The Blackout Fitting
Buy four clubs, not fourteen.
Ten of your fourteen clubs are already right, Sam. The Qi10 Max still out-forgives its own successor, the 7-wood and 9-wood are this year's Qi4Ds, and your SM10 56.12D is the exact grind the Titleist fitter prescribed blind. The problem was never the top of the bag. You play one wedge below a 43° pitching wedge.
- Add a 19° 5-wood Qi4D Max, matte black. Closes the 35 yard hole.
- Add 48, 52 and 60 Vokey SM11 Jet Black around your kept 56.
- Pull the 5-iron Your 9-wood already does its job better.
The Bag
The Surgical BuildEvery Club, Every Price
10 clubs · 4 new| Slot | Club | Spec | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | TaylorMade Qi10 Max In the bag | Regrip; verify the loft sleeve on the monitor | $0 |
| 5-wood | TaylorMade Qi4D Max · 18° New2026 | REAX FW 55 Regular, sleeve to 19°, matte black | $379.99 |
| 7-wood | TaylorMade Qi4D · 21° In the bag | Your club. Untouched beyond a regrip | $0 |
| 9-wood | TaylorMade Qi4D · 24° In the bag | Your club. Takes over the 5-iron's job | $0 |
| 6i to PW | TaylorMade Qi irons In the bag | MCC Plus4 Midsize regrip, $35 lie check, PW is 43° | $0 |
| Gap | Vokey SM11 · 48.10F Jet Black New2026 | DG 105 R300, full swing wedge, 10° bounce | $199.99 |
| Gap | Vokey SM11 · 52.12F Jet Black New2026 | DG 105 R300, 12° bounce, chunk insurance | $199.99 |
| Sand | Vokey SM10 · 56.12D In the bag | Your wedge. Verify the grooves still catch a fingernail | $0 |
| Lob | Vokey SM11 · 60.12K Jet Black New2026 | Widest sole Vokey makes, the bunker rescuer | $199.99 |
| Putter | Odyssey S2S Jailbird · 34″ In the bag | Zero torque, center shafted. Nobody touches it | $0 |
| Services: regrip ×10, lie check, fitting session | MCC Plus4 Midsize throughout | ≈$375 | |
| Trade in: Qi10 3-wood and 4-hybrid | Estimate, run through a valuation | −$150 to 300 | |
| Net, out the door | ≈$1,055 to 1,205 | ||
Out of the bag: 5-iron, 3-wood, 4-hybrid. Carries modeled for an 85 to 90 mph driver swing; replace with launch monitor numbers.
You play one wedge below a 43° pitching wedge.
Chapter 1 · The one club that changes everythingThe gap is 43° to 56°: thirteen degrees, no club, and a full swing sand wedge from 90 yards. That shot costs you strokes, not the driver. So the money goes to 48, 52 and 60 in Jet Black, and the driver upgrade you were bracing for never happens.
Inside 100 Yards
Chapter 2 · Inside 100 yardsThe Jailbird is the reason the rest can be honest.
Chapter 3 · Why your putter staysThree fitters, three bags, and not one spent a dollar on the greens. That is the tell that your answers were read, not skimmed. The Jailbird's high MOI and alignment line are the same forgiveness philosophy this bag is built on. Keep it, regrip it with the set, and fit the new wedges around it.
What Your Three Answers Changed
Chapter 4 · What you told us, what we didThree Fitters, Three Bags
Two of these bags did not survive.TaylorMade's structure plus Titleist's wedge platform. Keeps ten clubs.
- 4 new clubs, 10 kept
- Full blackout on every purchase
- Five clubs inside 100 yards
The all new bag. G440 K driver, G740 Midnight irons, s259 wedges, every custom option free.
- 13 new clubs, built to spec
- Soft Regular flex, the honest flex
- Caught the August price cut
The luxury build. GTS2 woods, T350 Black Vapor irons, SM11 Jet Black wedges.
- 13 new clubs, driver to lob black
- Best wedge thinking of the three
- Finish upcharge only $425
Fitting Day
Bring the 56 and the 7-woodFingernail across the face. Then SM11 Jet Black against MG5 Charcoal on the monitor.
Two seasons of mats bends irons flat. Dynamic check with tape, about $5 a club.
Above the 7-wood, below the driver. Under 85 mph, try the A flex.
Models and prices confirmed current as of August 17, 2026. Carries modeled for an 85 to 90 mph driver swing; replace with launch monitor data.