Wyndham Clark holds the lead after the second round of the 2026 US Open at Shinnecock Hills with one of the more unusual bags on tour. The 2023 US Open champion entered the season as an equipment free agent after his full-line Titleist contract ended, and the setup he has assembled across four brands is now contending at a major.

Clark’s US Open bag features TaylorMade woods, a Ping fairway wood and putter, Titleist irons and wedges, and a Titleist Pro V1x ball. It is a setup built without a single full-line obligation, outside a ball-and-glove arrangement with Titleist and a putter-only deal with Ping that was confirmed ahead of the championship.

Driver settled at the right time

Clark cycled through four different drivers in his first five events of 2026 before settling on the TaylorMade Qi4D at the end of April. The move came with a notable spec change: he went from a 9° head to 10.5°, which Golf Monthly reports helped increase spin and accuracy.

The shaft also changed. Clark had been using a Project X Titan Black 70 TX but switched to the brand-new Project X Titan Yellow 60 TX, which debuted at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in late May. He won that event by three shots with a final-round 60, ending a two-year winless drought.

The rest of the top of the bag includes a TaylorMade Qi4D Tour 3-wood (15°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX shaft) and a Ping G440 Max 7-wood (21°, Project X Titan Black 80 TX shaft).

Putter became the breakthrough club

The most consequential equipment change of Clark’s 2026 season may be the Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter he has used since The Masters. Today’s Golfer reported that Ping signed Clark to a putter-only agreement ahead of the US Open, the first time the company had entered a single-club endorsement deal with a PGA Tour player.

Clark’s own comments explain the fit. “The white finish first got my attention and when I started rolling putts with it, it set up easily and gave me immediate confidence,” he said. “I’d never used a putter with onset before, so it was a new look for me that really matches my eye. The onset combined with the top-rail dot simplifies alignment and my consistency has improved. I’m sinking more long putts than ever.”

At the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Clark gained 12.5 strokes on the greens for the week, a PGA Tour record for strokes gained putting in a single event.

Irons, wedges and ball stayed with Titleist

Despite moving away from a full-line deal, Clark kept Titleist equipment in the scoring half of his bag. His iron set is a blend of the Titleist T200 in 4-iron and 5-iron and the Titleist T100 from 6-iron through 9-iron, all on True Temper Dynamic Gold X7 shafts. Earlier in 2026 he had the T200 covering 4-iron to 6-iron but switched the 6-iron to the T100 model for a more compact head.

His wedge setup is Titleist Vokey SM11 in 46°, 50° and 54° configurations, plus a Vokey WedgeWorks 60°. He upgraded from the SM10 shortly after The Masters.

Clark continues to play a Titleist Pro V1x ball, the one piece of Titleist equipment that remained contractually tied after his endorsement shifted.

What the mixed bag signals

Equipment free agency has been part of the PGA Tour for years. Clark’s bag at Shinnecock is a clear example of what happens when a major winner builds a setup without brand constraints. The TaylorMade driver and woods sit at the top. Ping covers the putter and one fairway wood. Titleist handles irons, wedges and ball. Municipal, the apparel brand co-founded by Mark Wahlberg, provides Clark’s clothing, and he wears FootJoy Fields shoes.

Clark has 36 holes to turn this experiment into a US Open-winning setup. Through two rounds at Shinnecock Hills, the mixed bag is holding up.

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