, adding an extra 20g of tungsten in the sole which gave it a great feel. The launch and distance was also heightened. The deep face design looked so confidence inspiring behind the ball and the carpenter steel face generated excellent ball speed. It was a great club for players through the handicap range.
Narrowly missing out – TaylorMade RBZ, PING G410, Titleist 909F3
Hybrid/Utility iron – Titleist U505 2023 utility iron
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