Brian Harman’s clubs: Inside his Valero Texas Open-winning setup

    Brian Harman may have a throwback gear setup by modern Tour standards, but the latest equipment addition to his bag jumps on a very popular Tour trend.

    For Thursday’s opening round of the Valero Texas Open, Harman added TaylorMade’s Spider 5K-ZT Prototype to the bag and it paid immediate dividends.

    Harman entered the week 145th in strokes gained: putting with his gamer TaylorMade Spider OS CB, a putter that was originally released in 2016.

    “I’ve always liked the larger high-MOI, face-balanced putters for some reason,” Harman told GOLF last year. “Haven’t changed much in the past several years and don’t see that changing anytime soon. It does the job.”

    Well, Harman made a huge change this week to the Spider 5K-ZT (the ZT stands for zero torque), which hops on the popular zero torque trend on Tour over the past few years. TaylorMade’s entry builds on the Spider platform, which was the winningest putter on the PGA Tour last season.

    Brian Harman looks at his putter at the Texas Open.
    Brian Harman gained more than 5.3 strokes on the field with his new putter. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

    While TaylorMade is staying fairly tight-lipped about the new design, Harman went to the new model in part because of a more upright lie angle.

    A spokesperson from TaylorMade told GOLF: “Harman’s bias is a slight right aim with a push back online, and the ZT was ‘point and shoot’ for him. Easier to line up and aim. His previous putter was at 67°, so ZT being more upright helped him get his eye line more over the ball.”

    Harman said Sunday the putter helped free up his stroke.

    “I looked at my stats from last year and I probably had the best iron game of my career, approach to the green, and probably my worst year from 10 to 20 feet putting,” he said Sunday. “So still really good inside 10 feet, but that section there is where I was getting all my looks and I wasn’t making any of them. I had toyed with the idea of switching putters for a while. Picked that one up on Tuesday this week, it felt really good and it rolls nice, just kind of freed me up a little bit.”

    With the new wand, Harman was sixth in the field in strokes gained: putting, picking up more than 5.3 strokes on the field on his way to his fourth PGA Tour win. While it’s tough to expect changes next week at a major, it wouldn’t be surprising to see players flocking to try TaylorMade’s newest Spider in two weeks at Harbour Town.

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    The rest of Harman’s bag consists of clubs, mostly four years old or older. Harman still plays the 2017 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball, which is the first golf ball he tried when switched back to a mostly Titleist gear setup and it came about because of a funny story when he played the first Zurich Classic team event in 2018 with Johnson Wagner.

    The two players were trying to decide what ball to play during the alternate shot rounds and Harman decided to try the Titleist ball again, which he used in college.

    “I hit one shot on the second hole the last day in New Orleans that spun up into the wind. I hit it flush but it came up 10 yards short and plugged in the bunker,” Harman said later that year. “And I just remember thinking, ‘That’s the last time I’m going to hit that ball. I’m switching balls.’ So, I switched, man, and I’m back. When I switched (to Pro V1), I want to say I was right around 90th in the world, and now I’m 30th, I think.”

    The next month, he won the Wells Fargo Championship and has played that specific golf ball ever since.

    Keep reading below for complete specs on Harman’s bag setup.

    Brian Harman’s winning clubs at the 2025 Valero Texas Open

    Driver: Titleist TSi2 9.0˚, Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 5 S

    Titleist GT2 Custom Driver

    $649 at Fairway Jockey
    GT2 — Speed & Forgiveness Across The Face For players who don’t always find the center of the face and need the stability of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed. Speed & Forgiveness Across The Face Delivering impressive distance from any impact point, GT2 extracts maximum performance through forgiving design. Get the stability and added confidence of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed. Seamless Thermoform Crown A reimagined ultra-lightweight design, born from a new Proprietary Matrix Polymer. The tunable acoustic properties of this unique composite allow Titleist engineers to realize new material gains while maintaining our signature sound and feel. All wrapped in a clean look that inspires total confidence. Split Mass Construction GT2 delivers a powerful balance of forgiveness and speed thanks to a breakthrough in internal weighting. Mass is shifted to the back of the clubhead to increase MOI for better stability, while also pushing weight low and forward to optimize speed and spin. The result is a driver that frees you to swing with confidence.
     
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    Graphite Design Tour AD IZ Wood Shaft

    $380 at Fairway Jockey
    The Graphite Design Tour AD IZ, like all of the premium Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials in order to deliver the best feeling and performing shaft available to golfers. This shaft model has a very stealthy look to it in black with white/orange accents and a sleek matte finish. You can purchase the Graphite Design Tour AD IZ in the following models: IZ-4, IZ-5, IZ-6, IZ-7, IZ-8.  You can buy the Graphite Design Tour AD IZ with the adaptor sleeve of choice built to your required specifications. JOCKEY TIP: The Graphite Design Tour AD IZ is ideal for the player that seeks a high launch pattern with low spin rates. The Tour AD IZ delivers exceptional feel and precise ball control with additional shaft stability.
     
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    3-wood: Titleist TS2 13.5˚, Fujikura Speeder 661 Evolution 2 S

    5-wood: Titleist TS2 16.5˚, Fujikura Speeder 757 Evolution 2 X

    Titleist GT2 Custom Fairway Wood

    $399 at Fairway Jockey
    Experience high-launching distance from the tee and off the deck. GT2 Fairways leverage a proprietary crown and new forged face to produce consistently impressive speed and trajectory on every swing. Built for added confidence, these fairways are designed to boost performance — no matter where you hit it. For players looking for extra confidence in their fairway, GT2 delivers consistently impressive speed and launch—no matter where you hit it. Deeper, More Forward CG Launch it from any lie. GT2 Fairways push performance higher and farther by shifting CG even lower and closer to the face – generating maximum distance through higher launch and lower spin. Forged L-Cup Face GT Fairways introduce a forged face into the club construction to bolster performance on low-center impacts. The new insert wraps around the bottom of the club to preserve ball speed, maintain launch conditions, and enhance sound and feel — even when you’re trying to pick it clean from a tight lie. Redesigned Internal Hosel To extract every ounce of performance in GT2 Fairways, Titleist engineers pursued every gram of weight savings. The redesigned internal hosel achieves subtle mass improvements that unlock real benefits on every swing.
     
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    Long irons: Titleist U500 4- and 5-iron, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 90HY 6.0 (4), True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 (5)

    Titleist U505 Custom Driving Iron

    $269.99 at Fairway Jockey
    An extremely versatile, high-launching utility iron that now looks and feels dramatically better. U•505 lets you reclaim your long iron game. Drawing on Tour input, the refined design provides the high, explosive launch you expect from a utility, now with a remarkably solid feel and sound. U•505 is the ultimate, high-launching utility. A new, cleaner design creates more confidence at address, while the refined Max Impact Technology, reengineered chassis and new Variable Bounce Sole all improve the feel and overall performance. It all adds up to a versatile utility that plays like an iron. TOUR-VALIDATED LOOKS With a shorter blade and shallow face, U•505 sets up the way Tour Pros feel a utility should. Now with an even cleaner design, there is nothing to distract you from hitting the exact shot and shape your playing position demands. ENHANCED FEEL With distance as a priority for a utility, engineering feel becomes a unique challenge. For U•505, Titleist engineers use a refined Max Impact Technology with added dampening in the polymer muscle badge to guide the frequencies created at impact into the ideal player range. IMPROVED OFF-CENTER ACCURACY U•505 features a more stable, reengineered chassis and a lower CG position to help maintain speed and stability on strikes made away from center. The new single taper face improves performance towards the heel for tighter overall distance dispersion. EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION Working with Tour Pros and the grind experts at Vokey Design, our engineers were able to further improve our Variable Bounce Sole by softening the trailing edge to allow the club to flow faster through the turf, even after contact. A scoring iron refinement for one of the longest clubs in your bag.
     
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    Irons: Titleist T100 6-iron, Titleist 620 CB 7-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold S300

    Titleist T100 Custom Irons

    $199.99 at Fairway Jockey
    The preferred iron for more touring pros now rewards players with an even more solid feel, along with subtle refinements that continue to make T100 the standard for modern Tour iron performance. Feel is essential for the best players in the game. The refined, fully forged dual-cavity construction of Titleist T100 produces a more solid feel at impact, while the precision CNC face milling process leads to more consistent contact for greater control. ENHANCED FEEL The latest evolution of the T100 dual-cavity forged construction features an enhanced back bar to produce a more solid feel at impact. Informed by modal testing and Tour input, T100 irons are tuned to provide the exact stability and sensation the world’s best players desire from a well-struck shot. REFINED FOR GREATER CONTROL In addition to the improvements made to the body construction, T100 benefits from a new precision CNC face milling process. Combined with a subtle shift in CG the result is more control and consistent ball flight, especially when moving from fairway to first cut. EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION Working with Tour Pros and the grind experts at Vokey Design, our engineers were able to further improve our Variable Bounce Sole by smoothing and softening the trailing edge to allow the club to flow faster through the turf, even after contact. A simple but surprisingly meaningful improvement. BETTER TUNGSTEN FOR BETTER FLIGHT By utilizing dense D18 tungsten and a 2000º aerospace brazing process, Titleist engineers can eliminate weld points and be more precise with CG placement to give you the benefit of modern engineered performance with a solid forged feel.
     
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    Titleist 620 CB Custom Irons

    $175 at Fairway Jockey
    Read more about the Titleist 620 CB Custom Irons at Golf.com Aimed at low-mid handicaps, this sleek classic style cavity-back provides consistency and a smooth turf interaction to ensure clean contact. The 620 CB features a traditionally designed, players style cavity back for plenty of shot-making capabilities and co-forged tungsten in the long irons for a boost in stability and forgiveness. With reduced offset and a thinner topline, the 620 CB stays true to what players desire in a cavity back iron. To optimize consistency throughout the set, Titleist uses progressive blade length and a tour-refined sole for improved turf interaction.  Brushed Chrome finish
     
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    Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50.12F, 54.10S), SM10 60.04L, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

    Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks SM10 L Grind Custom Wedge

    $225 at Fairway Jockey
    The L Grind is a popular choice with players who seek a low bounce option with heel, toe, and trailing edge relief.  The L Grind has a leading edge that sits close to the ground and works well on tight or firm lies in a square position or open position.  The L Grind was born out of Master Craftsman Bob Vokey’s work with players on the PGA TOUR and across the worldwide professional tours. The pool of input runs deep, as Vokey Design models account for more than half of all wedges at a PGA TOUR event during any given week. Vokey and longtime tour rep Aaron Dilltake that extensive feedback to consistently deliver new, tour-validated designs. The WedgeWorks Low Bounce K features 4° of bounce and is available in 58° and 60° lofts in Right Hand and 60° in Left Hand and a Raw finish.
     
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    Putter: TaylorMade Spider 5k-ZT prototype (Loft 2.5˚, Lie 70˚), Pure Roll insert, 35.5″ EOG, Winn 15″ grip

    Ball: Titleist 2017 Pro V1

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